Chapter 693: Xu Shao Leads the Team

I never thought that Chi Jin Ye could be refined by someone else, but watching Tan Shen's actions right now, Xu Xiaoshou suddenly realized that perhaps he could free up his own labor.

"But why is this cat being so eager?"

Closing his eyes and observing Tan Shen's movements again, Xu Xiaoshou had a vague sense of unease.

Sure enough, it wasn't long before he saw Tan Shen uncovering one of the furnaces and taking the Dan Yao from it.

That batch of Dan Yao hadn't failed at all; it was full of a strong medicinal fragrance.

But this little creature, after glancing around to make sure no one was watching, opened its mouth and sucked the entire furnace of Dan Yao right in!

Xu Xiaoshou was stunned.

"Good guy!"

"No good deed goes unpunished—thieves and schemers are at it again... The ancients were right."

He didn't get angry right away but continued to observe.

After a prolonged period of "perception" lasting over a quarter of an hour, he could see that Tan Shen had uncovered most of the pots, swallowing about one-tenth of the Dan Yao that had been successfully refined during that time.

"Greedy indeed!"

It had to be said, this one-tenth mixed in among the thirty thousand Dan Ding was hardly noticeable.

Tan Shen was incredibly fast.

If you didn't watch closely, you might not even tell whether the Dan Yao in the pot was a success or a failure after it was uncovered.

But based on that calculation...

Xu Xiaoshou did a quick tally.

The medicinal ingredients he had were twice the amount required.

And Tan Shen's success rate in refining Dan Yao wasn't low—it was over seventy percent.

In this situation, even if this little white cat was extremely greedy and ate one-tenth of the successful Dan Yao...

That would be equivalent to thirty portions of ingredients: the merchant needed ten finished products, Tan Shen could refine twenty-one, subtracting the two or three it sneaked away, there would still be about eighteen left.

Hand over ten to the merchant, and he'd still have...

"Eight left!"

Xu Xiaoshou's eyes lit up.

All things considered, it was still a profit!

The key was, he wouldn't have to do the refining himself—Tan Shen, just one cat, could handle it all!

It was like paying the cat a fee, and he could just lie back and make money?

And Tan Shen's success rate in refining would surely improve with more practice.

Though he didn't know if the cat's appetite would grow too, as a shrewd capitalist, how could Xu Xiaoshou not know how to lay down the law?

Thinking of this, Xu Xiaoshou stopped pretending to be asleep.

He jumped up, grabbed Tan Shen by the neck—just as it had finished swallowing a batch of Chi Jin Ye—and his eyes turned stern.

"What are you doing?!"

The voice boomed like thunder, echoing through Yuan Fu.

The white cat's fur stood on end in an instant. Getting caught red-handed nearly scared it out of its wits.

In Yuan Fu, it was crystal clear who was the boss.

Even the big guys like A Bing and A Huo were completely tamed by their master, so how could Tan Shen not know the terrifying consequences of offending him?

But...

It had double-checked—its master was still sound asleep. How had he suddenly woken up and caught it in the act?

Tan Shen panicked, kicking its legs frantically, like a pet version of Mu Zixi.

Under Xu Xiaoshou's cold, piercing gaze, it quickly calmed down and changed its approach.

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