Chapter 18: Flourishing Day by Day

The boycott of the God Energy Pill may not be about losing a God Energy Pill. It's not just about changing a pill and being done with it...

It will cause the price of Leng Ning Grass to crash. The carts of medicinal herbs that were more expensive than gold yesterday will instantly be worth no more than dog tail grass.

And what about the half-mountain of Leng Ning Grass they planted themselves?

Liu Qingcang felt a chill throughout his body. Just thinking about it for a moment made his hands and feet turn cold, his head dizzy, and his vision blurry.

There is one fastest way to solve the rumors: just let the Pill Medicine Department "refute the rumors," prove that the God Energy Pill's toxicity is not heavy, and then it will be over.

Liu Qingcang reacted extremely quickly and immediately turned around and returned to the Pill Medicine Department.

Lu Xingzhou was inside conducting a seventh-grade pill refining examination. Seeing Liu Qingcang rush back, Chen Zhangsi frowned and stopped him: "Helper Liu, please do not disrupt the pill refining."

"I'm here to find Chen Zhangsi," Liu Qingcang said hurriedly. "Our God Energy Pill was allowed to be sold after the Pill Medicine Department's permission. Now it is being maliciously slandered, saying the toxicity is too heavy. Chen Zhangsi, can you clarify for us..."

As he spoke, he touched a piece of jade and quietly stuffed it into Chen Zhangsi's hand.

Chen Zhangsi's expression twitched. He glanced at Lu Xingzhou, who was refining pills on the side. He was sitting on a small Daoist boy holding his cheek, his eyes blinking as he stared over here!

You actually stuffed something in front of others! Will a small child not go out and talk nonsense? A small child is even more likely to talk nonsense!

Chen Zhangsi threw the jade away angrily: "Helper Liu, it is true that the Pill Medicine Department approved the God Energy Pill. If someone inquires about the Pill Medicine Department, we will also answer truthfully. Although the God Energy Pill's toxicity is higher than that of ordinary pills, it does not exceed the approved standard. There is no need for Helper Liu to give extra instructions. Please return."

Liu Qingcang was furious. What use is it to answer truthfully that it does not exceed the standard? What people care about now is the standard! In this environment of purifying pill toxicity, no one wants to use pills with heavier toxicity!

Chen Zhangsi's face hardened: "What, Helper Liu, are you perhaps planning to have the Pill Medicine Department lie for you and cover up the facts?"

Liu Qingcang was speechless. He glanced at Lu Xingzhou and his disciple on the side, who seemed to be seriously refining pills but were actually watching the show. That fat Daoist child's mouth was already grinning from ear to ear, and his anger grew.

Why didn't he feel this little fat girl was so hateful before!

Actually, not to mention Lu Xingzhou standing here and preventing them from going through the back door. Just say that if Lu Xingzhou hadn't intervened earlier and let Bai Chi pass the certification smoothly, he could have had some relationship with Chen Zhangsi and there would still be a chance for him to help with this matter.

But now?

Not only could he not make things better, but he also offended them. Now even giving money is useless.

What should he do now!

At this moment, Liu Qingcang almost felt that Bai Chi was an enemy sent to harm him, from the beginning of refining the God Energy Pill to the seventh-grade certification process today, it was all digging a pit for himself.

But he also knew rationally that it had nothing to do with Bai Chi. This guy, except for being eager for quick success in refining pills and causing heavy toxicity, didn't do anything intentionally.

It's also not a coincidence... at least someone suddenly swept through the Leng Ning Grass in Xia Zhou City a few days ago, which means there was a malicious intention and someone else dug the pit.

Who is that?

Liu Qingcang trembled and turned his head, looking at Lu Xingzhou.

Is it him?

Yes, only Lu Xingzhou would specifically design this. This is his revenge, revenge for the assassination that day, and also the recent slander of his pill refining level by the Danxia Gang...

From the moment the Shen Family Business started doing the pill toxicity purification, this series of plots began!

Liu Qingcang is a martial artist who fights his way up. This is the first time he has seen such a method of gang warfare, where the entire Danxia Gang's martial strength seems completely meaningless.

He is now truly regretful. This Lu Xingzhou is not only a talented strategist, but even his main profession of pill refining is stronger than Bai Chi! Why did he feel at first that Bai Chi, who came from a famous family, would definitely be better than Lu Xingzhou, and change people without hesitation?

What he regrets even more is that he shouldn't have developed killing intent just because he was cheated out of spirit stones. If he hadn't sent assassins, Lu Xingzhou would probably be too lazy to pay attention to his small gang after earning the money. However, it's still good that the assassins never reported back. Lu Xingzhou should not know about this matter, and there is still room for maneuver.

Liu Qingcang quickly put on a smiling face and said to Lu Xingzhou: "Xingzhou... about what happened before, I'm afraid there is a little misunderstanding."

Lu Xingzhou squinted at the pill fire and smiled: "Indeed, Helper Liu misunderstood that I like Willow Smoke. She also has flowers on her body... well, normal people can't stand it."

"Ah, I'm not referring to this misunderstanding." Liu Qingcang was so angry his teeth itched, but he still had to pretend to laugh heartily: "Xingzhou, why didn't you say earlier that you have such strong pill refining skills? If you had said earlier, we would have made you the Dan Hall Master early. How could Bai Chi, a person of unknown origin, have deceived you? Cough, now that we know, Xingzhou, would you mind coming back? Salary tripled, appointed as Hall Master, what do you think?"

Lu Xingzhou's gaze finally moved away from the pill fire and he smiled slightly: "So this is the second misunderstanding... Helper Liu, Lu is staying on Danxia Mountain for half a year for another reason. I'm not really looking for a job or a raise. What Hall Master, it's not as important to me as looking at white hair and being pleased."

Liu Qingcang had to say: "Since Xingzhou is so open-minded, then this matter..."

Lu Xingzhou interrupted: "Helper Liu, the assassin did not report back to you, you shouldn't think he hasn't made a move yet, right?"

Liu Qingcang's face suddenly changed, and he forced himself to say: "What is Xingzhou saying, this seat doesn't understand."

"Helper Liu, do you think I look like a fool?" Lu Xingzhou sighed, as if pointing to something: "To be honest, as long as you don't keep making trouble, it will be difficult for me to continue doing anything... Although Danxia Mountain is small, it's quite good to live a small life. Please go back."

Since Lu Xingzhou knew about the assassination, there was no possibility of turning back. Liu Qingcang said nothing more and left with an ashen face and a flick of his sleeve.

Behind him came Ah Nuo's sarcastic voice: "Helper Liu, wishing you a prosperous day~"

Lu Xingzhou praised his disciple: "Ah Nuo really has manners, he even blessed Helper Liu..."

Liu Qingcang suppressed a mouthful of blood in his throat and sped up his pace to leave quickly.

Otherwise, he was afraid he would kill someone on the spot in the Pill Medicine Department.

As he walked out the door, he saw Liu Yan and Bai Chi fighting there. Liu Yan cried and scratched Bai Chi's face: "What's wrong with your disease? I don't have it! You scoundrel!"

Bai Chi dodged left and right: "This disease can be cured, it can be cured! I am a Dan Master..."

At this moment, Liu Qingcang was truly furious. He kicked them over angrily: "You two still have time to fight! Haven't you thought of a solution!"

Liu Yan sobbed and cried.

Bai Chi wiped his sweat and said: "I have thought about it. As long as we can launch a pill with better effects, we can immediately reverse the situation. Uncle, rest assured, I will immediately launch the Break Realm Pill. This thing is not often seen on the market..."

Liu Qingcang almost wanted to slap him in the face, and angrily interrupted: "That pill of yours was criticized by Chen Zhangsi for being too toxic. You still dare to launch it under this tense situation, do you dislike us for not dying fast enough!"

Bai Chi's face was pale. As a Dan Master from a famous family, this guy actually had no way to deal with this situation.

Because the exclusive pill formula of the Incense Burning Tower is not something you can just take out and refine for others. He is only allowed to use the God Energy Pill alone. And his ability to propose his own pill formulas has already been proven to be very average earlier. What's the use of having some ninth-grade pill formulas?

If you want to replace the God Energy Pill, you can only refine those mass-produced pills, and his standard is indeed quite good. But in this situation, can you refine mass-produced pills to break the situation?

Liu Qingcang suppressed his anger for a long time and finally said bitterly: "You two go back first, dig up all those Leng Ning Grass, replant something else, and change to refining regular Benefit Qi Pills! Also, double the time for those apprentices to refine pills!"

The vast majority of the gang's pill sales ultimately came from the apprentices' large-scale refining of low-grade pills. Although the God Energy Pill incident caused great losses, they could still squeeze some back from here.

"You want my Danxia Gang to die? It's not that easy!" Liu Qingcang threw down a sentence and said coldly: "The Shen Family Business offended the City Lord, and Lu Xingzhou is involved with them. Do you still want to stand aside? You two go back first, I will go find the City Lord again!"

Inside the room, Chen Zhangsi finished watching the show and looked at Lu Xingzhou for a long time, squinting: "You're all saying that Liu Qingcang drove you away and chose Bai Chi, so there's a grudge?"

"Yes."

Chen Zhangsi looked at the top-quality Return Jade Pill jumping out of the pill furnace, his old face twitched, and he let out an unbelievable sigh: "Is this Liu Qingcang blind? You are more than ten times better than Bai Chi!"

Lu Xingzhou smiled faintly: "It's not actually his problem... Zhangsi, who in this world doesn't value famous families, who doesn't pride their identity? People are all like this. How can I, a cripple from a ruined Daoist temple with no father or mother and only a master's inheritance, be truly valued?"

Chen Zhangsi was silent for a long time, then handed over a seventh-grade Dan Master certification card: "You are still young, with such achievements, you are one in a million, a rare talent. Since you are a Dan Master from our Xia Zhou, as long as this old man is here, I will never let you be covered in dust. If I recommend you to study further in the prefecture, would you be willing?"

Lu Xingzhou's heart moved slightly.

In fact, he has a very high-level Dan Master inheritance... not the broken stuff from the initial old Daoist, but from Yuan Muyu.

His cultivation has always been difficult due to his physique and broken leg, and being able to break through to the seventh-grade Dao Cultivator at this age is already the result of his great talent and effort. It is too difficult to go further. But his grasp of various skills far exceeds his cultivation, because he learned extremely profound things from Yuan Muyu for eight years, benefiting endlessly.

In a sense, Yuan Muyu is his master, although they have never called each other master and disciple.

But strictly speaking, Yuan Muyu did not teach him the fundamental cultivation method, and he does not completely count as a master and disciple. His fundamental method is the spoils of war from the Yan Luo Hall, belonging to evil cultivation. Its rank is quite high, but it is not a top inheritance.

Anyway, there is no end to learning, and knowledge cannot be learned in eight years. Now that he has left Yuan Muyu, Lu Xingzhou indeed still needs to seek other learning opportunities. Besides better pill refining techniques, it is best to also obtain the fortune of a top-level cultivation method.

Just not now... and the so-called prefecture-level standard may not be enough for his needs, it's of no use.

But Lu Xingzhou was still very grateful for Chen Zhangsi's good intentions. He accepted the certification card and bowed sincerely: "Thank you, Zhangsi, Lu cannot free himself now... In the future, if there is an opportunity, I still hope Zhangsi will not dislike my foolishness and carry me more."