Chapter 328: Chapter 135: Qi Blood Nine Transformation! Sect Leader of the Black Lotus!_2
The gate to Su Changkong’s estate was knocked upon.
Su Changkong stood up, walked to the door, and opened it to find a solemn-faced man standing erect outside—it was Di Hen, a trusted confidant of Hong Zhenxiang.
“Mr. Su,” Di Hen greeted Su Changkong politely.
Previously, Su Changkong had informed him to return after a month, and Di Hen had come on time to visit Su Changkong, awaiting his instructions.
“Help me deliver this to Commander Hong and ask him to estimate its price. Exchange it all for the medicinal ingredients we discussed before.”
Su Changkong handed over a small porcelain bottle to Di Hen with these instructions.
“Yes.”
Di Hen wondered what was inside the porcelain bottle but, being a soldier, he was able to restrain his curiosity. He would not pry or open it to check; he would follow the previous orders from Hong Zhenxiang and fulfill Su Changkong’s request!
Di Hen left with the porcelain bottle.
Naturally, the bottle contained Dragon Blood Pills.
In the past month, with his tier 7 Alchemy, Su Changkong had transformed all fifty batches of ingredients into pills, producing a total of fifteen.
He had refined and assimilated ten of them himself; the remaining five were packed away to be handed over to Hong Zhenxiang by Di Hen. This was to exchange for more alchemical ingredients, ensuring a balance between his expenses and income.
Fifty batches of ingredients yielding fifteen Dragon Blood Pills might seem low compared to the potential two hundred Qi-Blood Pills he could make with his Alchemy skills, which would indicate a much higher success rate.
But the difficulty and value of the two were not comparable.
Five Dragon Blood Pills far exceeded the value of two hundred Qi-Blood Pills!
In a closed Cultivation Room of the Dafeng Iron Cavalry’s camp, Hong Zhenxiang sat in silent meditation. His Qi and Blood surged around him like a furnace, his Qi and Blood hidden yet intensely hot, raising the temperature of the entire Cultivation Room as if to melt it.
After a while, Hong Zhenxiang let out a sigh, a trace of helplessness flickering in his eyes, “To open the Heavenly Pulse… is it really so difficult? Can’t it be achieved with just hard cultivation?”
The path of cultivation is like rowing upstream—every step is fraught with difficulty. And for someone at Hong Zhenxiang’s realm, overcoming bottlenecks was even harder!
But Hong Zhenxiang quickly collected his emotions. He was still young, barely in his thirties, and believed that he could take that step forward! To truly enter the ranks of the Martial Arts powerhouses!
Hong Zhenxiang stood up and exited the Cultivation Room to find Di Hen quietly waiting outside.
Hong Zhenxiang smiled, “Did you visit Younger Brother Su today? Did he have any instructions?”
Di Hen did not conceal anything and retrieved a porcelain bottle from his chest, handing it to Hong Zhenxiang, “Mr. Su entrusted me to give this bottle to you, and to exchange the contents for the medicinal ingredients we got last time.”
Hearing this, Hong Zhenxiang nodded, taking the porcelain bottle from Di Hen’s hands curiously, “Those ingredients from last time weren’t cheap—does Younger Brother Su think what’s inside this bottle is worth the price of those ingredients?”
Last time, Su Changkong paid two million taels of silver and utilized connections from the State Governor Mansion, barely breaking even to acquire fifty batches of ingredients.
“Hmm? Are these Qi-Blood type Pill Medicines? And they are even beneficial for Martial Artists at the Qi-Blood Long Dragon realm?” Upon opening the bottle, a rich medicinal scent wafted out, taking Hong Zhenxiang by surprise.
With Hong Zhenxiang’s discerning eye, he recognized that the Dragon Blood Pills were high-tier Qi-Blood type Pill Medicines of tremendous value.
“There are a total of five… one pill indeed matches the value of ten batches of ingredients!”
Hong Zhenxiang was secretly astounded.
Su Changkong had requested those ingredients for Alchemy, and now he had produced pills to exchange for more ingredients. This indicated that not only had he balanced his expenses but he also came out ahead.
The success rate of producing such high-tier Pill Medicine and even turning a profit suggested that it must be the work of an Alchemy Master.
Did Su Changkong know an Alchemy Master? Or could it be… that he made them himself?
This thought left Hong Zhenxiang profoundly shocked. He considered himself not inferior to anyone in Martial Arts, yet he excelled only in Martial Arts. Su Changkong not only had a remarkable Martial Arts talent, the ability to Forging Monster Weapons, but possibly possessed profound skills in Alchemy too?
“Could Su Tailai’s talent and potential… surpass my own?”
It was an unsettling thought for Hong Zhenxiang, and his feelings became slightly complex.
However, Hong Zhenxiang didn’t dwell on it for long. He understood that there are always people better than oneself, and who could claim to be the strongest in everything?
“Alright, I understand. Come back tomorrow morning.”
Hong Zhenxiang nodded, acknowledging the value of the Pill Medicines was sufficient for the previous fifty batches of ingredients.
Such high-level Pill Medicines were rarely made available for sale by the great families, rather kept for personal use due to their limited supply.
The next morning arrived, and bright and early, Di Hen arrived at Su Changkong’s residence with a full bundle of medicinal ingredients.
“Mr. Su, Commander Hong has asked me to hand these to you,” Di Hen said respectfully.
“Convey my thanks to Commander Hong, and return again in a month.”
Su Changkong nodded as he received the bundle of ingredients.
After bidding Di Hen farewell, Su Changkong checked the contents to find there were still fifty batches of ingredients.
Even though the State Governor Mansion was trying to win him over, and even if he didn’t use Dragon Blood Pills for the exchange, Pei Yang would probably procure these ingredients at no cost for him.
But Su Changkong was not someone who liked to take one-sidedly, so he used part of the Dragon Blood Pills he refined for the exchange.
Of course, even so, Su Changkong was still indebted to the State Governor Mansion. Just the act of collecting such a large quantity of precious ingredients in a short time at the lowest possible cost was something others couldn’t achieve!