Chapter 287: Chapter 178: Terrifying Finger, Future Body? _3
Translator: 549690339
Huang Qi’s eyes widened with shock as he saw Lu Yun approaching, then recalling the incident in Straight Sun Hall a few days ago, he immediately bowed and said, “Greetings, Lord of the Pill Medicine Building.”
Upon hearing Huang Qi, the man in charge of the Pill Medicine Building, called Lu Yun “Lord of the Pill Medicine Building,” Chen Menghan and her sister’s mouths gaped wide open in surprise.
“Lord of the Pill Medicine Building? Lu Yun is actually the Lord of the Pill Medicine Building?” Little stars twinkled in Chen Menghan’s eyes as she grew even more impressed by Lu Yun.
Her sister, Chen Yawei, thought to herself, “No wonder he is the Saint Child.”
“No need for formalities, Elder Huang,” Lu Yun waved his hand and gestured for the two young women behind him to find a place to sit.
“Lord, are you here to start taking charge of the Pill Medicine Building?” Huang Qi looked at Lu Yun before him, his heart filled with mixed feelings.
Just a few days ago, Lu Yun had come to the Pill Medicine Building to exchange pills with him personally.
Who could have thought that in the span of a few days, he would transform from an ordinary disciple to the Lord of the Pill Medicine Building?
Aside from being Lord of the Pill Medicine Building, he was also the Martial Academy’s Saint Child.
Lu Yun shook his head and smiled, “I don’t have that much time to manage the Pill Medicine Building, and I won’t be staying in the Martial Academy for long. The future management of the Pill Medicine Building will still be your responsibility.”
“All right, just let me know if there’s anything you need,” Huang Qi replied.
“Well, I need to collect all the fourth-grade and above pill recipes and corresponding spirit herbs from the Pill Medicine Building; I’m preparing for a grand alchemy session,” Lu Yun continued.
Upon hearing this, Huang Qi’s spirit was lifted, and he chuckled, “Haha, as long as you say this, my lord, I can rest assured. The Pill Medicine Building’s stockpile of spirit herbs has grown like a mountain due to the lack of high-level alchemists. I’ll have someone arrange them.”
“As for the pill recipes, I’ll get them now.”
With that, Huang Qi hurriedly left and took a right turn outside the door.
Though he was an elder of the Golden Body Realm, he was only a fourth-grade alchemist in the field of alchemy, and could only refine some ordinary fourth-grade pills.
Nevertheless, he held the highest rank among the alchemists in the Flying Spirit Martial Academy, which enabled him to manage the Pill Medicine Building for so many years.
“With what I’ve mentioned earlier, what are your thoughts, Junior Sisters?” After Huang Qi left, Lu Yun turned his attention to Chen Menghan and Chen Yawei.
Chen Menghan, being relatively innocent and straightforward, replied, “Senior Brother Lu, everything about the Pill Medicine Building is good, except the prices that are too high. My sister and I had a hard time gathering enough contribution points, but we couldn’t exchange many pills, as our points were exhausted.”
“Well, that’s one point,” Lu Yun agreed but changed the topic, “However, the Pill Medicine Building has its reasons for setting these prices. If the prices are too low, it would result in Martial Academy disciples becoming too dependent on pills, which would be detrimental to their future martial arts development.”
Having exchanged many pills himself, Lu Yun believed that, if considered solely from the Pill Medicine Building’s perspective, the contribution points required for each pill were not too high.
In his case, he would exchange pills by the bottle, and often multiple bottles at a time.
As for other Martial Academy disciples, although they couldn’t accumulate contribution points as quickly as Lu Yun, exchanging a few pills at a time wouldn’t be an issue.
For pills that help with martial arts progression, it’s best to take three or four pills within a major realm, which doesn’t cause too much accumulated pill toxicity and still enables rapid improvements.
As for Meridian Passage Realm disciples, they only need 120 contribution points for a bottle of Meridian Pills, or 48 points for four pills.
“But we need a lot of contribution points for weapons and cultivation techniques, and we can’t afford to spend extra points on exchanges for pills,” Chen Menghan complained.
Lu Yun simply smiled lightly, and he was determined not to make concessions regarding the contribution points needed to exchange pills.
If he were to lower the prices, the Pill Medicine Building wouldn’t be able to supply the numerous Martial Academy disciples.
His main objectives in becoming the Lord of the Pill Medicine Building were twofold: to better accumulate energy points and to genuinely do something for the Martial Academy.
Besides, his current accumulation of luck points was tied to the Flying Spirit Martial Academy.
If the Flying Spirit Martial Academy grew stronger, he might accumulate luck points faster.
But if supply exceeded demand and the disciples became too reliant on pills, how could the Flying Spirit Martial Academy grow stronger? How could he obtain more luck points?
Not to mention, if the academy’s disciples exchanged more pills, Lu Yun himself would receive fewer as the Lord of the Pill Medicine Building.
As for Chen Menghan’s concern, Lu Yun had his own solution—most of the pills he refined were of high quality, which could address the problem.
However, he had plans of his own and didn’t want to share them with the sisters just yet.
“Junior Sister Yawei, tell me your thoughts,” Lu Yun shifted his gaze to Chen Yawei.
“Saint Child, we’re not very familiar with the situation at the Pill Medicine Building, but we can talk about our own experiences and those around us,” Chen Yawei was more cautious and attentive to detail.
“Alright, feel free to speak your mind,” Lu Yun encouraged..