Chapter 2058 — Right Panhu's Plan, Part Two
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"That... I am not really sure." The yellow-haired young man shook his head. "It was only a guess on my part."
"Still, it is a line worth following!" Right Zhentian nodded. "Panhu, in a moment bring two pill cauldrons—one first-grade and one second-grade. Offer the first-grade cauldron to Wei Zhao first, and if he refuses, then bring out the second-grade one! Remember, if you can get by without using the second-grade, do so!"
Though the hidden Right family was a house of alchemists, it was not as though cauldrons were piled up with no place to put them. First-grade cauldrons were one thing—there were plenty in stock—but second-grade cauldrons numbered only a few. After all, a pill cauldron could only be forged by a high-rank alchemist!
Many of the second-grade cauldrons in the family came from the Xuandan Sect!
As for third-grade cauldrons, even high-rank alchemists could not forge them; only an artificer could. But in this world, artificers were pitifully few—to say nothing of the hidden families, it was unclear whether even the ancient sects and ancient clans had any such beings at all...
The only place certain to possess an artificer might well be that one place!
Of course, none of this was the hidden Right family's concern. The family did own third-grade cauldrons, but they must never be traded away. The whole vast hidden Right family possessed no more than two third-grade cauldrons in total!
"Yes, Uncle. The moment I get to school tomorrow, I will go and have a talk with Wei Zhao!" Right Panhu nodded.
"By the way, how is your cultivation coming along?" Right Zhentian no longer harbored any other designs concerning Right Panhu; from the way the Right family patriarch had arranged matters, Right Panhu was clearly being groomed for an elder's seat in the next generation.
Right Panhu had real talent for alchemy—that was why the patriarch had sent him to Donghai Engineering University to study under White Collar.
Of course, so long as Right Panhu did not contend with Right Zhentian's son, Right Panlong, for the position of young heir, Right Zhentian had nothing to worry about. An elder's voice in family affairs was indeed weighty, but in the end it still had to bow to the head of the family.
So Right Zhentian had begun to take an interest in Right Panhu's cultivation as well; Right Panhu's growth would be a great boon to the Right family's future.
"Uncle, you know as well as I do that I have a gift for alchemy, but when it comes to cultivation, I simply cannot endure much hardship!" Even if Right Zhentian had not raised the subject, Right Panhu had been planning to find a chance to air his grievances soon. He had meant to say no more than the business about Wei Zhao today, but since his uncle had brought it up, he certainly would not let the opportunity slip. "My strength is simply too poor—only the peak of the late Yellow Rank... Perhaps it is because my grade is too low that White Collar looks down on me and has not taught me more alchemy..."
"That does make sense. Wei Zhao is already Earth Rank—at the very least late Earth Rank, most likely at the peak of late Earth Rank. It is only natural that White Collar favors him!" Right Zhentian nodded. "How about this: I will write you a chit. Take it to the pill storehouse and draw ten Spirit-Gathering Pills and two Spirit-Gathering Elixirs for your cultivation in the days ahead!"
"Yes, Uncle!" Right Panhu was overjoyed at Right Zhentian's words. With these two medicines, his strength would advance by leaps and bounds!
The Spirit-Gathering Pill was a Yellow Rank, first-grade pill. In truth its effects were much like those of the Qi Gathering Pill, only far weaker. The Spirit-Gathering Pill was meant only for cultivators below the Mystic Rank, to rapidly raise their strength—but once one reached the Mystic Rank, it was of no use at all!