Chapter 2600 — The Hidden Right Family's Doubt
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Divine Doctor Guan Pharmaceuticals, by contrast, was a treasure bowl, dripping with money. An Liwen had never had the chance—had he had one, he would long since have gone to carve himself a share of the spoils.
With An Liwen's vigorous support, the plan naturally became much easier, for An Liwen was the most capable executor of the task; there was no one better to entrust the affair to.
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The Hidden Right family.
At this moment the Right Patriarch, Right Zhentian, Right Laosan, and Right Panhu were all seated in the secret chamber, the Right Patriarch's face grave with concentration.
"Right Laosan, you've confirmed it all? Those pills that appeared at the auction really were supplied by that Ling Yi? And Ling Yi is the Wei Zhao you spoke of?" The Right Patriarch was stunned. He had never imagined that the great batch of high-quality pills appearing at the cultivators' market auction had actually been put up for sale by Wei Zhao!
Before this, after high-quality pills supplied by others had begun appearing in the cultivators' market, the Hidden Right family had been investigating all along; they could not simply let a competitor grow unchecked without even knowing who the competitor was. But the results of their covert inquiries had made their jaws drop—it was Wei Zhao who had supplied them!
"According to what our contacts in the cultivators' market told us, it was indeed that masked Ling Yi who supplied them—the mask's pattern and appearance both match. And that Ling Yi, I can confirm, is Wei Zhao! When I tried to seize the pure yellow jade, Wei Zhao revealed his identity!" Right Laosan said with certainty.
"Wei Zhao? It was actually Wei Zhao? How is that possible? Even if Wei Zhao is a second-grade alchemist, he couldn't possibly refine so many finished pills in such a short time—and of such top-grade quality besides?" The Right Patriarch was somewhat baffled. "Could it be that both he and Han Jingyi are alchemists? No, that doesn't fit either—the materials we gave them for second-grade pills were limited…"
"Materials—Wei Zhao could have bought them elsewhere. I heard that afterward Wei Zhao got in touch with people in the cultivators' market again, wanting to buy medicinal herbs from them. In other words, Wei Zhao very likely has other channels for buying herbs!" Right Laosan said. "After all, the materials for refining second-grade pills are mostly not especially rare; they can all be purchased."
"Mm, that's true!" The Right Patriarch nodded. "So then—these pills were refined by Wei Zhao and Han Jingyi together?"
"Impossible!" Right Panhu said. "Grandfather, I heard Wei Zhao say to Chief Bai with my own ears that he cannot refine pills. He can summon alchemical fire, yes, but it seems that because the attributes in his body are somehow wrong, he cannot change the size or temperature of the flame—he's just for show. So the one refining the pills must without question be Han Jingyi!"
"Oh? So you're saying these pills were refined by Han Jingyi in a mere handful of days?" The Right Patriarch's brow furrowed deeper. "Even if they could buy materials through other channels, how long has it been since we gave them that second-grade cauldron? Before that they had no cauldron at all—weren't they still buying junk at the antique market?"
"That much is true," Right Panhu agreed. "Judging by the quantity in this batch of pills, Han Jingyi's success rate in refining is simply terrifying! A second-grade alchemist can refine only one second-grade pill a day before his physical strength and true qi are spent; depending on individual constitution, the time needed to recover varies, and it takes until the second or third day before he can refine the next one. Even if Han Jingyi refined one pill a day, what a monstrous success rate it would take to produce all these—and every single pill of top-grade quality!"