Chapter 2751 — The Trial Map
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"No stock on hand? Then where did the Qi Gathering Pill you took come from?" Wei Zhao asked with a frown.
"That was from our old reserves. If we still had any, I wouldn't be merely a mid-stage Heaven-ranked expert. The Xuan Dan Sect and... mm, and the young sect master both set great store by the Marrow-Cleansing Bone-Transforming Pill. They seem to have some use for it, so in order to raise my success rate and the quality of the pills, they spared no expense to boost my strength. If there were any more Qi Gathering Pills, they would certainly have kept giving them to me, to keep raising my level!" Kang Jingming answered honestly. Before Wei Zhao, he no longer dared play any tricks—though he nearly let something slip and gave away the matter of Xuanzhen Patriarch!
Xuanzhen Patriarch's identity was kept strictly secret. If Kang Jingming let it out, the consequences would be severe. The outside world did not know that the Xuan Dan Sect had any connection to Xuanzhen Patriarch.
"Oh?" Wei Zhao nodded. It seemed this Marrow-Cleansing Bone-Transforming Pill really was important to the Xuan Dan Sect—otherwise they would never have let Kang Jingming consume so many experience pills. "Then aren't you a third-grade alchemist now? Can't you keep refining them?"
"No. I've just refined the Marrow-Cleansing Bone-Transforming Pill, so I can't refine anything else," Kang Jingming said truthfully. "And even if I could, the success rate for refining a pill I've never made before wouldn't be high. If you can accept the failures and keep supplying me with materials, I'd be willing to give it a try for you."
"Then forget it." Wei Zhao did not trust Kang Jingming's skill. It seemed the Xuan Dan Sect was not so easily fooled. "One pill is far too little—and it's only a future promise at that. I don't want to agree."
"All right, then I'll go consult the young sect master again." Kang Jingming was nothing but a mouthpiece, with no mind of his own. He turned and left the room once more to call Tian Canbian.
About five minutes later, Kang Jingming returned to the office of the leader surnamed Bai and said to Wei Zhao with a bitter expression, "The young sect master says: at most one pill—the Qi Gathering Pill. In half a year, you supply the materials, and success is guaranteed. As for the Ice Heart Jade Bone Pill, you supply the materials, and success is not guaranteed!"
"Not guaranteed?" Wei Zhao frowned.
"Yes. The young sect master says this is the greatest sincerity the Xuan Dan Sect can offer. This is how we have done all our exchanges over the years. If you don't agree, then so be it—the Xuan Dan Sect will research the pill formula ourselves. After all, we wanted the formula this time only so we could refine more pills to sell. The Marrow-Cleansing Bone-Transforming Pill that we need, I can refine myself. They are not set on having it at any cost." Kang Jingming relayed Tian Canbian's words to Wei Zhao. "But since you raised doubts, to show the sincerity of the Xuan Dan Sect, we are prepared to gift you a map."
"What map?" Wei Zhao asked.
"A map of the location of the Xuan Dan Sect's trials. If you or a friend of yours takes part in the Xuan Dan Sect's trials, this map will let you easily avoid the danger zones, or use it to rendezvous with your teammates!" Kang Jingming explained. "You know as well as I do that the Xuan Dan Sect's trials use a teleportation formation to send the participants into the trial grounds, but the landing spots are random. With a map, you and your teammates can meet at an agreed location and distinguish yourselves in the trials! And if you pass the Xuan Dan Sect's trials, you'll still receive a third-grade pill—isn't that the same result as before? Think it over?"