Chapter 2937 — A Quiet Request
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Only, this was as much as Wei Zhao could settle for the moment.
Shaking his head, Wei Zhao put these matters temporarily behind him and rose to go back to his room to look into the business of crafting the jade pendant—when, unexpectedly, the doorbell rang.
Since both Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu had gone upstairs, Wei Zhao had no choice but to answer the door himself. He opened it, and who should it be but Han Jingyi.
"Wei Zhao, you're back!" Han Jingyi was overjoyed to see him; she bounced inside and looked him up and down.
"Yes, I'm back. How did you know?" Wei Zhao was rather surprised at how well-informed she was.
"Your car's parked right outside!" Han Jingyi stared at him, baffled. "Wei Zhao, what's wrong with you? You seem a little... distracted."
Her words brought him up short—of course, his Grand Cherokee was sitting right there in front of the house; if Han Jingyi had failed to notice he was home, she'd have to be blind. He gave a wry smile. "It's nothing. The company's run into a bit of trouble. I only just got home and haven't had a chance to come find you."
"Mm-hm! Jingjing came to see Wei Zhao because she has something important to tell you!" Han Jingyi nodded, unconcerned, and came straight to the point.
"Oh? What important thing?" Wei Zhao blinked.
"Jingjing's been working on an invention lately. Actually, she started thinking it over back when she could already refine pills in batches. Just recently, Jingjing finally had a bit of a breakthrough, so she wants to go into seclusion for a while, and she came specially to say goodbye to Wei Zhao..." Han Jingyi said.
"An invention? Seclusion? Goodbye?" Wei Zhao was a little dazed, unable at first to make sense of what she was saying. Only after a long moment did it sink in. "You mean... you're going to lock yourself in a room and work on this invention of yours?"
"Mm-hm!" Han Jingyi nodded, gazing at Wei Zhao with undisguised admiration. "Wei Zhao is so clever—you knew right away what Jingjing was going to do!"
"Pfft..." Wei Zhao choked, then couldn't help laughing. "What's so clever about that? You just told me you were going into seclusion to work on an invention—of course I could figure it out! By the way, Jingjing, what exactly are you trying to invent?"
"Jingjing is researching a method that can refine pills with one hundred percent success!" Han Jingyi said. She had never kept her inventions from Wei Zhao.
"Oh? A method for one hundred percent success in pill refinement? But... Jingjing, can't you already refine pills with one hundred percent success? Why research it further?" Wei Zhao was taken aback, looking at her in some puzzlement.
"That's because only Jingjing can do it with one hundred percent success! Jingjing means to let other alchemists also achieve one hundred percent success in refining pills!" Han Jingyi explained.
"Other alchemists... also achieving one hundred percent success?" Wei Zhao drew a sharp breath. If Han Jingyi's invention truly succeeded, it would set off a tremendous uproar in the world of cultivation!
"Mm-hm, that's right!" Han Jingyi nodded. "Jingjing's research has already shown some promise—only the final implementation remains!"
"Now that is a rather interesting invention..." Wei Zhao nodded, lost in thought. If Han Jingyi really could develop it, then he could find some underlings who met the constitution requirements and have them refine pills in batches—and become a great alchemical sect to rival the Xuandan Sect!
"Maybe. But everything has to wait until Jingjing finishes her research." Here Han Jingyi changed the subject. "By the way, Wei Zhao, what happened with your company?"
"Nothing much, really. Liu Tianli of the Liu family put all the company's money into some drug-trafficking scheme, and ended up getting cheated... Oh, that's right, you probably don't know anyone from the Liu family..." Wei Zhao said offhandedly.