Liu Wenzhuo apparently wanted to use the identity of an Alchemist to entice Ye Xiao, but who was Ye Xiao? He was already an Alchemist.
Ye Xiao smiled gently, looked at Liu Wenzhuo, and said, "Uncle Liu, this Azure Dragon Tripod should belong to the Qiu Mountain Sect, right?"
Ye Xiao's words were very calm, yet this very calmness was enough to make Liu Wenzhuo's heart race.
"You... what do you mean!" Liu Wenzhuo was somewhat surprised at this moment; he wasn't a fool. How could he not understand what Ye Xiao meant?
Ye Xiao didn't speak but took a deep drag from his cigarette, allowing the rich smoke to linger unrestrained in his nose and chest, enjoying the pleasure brought by nicotine.
Liu Wenzhuo hesitated looking at Ye Xiao and said, "You're not an Alchemist; the Azure Dragon Tripod is of no use to you. Of course, if you really become an Alchemist in the future, with your strength, the Azure Dragon Tripod could naturally be put to greater use in your hands."
"So, you're saying that if I were an Alchemist, then the Azure Dragon Tripod would be mine?" Ye Xiao raised an eyebrow and said.
Liu Wenzhuo thought for a moment and said, "You could say so."
"Alright, then I am an Alchemist now." Ye Xiao exhaled streams of blue smoke.
Liu Wenzhuo was taken aback and said, "Ye Xiao, this is not a joking matter; after all, although the Azure Dragon Tripod is precious, it is of no use to an ordinary Martial Artist."
Ye Xiao looked at Liu Wenzhuo without immediately speaking, just seriously watching Liu Wenzhuo.
Liu Wenzhuo couldn't help but quickly look away from Ye Xiao's gaze.
"Haha, Uncle Liu, you overthink it." Ye Xiao said: "If I can refine the Dragon Blood Strengthening Pills, I certainly won't hand over the Azure Dragon Tripod to you. You know, I'm not exactly a good person either."
Liu Wenzhuo chuckled dryly and then seriously said to Ye Xiao, "The Liu family ancestral hall is usually guarded by two people, both of whom are around the mid-stage Xuan Rank. Their combined strength is formidable; if you go, you must be careful."
"With the formula and the alchemy furnace, it seems we're still missing materials," Ye Xiao said.
Liu Wenzhuo nodded, then looked at Ye Xiao again and said, "Ye Xiao, you should have also seen it. In fact, I really have come to consider you my son-in-law. I have no heirs, and the Liu family will rely on you in the future."
Listening to Liu Wenzhuo, Ye Xiao couldn't help but be a bit stunned. Wasn't Liu Wenzhuo just pulling his leg? Why does he suddenly speak so inscrutably? Or is he genuinely trying to draw closer?
"Uncle Liu, this isn't something I can decide. I don't even know what Fang Jing thinks," Ye Xiao said with a smile: "When there's time, I'll talk to Fang Jing, besides, we're still young; there's no need to rush marriage."
Liu Wenzhuo was immediately speechless, thinking, Did I mention marriage?
However, now Liu Wenzhuo has almost put all his bets on him. If Ye Xiao doesn't succeed, then he truly has no chance of making a comeback.
Liu Wenzhuo smiled at Ye Xiao and said, "Young people's affairs should be decided by you young people. Of course, I'm fully on your side. But before that, we still have serious tasks to undertake. As you can see, although the Dragon Blood Strengthening Pills are incredible if I take them, they might enhance my strength but won't greatly increase it, so..."
"You want to use me as a test subject?" Ye Xiao said with a bitter smile.
Although Liu Wenzhuo praised the Dragon Blood Strengthening Pills to the skies, few people knew this pill, and most were only heard in legends, not knowing the true effects of the Dragon Blood Strengthening Pills.
In other words, what if the Dragon Blood Strengthening Pills were poisonous?
Ye Xiao didn't want to be a test subject.
Upon hearing Ye Xiao's words, Liu Wenzhuo quickly said, "Ye Xiao, please don't misunderstand; how could I use you as an experiment? The effects of the Dragon Blood Strengthening Pills are all true as I've told you. Although I've never taken them, according to our ancestors' records, the Dragon Blood Strengthening Pills have no side effects, and the efficacy depends on the taker's meridian talent. In other words, it's elastic; the taker will have some strength enhancement, but how much depends on individual fortune."
Listening to Liu Wenzhuo's words, Ye Xiao had few doubts left.
At least, from Ye Xiao's perspective, if that cauldron is truly the Azure Dragon Tripod, then everything Liu Wenzhuo said must be true. Naturally, if the Azure Dragon Tripod wasn't the Azure Dragon Tripod, then the Dragon Blood Strengthening Pills might not exist either.
Ye Xiao wasn't a fool. Coincidentally, this guy is extremely clever.
Ye Xiao nodded and said, "Alright, tell me all the herbs you need, and I'll handle it all together."
This time Liu Wenzhuo didn't speak further, instead immediately listing all the herbs needed to Ye Xiao, repeatedly emphasizing the need for confidentiality. Moreover, the most important core herb, the 'Dragon Blood Fruit,' now known as the Red Dragon Fruit, must not be revealed by its true name.
Ye Xiao had heard of the Red Dragon Fruit. The herbs are ranked in twelve levels, each set of three corresponding to a grade, so they're also called Yellow Third-Level, Xuan Third-Level, Earth Third-Level, and Sky Third-Level.
The Red Dragon Fruit is the last in the Earth Third-Level, which is a ninth-level herb.
Ye Xiao surely knew what a ninth-level herb implied. The pills refined from such herbs, at least mid to high-level Earth Grade, and could nearly approach Sky-grade.
Those are definitely legendary herbs.
However, strangely enough, this Red Dragon Fruit is the cheapest among the high-level medicinal materials.
It's truly very cheap; in fact, the price of many third-level Xuan materials is even higher than the Red Dragon Fruit.
It's not that collecting Red Dragon Fruit is easy, but rather, this fruit is extremely repulsive to alchemists. The reason is simple: its juice is too scorching, and an ordinary alchemy furnace can't withstand it. Moreover, it is rarely used in pills.
This results in a highly rated material being something that nobody wants.
Actually, from this point, it's understandable why the Mu family couldn't become powerful despite having the powerful pill recipe for Dragon Blood Strengthening Pills before encountering Hua Xiejun. The reason is that an ordinary alchemy furnace can't withstand the heat of the Red Dragon Fruit, whereas the Azure Dragon Tripod, one of the seven great alchemy tripods, can completely withstand the heat, and it has a high success rate in pill refining, which directly led to the rise of the Mu family back then.
From Liu Wenzhuo, Ye Xiao also learned that since the Mu family became the Liu family, they had not refined the Dragon Blood Strengthening Pills. The reason is simple: although the Mu family was prosperous, it almost led to their annihilation, and if people were to know again about the existence of the Dragon Blood Strengthening Pills.
The Liu family would undoubtedly be like a child holding a large gold brick and walking on the street, becoming the target of everyone in an instant.
And now, Liu Wenzhuo is betting everything, purely out of his own selfish desires.
If Liu Wenzhuo considered his family even a little, he wouldn't be tempted by the Dragon Blood Strengthening Pills. People, well, often think for themselves. That's human nature—a selfish nature.
Ye Xiao left the Fu family, and it was already dark.
Reflecting on his conversation with Liu Wenzhuo just now, he didn't know whether he should laugh or not.
Azure Dragon Tripod!
This is definitely one of the rarest treasures in the world.
Ye Xiao has said he's definitely not a good person, and this is something he actually told the truth about.
He's really not a good person, and he might very well act on impulse to seize wealth. So now, in Ye Xiao's view, the Azure Dragon Tripod no longer belongs to someone else.
Just like Liu Wenzhuo said, it's already a very critical time. Maybe someone already saw Ye Xiao after he left the Fu family, so Ye Xiao decided to get that Dragon Blood Strengthening Pills into his hands as soon as possible. He took out his phone and dialed a number.
About ten seconds later, a very familiar voice came through the phone.
"Boss, you've arrived at Bird City, right?" The person on the other end of the line was none other than Zhou Hao.
If there's anyone Ye Xiao trusts the most, besides his senior sister Shen Qiuyu and junior sister Chu Qinger, it's this Zhou Hao.
Zhou Hao and he have truly been through life and death together.
"I'm here. I need you to do something for me," Ye Xiao said.
As soon as Zhou Hao heard Ye Xiao's words, knowing he was being asked to handle something, he immediately became very serious. He knew that whatever Ye Xiao asked him to do, it was certainly not a small matter.
"Boss, tell me!"
Ye Xiao said, "Help me buy some medicinal materials. If the money is not enough, find Tang Xuewen, and if it's still not enough, let me know."
When Zhou Hao heard it was to buy some medicinal materials, he was quite familiar with it. After all, whenever Ye Xiao needed to buy medicinal materials, he would always ask him to do it.
"Boss, what medicine should I buy?"
Ye Xiao then told Zhou Hao all the medicinal materials that Liu Wenzhuo had told him.
After listening, Zhou Hao immediately said, "Boss, are you sure you still want that Red Dragon Fruit?"
"Yes!"
"Oh, alright," Zhou Hao said. "Boss, these medicinal materials are very rare and may take some time to procure."
"There must be no delay. I don't care what method you use, just get it done quickly. I have an urgent need," Ye Xiao said.
Although Zhou Hao didn't know what Ye Xiao's urgent need was, at the very least, he knew that if Ye Xiao used the word 'urgent,' it was definitely not a trivial matter.
"Alright, I will expedite it," Zhou Hao said.
After exchanging a few more words, Ye Xiao hung up the phone.
Although he didn't know how much money was needed, since it involved purchasing such high-grade medicinal materials, it would likely require a lot of money. However, Tang Xuewen currently manages a lot of money, so he believed it should be enough to buy those medicinal materials. Of course, if it's not enough, there's still the Fu family.
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