Peace Order
Chapter 613 - 49: Shuangtao’s Note, Academy’s Appointment_3

Chapter 613: Chapter 49: Shuangtao’s Note, Academy’s Appointment_3

Li Guanyi: "..."

He rubbed his forehead, feeling that his friends, who had been with him from the start, were really one more outrageous than the next. Most recently, he had handed over the leftover prescriptions of Hou Zhongyu along with their formulas to the Alchemy Master Team known as the Seven Old Ghosts Under Qilin.

Thus, Shi Dalin treasured it as a priceless possession.

Kept exclaiming, "Damn, Hou Zhongyu, what a genius!"

"Can the purity really be improved this way? Damn, how is this guy’s brain made?"

"Damn, this Corpse Transformation Powder! Damn, this poison!"

"Holy shit, this stuff can even corrode armor!"

The remnants of Hou Zhongyu’s powders quickly reversed-engineered the formulas, and those leftover prescriptions became a compulsory subject for the now swollen size of five hundred members of the Qilin Army’s Alchemy Master Team, who treasured them like prized possessions and studied them day and night.

Especially focusing on the initial core group of doctors.

Shi Dalin’s eyes were almost red with excitement.

He almost wished he could dig Hou Zhongyu up from the ground, grab him by the neck, and pull all his knowledge from him.

Equipped were the Healing Powder essential for quickly healing wounds, Corpse Transformation Powder for killing, arson and destroying evidence, Armor Break for ultra-high-speed corrosion of steel, a fire enhancer which could instantly intensify the flames, and Detoxification which could neutralize over ninety percent of conventional toxins.

These were now standard elixir kits carried by all soldiers of the Qilin Army.

In a confrontation, they could throw a porcelain bottle of Armor Break and continue fighting, while Corpse Transformation Powder could swiftly eliminate corpses, cutting off the possibility of an epidemic. Shi Dalin and others even used this Corpse Transformation Powder to successfully address a looming plague, turning infected rats into pools of blood.

Later investigations revealed that it was the aristocratic families who had released these plague-infested rats among the people, trying to create an atmosphere of a "great plague amassing with the arrival of the Qilin Army in Jiangnan." The middle-tier members of the investigated families committed suicide directly, leaving suicide notes confessing their deeds.

Their wives and children also took their own lives!

Completely severing ties with their family.

Upon learning about this, Li Guanyi was furiously enraged, nearly grabbed the Fierce Tiger Sky Shouting Halberd, and summoned his troops to obliterate that family but was held back.

Only a dozen mid-level members of that family were executed, but the family was not entirely destroyed.

After a long silence, Yuan Zhi told Li Guanyi,

"Lord, bringing back Wen He could give us a tenfold return."

"When dealing with such people, only he is the best..."

Only then did Li Guanyi temporarily suppress the matter and recorded it in his notebook.

The Murong Family also took away the formulas for the [fire enhancer] and [Armor Break].

Upon obtaining the formulas for these two types of powder, the efficiency and quality of smelting ores and forging weapons by the ordinary disciples of the Murong Family saw a significant improvement.

Li Guanyi could not have imagined that the stuff this guy had developed was not only incredibly useful in the Martial World but was also dramatically effective when equipped by organized armies.

Li Guanyi couldn’t help but sigh, "Hou Zhongyu! What a good man!"

"Truly a great man!"

Sitting nearby handling government affairs, Yuan Zhi remarked, "Hou Zhongyu? You have been mentioning this man quite often recently. What is good about him?"

"The good thing about him is..."

Li Guanyi paused briefly, then replied,

"The good thing about him is, he died."

Yuan Zhi was shocked.

Immediately, Li Guanyi recounted the situation with Hou Zhongyu, saying, "Such talent could have added wings to the military if thrown into it, yet Chen Dingye just threw him into the Imperial Palace for decades to have him keep researching the Elixir of Immortality for himself."

"Such a waste."

"I dare not imagine if we had encountered Hou Zhongyu outside and had sent him to Old Shitou, how happy those seven old pals of his would be."

Yuan Zhi shook his head and laughed, "But his death is also enough."

"With the abilities of Doctor Shi and others, there might be many more and better uses."

Li Guanyi nodded, sipping his tea, and said, "However, Yuan Zhi, are you really not coming with me to the Central State Academy? You are acquainted with them, and if you went this time, you could bring over more people."

Yuan Zhi gently shook his head, responding warmly, "My lord, those with talent and learning inevitably possess a proud spirit."

"People like Mr. Yan, they are not to be pulled in by us."

Yan Daiqing subtly lifted his chin but remained silent.

Yuan Zhi subtly elevated their colleague relationship, adding, "Besides, among those people I know, if the lord could subdue them, they would come even for a mere coin. What use would there be for Yuan Zhi? If their ideals do not align, even if a knife were held to their throats or lured by a fortune, it would still be useless. What use then would there be for Yuan Zhi?"

"Naturally, Wen He is an exception."

"No matter what means, just bring the person over."

"I think you might take some of the top five Powder for Anesthesia from Doctor Shi there."

Li Guanyi was dumbstruck, "No, Wen He does not deserve such."

"Yuan Zhi, you probably don’t understand how severe the stuff that Old Shi and his gang come up with, do you?"

Yuan Zhi seriously said,

"No, it’s you, my lord, who does not understand Wen He."

Li Guanyi: "..."

The young strategist wore a rare smile of ease and then paused before adding, "However, although I cannot go, I also have an ungracious request and hope the Lord will grant it."

Li Guanyi replied generously, "That’s naturally not a problem!"

Yuan Zhi hesitated for a moment, turned around, and bowed deeply, saying,

"My mother, she lives on the way from here to the Central State Academy. I am not a filial son. When I was young, I killed a local bully to avenge a friend, and my mother blocked the door with her back to let me escape. Later, when I returned and saw my uncle was there, only then could I leave with peace of mind."