Urban Peerless Expert
Chapter 2524 - 2544: You’re making others look lazy!

Chapter 2524: Chapter 2544: You’re making others look lazy!

In the Pill Concocting Room, Pill Fire soared. Lin Chen sat cross-legged, focused and dedicated as he manipulated the Pill Fire. The medicinal liquid was tumbling and rising in the flames.

"Bang!"

The lid of the pill furnace flew up, and several sparkling medicinal pills flew out of the pill furnace, landing in a ceramic plate.

Lin Chen let out a sigh of relief, "Someone come!"

Two Dan Tongs approached respectfully, separated the medicinal pills into porcelain bottles, and helped Lin Chen tidy up after the pill refining.

Lin Chen stood up and walked out of the room.

The handmaid standing at the entrance said respectfully, "Master, while you were refining pills, Alchemists Zhao Mingliang and Yang Minghe came to visit. Hearing that you were busy, they left, saying they would visit another day."

Lin Chen responded with a noncommittal grunt, not really taking the matter to heart.

This was the Wei Family Headquarters, which had recruited many elites from various professions, such as alchemists and Artifact Refiners, to refine Magical Treasures and medicinal pills for the entire Wei Family’s forces.

These individuals were akin to industry experts hired by the Wei Family at high salaries. Though they belonged to the Wei Family’s forces and bore the Wei Family’s mark, the Wei Family primarily focused on winning them over. As long as their skills could be utilized by the Wei Family, loyalty wasn’t important.

As long as the Wei Family existed, they had entered the Wei Family’s doors; could they dare to defect to another power?

Does anyone wish to die?

Lin Chen had come to the Wei Family with the condition of the Hidden God White Jade Stem, having figured out this approach of the Wei Family.

As long as he demonstrated sufficient ability, then the Wei Family would happily offer significant benefits to win him over!

Such matters needed to be discussed upfront because, once you’ve joined, it’s not necessarily easy to negotiate for more later on.

Lin Chen made it clear at the beginning—I don’t need any other treatments, I can work hard to refine pills for you, but I want the Hidden God White Jade Stem; that’s my only condition. If you want to recruit me, wouldn’t it be embarrassing not to agree to this sole term?

Lin Chen’s predictions were correct. After displaying his exceptional value by refining the extremely difficult high-grade White God Pill, Wei Mingxuan indeed promised to procure the Hidden God White Jade Stem from the Yuwen Family for Lin Chen.

Lin Chen had been staying with the Wei Family for three months, focusing on pill refining every day with terrifying efficiency, perfectly proving his ability.

He had to solidify his worthiness to Wei Mingxuan, so Wei Mingxuan would genuinely prioritize retrieving the Hidden God White Jade Stem for him.

While Lin Chen could wait for Fan Tianxing and Shangguan Wenyin to rectify the chaos successfully, he feared potential mishaps, and moreover, why owe favors to others when he could act himself?

The Wei Family had nurtured many alchemists, including quite a few formidable Senior Alchemy Masters, but none were as zealous as Lin Chen.

As Lin Chen’s reputation among the Wei Family’s circle of alchemists gradually rose, he started receiving an increasing number of visitors.

The attitudes and goals of these visitors varied.

Lin Chen avoided these visits whenever possible, hiding where he could. After all, he had no interest in forming relationships with these people. More interaction could invite trouble.

He just wanted to refine pills quietly, earn his performance, and once the Hidden God White Jade Stem was secured, he could mysteriously disappear.

Lin Chen sat in the chair in the yard, pondering. The three-month deadline had arrived; Wei Mingxuan should be preparing to visit the Yuwen Family, right?

Should he look for an opportunity to remind Wei Mingxuan, lest he forgets?

After all, such matters, if momentarily forgotten and met with an apologetic promise of "next time," aren’t conducive to a confrontation, right?

Who allowed him to be the family head and myself a mere retainer.

Just as Lin Chen was contemplating, Footsteps sounded and the handmaid returned, followed by a White-haired Elder.

This White-haired Elder was the Alchemy Master Garden Steward Qin Cheng, also a Senior Alchemy Master responsible for all Wei Family alchemists, who had accompanied Wei Mingxuan in Lin Chen’s assessment on that day.

Lin Chen hastily stood up from his chair and greeted with his hands clasped, "Steward Qin!"

With a gentle smile and warm eyesight, Qin Cheng said, "Just finished refining pills?"

Lin Chen said with a laugh, "Yes, I just finished a batch of White God Pills. They’re cleaning up the pill furnace, so I took the chance to rest a bit."

Pointing at Lin Chen with an extended hand, Qin Cheng said with a laugh, "You, there’s no need to work so hard. We have plenty of time. Take it slow. You’re making the other alchemists appear lazy."

Lin Chen laughed naively, "I just want to refine more pills and prove myself to the family head."

Qin Cheng laughed heartily, "I’ve seen all your hard work and have praised you to the family head many times."

Lin Chen clasped his hands and said, "Thank you, Steward Qin, for speaking so highly of me!"

Qin Cheng replied, "I came to you this time for a matter... "

Without hesitation, Lin Chen said, "Steward Qin, please command me!"

Qin Cheng laughed, "The family head is preparing to visit the Yuwen Family and needs a distinguished alchemist to accompany him. Originally, it was supposed to be me, but I’m tied up with some matters and can’t get away for now, so I recommended you to the family head."