Chapter 39: Unnecessary Worries

Upon hearing that he would receive eighty percent, Azure Flame quickly waved his hand in refusal.

It was true he had come to be an Alchemist in residence, but he was also Qin Ming's Disciple; in his heart, at least, he placed himself in the position of a Disciple.

If a master asked his Disciple to refine some Medicinal Pills for the Family, wasn't that only natural?

"How about this: I take thirty percent of the profits, and you take seventy. Does that work for you?"

Azure Flame said, adamant that he would not accept eighty percent of the profits.

Furthermore, to be honest, he truly looked down on the profits from these Medicinal Pills.

He was a Pill King, a Pill King capable of refining sixth-grade Medicinal Pills. How could he possibly care for the profits of a few third-grade Medicinal Pills?

Hearing the profit-sharing ratio proposed by Azure Flame, Qin Yuan quickly waved his hands.

"No, no, that won't do at all.

You are a noble Alchemist who is willing to refine Medicinal Pills for us; that is showing us great respect. How could you only take thirty percent?"

"Indeed! Elder Qing, please take eighty percent. The Alchemist from the Chen Family also takes eighty percent, and you need to Cultivate yourself.

If you give all the benefits to us, what resources will you have left to perform Alchemy?"

A white-haired Elder stepped forward to persuade him.

Although Alchemists earned a lot of Spirit Stones, their expenses were also quite massive.

Every time they refined a new pill, it required a mountain of spirit plants to be piled up; only then was it possible to produce a new pill.

Don't be fooled by how Elder Qing refined the spirit gathering pill in one go; there's no telling how many spirit gathering pill spirit plants he wasted while learning it.

The reason it was so difficult to become an Alchemist was partly due to the limitations of Talent, but even more so due to a lack of resources.

Even a pig, as long as one was willing to spend enough spirit plants, could be piled up into an Alchemist.

Elder Qing also knew that if he insisted on only taking thirty percent, they likely wouldn't agree no matter what.

After thinking it over, Elder Qing could only say:

"How about this: we split it half and half. You take fifty percent, and I take fifty percent.

This is my limit. If you still don't agree, I'll truly get angry!"

Qin Yuan smiled helplessly, cupped his hands, and said:

"Then, Elder Qing, we shall take advantage of your generosity."

He could also see that during Qin Ming's time, he didn't seem to care about this bit of profit distribution.

"Haha… We are all one Family. Why be so formal between Family members?"

Elder Qing said with a loud laugh.

Everyone in the study burst into laughter.

"Then it's settled. Someone, arrange a top-quality room for Elder Qing, as well as an Alchemy Room.

A Cultivation Room—everything must be the best."

Qin Yuan instructed the servants.

"It's settled then. I'll head back to my room to Cultivate now."

Elder Qing greeted the several Elders and then left with the Qin Family servants.

Qin Ming and Qin Qing also followed them out.

"Do you all think Elder Qing is reliable?"

After Elder Qing and Qin Ming's group had left, Qin Yuan asked worriedly.

He still found it hard to believe that such a powerful Alchemist would just join the Qin Family like this.

It was simply like a dream.

One must know that the Alchemist in the Chen Family was only brought over from Chenyang City after the Chen Family paid a massive price.

Furthermore, that Alchemist was absolutely incapable of refining a qi gathering pill.

Liu City had no qi gathering pills for sale, and neither did the Chen Family.

Now, an Alchemist who could refine qi gathering pills had suddenly joined the Qin Family; it was no wonder he felt so anxious about the potential loss.

There were massive profits involved here.

As long as this Alchemist didn't leave, after the Qin Family developed for a while, they would not only easily become one of the Four Great Families of Liu City,

but they would even have a place in Chenyang City.

At this moment, an Elder stepped forward and said with a serious expression:

"Patriarch, I actually feel that this Alchemist is very reliable!"

"Oh?" Qin Yuan was curious to hear this.

"It is precisely because his Alchemy ability is too strong that I find him reliable.

With his level of ability, our Qin Family has nothing for him to covet.

To put it bluntly, even if we packaged the entire Qin Family and gave it to him, he probably wouldn't be interested."