Chapter 47: I Am an Alchemist

Lin Mo sneered and said, "You really haven't eaten anything good if you're falling for the Demonic Sect's sugar-coated bullets."

Senior Sister Leng Hanyue raised her hand to beat Lin Mo, but after stretching it out, she hesitated for a moment. Realizing she probably couldn't beat him right now, she could only sullenly retract her little fist.

Senior Sister Huang Doudou picked up a skewer and said, "Since we've officially infiltrated the Demonic Sect this time, we must be extremely careful moving forward and avoid exposing any flaws."

Senior Sister Leng Hanyue smiled confidently, "Senior Sister, don't worry. Most of the time, I am extremely witty."

The three of them rolled their eyes simultaneously and said in unison, "You are the one we worry about the most!"

Given that Senior Sister Leng Hanyue could not clearly recognize her own intelligence, Lin Mo and the others held a vote and unanimously agreed that she must never be allowed to act alone within the Soul-Devouring Beast Sect; otherwise, she might actually end up being turned to the other side.

The group discussed their next course of action, agreeing that they must figure out the objective of the Demonic Path Cultivators so they could pass the information back to the Sect and smash the Demonic Path's plan in one fell swoop.

Without a word through the night, the next day, Branch Master Zhang Yuanqing looked at Lin Mo as if he had encountered a long-lost father.

With an amiable expression that completely lacked the demeanor of a Demonic Path Cultivator, he asked, "Little brother? I heard you know how to do Alchemy?"

Lin Mo nodded and said, "I only know a little bit."

"How much is a little bit? What is your success rate for producing Medicinal Pills?" Branch Master Zhang Yuanqing pursued the question.

Lin Mo rubbed his head with an embarrassed look, "A little bit is just a little bit. The success rate is alright, and they are basically nine-patterned Medicinal Pills. However, because it's a fragmented Pill Formula passed down by my ancestors, there might be some side effects."

Branch Master Zhang Yuanqing slapped his thigh and exclaimed, "What a talent! I didn't expect you to be such a talent. Medicinal Pills with flaws are exactly what our Demonic Sect Cultivators need! Won't it be great when we sell them to the Loose Cultivators?"

Lin Mo and the others secretly mourned for the Loose Cultivators for three seconds. As the bottom tier of the Immortal Realm, the lives of Loose Cultivators were truly too miserable.

Lin Mo hesitated for a moment and said, "But I don't have a Pill Furnace right now."

"The Sect will resolve it."

"I don't have any Spiritual Plants yet."

"The Sect will resolve it."

"I'm still lacking a hundred million Spirit Stones."

"As long as you successfully produce Medicinal Pills, I will apply for a reward for you from the main headquarters."

Branch Master Zhang Yuanqing waved his hand grandly and said, "Comrades, let's not be afraid of difficulties! As long as we can produce Medicinal Pills, whenever we encounter difficulties, we will resolve them!"

Lin Mo nodded, suddenly feeling a sense of a warrior dying for one who truly appreciates him.

No one had ever trusted him like this before. He must seize this opportunity to heavily fleece these Demonic Path Cultivators and teach them a lesson that they shouldn't trust others so casually.

Lin Mo smiled with a crooked mouth and said, "Branch Master, prepare a quiet room for me. I will record the Materials I need onto a Jade Slip. It will be fine as long as you prepare the Pill Furnace along with it. At that time, you can have a few Senior Sisters help me as a Protector."

Branch Master Zhang Yuanqing nodded and said, "Everything will be as you wish, as long as you can refine Medicinal Pills. However, if you fail to produce Medicinal Pills, don't blame this Branch Master for being impolite."

Lin Mo nodded and said, "Branch Master, rest assured."

Lin Mo was full of confidence. Alchemy was mere child's play; although he had never refined Medicinal Pills before, if he couldn't refine them well, couldn't he at least ruin them?

Inside the quiet room, Lin Mo wrote down quite a few spiritual Materials, apart from the enlightenment pill, he also jotted down many other Medicinal Pills he needed. As a Demonic Path Disciple, what's the point of being in the Demonic Path if you don't know how to embezzle and take bribes?

"Silver Star Grass, Marigold, Scorpion Tail Grass, Five-Poison Fragrance…"

After confirming the list of medicinal herbs, Branch Master Zhang Yuanqing's mouth twitched slightly, and he said with heartache, "Although there are quite a few precious herbs, relying on our branch's capability, we can still get them all. I hope you can refine Medicinal Pills."

Zhang Yuanqing thought to himself, "If you can't refine Medicinal Pills with so many precious herbs, I will definitely put this fellow in a sky lantern."

Lin Mo said with full confidence, "Branch Master, rest assured. Precisely because these Medicinal Pills are expensive, the success rate of producing them is even higher."

Although Branch Master Zhang Yuanqing felt something was slightly off, considering that Lin Mo and the others had no way to leave the Demonic Sect and their lives were pinched in his hands, they wouldn't dare to hoax him.

He threw the Jade Slip to Wang Dabiao and said, "Go, collect these herbs according to what Lin Mo said. If the Spirit Stones are not enough, go take them from the Treasure Pavilion."

Wang Dabiao cautiously replied, "Branch Master, our Treasure Pavilion was emptied out last month, and there are no Spirit Stones left in the branch now."

Branch Master Zhang Yuanqing glared and gave Wang Dabiao a big slap across the face, saying angrily, "Useless trash! If there are no Spirit Stones, won't you go steal or rob? If worst comes to worst, our branch still has so many Spirit Beasts, won't you have enough if you go sell a few? To think you are still a Demonic Path Cultivator!"

Wang Dabiao responded with a wronged look, "Understood, Branch Master."

If he weren't a man, his tears would have almost fallen. The branch had been so poor that they couldn't even afford to eat for more than a day or two. The Branch Master was going too far, venting his anger on a mere ordinary minor deacon like him.

Before leaving, Wang Dabiao fiercely glared at Lin Mo and the others. If not for them, he wouldn't have been disciplined by the Branch Master.

Over the next few days, the entire Holy Clan Sect served Lin Mo and the others with good food and drinks.

Wang Dabiao ran his legs nearly to exhaustion outside, secretly selling a few valuable Spirit Beasts of the Sect, but the Spirit Stones he raised were still not enough.

Having no other choice, he could only pick up his old profession as a bandit Cultivator and rob the passing Loose Cultivators.

One time, he even encountered a Cultivator whose Realm was higher than his. Fortunately, Wang Dabiao reacted quickly; otherwise, this time next year would be his anniversary of death.

In the end, he finally managed to gather enough Spirit Stones and returned to the Soul-Devouring Beast Sect looking disheveled and dirt-faced.

Even so, Branch Master Zhang Yuanqing was still unsatisfied: "Useless trash, it took you so long to get just this little bit of Spirit Stones. If I had gone myself, it would have been settled long ago."

Wang Dabiao was already used to it. There was no help for it; those in higher official positions crushed those below them.

A freshly minted Storage Pouch was handed into Lin Mo's hands, stained with the blood and tears of Wang Dabiao collecting Spirit Stones and spiritual Materials.

Branch Master Zhang Yuanqing gave a look and said, "Wang Dabiao, you and the three of them will act as Protectors for Little Brother Lin together."

On the way to the quiet room, Senior Sister Huang Doudou was still somewhat uneasy and secretly transmitted her voice, "Junior Brother, can you do this? How about I find a way for us to break out right now?"

Lin Mo did not reply, but gently shook his head, signaling the other party to be at ease.

…

Arriving inside the quiet room, where he was the only person present, Lin Mo was not anxious at all. Instead, he pulled out a copy of "Introduction to Alchemy" and read it with great relish.

He even shook his head from time to time, thinking, "So that's how it is, and this is how that is—turns out it's this simple to refine Medicinal Pills!"

He pulled out the pill cauldron given to him by Branch Master Zhang Yuanqing. In order for Lin Mo to successfully refine Medicinal Pills, Branch Master Zhang Yuanqing had truly racked his brains, not knowing from where he managed to find a top-grade Spiritual Artifact.

Following the methods taught in "Introduction to Alchemy", Lin Mo first used pure essence solar flame to warm the cauldron, and then successively threw the medicinal herbs into the pill cauldron.