The Sword God of the Universe

Chapter 584: Chapter 584: When I Am Easy to Bully

On the following day, Jing Yan officially began refining the second furnace of Divine Dao Pills.

He was as calm as still water, using a pale red Source Power. Without hurry or impatience, he added various kinds of Spirit Grass into the Pill Furnace in the order specified by the Pill Formula to extract their essence.

Several hours later, the refining of this batch of Elixirs was completed.

When the Divine Dao Pills were taken out of the Pill Furnace, a surge of multicolored light emerged, which then dissolved into the pills.

Jing Yan let out a slight sigh of relief, knowing that this Divine Dao Pill had achieved Perfect Quality.

”They feel quite good, let’s continue refining!” he said to himself.

Jing Yan did not stop to rest, and the refining of Divine Dao Pills continued.

The third Divine Dao Pill, First-class quality.

Keep going!

The fourth Divine Dao Pill, Perfect Quality. The fifth Divine Dao Pill, again Perfect Quality. The sixth Divine Dao Pill, First-class quality.

After several days, Jing Yan had refined a total of nine Divine Dao Pills, which, added to the one he had previously refined, made ten in total. The Dao Essence Fruit had been consumed entirely, with only seven left.

Out of the nine Divine Dao Pills, five reached Perfect Quality and four were of First-class quality. This meant that now there was more than a fifty percent chance for Jing Yan to produce Divine Dao Pills of Perfect Quality.

Although partially due to Source Power, one had to admit that Jing Yan’s ability to refine Elixirs was indeed frightening.

After safely storing away the nine Divine Dao Pills, Jing Yan did not continue refining. Although there were seven Dao Essence Fruits remaining, he planned to save them for the possibility of other uses in the future. After all, he could refine Divine Dao Pills anytime and was not in a hurry at this moment.

”The Pill Spirit Conference should be coming to an end, right?”

”I’ll go have another look! It’s only held once every hundred years. Once this one is over, I’ll have to wait another hundred years to participate.”

Jing Yan got up, intending to visit the Pill Spirit Conference again. There were indeed often rare items to be found at the Pill Spirit Conference. Just like the seventeen Dao Essence Fruits he had found before – although luck played a part, had Jing Yan not attended the conference, he would have missed the chance to obtain them.

Just as Jing Yan was about to leave his room, a guard from the Commerce approached in a hurry.

”Chairman Jing Yan, President Qing Ru has come to look for you several times,” the guard said quickly.

”President Qing Ru is looking for me?” Jing Yan looked towards the guard.

”Yes! She seemed very anxious and has come several times. However, because you were in seclusion, she was afraid of disturbing you,” the guard explained.

”I’ll go see President Qing Ru right away!” Jing Yan nodded.

At this moment, he had no idea what business Qing Ru could possibly have with him. Although he was the chairman of Youhai Commerce, he did not involve himself with the internal operations of the Commerce.

A moment later, Jing Yan saw Qing Ru.

”President Qing Ru, you were looking for me?” Jing Yan immediately asked when he saw her.

”Chairman Jing Yan, you’ve finally come out of seclusion!” Upon seeing Jing Yan, Qing Ru showed an anxious expression, ”There’s trouble!”

”Trouble? What’s happened?” Jing Yan inquired.

”It’s about you!”

”Everywhere outside, they are talking about you, saying that you sold Fake Pills at the trade conference, which was discovered by Alchemist Leng Feng from the Jade Building. You won first place on the new Pill King List at the Alchemy Convention, so your reputation is great. Therefore, this rumor has had a very serious impact,” Qing Ru said with a severe look on her face.

Jing Yan’s expression darkened.

”Didn’t this matter pass already? It was Alchemist Leng Feng from the Jade Building who slandered me!” Jing Yan’s brows furrowed tightly.

”At first, no one believed it. However, in just a few days, the direction of the wind has changed. There must be a force behind it. They said since you were caught selling Fake Pills at the trade conference, you lost the face to appear there again,” Qing Ru spoke swiftly, ”These past few days, our Youhai Commerce’s business has also been impacted.”

”And other Tradings Houses like Dragon Soaring Commerce are also adding insult to injury...” Qing Ru was indeed worried.

The several Trading Houses in Pill Country had great influence. Although they did not openly attack Jing Yan and Youhai Commerce, they were secretly creating obstacles for them both.

Hearing Qing Ru’s words made it clear to Jing Yan why she was so anxious to see him.

If this matter was not handled, the impact would indeed be significant. Not only would it affect him, but it would also have a huge negative impact on Youhai Commerce.

”The Jade Building is causing trouble!”

”They rescued Leng Feng, and likely at a high price. They are unwilling to take this loss quietly. Since they don’t dare confront me openly, they’re causing trouble behind the scenes. How despicable!” The rage in Jing Yan’s heart was burning ever stronger.

He knew that the Jade Building must be behind this.

”Mm, I’ve sent people to secretly investigate. While we can’t completely confirm it yet, various clues indeed point towards the Jade Building,” Qing Ru nodded in agreement with Jing Yan’s words.

”Chairman Jing Yan, how should we respond now? The Jade Building is not a concern; if necessary, we could just confront them head-on. But I’m worried about Dragon Soaring Commerce and Winter Sun Trading House—all the more likely to kick us while we’re down. I’m afraid they’ll also take this chance to strike at Youhai Commerce,” Qing Ru looked at Jing Yan.

Had it not been for wanting to wait for Jing Yan to come out of seclusion to discuss with him, she would have already taken action against them. Qing Ru also knew about Alchemist Leng Feng’s accusation of Jing Yan selling Fake Pills and his detention by Pill Spirit City.

”Let me handle this matter,” Jing Yan said after a moment of thought, his voice firm.

Not long ago, Jing Yan received a message from Yang Xiao that Leng Feng had been rescued, which displeased Jing Yan. However, he had not thought about continuing to cause trouble for Leng Feng or the Jade Building. Leng Feng’s release must have come at a great cost, and if they had stayed quiet, Jing Yan would have let it go.

But now, the Jade Building clearly was not willing to let things lie.

A sharp light flashed across Jing Yan’s eyes.

”Do they really think they can bully me, Jing Yan?” As his thoughts turned in his mind, Jing Yan’s anger grew.

”Chairman Jing Yan, what do you plan to do? Youhai Commerce will fully support you,” Qing Ru said, looking at Jing Yan with some confusion.

”President Qing Ru, you don’t need to get involved. I need to step out for a while,” Jing Yan shook his head.

Qing Ru wanted to ask for more details, but before she could continue the conversation, Jing Yan had left.

Jing Yan left Youhai Commerce and went directly to Pill Spirit City.

”Halt!”

”This is a restricted area. Outsiders are not allowed to enter!”

Jing Yan was stopped by two Guards. During the Pill Spirit Conference, most of Pill Spirit City was freely accessible, but some special areas were off-limits to outsiders.

”I am Jing Yan, and I have business with Donghe Great Pill King,” Jing Yan stated directly.

He had come to Pill Spirit City to see Hu Donghe.

”You’re Alchemist Jing Yan? Please wait a moment, I will report this right away!” Recognizing Jing Yan, the guard’s expression changed, and after leaving these words, he turned and left.