Return of the Celestial King

Ouyang Feifei was initially crestfallen, but her eyes lit up and joy filled her heart when she heard Qin Tuo’s words.

”That’s wonderful, Qin Tuo! It’s a deal, then. When you have a chance, you have to give me some pointers!”

’Even if Qin Tuo won’t take me as a disciple,’ she thought, ’with his abilities, I’d benefit immensely just by learning a little something from him.’

After all, Qin Tuo’s previous performance was forever seared into Ouyang Feifei’s mind, impossible to forget.

Besides, she had gone to great lengths to resign from her position at the Security Pavilion. After making such a huge decision, wouldn’t it be a double loss if she didn’t learn any real skills?

Seeing that Qin Tuo was willing to give Ouyang Feifei some guidance, Chen Man Ni was genuinely happy for her best friend.

”Feifei, everything’s fine now. Since Qin Tuo is willing to guide you, he’s basically half a master to you. You don’t need to worry about it anymore,” Chen Man Ni said comfortingly.

Ouyang Feifei nodded emphatically. She was already quite content and knew that Qin Tuo had given her enough face.

”Oh, right, Manni, I heard a few new stores opened at the Central Mall. How about I take you shopping?” Ouyang Feifei suddenly suggested with a smile.

Chen Man Ni nodded. She also wanted to get out and clear her head, to relieve the gloom that had been weighing on her for days.

Qin Tuo was happy to see Chen Man Ni go shopping. He knew it was one of the best ways for a woman to de-stress.

So, the two girls headed off to the mall in high spirits, while Qin Tuo remained at the villa to wait for news.

Not long after, Long Wu and Qiangwei arrived at the villa together.

”Celestial King, the medicinal herbs have arrived.”

Qiangwei reported respectfully as soon as she saw Qin Tuo.

Qin Tuo nodded. He had calculated that the herbs should have reached the Provincial City by now.

Long Wu, who was beside them, quickly added:

”Celestial King, it’s like this: the herbs have been placed in Rose Hall. This is for safekeeping, to prevent any accidents.”

Qin Tuo didn’t say much. Placing the herbs in Rose Hall was, of course, the safest option.

After all, the Liao Family Villa had been attacked before, so it wasn’t suitable for storing such valuable items now.

If these herbs were stolen, Qin Tuo would have no one to cry to.

”Celestial King, when will you be going to get the herbs?”

Qiangwei asked curiously. She had already instructed the disciples of Rose Hall to strictly guard these herbs from Medicine King Valley, ready for Qin Tuo’s arrival at any time.

Without a second thought, Qin Tuo waved his hand and said:

”Let’s go right now!”

Qin Tuo was already getting impatient to see this batch of medicinal herbs.

And so, Long Wu drove Qin Tuo back to Rose Hall.

Led by Qiangwei, Qin Tuo entered a secret chamber. Inside, he saw several large sacks filled with incredibly precious medicinal herbs.

Qin Tuo examined them carefully and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

”Mm, very good. As expected of herbs from Medicine King Valley. Every single one is authentic, and of extremely high quality.”

’If I had to gather all these herbs by myself,’ Qin Tuo thought, ’I don’t know how much time and energy it would take, and I probably wouldn’t even be able to find this many.’

’But Medicine King Valley can provide so many precious herbs with ease. It’s just as the outsiders say—Medicine King Valley possesses all the rare and famous medicines in the world. That’s no exaggeration at all!’

Seeing Qin Tuo so pleased, Long Wu and Qiangwei were also blooming with joy inwardly.

”The two of you can leave for now. I’ll refine the pills right here!” Qin Tuo instructed.

He had already made up his mind to refine the Great Rejuvenation Pills on the spot.

The sheer number of precious herbs filled the entire room with an incredibly rich medicinal fragrance, and Qin Tuo could barely contain his excitement.

Thus, Long Wu and Qiangwei didn’t dare say another word and respectfully exited the room, leaving Qin Tuo alone.

Qin Tuo wasted no time and immediately began the refining process.

He first activated the Celestial King Order with a sliver of Spiritual Power. Then, under the catalyzing effect of the Celestial King Order, he completely absorbed the spiritual nature from within the herbs.

Gradually, one precious herb after another withered at a speed visible to the naked eye, transforming into vast Spiritual Qi that flowed into the Celestial King Order Ring.

Immediately after, Qin Tuo relentlessly refined the first Great Rejuvenation Pill!

Then came the second, the third...

Seeing the quality of these Great Rejuvenation Pills, Qin Tuo was very satisfied.

The quality of a pill is inextricably linked to the quality of its ingredients. It was precisely because of this batch of top-tier herbs that the refined Great Rejuvenation Pills had an exceptionally good effect.

When almost all the herbs were consumed, more than a dozen Great Rejuvenation Pills had appeared before Qin Tuo.

These Great Rejuvenation Pills were, without a doubt, the upgraded version of the Small Rejuvenation Pill. Their medicinal effects were much more potent, and they had virtually no side effects.

Several hours had passed by the time he finished refining the pills. Qin Tuo then called Long Wu and Qiangwei back in.

The moment they walked into the room and saw the dozen-plus pills before them, both of their eyes went wide, and their hearts began to pound faster.

Qin Tuo glanced at them, casually picked up a Great Rejuvenation Pill, and then said to them with a smile:

”The rest of these pills are for the two of you.”

As his words fell, Long Wu and Qiangwei glanced at each other, unable to believe their ears.

”Celestial King, you can’t be serious... all of them for us?” Qiangwei reacted, her face flushing bright red with excitement.

They were, of course, aware of how precious these pills were. They had thought that receiving even a single pill as a reward from Qin Tuo would have been more than enough.

They never expected that Qin Tuo would actually give all the pills to them!

Qin Tuo nodded and said seriously:

”That’s right. I mean what I say. The two of you can split the pills. However, Long Wu... you can take a few more. That way, your strength will increase faster!”

For Qin Tuo, the effect of a single Great Rejuvenation Pill was already sufficient.

Hearing this, Long Wu nodded heavily, his eyes shimmering with tears of excitement.

He had dreamed of increasing his strength but had been frustrated by his inability to do so.

Moreover, only by becoming stronger could he keep pace with Qiangwei and have more confidence and conviction to pursue her.

Now, with these pills, Long Wu was absolutely confident he could grow by leaps and bounds in a short amount of time.

Seeing their excited expressions, Qin Tuo felt a sense of gratification.