Chapter 484 I Have a Condition
Zhou Yi spoke lightly, but Zhang He treasured the information like a priceless gift, carefully placing those dozen or so medicinal pills into a porcelain bottle.
Then he looked up at Zhou Yi and said, "Thank you, I am very grateful!"
"Come on, why are you getting so excited?" Ling Feng asked.
Zhang He glanced at him. "You don’t understand; these Thunderbolt Pills are extremely important to me, they’re very useful!"
"Alright, now that you have succeeded, what about the remaining materials?"
"Well...,"
Zhang He was taken aback, looked at Zhou Yi, and with an apologetic grin, asked, "If it’s convenient for you, could you possibly refine the rest for me too?"
"I don’t have the time; you’ve seen the method, handle it yourselves!"
Zhou Yi rolled her eyes and turned to leave.
"Don’t rush off!"
Ling Feng stretched out a hand, stopping her.
His hand almost touched Zhou Yi’s chest, and her face changed immediately. She asked impatiently, "What now? Do you plan to restrict my personal freedom?"
"Why would I do that?"
Ling Feng chuckled sheepishly and quickly explained, "Although I saw it just now, I still didn’t quite understand. How exactly did you operate the pill furnace with your hands?"
"Want to know?"
Zhou Yi smiled mischievously.
Seeing her reaction, Ling Feng’s heart skipped a beat, and he turned to look at Zhang He, "Brother, it’s not that I won’t help you, ah!"
Zhang He: "..."
"You’re backing out now? I haven’t even mentioned my conditions yet!" Zhou Yi said.
Ling Feng grinned and said, "No need to say them, they’re surely nothing good!"
"Is that so? So you’re not planning to do alchemy in the future? Well, in that case, just sell this alchemy furnace to me!" Zhou Yi said with a light laugh.
"Over my dead body! I’m not short of money!" Ling Feng said helplessly.
"Fine, don’t sell it then, I’m leaving!"
Zhou Yi nodded and turned to leave.
Now Ling Feng was out of options and had to bite the bullet and ask, "What exactly do you want?"
"Nothing much, you want to know how to operate it, and I actually want to teach you, but it requires you to agree to a condition!" Zhou Yi feigned innocence.
"Which condition?"
"I want the right to use this alchemy furnace!"
Ling Feng was stunned, not expecting that this was her demand, and he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, having thought she was going to press him about the incident at the Qiao Family home last time!
Now that he understood, he didn’t even need to think and nodded, "Sure, anytime you want to refine elixirs, just come to me!"
"Really?" Zhou Yi tilted her head and asked.
Ling Feng responded seriously, "Really!"
Now Zhou Yi was satisfied, and with a smile, she stepped closer and whispered in his ear, "Actually, it’s very simple. When refining elixirs, you need to catalyze them using the spiritual power within your body; only then can the elixirs be successfully made!"
"That’s it?" Ling Feng’s eyes widened in surprise.
"Indeed, that’s it!"
Zhou Yi smiled, giving him a sidelong glance, "Remember your promise; I might just come find you in three to five days!"
After she finished speaking, she turned and left the room, leaving Ling Feng and Zhang He looking at each other, completely dumbfounded.
A few minutes later, Ling Feng asked with a wry smile, "How did you get to know this woman?"
"It’s a long story... Before, I sought out a reclusive expert to help with alchemy, and that’s where I met her!" Zhang He explained.
"And then? Her master didn’t agree to help you?" Ling Feng inquired.
"It’s not that he didn’t agree, he just told me that his pill furnace couldn’t handle it, and that he couldn’t produce a Thunderbolt Pill, so I should think of another way!"
"Alright then."
Ling Feng sighed, pondering over the situation, and felt that it wasn’t a bad deal. If it weren’t for Zhou Yi’s appearance, he and Zhang He would probably still be figuring out how to successfully concoct the elixir!
Now, with her guidance, he had gained some insight into alchemy, which would make future pill-making much easier.
Thinking of this, Ling Feng crouched down and, mimicking Zhou Yi’s method, busily got to work.
Twenty minutes later, another batch of Thunderbolt Pills was successfully concocted!
Zhang He wasn’t as surprised as the first time and happily gathered them up, smiling at Ling Feng, "Actually, I have enough for my use, you keep the remaining materials, they might come in handy for something else later!"
"Fine by me, but can you tell me why you need these Thunderbolt Pills?" Ling Feng asked.
Zhang He immediately shook his head, "That I cannot tell you!"
"Damn, flip-flopping faster than flipping a book, is that really necessary?" Ling Feng said, speechless.
"Necessary!"
Zhang He chuckled and stood up, saying, "I’m off; if you ever come to the Demon Capital, I’ll treat you well!"
Without any hesitation, he turned and left.
Ling Feng was taken aback and followed him to the door, "You’re leaving just like that?"
"What else? I’m in a hurry to get back; I have matters to attend to. No need for a farewell ceremony, right?" Zhang He said with a laugh.
"Hmm, then I won’t see you out, it’s not auspicious!" Ling Feng said with a mischievous smile.
"Piss off, I’m going!"
Zhang He gave him a withering look, jumped into the pickup truck, and quickly left Shiliu Village.
Watching the car drive away, Ling Feng stood at the door for a moment, then quickly turned and went back into his room, eager to make another batch of Thunderbolt Pills.
Afterward, with over a dozen red medicinal pills in hand, Ling Feng excitedly teleported to the Nine Heavens.
Chen Yuhe was playing with several children of various sizes in the First Layer of Heaven. Not wanting to disturb them, Ling Feng went straight to the Third Layer.
Once he arrived in the empty Gobi Desert, Ling Feng took out a medicinal pill and said to himself, "Let’s see just how powerful you really are, to make Zhang He care so much about you?"
After speaking, he casually threw out a Thunderbolt Pill!
The red pill hit the ground and immediately a bolt of lightning struck from the sky with a crisp ’snap’!
Ling Feng was dumbfounded: "..."
It wasn’t that he was scared by the effect, but he was greatly disappointed!
Throwing one pill resulted in only a bolt of lightning. It sounded like a firecracker, and the power was nothing special; the ground didn’t even bear a mark!
"This is not even a tenth as good as Wang Cai’s abilities!"
Ling Feng was speechless.
He had thought it was some kind of miraculous pill, but the effect turned out to be so weak that Ling Feng was extremely disappointed.
He really wanted to give Zhang He a call right away and ask, was this worthless thing worth coming all this way to ask him to make?
But then he thought, perhaps things weren’t so simple after all.
He was aware of Zhang He’s strength; surely, the guy didn’t need to use Thunderbolt Pills as weapons, there must be some other secret purpose!
And it had to be very secretive; otherwise, he wouldn’t have kept refusing to tell him no matter how many times he asked!
"It’s useful to you, but for me, it’s just a chicken rib, sigh!"
Realizing this, Ling Feng sighed resignedly, stowed away the Thunderbolt Pills, and left the Third Layer of Heaven.
Since he had teleported over and had nothing better to do, he turned and went to the First Layer.
No sooner had he entered than he heard the joyful laughter of children, which immediately lifted his spirits.
Approaching, he saw Li Fei’er leading three children in a playful chase, while Chen Yuhe sat laughing on the grass, her face the picture of tranquil contentment. Ling Feng’s heart warmed, and he quickly sat down next to her, instinctively wrapping an arm around her shoulders.