"Shall we take these pills now?" Yan Xiao asked.
"Tomorrow. Today I'll introduce you to everyone," Feng Yuqin said. Then she turned to Lin Xuan, who was waiting outside the door, and asked, "Lin Xuan, what's the situation downstairs now?"
"Master, the pills were sold out in just half an hour," Lin Xuan walked in and said excitedly.
Previously, when Feng Yuqin and the others saw people start to rush to buy the pills, they went upstairs. Since she had something to attend to, she didn't pay attention to what was going on downstairs.
Hearing Lin Xuan's words now, a hint of surprise flashed across Feng Yuqin's eyes. "Half an hour? So fast?"
"Yes, master. Su Bing and the others were extremely busy," Lin Xuan said. "Now they can finally take a break. They're doing the accounts. Su Bing just mentioned to me that if things go on like this, should we recruit more alchemists?"
"These people came for the effectiveness of the pills. If we recruit alchemists and the pills don't meet the previous standard, it'll be like ruining the reputation of the Dark Night Pavilion," Feng Yuqin had no intention of recruiting alchemists from outside. Her current plan was to train her own.
"But master, how can you handle all the work by yourself?" Lin Xuan asked worriedly.
"Have you and Su Bing successfully condensed your flames?" Feng Yuqin looked at Lin Xuan and asked. She remembered that the two of them had tried to condense flames before, so according to the method she taught, they should have succeeded these days.
Lin Xuan nodded. "We've both succeeded in condensing flames, but we're not familiar with the steps of alchemy yet."
Feng Yuqin looked at Yan Xiao and the others and said, "Cousin, you and Yun Jie will be in charge of the Dark Night Pavilion from now on. Su Bing is busy tonight. She'll learn alchemy with Lin Xuan."
"Don't worry. We'll surely manage the Dark Night Pavilion well for you," Yan Xiao said.
"Besides, prepare a notice for the fourth - grade pills for tomorrow. Wait for my decision after I come out tomorrow before posting it," Feng Yuqin said.
"What? Fourth - grade pills?" Yan Xiao and the others were shocked.
They knew that Feng Yuqin probably had some high - grade pills in her hand. Could it be that she planned to sell them?
"Yes, fourth - grade pills," Feng Yuqin said. "But I'm not sure how many I can refine tonight, so don't post the notice yet."
Yan Xiao and the others were stunned again. Yan Geng asked in shock, "You mean you can refine fourth - grade pills now?"
"Aren't you a third - grade alchemist?" Yan Xiao also asked doubtfully.
"I've been promoted," Feng Yuqin said helplessly, looking at the two of them.
"When did this happen?" Yan Geng asked.
"During the competition with the Grand Elder today," Feng Yuqin said.
The two brothers recalled for a moment. Then Yan Xiao immediately said, "So you weren't just closing your eyes to rest before. You were breaking through the barrier for promotion?"
Feng Yuqin nodded. "Yes. So I plan to give it a try tonight. Second cousin, wait for me in the alchemy room in the second half of the night. I should be able to give you an answer then. There are no fourth - grade pills in any pill shops in the imperial city yet, so you may need to pay more attention tomorrow."
Yan Xiao and his brother were both stunned. They kept thinking that this cousin was really a prodigy.
Just competing with someone and she got promoted.
If others knew about this, wouldn't they be furious?
...
In the evening, Feng Yuqin explained everything to everyone and let them know her relationship with the Yan brothers.
Actually, she didn't need to say this because Yun Jie and the others already knew the relationship between the Lingxiao brothers and Feng Yuqin.
After the pills in the shop were sold out today, Yun Jie and the others admired Feng Yuqin whole - heartedly.
So they would just follow Feng Yuqin's arrangements.
They had a blind worship of Feng Yuqin now.
In an alchemy room in the backyard of the Dark Night Pavilion.
This was arranged by Su Bing at Feng Yuqin's request before.
Feng Yuqin led Lin Xuan and Su Bing into the alchemy room and said to them, "Show me the flames you've condensed, and then try to control the fire with your spiritual power."
Hearing this, Lin Xuan and Su Bing immediately did as Feng Yuqin said.
After a cup of tea, Feng Yuqin noticed that Su Bing was slightly better than Lin Xuan in fire control.
"Your fire control is quite stable. It may have something to do with your personalities," Feng Yuqin said.
"Master, can we start learning alchemy now?" Lin Xuan looked at Feng Yuqin and asked.
Feng Yuqin nodded. "I'll start teaching you alchemy, but I don't have much time. I need to refine the pills for the Dark Night Pavilion tomorrow."
Although there were still a lot of pills she refined before in stock, she planned to refine a batch of fourth - grade pills tonight.
"Understood," Su Bing and Lin Xuan both knew the situation was urgent.
So when Feng Yuqin was teaching them later, the two of them learned extremely seriously.
After an hour, Su Bing and Lin Xuan had both mastered the basic steps, which made Feng Yuqin sigh that the two of them had good alchemy talents.
If things went on like this, they would be able to refine pills soon.
Then she could also relax a bit.
However, she still planned to find some more good candidates to train.
"You two can stay in this alchemy room. There's an inner room. You may be easily affected at first, so you can separate. Or you can decide for yourselves how far apart you need to be to concentrate. You can also use the rooms next to it," Feng Yuqin said.
"Master, don't worry. We can arrange these things by ourselves," Su Bing immediately said.
Feng Yuqin nodded and turned to leave.
Then she saw Yan Geng waiting outside. "Second cousin, I told you to come in the second half of the night. Why are you here so early?"
Yan Geng said, "We've arranged everything outside. Now big brother and Yun Jie are in charge of the following things, so I came here."
"Then come in with me," Feng Yuqin said.
"Aren't I supposed to wait outside?" Yan Geng asked doubtfully. "Won't my going in affect your alchemy?"
Feng Yuqin shook her head. "No. I thought you'd come in the second half of the night before and was worried that I'd be busy then, so I told you to wait outside. Now that you're here, come in with me."
Yan Geng nodded. He was quite interested in watching Feng Yuqin refine pills.
Actually, many people didn't know that Yan Geng was also a bit interested in alchemy.
It was just that given the situation of the Yan family before, Yan Geng knew very well that without strength, the Yan family couldn't protect an alchemist who hadn't grown up yet.
After entering the room, Feng Yuqin took out the alchemy furnace.
Yan Geng watched quietly on the other side.
Soon, Yan Geng noticed something strange.
He thought his cousin refined pills quickly during the day, but now he found that the speed was so fast that he could hardly see clearly.
So she was hiding her strength during the day?
Was she really that prodigious?