Song Jianming spread his hands. "My guild is in this state. If we can't win this time, it's likely that the guild will cease to exist soon. So what does it matter?"
Seeing that he truly thought so, Feng Yuqin pondered for a moment and said, "There are still a few months until the competition. During this period, I can select four people for training."
"Will it be in time?" Song Jianming asked worriedly.
"There's no problem achieving a quality level of over 50%," Feng Yuqin said. "You should also be glad that the headquarters emphasizes quality. So as long as I make sure the participants maintain a pill - refining quality of over 50%, they won't come last at least."
Song Jianming thought for a moment. This was the only option for now.
"Do you have any candidates?" Song Jianming looked at her and asked.
"What about Ke Ruxia and Sun Jian?" Feng Yuqin had only met a few people in the Pill - Refining Guild, and these two were the ones she liked.
Song Jianming was taken aback. "You plan to let them participate?"
"We can try first. If they meet the standard, it's okay," Feng Yuqin thought that if she personally guided them, as long as they weren't too dull, there shouldn't be a big problem.
"They are quite okay. It's just that their families aren't very powerful, so their days in the guild haven't been that smooth. If you want to train them, there's no big problem," Song Jianming said fairly.
"Then let's tentatively choose these two and give it a try," Feng Yuqin nodded.
"What about the remaining two? Who do you plan to choose?" Song Jianming said. "Or should I provide you with a list and you can assess them?"
Feng Yuqin said, "Can I recommend two people to the guild?"
"You know some very powerful alchemists?" Song Jianming asked in surprise.
"The quality of their pills is higher than those of the alchemists in your guild," Feng Yuqin was quite sure of this.
Song Jianming's eyes lit up. "Where are they?"
"One is in the Mercenary Guild and the other is in the Western Song State. So I need to arrange for someone to go back and inform them to come and register at the Pill - Refining Guild," Feng Yuqin said.
"As long as you're sure, I can leave this matter entirely to you," Song Jianming said. "When it's time to go to Tiancheng, I'll just take the five of you there."
Feng Yuqin nodded. "Okay."
Song Jianming stared at Feng Yuqin and asked, "Are you sure there won't be any problems?"
"Sure," Feng Yuqin said. "Even if I really fail here, would it be useful if Mo Xuanye goes to the headquarters to put in a good word for you?"
"It would be extremely useful," Song Jianming said excitedly.
If Mo Xuanye was willing to step in, his guild wouldn't disband.
"In that case, I can promise you that there won't be any problems with the people I choose. If there are problems, I'll take the consequences. After all, there's still Mo Xuanye, right?" Feng Yuqin said.
Hearing this, the heavy stone that had been weighing on Song Jianming's heart finally fell. "With your words, I don't have to worry anymore."
"Since I've promised you, can I use the pills in your medicinal herb warehouse?" Feng Yuqin raised her eyebrows and asked.
"Of course it's okay for you to use them. I can directly transfer my permission to you," Song Jianming said. "I've been busy with affairs over the years and haven't used up my quota for getting medicinal herbs. I can give it all to you."
Song Jianming was a straightforward person. After saying this, he immediately took out his nameplate for getting medicinal herbs. "It has all the records on it. You can just take it and get the herbs."
Feng Yuqin took it without hesitation, as she really needed the medicinal herbs.
"Master, this guild master is quite generous," Xiao Ying said.
"Yeah, he even took out his nameplate. In this way, Master can collect more medicinal herbs," Xiao Jin said. "I'll plant all the herbs later. The goal is to fill all the medicine fields in the space with the herbs Master needs."
Feng Yuqin raised a faint smile. "Guild Master, I'll go to the medicinal herb warehouse first."
Song Jianming nodded. "Go ahead. The elders of the guild are still waiting for you. I have to go and deal with it."
"Don't mention for now that I have people on my side. I'm worried they'll make small moves secretly," Feng Yuqin said. Although she said so, she knew very well that those who had accused her of cheating and made her refine pills in public were not good people. Even if they didn't know what she was going to do, they would probably trip her up secretly.
However, she wasn't worried about them tripping her up. She was worried that Su Bing and her second cousin wouldn't be able to enter the Pill - Refining Guild safely.
That's right. The other two people she planned to find were Su Bing and Yan Geng.
"Don't worry. I won't say anything," Song Jianming said.
After Song Jianming left, Feng Yuqin headed for the medicinal herb warehouse.
When Feng Yuqin appeared in the medicinal herb warehouse again, the person in charge had changed. It was no longer Tian Wenhua.
This person had no relation with the Qi family.
So when he saw Feng Yuqin holding the guild master's nameplate, although he was very puzzled in his heart, he immediately let Feng Yuqin enter the medicinal herb warehouse.
"Wow, Master, there are so many medicinal herbs," Xiao Jin immediately shouted excitedly when he saw the herbs in the warehouse.
Xiao Ying said impatiently, "You're a money - swallowing beast. You've seen more valuable treasures than this. Is there any need to make such a fuss?"
"It's different," Xiao Jin said. "We weren't short of them before. But now, because Master refined too many pills before, many medicinal herbs are gone. What I see now are the ones that have been used up in the space. If we can plant the ones here in the medicine fields, Master won't be short of herbs when refining pills."
Feng Yuqin asked, "Xiao Jin, you know which medicinal herbs are lacking in the space, right?"
"Of course. I've been taking care of the medicine fields, so I'm very clear about the herbs in them. I can help Master select the herbs," Xiao Jin said proudly.
Hearing this, Xiao Ying fell silent.
Well, he wasn't as sensitive to medicinal herbs as Xiao Jin, so he usually didn't pay attention to which ones were lacking.
"Then you name them and I'll just take them," Feng Yuqin said. "Xiao Ying, count the quantity."
"Yes, Master," Xiao Jin and Xiao Ying said in unison.
Xiao Jin was in the space, looking at the opposite shelves, and started to read out the names of the medicinal herbs. "Tianling Fruit, Fire Leaf Grass, Tianxin Lotus, Mysterious Ice Flower..."
Feng Yuqin listened and picked up the herbs, putting them in the baskets beside.
When one basket was full, she changed to another.
Until Xiao Ying said, "Master, the guild master's quota for medicinal herbs has been used up."
Feng Yuqin was taken aback. "So soon?"
Xiao Jin also said with a look of unfinished business, "There are still about half of the medicinal herbs lacking."
Xiao Ying was also helpless. "But there's no more quota. We can't take them out even if we take them."
Feng Yuqin understood this principle too. She put away the thought of continuing to take herbs and said, "Okay, let's go out first. For the remaining ones, we can only use the pill - exchange tasks."