Many children, many blessings: Stealing the offspring of powerful figures to cultivate immortality.

Baicao Pavilion is the largest elixir shop in Dan City and is also an industry directly under the Dan Tower.

There is no outside noise here, only the lingering fragrance of sandalwood and an extremely oppressive silence.

The guests coming and going were all dressed in fine clothes, and they even spoke in hushed tones, as if afraid of disturbing the noble atmosphere of the place.

"Out of stock."

Behind the counter, the shopkeeper didn't even lift his eyelids, still fiddling with the abacus in his hands.

"The Heavenly-grade Life-Extending Pill is a sacred medicine personally refined by the Tower Master. Not to mention that it's readily available, even pre-orders are booked up for three years from now."

"Snapped!"

A storage bag slammed heavily onto the counter, making a dull thud.

Mo Xie stared at the shopkeeper, his golden pupils filled with suppressed anger. "I'm willing to pay double, right now."

The shopkeeper paused.

double!

He finally raised his head, glanced at the red-haired boy in front of him, and then looked at Jiang Yining, who stood behind the boy with a calm expression.

"Isn't this the guy who sold those... pressure cookers in the square recently?"

The shopkeeper recognized them, a glint of shrewdness flashing in his eyes before he donned a professional, fake smile. "Young friend, you've certainly made a fortune, but Pill City has its rules. Heaven-grade pills are not just medicine, but also symbols of status. If anyone could just buy them with money, where would my Pill Tower's reputation stand?"

He pushed the storage bag back and shook his head slightly.

"Young friend, please return. The Tower Master's decision on when to start the furnace is not something we can command, unless..."

"Unless what?" Mo Xie pressed, his hands gripping the edge of the counter tightly, his knuckles turning white.

"Unless you can get the Tower Master to take action."

The shopkeeper pointed to the towering white pagoda outside the window: "You have the ability to persuade the tower master to make an exception and open the furnace for you. But in this Pill City, there are countless semi-saint level experts who want the tower master to refine pills, and so far, no one has been heard of succeeding."

Moye's body stiffened.

Even if he were the young master of Tiangong City, he would only be a country bumpkin with a bit of money in this small corner of Dan City.

How could someone as high-ranking as Gu Qinghan possibly meet him?

"Is this the rule of your Dan Tower?"

Mo Xie's voice turned cold, and the Divine Mechanism Box behind him emitted a low hum: "I think it's just a case of looking down on people."

The shopkeeper's expression changed, and he was about to lash out.

A hand rested on Mo Xie's shoulder.

"Young Master, don't be impulsive." Jiang Yining gently patted him, signaling him to calm down.

She stepped forward, a polite smile on her face, and casually handed over a top-grade hemostatic powder.

It was the same batch that had been publicly refined yesterday, and it was placed on the counter.

"Shopkeeper, rules are rules, but people are flexible."

Jiang Yining pointed to the pill, "Although my young master is young, he has achieved considerable success in weapon crafting. The shopkeeper has likely heard of this pill. If we were willing to offer the core technology of 'Intelligent Fire Control' to the Pill Tower…"

"If we knew the recipe for this life-extending pill, we would have refined it ourselves long ago."

The shopkeeper's pupils suddenly contracted.

Of course he heard about it!

The story of that iron lump that could make even a fool refine top-grade pills had already spread throughout the entire Pill City!

If the Pill Tower could master this technology and mass-produce high-grade pills, the profits would be...

"this……"

The shopkeeper's breathing quickened, but he quickly frowned again: "This matter is too big for me to decide. Besides, the Tower Master's personality... is a bit eccentric; he has absolutely no interest in money or power."

"What is he interested in?" Jiang Yining asked.

The shopkeeper hesitated for a moment, then lowered his voice and said, "Something new. Something never seen before, something that breaks with convention. Or... special experimental materials."

Jiang Yining raised an eyebrow.

Special experimental materials?

She subconsciously touched her wrist. Blood infused with the Divine Tree of Ten Thousand Spirits flowed there, which, for any healer devoted to research, was perhaps the most deadly temptation in the world.

"Thank you for the pointers."

Jiang Yining put away the pills, grabbed Mo Xie who was still trying to dismantle the shop, and turned to leave.

"Where to?" Mo Xie asked in a muffled voice as they stepped out the door.

"Let's go to the top of the tower."

Jiang Yining looked up at the white pagoda that pierced the clouds. The sunlight made her squint slightly. "Since money can't buy it, then we'll exchange it for something else. There's bound to be something that can pry open the pagoda master's door."

Mo Xie stopped and turned to stare intently at her.

"I don't need to sacrifice you."

The boy gritted his teeth, like a wolf cub protecting its food, "You were saved by me, so you're not allowed to hurt yourself without my permission!"

Jiang Yining was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter.

"Okay, okay, I'll listen to you."

She ruffled the boy's frizzy red hair. "Let's try that metal lump first. If he doesn't like it, then you can blast it with a cannon, okay?"

Mo Xie snorted and turned her face away, but her ears turned red.

"Who's going to blast this... rude."

……

Half an hour later, on the ninety-ninth floor of the Pill Tower.

There is no opulent grandeur of the lower floors, nor the rich aroma of herbs; here, there is only white.

The walls are white, the floor is white, and even the dozens of glass cabinets floating in the air are white.

The silence was unsettling.

"This is that madman's lair?" Mo Xie frowned, covering his nose with his sleeve in disgust.

They didn't come in through the main entrance.

Jiang Yining used a "smart alchemy furnace" as a stepping stone to successfully attract the attention of a deputy tower master, which earned her a ten-minute audience.

"Don't talk nonsense." Jiang Yining looked around warily.

Those glass cabinets were filled with all sorts of strange things.

It has a heart with three eyes, a slightly beating purple flesh, and even half an arm of unknown race with clearly visible muscle texture.

This isn't an alchemy room, it's clearly a dissection room!

"Are you the ones who built the automatic furnace?"

A cold voice suddenly rang out, as if it came from all directions, without a trace of warmth.

Jiang Yining looked in the direction of the sound.

At the far end of the room, in front of a huge wooden table, stood a man with his back to them.

He wore an immaculate white robe, his long hair flowing down his back like snow, and he held a small silver knife in his hand, cutting something with extreme concentration.

The Tower Master of the Pill Tower is the number one pill cultivator in the Canglan Realm, with a cultivation level at the early stage of the Dao Inquiry Realm.

Gu Qinghan.