Chapter 598: Scheming from the Piaoxue Trading Firm

"What if the Qian Yu Trading Firm expands its recruitment of Alchemists, or replaces its current batch of Alchemists?"

After Master Li's voice fell, someone among the crowd raised a question.

Master Li shook his head, "Expand recruitment? Replace Alchemists? That would only work if there were people willing to go."

"Everyone is just earning some cultivation resources; who would be willing to swear a Heart Demon Oath that is like a deed of indenture? If it were you, would you be willing?"

Hearing this, the crowd looked at one another.

Naturally, no one was willing to restrict their own freedom and swear a Heart Demon Oath.

"What if the Qian Yu Trading Firm is pushed into a corner, and they don't need people to swear a Heart Demon Oath?"

Someone else said.

Master Li laughed upon hearing this, "Then that is even easier to talk about."

"With the financial resources of our Piaoxue Trading Firm, it is easy to turn an Alchemist against them. When that time comes, wouldn't it be simple for us to obtain the Improved Pill Formula of the Qian Yu Trading Firm?"

"Once we obtain the Improved Pill Formula, do we still need to fear their Qian Yu Trading Firm?"

Hearing this.

Yuan Fei's eyes had already lit up completely.

"Master Li's idea is excellent."

"Let's do it this way."

As he spoke, his voice paused.

"It's just that..."

"The Qian Yu Trading Firm must be very strict in their supervision of the Alchemists now; I fear it will be very difficult for us to make contact."

Hearing Yuan Fei's words, Master Li laughed, "Daoist Friend is overthinking it. I have a fairly good relationship with several of those Alchemists, and I have their contact methods."

"It is not difficult to get in touch."

Hearing Master Li's words, Yuan Fei's expression turned joyful.

"Since that is the case, then the matter of turning the Qian Yu Trading Firm's Alchemists against them shall be left entirely to Master Li to take charge of."

"If there are any problems, feel free to come find me."

"Once this matter succeeds, my Piaoxue Trading Firm will surely have a heavy reward."

A flash of excitement crossed Master Li's eyes.

When he was at the Qian Yu Trading Firm, he was a second-tier Alchemist, second only to Master Wu, and his say was quite significant.

But the Piaoxue Trading Firm was different.

Here, there was not only Yu Lao, whose alchemy attainments reached the Fifth-grade Low-level, but also another Fifth-grade Low-level Alchemist.

Below them, there were over a dozen Fourth-tier Advanced Alchemists.

After coming to the Piaoxue Trading Firm, his status dropped significantly.

This made him feel very uncomfortable.

He had always wanted to find an opportunity to improve his status, but he had never found a way to start.

Now, he had finally obtained this opportunity.

Once he handled this matter well.

His status within the Piaoxue Trading Firm would surely be able to rise significantly.

Not to mention rivaling the two Fifth-grade Alchemists.

At the very least, he would be able to become the third person under the two Fifth-grade Alchemists.

Alchemy Hall.

In an Alchemy Room, an old man had just finished refining a Pill and was silently recovering.

The old man was named Lv Shun, and he was a Fourth-tier Advanced Alchemist.

He was the only one who remained out of the original five Fourth-tier Advanced Alchemists of the Qian Yu Trading Firm.

He was also the person with the highest alchemy attainments within the current Qian Yu Trading Firm, besides Wang Jianqiang and Wu Neng.

At a certain moment.

Lv Shun's closed eyes slowly opened.

He flipped his palm and took out his Sound Transmission Talisman.

At this moment, his Sound Transmission Talisman was flickering with a faint Spirit Light.

Sensing the aura emanating from the Sound Transmission Talisman, he frowned.

Li Ao?

He had already left the Qian Yu Trading Firm, so why did he suddenly think of contacting him?

With a movement of his mind, a voice entered his consciousness.

After finishing listening to the message from the Sound Transmission Talisman, he frowned.

A flash of coldness crossed his eyes.

Li Ao was actually urging him to betray the Qian Yu Trading Firm and defect to the Piaoxue Trading Firm, even promising a large sum of money for it.

If it were in the past, he might have truly been unable to resist the temptation.

After all.

The reward Li Ao mentioned was truly too generous.

It was a pity.

Things were different now.

The Pill Formula that Wang Jianqiang had improved was truly too miraculous.

By following Wang Jianqiang, his attainments in the Dao of alchemy could rapidly improve.

Compared to that.

The so-called Heart Demon Oath was no longer worth mentioning.

As for the reward promised by Li Ao, it was even less worth mentioning.

Furthermore.

In the current Alchemy Hall, he was not the only one harboring this thought.

After pondering for a moment, he sent out a message.

The recipient of this message was not Li Ao, but Wang Jianqiang.

His relationship with Li Ao was not bad, but it depended on who one compared it to.

Wang Jianqiang was now the "big daddy" to everyone in the Alchemy Hall.

The crowd was already too busy supporting him.

How could they watch idly as he was secretly plotted against?

……

Inside the quiet room.

Wang Jianqiang had just finished purifying Jiang Xuan's foundation not long ago.

The exhausted Spiritual Power had not yet fully recovered.

Suddenly, he sensed the movement of a Sound Transmission Talisman.

He took out the Sound Transmission Talisman, and after listening to Lv Shun's message, he raised an eyebrow.

Immediately, a look that was neither a smile nor a frown appeared on his face.

Is the Piaoxue Trading Firm finally unable to resist making a move again?

Tsk tsk~

Secretly inciting the Alchemists of the Qian Yu Trading Firm to defect?

This Li Ao certainly has a nice thought.

It is just a pity.

There is one point where Li Ao miscalculated.

That is……

In the current Alchemy Hall, he already possessed absolute authority.

The obedience of the Alchemists within the Alchemy Hall toward him was no longer limited to the surface, but came from the heart.

After all.

For any Alchemist, being able to improve their own attainments in the Dao of alchemy was the most important thing.

Being able to help them break through was the most powerful means to win over their hearts.

Under these circumstances.

Li Ao wanting to incite them to defect was simply wishful thinking.

Not long after receiving Li Ao's message, several more messages arrived in succession.

Wang Jianqiang listened to them one by one.

He discovered that these messages all came from the Alchemy Hall, and as for the content, it was much the same as Lv Shun's message.

They had all received incitement messages from Li Ao.

"What's wrong?"

"Did something happen?"

Seeing Wang Jianqiang receive several messages in a row, Jiang Xuan sat up.

Wang Jianqiang smiled and nodded, "Something interesting happened."

Hearing this, Jiang Xuan became interested, "What is it?"

"Remember those Alchemists who left the Qian Yu Trading Firm earlier? They have all joined the Piaoxue Trading Firm."

Jiang Xuan nodded, showing no surprise, "What is interesting about that? Wasn't it all within expectations?"

Wang Jianqiang shook his head, "Among those Alchemists who left, there is a Fourth-tier High-grade Alchemist named Li Ao."

"Just a moment ago, Li Ao sent messages to several Alchemists in the Alchemy Hall, wanting to incite them to defect."

Hearing Wang Jianqiang's words, Jiang Xuan was startled.

A strange feeling arose in his heart.

This Li Ao is likely going to miscalculate.

Ever since those Alchemists in the Alchemy Hall realized that Wang Jianqiang could truly help them improve rapidly, their attitude toward Wang Jianqiang had long since undergone a massive change.

Even if Wang Jianqiang told them to call him "daddy."

They would probably scramble to do so, right?

Inciting them to defect?

Is that even possible?

Noticing the strange look on Jiang Xuan's face, Wang Jianqiang smiled.

He sent replies back to those few Alchemists who had messaged him.

Telling them not to pay any attention to it.

Afterward, he rubbed his chin, revealing a look of contemplation.

With this failed attempt at incitement.

Yuan Fei will likely not let the matter rest.

Perhaps...

he would still contact Jiang Ling.

Thinking of this, he sent a message to Jiang Shan.

He specifically urged him to keep an eye out for messages from Jiang Ling's Sound Transmission Talisman.

Afterward, he came to the Cultivation Room.

He continued his cultivation.