Chapter 268: 268. Chapter 268: Refining the King-Breaking Pill

268. Chapter 268: Refining the King-Breaking Pill

Just as Long Xuan was discussing a grand money-making scheme with the crew, a man in white robes descended from the sky.

Long Xuan's pupils constricted; good heavens, a Gu King Peak expert had actually arrived—what did he come for?

"Greetings, my surname is Leng, given name Qianqiu; I am the Island Master of this island, and I have come to request your assistance in refining a King-Breaking Pill!"

"Name whatever reward you require, and I will do my utmost to satisfy it!" Leng Qianqiu said, getting straight to the point the moment his feet touched the ground.

At these words, all the crew members grew tense, displaying expressions identical to Leng Yan's.

Good heavens, he was actually asking the Captain to refine a King-Breaking Pill; how could a Second Grade Alchemist like the Captain know how to refine such a thing? Wasn't this making things difficult for the Captain? This was huge trouble.

He just had to pretend to be a Third Grade Alchemist; now look, he had overplayed his hand, attracting a Gu King, and not just any Gu King, but a major Island Master.

Worry showed on everyone's faces; they wondered if, once the Captain's identity was exposed, this Island Master would fly into a rage out of humiliation and then have them all arrested.

Unlike their expressions, Long Xuan's face remained completely unchanged at this moment.

What did he have to fear? He truly could refine Third Grade Pills.

Since this Island Master wanted him to refine a Third Rank Spiritual Pill, he would simply refine one for him; what was the big deal?

Therefore, Long Xuan was naturally not the least bit panicked, not taking this matter to heart at all.

Refining a King-Breaking Pill would at least earn him a Pill Formula for free, which was quite good.

"Easy! Easy, isn't it just a mere King-Breaking Pill? A trivial matter!"

"As for the reward, let's not mention it yet; does Island Master Leng have any spare rooms? I don't ask for much, but do you have one hundred and ten sets?"

Long Xuan stroked the beard on his chin and said aloofly.

Do not ask why he had a beard on his chin; he had used a Face-Changing Gu to Disguise himself, as an older appearance seemed more profound.

Hearing this, the expressions of the crew twitched uncontrollably; claiming that refining the most difficult King-Breaking Pill was a trivial matter, this Captain was really getting addicted to bragging; it seemed he had immersed himself too deeply and truly believed himself to be a Third Grade Alchemist.

Leng Qianqiu was stunned; didn't this Alchemist's sect have a rule against ever refining Realm-Breaking Pills for outsiders? Why was he so easy to deal with?

He had thought he would need to spend considerable effort persuading him, yet unexpectedly, matters proceeded so smoothly; could Leng Yan's intelligence be wrong?

But at this moment, he did not overthink it; forcing a smile, he said, "Isn't it just one hundred and ten empty rooms? Our Cold Family may lack many things, but we certainly do not lack empty rooms; I have plenty of empty rooms, and I can easily provide a mere one hundred and ten; you can move in right now!"

Simultaneously, he hurriedly used Soul Transmission to notify the Butler not far away.

"Hurry up and clear out one hundred and ten rooms for me! They must be connected; kick out everyone currently living inside immediately and tell them to go wherever they like; if necessary, make people squeeze together!"

Hearing this, the old Butler's mouth twitched; he quickly ran off to execute the order.

In his heart, he sighed silently, wondering who would be unlucky enough to become homeless today.

Long Xuan nodded satisfactorily, putting on the air of a high-level expert, and added, "Since Island Master Leng has spare rooms, then I will refine this King-Breaking Pill."

"I wonder how much King-Breaking Pill material Island Master Leng intends to provide? Let me state clearly beforehand, my success rate in Alchemy is very low; I fear that before the Heavenly Wind ends, I may not be able to refine many King-Breaking Pills."

The meaning of this sentence was, of course, that he wanted to embezzle more King-Breaking Pill materials and also wanted to slack off for a while longer.

By then, he would simply close the door, refine a single King-Breaking Pill to fool this Island Master, and then put on an extremely exhausted appearance.

Long Xuan's calculations were shrewd and loud.

However, Leng Qianqiu did not take these words to heart at all; everyone's success rate for refining King-Breaking Pills was low, and if King-Breaking Pills were so easy to refine, Gu Kings would have long been flooding this world.

"Understood! Understood! Rest assured, no matter how much King-Breaking Pill material you need, I have it; refine as many King-Breaking Pills as you can, and our Big Solitary Island can swallow them all."

Hearing this, Long Xuan was stunned.

What tremendous arrogance, claiming they would swallow however many King-Breaking Pills he refined; were they not afraid of biting their tongues? What if he actually refined several thousand King-Breaking Pills by then; could they really swallow that many?

According to the rules of the Alchemy Realm, for every King-Breaking Pill he refined, they would have to pay a massive reward.

If he truly refined several thousand King-Breaking Pills, he feared they would eat themselves to death.

At this moment, Leng Qianqiu added, "To be honest, the Black Dragon Pirate Group has coveted our Big Solitary Island for a long time and will soon launch an attack against it."

"Therefore, our island urgently needs a large number of Gu King experts, and urgently needs a large quantity of King-Breaking Pills to assist Spirit Sea Stage Gu Cultivators in breaking through to become Gu Kings."

"So, refine as many King-Breaking Pills as possible; no matter how many King-Breaking Pills you refine, we will take them all."

"Thus, I hope you can endure a bit more hardship; rest assured, I will definitely ensure the reward satisfies you; you may choose freely from the treasures in the treasuries of our Five Great Clans!"

"We have already prepared to bankrupt ourselves to fight this war!"

Hearing this, Long Xuan suddenly realized the truth, finally understanding why this Island Master urgently needed so many King-Breaking Pills; it turned out war was coming.

The outcome of this battle was unpredictable, concerning the life and death survival of the clan; naturally, they would spare no cost to refine King-Breaking Pills and create several more Gu Kings, even if it meant draining their family fortune.

Long Xuan displayed a contemplative expression; was the Black Dragon Pirate Group about to strike against Big Solitary Island? This was truly unexpected news.

In that case, he would have to make good use of this event.

He had not forgotten that he had taken all the treasures from the sunken ship; those were the Black Dragon Pirate Group's target, for which they had spent immense time and effort clearing out the entire sea region.

As a result, they had worked themselves to exhaustion, only for the treasures to be stolen by someone; it would be strange if they were not driven mad with anger; logically, they would definitely launch a pursuit and killing campaign against him, as he had already formed an irreconcilable hatred with them.

The Black Dragon Pirate Group was absolutely a tremendous trouble for him; once the Heavenly Wind ended, this pirate group would definitely pose a fatal threat to him; there were simply too many Gu Kings within that pirate group; how could he feel at ease?

Not to mention that the Black Dragon Pirate Group was his business competitor; the speed at which the Divine Dragon Ship collected Spirit Medicine in the Death Sea Region was far inferior to that of the numerous Black Dragon Pirate Group; since they were competitors, it would be best to annihilate them.

Long Xuan narrowed his eyes slightly; originally, he had planned to casually refine a single King-Breaking Pill to fool them, but now he had changed his mind.

He was going to refine a whole pile of King-Breaking Pills.

He did not care about the outcome of this battle for Big Solitary Island, nor did it concern him whether Big Solitary Island would be destroyed.

However, regardless of whether Big Solitary Island won or lost in this battle, they must severely cripple the Black Dragon Pirate Group; this was what concerned him most.

Therefore, he would refine more King-Breaking Pills; once Big Solitary Island produced many newly breakthrough Gu Kings, that would certainly give the Black Dragon Pirate Group a hard time; even if they managed to conquer Big Solitary Island, they would inevitably suffer heavy losses.

And the heavier the losses suffered by the Black Dragon Pirate Group, the higher the safety of the Divine Dragon Ship.

"Since Island Master Leng speaks thus, then I shall not stand on ceremony; to be honest, I possess a host of Clones, and each Clone has the independent ability to perform Alchemy."

"Therefore, my pill output will be extremely high; I only fear that Island Master Leng may not be able to handle it by then; you may make preparations."

"Oh?" Leng Qianqiu's eyes lit up, and he laughed loudly: "We can handle it, we can handle it; just go ahead and refine; however many you refine, we will swallow them all."

Leng Qianqiu was ecstatic in his heart; this Alchemist actually possessed Clones for Alchemy, with one equaling ten; in that case, nothing could be better; this was truly joy falling from the heavens.

If Big Solitary Island can produce a large number of Gu Kings before Heavenly Wind ends, it will truly have the strength to fight the Black Dragon Pirate Group.

"In that case, Cold Island Master, please lead the way!"

"By the way, my crew members need to conduct business on the island; I must trouble the Island Master to look after them," Long Xuan suddenly thought of something and immediately added.

"That goes without saying; rest assured, with me, the Island Master, here, no one will dare to cause them any trouble!"

"Please! I have already prepared rooms for you."

As soon as Leng Qianqiu finished speaking, he walked forward to lead the way; Long Xuan waved to those behind him, and the hundred-odd crew members, wearing utterly bewildered expressions, slowly followed, marching grandly toward the Cold Family residence.

Passersby could not help but turn their heads to look.

At this moment, Leng Yan, who had just caught up, rubbed her eyes upon seeing this scene; she simply could not believe what she was seeing.

Wasn't it agreed there would be only one room? How did more appear now? Were her words so ineffective?

Did the Island Master truly think he was a Third Grade Alchemist?

The Island Master, such a shrewd person, had actually been successfully duped by this young man? She displayed an expression of disbelief.

After the group arrived at the Cold Family residence, everyone was assigned a room, while Long Xuan, under the Island Master's enthusiastic guidance, entered the most luxuriously decorated chamber.

Only after the Island Master handed over a large quantity of King-Breaking Pill materials and the pill formula to Long Xuan did he finally depart.

The moment he had just left, Leng Yan slipped in, tightly shut the door, and wore an expression of guilt.

"Hey! Are you mad? If you keep pretending, someone will die! Do you really intend to refine King-Breaking Pills here?"

Leng Yan rushed over anxiously, speaking in a hushed voice.

"Relax, relax; who said I was going to refine King-Breaking Pills?" Long Xuan waved his hand and smiled. "It is my master and master's wife who will refine them; you also know I possess the Straw Gu."

"I will use the Straw Gu to transmit the pill refining materials over; once my master and master's wife have refined the King-Breaking Pills for me, I will use the Straw Gu to transmit them back. Pretending to be a Third Grade Alchemist, I will not reveal the slightest flaw."

"Really?" Hearing this, Leng Yan finally let out a long sigh of relief, yet she still frowned slightly; why did she feel something was off?

"May I boldly ask, how many master's wives do you actually have, that you can boast of refining so many King-Breaking Pills?" Leng Yan asked with a hint of suspicion.

"Ask fewer questions about such matters; in short, my master is extremely lecherous!"

Seeing Leng Yan about to ask this and that again, Long Xuan, fearing that too many words would inevitably lead to mistakes, hastily pushed her out and slammed the door shut heavily.

"This Captain is about to refine King-Breaking Pills; do not enter and disturb me!"

Returning to his room, Long Xuan sat on a wooden chair and picked up the King-Breaking Pill formula to study it.

The King-Breaking Pill formula required a total of one thousand and eight kinds of expensive Spirit Medicine; a full furnace of King-Breaking Pills yields three Finished Pills, but most Alchemists with average skill can only produce one Finished Pill.

The breakthrough success rate for King-Breaking Pills is ten percent; of course, this ten percent applies to ordinary Gu Cultivators, as Heavenly Prides who ingest King-Breaking Pills have a breakthrough rate far higher than ten percent.

However, this King-Breaking Pill with only a ten percent breakthrough rate was utterly useless to Long Xuan.

The bottleneck of his Ten Absolute Body was as solid as a rock; when he needed to break through to Gu King, he would need to create a Realm-Breaking Pill with stronger medicinal power on his own. (End of Chapter)