Chapter 194: Top-grade Blood Qi Pill

"Top-grade Blood Qi Pill?"

Just as Lu Yu finished speaking, Liu Yong across from him couldn't help but blurt out.

"Is it really a Top-grade Blood Qi Pill?" Lu Yu widened his eyes; could it be that he had guessed right, and such a rare item truly existed in the world?

"My apologies, little brother Lu, allow me to take a closer look first," Liu Yong said with an apologetic look.

"No problem at all, Brother Liu, please take a look," Lu Yu said, handing the two bottles of pills to Liu Yong.

Liu Yong took them cautiously and gently poured one pill into his palm.

In an instant, his eyes widened abruptly, and his breathing became involuntarily hurried.

Following that, he poured out the remaining pills in the bottle and counted them; there were six in total.

Liu Yong took a deep breath and placed the six pills back into the bottle.

Afterward, he opened the second bottle and performed the same operation again.

After a while, Liu Yong nodded heavily, his tone full of excitement: "That's right, little brother Lu, what is inside these two bottles is indeed, without a doubt, Top-grade Blood Qi Pill."

"So Top-grade Blood Qi Pill really exists!" Lu Yu couldn't help but exclaim.

Yet he started to mutter to himself: if this thing really existed, why hadn't he seen it at all in the Association's resource list before?

"Hmm."

Liu Yong seemed to see through the doubt in Lu Yu's heart, sighed softly, and said: "Little brother Lu, you might not be very clear about the ins and outs of this."

"Our Martial Arts Association and the Awakened Association, although both fight for humanity, are after all two different forces, so it is inevitable that there will be distinctions of closeness and distance."

"Distinctions of closeness and distance? How so?" Lu Yu pressed.

"Sigh, it's like this."

Liu Yong paused and continued: "Take our Martial Arts Association internally, for example; the relationship between different regional associations and the Awakened Association is not the same."

"Some regional Martial Arts Associations are very close to the Awakened Association, while others maintain a certain distance."

"Like our Nanshan District Martial Arts Association, there is not only a lot of cooperation between us and the Awakened Association, but also competition."

"Although doing this makes us lose some support, it can guarantee our independence."

"As for the Haibin District Martial Arts Association, their relationship with the Awakened Association is extremely close; you could even view it as a subordinate department of the Awakened Association, so they receive much more support than we do."

"So that's how it is." Lu Yu nodded thoughtfully. It seemed that wherever there were people, there were disputes; even within the Martial Arts Association, it was not a monolith.

"Yes, take this Top-grade Blood Qi Pill for example; our Nanshan District Martial Arts Association, after years of research, finally managed to master the formula, heat control, and production machinery for High Grade Blood Qi Pill, and can mass-produce High Grade Blood Qi Pill."

"But this Top-grade Blood Qi Pill, we have never been able to develop it. Yet the Haibin District Martial Arts Association has been able to refine Top-grade Blood Qi Pill for a year or two already."

"Could it be that the Awakened Association provided them with the technology?" Lu Yu guessed.

"Hmm."

Liu Yong nodded helplessly, "This technology is not considered a secret over at the Awakened Association, and it is not particularly difficult to buy Top-grade Blood Qi Pill."

"The reason why most In-Jin Martial Artists in Yongan City are willing to defect to the Merchant Guild is that the temptation of Top-grade Blood Qi Pill is an important factor."

Lu Yu finally understood.

He had been wondering, those In-Jin Martial Artists who joined the Merchant Guild weren't stupid, so why would they abandon the good conditions of the Martial Arts Association and turn to the Merchant Guild instead?

However, since he had already decided to join the Branch, he would not regret it.

Moreover, he had a bold idea vaguely forming in his mind; perhaps he could master the refining method for Top-grade Blood Qi Pill.

If he could really do it, whether he refined them for himself to consume and increase his strength, or sold the technology to the Headquarters, he would definitely make a fortune.

He could even negotiate a commission; as long as someone bought Top-grade Blood Qi Pill at the Association, he could get a cut from it.

"Little brother Lu Yu, here you go." Liu Yong handed the two bottles of Blood Qi Pill back to Lu Yu.

The Association hadn't failed to obtain finished Top-grade Blood Qi Pill in the past, and they had analyzed the proportions, but they just couldn't master the heat control.

Lu Yu took the pills and asked casually: "Brother Liu, if I were to buy one Top-grade Blood Qi Pill on the market, how much would it cost?"

"Top-grade Blood Qi Pill is not cheap; it costs at least 100,000 per pill, about the same price as a regular True Qi Pill," Liu Yong replied without hesitation.

"100,000 each, about the same price as a True Qi Pill?" Lu Yu's heart stirred.

In that case, the Potential Points provided by one Top-grade Blood Qi Pill should be about the same as one regular True Qi Pill, right?

This was truly an unexpected joy. The two bottles of Top-grade Blood Qi Pill in his hands contained 14 pills in total, which meant 1.4 million by price!

And that wasn't even counting the ten bottles of High Grade Blood Qi Pill in his Space Item.

"Brother Liu, I'll trouble you with the Contribution Points; I plan to go back to the Wasteland to look around."

"You're going again?" Liu Yong was caught off guard, looking at Lu Yu as if he were a monster.

"Yeah." Lu Yu looked at Liu Yong in confusion, not understanding why he was so surprised.

It was only morning, and he planned to go out hunting again after lunch.

Just thinking about how one Advanced Fierce Beast could sell for a few million made his heart itch.

"Cough, cough." Liu Yong coughed twice and advised: "Little brother Lu, you just finished a hunt, your physical exertion must be significant; why not rest for a while?"

"No need, Brother Liu, don't worry, I know what I'm doing." After saying that, Lu Yu opened the door and walked out.

"..." Liu Yong wanted to say something more, but Lu Yu had already disappeared without a trace.

"This little brother Lu is really full of energy." Liu Yong didn't know how to evaluate this for a moment.

"Right, I must tell the President about this immediately." Liu Yong hurriedly took out his phone. Within a few seconds, the call connected.

"Lao Liu, what is it?" In the office, Song Tian was looking at the documents in front of him, holding the phone between his shoulder and ear, and asked nonchalantly.

"President, something big has happened!" Liu Yong said in a low voice: "Little brother Lu just came by my place."

"Oh?" Song Tian stopped his movements and asked with interest: "Did he hunt dozens of Intermediate Fierce Beasts like last time?"

"No!" Liu Yong hurriedly said: "That was his first visit this morning; this was the second time. This time he only brought back one Fierce Beast."

"Only brought back one Fierce Beast?" Song Tian was stunned.

"Yes, and it's an Advanced Fierce Beast, a Violent Bear!" Liu Yong said, enunciating every word.

"Clap!" The phone Song Tian had been holding between his shoulder and ear dropped onto the table.

"O-Old, Old Liu, you aren't joking with me, are you?" Song Tian hurriedly picked up the phone, his voice trembling slightly.

Wasn't this kid supposed to be hunting an Intermediate Fierce Beast? How did he bring back an Advanced Fierce Beast?

Could it be that his luck was so poor that he ran into an Advanced Fierce Beast while hunting?

Even if that were the case, wouldn't that be too unbelievable?

He remembered someone reporting earlier that Lu Yu had left alone; was it really possible that he had hunted down the Violent Bear by himself?

But an Advanced Fierce Beast, and a Violent Bear at that—even if he encountered one himself, he wouldn't be confident he could kill it. Lu Yu actually managed to do it?

"Chairman, do I look like the kind of person who would joke with you?"

Liu Yong felt a bit helpless. "The Violent Bear that young brother Lu Yu hunted is sitting right here in the courtyard now. If you don't believe me, come over and take a look right now."

"Alright, you wait there, I'm coming over immediately!"