Chapter 359: Buying Out the Prescription

"No, you didn't mishear; I heard it too." Yao Lao took a deep breath, his chest rising and falling slightly from excitement, while a look of intense anticipation appeared in his eyes, undisguised.

"This sound is definitely the noise made when a pill is successfully refined."

"But?" He Lao simply couldn't believe his ears, as if he had heard a tall tale.

"He Lao, the last time little brother Lu Yu demonstrated refining the Blood Qi Pill, he also finished a few minutes early." Kong Ming hurriedly leaned slightly toward He Lao and reminded him in a lowered voice.

"!" He Lao was greatly shocked. Before he could sort through his many inner doubts, Lu Yu had already placed a steaming furnace of pills in front of the camera.

On the big screen, nine pills lay quietly. Each one was only the size of a thumb's fingernail, round and smooth, with a golden-yellow luster that emitted an alluring sheen. Just one look was enough to make one unable to help but swallow.

"High, High Grade True Qi Pill!" The next second, the three of them exclaimed in unison, their eyes seemingly glued to the screen, unable to move away even a fraction.

That's right, the batch of finished pills before them were all, without exception, High Grade True Qi Pills! A full nine of them, exactly as Lu Yu had said before!

Lu Yu stood to the side, looking calm on the surface, but inwardly he was secretly rejoicing.

Although with his now extraordinary skill in refining True Qi Pills, successfully refining the pills was not difficult, he still couldn't achieve perfection in precisely controlling the quality of the finished pills.

These nine High Grade True Qi Pills were neither too many nor too few; they were just right.

Of course, this scene was undoubtedly a massive shock to the three people at headquarters; they probably wouldn't be able to recover for a minute or two.

After a full three minutes, Kong Ming finally swallowed hard, the act of swallowing seemingly using up all his strength.

His lips trembled slightly as he finally spoke: "Little brother Lu, this prescription, what price, pfft, what profit-sharing ratio, just say it?"

At this moment, he was excited and expectant; after all, one furnace of pills could actually produce nine finished products, and all of them were High Grade True Qi Pills!

Never mind him, even if the President were called over, he would surely be instantly tempted.

Yao Lao's lips moved slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end, he didn't make a sound.

After all, this time it involved the True Qi Pill, not the previous Blood Qi Pill.

He pondered to himself that if they still gave a thirty percent profit-sharing ratio like last time, it would clearly be too low!

Even if Lu Yu asked for a fifty percent share, he would feel it was reasonable.

After all, even at fifty percent, the Association would still get 4.5 High Grade True Qi Pills from one furnace, which was almost twice as effective as the Association's original prescription.

Moreover, in the current situation, there was another key factor that could not be ignored—time! One must know, time is life!

Using the prescription improved by Lu Yu to refine True Qi Pills, one could save ten minutes per furnace. These seemingly brief ten minutes contained immense value.

In this way, the time it originally took to refine three furnaces could now refine four!

The difference between before and after was like heaven and earth, meaning the Association could obtain more high-quality True Qi Pills in the same amount of time, which had an immeasurable effect on improving the Association's overall strength.

Of course, if possible, Yao Lao still hoped Lu Yu wouldn't ask for such a high profit-sharing ratio; if it were slightly lower, say forty percent, that would be even better.

This would allow Lu Yu to get the return he deserved while letting the Association obtain more benefits, achieving a win-win situation.

As for He Lao, he was still immersed in shock at this moment, completely unaware that a silent game of chess had already begun.

"President, this time I don't want a profit-sharing ratio." Lu Yu smiled slightly, breaking the brief silence.

As soon as he finished speaking, Kong Ming and Yao Lao both became tense instantly. He didn't even want a share? Then what exactly did he want?

"Little brother Lu, if you have any ideas, just say them. As long as headquarters can provide them, we will definitely satisfy you." Kong Ming managed to squeeze out a smile, though he was secretly vigilant in his heart.

Having dealt with him last time, he knew well that he must never look at this young man before him with ordinary eyes, otherwise, he would surely suffer a great loss.

Just like back then, he had keenly sensed that one of the two options Lu Yu gave was clearly a trap.

Fortunately, he was witty at the time and chose the one that seemed like a loss.

Looking at it now, his choice back then was incredibly correct. If he had chosen the first one, how could Lu Yu have taken the initiative to contact him and offer to sell him the improved True Qi Pill Prescription? Don't even think about it.

"Buyout." Lu Yu said straightforwardly, "I provide the prescription, the Association gives Contribution Points, we settle the transaction once and for all, how about it?"

"?" Once these words were spoken, Kong Ming and Yao Lao looked at each other, their faces full of disbelief.

What was this situation? A buyout? Had they misheard, or had the sun risen in the west?

Giving up a long-term profit share to choose a one-time buyout? This was truly mind-boggling.

"Cough." Yao Lao coughed lightly and asked tentatively: "Little brother Lu, are you serious? Do you really intend to sell this prescription to us directly?"

"What, sell it to us?"

He Lao's voice suddenly rang out, his eyes instantly lighting up, and he said impatiently: "Little brother Lu, name your price, just speak up, we are determined to have this prescription!"

At this moment, he had long since cast the previous Top-grade Blood Qi Pill and Heaven Grade Qi Blood Pill to the back of his mind, his heart set only on obtaining this prescription capable of refining High Grade True Qi Pills.

"The price is negotiable." Lu Yu wore a faint smile on his face.

"First, I want a Tier 4 alloy battle bow; the higher the draw weight, the better."

The three people opposite looked at each other, and Kong Ming nodded: "That's no problem. When the time comes, headquarters will also give you thirty matching Armor-Piercing Arrows. These arrows are extremely sharp; even a Commander-level Fierce Beast can be injured by them."

Tier 4 alloy weapons generally cost over ten million Contribution Points, and weapons like bows are more expensive than ordinary knives, spears, swords, and halberds. The greater the draw weight, the rarer the materials required, and naturally, the higher the price.

Adding in the arrows, the total price would probably reach over a hundred million Contribution Points. But then again, for a mere one or two hundred million Contribution Points, they could trade for such a miraculous prescription; headquarters was absolutely making a killing!

It was just that, based on Kong Ming's understanding of Lu Yu, he felt this was probably just the first request.

"Regarding the arrows, President, I have one more small request." Lu Yu's voice sounded again.

Kong Ming's heart skipped a beat; he knew things wouldn't be that simple!

Although he thought this, his face remained full of smiles, his tone kind and amiable: "Brother Lu, just say it. Still the same thing: as long as headquarters has the ability to do it, we will definitely help you solve it."

"Is there any kind of arrow that can ignore defensive items?" Lu Yu frowned slightly, "President, to tell you the truth, when I went out hunting before, I encountered people from the Evil Cult."

"What! You encountered people from the Evil Cult?" Kong Ming was instantly shocked, and the faces of Yao Lao and He Lao beside him also instantly showed extremely grave expressions.

"Then what happened later? Were you injured?" Kong Ming asked anxiously.

"President, don't worry. Look, I'm standing here before you safe and sound, aren't I?" Lu Yu smiled, then put away his smile and said seriously: "They discovered that I had noticed them, so they rushed straight at me, looking like they wanted to kill me to silence me.

I relied on my speed advantage to fight a guerrilla war with them. Fortunately, their speed was not as good as mine, and they couldn't hurt me.

It was just quite tricky that the arrows I shot were blocked by a layer of Protective Shield in front of them every time. Later, when they saw they couldn't do anything to me, they chose to leave.

So, President, that's why I wanted to ask you if there are any arrows that can directly penetrate their shields. If I run into them again next time, I must not let them escape easily."

After hearing what Lu Yu said, all three of them broke out in a cold sweat.

Do not be fooled by how lightly Lu Yu spoke of it; the danger involved is something only he himself likely understands.

Those members of the Evil Cult have long since extinguished their humanity; if an ordinary person were to fall into their hands, the outcome would surely be worse than death.

Lu Yu stared straight at Kong Ming; he proposed this additional request because of the inspiration he drew from the Dagger in his hand.

It must be said that the Amulets carried by those Awakened are truly troublesome; if one does not get close to use a Dagger, it is indeed quite difficult to shoot and kill them from a distance.

Therefore, since there is a Dagger capable of tearing through protective barriers, why can there not be an arrow capable of tearing through protective barriers?

"Little Brother Lu, the headquarters does indeed have the kind of arrow you speak of; they are called Demon-Breaking Arrows."