Chapter 7: Do we want to work together?

"Come and take a look at yourself."
Zhao Xuan smiled and pushed Chao Yan away without hesitation, walking into the room.
"Nonsense, you wouldn't come to see me for no reason."
Knowing Chao Yan's character of not showing up unless necessary, he immediately threatened, "Spit it out, why did you come to my place? Just so you know, if it's about borrowing money, no; if it's about borrowing elixirs, we're buddies, so I can reluctantly give you ten pieces."
Zhao Xuan couldn't help but ask, "Haven't you finished using the elixir you brewed last time?"
"How is that possible? I have brewed two more batches," he replied.
Chao Yan widened his eyes, followed Zhao Xuan into the house and sat down, but couldn't help but urge, "Tell me quickly, why have you come?"
"Ahem!"
Zhao Xuan sat down leisurely at Chao Yan's bedside, wearing a mysterious expression as he asked, "Chao Yan, have you ever thought about refining pills for sale?"
"Of course I have, but do you think pill refining is that easy?" Chao Yan said disdainfully, with an expression as if he was looking down on Zhao Xuan's lack of knowledge.
Zhao Xuanquan didn't mind, smiled and asked, "If I ask you to refine medicinal pills with all your efforts, how many furnaces can you refine in a day?"
"In a day? How many furnaces?"
Chao Yan shouted when he heard it, with an exaggerated expression, "Do you think refining pills doesn't require energy? You can refine as many furnaces as you want? It would be good if I can refine one furnace in three days. Controlling the heat requires a lot of energy. If you dare to refine pills carelessly when you're not in a good state, believe it or not, your furnace would explode?"
Zhao Xuan couldn't help but laugh, "By your words, it's not realistic to depend on you to make money from selling elixirs."
"Bullshit!"
Chao Yan's face turned serious and he shouted, "The elixirs I make, there's hardly any left after I use them myself. I'm asking, why are you suddenly concerned about this kind of question? You've never cared about these things before, have you?"
"Just asking randomly, let's consider it as chatting."
Zhao Xuan smiled faintly.
"Chatting? Are you so free that you want to chat with me? Fine, let's call it chatting then. Who's afraid of who?"
晁言嘟囔着，突然重重的如同发泄一般的在赵玄身边坐下了，“说吧，你还想知道什么？是和炼丹有关的吧？我炼的丹，我也想拿出去卖，但一般并不好卖你知不知道？”
"Why not?"
Zhao Xuan was surprised when he heard it. A few days ago, it was quite easy for him to sell the One Grade Gathering Qi Pill at the Treasure Pavilion. Why did Chao Yan say it wasn't easy?
"Are you not talking about the One Grade Gathering Qi Pill?"
Zhao Xuan immediately asked when he suddenly thought of something.
"What else do I have besides the Tier 1 Qi Gathering Pill? Do you think I would refine so many types of pills? The best pill I refine is the Tier 1 Qi Gathering Pill, and even that is hard to sell, let alone the others, okay?"
Chao Yan suddenly complained angrily, obviously accumulating a lot of resentment.
"Why?" Zhao Xuan suddenly felt incredulous.
The same first-grade Gathering Qi Pill, why is Chao Yan's not selling well. He had a vague guess, but didn't say it out loud.
"You are foolish."
Chao Yan scolded Zhao Xuan with an expression of disappointment, "Why isn't it selling well? It's obviously because the first-grade Qi Gathering Pill that I refined is of low quality. Do you think I can always refine top-grade first-grade Qi Gathering Pills? Let me tell you, the time you witnessed was just a coincidence. Normally, the first-grade Qi Gathering Pills I refine are just ordinary goods."
"Oh!"
Zhao Xuan nodded.
At this point, he realized why his first-grade gathering spirit pill was so popular while Chao Yan's was not easy to sell; ultimately, it was because of the quality issue.
Self-refined top-grade Qi-gathering pill, with excellent quality and superior effectiveness during cultivation. Naturally, others would be willing to buy it, even if it means spending more money for their cultivation.
However, cultivation is a complex matter, with great risks. If one is not careful, they may deviate from the right path. In case of losing control and falling into demonic practices, it is not something to be taken lightly.
So, in the case where high-grade elixirs can be used, cultivators are unwilling to use low-grade ones.
"Oh what? Are there any other questions you want to ask? Finish asking quickly and get to the point."
Chao Yan shouted loudly to urge.
Zhao Xuan's presence felt too uncomfortable for him, making him feel uneasy all over.
"Hehe! Hehehehe!"
However, Zhao Xuan was not in a hurry. Instead, he laughed.
"Laugh at Mao?"
"Chao Yan was teased by Zhao Xuan until he was completely frustrated, glaring at him in anger."
"Zhao Xuan smiled indifferently, and then slowly asked, 'Hey, Chao Yan, if there is an opportunity to make big money by selling alchemy, would you be willing to join me?'"
"Bullshit!"
Chao Yan didn't hesitate for a second and shouted loudly, "Who wouldn't want a chance to make big money? But do you have the opportunity?"
Zhao Xuan remained silent, but stared at Chao Yan with a smile.
Chao Xuan became even more uncomfortable with Zhao Xuan's laughter. Unable to help himself, he shouted, "What's so funny? Do you know that your laughter is making people scared? Speak up if you have something to say, fart if you need to!"
"We're good brothers, and good brothers take care of each other."
Zhao Xuan didn't beat around the bush and got straight to the point. "Chao Yan, now, I invite you to join me in alchemy and make big money together."
"Are you out of your mind?"
Chao Yan weirdly stretched out his hand to touch Zhao Xuan's forehead.
"Get out of my way!"
Zhao Xuan casually slapped Chao Yan's paw away.
"You expect me to believe you can make big money when you haven't even had a fever? Are you dreaming?" Chao Yan suddenly laughed, with a hint of self-satisfaction in his smile. "Between two brothers, I know you well. If you had a way to make money, you would have already done so. How could you end up in such a miserable state?"
"Hmm!"
Zhao Xuan deliberately shrugged disdainfully. "That was in the past, things are different now, you know? Brother, I have also learned alchemy, just like the type you were practicing. And the quality of what I produce is even better than yours, I can always refine top-notch pills."
"No way? Isn't it a fever, but possession by a ghost?"
Chao Yan exaggeratedly stared at Zhao Xuan.
"You are the one possessed by a ghost."
Zhao Xuan slapped the other person impatiently, "Come on, do you want to join me? I am in need of someone to cooperate with me, and you are the best candidate. So, I came specifically to find you to cooperate in alchemy and make big money together."
"Don't you dare! I'm wide awake here, bro. Do you think I don't know you? You're still concocting pills? You must be dreaming!"
Chao Yan muttered, not believing a single word from Zhao Xuan.
"Heh!"
Zhao Xuan didn't justify himself either. He smiled and suddenly took out a box from the storage bag containing a high-quality Qi Gathering Pill, and threw it on the ground.
With a loud bang, the storage box was smashed by Zhao Xuan onto the floor.
"What the hell? You smash things just because I didn't agree with you? Are you out of your mind?" Chaoyan became unhappy at once.
Haha!
Suddenly, Zhao Xuan burst into laughter, then bent down and removed the lid of the storage box on top.
"What are you doing... ah... you..."
Originally, Chao Yan was still curiously staring at Zhao Xuan as he opened the storage box. However, at the moment when Zhao Xuan opened the storage box, he couldn't say a word, staring at the things inside the storage box in astonishment.
"You...you...you..."
Chao Yansheng's voice trembled, and he couldn't utter a complete sentence. His eyes were as if they were firmly stuck in the storage box.
"Is this... this is a Qi-gathering pill?"
After a moment, Chaoyan regained her senses and crouched down to reach for the Qi-gathering pills in the storage box.
Zhao Xuan smiled, but didn't say anything.
"Is... is this really a Qi-gathering pill?"
Chao Yan finally saw clearly, and the expression on his face became even more peculiar. He held a Qi-gathering pill in his hand and glanced at it. The expression on his face changed from peculiar to incredulous, “Is this... is this a high-quality Qi-gathering pill or a top-quality Qi-gathering pill?”
"High-quality, almost perfect."
Zhao Xuan calmly replied, but his eyes were fixed on Chao Yan, wanting to laugh.
"I don't believe I can't scare you."
Before the Qi Gathering Pills were taken out, he already guessed how surprised Chao Yan would be when he saw these pills. The reality turned out to be even more exaggerated than he had imagined.
Chao Yan was so surprised that he almost didn't know what to say.
"Where did they come from? Where did they come from?"
Chao Yan suddenly became excited and grabbed Zhao Xuan, shaking him violently. "There are so many, at least several thousand of them, right? Don't tell me you picked them up, otherwise I'll make you go out and pick them up again."
"Of course it's not something I picked up."
Zhao Xuan smiled, "I made it myself."
"You're kidding!"
Chao Yan shouted as soon as he heard it. How could he believe that Zhao Xuan made it himself? He thought Zhao Xuan was joking with him, so he grabbed Zhao Xuan and shook him around, "Tell me, how did you really get it?"
Zhao Xuan did not answer, calmly staring at Chao Yan.
Chao Yan's expression gradually changed, and he suddenly became suspicious, staring at Zhao Xuan in disbelief, "Is it really made by you? How did you learn alchemy?"
"If I can't explain it clearly for a moment, let me ask you again, if there is an opportunity to make big money by practicing alchemy together, would you be willing to do it with your brothers?"
Zhao Xuan asked again with a serious expression.
"Nonsense! I definitely joined you, after all, we're brothers." Chao Yan answered without hesitation.
"Alright, come to my house and I'll show you."
Zhao Xuan said as he took out a storage bag and put the storage box into it.
"Go to your house? Alright!"
Chao Yan hesitated for a moment, then agreed loudly, stood up, and followed Zhao Xuan.
After going out, Zhao Xuan did not immediately return home, but took Chao Yan to a material market and bought the materials for refining ten top-grade Concentration Pills. Only then did he take Chao Yan back home.
Back home, as Zhao Xuan pushed open the door, Chao Yan caught sight of the things in his room.
"Is this...a pill furnace? You rented a pill furnace?"
Chao Yan exclaimed, recognizing the pill furnace, but in the next moment, he looked confused at the stove-like object beneath the pill furnace, and next to it was a big jar connected to a pipe made of an unknown material.
These items, all made Chao Yan feel amazed.
"This is a gas cylinder, this is a gas stove."
Zhao Xuan pointed at the two items and casually made an introduction.
"Gas cylinder? Gas stove?"
Chao Yan became even more curious, these two things were very unfamiliar to him, he had never seen or heard of them before, "What are they used for?"