Chapter 1312: The Wealth Ye Yuan Left Behind

"What did you say? He... he really refined a divine-grade解毒 pill?"

Upon hearing Steward Su's report, Yang Rui was shocked beyond measure, as could be seen from his slightly altered tone.

Steward Su had clearly not yet recovered from his shock, his expression somewhat unnatural.

"Absolutely true! When he gave Miss Wanru the解毒 pill, both Feng Ping and I were present; there's no mistake! Moreover, the poison in Miss Wanru's body is gradually being neutralized!"

It took Yang Rui a long time to come to his senses from this news.

This news was simply too explosive!

When he decided to shelter Ye Yuan, he never imagined that Ye Yuan would bring him such a stunning surprise.

He had only thought that Ye Yuan was a promising seedling worth nurturing.

But Ye Yuan's progress was utterly beyond his expectations.

"There's one more thing! Ye Yuan told us to clean his cultivation room, but when we sent people to do so, we found the room filled with divine essence pills and解毒 pills. Among them, heaven-grade pills were the most numerous, with no fewer than several hundred of each kind!" Steward Su dropped another bombshell.

Yang Rui's eyes bulged as he stared at Steward Su and demanded, "What did you say? Heaven-grade is the most numerous? That means before this, he didn't even know how to refine解毒 pills? He went from a novice to a master in just over a month?"

Steward Su slowly nodded. "It seems so."

"Hiss..."

Yang Rui sucked in a cold breath, his usual commanding presence and air of control completely dissipated.

At this moment, he was like a frightened little rabbit.

The expression on his face was extremely vivid.

After a long while, Yang Rui suddenly startled and said to Steward Su, "Where is Ye Yuan? Bring him to see me! No, I'll go see him!"

Just as Yang Rui was about to move, Steward Su stopped him, saying, "Master, you don't need to go. Ye Yuan has already gone into seclusion!"

Yang Rui was taken aback. "Seclusion? Hasn't he already refined a divine-grade解毒 pill? Why is he going into seclusion?"

Steward Su shook his head. "He handed Miss Wanru over to Hongyin, then went to the warehouse to pick up a large batch of spiritual herbs and went straight into seclusion."

Yang Rui frowned. "What spiritual herbs did he take?"

Steward Su said, "This time, he took even more spiritual herbs than last time, with dozens of varieties alone. It's hard to tell exactly what he intends to do."

Yang Rui fell into thought, then suddenly looked at Steward Su with blazing eyes. "Do you think... he might be trying to refine a one-star celestial pattern pill?"

Steward Su's pupils contracted, a look of horror in his eyes, and he blurted out, "Impossible, right? Even few two-star pill gods can refine a one-star celestial pattern pill! But... now that you mention it, it's possible! His divine sea is damaged, and only a one-star celestial pattern pill can repair it!"

Yang Rui suddenly felt that taking in Ye Yuan was an extremely wise move.

Now even he himself admired his own foresight.

If Ye Yuan really could refine a one-star celestial pattern pill, it would mean so much to the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion!

Although the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion was famous throughout the Tongtian Realm, since Guishan City was not within the domain of the Ten Thousand Treasures Heavenly Emperor, the pavilion was not as glorious as it appeared on the surface.

Since they operated in another heavenly emperor's territory, they naturally had to bear a considerable portion of taxes.

As the saying goes, a strong dragon cannot suppress a local snake. Local forces would intentionally or unintentionally suppress the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion.

Take Guishan City, for example; the forces that could rival the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion included the Wang, Lin, and Lu families.

As for small forces like the Liang family, there were no fewer than a dozen in total.

Most of these small forces were attached to the three major families, but the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion had no one to rely on.

Thus, in Guishan City, the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion relied solely on its golden signboard to stand firm.

The Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion was a vast commercial empire, but in Guishan City, it was merely an insignificant branch; the higher-ups would never pay it much attention.

Yang Rui had racked his brains to maintain the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion.

If not for that, he might not have cared about a mere Ye Yuan.

After all, he was desperate for talent.

Feng Ping was strong, but not outstanding in Guishan City.

Even the chief alchemists of the three great families were slightly stronger than Feng Ping.

Ye Yuan's array alchemy had brought Yang Rui a glimmer of hope, which was why he had Luo Jian intervene, even at the risk of offending the Wang family.

"Let's not worry about him for now! Give him whatever he needs, even if it means wasting spiritual herbs and divine essence stones!" Yang Rui said.

Upon hearing this, Steward Su smiled bitterly. "Master, providing Ye Yuan with spiritual herbs and divine essence stones actually benefits us! That kid is incredibly efficient, simply astonishing!"

Yang Rui was stunned, then laughed. "So after all this, we're the ones indebted to him?"

Steward Su nodded. "Just that large pile of heaven-grade divine essence pills alone yields a hundredfold profit, worth hundreds of thousands of low-grade divine essence stones! That kid was generous too, taking nothing and giving them all to us. And all we provided was the cost of ten low-grade divine essence stones per pill. Moreover, the quality of the premium and heaven-grade divine essence pills he refined is excellent!"

Yang Rui shuddered. "That much profit?"

Steward Su smiled. "Hey, that's just the heaven-grade divine essence pills. We counted in his cultivation room, and the heaven-grade解毒 pills and divine essence pills alone added up to five hundred, while premium and top-grade pills numbered over a thousand! Tell me, how much profit would all that together bring?"

Yang Rui gasped, his just-calmed emotions once again stirred.

He hadn't paid much attention to what Steward Su said earlier, his focus all on Ye Yuan refining the divine-grade解毒 pill.

Now he realized that Ye Yuan was nothing short of a pill-refining machine, his efficiency terrifying!

Logically, Ye Yuan should have taken a commission for refining so many pills for the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion.

But he didn't take a single one, giving them all to the pavilion!

This way, the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion made a huge profit!

He had thought that by providing Ye Yuan with so many spiritual herbs, Ye Yuan would owe the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion a great debt and thus be tied to the pavilion.

But now, it was the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion that owed Ye Yuan too much.

This outcome was something he had never anticipated.

"This guy is simply a freak!"

After holding it in for a long time, Yang Rui finally blurted out this sentence.

His previous plans were now completely useless.

Steward Su nodded in deep agreement. "Indeed, this old man thinks so too!"

Yang Rui waved his hand. "Alright, let's not bother with this matter. If he really can refine a one-star celestial pattern pill, that will be the true rise of our Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion! Now, completely seal off the news of the Liang girl's recovery. Don't let a single word leak out, or you'll be held responsible!"