Mundane Saint

Chapter 63 – Cooperation!

Little Yu and Little Mu exchanged a glance, confirming that their thoughts were exactly the same.

They already had a solution for the "Blue Spirit Liquid" that Qingfeng Treasure Hall was about to launch... and that was this blue medicinal liquid!

It's easy to concoct, highly effective, and even when diluted with water, its potency is terrifying. How much water could a whole pot of concentrated liquid be diluted with? How many bottles of healing potion would that make?

Moreover, even after dilution, its effectiveness would still crush that of the "Blue Spirit Liquid"!

If even Young Master Gu's disciple could casually concoct it, then it couldn't be difficult, and the recipe must be simple. It was hard to believe that a girl at the second level of Foundation Establishment could be a master alchemist.

In that case...

Little Yu gathered her courage and directly asked, "Young Master Gu, may I ask if you... or your disciple, would be willing to collaborate with our Golden Phoenix Treasure Hall?"

Gu Heng smiled.

Here it was.

This was what he wanted.

Initially, Gu Heng just wanted to show these two young women that his alchemy skills were not to be underestimated.

But while concocting the potion, he had an idea.

Qingfeng Treasure Hall was even willing to send assassins to intercept Golden Phoenix Treasure Hall's people for a bottle of what he considered inferior "Blue Spirit Liquid"... Couldn't he easily produce a whole lot of such healing potions?

The two major trading halls in Cloud Spirit City were clearly putting in a lot of effort to earn money from mortals.

This "Blue Spirit Liquid" could only be sold to mortals at best; its efficacy might be enough to treat a cold or fatigue, but it would never be sold to cultivators.

If it were about earning money from cultivators, Gu Heng felt he had no chance to intervene.

But since it was about making money from mortals' medicine, why couldn't he, a mortal with maxed-out "medical skills," get involved?

The medicine he concocted would definitely be of superior quality and affordable, far better than the Blue Spirit Liquid!

If he could collaborate with Golden Phoenix Treasure Hall, it would be a win-win!

Running his own Medicine Hall wasn't profitable, and now he had another mouth to feed—a pretty young girl. He couldn't just scrape by like before.

At least until Qin Yiyao grew up, he had to take good care of this delicate and beautiful flower.

Watering and fertilizing it every day was a must.

And now, he had waited for the other party to personally ask for "collaboration."

A good opportunity to make money had arrived.

"Hmm... Collaboration? But I'm not really interested in collaboration; I just wanted you to understand that even my disciple can easily concoct something better than the inferior 'Blue Spirit Liquid.'"

Gu Heng appeared indifferent.

Advancing by retreating.

He couldn't appear like someone overly concerned with money.

Hearing this response, Little Yu wanted to ask more, but remembering that the other party was a Hidden World Master who could summon clouds with a flip of the hand, she swallowed her words.

Such a person might have saved her just for amusement. Whether it was Qingfeng Treasure Hall or Golden Phoenix Treasure Hall, these small branches in Cloud Spirit City might be nothing more than shrimps that Young Master Gu could easily crush.

She couldn't force him; she had to humbly request his help for Golden Phoenix Treasure Hall!

And she had to ask sincerely, humbly!

"I'm somewhat interested."

Qin Yiyao chimed in.

Although she knew nothing about alchemy, she fully understood Gu Heng's look, so she responded accordingly. Her master seemed to want to make this deal with Golden Phoenix Treasure Hall—though she wasn't sure about the specifics, she guessed it involved spiritual medicine!

No matter what, since her master wanted to get involved, then involved they would be!

Hearing Qin Yiyao's interest in collaboration, Little Yu's expression changed rapidly, as if switching masks.

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"Really? That's wonderful!"

Little Yu was overjoyed, nearly jumping up. "With this spiritual medicine, Golden Phoenix Treasure Hall can definitely suppress Qingfeng Treasure Hall completely!"

After speaking, she solemnly bowed to Gu Heng, full of respect and fear, which surprised Gu Heng, thinking this girl was particularly insistent on etiquette.

Seeing this, Gu Heng felt inexplicably pleased. He raised his hand, signaling her to rise.

"No need to be so formal. Since my disciple is interested in collaborating, let her decide. Mutual benefit is all that matters."

"Rest assured, Young Master Gu, Golden Phoenix Treasure Hall will fully cooperate." Little Yu nodded eagerly. "We will do our utmost, without any hesitation!"

"Hmm..." Gu Heng pondered for a moment. "It's still early to say such things. If I'm not mistaken, there's someone else who makes decisions at Golden Phoenix Treasure Hall, right?"

Although Little Yu's attitude made him feel "this is settled," the person in charge at Golden Phoenix Treasure Hall might not share her thoughts. After all, Gu Heng was an outsider, having been in Cloud Spirit City for less than a week, with no local roots. The person in charge at Golden Phoenix Treasure Hall might not easily trust him.

Sure enough, Little Yu was taken aback by his words, then hesitantly nodded. "That's true."

She wasn't in a position to make promises on behalf of her superior.

"It's getting late today. If you two ladies don't want to travel at night, I have vacant rooms upstairs. Whether you stay or not is up to you."

Gu Heng looked around; it was already late at night.

Little Yu and Little Mu whispered to each other and decided to return to Golden Phoenix Treasure Hall immediately!

Qingfeng Treasure Hall's pursuit had already failed. Rather than staying at Young Master Gu's Medicine Hall until morning, it was better to leave now. By the time Qingfeng Treasure Hall realized their failure, they would have already returned to their territory.

Moreover, the information they gathered needed to be reported as soon as possible!

With this in mind, the two didn't linger. After expressing their gratitude to Gu Heng for saving their lives, they quickly left.

Once they were far away, Qin Yiyao quietly asked, "Master..."

"Hmm?"

"What exactly were you planning earlier? Do you want to collaborate with Golden Phoenix Treasure Hall to sell your spiritual medicine?"

She blinked, curious.

Gu Heng shook his head, chuckling. "Of course, do you think running this Medicine Hall is easy? Now I have to support you, too. If I don't earn some silver to cover household expenses, you'll have to fill your belly with the sugar pills I concoct."

"Oh... Is that really all there is to it?"

So her master's plan was indeed to collaborate with the treasure hall to sell his healing potions!

She had been wondering if there was some big secret involved, but was it really just about making money? But he didn't lack those things.

Qin Yiyao naturally didn't believe the "cover household expenses" excuse.

With the treasures of heaven and earth in his medicine cabinet and the high-grade pills he casually gave away, maintaining the Medicine Hall, let alone buying Cloud Spirit City, would be no problem.

"Yiyao, you must understand that living requires careful planning and consideration."

"You're young now, so you don't understand this, but you will in the future, just like me..."

Gu Heng sighed, patting Qin Yiyao's shoulder, speaking earnestly.

He was only in his early twenties.

Qin Yiyao fell into deep thought...

Her master had been living among mortals for so long, just to perfect his mindset for Ascending to Immortality. Was experiencing these worldly affairs necessary?

Qin Yiyao began to ponder where she, as the former Saint Yao Emperor, might have gone wrong.

Could it be that she lacked this step of "entering the mortal world"?

The more she thought, the further her thoughts drifted away.