Chapter 156 - Hundred And Fifty Six - We discuss plans over tea (1/2)
The two variant pills were tentatively named the Smouldering Energy Pill and the Erupting Energy Pill. The prototypes were naturally of interest to Ursam, he even felt that the best place to sell these new pills might not be his shop, but the Treasure Pavilion Auction House. However, there were concerns that the impurities within them were too high and that might cause a low profit or worse, lack of interest. Thus the first thing was to lower these, which was within Leon's capabilities; these pills contained Purple Spirit grass from the school which could be substituted for a better quality of grass and he had also used no sunsweet clover which was known to reduce impurities.
But before Ursam could discuss terms with Leon, he realised that Leon had not finished surprising him yet. There were six other jade bottles before him. These contained the clear spiritual pill and variants and the Cloudy spiritual pills and their variants. The variations were not as exciting nor as dramatic as those of the Burning Energy Pills. The first variant was filled with gentle, pure energy that was also low in impurities, but the quantities were smaller than the standard pills. The other was filled with spiritual energy, but it was raw and potentially harmful to the meridians. Ursam felt that if Leon had the ability to refine the latter further, the improved pill would storm the market, much like the mysterious improved Blood Pills that Pharmacist Clawse had managed to obtain. It seemed that Ursam was not aware that Leon was responsible for those.
Leon said he would think over it more and discussions moved back to the Energy Pills. ”Seeing as you have made changes to Cloudy Spiritual Pills,” Ursam grinned and leaned forward as he spoke, ”What are the chances of making variant Burning Blood Pills?”
Leon hadn't actually practiced making the standard Burning Blood Pill, but if he recalled, the main ingredient was still Mothtail leaves, thus altering them just as he had with Burning Energy Pills shouldn't be too difficult in the long run. But he would need to learn and practice making the original first. ”I th-think it is p-p-possible,” Leon replied, his heading nodding as he spoke.
His hands were grabbed by Ursam. ”Adorable and talented! I like you!” The man teased, his eyes slyly sliding over to watch Jin Li's face turn rather sour. However, before the youth could physically express his displeasure, a black slippered foot squashed Ursam's nose flat and pushed him backwards.
Ursam's wife, Lia, stood in front of them, balanced upon her other foot and holding a tray with cups and a pot of tea. ”My apologies,” the woman smiled warmly at the two youths as she placed her foot back onto the ground and then placed the tray upon the table. ”I'm all ou' of honey, so I hope you don' mind your tea plain.”
”N-no, it's fine,” Leon reassured her, taking the offered beverage.
”Thank you,” Jin Li said politely.
Ursam counted the available cups. ”Wife, where is mine?” He asked with a pouting whine.
”You know where the kitchen is,” she told him bluntly, as she sat upon a free stool. He rose from his seat, grumbling and went to grab himself a cup. ”Please excuse my husband, he was born with tha' condition.”
”Wife, what are you saying?!” Ursam asked with a yell. A cultivator's hearing was much more developed than a normal person's and he could easily hear every word she said.
”I'm sayin' tha' you are a hopeless pervert,” she replied, sipping her tea. ”Don' you think I've forgotten how you were chasing after my brother when we happened to meet. Yellin' to him about wantin' to dual cultivate in front of our siblings an' everythin'!”