Chapter 12

The square-faced child hesitated for a moment, then looked up at the attendant disciple and asked, "Senior Brother, wasn't it said that each person would get three bottles of Peiyuan Pills, totaling thirty pills? I... I only have twenty-seven."

"What twenty-seven? I packed all the pills myself, there's no way I could make a mistake!" the attendant disciple said confidently.

"But there really are only twenty-seven. Don't believe me? Count them!" the square-faced child said softly.

"Count what? Can't you see I'm busy? Do you want them or not? If you don't, give the pills back and get lost!" the attendant disciple glared, slamming his palm on the table and shouting loudly.

This commotion made the square-faced child shudder. Looking at the tall attendant disciple in front of him, he hesitated for a moment, then lowered his head sullenly and said nothing more.

Seeing this, the other children also shrank back, their smiles frozen.

Next, another square-faced child also received three bottles of pills.

Stepping aside, this square-faced child hurriedly checked the contents. Upon inspection, his face immediately turned ashen.

But after a glance at the attendant disciple, the square-faced child silently put the pills back into the bottle without a word.

Su Shier stood at the back of the crowd, watching everything unfold.

He clearly saw that the square-faced child had only twenty-five pills, two of which were dud pills, and the rest were dull, low-grade spirit pills.

Su Shier's brows furrowed slightly, but he said nothing. However, this behavior reminded him of Er Gou's father, who always mixed good grain with bad when collecting grain from the village, and cut corners.

Soon, all six children had received their pills.

However, after checking, all six children had long faces, heads lowered, and a look of anger they dared not express.

The worst off among the six received only twenty Peiyuan Pills, three of which were dud pills.

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At this point, it was Zhu Hanwei's turn.

The attendant disciple glanced at Zhu Hanwei's identity tag and casually picked up three bottles of pills.

"Senior Brother, I am Zhu Hanwei, the son of the mayor of Huilong Town. You've worked hard distributing the pills, here's a small token of my appreciation." Before the attendant disciple could hand over the bottles, Zhu Hanwei quickly took out a silver ingot from his pocket and placed it on the table with a smile.

The silver ingot was about the size of a baby's fist, looking quite heavy, weighing at least fifty taels.

Seeing the silver, the attendant disciple's eyes gleamed.

Narrowing his eyes, he skillfully tucked the silver ingot into his sleeve with a wave of his hand.

For a disciple like him, who had no hope of cultivation, the only thing he could do was to accumulate more wealth, so he could enjoy a life of luxury after leaving the mountain.

Turning to Zhu Hanwei, the attendant disciple's face broke into a smile, his attitude suddenly becoming much friendlier.

"Little Junior Brother, no need to be so polite. The peak master entrusted this important task to me, and I won't let him down."

"You're a good kid, work hard, and you'll definitely achieve something in the future."

Smiling and offering a few words of encouragement, the attendant disciple took out three porcelain bottles from his pocket and handed them to Zhu Hanwei.

"Senior Brother, rest assured, if I ever achieve something, I won't forget you." Zhu Hanwei nodded hurriedly.

After that, he took the bottles and quickly checked the contents.

In his bottles, there were two smooth and round pills, which were actually high-grade pills. The rest were bright and clear, all mid-grade pills. And there were exactly thirty pills, not one more, not one less.

This scene made the other disciples widen their eyes in envy, their eyes turning red.

Su Shier glanced at them but felt no envy. The Peiyuan Pills refined by the mysterious furnace were all top-grade pills, far more precious than these.

However, even a small amount of meat is still meat. These pills were distributed by the sect and belonged to him.

By right and reason, he had no reason not to accept them.

Holding his identity tag, Su Shier also walked up to the attendant disciple.

At this moment, the attendant disciple had resumed his impatient expression, quickly scanning the identity tag. He glanced at Su Shier with disdain, pursed his lips, and muttered.

"Su Shier? The kid who replaced Chen Xi to guard the dud pill room?"

"You're quite lucky, to have survived so long in that place! Here, these are your pills." With a roll of his eyes, he picked up three bottles from the corner of the table and roughly threw them to Su Shier.

Su Shier frowned, feeling somewhat displeased, but he wasn't here to cause trouble, so he didn't react.

Taking the bottles, he hesitated for a moment, then opened one to take a look.

This look instantly made his heart boil with anger.

Three bottles of pills, with only fifteen Peiyuan Pills in total.

And the most infuriating thing was that these fifteen pills were all black and emitted a foul odor.

These weren't spirit pills, they were clearly dud pills.

In the courtyard, the others were about to leave, but seeing the pills Su Shier received, they all wore smug smiles.

Originally, they were somewhat envious of Zhu Hanwei. Now, seeing someone even worse off than them, their discomfort was greatly alleviated.

"Senior Brother, what do you mean by this?" Su Shier stared at the attendant disciple, slamming all the dud pills on the table.

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didn't care about the dud pills because of the mysterious furnace.

But he couldn't swallow this insult.

If there were only one or two dud pills, or if he was missing two or three, he could have let it go.

But now, the pills were half missing, and the rest were all dud pills.

It was only because he had the mysterious furnace now. If he didn't have the furnace, these pills could have ruined his path to immortality!

"What do you mean? Kid, why are you bringing these dud pills to me?" the attendant disciple snorted, crossing his arms and retorting.

"Didn't you give me these dud pills?" Su Shier frowned, coldly questioning.

"What, you think I gave them to you? Kid, are you crazy? This is the Pill Pavilion, not the dud pill room! Trying to slander me? This isn't a place for you to cause trouble!" the attendant disciple's face darkened, and he began to threaten.

He didn't dare to be too harsh with other disciples, but with Su Shier, a waste of a guard for the dud pill room, he didn't take him seriously at all.

However, he never expected that Su Shier would dare to resist and question him!

And just as he had handed these dud pills to Su Shier, he now denied it outright.

This move left Su Shier speechless.

Wasn't this just being unreasonable?

"Causing trouble? Since you put it that way, I'll have to seek justice from the peak master!" Su Shier said coldly.

"Seek justice from the peak master? Do you think the peak master will have the time to deal with you?" the attendant disciple sneered, looking as if he had Su Shier cornered.

"The peak master may not have the time, but I think Senior Sister Xiao Yue will have the time." Su Shier didn't back down, remaining calm.

He didn't want to waste too much time here. Having Xiao Yue handle this matter was undoubtedly the simplest and most efficient way.