Chapter 64

"Enough! Enough! Go over there now and call Brother Wang. You've been on guard for a whole day, so you must be tired. Take these pills; use them as you see fit. However, you must not tell anyone about the grade of the pills inside! Do you understand?"

As Hu Donghan spoke, he took out eleven jade bottles from his storage ring and tossed them to Niu Ergen.

Each of these jade bottles contained ten pills. Ten of the bottles were filled with low-grade Qi Nourishing Pills, while the last one contained mid-grade Qi Nourishing Pills!

At this point, the refinement of mid-grade Qi Nourishing Pills was no longer a big deal for Hu Donghan. Niu Ergen had always done his job well, and it was only right to reward him now.

Niu Ergen didn't even look at the pills inside the bottles. After receiving the pills, he hurriedly ran off to inform Wang Ruolong.

Soon, an explosion was heard from where Niu Ergen lived. Not long after, a man with a completely black face ran excitedly to Hu Donghan and exclaimed, "Hahaha! Junior Brother Hu, you've finally emerged from seclusion! I never expected that you would dare to enter seclusion while cultivating Lu Jie Grass!"

This man with a black face was, of course, Wang Ruolong.

From the commotion just now, it was clear that when Niu Ergen arrived, Wang Ruolong was refining some pills. Upon hearing that Hu Donghan had emerged from seclusion, Wang Ruolong lost control of his pill refinement, causing an explosion, and ended up in his current state.

Hu Donghan, who had experienced furnace explosions before, was not surprised by this. He smiled and said, "The cultivation of Lu Jie Grass is all thanks to the Fragrant Ghost. Whatever I was doing has no impact on this matter."

"Is that so?" Wang Ruolong nodded with a smile and then continued, "Junior Brother Hu, I actually have a favor to ask of you this time..."

Hu Donghan clasped his hands and said, "If Senior Brother Wang has any requests, feel free to speak. As long as I can help, I will do my best."

Joining the Earth Fire Hall has been very beneficial for Hu Donghan, at least for now. And Wang Ruolong, who brought him into the Earth Fire Hall, naturally earned Hu Donghan's gratitude.

Wang Ruolong smiled slightly and then whispered, "To be honest, this matter is quite simple for Junior Brother Hu! You are cultivating Lu Jie Grass, right? I hope that when the Lu Jie Grass matures, Junior Brother Hu can set aside a portion for me first..."

Pausing for a moment, Wang Ruolong continued, "To be frank, a few days ago, I applied for the spiritual herbs needed to refine the Sixth Transformation Golden Pill, and it has been approved. Now, I only lack Junior Brother Hu's Lu Jie Grass. Moreover, Junior Brother Hu might not know, but the people on the second level of the Earth Fire Cave have already learned that you are cultivating Lu Jie Grass. They will likely come to you to build a rapport in the next few days... When they visit, they will definitely bring you many gifts. Junior Brother Hu, feel free to accept them; there's no need to be polite with these rich people!"

"Uh..."

You're here to build a rapport too, aren't you?

The fact that Hu Donghan could cultivate Lu Jie Grass was still a secret known only to a few people, including Seizing Heaven Ancestor and Elder Bu Yun.

Of course, the alchemists in the Earth Fire Cave, who were only concerned with refining pills, were not aware of this until now, which was normal. Since they knew, it was natural for them to want to build a rapport with Hu Donghan.

However, Hu Donghan didn't really think that Lu Jie Grass was that rare.

At least, from Hu Donghan's current observations, every plant in the more than one mu of land controlled by the Fragrant Ghost met the standards. There were over seven hundred such plants!

Once this batch of Lu Jie Grass was harvested, the Earth Fire Hall would not be worried about whether there was enough Lu Jie Grass, but rather whether they had enough of the other spiritual herbs needed to refine the Sixth Transformation Golden Pill!

Hu Donghan nodded and agreed.

Then, Wang Ruolong smiled and said to Hu Donghan, "Junior Brother Hu, can I... can I visit the herb field?" After saying this, Wang Ruolong quickly added, "Junior Brother Hu, rest assured, I will not tell anyone about the unusual phenomena when the Fragrant Ghost cultivates the spiritual herbs!"

Every cultivator has their secrets. In Wang Ruolong's eyes, Hu Donghan had driven everyone away from this herb field, not allowing anyone to touch it, and was taking care of it alone, clearly to keep the secret of the Fragrant Ghost.

Hu Donghan smiled and said, "If Senior Brother Wang wants to see, there's no problem. As for the secret of the Fragrant Ghost... if Senior Brother Wang wants to talk about it, that's fine too. However, it's best to keep it within the Earth Fire Hall. There's no need to tell the alchemy apprentices, herb tenders, or miscellaneous servants..."

"Hahaha! Of course! Of course!" Wang Ruolong immediately nodded excitedly upon hearing Hu Donghan's agreement.

Then, Hu Donghan led Wang Ruolong to the one-mu field.

To be honest, this was Wang Ruolong's first time seeing such a strange sight.

Many fragrant Yin Qi floated in the air, and within the range of this fragrant Yin Qi, the well-grown Lu Jie Grass almost made Wang Ruolong's eyes pop out!

"Good! Good... such high-quality Lu Jie Grass! Heaven, I never thought the Fragrant Ghost would be so capable? With so much Lu Jie Grass, Junior Brother Hu, you are definitely going to become wealthy!" Wang Ruolong muttered with envy and jealousy for a while before walking out of the herb field with Hu Donghan.

As soon as they left the herb field, Wang Ruolong asked to see the Fragrant Ghost again.

Since the Fragrant Ghost had already been revealed under the name of the Fragrant Ghost, Hu Donghan no longer had any intention of hiding it. He led Wang Ruolong to the basement to see the Fragrant Ghost eating in the Ghostly Restaurant.

After seeing the Fragrant Ghost and marveling at it for a while, Wang Ruolong turned his head and saw the pill furnace in another room. He hesitated slightly and asked, "This... is this Junior Brother Hu's pill room?"

Hu Donghan didn't feel the need to hide anything and nodded, saying, "Yes, this is my pill room."

"Hmm..." Wang Ruolong paused for a moment and then turned to look at Hu Donghan with a sympathetic expression, "Junior Brother Hu, you should know that not everyone has a talent for refining pills. Your talent seems to be quite poor, but your ability to cultivate spiritual herbs is evident to all. As long as you focus on cultivating spiritual herbs, your future achievements may not be any less than others..."

"Hmm?" Hu Donghan was taken aback and then turned to ask, "Senior Brother Wang, what do you mean by that?"