At this time in the morning, Elder Zhi was usually warming up in the backyard of his residence, so Tian Zhu headed straight there. As expected, Elder Zhi was indeed doing his warm-up exercises in the backyard. The middle-aged man was practicing punches and kicks, each movement precise and powerful. “Master.” Tian Zhu cupped his fists respectfully. “Xiao Zhu, I didn’t expect you to have already broken through to the Sky Spiritual Realm. Your cultivation speed is truly astonishing—you’ve only been in the sect for a year.” Elder Zhi felt immense pride in having such a talented disciple. “Haha, that’s also thanks to Master’s constant guidance.” “I didn’t help much. Your achievements today are the result of your own effort and hard work.” Elder Zhi’s gaze shifted to Yan-Yan. “So, who is this you’ve brought this time? After getting your fill of the three girls from the main sect, are you looking for someone new?” “You misunderstand, Master. Let me explain.” Tian Zhu coughed light

“Tian Zhu, this girl is blocking my way in, and she doesn’t believe that you hired me.”“Alright, Yan-Yan, you’re right, but the way you said it can easily lead to misunderstandings.” Tian Zhu turned toward Yun Zhi. “Little Sister Yun Zhi, listen to my explanation first.”Tian Zhu briefly explained how he had invited Yan-Yan into the Earth God Sect and that she would serve as an alchemist.Yun Zhi remained silent after hearing his explanation. She finally understood and felt somewhat relieved, but at the same time, she felt embarrassed for having misunderstood and said things she shouldn’t have.“But Yan-Yan, why did you come to my residence instead? Didn’t the Elders assign you a place to stay?” That was the only question on Tian Zhu’s mind.“I want to stay with you so I can also ask you about the technique you gave me earlier.” Yan-Yan thought that by living in Tian Zhu’s residence, she could improve her abilities as well.“It’s actually not a problem. There’s still an empty room yo

Tian Zhu’s pill shop remained closed for a full day before reopening the next morning. Everything returned to normal—dozens of people came to deliver herbs. Indeed, the shop’s income was not particularly high. Aside from its relatively small size, there were many competing pill shops, including ten other stores now managed by participants in the Sect Master selection. All of their movements were being monitored, and every plan they made would be discovered. Because of this, they could not resort to dishonest methods, such as paying people to supply pills to their shops in order to artificially boost business. In the past, someone had attempted such a tactic, only to be eliminated from the परीक्षा. The other participants began focusing on improving the quality of their pills to attract customers, just like Ming Bai, the son of the current Sect Master. However, he did not only aim to improve quality—he also wanted to increase production. Coincidentally, he knew an alchemist who w

“So lively this early in the morning. Are you all that eager to buy pills from my shop?” A young man stepped out of the store. He was the manager of the pill shop—Tian Zhu.“Buy your damn pills?! We’re here to return everything we bought and demand compensation! Pay us back double what we spent!” Ye Chu shouted, further stirring up the crowd.“Alright, everyone. I promise to compensate you. But you must have already consumed those defective pills, right? I sincerely apologize for my negligence in selling failed pills in my shop. As a gesture of goodwill, I would like to give you these body-cleansing pills for free to eliminate the unpleasant effects from what you took yesterday.” Tian Zhu took out a small wooden box.“Heh, giving us pills? They’re probably just as terrible as the ones we got before! Do you think we’d trust you after you poisoned us?!” Ye Chu continued to provoke the crowd relentlessly.“I guarantee this time it’s different. If these pills truly have any harmful effect

The next day, all the previous customers arrived very early, eager to buy pills again. However, there was one person who wanted to lodge a complaint because he had received another poor-quality pill.After the shop opened, everyone went inside, while the complainant was handled directly by Tian Zhu, who gave him two Pure Energy Pills with 95% purity.This made the other customers, who witnessed it, extremely excited. They ended up buying even more pills, hoping to get defective ones as well so they could complain later and receive two top-quality pills as compensation.“Ah, perhaps I should inform you all—starting now, the price of all pills will increase by 20%. That’s because the purity of our pills has been raised to 85%. It requires a great deal of effort from our alchemists to produce pills of such purity, so we have decided to raise the price of all pills!Besides, you are not at a loss at all. With this level of purity, you can gain the benefits of two ordinary pills at once,”