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Chapter 509 Highly Efficient Alchemy
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"Sir, I will definitely deliver these pills on time!"
Liu Daoqi, a top-level expert in the military, spoke with a strong voice. He didn't look nearly eighty at all; his face was ruddy and he was full of energy, looking like a middle-aged man who had just turned fifty.
Although his strength had reached the Heavenly Realm, Liu Daoqi's cultivation technique did not have any health benefits, and he still looked like a decrepit old man. Fortunately, since he became acquainted with Lin Yao, he would occasionally come to "City Forest" for meals. Lin Yao was not stingy and would occasionally give him some medicine or even pills to regulate his body and meridians, which made him look exceptionally different now.
Based on his understanding of Liu Daoqi and their proactive protection during his advancement at the Beijing Military Region compound, Lin Yao was grateful. No amount of preferential treatment was too much for someone like him.
But Lin Yao didn't show much enthusiasm at this moment. He then said "oh," nodded in agreement, and continued to look at the documents in his hand. They were the latest situation report and some suggestions on coping strategies for the people, compiled by Gu Zhuofei.
Liu Daoqi didn't mind Lin Yao's coldness. She smiled at everyone present before turning to leave.
In fact, not only Liu Daoqi, but even Xiao Guli and Nannan sensed that Lin Yao had been acting strangely these past two days. He was depressed, always preoccupied with his own thoughts, and his endless busyness was not an excuse. Everyone who knew Lin Yao's personality was well aware of this, so Xiao Guli and Nannan didn't bother him too much. They focused on their studies and basic "hero" training, and their relationship with Gu Zhuofei improved considerably.
A large number of medicinal herbs, along with the nationwide outbreak of the epidemic, were concentrated in Beijing. Lin Yao was so busy that he was constantly on the go, working like an ant while also feeling extremely conflicted, because Xiao Cao had gone into seclusion.
Although he didn't know Xiaocao's specific situation, he could tell with his toes that she must have been injured while saving him. However, the severity of the injury was unknown, which was what Lin Yao most urgently wanted to know. But now he couldn't rashly interrupt Xiaocao's seclusion, so he could only struggle with this question.
Not to mention that the safety of Xiaocao is the most important thing in the world, equivalent to that of parents, the seriousness of the situation is beyond imagination, given that the final battle with "Morning Mist" is imminent.
Without matching the cauldron lid with the main cauldron, it would be impossible to obtain a sufficient quantity of "Tai Sui" and refine them into pills, greatly diminishing the chances of victory against "Chen Ai". However, it is precisely because of the cauldron lid incident that he has found himself in danger, thus hindering Xiao Cao and further reducing the success rate of the upcoming duel by an unknown amount.
In the direct confrontation with "Morning Mist", Xiaocao's ability is the greatest asset, while Lin Yao can only play a supporting role at most. Although he also possesses a final ultimate move, it is a move that will cause mutual destruction.
At this stage, Lin Yao and Xiao Cao each have their own strengths, complementing each other perfectly. They have formed a perfect combination. At this time, it would be a bad thing for Xiao Cao to get injured, even affecting the survival of humanity. Of course, this is on the premise that "Morning Mist" is willing to wipe out all of humanity. Once it uses a variety of bacteria and viruses that are hard to defend against to simultaneously harm the world, Lin Yao and Xiao Cao will be unable to resist, because destruction is always simpler, easier, and more efficient than perfection.
"Left Army..."
Lin Yao's voice wasn't loud, but everyone present could hear it clearly because no one in the entire hall was speaking; only the noise of vehicles and pedestrians could be heard from afar.
"Sir, I'll go right away."
Yi Zuojun immediately handed the table recording the quantity of finished pills and reserve medicinal materials to Gu Zhuofei, then disappeared in a flash, quickly rushing to the basement.
Trust those you employ, and don't employ those you don't trust. In just a few days, Gu Zhuofei's abilities were proven, and she took on more responsibilities. As a result, Yi Zuojun began to report these important data and records to her regularly, so that she could make suggestions on overall management and make the most of Lin Yao and Min Hong's production capacity.
Zhang Hui, whom we haven't seen for a long time, has now completely abandoned other businesses and is leading the entire "Smart Information" team to devote themselves wholeheartedly to the management of Minhong. They have essentially become a special agency within Minhong, handling relevant affairs in various locations with remarkable efficiency.
Qin Xuan, the "leftover man" who once lived a very comfortable life, also had more than 80% of the employees of his "Chuangwei Company" engaged in work related to Minhong, which made up for the shortcomings of "Smart Information" and made Minhong's operation as smooth as possible.
As for whether Qin Xuan and Zhang Hui's relationship has developed, and to what extent, Lin Yao had heard a little about it. He already knew that these two giants in the information industry met almost every week, even though their workplaces were thousands of kilometers apart, there were always various urgent work matters that brought them together.
Of course, it was always Qin Xuan who would rush to Zhang Hui's workplace to meet her, just as his widely praised gentlemanly manners would have suggested.
Xiaocao told Lin Yao all this information during casual chats over tea and meals. No one knows where he got the information from, but Xiaocao is becoming more and more fond of eavesdropping, collecting, and spreading gossip, leading Lin Yao to privately comment that she is becoming more and more like a woman, a real woman.
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"Hurry up! Haven't you eaten?!"
Lin Yao frowned, stopped the hand seals in his hand, glared at Yi Zuojun who was busy running around, and reprimanded him in a rather stern tone.
"yes!"
Yi Zuojun didn't stop what he was doing. He struggled to lift a stack of medicinal herbs that was nearly three meters high, then bent his knees and lowered his body to rush towards the cauldron. From the outside, all that could be seen was a pile of medicinal herbs moving, while Yi Zuojun was completely buried in it and could not be seen.
The work of moving the medicinal herbs into the large cauldron was extremely arduous. Even with Yi Zuojun's peak Earth-level strength, he was finding it somewhat exhausting because the posture was so awkward. His entire body was practically lying on the ground, and if his hands were to hang down naturally and touch the ground, it would be like walking on all fours. He was practically an animal.
Yi Zuojun knew Lin Yao's emotional changes best. Without any dissatisfaction, he quickly moved the large stack of medicinal herbs to the side of the cauldron and placed it on the spot. Then, he quickly untied the cowhide rope bindings, leaped to the height of the basement ceiling, picked up the large stack of medicinal herbs, and threw them at the cauldron.
When the stack of herbs, which had spread out to about one cubic meter in size, came within a meter of the top of the cauldron, a suction force suddenly arose from the tightly sealed lid, causing the herbs to fly towards the cauldron at an accelerated speed. Upon contact with the lid, the herbs miraculously disappeared, as if they had seeped into the cauldron through the gaps in the intricate openwork patterns on the lid.
Yi Zuojun was already used to this strange phenomenon. Before his body even landed, he continued to quickly throw the herbs from the top of the pile onto the lid of the cauldron in batches. After he finished throwing one pile of herbs, he rushed to another pile of herbs neatly stacked in the distance and repeated the previous work.
With Xiaocao in seclusion, Lin Yao had no choice but to ask Yi Zuojun to help with the alchemy, and to let him do his best to assist in adding medicinal materials. Besides Xiaocao, only Yi Zuojun knew the types and proportions of medicinal materials best, so he was the most suitable for this job. However, Yi Zuojun was still so busy that he almost couldn't handle it.
Lin Yao's alchemy speed is now so fast that Yi Zuojun believes even filling the entire Shichahai Lake wouldn't be enough, because the cauldron's capacity seems inexhaustible. It can digest any amount of medicinal herbs you throw in; it's simply amazing.
The cauldron had an inexhaustible capacity. Even Lin Yao didn't know how many medicinal herbs it could hold. After each herb was thrown in, he could only feel a slight ripple through the electric light, and then he felt nothing else. He just blindly continued to print the incantation and refine the pills.
"If the suction on the lid of the cauldron could extend for tens of meters, then Yi Zuojun wouldn't need to move the medicinal herbs; he could just use the suction to do everything himself."
Lin Yao, who was refining pills, suddenly became distracted. He now had a faint ability to control the suction force on the cauldron lid, and could control the timing and direction of its appearance. Unfortunately, the suction force had a limited range, only about one meter. Otherwise, he would have liked to try controlling the suction force to automatically draw the medicinal herbs piled up in the basement into the cauldron.
A moment later, Lin Yao shouted, "Prepare to collect the pills!"
"Ah! Wait a minute, sir."
Yi Zuojun was shocked. He suddenly remembered that the Grand Elder was upstairs with Li Xiaotian, the "crippled" Heavenly-level expert from the military. It seemed that the work of collecting pills, which was supposed to be done, had been delayed. The Grand Elder probably lost track of time while chatting, and now he would displease the Master again.
"Um?"