“Young man, wait,” just as Mo Wuji was about to walk out of the guild’s gate, a slightly aged voice called out to him.
What Mo Wuji saw when he turned round was a middle-aged man whose appearance looked far less pale than his voice.
“You called me?” Mo Wuji sized up the middle-aged man, this was a guy with extremely sharp eyes, it seemed like everything was invisible in his eyes.
“That’s right, I’m the one who called you. If you don’t mind, we can find a quiet place to talk.” After the middle-aged man finished speaking, he pointed to the tea room at the side of the guild hall.
Mo Wuji laughed, “Of course I don’t care.”
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As they watched Mo Wuji and the middle-aged man walk towards the guild tea room, the people in the guild hall were talking.
“That was Dan Han’s pill refining workshop master Lu Jiu Jun just now, wasn’t it? Everyone knows that guy is a fake assistant pill refining master, is he going to recruit that madman? Isn’t he afraid that his workshop will close down again? That brain doesn’t seem to be very bright.”
“Hehehe, you also know to say that once again. Lu Jiu Jun wouldn’t have brought down Dan Han Refining if he had a bright brain. This guy is very smart at first glance, but in fact, he’s really not smart, just take a look at Dan Han Medicine Refining.”
“Who doesn’t know that Lu Jiu Jun is not very bright? It’s a pity that Dan Han Pharmaceutical Refining, that used to be one of the top two big pharmaceutical refining workshops in my Cheng Yu Lord Country, even in the Star Han Empire it is also ranked on the top of the list. Now it’s just a small workshop, after a while, it’s going to vanish into obscurity. ……”
“Who let people have a good life, to be able to inherit the Dan Han pill refining. Even if it’s across, well at least it was once owned. At least people don’t have to be like us, looking for things to do here.”
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The words that were being discussed could not be heard by Mo Wuji. At this moment, he was already sitting in the middle of the tea room with Lu Jiu Jun, who had ordered a pot of Rao Cheng Chun Xiao.
The light green tea was poured out, emitting a faint fragrance. Mo Wuji couldn’t help but pick up the cup and took a sip, his mouth was full of lingering flavour and his body was soothed, he somewhat couldn’t help but praise, “Good tea.”
In his previous life, Mo Wuji was not particular about drinking tea, after all, he was at that altitude, he had drank all sorts of good teas, and there really weren’t many that could be compared to this one. Moreover, Mo Wuji could tell that this tea was casually brewed without paying attention to all sorts of details, otherwise the flavour might have been even higher.
Lu Jiu Jun smiled faintly, ”Rao Cheng Chun Xiao is one of the three most famous teas in Cheng Yu Kingdom, and every year, we would pay some tribute to the imperial royal family. What we are drinking is merely made from the old leaves, which, too, are not affordable to the average person. Let me introduce myself, my humble self Lu Jiujun, is now the workshop master of Dan Han Refining ……”
Speaking here, Lu Jiu Jun purposely stopped talking to look at Mo Wuji. He believed that Mo Wuji would definitely go on to say, “So it’s Dan Han Pill Refining, this I know.
Mo Wuji heard Lu Jiu Jun’s meaning, it looked like this Dan Han Pill Refining was really not simple, he still said with a slight apology, “I’m sorry, Fangmaster Lu, I haven’t really heard of Dan Han Pill Refining.”
Lu Jiu Jun’s mouth opened wide, as if he somewhat couldn’t believe Mo Wuji’s words. In Rao Zhou, who else hadn’t heard of Dan Han Pill Refining? Even if Dan Han Refining Pill had collapsed, with numerous shops and workshops around the world being swallowed up by others, it was still within a few years, the fame wouldn’t have fallen so quickly, right?
After a moment of surprise, Lu Jiujun understood, and said mockingly, “It looks like I’ve made a fool of myself, Duke Mo is bent on restoring the country, so he naturally won’t care about some commercial matters.”
Mo Wuji saw that Lu Jiujun understood, so he didn’t make any more turns and said directly, “Master Lu Fang knows where I’m from, I’m sure it’s not because he’s here to invite me to become a pill refiner, right?”
He had just ranted inside the guild that he would become a pill refiner if he wanted to, but Mo Wuji was very self-aware that no one would take his rant to heart.
Lu Jiu Jun picked up his teacup and took a sip of tea, putting down the teacup without any panic, he said with a smile on his face, “Mr Mo is really right, I’m here to invite Mr Mo to take up the position of my Dan Han Pill Refining Chief Pill Refiner.”
This time it was Mo Wuji’s turn to be astonished, he subconsciously paused his hand on his teacup and asked in complete confusion, “Hasn’t Mister Lu Fang ever heard of me? Are you just sure that I wasn’t bragging just now? Or something a normal person would say?”
Lu Jiu Jun said calmly, “I am not good at refining pills, but I think I am not bad with these eyes. The confidence in your eyes and the essence in your body when you spoke wildly just now, that is definitely not something that can be done by bragging, nor is it something that can be done by someone with a brain problem. Besides, the words of the Gongzi just now gave me even more confidence, that is definitely not something that an abnormal person would say. So, I’ll bet that what Duke Mo said is true. How about it, Duke Mo, are you interested in co-operating with me once?”
After saying that, Lu Jiu Jun added, “By the way, I also have a nickname, Lu Crazy. The reason why I, Dan Han Pill Refining, lost so quickly was because of the crazy decisions I once made.”
Lu Jiu Jun didn’t even believe in his own words, he naturally wouldn’t be about to hire Mo Wuji because of his confidence. Perhaps there was a little bit of a factor in this regard, but more importantly, there was a reason that only he was aware of. That was that Mo Wuji’s grandfather, Mo Tiancheng, had another identity that no one else knew about, the identity of a pill refiner, or a pill refiner of a very high level.
The reason why his Lu Family’s Dan Han Pill Refining became famous in Raozhou was because of the Northern Qin County King, Mo Tiancheng. Even though his grandfather and Mo Tiancheng were friends, the Lu family had paid an extremely heavy price in order to obtain Mo Tiancheng’s pill refining support.
In other words, if it wasn’t for the fact that the vast majority of Dan Han Pill Refining’s profits were smashed onto Mo Tiancheng, Dan Han Pill Refining wouldn’t have lost so quickly. Therefore, when Mo Wuji said that he was a pill refiner, he was somewhat convinced in his heart when others didn’t believe him. If he were to be a pill refiner himself, he would also pass it on to his children and grandchildren, not to mention Mo Wuji was so confident. Of course, whether Mo Wuji knew about this matter or not, he wouldn’t bother to explain.
Upon hearing Lu Jiu Jun’s words, Mo Wuji instead calmed down, he didn’t quite believe that Lu Jiu Jun was really going to hire him as the Chief Pill Refiner just because he judged that he hadn’t told a lie. The sky would not drop pies for nothing, this truth Mo Wuji knew very well. If the other party was really such an adventurous fellow, he probably didn’t have Dan Han to refine pills.
“What? Could it be that Duke Mo is really a big talker? When I want to hire one, I don’t dare instead?” Lu Jiu Jun saw that Mo Wuji didn’t say anything and squeezed once again.
Mo Wuji did not fluctuate in any way due to Lu Jiu Jun’s squeezing and took a sip of tea before saying, “I can join, but how much will I be paid?”
“Fifty gold coins per month, Dan Han Refining Demon provides accommodation, other than that, as long as it’s not an unreasonable request, Dan Han Refining will endeavour to satisfy you.” Lu Jiu Jun finished and stared at Mo Wuji. He didn’t believe that Mo Wuji could refuse such a high remuneration, which naturally wasn’t comparable to the remuneration of a true alchemist, yet it was several times higher than the assistant alchemist of the Cheng Ling Extreme Dan Workshop just now.
According to his guess, the moment this offer of his came out, Mo Wuji would definitely stand up in excitement.
However, the truth made him lose his mind as Mo Wuji acted as if he hadn’t heard him, calmly taking a sip of tea. It was only when Lu Jiu Jun became a little sullen that he asked an irrelevant question, “Mistress Lu Fang, I’ve heard that opening a spirit is the most costly, I wonder how much does it cost to open a spirit?”
Mo Wuji wasn’t someone who hadn’t seen money before, he was excited for ten gold coins before, that was because at that time, there was no one wise enough to recognise him, and it was just a matter of him temporarily looking for a job to support him and Smokey first. Even if he applied for the job, he would do it for a month at most and leave.
And Lu Jiujun in front of him definitely won’t let him just do one month and leave, he must sign some kind of contract or something like that.
Lu Jiu Jun looked at Mo Wuji doubtfully, Mo Wuji had gone to open the spirit and it turned out to be a mortal root he had heard about it, now Mo Wuji asked what this meant?
Even though he didn’t know Mo Wuji’s intention, he still answered carefully, “There are three ways to open a spirit, firstly opening a spirit with the help of a spirit medicine, which is also the most commonly used way to open a spirit. The cost varies depending on the grade of the spirit medicine, the lowest price is upwards of 10,000 gold coins, the second is ……”
Mo Wuji apologetically interrupted Lu Jiu Jun, “Master Lu Fang, since the lowest price is 10,000 gold coins, then there must be one with the highest price, may I ask how much is the highest?”
Lu Jiu Jun laughed, “The highest price is no price, I heard that the most precious elixir would not be able to afford even if the entire Cheng Yu Country was sold.”
So that’s how it was, I wonder how much money Mo Xinghe’s parents used for spirit medicine to open his spirit in the first place. It could be guessed that the lower the price of the spirit medicine, the worse the effect of that spirit opening must be.
Lu Jiu Jun continued, “The second kind is to open the spirit with the help of a strong person, and this kind of charge is based on the mood of the strong person. Generally not less than 100,000 gold coins, the price of millions is not high. The third kind is to open the spirit with the help of spirit opening array, this kind of means is not available in my Cheng Yu country, I heard that there is a spirit opening array in Star Han Empire, that is only those who have a certain obvious qualification have the chance to go in and open the spirit.”
Mo Wuji was silent, no matter which kind of Spirit Opening, even if he took a hundred gold coins a month, that would want to earn a sum of money to go and open the spirit to which monkey years?
“Master Lu Fang, have you ever gone to open a spirit? It takes at least 10,000 gold coins to open a spirit, so I guess not many people can afford it, right? Then wouldn’t poor people not be able to open a spirit at all?” Mo Wuji said only after a long time.
Lu Jiu Jun shook his head, “I went to test it, it’s just mortal root. Plus I don’t care about cultivation, so I didn’t go to open my spirit.”
“The test before Spirit Opening also costs money?” Mo Wuji asked again.
“That naturally costs money, usually around five hundred gold coins. Even if you test out to have spiritual roots, when you open your spirit, it won’t necessarily allow you to have the qualification to cultivate.”
“Then once it is tested out to be a mortal root can you open your spirit?”
Lu Jiu Jun laughed, “Even though I don’t know much about this, I know that the possibility of a Mortal Root opening a Spirit successfully is not even one in a million. There are only a very few people who are unwilling to not have a spirit root and know that they are mortal root, but still have to spend money to open their spirit again.”
Mo Wuji completely understood that his cheap old man ended up being desperate and had to spend gold coins to help him open his spirit even though he knew that he was a mortal root.
