Martial Peak

Chapter 1978, Soul Contract

Translator: Silavin & PewPewLaserGun

Editor and Proofreader: Leo of Zion Mountain & Dhael Ligerkeys

In the middle of the night, Yang Kai returned to his residence with a depressed expression.

His endeavour today had not gone smoothly. Although he had visited a lot of pill shops, these shops either cherished their pill recipes like treasures and refused to show them to outsiders or asked for sky-high prices in order to purchase them, rendering Yang Kai helpless. What’s more, the shops that were willing to sell pill recipes were only willing to sell some obscure recipes, which were basically useless.

Pill recipes that were really useful and would sell well were not for sale anywhere.

Of course, Yang Kai was not surprised by this.

He could also understand the practices of those shops. The pill recipes of each shop were formulated, improved, and refined by many Alchemists over a long period of time. They were trade secrets that could not be easily shown to outsiders.

Now, it seemed he had to carefully consider Kang Si Ran’s proposal.

For the next two days, Yang Kai enjoyed a rare moment of peace.

On the third day, Yang Kai came to Spirit Pill Plaza again.

Kang Si Ran seemed to have given out instructions already, so when the shop-hand saw Yang Kai, he immediately welcomed him with a smile and said, “Sir, you’re here. Please come inside, Shopkeeper Kang has been anticipating your arrival.”

Yang Kai nodded lightly and motioned for him to lead the way.

In the same back room as last time, Kang Si Ran was pleased to see Yang Kai keeping a punctual schedule, boosting his trust in him. With a smiling old face, Kang Si Ran greeted Yang Kai enthusiastically and motioned for him to take a seat before pouring him a cup of tea. Immediately after, Kang Si Ran took out a booklet from his Space Ring and handed it to Yang Kai, “These are the pill recipes Young Master Yang requested before, please look to your satisfaction!”

Yang Kai thanked him and took up the pill recipe book before browsing through them.

Just sweeping his eyes over these pages, Yang Kai could not help but brighten up.

Because this booklet contained about fifty pill recipes, the first of which was actually the recipe for Source Condensing Pills.

Although Yang Kai had mastered most of the pill recipes in this booklet already, pill recipes were not something set and then never altered. According to the surrounding environment and what materials were readily available, a pill recipe could vary greatly from region to region. There were also often multiple different methodologies to refine the same Spirit Pill.

recipe, they may be

so pill recipes, there were only a dozen Yang Kai did not already

result still made Yang Kai extremely satisfied as he put

if he would comply or not. As soon as Yang Kai put the book of recipes down, he asked, “Young Master Yang,

slightly, “Shopkeeper Kang is very thoughtful. Were these pill recipes

number of these pill recipes are the property of the pill shop, the rest were acquired by this old master through his various connections. They are not trade secrets of Spirit Pill Plaza, so Young Master

Does this mean that if I

Pill Plaza mainly sells the first fifteen Spirit Pills in this catalogue while the others are seldom refined because they are not in high demand and do not yield much profit. Source Condensing Pills are by far the top priority of my pill shop. This old master does not mean to boast, but the Source Condensing Pills from Spirit Pill Plaza are at least ten percent more effective than the average

and why is that?” Yang

to Spirit Pill Plaza to buy Source

stroked his beard confidently as he explained, “Because our Source Condensing Pill recipe was personally improved

Si Ran remembered that Yang Kai was somewhat ignorant and uninformed, so he quickly added, “Grandmaster Huang Fu is an Emperor

Kai was really shocked when he heard these

Pill Plaza’s Source Condensing Pills were so popular, it turns out that the pill recipe was personally improved by an Emperor Grade Alchemist. As a result,

news

were Source Condensing Pills. The pill recipe improved by an Emperor Grade Alchemist would be of immense use to Yang Kai and there was even

Yang, this old master has shown his sincerity. Now, about Young Master Yang’s intentions…” Kang Si Ran looked at Yang Kai with a smile. At this moment, he was not as anxious as before because he could see from Yang Kai’s demeanour and tone that he was

would be this Yang’s honour to work as an Alchemist for your noble establishment. This Yang will

which had been clouding his face

Spirit Pills, they had just barely been able to keep up with demand, but when two of the three had been poached by Seven Glories Chamber of Commerce’s Pill Pavilion, the last remaining Alchemist was unable to cope, even if he

all but out of stock of Source Condensing Pills, causing

was a shortage of goods, even the most loyal customers

Yang Kai joining, although the situation wouldn’t be rectified immediately, Kang Si Ran could finally breathe a sigh of relief. All that was left now was to hold out for two more months while waiting for the two Alchemists to be transferred over from

Yang, this old master is first and foremost a businessman, so some things must be made clear up front. If this old master comes off as offensive

speak freely, Shopkeeper

be disclosed to others, especially the pill recipe

a problem,” Yang Kai nodded

Yang to review this

he directly took out the prepared

from, but he

picked up the contract and began looking over the details about what responsibilities and obligations were expected of both parties. Regarding the pill recipes, the conditions were especially strict in that Yang Kai was

and said, “I have

said, “Then this old master asks Young Master Yang to leave his Soul Imprint on