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.

refine a certain pill, by studying an alternative pill recipe, they may be able to improve their own technique and ability, so

the fifty or so pill recipes, there were only a dozen Yang Kai did

Kai extremely satisfied as he put

carefully observed Yang Kai’s behaviour, wondering if he would comply or not. As soon as Yang Kai put the book of recipes down, he asked, “Young Master Yang, are you satisfied with the

Kang is very

pill shop, the rest were acquired by

variety of Spirit Pills. Does this mean that if I were to become an Alchemist here, I would

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 Source Condensing Pill on the market so

and why is that?” Yang Kai

he had also noticed before that many people had come to Spirit Pill Plaza to buy Source Condensing Pills, and these

confidently as he explained, “Because our Source Condensing Pill recipe was personally improved by Grandmaster Huang Fu from the chamber

Si Ran remembered that Yang Kai was somewhat ignorant and uninformed, so he quickly added, “Grandmaster Huang Fu is an Emperor Grade Alchemist and enjoys a very high

really shocked when

Condensing Pills were so popular, it turns out that the pill recipe was personally improved by

excellent news for

what he needed most now 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 a chance he could spy on

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 likely willing to temporarily join

Yang’s honour to work as an

Kang Si Ran laughed loudly, the haze which had been clouding his face for the past

three Origin King Grade Alchemists refining 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

all but out of stock of Source Condensing Pills, causing many

once there was a shortage of goods, even the most loyal customers would be lost.

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

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 in any way, I hope Young Master Yang can be forgiving,” After the great joy, Kang Si Ran

freely, Shopkeeper

taking copies for his own use, they cannot be disclosed to others, especially the pill recipe for Source Condensing Pills.

problem,” Yang Kai

Yang to

he directly took out the prepared contract from his Space

could not recognize what material this contract was made from, but he

expected of both parties. Regarding the pill recipes, the conditions were especially strict in that Yang Kai was to under no circumstances disclose the secrets of

quick review, Yang Kai nodded and said, “I have no issues with

said, “Then this old master asks Young Master Yang to leave