At this moment, Wang Qiang felt extremely complicated. His gaze towards Xing Jue was filled with endless resentment. He was originally the most favored person by the Emperor's side, but after Xing Jue's appearance, his status seemed to have been replaced. This was something that he could not accept.
"Minister Wang, previously you said that Xing Jue is weak, so he is not qualified to accompany Xin Xin on the hunt. Now, is he qualified?" After sizing up Xing Jue with a face full of excitement, the Emperor turned his gaze towards Wang Qiang, who was behind him.
"This … this …"
Hearing the Emperor's question, Wang Qiang's already ugly expression became even uglier. He knew what the Emperor meant, but he really did not want Xing Jue to go. The current Xing Jue was already enough to steal the limelight.
If he were to snatch this fat job away, it would simply be unimaginable. His position in the Starfall Empire would probably be completely replaced by Xing Jue in the near future.
"Your Majesty, I feel that as the general of the Secret Heavenly Battalion, not only must one have strength, but ability is even more important."
"Accompanying Princess Xin Xin to the Sealed Basin. Strength is a display of the Starfall Empire's power, but ability represents the prosperity of the Starfall Empire even more."
"Therefore, I wish to have a fair competition with General Xing Jue."
However, just when Wang Qiang was at a loss as to how to answer, Pang Zhi actually stepped forward and said. He had traveled all the way from the Imperial City day and night just for this fat job. Seeing that this fat job was about to be snatched away, he naturally could not agree to it. Therefore, he clenched his teeth and risked offending the Emperor to make his request.
"Competition? How do you want to compete? "The Emperor asked in surprise.
"My strength is close to that of Xing Jue. If we were to compete in terms of strength, I'm afraid that it would be unfair!"
"Therefore, I hope that I can compete with General Xing Jue in terms of personal strength. If General Xing Jue can surpass me in terms of strength, then I am willing to give up this position," said Pang Zhi.
"This …"
After listening to Pang Zhi's words, the Emperor felt a little awkward. In fact, he had tacitly agreed to let Pang Zhi accompany Princess Xin Xin. However, he didn't expect Xing Jue to return so quickly. So, he felt a little apologetic in his heart.
"Xing Jue is willing to keep you company, but how would General Pang Zhi like to compete?"
However, just when the Emperor was worrying about how to dispel Pang Zhi's idea, Xing Jue agreed with a calm smile on his face.
"I heard Lord Marshal say earlier that the Divine Secret Unit is currently lacking pill pills, and the alchemists of the Pill Refinement Unit seem to be slacking off."
"Therefore, I want to compete with General Xing Jue in managing the Divine Secret Unit's Pill Refinement Unit. Each of us will manage a Pill Refinement Unit and see who can effectively manage the lazy habits of the alchemists."
"There are still ten days before Princess Xin Xin will head to the sealed basin. You and I will use ten days as the limit. Within ten days, whoever manages the Pill Refinement Unit with the highest pill production will win." Seeing that Xing Jue had agreed, Pang Zhi didn't hesitate and said decisively, as if he had already prepared for this.
"Alright, I, Xing Jue, accept!"
However, after hearing Pang Zhi's words, the Emperor's expression couldn't help but change slightly. Just as he was about to say something, Xing Jue had already agreed.
"The two generals are truly bold. However, I wonder what Your Majesty thinks?" After seeing Xing Jue agree, Wang Qiang was overjoyed. He excitedly asked the Emperor for instructions.
"Since the two generals have no objections, I will naturally agree."
The Emperor smiled somewhat reluctantly. Since Xing Jue had agreed, even the Emperor could not say much. Otherwise, he would really be suspected of siding with Xing Jue.
Afterwards, for the sake of fairness, the Emperor personally chose two Pill Refinement Units to be allocated to Xing Jue and Pang Zhi. Pang Zhi headed straight for his Pill Refinement Unit, while Wang Qiang also left after bidding farewell. Thus, only the Emperor and Xing Jue remained in the palace.
"Xing Jue, why did you agree to Pang Zhi's competition?"
"You should know that there is no fairness in this competition. The alchemists of the Divine Secret Unit and Pill Refinement Unit do not slack off."
"Therefore, no matter how you manage them, you will not be able to defeat Pang Zhi. Pang Zhi is an extremely outstanding alchemist," the Emperor said worriedly.
Today, he had already decided to appoint Xing Jue as the person to accompany Princess Xin Xin. However, he did not expect Wang Qiang and Pang Zhi to be so greedy for this quota. It could be said to be out of his expectations.
"Your Majesty, Xing Jue only does not want to make things difficult for you. I also do not want to rely on your support to obtain this quota."
"I want to rely on my own strength to defeat them. Only then will I be able to convince them of their defeat."
"As for this competition, since Xing Jue dared to accept it, he is already mentally prepared."
"In short, Your Majesty, rest assured. Xing Jue will definitely not disappoint you!" A confident smile appeared on Xing Jue's face.
"Sigh, you are really young. In that case, I hope that you will not disappoint me!"
The Emperor felt rather helpless as he looked at Xing Jue's confident appearance. It was not that he did not have confidence in Xing Jue, but he knew Pang Zhi's alchemy skills too well. Pang Zhi had even reached the level of the top alchemists in the Starfall Empire.
After a short conversation with the Emperor, Xing Jue left the bedchamber and headed straight for the Pill Refinement Unit that he had been assigned to. From now on, the competition had already taken effect. Pang Zhi had already gone to the Pill Refinement Unit, so Xing Jue naturally could not delay for too long.
The Divine Secret Unit's Pill Refinement Unit was built in the headquarters of the Divine Secret Unit. Even though the headquarters of the Divine Secret Unit was huge, Xing Jue quickly arrived at the number 1 Pill Refinement Unit that Xing Jue had been assigned to.
After entering the Pill Refinement Unit, Xing Jue was shocked by the scale of the Pill Refinement Unit. There were countless small palaces in the Pill Refinement Unit, and these palaces were the residences of the alchemists.
Even though they were soldiers of the Divine Secret Unit, they did not need to participate in the soldiers' training. This was because they only had one task, and that was to continuously refine pills every day to provide pills for the millions of soldiers of the empire. Therefore, the strength of these alchemists was relatively low. Most of them only had the strength of an ordinary soldier, a mid-level Battle-Saint.
Xing Jue had already witnessed the process of alchemy, so he was not curious about how they refined pills. After arriving at the Pill Refinement Unit, he called the most outstanding alchemists of the Pill Refinement Unit to the main hall of the Pill Refinement Unit.
At this moment, ten old men were standing in the most magnificent hall of the Pill Refinement Unit. These ten old men were all Three Star Alchemists, and they were all people who could refine a Heaven-grade pill.
However, at this moment, the gazes of the ten old men were all focused on the young man sitting on the throne in the main hall. This young man was the person personally sent by the emperor to manage them, and this person was naturally Xing Jue.
At this moment, Xing Jue had already understood the requirements of the Pill Refinement Unit. They were currently refining pills on a large scale, and the pills they were refining were all healing pills used to treat light injuries. Therefore, the grade requirement wasn't very high, and it was only an Earth-grade pill.
After finding out about this situation, Xing Jue, who was not proficient in alchemy, was overjoyed. Back then, when he was in the Sky Martial Continent, Wang Yanran had given Xing Jue a pill refining secret manual. That secret manual recorded the essence of the Sacred Dan Race's pill refining.
The Sacred Dan Race could be said to be a race that relied on the pill to increase its strength. The experts of their clan all relied on the power of the Heaven Stage Pill to fight, so refining pills was what they were best at.
The refining method of the Heaven Stage Pill was rather complicated, but in the eyes of the Sacred Dan Race, refining the Earth Stage Pill was an extremely easy task. Furthermore, there was a method to refine the Earth Stage Pill on a large scale.
After Xing Jue's previous understanding, he realized that although the alchemists here had a high level of skill, they did not have the ability to refine the Earth Stage Pill on a large scale. Therefore, at this moment, Xing Jue was using the talisman that condensed the contents of the martial skill to divide the method to refine the Earth Stage Pill into many parts, and then relying on this method to obtain victory in this competition.
"What is he doing?"
"He seems to be condensing some content into the Martial Skill Talisman."
"Could it be a rule that restricts us? We are already working very hard to concoct pills, could it be that you still want to deprive us of our rest time?
"Looking at Xing Jue's actions, the ten alchemists used sound transmissions to guess, because in their eyes, although Xing Jue was stronger than them and had a higher official rank than them, he was still a layman in the field of alchemy.
They were completely unaware of the competition between Xing Jue and Pang Zhi. In their eyes, Xing Jue was only a manager sent by the Heavenly Secret Unit to supervise them, and what Xing Jue was doing at the moment, was definitely how to manage them.
"Ten seniors, this is a little gift from this junior. With this method of refining pills, I believe it will be much more convenient for all of you."
After a while, the ten talismans were completed. After Xing Jue stood up, he walked in front of the ten alchemists and handed over the ten talismans that were flickering with a faint light to the hands of the ten alchemists.
"This …"
Although they did not understand what Xing Jue was doing, nor did they know what exactly Xing Jue's alchemy method was, the ten old men were a little confused by Xing Jue's humble attitude.
It should be known that the general-level figures in the Heavenly Secret Unit were extremely overbearing, and in their eyes, the alchemists were merely the logistics of the Heavenly Secret Unit, so they looked down on them. Thus, Xing Jue's humble attitude left them at a loss.
"Oh my god, what a mysterious alchemy method. This, this is simply too unbelievable!"
However, when the ten old men projected their consciousness into the talismans that Xing Jue handed to them, they were all greatly shocked, and expressions of disbelief appeared on their faces.
This was because they had already understood the contents of the talismans, and they were completely subdued by the mysterious alchemy method in the talismans. This was simply the most mysterious alchemy method they had ever seen. Although it was only an Earth-grade pill, it could be refined on such a large scale. This was simply something that they had not even dared to imagine before.
"General, thank you for bestowing such a secret manual!"
After a moment of surprise, the ten old men exchanged glances and knelt in front of Xing Jue in unison to express their gratitude. Their aged faces were filled with gratitude.
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