"Little servant, you're reading books again, how come every time I come you're here, could it be you come every day?" Nangong Suxin happened to meet Xiaoyao at the entrance, "Don't tell me you come every day?"
"Yes, I come every day. You all need to cultivate, I don't need to, besides coming here to read books, what else can I do?" Xiaoyao replied.
Right, the reason Xiaoyao read those books with different versions was because he was very bored now, in three months' time, besides reading books here, he probably wouldn't have other things to do, of course he could also read while making pills, but alchemy would take at most a few days.
Speaking of the royal palace library's book collection, it was also quite terrifying, ordinary people not to mention three months, even reading for a year might not finish them, and that was just reading once, they might not even remember.
But Xiaoyao was different, his reading speed was very fast, fast enough to make people think he was just flipping pages, described in four characters it was "reading ten lines at a glance," at the same time he had another four-character skill, which was "photographic memory."
Regarding this matter, Nangong Suxin also discovered it, because she felt very curious, she felt Xiaoyao wasn't someone who would do meaningless things, his reading like this must have effects, so she tested him a little, the result greatly shocked her.
"Eh, today your Young Miss is also here, very rare," Nangong Suxin said when entering the library, discovering Young Miss, someone who shouldn't be here.
Young Miss was different from others, others felt this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, but she was too lazy to come look, she felt reading her own family's books was good enough, why look at these.
Therefore, since entering the royal palace, Young Miss had never come here.
"Young Miss, what are you playing at, why are you here?" Xiaoyao was also very curious, he came here every day, naturally knew Young Miss had never come here.
"I came to read books," Young Miss replied.
"Scram," Xiaoyao and Nangong Suxin said simultaneously, who are you trying to fool with such nonsense.
"You came too," at this time a young girl appeared before Xiaoyao, announcing the reason Young Miss came here.
"Greetings Princess Ke Xin," Xiaoyao and the other bowed, this young girl was Princess Ke Xin, Young Miss definitely followed her here.
Princess Ke Xin also barely entered the eastern regional competition, however she rarely came here, because she had read the books here, from childhood to now, just occasionally came, today was one of those occasions.
"Xiaoyao, I heard you requested many medicinal materials, want to make pills, do you know how?" After chatting for a while, Princess Ke Xin asked.
"There is such a thing, Princess Ke Xin, how do you know about this, I just requested them a moment ago," Xiaoyao asked somewhat puzzled.
Looking at the situation Princess Ke Xin came here earlier than himself, how would she know about his alchemy, this news spread too fast.
"Nothing much, just now I happened to meet them, they complained, saying what you want is both expensive and numerous, as if you want to bankrupt our royal palace," Princess Ke Xin smiled gently.
"Don't say that, it's just a little bit, even Mo family could afford this much let alone the royal palace, you said yourselves you'd provide all resources, my boss never had much resources before, need to make up for the past, so I requested a bit more. I believe you won't mind..." Xiaoyao said while walking to a bookshelf, picking up a book to continue reading.
"Yes, of course we don't mind, as long as it can help you improve strength, the kingdom is willing to pay," Princess Ke Xin nodded, following Xiaoyao to sit and read, Young Miss and Nangong Suxin also found books to sit together, of course the book in Young Miss's hands was just for show.
In this library there were also tables and chairs for reading, and specialized people to serve tea and snacks, because of this Xiaoyao didn't even need to eat meals, could stay here all day, if nothing happened he would even stay at night.
The library even without this special situation would have people serving and watching all day, after all this was within the royal palace, even if it wasted manpower they had to operate around the clock.
Because of Xiaoyao's diligent effort, in a little over two months he finished reading all the books here, not missing a single one, this was something no one could imagine, no one would think anyone could do it.
In Young Miss's words, could it be heaven didn't give you martial arts talent but gave you this talent as compensation, you're naturally suited to be a servant.
Being a servant required good memory.
Remember what the master wanted to buy, remember the master's preferences, remember the master's temporary thoughts, remember the master's enemies... in summary, memory was very important.
"Xiaoyao, when you finish making pills give me some..." Nangong Suxin said when leaving.
"No, I only prepared my boss's portion," Xiaoyao immediately refused, "If you want some, go ask the royal palace yourself, Princess Ke Xin help her get some."
"If what the royal palace has is as good as yours, why would you still make pills yourself, stop talking nonsense, I want some too, if there are no medicinal materials then have Princess Ke Xin prepare some for you," Nangong Suxin said directly, she wouldn't be fooled, Xiaoyao making them himself definitely had reasons, otherwise he would directly request pills.
Nangong Suxin believed Xiaoyao's pills were either special or more effective, either way they would help Guxing, were pills that could improve Guxing's strength, how could she not want them.
This was obviously impossible, she definitely wanted them, even if she had to pester him.
In the end Xiaoyao had no choice but to make more, anyway making more was the same as making less, but what Xiaoyao didn't expect was not only Nangong Suxin wanted them, Young Miss also wanted them, Princess Ke Xin and Zhan Bai also got shares, then others.
Some people from Qingyun Province seeing Nangong Suxin and others' progress also came to ask about the situation, learning about the pills they took, also wanted some.
Nangong Suxin agreed on Xiaoyao's behalf, however she didn't tell others where these pills came from, she knew Xiaoyao was very low-key, generally didn't want people to know.
At the same time, Nangong Suxin also didn't want people disturbing Xiaoyao, perhaps to protect Xiaoyao, or perhaps just because she didn't want the pill quality to decline.
"Nangong Suxin, I hate you."
Not long after Xiaoyao shouted this in the alchemy room, Nangong Suxin began returning these words.
"Little servant, I hate you."
"Don't be like this, I'm just collecting some wages, you can afford it."
"Damn, one pill you want one tael of silver from me, this is still called just wages, you're clearly extorting."
"No, one tael per pill is very cheap, let me calculate for you, if you bought such pills in the market, each would cost at least one hundred taels, you're already profiting."
"I'll remember this."
This was said when Xiaoyao finished making pills and distributed them to everyone, he wouldn't provide free service to anyone except his boss, meaning besides Guxing and Young Miss, everyone paid one tael silver per pill, Mo family members got half price, this was his limit.
At this time Young Miss also felt Xiaoyao seemed to have some feeling of separating from Mo family, this might be because Mo family had sent news before, telling Guxing she was no longer Mo family's person.
Before Mo family had conflict with Guxing, even if Guxing wasn't recognized as Mo family's person, Xiaoyao couldn't sever relations with Mo family, after all he was originally Mo family's servant, then assigned under Guxing.
Xiaoyao's pills were very popular, one batch could produce about one hundred pills, meaning one batch could earn him one hundred taels, he could produce one batch per day, in three months he had seventeen days making pills, meaning these three months he earned over fifteen hundred taels.
Xiaoyao's pills were very effective, almost everyone got significant improvement, especially Zhan Bai and Guxing, progressed rapidly like rockets, leaving others behind.
This was very normal, Xiaoyao had already predicted this, because Zhan Bai completely hadn't had pills and medicinal baths before, even if he had they were very low level, now with these aids his strength rapidly increased.
As for Guxing, although Xiaoyao also worked hard collecting resources for her, compared to others it was still much less than Young Miss and others, couldn't compare to entire Heavenly Wind Kingdom's full support.
So Xiaoyao now wanted to use this opportunity, desperately utilize these resources, at the same time Xiaoyao secretly made quite a few backup pills for Guxing, enough for her to use for several years.
But no one knew about this, because people calculated Xiaoyao's materials and output, even what Xiaoyao produced now they felt was too much.
Generally alchemy had success rates, producing one hundred pills per batch was already a lot, generally only seventy to eighty, Xiaoyao every batch had a little over one hundred, although just a few more, added up it was still a lot, originally the highest level alchemists could only guarantee an average of ninety, producing one hundred was character explosion.
But Xiaoyao almost every batch had one hundred, if people discovered this situation they would definitely be shocked into stupor.
Generally Xiaoyao recorded seventy to eighty pills, the rest he kept for Guxing and Chi Chi, sometimes he would also give Chi Chi some benefits, using these pills as rewards for Chi Chi.
What about himself, of course he also had some, but not these, what he ate was more special, now what he needed was different from others, he was still someone who hadn't broken through basic skills, so he could only eat those that increased constitution, another way to say it was marrow cleansing and bone forging pills.
(End of Chapter)