Urban Cultivation with a Demonic System-Chapter 223 - 196: There Must Be a Mastermind Behind Nine Dragon Hall!

"After he finished hiding the medicinal herbs, he didn't run away, or rather, he dared not run away. Clearly, he's being pushed out to take the fall by someone behind the scenes."

"If that's true, the Yu Clan father and son could very well just be puppets pushed out front."

Captain Liang slowly nodded:

"That's what we think too, but the problem lies here."

"According to our investigation, Yu Tai was originally a loafing rich kid."

"But for some reason, after we apprehended him, he seemed to transform into a different person, his mouth unbelievably tight."

"No matter how we ask, even using certain hypnosis and lie detection methods, he adamantly refuses to admit to having someone behind him."

"He even refuses to disclose the whereabouts of those medicinal herbs, claiming he knows nothing, which is obviously problematic."

Taibai Phecda immediately judged based on his experience:

"It's clear this person has hidden medicinal herbs before, yet lie detection unveils nothing. It's highly likely that his memory has been tampered with."

"After that part of the memory was erased, he himself doesn't know he did such a thing, naturally, he wouldn't believe he's lying."

"And the fact that you used hypnosis yet still couldn't awaken his memory only proves that your expertise in hypnosis doesn't match that of the mastermind behind the scenes..."

Taibai Phecda stopped slightly, as if suddenly realizing something.

"Master Taibai? What's wrong?"

Noticing something off about Taibai Phecda's expression, Captain Liang asked expectantly:

"Did you perhaps discover something new?"

"No... nothing."

Taibai Phecda's tone was somewhat stiff, then mechanically turned to look at Su Yuan.

At that moment, Su Yuan held his chin in contemplation, seemingly unaffected by the previous topic.

Taibai Phecda then looked at the young girl beside Su Yuan.

He saw Chen Nuoyi had already covered her face tightly with a hood, but her slightly trembling delicate body still mercilessly betrayed her.

Taibai Phecda felt his vision darken.

No... it couldn't be.

Could the mastermind behind Nine Dragon Hall be his good disciple?

"Su Yuan, what do you think about the disappearance of the medicinal herbs?"

Taibai Phecda forced himself to endure the heartache, gritting his teeth as he asked.

Su Yuan answered seriously:

"Teacher Taibai, I believe this Yu Tai must be a well-trained member of the Demon Sect."

You brat trying to play dumb with me, huh!

Do you know the saying: honesty leads to leniency, resistance leads to severity?

And what puzzled Taibai Phecda more was that oblivious to the true situation, the Preparatory Class mentors were praising Su Yuan, calling him mature and reliable and whatnot.

Taibai Phecda could hardly imagine how his colleagues would view him after Su Yuan's hidden herbs incident came to light.

But just as he felt darkness engulfing him, a Law Enforcement Bureau member approached with a Storage Magical Treasure.

"Captain, the missing medicinal herbs have been found."

Captain Liang sighed in relief:

"Good that we've found them; were there any banned substances inside?"

"Probably not. The pills from Nine Dragon Hall likely have severe side effects due to issues with the pill formula, resulting in too much residual toxin."

Captain Liang nodded, then after letting his subordinates leave, spoke to Taibai Phecda and the others:

"That's pretty much the case; Nine Dragon Hall illegally engaged in alchemy. Although they didn't make lethal toxins, they harmed countless people."

"Su Yuan's assistance in removing this malignant tumor has earned our city's Law Enforcement Bureau's immense gratitude."

Su Yuan quickly waved his hands humbly, saying it was just his duty to do so.

For a moment, harmony abounded between the two sides, with Su Yuan and Chen Nuoyi appearing as pure and virtuous as the Federation's hundred best students.

Witnessing all this, Taibai Phecda slowly eased his heart, which had risen to his throat.

Looks like he was overthinking things a while ago.

A high school student like Su Yuan couldn't have been involved with Nine Dragon Hall before this incident, right?

The hidden herbs matter shouldn't be related to him, especially since he hasn't appeared to have brewed other elixirs apart from the Blue Pill. He's clearly not versed in alchemy.

What Taibai Phecda didn't know was that Su Yuan had already gone through the Storage Magical Treasure before they and the Law Enforcement Bureau arrived.

He categorized and took each herb from the Storage Magical Treasure.

First, he identified each herb's name through AI and documented them, after which he utilized Demon Technique·Finger Spirit on these herbs.

Then, a Spirit Pill nearly reaching the limit of being crafted by Demon Technique·Finger Spirit appeared.

[Unnamed Nine-Colored Elixir: A super spirit pill gathered from the effects of nine Demon Dao secret medicines.]

[After ingestion, one can achieve, but is not limited to, increased strength, recovery power, endurance, stamina, burst power, speed, muscle, physique shaping, kidney vitality, skin, detoxification, etc., lasting twelve hours.]

[The side effect is a slightly sharp head during the effect period, leading to certain speech disorder.]

It could be said that this pill, which integrates the power of Nine Dragons, is the ProMaxUltra version of the Blue Pill.

Compared to the terrifying effects of this medicine, the minor side effects are negligible.

Su Yuan named this Nine-Colored Elixir – Nine-Turn Golden Core!

This was also Su Yuan's first time using the Demon Technique·Finger Spirit to perform on herbs covered by nine pill formulas since gaining it.

It was through this attempt that Su Yuan realized the true power of Demon Technique·Finger Spirit.

This thing can perfectly integrate the effects between different pills, gathering multiple pill effects into one!

This pill, and the formula for herbs needed to craft it, were Su Yuan's greatest takeaway from this trip!

He even thought about selling this pill directly.

Although the herbs needed to craft Nine-Turn Golden Core aren't cheap, considering the pill's effects, selling for ten thousand each would be worthwhile.

However, after thinking carefully for a while, Su Yuan felt the effects of Nine-Turn Golden Core were too potent and selling it could cause a sensation.

He thought about finding ways to simplify the effects, crafting Third-Turn Golden Core, Sixth-Transformation Golden Core, etc.

For normal external sales, only Third-Turn Golden Cores would be sold.

Only those formally joining the Primordial Sect would enjoy the benefits of Sixth-Transformation Golden Core.

And Nine-Turn Golden Core would be exclusively allocated for Su Yuan himself, the Vice Sect Leader, Left and Right Envoys, and Eight Great Hall Masters.

With this Golden Core, the Primordial Sect is set for rapid growth.

Simultaneously, Taihua City's underground elixir market could be easily and completely seized by him.

"But, as Third-Turn Golden Cores are sold continuously, will relying on me alone for the output attract suspicion from keen observers?"

Though the Third-Turn Golden Core hasn't yet been produced, its sales forecast is promising.

Su Yuan's main concern is the exposure of Demon Technique·Finger Spirit.

The only solution Su Yuan could come up with is to recruit people.

A batch of professional pill masters must be recruited to reverse engineer the Third-Turn Golden Core crafting method, having them work for him in crafting pills.

Recruiting numerous workers and systemizing the Third-Turn Golden Core crafting process will certainly increase costs significantly, but the benefit is reducing the risk of exposing Demon Technique·Finger Spirit greatly.

Moreover, being a Sect Leader, it's impossible to fully oversee the alchemy business all the time.

Handing over this business early is bound to happen.