Urban Cultivation with a Demonic System-Chapter 240 - 207: Zhang Baiyi: It Is Our Duty to Stop Su Yuan’s Tyranny!

At this moment, a middle-aged alchemist, looking a bit anxious, approached Su Yuan:

"Sect Leader, there's a problem."

"The color of the newly refined batch of Third-Turn Golden Cores is off, and there are signs that they're not solidifying."

Su Yuan was slightly taken aback, then shook his head and said:

"How could they not solidify? Is there an issue with your methods?"

With that, Su Yuan followed the middle-aged alchemist to the failed batch of elixirs.

Watching from a distance, Zhang Baiyi gulped nervously and cautiously followed.

On a table, a few slightly melted, murky-colored failed elixirs were placed alongside the leftover flesh-and-blood ingredients from their production.

Seeing Su Yuan approach, several alchemists gathered around the table fell silent and looked at him with some unease.

Su Yuan glanced casually at the table and snorted:

"You all are not paying attention. You can't even see such an obvious problem."

The alchemists couldn't help but exchange glances at his words.

Without saying more, Su Yuan picked up a kidney from the flesh-and-blood materials—it was from the Spirit Beast, the highly reproductive Cyan Bamboo Rat.

He pointed lightly, and a wisp of Pill Fire directed onto the kidney, quickly refining the piece of flesh into a deep pink liquid.

"Eh, why is it pink? Shouldn't it be deep red?"

One of the alchemists exclaimed in surprise.

Su Yuan replied coldly:

"Of course it's pink because this isn't the kidney of a male rat; it's from a female."

"Didn't your biology teacher teach you? How can you not tell male from female?"

The alchemists, mostly over fifty, lowered their heads without daring to speak up after being reprimanded like this.

Alchemist Ji, in charge of ingredient procurement, gritted his teeth and said angrily:

"It must be the supplier being careless, not distinguishing between male and female rat kidneys. I'll go settle accounts with them."

Su Yuan impatiently waved his hand and said:

"Enough! We can talk about everything else later. Right now, it's important to pick out all the female rat kidneys and refine the pills again!"

As he spoke, he personally inspected all the flesh-and-blood materials, removing the unqualified ones, and prepared the pill furnace himself.

Under Su Yuan's operation, the Pill Fire flickered like a dragon or serpent, swallowing large quantities of processed ingredients into the furnace at a rapid pace.

Pushing the limits of the furnace, he added a great amount of flesh-and-blood materials.

Finally, after nearly two hours of refining, ten pristine, flawless elixirs emerged from the furnace.

Witnessing this, Zhang Baiyi was dumbfounded.

Although his talent lay more with artifact refining and talisman making than with alchemy, he still understood it.

Not to mention that there were other alchemists present as a reference.

Most alchemists could produce four or five pills per batch at best, and the refining process took much longer, with the elixirs' quality inferior to Su Yuan's.

In this comparison, the superiority of Su Yuan's alchemy skills was evident.

"Su Yuan… How did he master such wicked alchemy techniques?"

"To hone his alchemy, how many innocent Spirit Beasts has he harmed?"

Zhang Baiyi was inwardly shaken.

He felt fortunate that Xi Yu was not around to witness this, as those who loved Spirit Beasts would surely create an uproar.

"No, I must stop Su Yuan!"

Zhang Baiyi quietly pulled out his phone and recorded everything he saw with photos.

He knew that Su Yuan's Cyber Ten Thousand Souls Banner could invade phones, computers, and other technological devices, but he had no other choice.

After all, modern imaging equipment had long replaced ancient memory stones.

As a forward-thinking and innovative artifact refiner, Zhang Baiyi naturally had no interest in studying such outdated magical treasures.

Fortunately, after taking and saving all the photos, Su Yuan showed no sign of reaction, appearing unaware.

Zhang Baiyi sighed in relief but dared not send the photos or connect the phone to the internet.

With so many surveillance cameras in the alchemy workshop, there might be a Cyber Resentful Soul hidden somewhere. If any network signal were to transmit out, it would be akin to exposing his location.

Once at a safe distance, he planned to report everything to his master.

As Zhang Baiyi thought this, he quietly began to retreat.

But just then, Su Yuan left the furnace and turned towards a concealed secret door.

Seeing this, Zhang Baiyi's feet felt glued to the ground, finding himself unwilling to leave.

He was like classic reporter characters in countless movies, who rush into more dangerous secret chambers due to new discoveries, despite already having the evidence they needed.

Chances were high he would end up in a plot where he secretly infiltrates like an Investigation Officer.

Yet, despite knowing this, Zhang Baiyi found himself compelled, especially when Su Yuan opened the secret chamber door widely, heightening Zhang Baiyi's curiosity to a peak!

Uncontrollably, he moved his feet, slipping in just before the secret chamber door closed.

Then, an evil aura, icy and mixed with blood and darkness, surged from all directions, leaving Zhang faintly chilled.

Waking up as if splashed with cold water, he regretted his rash entry into the secret chamber.

If Su Yuan caught him red-handed, there might be no escape.

Though, come to think of it, even if Su Yuan caught him, he wouldn't necessarily do anything harmful, right?

They were classmates, after all, so scenarios of imprisonment, interrogation, or brainwashing weren't likely… were they?

But having come this far, there was no turning back.

He could only wait for Su Yuan to leave the secret chamber before following him out.

Zhang Baiyi scanned his surroundings with trepidation.

Here, Spirit Beasts lay sprawled open, their gut organs of medicinal value removed.

As their souls dissipated, considerable yin energy lingered in the chamber.

The beasts' blood streamed, flowing into a pool in the chamber's center, forming a crimson blood pool.

At the pool's center stood a small platform, where six beads rested on velvet, absorbing the chamber's yin and blood energy.

And as for resentment?

Wasn't there enough resentment from the workers next door?

The combination of the three energies was precisely the method to refine an improved version of the Heaven-Opening Pearl!

Su Yuan examined the six pearls with satisfaction:

"Hmm, ready for delivery."

With a wave of his hand, his Righteous Disguise activated, making the Demonic Dao Heaven-Opening Pearls appear no different from ordinary ones.

"Demonic Dao Heaven-Opening Pearls? Su Yuan is still crafting these things!"

Zhang Baiyi's eyes widened as he stifled a shout of shock!

Even though his master had explicitly instructed him that the sale of Demonic Dao Heaven-Opening Pearls was forbidden, Su Yuan was still doing it secretly!

For a moment, Zhang Baiyi even felt hesitant.

He was reluctant to expose this because if his master found out, Su Yuan would surely face severe punishment.

He might even lose all his academic credits, but after a moment of hesitation, Zhang Baiyi steeled his resolve.

Su Yuan had done wrong and should face the consequences… Reporting him is helping him.

Suppressing his shock, he continued to wait quietly.

The Heaven-Opening Pearls under the Righteous Disguise wouldn't reveal anything in photos; he needed to catch the buyer red-handed.

To his surprise, Su Yuan pocketed the six pearls and walked out, seemingly heading for a delivery.

Zhang Baiyi swiftly followed him out of the secret chamber, the workshop, and all the way to a piece of deserted land on the outskirts of the city.

Though barren land, Zhang Baiyi astutely noticed that this area was very close to Boss Cai's Iron Mountain Boar breeding base!

Sure enough, shortly after Su Yuan arrived, Boss Cai rushed forward to meet him.

Without much ado, they completed the transaction quickly with cash for goods.

Once Boss Cai obtained the Heaven-Opening Pearls, he quickly departed.

Having witnessed everything, Zhang Baiyi suppressed a myriad of mixed emotions and silently retreated.

But at that moment, Su Yuan's calm voice called out.

"Zhang, been watching for a while, haven't you?"

"Leaving without a word—isn't that a bit inappropriate?"