Zhou Xuan nodded, vaguely remembering this matter, and said, "When we get back to the store, I’ll give you the money."

"Don’t bother, just keep the money... I want to invest," Zhao Wuya immediately said.

"..." Zhou Xuan.

Zhou Xuan patted Zhao Wuya on the shoulder and said, "Don’t invest. I’ve discovered that robbing fire pits is really a very lucrative business. Next time, let’s rob a few more, and you can be my manager."

"Hiss..." Zhao Wuya squinted his eyes with a wide smile and said, "Brother Xuan, are you serious?"

"I stick to my word."

Zhou Xuan felt that for alchemy, one or two fire pits were definitely not enough. More were needed, and with more fire pits, the production capacity would be adequate.

However, once the number of fire pits increased, management would become a major issue.

"We need to train a team."

Zhou Xuan quietly plotted.

The three chatted as they got closer to the Fire Tower, where the Eternal Life Sect Leader, Manager Liu, and other alchemy workers were guarding the pill furnace.

However, although they were all guarding the pill, their behaviors were vastly different.

The Eternal Life Sect Leader was performing the Fengliu Opera in front of the pill furnace, his steps flirtatious.

Manager Liu and a few others, listening to the record player while holding the records in their arms, were grinning foolishly and looking quite odd.

"Seems like there’s some movement," the Eternal Life Sect Leader’s ears were the sharpest. He was singing opera while keeping an ear out in all directions.

Manager Liu heard it and pressed his cheek against a record, turned his head towards Zhou Xuan’s direction.

He immediately stood up and bowed toward Zhou Xuan.

The Eternal Life Sect Leader sang a long note, as if in a play, dragging the tone and shouting, "Con~gra~tu~la~tions~ to ~Mr.~."

This melodious tone was stretched by the Eternal Life Sect Leader into the "Nine Tones and Eighteen Melodies," sounding very pleasant.

But Manager Liu only found the Eternal Life Sect Leader noisy, disturbing the "female demon" in his cherished record.

He gently patted the record, soothing, "Little girl, don’t be afraid, Brother Liu is here."

As Zhou Xuan approached, he felt that the five alchemy workers, led by Manager Liu, seemed a bit peculiar mentally.

He asked the Eternal Life Sect Leader, "Little Changsheng, these alchemy workers all believe there’s a female demon in the record and have fell into infatuation. What about you? Why aren’t you speaking properly and instead singing?"

"I’m happy."

The Eternal Life Sect Leader said, "This batch of elixirs hasn’t opened yet, but the whole hall is filled with the fragrance of the medicine. The Third-grade Elixir Mr. mentioned is definitely achievable... Sigh..."

His gaze passed over Zhou Xuan’s shoulder, noticing the large maggot behind Zhao Wuya.

"That... that is a jade maggot from the Heavenly Dome."

The Heavenly Fire Clan on the Heavenly Dome is a large group, composed of various insects.

But there are different types of insects, and each type forms a small clan.

The Qingping Taoist is a maggot, and this type of maggot is the jade maggot of the Heavenly Dome.

The Eternal Life Sect Leader found the jade maggot familiar, and after careful identification, he immediately said, "Is that Mr. Yan?"

"Yes, it’s Mr. Yan, your Heavenly Dome’s gatekeeper," Zhou Xuan said.

"Why is he sleeping on Daoist Zhao’s back?" the Eternal Life Sect Leader asked.

"He’s not asleep... he’s dead... I killed him."

Zhou Xuan admitted openly.

The Eternal Life Sect Leader seemed to have a sharp blade fly past him, hurriedly lowered his head, and then exclaimed, "Oh, my ancestor, how could you dare to kill Mr. Yan..."

After his exclamation, he gently pushed Zhou Xuan, saying, "Master Zhou, the Heavenly Dome has already received word. They know that this batch of elixirs is going to turn out excellent, they will surely pay attention to you."

"While the elixirs have not yet emerged, hide Mr. Yan’s body. Killing a member of the Heavenly Fire Clan is a huge offense, conceal it if you can."

In just a few days, the Eternal Life Sect Leader’s thoughts and style had been influenced by Zhou Xuan. Despite his panic, his first thought was to help Zhou Xuan cover up the whole incident.

But Zhou Xuan waved his hand, signaling, "I don’t want to hide it. I want the Heavenly Dome to give me an explanation."

"Master Zhou, you’ve killed a member of the Heavenly Fire Clan and still want an explanation from the Heavenly Dome?"

"Of course, without an explanation, my thoughts won’t be clear."

Zhou Xuan’s stubbornness made the Eternal Life Sect Leader truly admire him—this wasn’t just a pill officer of the Heavenly Dome; this was someone here to reorganize the Heavenly Dome.

But admiration was one thing, the Eternal Life Sect Leader knew how much trouble Zhou Xuan had caused and hurriedly advised,

"Oh, Master Zhou, it doesn’t matter what Mr. Yan did, the Heavenly Dome is unreasonable. Listen to Little Changsheng, since the deed is done, bury the sin, and I will pretend I saw nothing."

"You can’t pretend you didn’t see anything."

Zhou Xuan looked sternly at the Eternal Life Sect Leader and said, "Mr. Yan came down to steal my elixirs, and I killed him. The Heavenly Fire Clan monitors themselves, you clearly saw all these things..."

"What did I see, I saw... I didn’t see..." The Eternal Life Sect Leader hurriedly denied.

Zhou Xuan repeated again, "Eternal Life Sect Leader, you saw Mr. Yan stealing elixirs and being killed by me."

"I didn’t... am I supposed to see, or not supposed to see..." The Eternal Life Sect Leader hesitated.

Zhou Xuan then turned his head to the alchemy workers led by Manager Liu and asked them: "Did you see the maggot steal my elixirs?"

"We saw it, we saw it."

Manager Liu had now put away the record.

Once they collected the records and stopped the record player, their smart minds could regain the high ground.

Especially Manager Liu, he had already understood Zhou Xuan’s implicit meaning and quickly said: "I saw the huge maggot stealing elixirs, those disgusting tentacles even reached into our pill furnace."