Master of Ten Thousand Foxes-Chapter 52 - 51: Crafting Miracle Cream

A few days passed in the blink of an eye.

It was another sunny morning.

Immortal Technique Committee, Chairman’s Office.

Bai Mo sat in the chair, looked through several documents, confirmed there were no issues, signed them, pressed a hand seal, and handed the documents back to Chairman Chen Shu.

Chairman Chen Shu confirmed again, then personally handed an expert certificate to Bai Mo, smiling.

"From today on, you are our Immortal Technique Committee’s Nine Bar One expert. It’s not much different from before, just a bit more salary and better benefits.

"Thanks for stepping in during the Fang Bo incident!"

Bai Mo nodded, took the certificate, glanced at it, exchanged pleasantries with Chairman Chen Shu, and then got up to leave the office.

In the corridor, Fang Xiaoyu was already waiting, dressed in a suit.

She stood tall, smiling, exuding professionalism.

"Expert Bai Mo, congratulations on your successful promotion. Let me introduce the Nine Bar One benefits to you."

...

In the restaurant’s private dining room.

On the table were a bowl of ribs, a plate of braised pork, and two dishes of vegetarian food.

Fang Xiaoyu took off her suit and bow tie, relaxed, and opened her mouth in an O shape, stuffing a large piece of braised pork into her mouth.

Seeing Bai Mo’s strange gaze, she swallowed the braised pork, rolling her eyes while chewing.

"What are you staring at? Never seen a beauty eat meat?

"I’m not like you. I have to work this afternoon and don’t want to ruin my lipstick."

After Bai Mo’s promotion, his salary increased to 26,000. To celebrate his promotion and raise, they specially came to the restaurant for a feast.

Sitting by the table, Bai Mo was eating and noticed Fang Xiaoyu smiling broadly.

"Why do I feel like you’re happier about my promotion than I am?"

Fang Xiaoyu gave a sly smile.

"In our West State City branch, including you, there are now a total of five Nine Bar Ones.

"With your promotion, I also get to benefit from it.

"Previously, besides liaising with you, I had to handle some administrative work.

"Now I only need to liaise with you specifically and no longer have to do the others.

"Hehe."

Bai Mo nodded.

"So there are such perks with a promotion."

Fang Xiaoyu continued.

"Not just that!

"Your Nine Bar One expert certificate can also be used as a discount voucher to get discounts when buying things."

Bai Mo furrowed his brow.

Discounts for buying things?

What does that mean?

Going to a supermarket, buying shampoo, and taking out the expert certificate at the checkout counter can get a discount?

Or does it mean that with this meal today, you can get a discount by taking out the expert certificate when paying?

Fang Xiaoyu explained.

"If you buy a house and show the expert certificate to the sales manager, you can get a discount!"

Huh?

Bai Mo looked at Fang Xiaoyu and saw her earnest expression, not like she was bluffing.

Is such a bizarre thing for real?

"If you put it that way... How about going to try it out with me one day?"

...

The sky above Fox Mountain was as always, covered densely with clouds.

On the square, freshly harvested Hand Buddha Melons were already piled into small hills.

Hundreds of fox apprentices were holding stone hammers with their front paws, pounding each Hand Buddha Melon into mashed pulp.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

In the dull thumping sounds, each Hand Buddha Melon splashed with juice, turning into emerald green mash.

Quanquan Hu was pounding the melons, feeling constrained, not daring to exert too much force... It feared the splatter of the juice, worried about wasting the medicine’s potency. After all, it was such a precious homemade product, what a pity to waste!

Bai Mo, wearing a jacket, was walking around on the side, guiding the apprentices.

"Don’t be afraid to use force, the more mashed, the better. Don’t worry about the juice splattering, the essence of the Hand Buddha Melon is not in the juice, the juice has no value."

The fox apprentices nodded, it made sense!

...

Each time a Hand Buddha Melon was mashed, the foxes would lift the stone bowl and pour the pulp into the tripod furnace.

And so, more than two hours passed.

The mountain of Hand Buddha Melons on the square had vanished.

The tripod furnace was now full of dense green mash.

Bai Mo sat in a reclining fishing chair, directing the apprentices once more.

"Add Milo Ginseng, Snake Grass, Bitter Vine, White Silk..."

The fox apprentices immediately started moving, carrying various herbs and tossing them into the tripod furnace...

With one drug after another added, the tripod furnace was packed full to the brim, even piled up high.

Under the master’s guidance, the fox apprentices began stirring the contents of the furnace with bronze rods.

"Stir a little faster.

"Clockwise, don’t stir randomly."

Slowly, a strange mixture in the furnace started to bubble.

Bai Mo had the apprentices back down.

"The preparation is complete, time for the official practice."

He sat up straighter in his reclining chair, leaned slightly forward, pinched his nose, aimed at the tripod furnace, and suddenly spouted a scarlet flame from his mouth!

This was precisely the capability of Sequence Seven in the Alchemist path, [Pill Fire]!

Bai Mo’s breath was long and drawn, the scarlet flame persisted and roasted the tripod furnace, quickly causing the Bronze Tripod to glow slightly red.

The concoction in the tripod furnace was ignited, surging with intense flames!

The hundreds of fox apprentices watching huddled together, whispering in fox language, worried whether these herbs would be burned.

But they also thought, since the master was the one burning it, it surely wouldn’t go wrong! After all, the master had never messed up anything he did.

The concoction in the tripod furnace began turning into flying ash, each tiny piece of ash uplifted by the heat waves, flying up above the tripod furnace, swept away by the mountain winds of Fox Mountain, disappearing into the sky and earth, destination unknown.

The fox apprentices occasionally looked up at the flying ash, their eyes following the ash for a distance.

They occasionally looked back down at the master. They saw the master continuously breathing flames for a long time, and wondered if he ever got tired.

Quanquan Hu furrowed its brow, whispered with White Ears beside, discussing whether to bring the master a cup of water.

Next to them, Black Gloves thought it was inappropriate.

Who has the leisure to drink water while spouting fire?

...

And so, under the blaze of Pill Fire, the concoction in the furnace was turned into black ash flying across the sky. The ash was light and fine, gradually spreading, filling the sky above Fox Mountain more and more.

After more than an hour, Bai Mo’s divine sense finally detected completion of the process!

The final ash rose up in the warm air.

At the bottom of the tripod furnace, a thin layer of green ointment remained, small in quantity, modest, like a pot that hadn’t been washed properly. Yet this was the legendary Miracle Cream, one of the ten secret medicines for ascending from Sequence Seven to Sequence Six!

As the tripod furnace cooled, Quanquan Hu cautiously climbed a ladder, jumped inside the furnace, and with a bronze scraper, carefully scraped all of the ointment out and placed it in a small bronze box. The quantity was indeed little, even scraping hard, almost striking sparks from the pot’s bottom, it barely filled half the box.

Carrying the half-filled box of ointment, it left the furnace and came before the master.

Bai Mo looked down, seeing the ointment was also green, with a thick texture, like old yogurt.

"Yes, that’s right, it’s successfully refined!"