Qi Zhenhe waved his hand: "He's nothing special, just some hemostatic powder. If being able to make a little hemostatic powder makes you a genius, then people will laugh their heads off."
Li Huaisheng felt a soreness in his teeth. To be able to refine hemostatic powder on the very first time he opened the furnace—if that's not genius, then what is? You have to understand, his son was hailed as a genius just for being able to refine one material within a month.
However, he couldn't show it too much at this moment, so he adjusted his facial expression and continued, "Patriarch Qi is too modest. Zhiheng truly deserves the title of genius!"
Qi Zhenhe expressed his disapproval: "Zhiheng is just too impetuous. He thinks he's something special just because he can refine medicine powder. He's only been refining medicine powder for less than a month and he's already thinking about refining pills!"
"Alchemy!" Li Huaisheng said excitedly, "That's a really big ambition! But he's a young man, it's good to temper his arrogance so he can go further in the future."
Li Huaisheng thought to himself that Qi Zhiheng was really too ambitious and didn't know his own limitations. How could pills be made so easily? If it were that easy to make pills, how come there were only a few alchemists in Butterfly Stone Town?
Qi Zhenhe slapped the armrest of his chair and said, "That's right! That's what I thought at first too! Who knew that after messing around for a few days, he actually managed to refine some pills!"
Li Huaisheng was about to offer some words of comfort, and had even prepared his remarks, but when he realized what he was saying, he suddenly became speechless. He widened his eyes and said, "Wait! He... Zhiheng, you said he refined the elixir?" By the end of his sentence, his tone had risen several octaves!
Qi Zhenhe nodded calmly and said, "Yes, alchemy is as simple as eating and drinking! So, knowing how to make hemostatic powder is really nothing special."
Li Huaisheng: "..." So all that you said earlier was just to set the stage for this!
Li Huaisheng asked, "Zhiheng can refine pills, but what quality are they, and how high is the success rate? Hasn't Zhiheng not left home for a long time?"
During the two years that Qi Zhiheng became fat, he really didn't leave the house. Rumor had it that he had given up on himself and Qi Zhenhe was too lazy to care about him, focusing only on his two youngest sons.
To be honest, Li Huaisheng thought the same thing.
Qi Zhenhe nodded and said, "Yes! Ever since he learned how to refine pills, he's liked to stay home and refine them, and he never goes out. As for the quality of the pills, well! Actually, you've tasted them yourself, Master Li! Those top-grade pills in my pharmacy are all made by him."
Li Huaisheng's voice suddenly rose: "What! Wasn't that made by Old Master Qi Dong?!"
"The pills I have now are mostly made by my father, but the top-grade pills from six months ago were all made by Zhi Heng," Qi Zhenhe said calmly, taking a sip of his tea.
Li Huaisheng: "..." He didn't want to talk to this crazy maniac who was always finding ways to show off his son anymore!
Li Huaisheng coughed twice, deciding to stop dwelling on the competition over having a son! Comparing sons?! He simply couldn't compete!
So Li Huaisheng shifted the topic to the purpose of this visit: "By the way, Patriarch Qi, I heard that you are going to the capital this time? What are your plans for dealing with the Qi family's properties?"
Qi Zhenhe smiled and said, "The real estate is indeed going to be sold. If the Li family wants it, we can take a look at the price."
Qi Zhenhe didn't really care about these properties. What the Qi family valued most were their pills, right? Even if they sold those shops at a low price, it wouldn't be a big deal. At this moment, the two started talking about the shop transactions.
After the matter was settled, Qi Zhenhe saw Li Huaisheng off.
Qiu Yuerong came out from behind and gave Qi Zhenhe a mocking look.
Qi Zhenhe returned the gaze without the slightest guilt: "Could it be that my husband is so handsome today that he has mesmerized my Yue Rong? Why are you staring at me like that?"
Qiu Yurong curled her lip in disdain: "I just didn't expect that the dignified head of the Qi family would be so good at praising his own son!"
Qi Zhenhe said innocently, "Heaven and earth bear witness, although there is a slight deviation from the facts, most of what I said is the truth!"
"Who told him to be so blind as to compare his son with mine? Even if my eldest son isn't good enough, I still have two younger sons! They'll definitely be remarkable people when they grow up!" Qi Zhenhe said confidently.
"Father..."
Just then, two little kids came out from behind, calling out "Daddy" and "Mommy" in soft, sweet voices.
Qi Zhenhe stepped forward and hugged one of them in each arm: "My good sons! How about I take you to see your elder brother in a few days?"
The family of four left the main hall chatting and laughing.
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