Ye Tian handed her a business card, "I think you have great potential as an actress. This is my card. If you ever want to act, you can find me."
Hu Ying'er exclaimed, "Really?" What girl didn't want to be a star? She was no exception.
Ye Tian smiled, "Of course. I never lie."
After a few more words, Ye Tian and Yan Ruxue left. This was all he could do on their first meeting; he would approach her slowly later.
Back in the car, Yan Ruxue asked with a smile, "Did you take a liking to her?"
Ye Tian replied, "What do you mean, take a liking? A friend asked me to look after her, so I went to chat. Ruxue, I need you to help me with something later."
Yan Ruxue was taken aback. "Help you with what?"
Ye Tian explained, "If she comes to me, tell her she has good potential and might become famous in the future. This way, I'll have a chance to get closer to her and help her out of her predicament."
Yan Ruxue commented, "She's quite pretty, but looks aren't enough to be an artist. Go to the film city and you'll see; there are young, pretty girls everywhere, but very few actually make it big."
Ye Tian said, "She doesn't necessarily have to be famous. Being a minor actress would be good enough."
Yan Ruxue smiled, "That's easy. We can bring her along when we film, giving her supporting roles won't be a problem. If she's willing to learn, she might even become famous."
Back in the car, Yan Ruxue took Ye Tian's hand and softly said, "Will you spend the night with me?"
Who could refuse such a beautiful woman's plea? Ye Tian nodded gently, "Okay."
The next day, Ye Tian returned to Jiuhua Mountain Villa. With the strategist gone, the Five Dragons and Nine Phoenixes were now all Ye Tian's people. However, the Long family's assets were vast, and it would take time to truly digest them.
He first went to the medicinal field to check on some herbs. This time, he was experimenting with He Shou Wu. All five He Shou Wu plants had mutated differently, producing five to ten new medicinal properties, properties that only thousand-year-old He Shou Wu possessed! In other words, in just a few days, the bead had transformed ordinary He Shou Wu into thousand-year-old He Shou Wu!
After handing over the mutated He Shou Wu plants to technicians for propagation, he found the Ginseng Doll and discussed borrowing some more blood. He had previously promised Young Master Zhu San that he would refine a Nine-Turn Great Returning Pill for him. Since he had nothing else to do, he decided to attempt refining it.
The Ginseng Doll was cooperative and gave him three drops of blood. After half an hour of preparation, he began refining the pill.
Su Lingxi and Shui Yuexian waited outside the丹房 (dān fáng - pill refining room). Shui Yuexian sighed, "This Nine-Turn Great Returning Pill is a treasure that can reverse life and death. I never thought Brother Tian could refine it."
Su Lingxi said, "This medicine has the miraculous effect of reversing yin and yang. Whether it succeeds or not depends entirely on fate."
Shui Yuexian was surprised. "Depends on fate?"
Su Lingxi nodded. "Some alchemists, despite their high skill, always encounter accidents when refining certain pills. This indicates that heaven does not wish for them to succeed."
Shui Yuexian was stunned. "Such a thing exists!"
Su Lingxi added, "Brother Tian is a person of great fortune. I believe he will succeed."
An hour later, the door opened, and Ye Tian walked out holding a bottle.
Shui Yuexian quickly asked, "Brother Tian, did it succeed?"
Ye Tian nodded gently. "Although there were many problems in the process, it was ultimately successful. However, they are all Grade Four pills. I'll refine another batch tomorrow, and it should reach Grade Three."
Su Lingxi smiled, "Grade Four is already very good."
After a short rest, Ye Tian began researching gene potions. He had quite a few gene potions, some brought from Dongying and others provided by Ren Ping. He believed that gene potions were also a form of medicine, and if he could understand their mechanism, he might be able to refine similar pills.
For his research, Ye Tian drank a mouthful of S-grade gene potion. As the potion entered his abdomen, its potent energy surged into his meridians. This energy was chaotic, containing both beneficial and detrimental aspects.
After sensing for two hours, he drank a second tube of S-grade potion and continued to sense.
When he opened his eyes, it was already dark. He murmured, "In the S-grade gene potion, the truly effective components are those five medicinal properties. I've encountered three of these properties, but how do I find the other two?"
So, he called Ren Ping and asked, "Old Ren, is there any research on gene potions being conducted in China?"