Mao Tao suddenly piped up, “By the way, wasn’t Songyang Mansion originally founded by a prince of a different surname? How come it’s now in the hands of the Marquis of Songyang?”0

“Oh, that’s because Yuan changed its inheritance system halfway through. Titles without sufficient merit dropped with each generation. Two successive lords of Songyang Mansion were pretty unremarkable, so their rank got downgraded. Later, when the late emperor came to power, the rules were changed back. Complicated story, but in short, the Marquis of Songyang’s title is hereditary now. As long as he doesn’t commit a major crime, it won’t change again.”0

With the broken saber issue settled, He Lingchuan raised a new request with Fixer Liu. Now, he wanted to buy a pill furnace.0

Since he was going to focus on cultivating the Meridian Art, he would need custom-made medicines. Ready-made pills would be hard to find. Most of the time, he would have to make them himself. He had also heard that pill furnaces came in grades, and good ones could raise success rates by more than ten percent.0

As before, Fixer Liu readily agreed, but then turned the question back on him, “Do you actually know how to refine pills? Or do you have an expert at your side?”0

“Not at all. I’m a complete...0