Chapter 905: Chapter 905

After dining together with Xu Rui, the three of them parted ways directly.

Ding Fan still needed to go back to the company to give some instructions, especially regarding the bet he'd made with Sophie Corporation's Mao Zhen earlier.

As for Tian Leji's predicament, Ding Fan had already reminded Xu Rui; how to handle it later was entirely up to Xu Rui.

Sometimes, simply offering a heads-up was sufficient—overexplaining often did more harm than good.

Ding Fan and Qin Manshu returned to Huaxia Group. The first person they met was Sun Qi.

Back when the mutated Black Death virus erupted, Ding Fan had summoned Sun Qi and, together, they helped the nation extinguish the virus. It could be said that Sun Qi had made a significant contribution.

This time, Ding Fan sought Sun Qi out to invite him to join in the research for crafting cancer treatment pills.

The main reason for involving Sun Qi was not that Ding Fan couldn't refine the pills on his own; rather, Ding Fan saw this as an opportunity to mentor Sun Qi effectively.

Upon hearing Ding Fan's invitation to work together on pill refinement, Sun Qi was delighted; following Ding Fan naturally meant learning valuable skills.

Without delay, Ding Fan asked Qin Manshu to arrange a quiet place where he and Sun Qi could work undisturbed on refining pills.

For Qin Manshu, arranging such a space was a trivial matter. Immediately, she instructed her staff to clean up a villa in the suburbs.

The villa originally belonged to the Qin family, but Qin Manshu had never had the time to visit it due to her busy work schedule, leaving the place neglected.

Since Ding Fan needed it now, Qin Manshu promptly arranged for people to clean it up and make it ready for use.

Once Qin Manshu had things ready, Ding Fan asked her to have various types of cancer cells delivered to the suburban villa.

To develop a treatment, understanding the nature of cancer cells was necessary; otherwise, it would be like groping in the dark without direction.

With all arrangements made, Ding Fan and Sun Qi headed to the suburban villa together. As for Qin Manshu, she couldn't leave her responsibilities; Huaxia Group and Qin's Group were both relying on her, leaving her with no shortage of tasks.

Upon arriving at the villa, Ding Fan took out the Ancient Cauldron.

Ding Fan had previously taught Sun Qi how to control fire seeds, and Sun Qi, being diligent, had made remarkable progress in mastering these techniques during the time they hadn't seen each other.

Ding Fan retrieved some herbs from his storage ring, and Sun Qi began roasting them using the furnace fire.

While Sun Qi was roasting the herbs, Ding Fan used a syringe to inject cancer cells into his own body.

This practice aimed to use his own body to observe the changes in cancer cells and understand the interaction between each medicine and the cancer cells.

Back in Yanjing, when Ding Fan eradicated the Black Death virus, he also employed this method of self-testing poisons, which eventually led to the successful development of the vaccine against the disease.

As for whether this was dangerous—

To Ding Fan, it posed no real danger. With his current cultivation at the Golden Core Stage, trivial cancer cells certainly couldn't trouble him.

Sun Qi, seeing Ding Fan self-testing poisons, didn't say much.

When engrossed in alchemy or pill concoction, one often reached this level of obsession. Moreover, while Sun Qi hadn't been following Ding Fan for long, he already knew Ding Fan's temperament: once Ding Fan was determined to do something, stopping him was nearly impossible.

After injecting the cancer cells, Ding Fan did not immediately start testing the medicines. He first locked himself in a room to observe the changes in the cancer cells within his body using Divine Sense.

Three days later, Ding Fan finally began experimenting with the medicines, one bit at a time.

During this process, Ding Fan lectured Sun Qi on how different methods of refining herbs resulted in different properties.

For instance, one herb, when dried and used in pills, could dispel cold, but if processed through soaking, its effects would shift toward strengthening and stabilizing vitality.

Additionally, certain refinement techniques could extract specific properties from herbs.

For example, some herbs had both cold-dispelling and strengthening effects. Using specific methods could eliminate the cold-dispelling property, making it easier to use in pills for specific purposes.

Ding Fan incorporated thousands of years of alchemical experience from the Cultivation World into his explanations, leaving Sun Qi fascinated as he listened.

Next, Ding Fan demonstrated the refining techniques with some herbs and placed them directly in Sun Qi's hands.

Following Ding Fan's instructions, Sun Qi began refining.

While Sun Qi worked, Ding Fan guided him along the way. This master-disciple duo—one teaching with dedication, the other learning with focus—achieved significant progress in approximately a week, significantly improving Sun Qi's alchemy skills.

Meanwhile, Ding Fan developed several ideas for crafting a cancer treatment pill.

He crafted the first batch of pills according to his ideas. Once the pills were refined, Ding Fan consumed one and monitored the interaction between the pills and the cancer cells within his body.

The first batch of pills demonstrated noticeable effectiveness in combating cancer cells but failed to eliminate them entirely; significant residues remained.

Ding Fan then concocted several additional batches, refining and testing repeatedly, improving the treatment's efficacy with each attempt.

Another week passed, during which Ding Fan and Sun Qi tirelessly revised countless formulas. Finally, the cancer treatment pill was successfully developed.

Remarkably, only half a month had passed since the scheduled timeframe set with Sophie Corporation's Mao Zhen.

Sophie Corporation had leveraged its research capabilities and utilized national influence to try and force a deal. This time, Ding Fan was determined to show them that cancer treatment wasn't monopolized by Sophie Corporation—Huaxia Group had their solution too.

Moreover, the entire research process took merely half a month's time.

Based on the current situation, the cancer treatment pills were ready for mass production.

Sun Qi knew the entire refinement process and methods involved, enabling him to handle everything independently.

At this point, Ding Fan handed the Nine Luminaries Fire to Sun Qi.

When Ding Fan passed the Nine Luminaries Fire seed to him, Sun Qi was completely dumbfounded.

After all, the Nine Luminaries Fire was a Heaven and Earth Strange Fire, which was extraordinarily rare and hard to obtain. Worldwide, not more than five individuals had such Strange Fire.

Ding Fan's generosity in casually giving him a Heaven and Earth Fire Seed deeply moved Sun Qi.

Sun Qi became utterly loyal to Ding Fan—finding a master willing to teach skills and share treasures was nearly impossible.

Sun Qi increasingly felt that his earlier decision to apprentice under Ding Fan had been extraordinarily wise.

In truth, Ding Fan already possessed the Heavenly Flame, rendering the Nine Luminaries Fire largely redundant.

Previously, the Nine Luminaries Fire had been used by Zizai, but Zizai's cultivation had advanced so significantly that Heaven and Earth Strange Fires no longer provided much benefit. Thus, Ding Fan decided to gift it to Sun Qi.

Afterward, Ding Fan and Sun Qi began refining the cancer treatment pills in earnest.

Ding Fan named the pill "Revitalizing Pill."

Both Ding Fan and Sun Qi possessed exceptional pill-refinement skills. Despite the intricate process involved, they managed to craft two batches daily.

Each batch produced 49 pills, meaning nearly 100 Revitalizing Pills were refined daily.

Ding Fan's ultimate version of the heart disease pill, Stabilizing Heart Pill, had sold for nearly one million US dollars per pill. The anti-cancer pill's price would surpass even that.

Since machine-based mass production wasn't feasible for these pills, Ding Fan set the price for each Revitalizing Pill at five million US dollars.

After all, Ding Fan was no longer a solitary figure—he had Yongfan Island under his care. Acquiring weapons and construction materials required funds, and selling these pills had become his primary revenue source.

With a simple calculation, Ding Fan could earn nearly 500 million US dollars daily just from refining these pills.

In this light, Ding Fan's ventures had essentially monopolized the title of the most profitable business.

On the seventh day of refining Revitalizing Pills, Qin Manshu called him.

"Ding Fan… Where are you now?"

On the phone, Qin Manshu sounded distinctly tense.

Known for her composure, Qin Manshu rarely exhibited such nervousness, so Ding Fan knew something significant must have happened.

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Upon hearing Qin Manshu's words, Ding Fan frowned deeply. "What did you say?"

"Xu Rui has been kidnapped," Qin Manshu repeated.

"Where are you now?" Ding Fan asked.

"I'm at Xu Rui's house. His father is beside himself with worry. Can you come over?" Qin Manshu replied.

Ding Fan understood that Xu Rui's father, Xu Guanjie, had a superior-subordinate relationship with Old Master Qin, and Qin Manshu's relationship with Xu Rui was also quite close. Naturally, Qin Manshu was extremely distressed.

"Alright, I'll come over now," Ding Fan said.

Over the phone, Ding Fan briefly instructed Qin Manshu to take care of herself before they ended the call.

Since Sun Qi was capable enough to handle the pill refinement, Ding Fan quickly packed up and headed to Xu Guanjie's house.

Xu Guanjie's residence was in a villa community in the city. Ding Fan had taken a car, so he didn't spend much time on the road.

Arriving at the community gate, Qin Manshu came out to meet Ding Fan.

"How's the situation now?" Ding Fan asked as they walked to Xu Rui's house.

Qin Manshu responded, "This morning, a call came in. The caller claimed they had kidnapped Xu Rui and warned Xu Uncle not to alert the police. If he did, they'd kill Xu Rui immediately."

"Did they make any demands?" Ding Fan asked.

Qin Manshu shook her head slightly. "The other party hasn't made any demands yet; they've only told Xu Uncle not to act rashly."

Kidnapping without stating demands—this seemed peculiar.

At that moment, Ding Fan abruptly felt he was being watched.

Feigning nonchalance, Ding Fan began scanning the surroundings with Divine Sense.

Soon, he identified the situation in a building roughly 1,500 meters away—a high-rise office building near the villa community.

On the thirty-eighth floor of the building, several individuals were observing this area through binoculars.

Besides binoculars, those individuals also had guns…