We must know that when he first came to the Medical Alliance as an Alchemy Instructor, apart from Ling Yuxuan, his alchemy skills were the best in the entire alliance.
He had been working in the Medical Alliance for ten years, and only advanced from the Fourth-order Primary Stage to the Fourth-order Middle Stage.
And those younger than him were progressing one by one, especially Gu Xiyue, directly surpassing him to become a peak fourth-order Pill Master.
How could he not be jealous? Now, Gu Xiyue suddenly mentioned his age, making him extremely furious.
"Indeed, I am old, and my alchemical talent is indeed not as good as yours, but why do you have to deliberately rub salt in my wound?" Ma Tao looked at Gu Xiyue with anger on his face.
Gu Xiyue just replied faintly, "Alchemist Ma, you keep calling me a little girl, isn’t it because you think that being young means not being able to refine the antidote? I just wanted to tell you that even if you are older, it doesn’t mean you can necessarily refine an antidote either."
Upon hearing this, Ma Tao’s anger did not diminish, and he snorted coldly, "As Minister Yue said, I indeed cannot refine the antidote, but can a little girl really refine it? Unheard of, utter nonsense!"
"In any case, I do not agree to let this little girl lead us in refining the antidote."
A little girl, wanting to lead him in alchemy, not knowing the immensity of heaven and earth.
After speaking, Ma Tao flicked his sleeve and no longer looked at Gu Xiyue, showing a firm attitude of not following Gu Zhiqi in alchemy.
As Ma Tao’s words fell, Jin Xiaolan followed up, "Minister, Brother Ma is right, we know our capabilities well, how can a little girl casually leading us result in refining an elixir."
Ma Tao’s refusal to follow Gu Zhiqi in alchemy was partly because he thought it was nonsense; never had anyone led others in alchemy before.
Secondly, he could not swallow his pride; he, a man in his forties, following a young girl in alchemy, where would his dignity go.
And Jin Xiaolan’s primary reason for not wanting to follow in alchemy was the same as Ma Tao’s; the second reason was that there were simply too many elixirs to refine. Even if they could refine them, how long would a few of them have to work? She was not willing to do it anyway.
Gu Xiyue listened to the two and simply asked, "So, you are unwilling to follow in refining medicine?"
Although she had no favorable opinion of the two, they were, after all, comrades, and this was a rare opportunity. She still hoped they could seize it.
Ma Tao snorted coldly, which was his answer to Gu Xiyue.
Jin Xiaolan hesitated, "Minister, it’s not that we are unwilling, but mainly that this matter seems unreliable. Maybe after all the busy work, it will end in nothing."
Hearing this, Gu Xiyue said no more and turned to look at the other three alchemists, "What do you three think?"
One of them, a middle-aged man with a disheveled appearance and untidy hair, raised his hand to touch his somewhat tousled hair and said to Gu Xiyue, "Minister, I follow your lead. Whatever you want me to do, I will do."
After the middle-aged man’s words, a somewhat plump woman beside him also spoke, "I follow your lead too."
A dazed-looking boy with a mushroom haircut raised his hand silently as if in class and said to Gu Xiyue, "Me! I follow your lead too."
Gu Xiyue nodded slightly and turned to look at Gu Zhiqi, "Are three people enough?"
Gu Zhiqi, who had been standing by, observed the situation clearly and nodded at Gu Xiyue, "It’s enough."
She wanted to finish refining early so she could go back to sleep, but she didn’t really have the habit of forcing people.
Moreover, having two fewer people didn’t really matter either.