Chapter 131 Li Family
Although Long Xuan can see the progress of the alchemy, he is unique in controlling flames.
But when refining high-level elixirs, it is useless to control the heat well. It requires perfection in all aspects. Any error in any link will lead to failure and a furnace of expensive elixirs will be wasted.
Therefore, even with Long Xuan secretly helping, Xuan Long Dan was refined one after another. In just a few months, the two of them wasted countless expensive elixirs, and almost half of the family's gold mine was lost to them. Lost.
Only then did Long Xuan truly realize how expensive it was to refine high-level realm-breaking pills. It was simply a bottomless pit.
Isn't it easy for a family to cultivate a Gu King? It's impossible to gather the resources to cultivate a Gu King without straining one's muscles and bones.
If you buy pills directly outside, it may cost more.
It would be okay if you could buy it directly at a high price, but the problem is that something that can help break through the Gu King has a 90% chance of causing murder and treasure grabbing.
Otherwise, the newly acquired Realm Breaking Pill will be snatched away, and the pill will be lost. This may also cause the family to lose a lot of masters, and it will never recover from the fall.
There are too many similar examples and they have happened countless times.
The reason why the Long family can become one of the seven major families in the extreme west is because the Li family, one of the first seven major families, bought a King-breaking Pill at the auction in Xitu. In order to ensure that it was foolproof, they were lenient when they expected the enemy. Eighty percent of the family's experts were sent to escort him.
It was indeed cautious enough, but the forces that broke Wang Dan's idea were far more than just one wave. They were killing one wave after another, endlessly.
The final result was that all the masters from the Li family who went to escort the Po-Wang Pill were killed, and even the Po-Wang Pill was lost. The Li family's vitality was severely damaged this time.
The key is that in order to purchase this King-breaking Pill, the Li family also sold a large amount of family property and emptied out all the family assets, which undoubtedly made the family worse.
Without resources, the genius's cultivation speed will be greatly affected. If the genius cannot grow, the family will never be able to recover. This is a vicious circle. The Li family has never recovered. Its strength is no longer worthy of the status of the seven major clans, and it cannot protect them. With such a large territory, this fat piece of meat will attract countless hungry wolves.
In the end, in order to avoid the crisis of being exterminated, the Li family was also afraid that the Long family would lose another child and come looking for them, so they took the initiative to give up all their land to the Long family at a low price.
After inheriting the vast territory of the Li family, the Long family was able to develop rapidly. In a very short period of time, it successfully ranked among the seven major families, and the family fortunes flourished.
This is a lesson learned from the past, and the Long family feels the same way.
Therefore, Long Wanli really didn't dare to buy elixirs outside unless it was absolutely necessary. Otherwise, the situation will not change and I will go to his house next year.
Based on this consideration, the Long family spared no effort to support Long Ao in refining the Black Dragon Pill, and concentrated the efforts of the entire family.
What does it mean to gather the strength of the entire clan? Gathering the power of the entire clan means pooling all the wealth of the entire clan to help him refine the elixir, and he must successfully refine a Black Dragon Pill at the expense of all the clan's resources. With so many resources, he must successfully concoct one even if he is blind. Come.
So even though the two of them, Long and Lao, kept refining waste materials, massive amounts of materials continued to come in. Without hesitation, the family also fought hard.
With the family's unremitting support, finally at noon of the third month, the lid of the alchemy furnace suddenly flew up, and a strong fragrance of alchemy overflowed, instantly filling the entire room.
The two of them sniffed the extremely rich third-grade elixir fragrance, with extremely excited expressions in their eyes and red faces.
Even that dragonfly opened the door gently, sniffed the fragrance of the third-grade pill, and looked at the Xuanlong Pill with excited eyes.
I don’t know what its excited eyes mean. It may be that it wants to take the Xuanlong Pill to build a house.
This is good building material.
Mr. Long stared at the golden elixir in the elixir furnace with bloodshot eyes, breathing rapidly, almost going crazy with excitement.
Finally, he couldn't hold it back any longer and laughed crazily: "Hahaha... It's done! It's done! I'm finally done!"
The crazy laughter was deafening and spread far and wide. The senior members of the family had been waiting outside the house for many days. After hearing his laughter, they all showed ecstatic expressions and then rushed away like crazy. Go in.
"Is it finally done? Is this the Black Dragon Pill?"
"Let me take a look! Don't move! Is this something you can touch?"
"Haha! I didn't expect it to be successful. I can see with my own eyes what the Black Dragon Pill passed down from my ancestors looks like. I will live my life in vain."
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Long Xuan saw with his own eyes a group of old guys rushing in like crazy, and then gathered around the alchemy furnace, dancing excitedly, extremely rude, and they didn't have the majesty of the past.
Some people laughed insanely, and some even burst into tears.
Although everyone has fallen into madness, no one dares to reach out and touch the shining golden elixir. They don't dare to reach out and touch it, as if they are afraid of desecrating the treasure.
Long Wanli's eyes were a little red, and he finally walked towards Long Ao, the great hero of the clan. He said with a hint of gratitude in his voice: "Brother Ao, you have worked hard these past few months. Your contribution to the family is great. Will not forget it.”
Long Ao was a little flattered and hurriedly waved his hands and said with a smile: "It's not hard! It's not hard! The head of the family made a strong statement."
"Half of the credit for this success must go to my apprentice. I really don't dare to take credit. I, Long Ao, am also incompetent. I have wasted so many materials for the family. The family has spent a lot of money during this time, right? How many resources have I consumed? ." Long Ao asked nervously.
He was too focused on refining alchemy. So far, he couldn't remember how many materials he had used in refining alchemy. He only knew that it was a lot.
The pressure in his heart was too great. He was afraid that if he failed to live up to his family's expectations and failed to refine the Black Dragon Pill even though all the family's resources were used up, he would really have no choice but to die.
Fortunately, the Xuanlong Pill was finally completed, and the stone that was weighing on his heart finally fell away, making him relieved. However, at this time, he began to worry about how much family resources were wasted, and became worried about gains and losses.
Long Wanli smiled and said: "You are too worried. There is no need. To be honest, your success far exceeded my expectations."
"I thought you would have to consume at least half of the family's resources to refine the Black Dragon Pill. For this reason, I prepared a library of Black Dragon Pill materials for you."
"I never expected you to refine the Black Dragon Pill using only one-tenth of the inventory. This is really beyond my expectation. I was prepared in vain. I underestimated Brother Ao's pill refining. ability."
"Really? Hahaha..." After hearing this, Long Ao finally let go of the last worry in his heart, laughed heartily, and said: "I didn't prepare in vain, even though I only used one-tenth of the materials to make Xuan The Dragon Pill is finished, but don’t trade the remaining 90% of the materials.”
"Everything is difficult at the beginning. As long as I successfully refine the first Black Dragon Pill, it will be much easier for me to refine the next Black Dragon Pill. There is no need to gather the strength of the entire clan to refine it."
"From now on, I will have the ability to refine the Black Dragon Pill. As long as you give me time, the second and third Black Dragon Pill will appear in the clan!"
Upon hearing this, Long Wanli's eyes immediately lit up, as if he saw a group of Gu kings walking past him.
He understood very well what Long Ao's words meant, which meant that he could continuously refine Black Dragon Pills. From now on, the Long family no longer had to risk going outside to buy Black Dragon Pills, and the family's Gu Kings would continue to be produced.
"We, the Long Clan, are about to rise! God is really blessing our clan!" The elder of the wealthy family said first with tears in his eyes.
"Long Buhui! This Black Dragon Pill is yours, don't let us down!"
In the end, Long Wanli carefully took out the Black Dragon Pill, put it into a pill bottle, and handed it to Long Buhui.
If there was anyone in the audience who was the most excited at this moment, it would undoubtedly be Long Buhui.
He is a vested interest. This Black Dragon Pill was refined for him. As long as he swallows this Black Dragon Pill, he may break through the Gu King and become the top powerhouse in this area. Who can compare here? Is he excited?
Long Buhui's face was flushed and his heart was beating wildly. Facing the Xuanlong Dan so close at hand, he couldn't calm down at all and was almost going crazy with excitement.
He took the pill bottle with trembling hands. Obviously, the Xuanlong Pill was very light, but at this moment, he seemed to feel that the Xuanlong Pill weighed a thousand kilograms. This pill placed the hope of the entire clan, which made him feel... It was heavy, creating a bit of pressure out of thin air.
At this time, he was worried about gains and losses just like Long Ao. What if he failed to break through, wasted this good elixir, and let down the hope of the whole clan?
An invisible pressure pressed on his back, making him breathless. He didn't want to disappoint his tribe, but the more he thought about it, the greater the pressure he felt.
As if he understood what he was thinking, Long Ao said sympathetically: "Brother Buhui, there is no need to put too much pressure on me. After all, the Xuanlong Pill only has a 20% breakthrough rate, and it is completely normal for the breakthrough to fail."
"If the Gu King is really so easy to break through, then why are there only one or two Gu Kings in each of the seven major clans?"
"But you are different from others. If others fail to break through, they will completely fail, but you still have a chance, because I already have the ability to refine the Black Dragon Pill."
"If one Black Dragon Pill fails to break through, then use two. If two pills still fail, then use three. Our clan already has such conditions, so you don't have to worry about failure at all, and you don't need to have any psychological pressure."
"That's right!" The elder of the wealthy clan came over and comforted him: "Even if you fail to break through, no one in the clan will blame you. Don't feel any psychological pressure."
"The greater the pressure you are under, the easier it is for you to fail to break through. You must adjust your mentality. To become the Gu King, you must have good psychological quality. Don't be afraid of your hands and feet."
Everyone's comfort obviously worked. Long Buhui nodded solemnly. After adjusting his mentality, his eyes regained confidence: "Don't worry! I can't guarantee that this breakthrough can be 100% successful. But I will do my best and never fall short due to such low-level mistakes as insufficient mental quality.”
Long Buhui clenched his fists.
Seeing Long Bugui's state, everyone smiled and nodded together, finally relieved.
At this time, the ancestor's voice suddenly came from the sky: "Next, I am the protector of Buhui. Unless the family is facing a life and death crisis, no one is allowed to disturb you if anything happens. Buhui comes to my place."
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