Chapter 5: Rejuvenating Pills, gathering of random cultivators (1/2)
Chapter 5 Zhuyan Dan, gathering of casual cultivators
A few days later.
Ye Xuan gathered all the medicinal materials and elixirs he needed, and spent a total of 200,000 gold coins.
The purchasing power of gold coins in the secular world is extremely strong. 200,000 gold coins are equivalent to tens of millions in previous lives, but they can only buy one or two medicinal materials.
In addition, there were some equipment needed for alchemy, which cost hundreds of thousands of gold coins.
Fortunately, the Ye family has a lot of money and accumulation, so buying these things won't cost too much.
With everything ready, Ye Xuan entered the newly built alchemy room and then slowly closed the heavy iron door.
A group of Ye family housekeepers stood outside the alchemy room, looking at each other, and their hearts were full of expectations.
"I didn't expect that the head of the family was actually an alchemist even though he was secretly hiding it!"
"I wonder if the head of the family can refine high-quality elixirs..."
"How is that possible! High-grade elixirs can only be refined by immortal cultivators. The head of the family..."
The butlers were talking and suddenly fell silent.
This doesn't seem impossible.
When a mortal alchemist refines elixirs, there are no grades, only elementary, intermediate and advanced levels.
Only the elixirs refined by immortal cultivators can be of high grade, with the lowest being one grade and the highest being nine grades.
And the origin of their family head is mysterious.
It may not show up at first.
But when they saw with their own eyes that the head of their family had taken in 20 concubines at once, and that they were still active and vigorous despite having been fighting for more than a month, everyone had a bold guess...
It's just that this matter is very important. As domestic servants, the master didn't mention it. Naturally, they didn't dare to ask, let alone talk nonsense.
But everyone actually has a vague answer in their mind.
…
In the alchemy room.
Ye Xuan looked at the huge black iron furnace in front of him, which was two meters high, and was speechless for a long time.
"Isn't this too rough? Is this thing worth 200,000 gold coins?"
The corner of Ye Xuan's mouth twitched, feeling that he had been cheated.
Looking at the huge iron furnace in front of him, Ye Xuan gathered a little spiritual power on his fingertips, then slowly stretched out his hand and knocked on the outer wall of the pill furnace in front of him.
"Dong dong dong"
"Dong dong"
A dull voice came, and a faint echo echoed in the room.
"Huh"
“It’s okay, the quality is decent”
Hearing this voice, Ye Xuan also breathed a sigh of relief.
As a first-level alchemist, he can still judge the basic quality of an alchemy furnace.
At least, using this alchemy furnace to make elixirs will not explode the furnace, which is enough.
After a little preparation, Ye Xuan began to put each medicinal material into the designated position of the alchemy furnace, and added various auxiliary ingredients.
After all the equipment is done, the last step is to boil water in a pot and ignite the fire.
"Wow--"
Terrifying flames shot up from under the alchemy furnace and engulfed half of the alchemy furnace in an instant.
Soon, the temperature in the room also rose sharply.
"here we go."
Ye Xuan murmured in a low voice, then slowly stretched out his hand, covering the outside of his palm with spiritual power...
at last……
He pressed his whole palm against the hot outer wall of the alchemy furnace...
Nothing happened. With spiritual protection, this temperature could not harm Ye Xuancheng at all.
Holding his breath and concentrating, Ye Xuan began to infiltrate his spiritual power into the alchemy furnace and control the various medicinal materials in the alchemy furnace to perform mixed reactions.
This is alchemy!
It just looks a little bit indecent...
Therefore, alchemists like to make alchemy alone and do not like to be watched by others to avoid social death.
Ordinary people can only control the process of alchemy by controlling the temperature of the flame and turning the materials. No matter how powerful the alchemist is, he cannot refine the elixir of high quality.
When cultivators refine alchemy, they can more precisely control the reactions of various medicinal materials through spiritual power.
Alchemists of each level are divided into four levels: primary, intermediate, advanced and peak according to their proficiency.
Grade and proficiency are the criteria for judging an alchemist.
The grade means that the alchemist can refine elixirs of the corresponding grade.
The proficiency level represents the alchemist's proficiency in refining elixirs of this level.
A first-grade peak alchemist can refine first-grade elixirs with almost perfect quality, but cannot refine second-grade elixirs.
A second-level junior alchemist can refine second-level elixirs, but may only have intermediate proficiency in refining first-level elixirs.
…
An hour passed.
Two hours passed.
Finally, the body of the black alchemy furnace shook...
"Tsk tsk tsk!"
"Tsk tsk tsk eat-"
"Boo"
A large amount of white gas emerged from the top cover of the alchemy furnace, and the strong smell of alchemy and other impurities instantly filled the entire alchemy room.
"call!"
"it is finally over!"
Ye Xuan quickly pulled his palm back at this moment. His whole body was already covered in sweat and he was panting from exhaustion.
After all, his cultivation level is too low, and it is so difficult to refine even a beauty pill.
Regardless of his fatigue, Ye Xuan quickly opened the alchemy furnace and made a move.
"Shua"
A pink pill instantly fell into his hand.
"First-grade Beauty Pill, finally succeeded!"
Ye Xuan looked at the mung bean-sized elixir in his hand, and a bright smile appeared on his face.
Don't look at the small size of this elixir.
Even the lowest-grade first-grade beauty elixir costs as much as 20 low-grade spiritual stones!
Generally speaking, a low-grade spiritual stone can be exchanged for an ordinary 10,000 gold coins.
The total amount of medicinal materials he used to refine Zhuyan Dan only amounted to 50,000 gold coins.
In just two hours, he earned 150,000 gold coins!
Although there are few alchemists, every one of them is as rich as anyone in the country. This is not just talk.
A first-grade beauty-preserving elixir can keep a monk in the Qi-refining stage youthful forever for about one year without aging. If the cultivation level is too high, the effect will be worse.
For ordinary people, a first-grade beauty-preserving pill can maintain the beauty-preserving effect for at least 10 years!
This is also one of the reasons why Ye Xuan took the lead in refining the Beauty Pill.
Within a month, each of his concubines could receive one.
Since they followed him, Ye Xuan would naturally give them the best life.
What woman doesn’t want her youth to last forever?
As long as you are a woman, you have absolutely no resistance to Zhuyan Dan!
With this thought, Ye Xuan started refining elixirs again. With the remaining spiritual power in his body, it was not a big problem to refine another elixir.
But this time he was refining the Peiyuan Pill.
These concubines of his have just given birth to children, and the Yuanyuan Pill has the effect of strengthening the foundation and cultivating the Yuan, which is what he needs right now.
The faster his concubines recover, the faster he can get them pregnant, and the price/performance ratio is much higher than Zhu Yan Dan.
…
"Click"
Four hours later.
The iron door slowly opened.
"Come out, come out!"
"See the head of the family!"
When the housekeepers saw Ye Xuan coming out, they quickly bowed and saluted.
"Huh?"
"Why are you all here?"
Ye Xuan looked at the dozen old housekeepers outside and was suddenly confused.
"It's the first time for the Patriarch to make alchemy. Aren't we worried about the Patriarch..."
A black-faced butler smiled awkwardly.
"Well, that makes sense. Don't say it again next time." Ye Xuan looked deeply at the black-faced butler and said calmly.
"Ah this..." The black-faced butler was of course stunned.
"Hahaha"
All the housekeepers also knew that Ye Xuan was joking, and they all laughed.
"Master, a mysterious person sent a letter not long ago, and you are asked to open it in person."
"This matter is very serious and we don't dare to delay, so we have to wait again."
At this moment, an old man with white beard stood up and explained the situation.
Then the white-bearded old man took out a letter and presented it to Ye Xuan.
The white-bearded old man's name is Kong Qiu. He is one of the oldest housekeepers in the Ye family. He is also responsible for finding new concubines for Ye Xuan. Therefore, he has a good relationship with Ye Xuan and has great power in the Ye family.
"oh?"
"Mystery man?"
Ye Xuan was stunned for a moment, feeling a little baffled.
"Master, after the mysterious man delivered the letter, he mysteriously disappeared. I suspect..."
Confucius hesitated to speak.
When Ye Xuan heard what Confucius said, his eyes suddenly condensed, he took the letter over, then waved his hand and said: "I understand, you can go back first."
"yes!"
All the housekeepers bowed and left one after another, each of them feeling anxious and slightly excited.
In fact, everyone knew that the mysterious man was probably an immortal cultivator.
And their family head has contacts with immortal cultivators. Based on the previous speculation, their family head may also be an immortal cultivator.
If this matter is exposed, then the Ye family will become a cultivating family!
This is a great thing!
But again, until Ye Xuan admits it, none of them will say anything.
…
Quickly returning to his room, Ye Xuan put the envelope in his hand on the table.
He wanted to open it directly, but in his previous life he had read many novels about cultivating immortals and felt that things were definitely not that simple.
"System, is this thing dangerous? Can I open it?"
Ye Xuan had no choice but to pin his hopes on his own system.
He didn't know if the system had this function, but he had to at least try it.
[This is just an ordinary letter. Please don’t be suspicious, host. 】
[If there is a crisis, this system will warn you in advance. 】
The system's answer was bland, but Ye Xuan could clearly hear a trace of speechlessness in it.
It seems to be saying, you are such a waste in your Qi refining period and have been living in the sect for more than 20 years. Who would harm you if you are so idle?
"Ahem, that's good."
Ye Xuan coughed, a little embarrassed, but still relieved.
"Tear"
I tore open the envelope and took out the letter paper inside, only to find that it was blank.
Ye Xuan was stunned for a second, and then he quickly thought of something. With a thought in his mind, a weak spiritual power surged out of his body and slowly poured into the letter.
As Ye Xuan's spiritual power poured in, densely packed small words appeared on the letter paper.
"really!"
Ye Xuan felt happy and quickly checked.
[Since fellow Taoist can see what is written below, it means that fellow Taoist is also a cultivator of immortality. I am an elder of the Ouyang family, and I have no ill intentions towards you...]
…
Soon, Ye Xuan glanced through the contents of the letter.
The other party guessed that he was an immortal cultivator and guessed it through his mysterious origin and a series of concubinage behaviors. Ye Xuan was not surprised by this.
In addition, there is only one most important message - a gathering of casual cultivators!
Wanhua City is a big city, and there are actually many monks in it.
There are not only three major immortal cultivation families, but also some other small immortal cultivation families like the Ye family, and there are many scattered cultivators active in the city.
Some scattered cultivators are lone rangers, full of hope for the future. They are either cultivating or looking for cultivation resources.
The cultivators of the immortal cultivation families are more Buddhist, or they have reached the limit of their potential and it is difficult to go further, so they choose to marry and have children to reproduce.
This gathering of scattered cultivators is a grand event led by the three major immortal cultivation families, inviting all the scattered cultivators in Wanhua City to participate.
The main purpose is to allow each scattered cultivator to exchange the resources needed for their own cultivation.
After all, the skills of each scattered cultivator are almost different, and the cultivation resources required are also different. In private, scattered cultivators are extremely cautious and have great vigilance against unfamiliar scattered cultivators.
Now that the three major families have jointly guaranteed, it makes transactions and exchanges between scattered cultivators much more convenient.
After reading the letter, Ye Xuan tore up the envelope casually.
There is still more than a year before the gathering of scattered cultivators.
He also has some plans in his mind at this moment.
If he is lucky, he will definitely be the biggest winner in this gathering of scattered cultivators!
…
The gathering of scattered cultivators will take a long time, so Ye Xuan naturally has to cherish the present first.
It was dark in a blink of an eye.
Old man Ye started to work hard again, looking forward to the harvest next year.