vstars Chapter 95: Ordering Earth Soul Pill Materials
Chapter 95: Ordering Earth Soul Pill Materials
Chen An sized up Yang Jiuli.
Seeing that the latter, though not highly skilled, had a calm demeanor and was no ordinary cultivator, he immediately gestured and said, "Please come up to the second floor."
He led Yang Jiuli up to the VIP room on the second floor.
Upon arriving at the VIP room, Yang Jiuli took a seat.
"Fellow Daoist, may I ask you..." Chen An activated a soundproof barrier in the VIP room and then asked with a smile.
"I have some pills here. I wonder if your esteemed establishment would be willing to buy them?" Yang Jiuli moved his hand, and a pill bottle appeared in his palm.
"A pill?" Chen An narrowed his eyes and looked at the pill in Yang Jiuli's palm. With a flick of his hand, he caught it in his palm.
He opened the pill.
The aroma of medicine was wonderful.
Then, Chen An poured out a crystal-clear pill that shimmered with a green light.
"This is a Qi Condensation Pill..." Upon seeing this, Chen An's eyes lit up, and he examined the pill by rubbing it between his thumb and forefinger.
"Excellent, excellent! The color is crystal clear, all impurities have been removed, and the quality has reached premium level..."
Chen An praised repeatedly, then his gaze sharpened as he looked at Yang Jiuli and asked with a smile, "I wonder how many of these pills you have, fellow practitioner?"
The premium-grade "Qi Condensation Pill" is extremely effective for cultivators at the third level of Qi Refining to break through to the fourth level.
It could sell for thirty low-grade spirit stones on the market.
In fact, if you encounter a wealthy cultivator, you can even sell it for thirty-five low-grade spirit stones.
After all, the premium-grade Qi Condensation Pill has very few side effects and will not leave any poison after consumption, thus not affecting the cultivator's potential.
Only a few veteran alchemists in the Chen family could successfully refine pills of this quality.
However, the price of the "Qi Condensation Pill" is too low. Even though the profit is decent, it is still far less than that of a first-grade high-quality pill.
This resulted in experienced alchemists rarely refining "Qi Condensation Pills," and ordinary alchemists were unable to refine high-quality "Qi Condensation Pills."
As a result, high-quality "Qi Condensation Pills" have become extremely rare on the market.
After all, the profit of an old alchemist refining a batch of first-grade high-quality pills is about 150 spirit stones.
The profit from refining a batch of "Qi Condensation Pills" is around eighty, and no one would give up the higher profit to refine the lower one.
"I still have quite a few of these pills!" Yang Jiuli moved his hand, and five jade bottles appeared in his palm.
Six capsules per bottle.
That is, thirty.
"So many!" Upon seeing this, Chen An's heart stirred, and he said, "Could this person be an alchemist?"
He originally thought Yang Jiuli was there to sell stolen goods.
Now it seems he misunderstood!
"Haha, my apologies, so you're an alchemist?" Chen An said with a cupped hand after thinking to himself.
He smiled broadly and appeared quite polite.
Yang Jiuli did not deny it. He said, "This elixir..."
"These pills are worth thirty low-grade spirit stones each on the market. My Chen family will buy them all, how about it?" Chen An said with a smile.
"Thirty low-grade spirit stones..." Yang Jiuli nodded slightly. The Chen family also wanted to make money by buying pills, and now that they had set the price at the market price, it was fair. "In that case, I will trouble Elder Chen!" Yang Jiuli cupped his hands and said.
Chen An smiled slightly, not in a hurry to accept the pill, and continued, "Do you have any other pills? As long as the quality is good, my Chen family will buy them back at the market price..." Nowadays, the Chen family's pills have been suppressed by the Li family, and they have lost many old customers.
Having a batch of high-quality pills could salvage some of their reputation.
"I only have some mid-grade first-tier pills here!" Yang Jiuli moved his hand, and some more pills flew out of his storage bag.
They are: 'Blood Clotting Pill' and 'Rejuvenation Pill'.
"These are all top-quality pills, not bad, not bad. It seems you are a first-grade high-level alchemist!" Chen An opened the bottle cap and examined them carefully. He saw that these pills were crystal clear and almost free of impurities, which made the old man laugh heartily. Then he looked at Yang Jiuli with a face full of respect.
"Just lucky!" Yang Jiuli said indifferently.
"Do you have any top-grade first-tier pills?" Chen An asked.
"No!" Yang Jiuli shook his head.
Yang Jiuli could have refined six "Azure Mystic Pills" in one batch.
However, because the Li family would send people to watch him the whole time he was refining pills in the Pill Hall.
What I'm afraid of is someone hoarding elixirs.
As for purchasing medicinal herbs to refine the "Azure Mystic Pill" himself.
Firstly, the Li family's "Azure Mystic Pill" requires special "Hundred Flower Dew" to be effectively formed.
This "Hundred Flowers Dew" is a secret recipe of the Li family, and it is extremely difficult to tell exactly which flowers it is made from.
Secondly, even if it is identified, once a large number of similar "Azure Mystic Pills" circulate outside, it will attract the Li family's investigation.
Therefore, it's not worth it.
As for purchasing the original medicinal materials to refine the "Azure Mystic Pill", although Yang Jiuli had the pill formula, he did not want to attract too much attention.
Therefore, he only refined some mid-grade first-level pills.
"Haha, it's alright. Fellow Daoist, if you have any pills in the future, my Chen family will buy them at market price!" Chen An said.
"In that case, thank you, Steward Chen!" Yang Jiuli nodded slightly.
"Thirty-six Qi Condensation Pills... thirty Blood Condensation Pills, thirty Rejuvenation Pills... a total of 2880 low-grade spirit stones..." Chen An carefully put away the pills, then counted the spirit stones, put them into a storage bag, and handed it to Yang Jiuli.
Consider the storage bag a free gift!
Yang Jiuli took the storage bag, glanced at it, and accepted it with considerable satisfaction.
Three years ago, he began planning to refine elixirs to sell.
Therefore, I bought a lot of medicinal herbs on Yunfang Street.
After deducting costs, I've now made a profit of over two thousand two hundred low-grade spirit stones.
The earning power of alchemists is evident.
Of course, this also explains Yang Jiuli's high success rate in alchemy.
He could refine six first-grade mid-level pills in one batch, and they would all be of high quality.
For others, producing three pills in one batch wouldn't even be considered high-quality, and they wouldn't earn much.
"Fellow Daoist, do you need to purchase medicinal herbs? My Chen family has all kinds of medicinal herbs... If you want them, I can give you a 20% discount."
Chen An smiled.
Since Yang Jiuli was an alchemist, he naturally needed medicinal herbs to refine pills.
"Medicinal herbs..." Yang Jiuli hesitated for a moment, then said, "I do need some medicinal herbs..."
"Hehe, please list a number, fellow Daoist..." Chen An said with a smile.
He summoned a servant to bring him paper, ink, brush, and inkstone.
Yang Jiuli wrote down several medicinal herbs.
Chen An took a look at the paper and immediately understood.
These are all medicinal materials used to refine "Qi Condensation Pill", "Blood Condensation Pill", and "Rejuvenation Pill".
However, one particular herb made him frown.
"Star-patterned Moonflower Fruit? This spiritual fruit is quite hard to find... Fellow Daoist, are you in a hurry to get it?" Chen An looked at Yang Jiuli.
"No rush... If you can raise the funds, just leave them for me," Yang Jiuli said.
"That's excellent! With the Chen family's connections, we can definitely get this medicine for you!" Chen An said.
"Here are twenty low-grade spirit stones, consider them a deposit!" Yang Jiuli said, taking out twenty low-grade spirit stones.
"Hehe, fellow Daoist is a discerning person. May I ask what else you need?" Chen An said with a smile.
He could tell that this Star-Patterned Moonflower Fruit was clearly not used for refining mid-grade first-level pills.
This is a second-tier spiritual medicine.
If you are refining a second-tier pill, it is obviously not possible to do it with just one medicinal herb.
It seems there is still a need.
"That's all for now!" Yang Jiuli said.
"Oh!" Chen An was taken aback, then realized that the young man in front of him probably didn't want to reveal the second-tier pill formula.
Since that was the case, he didn't ask any further questions.
Of course, it's also possible that the young man at the moment is simply buying a spiritual fruit.
After all, Yang Jiuli currently appears to be only at the fifth level of Qi Refining, and it is already quite an achievement for him to become a first-grade high-level alchemist.
If he were told that he could refine second-tier pills, Chen An chuckled to himself, realizing he had been overthinking things!
Such a young second-tier alchemist is a rare find even in the entire Chu Kingdom.
Unless the young man in front of us is a Foundation Establishment expert who is hiding his true strength.
"May I ask your name, my friend? If I find this Star-Patterned Moon Fruit in the future, how shall I seek you out?" Chen An asked with a smile.
"Li Chun..." Yang Jiuli said, "As for medicinal herbs... I will naturally come to this Dazeshan Market when I need them."
"Alright!" Chen An knew that Yang Jiuli did not want to reveal his identity, so he did not ask any more questions to avoid the latter getting annoyed and cutting off contact.
Soon, Chen An had someone bring the medicinal herbs, and Yang Jiuli paid 180 low-grade spirit stones before taking his leave.
"It seems this person is nine-tenths a master alchemist, perhaps even a peak first-tier alchemist!" Chen An stroked his beard as he watched Yang Jiuli descend the stairs, thinking to himself, "Next time he comes, I must make sure to befriend him. If I can bring him into my Chen family..."
Since it was their first meeting, he did not immediately try to recruit Yang Jiuli.
This would be too abrupt and would hinder further in-depth communication.
……
As Yang Jiuli walked down to the first floor.
Outside the door, a man rushed in and bumped into him.
Yang Jiuli frowned and glanced at the man.
But what appeared to be a man in hemp clothing at the seventh level of Qi Refining was someone who was clutching his chest, his clothes stained with blood.
"Old Chen... give me a premium 'Blood Clotting Pill'!" the man shouted into the room.
Then he realized he had bumped into someone.
"Excuse me, fellow Daoist!" the man in hemp clothing said to Yang Jiuli, then looked anxiously into the shop.
Seeing that he was not dirty, Yang Jiuli left the shop.
Afterwards, Yang Jiuli continued walking towards other pharmacies.
Before he could go far, Xu Jiang came up to him again.
"Fellow Daoist, how is it? Have you found a satisfactory pill? If not, I can introduce you to one... I guarantee a 30% discount..." Xu Jiang greeted him with a big smile, acting like a familiar friend and talking non-stop.
Yang Jiuli ignored Xu Jiang and walked straight ahead.
There was also a shop there, a pill shop started by the Qi family, one of the seven Foundation Establishment families.
This family is skilled in cultivating medicinal herbs.
Yang Jiuli walked in, left twenty low-grade spirit stones, and reserved a medicinal herb called Black Gold Flowing Cloud Wood.
This is clearly a second-tier medicinal herb.
Then, Yang Jiuli went to the Qingyan Immortal Sect's pharmacy.
He left behind twenty low-grade spirit stones and reserved a ginseng that was over five hundred years old called "Purple Cloud Ginseng".
These three spiritual herbs were actually used to refine a second-tier pill called the "Earth Soul Pill".
This pill is used to help cultivators increase their spiritual awareness.
This is precisely the time when Yang Jiuli needs to improve the "Taiyin Yanshen Technique".
After Yang Jiuli awakened his memories of his past life, he inherited the eighth level of spiritual power.
Later, after taking "Bi Ning Zhi", his mental strength was raised to level nine.
Over the years, Yang Jiuli has also continued to refine the power of the moonlight to strengthen his spiritual power.
Unfortunately, advancing one's mental power from the first to the second level requires far more than just such condensation.
This requires a large number of rare and precious natural materials.
So many years have passed, and Yang Jiuli has not even reached the Great Perfection of the First Order, nor the Tenth Level of Spiritual Power.
Yang Jiuli has been with the Li family in Yunmeng Lake for twelve years now, and according to his previous predictions, there may be some turmoil in the future.
Therefore, improving his strength has become his primary goal.
Although he had perfected the first level of the "Heavenly Fiend Body Refining Technique" and was no longer afraid of others below the Foundation Establishment stage, he was still capable of doing so.
However, compared to a Foundation Establishment cultivator, they are still too weak.
As for entering the Foundation Establishment Realm...
That requires continuous accumulation.
Therefore, improving one's spiritual power and reaching the second level of the "Taiyin Yanshen Jue" to achieve a spiritual consciousness comparable to that of a Foundation Establishment cultivator is the key.