vstars Chapter 401 Even sword cultivators don't believe it
Chapter 401 Even sword cultivators don't believe it
[1035L: Here's the gist of it. I asked my roommate, and he said that in their alchemy class, Jiang He taught a new alchemy formula, something like "Vinegar-Braised Cabbage." I don't know what type of alchemy it is. Have any of you heard of this formula?]
1036L: Stir-fried cabbage with vinegar? What an unfamiliar name. Cabbage is a spiritual plant, right? Using a spiritual plant as the name of a pill feels unique in the cultivation world.
1040L: Interesting, what a unique dish name. It successfully piqued my interest. Selling it? If the price is over 100,000 Star Coins, then never mind.
1043L: Is this a unique elixir? It smells so good! I don't know if you guys understand, but when I smell this elixir, it's not that I want to eat it for cultivation or healing, it's just that I'm craving it. Does anyone know what this means? Does Jiang He have a shop? When will he start selling elixirs? I really want to try some.
1049L: Advanced alchemists shouldn't lack sales channels, especially for high-grade pills. They should sell out as soon as they're made, so how could we possibly get any?
1067L: That's true, but isn't cabbage a low-grade spiritual plant? The pills should also be low-grade. There should be at least a couple hundred pills this time. Are you selling them? Looking for recommendations online.
1069L: ? Are you guys serious? It smells terrible, not fragrant at all! Stir-fried cabbage with vinegar should be stinky, right? The smell is so burnt I'm starting to wonder if someone failed at making pills.
1072L: I have something to say about this. I've been camped out at the Alchemy Academy all day. The smell was initially very fragrant, but then it became all sorts of different smells. I suspect someone's furnace exploded. I saw a post before about how easy it is for alchemy furnaces to explode, etc.
1073L: Haha, the person upstairs is right! During our professional class today, a lot of people actually burned their spiritual plants while refining them. It was my first time refining this kind of pill too. You absolutely can't imagine how fragrant it is! The first time I tasted it, I felt like I was ascending to heaven!
1233L: Pills? Tasty? I can hardly imagine these two things connected. Aren't all pills supposed to have a medicinal plant smell? They seem a bit better than nutrient solutions, but they're not exactly delicious.
1237L: I don't know how to put it, but the way Senior Sister Jiang taught us to make pills is quite different from ordinary pills. The final product is also very different from ordinary pills. The shape of the pill is an irregular mass.
1248L: I can't quite imagine it, but I'm still wondering how delicious pills could be.
1268L: Delicious! It's absolutely delicious, I've been craving it ever since! I'm from the Danxiu class, and I'm already looking forward to my professional classes next week. The stir-fried cabbage with vinegar is so fragrant!
1311L: ? Bro? That's an exaggeration. Is this stir-fried cabbage with vinegar some kind of hallucinogenic pill? Did you hallucinate after eating it? Isn't it said that you alchemists have a 60% chance of your furnace exploding? You're either burning your furnace or on your way to an explosion every day. If it were me, I wouldn't have any expectations at all.
1317L: Hahaha, frying is one thing, eating is another.
1396L: Is it really that delicious? You're even saying you're looking forward to class.
1492L: By the way, when is your Danxiu Academy going to hold a public course? I want to go and see what it's like that so many people are dreaming about.
1497L: The open course should be coming soon, in about a month.
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The post quickly gained popularity, and some of its comments were captured and circulated on the StarNet.
Since the establishment of the Pill Cultivation Academy at Wanjue Academy, coupled with the popularity of the Academy Grand Competition, it has gradually become a hot topic, with even a casual remark making it onto the trending list. For example, the teachers of the Pill Cultivation Academy at Lingqing Academy were discussing the pill recipe that was trending on the list today:
"【Nutritional solution can be used for alchemy? A completely new system or just a gimmick?】 Look at how easily it trends on social media these days. Nutrient solution for alchemy? What a joke!"
Zhang Ye looked at the trending topics on the computer screen, his eyes full of mockery.
"That's right. Using nutrient solution to refine pills is just wishful thinking. Don't they realize that nutrient solution is just an extract from ordinary plants? How can it compare to spiritual plants? I think young people these days are too eager to stand out. This is clearly just a marketing ploy."
Qian Zhi, another alchemist from Lingqing Academy, scoffed at the trending topic on his phone.
"What?! Nutrient solution for alchemy? Does Jiang He really think everyone is stupid? These days, the newly promoted advanced alchemists are really a bunch of frauds."
Zhang Ye: "More than that, this level is too watered down. Nutrient solution is nutrient solution, and spiritual plant is spiritual plant. They are two different things. Wanjue Academy is trying to create stars by making up a novel thing. If you ask me, if you're going to make something up, at least make it believable. Anyone who knows anything about this knows how outrageous this is."
"Yes, only laymen would be shocked at first glance. Several alchemists in my WeChat Moments have posted articles to refute the rumors."
"Sigh, don't even mention it. Jiang He is killing me. Just now, a customer came to me asking if I could use nutrient solution to refine pills. He said that nutrient solution is not expensive and the price is halved or something. If the price is really halved, why would I be a pill cultivator? I would have become a sword cultivator long ago. The money I earn is not enough to buy a pill refining furnace."
Qian Zhi frowned, thinking about the article he had just read, and was speechless:
"I saw on it that this pill is fragrant and delicious, called something like 'Vinegar-braised Cabbage,' which is a strange name and a strange story. Pills are made from spiritual plants, so unless industrial saccharin or something similar is added, they can't possibly taste very good."
Adding additives would destroy the ingredients of the elixir. The elixir couldn't possibly taste good; that's just ridiculous.
"Haha, now the comments section of this article from Wanjue Academy is full of doubts and insults. It seems that even our fellow practitioners can't stand it anymore. They're spreading rumors about us alchemists, but I didn't expect that no one would buy it at all."
"That's true. Everyone goes online these days. You can fool the ignorant, but trying to fool netizens is a mistake."
[Can nutrient solution be used for alchemy now? A brand new system or just a gimmick?] This news has become a hot topic on social media. This time, alchemists from various schools have joined the fray. Before the cultivators from Wanjue Academy even arrived, the comment section was already a mess, filled with doubts and insults.
These days, the trending topics online are always the same few things. The cultivation world has always attracted a lot of attention, and as the MVP of this year's academy competition, Jiang He's popularity and buzz are beyond question.
One minute the post warning about Wanjue Academy's alchemy major was trending, the next minute an abstract post about nutrient solution alchemy was trending. This made netizens who came to watch the drama think that Wanjue Academy was about to debut as a celebrity this year.
[:It's Jiang He again? This woman has been trending on Weibo several times.]
I'm not concerned about anything else; I'm only concerned about whether the nutrient solution can be used for alchemy. If it can, the cost will be significantly reduced, and I feel like our alchemy cultivation will be successful again.
You're a pill refiner, and you still believe in this? Even sword cultivators don't believe in it.
Sword cultivator: ? ? ? What did we sword cultivators do to offend you?
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