The Qinghe Sect is adjacent to the main stream of the Qinghe River, so it is named after the Qinghe River. It originally had four halls, namely Dan, Sword, Lu, and Formation, located on the four main peaks of the southeast, northwest, and southeast. Three hundred years ago, for unknown reasons, the formation hall on the north peak was suddenly closed.

Well, now, Qinghe Sect is still the largest sect in Chunan, but there are only three schools left.

Compared to Nanfeng Jiantang, which has lush trees, Dongfeng is like a high loess slope. There are only a few trees that refuse to die and are still struggling in the thick fog. If it were not for the urgent need for elixirs, few people would be willing to come to this place.

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Yang Ming was holding a spittoon in his hand and had a white cloth wrapped around his face. Those who didn't know it thought he was pouring a chamber pot. Even though there was no smell at all, everyone still moved out of his way.

I arrived at an elixir shop on a familiar road, and saw the shopkeeper waving his hands repeatedly, "I don't need to pour the chamber pot, go elsewhere!"

Yang Ming looked around and realized it was him who was talking about him. Thinking of the reactions of everyone on the road, he suddenly realized.

It's a bit like pouring a chamber pot...

Bah, don’t you just wear a mask? You are still discriminating! Do you understand human rights?

"I'm here to buy something!"

The shopkeeper looked at Yang Ming and thought he looked familiar. He thought he was a handyman disciple of our sect. He just pointed at Yang Ming and asked him to look at it first and continue to discuss with the customer.

"Li, it's not that I refuse to sell you, it's that the sixth and seventh level cultivation elixirs are currently out of stock. The senior alchemists are unwilling to refine them, and the quality of the newcomers' refining is not up to par. In addition, the outer sect is about to be carried out.

During the selection of disciples, the demand is very high, so there are not many takeaways! The hundred bottles for you were only obtained through my connections!"

"No, I have collected all the deposits from my customers. Lao Yang, we can discuss the price later. No matter what, you have to get me another hundred bottles of seventh-grade cultivation pills!"

"..."

While Yang Ming browsed various elixirs, he also listened to the conversation between the two. It was not that he eavesdropped on purpose, but the two people were loud. There are generally two types of elixirs in this shop, one is for cultivation.

elixirs, there are also some healing elixirs, and a few bottles of special elixirs that are gathering dust in the corner.

"Nine-level cultivation pills, ten pills in a bottle, ten taels! Is it so expensive?!"

"Eighth-level cultivation pills, five pills in a bottle, fifty taels!" Yang Ming felt a little dizzy.

"The seventh-grade cultivation elixir is out of stock."

"The sixth-grade cultivation elixir is out of stock."

The elixirs of the sixth grade and above no longer have a price tag, only "negotiable" is written on them.

Yang Ming looked at the spittoon in his hand. For twenty taels, he could only buy two bottles of ninth-grade cultivation pills.

When Mr. Li left, only Yang Ming and the sighing shopkeeper were left in the shop.

"Shopkeeper, give me two bottles of ninth-grade cultivation pills." After saying that, he poured the copper coins in the spittoon onto the table, "Here, you order some, there are two thousand coins in total!"

The shopkeeper, Lao Yang, looked at Yang Ming speechlessly, "Young man, I think you are here to cause trouble, right?"

"Haha," Yang Ming laughed dryly, "Boss, you are so funny!"

The shopkeeper Lao Yang took out two bottles of ninth-grade cultivation elixirs and put them on the cabinet, and asked: "Ink? What does "ink" mean? Is it a new word now?"

"Humorous," Yang Ming realized that the word humor didn't seem to belong to this era, so he had no choice but to explain, "Humor is to describe a person who is interesting and likeable, haha!"

"That's right, it's not just about scolding people, you're also very cool!"

"..."

Yang Ming thinks this shopkeeper is quite interesting. If the humor is really a curse, then he won't suffer any loss even if he scolds him. If it is a compliment, it would be fun to praise each other.

"Why don't you count the money?" When Yang Ming saw the shopkeeper, he took a bag and swept the copper coins into it.

"No, you look familiar to me. You are a handyman disciple of our sect, right?"

"Well, from Nanza, boss, is your surname also Yang? I just accidentally heard the customer call you Lao Yang."

"Oh? Little brother, you are still from the same family!"

The two chatted for a while, and Yang Ming felt that it was almost over, and asked: "Old Yang, how much does a fifth-grade cultivation pill cost?"

"The fifth-grade elixir is not cheap. Every time the elixir goes up to one grade, the price increases tenfold. Only high-level alchemists can make the elixir above the fifth grade. It has to be doubled again, at least 20,000 taels!"

"Zi!" Yang Ming gasped. He expected that the fifth-grade elixir would be ridiculously expensive, but he never thought it would be so outrageous!

One tael is equivalent to two months' salary of a handyman disciple. If you rely on wages, even if you don't eat or drink, it will take you 3,333 years to buy one pill!

"Little brother, are you okay?"

Yang Ming came to his senses and said, "It's okay...it's okay. By the way, you just said you were worried about the seventh-grade cultivation elixir. I have a friend who happens to be an alchemist. He should be able to make some."

"Oh, little brother, do you still have this option?" Lao Yang thought for a moment, "Let's do this. Next time you bring some finished products. If possible, I will give him the same price, eighty taels per pill."

"Okay, I'll ask him."

After hurriedly returning to the dining room to eat a few bites of food, Yang Ming immediately returned to the room to prepare for strengthening. This time, he respectfully placed the spittoon on the table.

"Baby, let's get started!"

Last night's intensive experience told Yang Ming that calling him "little baby" would have a much higher chance of success than calling him "spittoon". Although he felt that his current behavior was very unprincipled, in order to break through as soon as possible, he could only endure the humiliation and bear the burden!

"Okay!" There was a hint of joy in the baby's voice.

After throwing a cultivation pill into it, the information was immediately fed back to Yang Ming's mind.

Cultivation Pill Ninth Grade

Improve the cultivation level of practitioners.

Probability of success 90% (80%+10%)

Big success probability 3% (2%+1%)

Super success probability 0.03% (0.02%+0.01%)

Strengthening...

5%

Sure enough, the probability is much higher!

Yang Ming was injecting spiritual power while chanting: "Golden light! Golden light! Golden light!"

A flash of blue light!

"Oou, congratulations, you have successfully strengthened and obtained the eighth-grade cultivation pill!"

"That's right, we're winning!"

He put the elixir away and felt happy. An eighth-grade cultivation elixir cost ten taels of silver, but a ninth-grade cultivation elixir only sold for one tael of silver. It was equivalent to making a profit at one time.

Nine taels, this feeling of making money is so cool!

It has to be said that today, Yang Ming was so full of energy that he flashed blue light ten times in one breath, and all ten ninth-grade cultivation elixirs turned into eighth-grade pills. He took a deep breath and said, "Next, it's time to rush to seventh-grade cultivation pills."

Got it!"

A seventh-level cultivation elixir was sold to Lao Yang for eighty taels. With the money, he could continue to strengthen it. Yang Ming believed that he would be able to break out again and strengthen the fifth-level elixir.

Cultivation Pill 8th Grade

Improve the cultivation level of practitioners.

Probability of success 75% (50%+25%)

Big success probability 3% (2%+1%)

Super success probability 0.03% (0.02%+0.01%)

Strengthening...

5%

As Yang Ming expected, the probability of great success and super success remained the same, but the probability of success was much lower. He did not pause and continued to inject spiritual power.

A flash of white light!

"Ugh, vomit, unfortunately, the enhancement failed and the items disappeared!"

"Come again!"

"Golden light! Golden light! Golden light..."

A flash of white light!

"Ugh, vomit..."

"Come again!"

"Golden light! Golden light! Gold..."

A flash of white light!

...

The white light flashed nine times in a row, and Yang Ming was about to cry. He wanted to scold his mother, but he was afraid of affecting the mood of the strengthening furnace and lowering his chances, so he could only say hello secretly in his mind.

"You must succeed for the last time!"

"Golden light! Golden light! Golden light! Golden light!"

A flash of white light!

"Ugh, vomit, unfortunately, the enhancement failed, the item disappeared, and the proficiency of similar items +1"

There is a probability of more than 30% that everything will be empty. How terrible is this!

Yang Ming collapsed on the bed. In fact, he still had most of his spiritual power left, but he felt that his body had been hollowed out...

"Betting on dogs will lead to nothing..."

"Don't be discouraged, Master, failure is the mother of success!"

"You don't have to comfort me! I feel like I've fallen into the hole you dug! Hey, no, what did you just call me?"

"If you're in a good mood, I'll call you master!"

"Why do I feel that your name sounds so smooth? You had a master before, right?"

"Yes, but they are all dead..."

"..."

Yang Ming reminded me again: "Don't forget, I was beaten to death by you too!"

"That doesn't count. Aren't you still fine? They were all reduced to ashes!"

"..."

"I feel that one day I will be played to ashes by you..."

The strengthening furnace was silent for a long time, and finally answered, "No."

"By the way, what does +1 proficiency for the same item mean? What does it do?" Yang Ming yawned.

"For every ten times of strengthening the same type of item that fails, the probability of success for that type of item will be increased by an additional 1%."

Yang Ming suddenly became interested and immediately sat up, "Is it effective for super success probability?"

"efficient."

After hearing this information, most of Yang Ming's previous unhappiness disappeared. The existence of proficiency means that as long as it is strengthened enough times, the probability of success will eventually become 100%!

Yang Ming, who had nothing to strengthen, seemed to be addicted. He had no energy to do anything and couldn't sleep. He could only force himself to meditate and exercise.

Because it is easier to feel sleepy this way.

That's right! He suddenly took out something from his arms, which was exactly the jade pendant he promised to appraise for Lu Qing, and put it into the strengthening furnace.

Millennium Amethyst Stone 5th Grade

Improve the speed of practitioners' practice.

Probability of success 10%

High probability of success 2%

Super success probability 0.02%

Strengthening...

5%

Yang Ming's heart was beating fast, it was a genuine fifth-grade treasure!

The value of permanent things like treasures cannot be compared to elixirs that disappear after being eaten. In many cases, the value of treasures is equivalent to the elixir of one grade higher, and some can even be two grades higher!

It shouldn’t be a problem to exchange this thing for ten fifth-grade cultivation pills, right?

He tried practicing for an hour while holding the jade pendant. Although he still couldn't feel his cultivation level improving, the transformation speed of spiritual energy in his Dantian was obviously faster.
Chapter completed!