"Little friend, how many spiritual stones does this Linghua Pill cost?" A middle-aged monk asked casually.
"A bottle of five hundred spirit stones, with ten pills in each bottle, can be used by Qi practitioners for a month." The young man replied with a smile.
"Five hundred spiritual stones per bottle? Isn't this too expensive?"
The middle-aged monk who asked the question found something wrong with his words, deliberately lowered his face, frowned and said,
"This Hualing Pill is only a low-grade spiritual pill. It is worth at most two hundred spiritual stones a bottle, but you asked for five hundred. Didn't your parents tell you when you went out?"
The middle-aged monk's eyes had a faint gaze, like an elder's accusation, with a forceful momentum. An ordinary young man would have hesitated and thought that he was wrong.
But the boy in front of him, who was only about ten years old, said with a normal expression:
"There are also low-grade elixirs that cost two hundred spiritual stones in one bottle. No, it's the Huanglong Pill and the Peiyuan Pill." He pointed at the two small porcelain bottles in front of him and said.
"They are all low-grade elixirs, why is the price gap so big?" the middle-aged monk said with a straight face.
"Yes, why is the gap so big? Did you remember it wrong, little kid?" The onlookers monks who wanted to benefit from it also echoed in a strong voice, which seemed to be gathering a crowd to crusade.
"My master said that although this Linghua Pill is only a low-grade elixir, the elixir used this time is over a hundred years old, so it is more expensive."
"This bottle of Linghua Pill is the best among the lower-grade elixirs. It has excellent efficacy and contains very few impurities. You will not suffer any loss if you buy it."
"If you don't believe it, just open it and you will know."
The young man's expression did not change and he said honestly.
"The best among low-grade elixirs? You are young, but you have learned how to trick people?" The middle-aged monk scolded lightly, picked up the elixir bottle, and took off the cork with disdain.
As soon as he smelled it, a strange color flashed through his eyes that was not easily detectable by ordinary people. He raised his eyes and glanced at the young man, then put his eyes into the bottle and looked at it carefully.
After three breaths, he frowned slightly and said:
"The fragrance of the elixir is indeed strong. It is not false to think that the elixir used is more than a hundred years old, but to say that this is the best of the low-grade elixirs is still far from it."
Seeing the other party pointing, the young man frowned without any trace. "Displeasure" suddenly appeared on his head, and he immediately reached out his hand to take back the elixir bottle.
The middle-aged monk's expression flashed slightly, but he retracted his hand and suddenly spoke again:
"Although your elixir is not the best, it's pretty good. It's not easy for a little kid like you to sell elixirs. Well, I'm willing to buy you at a price that's a hundred spiritual stones higher than ordinary low-grade elixirs.
This bottle of Linghua Pill."
What a talent, Yang Ji saw that the middle-aged monk had a clear head [What a surprise, such top-quality elixirs are rare. They must have come from the hands of an alchemy master, so he had to find a way to get them], but he said
What you mean is different from what you mean.
An ordinary child would have been stunned by him, but the young man in front of him was obviously extraordinary, as could be seen from his calm and calm response.
The young man's chin was slightly raised, and his head showed "Humph, treat me like a child. This is the elixir that my master personally refined. How can I let you buy it with three hundred spirit stones? If it were normal, you wouldn't be able to buy it if you wanted to."
.If you want to get cheaper, take those elixirs that are full of impurities. Hum, the erysipelas will accumulate in your body and be careful to poison you.]
The young man cursed in his heart, but on the surface he scratched his head in embarrassment and said: "Master said that this bottle of Hualing Dan is sold for five hundred spirit stones, and there is no negotiation on the price. I don't dare to change the price without authorization, otherwise I will definitely meet you when I go back.
I'm really sorry to be punished by his old man."
As he spoke, he stretched out his palm, preparing to take back the elixir bottle.
The middle-aged monk hesitated a little, and [Hesitation] appeared on his head, [Buy?], [But these five hundred spirit stones are enough to buy two bottles of low-grade spirit pills. Although the spirit energy contained in this bottle of spirit pills is relatively pure,
It can speed up cultivation, but there is only one bottle, which is far less than the amount of spiritual energy provided by two bottles of low-grade elixir. It is not worth it, not worth it].
After struggling for a while in his heart, the middle-aged monk also frowned, with a strange look in his eyes, and said: "You only have this bottle of Linghua Pill? If you can come up with another bottle, I will buy it too."
"I only have one bottle. After all, there are not many elixirs for refining elixirs. Do you want this bottle?" the young man said.
The middle-aged monk stared at the young man's pure eyes for a long time. Seeing that he didn't seem to be lying, he handed the elixir bottle to him with some reluctance.
"Show me the elixir!" At this time, Yang Ji said with a smile.
"Okay, fellow Taoist, here it is!" Seeing that he was the first person to come to inquire, the young man happily handed over the elixir bottle.
Yang Ji took the elixir bottle, glanced at it and saw the information display [Linghua Dan, the best among low-grade elixirs, contains very few impurities, can be refined and absorbed without worry, and there is no need to worry about leaving erysipelas in the body].
He has taken Linghua Pill before. In the past, the cheap master gave him basically Linghua Pill and Peiyuan Pill.
But those were all low-grade elixirs among low-grade elixirs, and their quality was far inferior to the Linghua elixir in front of them.
No matter the color, the shape of the pills, or the fragrance of the pills, they are incomparable.
Looking at the plump, round and transparent elixir, Yang Ji smiled and said: "The elixir is well refined. It is indeed the best among low-grade elixirs. There is only a trace of impurities left. I think these five hundred spirit stones are worth it."
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"Tao friendly eyesight!" After hearing such kind words, the young man responded with a smile, with a little pride in his eyes [my master is a master of alchemy, and the elixirs produced by him must be extraordinary].
What?
Master of alchemy?
Yang Ji was shocked. Like the middle-aged monk, he originally thought this was the work of an alchemy master, but he didn't expect it to be a master alchemy master?
Although the alchemy business is profitable, it is actually difficult to achieve success in alchemy.
To refine elixirs, the four most important conditions are materials, fire, perception, and elixir refining experience.
The materials are naturally all kinds of elixirs. Alchemists are not gods. If there are no elixirs, they are just clever women who cannot make a meal without rice.
If you want to become an alchemist, you need a lot of trial and error and practice with elixirs in the early stage. This extravagant step alone stumps 90% of the monks.
The second is fire, which is the flame needed to refine the elixir.
There are generally two types of fire, one is the flame spurred by one's own fire attribute spells, and the other is the spiritual fire of heaven and earth born between heaven and earth.
The latter is difficult to find, but it is an excellent choice for refining elixirs.
Not only will the success rate of elixir refining be much higher, but the elixir produced will also be better than the elixir refined by using magic to induce flames.
The medicine is more concentrated, purer and has fewer impurities.
Refining a furnace of elixir takes a long time, and it only takes three to five days to produce a furnace. If you just use magic to generate flames, you will only be weak and it will be difficult to make the elixir.
Even if it can last, the flames generated by the spell are far inferior to the spiritual fire of heaven and earth.
It's not that the flames are not strong enough, but that they lack aura. The aura given to the spiritual fire by heaven and earth is the fundamental reason for increasing the rate of elixir formation.
Only in the spiritual fire can the elixir be completely melted and its potency maintained, and impurities can be removed to the maximum extent, which is incomparable to ordinary flames.
Only by possessing spiritual fire can you go further on the road to alchemy.
In addition, two more points are needed to make alchemy, namely experience and perception.
When refining alchemy, the control of fire is the most important thing.
Sometimes, as long as the heat is slightly focused, the entire pot of elixirs will be reduced to ashes. Therefore, controlling the heat is a skill that the alchemist must master.
However, if you want to control the heat well, you need strong soul perception. Without this, no matter how good you are at the first two points, it will be nothing more than useless.
As for the alchemy experience, there is no need to go into too much detail. It is just that you need a master to guide you or books that record various alchemy experiences.
Under the above harsh conditions, there are very few people who are qualified to become alchemy masters.
There are fewer alchemy masters, and those top-quality elixirs that contain fewer impurities are naturally rare.
Things are rare and valuable, which creates the noble and even somewhat deformed status and identity of the alchemy master.
Looking at the three major sects in the Thousand Islands Sea Area, there are only three alchemy masters, all of whom are supreme beings. The elixirs they refine will only be used by the higher-ups in the sect.
In comparison, today I encountered a bottle of elixir that was personally refined by an alchemy master, which is particularly precious.
No wonder the young man said that in normal times, you wouldn't be able to eat it if you wanted to.
Yang Ji instantly understood what he meant.
If there is no huge financial benefit, the alchemy master will never take action easily.
After all, in this world of immortality, alchemy masters are only one or two levels lower than grand masters and alchemy sages.
It is hundreds of levels higher than alchemy masters and alchemists.
Not to mention the kind of person who calls himself an alchemist after refining an elixir once.
Yang Ji looked at the Linghua Pill in his hand, and his heart moved secretly.
Logically speaking, if a master of alchemy refines such a low-grade elixir, it should be completely free of impurities.
But there is still a trace left in it. It seems that the person did it on purpose. He didn't want others to see his identity as an alchemy master, but Yang Ji had already figured it out.
At this moment, he also felt a sense of friendship, and smiled and said:
"I think this bottle of Linghua Pill is very good." He squatted down and went to check the other pills.
He found that the quality of the Huanglong Pill, Peiyuan Pill, Lingqi Pill and Jingxin Pill were quite different. They must not have been made by the alchemy master, but he still smiled and said, "I think this bottle of Jingxin Pill is good too."
He looked up at the young man and said with a smile, "Haha, if I buy two bottles of elixirs in a row, can you, fellow Taoist, add a piece of tinderstone as a bonus?"
"Okay, okay!" The young man was overjoyed when he heard this and nodded excitedly like a chicken pecking at rice.
After all, this tinderstone is not too precious, and you can buy one with just a few spirit stones. Besides, there is a large tinderstone mine where he lives, so he happily agreed at this moment.
When Yang Ji saw this, he was equally happy in his heart, and immediately walked away with the tinder stone containing the red fire jade.
Then, he touched the storage bag, took out seven hundred spiritual stones, wrapped them in spiritual energy, and delivered them to the young man.