In the room, a young man in green clothes stared blankly at a transparent jade placed in front of him. To be precise, the young man was not looking at the jade, but at the liquid inside the jade. At this time, there was a pungent smell.
White smoke is slowly spreading from the liquid.
The young man's name is Lu Chen, and he is a direct descendant of the Lu family.
"Failed again!"
"Haha, I still can't be promoted to an intermediate pharmacist." A bitter smile gradually appeared on Lu Chen's face, he shook his head slightly and said softly.
Lu Chen is a junior pharmacist. As early as eight years ago, Lu Chen successfully refined a junior medicine and became a junior pharmacist. Over the past eight years, Lu Chen has been working hard to improve his medicine refining skills and wants to be promoted to
I am a mid-level pharmacist, but I have not been able to succeed so far.
This is not to say that Lu Chen has no talent in refining medicine, but... he has a non-attributed physique!
On the Tenglong Continent, people with non-attributed physiques are actually ordinary people. Ordinary people cannot embark on the path of cultivation, and they cannot become powerful practitioners.
Generally speaking, one of the foundations of becoming a pharmacist is that you must be a practitioner. It is an accident that Lu Chen can become a junior pharmacist with a physique without attributes. If Lu Chen can really be promoted to
If he is a mid-level pharmacist, his status in the Lu family will also rise accordingly.
Unfortunately, as an ordinary person with no attributes, wanting to become a mid-level pharmacist is tantamount to wishful thinking and is impossible in anyone's eyes.
In fact, a few years ago, many people persuaded Lu Chen to give up his dream of becoming an intermediate pharmacist. Because, in order to become an intermediate pharmacist, Lu Chen had wasted too many herbal resources. If Lu Chen
If he hadn't wasted his money on buying herbs for refining mid-level potions, the wealth he had accumulated so far would have been enough to make many people jealous.
Because he wasted so much money, Lu Chen now has almost no savings. His entire possessions only include a few gold coins. The materials for a body tempering potion require about a hundred gold coins.
"Da da da!"
At this moment, a burst of footsteps came.
Lu Chen's eyebrows in the room moved slightly, and then a smile appeared on his face. He quickly opened the door and walked out, and happened to see a gray figure walking in from outside the courtyard door.
"Third Grandpa!" Lu Chen looked at the gray figure who just came in with friendly eyes.
The gray figure is Lu Tianxing, Lu Chen's third grandfather, Lu Chen's biological grandfather, and the elder of the Lu family. There are nine elders in the Lu family, and Lu Tianxing is just one of them.
"Refining medicine again?" Lu Tianxing sniffed lightly, and then said to Lu Chen in a gentle tone. He obviously smelled the smell of herbs in the air.
"Well, refining the body tempering potion failed again." Lu Chen sighed, looked at the third grandfather and said helplessly.
The body tempering potion is a basic intermediate potion. If it can be successfully refined, it means that Lu Chen has been successfully promoted to an intermediate pharmacist.
"Don't be discouraged. Intermediate potions are not that easy to refine. As long as you don't give up, there is hope and you will succeed one day." Lu Tianxing said with a smile. Although he said this, in fact, in his heart he felt sorry for Lu
Chen didn't have much hope that he could refine the body tempering potion, because Lu Tianxing knew very well how unlikely it was for an ordinary person to refine an intermediate potion.
However, he will not persuade Lu Chen to give up. Even if Lu Chen keeps refining and continues to fail, he will not let Lu Chen give up. Because he values Lu Chen's ability more than Lu Chen's ability to become an intermediate pharmacist.
The spirit of perseverance is so valuable.
Lu Chen was able to keep trying to refine the body tempering potion because of Lu Tianxing's support. If Lu Tianxing hadn't often provided the materials for the body tempering potion, Lu Chen would not have had the money to purchase so many materials frequently.
"I will definitely work hard, Third Grandpa!" Lu Chen looked at Lu Tianxing with determined eyes.
"Yes!" Lu Tianxing nodded, then suddenly changed the subject and said in a deep voice, "I discussed with the First Elder, and he promised to speak for you at the adult meeting. With the help of the First Elder, you should be able to continue to stay in the family."
"Great Elder, are you willing to help me?" Lu Chen's eyes moved and he looked at Lu Tianxing in surprise.
Lu Chen is already sixteen years old this year. Lu Chen must also attend the coming-of-age meeting held by the family this year. After the coming-of-age meeting is over, Lu Chen will be an adult.
According to the rules of the Lu family, the children of the family, whether direct or collateral, must leave the family when they reach adulthood, as long as they have a non-attributed physique and cannot practice. These children of the non-attributed family are usually sent to remote places.
Where the family business continues to serve the family.
The children of the family who are sent out have little hope in this life, and it is almost impossible to have a chance to return to the family. Because of this, no family member is willing to leave the family compound to work in those places.
Originally, Lu Chen, an ordinary family member with no attributes, had no chance of staying in the family compound. However, because Lu Chen was a junior pharmacist and there was the family elder, Third Grandpa, Lu Chen had a glimmer of hope to stay in the family compound.
Within the family. Now that Grandpa is also willing to speak for Lu Chen, Lu Chen’s chances of staying in the family when he becomes an adult will increase a lot.
Of course, if Lu Chen could be promoted to an intermediate pharmacist before the adult meeting, it would be a different story. An intermediate pharmacist is very important to a family like the Lu family. Now, within the entire Lu family,
There are only three mid-level pharmacists and one senior pharmacist.
It can be said that if Lu Chen was an intermediate pharmacist, even if he offered to leave the family, the family would probably not agree. Of course, there are only half a year left before this year's adult meeting, and Lu Chen wants to be promoted within half a year.
For an intermediate pharmacist, the chance of success can be completely ignored.
"Yes, the Great Elder talked to me yesterday. At the adult meeting, he promised to speak for you." Lu Tianxing smiled and nodded and looked at Lu Chen.
"Grandpa Third, thank you!" Lu Chen looked at Lu Tianxing and said solemnly. Although Lu Tianxing did not give too many details, Lu Chen also knew very well how much Lu Tianxing had to pay to ask the elder for help. If not
With enough benefits, it is impossible for the Great Elder to help Lu Chen.
"Are you polite to grandpa?" Lu Tianxing smiled and waved his hands and said casually.
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The next day, the Lu Family Treasure Pavilion.
"Eh? Isn't this Lu Chen?" A sharp voice came from the front.
Chase Lu's eyes narrowed slightly and he looked forward.
The one who made the sound was a young man wearing a white robe. This young man's name was Lu Yan. He was the grandson of the great elder. Unlike Lu Chen, Lu Yan's status in the Lu family was far from Lu Chen's, because
Lu Yan is also sixteen years old this year, but he is already a cultivator in the late stage of body tempering.
At the age of sixteen, he entered the late stage of body tempering, which was considered a top-notch talent in the entire Qingfeng City.
In the journey of martial arts, there is bone refining first. After bone refining, there is body quenching. After body quenching, there is marrow cleansing. After marrow cleansing, one becomes a formidable innate powerhouse. Throughout Qingfeng City, cultivators in the innate realm are all
He can be regarded as a true strong man. There are not many innate strong men in the entire Lu family, and the Lu family is one of the three major families in Qingfeng City.
He can enter the late stage of body tempering at the age of sixteen, and is very likely to become an innate powerhouse in the future. How could the family not focus on cultivating an outstanding disciple like Lu Yan? What's more, Lu Yan is the direct grandson of the family elder.
"Lu Chen, what are you doing in the Treasure Pavilion?"
"Haha, is the Treasure Pavilion a place where a waste like you can come? A waste that can't even enter the realm of bone refining, come to the Treasure Pavilion?" The two Lu family disciples beside Lu Yan also ridiculed Lu Chen in a strange way.
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The relationship between Lu Yan and Lu Chen has always been very bad, because Lu Yan's father was once injured by Lu Yizhou, Lu Chen's father, so Lu Yan has always held a grudge against Lu Chen. If Lu Chen's grandfather was not the third elder of the family, Lu Yan would
Yan may have taken action against Lu Chen a long time ago.
"My coming here has nothing to do with you!" Lu Chen looked at the three people in front of him, frowned, and then said.
"Hehe, it has nothing to do with us? Lu Chen, are you having trouble with your head? Don't you know where the family treasure pavilion is? Did you get permission from the family owner to come to the treasure pavilion?"
"Lu Chen, don't blame me for speaking harshly. To be honest, you are just a waste without attributes. You will never be able to embark on the path of cultivation or enter the realm of bone refining in your entire life! Are you still not convinced? Hehe,
Otherwise, if you use your internal energy now, if you enter the realm of bone refining, I promise not to stop you from entering the Treasure Pavilion!" Lu Yan said in a mean tone.
In fact, Lu Chen came to the Treasure Pavilion not to read any martial arts classics, he just wanted to read the medicine refining classics. Although he knew that he would not be promoted to an intermediate pharmacist in half a year, Lu Chen would never give up easily.
Chen Chen wanted to find some inspiration for refining medicine from the classics left by his predecessors in refining medicine. Before he arrived at the Treasure Pavilion, he happened to meet Lu Yan and others, and was stopped by them.
"Lu Yan, I'm not as good as you now, but I may not be able to surpass you in the future. You are proud of yourself now. Wait for the day when I surpass you and see if you can still laugh." Lu Chen looked at Lu Yan and raised the corners of his mouth slightly.
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Although Lu Chen cannot practice and has not even been able to enter the realm of bone refining so far, Lu Chen has never complained about himself. If he cannot make a breakthrough in martial arts, he will improve in refining medicine. He will work hard to become an intermediate pharmacist first, and then become a high-level pharmaceutical agent later.
Master, when the time comes, the members of the entire family will have to look at his face, even if he cannot even enter the realm of bone refining.
"Hahaha, I'm laughing so hard. I've seen a lot of self-righteous guys, but shameless people like Lu Chen are really rare!" Lu Yan laughed unscrupulously, as if he had heard a big joke, but
Under his smile, there was a hint of sinisterness hidden in his eyes. In fact, Lu Yan was very angry at this moment. The reason for his anger was precisely Lu Chen's indifferent attitude, as if he could not accept it no matter what.
"Lu Chen, get out of here right now, otherwise don't blame me for being rude!" Lu Yan said in a gloomy voice. He really wanted to hit Lu Chen.
