After coming to Montenegro for more than half a year, although Zhang Zhixuan's cultivation has not increased, his knowledge has increased a lot.
He spent more than half a year refining elixirs for Baibao Pavilion. Although Zhang Zhixuan's alchemy level has not improved, his rate of elixir formation has also increased.
During this period of time, he also learned a new elixir recipe, which was relatively rare and even the Zhang family did not have it in their collection.
This elixir recipe does not come from Baibao Pavilion.
In Baibao Pavilion, Zhang Zhixuan is only responsible for refining first- and second-level low-level elixirs such as blood-stopping powder and bone-setting pill.
The more precious elixirs in the Baibao Pavilion are all given to Wang Lianke for refining, and no one else is allowed to visit the elixir recipes and the refining process.
In Baibao Pavilion, sometimes because the spiritual stone cannot be recycled, spiritual elixirs will be used to offset the debt.
And some casual cultivators often take out the good things in their hands and exchange resources with the cultivators in the shops in the city.
This kind of private exchange is often lower than the price in the market.
A month ago, after being introduced by a friend in the city, Zhang Zhixuan exchanged a bottle of second-grade middle-grade Peiyuan Pill for the pill recipe in the hands of a casual cultivator.
A bottle of second-grade middle-grade Peiyuan Pill costs more than thirty spirit stones, which is already a large sum of money for casual cultivators.
Although the Youhuan Dan formula in the hands of casual cultivators is more valuable, it is a second-level high-grade formula and costs at least one hundred spiritual stones.
However, this kind of elixir is very rare. This is the first time Zhang Zhixuan has heard of it. It is probably the first time it appeared in the Southern Wilderness. I don’t know if there are any hidden dangers after taking it.
There are very few monks who are proficient in elixir refining in the Second Rural Cultivator. Large shops often have very aggressive price reductions, so you may not be able to exchange for a bottle of Peiyuan Dan.
Thirdly, this elixir recipe has a major flaw. The main ingredient in the Youhuan elixir recipe is Xuanyou grass, which is a spiritual herb from an unknown place. No one has heard of it near Nanhuang.
Even some well-informed Foundation Establishment Stage monks have never seen what the Xuanyou Grass that is marked on the elixir recipe looks like.
As a result, the price of this recipe has been reduced by more than half.
Except for some alchemists who are interested in learning alchemy and taking it back for further study, this elixir recipe is basically of no use.
The reason why Zhang Zhixuan bought it was to see if there was any elixir that could replace Xuanyou grass, and then modify the recipe to increase his own experience.
Now that Zhang Zhixuan and Zhang Zhixuan have the Water Spirit Pot in their hands, there is no shortage of resources for cultivating immortals for the time being.
After a few years, they also had some wealthy spiritual stones in their hands, so they spent a lot of money to buy this elixir recipe and trained Qingchan to learn the art of making talismans.
Zhang Zhixuan has read the elixir prescription of Youhuan Dan hundreds of times. There is a lot of text in this elixir prescription, more than 100,000 words. Each elixir has a detailed explanation, and the medicinal properties of various elixirs are introduced in detail.
The shape, even the method of cultivation.
It was precisely after seeing this that Zhang Zhixuan was willing to spend a high price to buy this elixir.
"Xuanyou herbal medicine has peculiar properties. Except for some high-level elixirs, there is no substitute for them.
Moreover, once the main drug is changed, the effect of Youhuan Dan will be completely different.
In this way, it would be equivalent to re-creating a new recipe, which would involve countless experiments. With my current financial resources, I simply cannot do this.
It seems like I’d better let it go for a while.”
Zhang Zhixuan had just put away the elixir prescription when a messenger talisman flew into the cave entrance. Zhang Zhixuan opened it, pointed at Qingchan and said, "Fellow Daoist Xu has asked us to participate in the exchange meeting again."
Recently, Zhang Zhixuan got to know many monks in the city. Most of these monks who settled in the city were hopeless people, but they were very keen to organize various gatherings.
This kind of gathering not only exchanges the experience of cultivating monks, but also trades some useless cultivation resources.
Zhang Zhixuan has participated several times before, but most of them didn't have any good stuff. The best one was when he exchanged this useless pill recipe.
The monks who participated in the exchange meeting were all casual cultivators who had been around for many years. They were all cunning and cunning people. How could they take advantage of others' loopholes?
Most of the things in their hands are useless chicken ribs.
Zhang Zhixuan had just joined and still didn't understand the market, so he spent a lot of spiritual stones to buy a prescription that was not helpful for his practice for the time being.
This move directly made him a favorite among many casual cultivators, so whenever there is such a gathering recently, nearby casual cultivators will invite Zhang Zhixuan.
In order to investigate the traces of the Wu brothers, Zhang Zhixuan also had the idea of gradually expanding his social circle. He would also actively participate in various exchange meetings, get to know some casual practitioners, and gain some experience.
Zhang Zhixuan took Qingchan and walked out of the cave, then walked down the mountain, turning three times and two before entering a lively courtyard.
"Fellow Daoist Zhou is here. Brother Boyong is here well." Although the speaker looked young, his expression already had a hint of old age.
This person is the host of this exchange meeting, named Xu Xingyuan.
After Zhang Zhixuan came to Montenegro, in order to avoid being discovered by others, he did not use his real name in this life, but the name in his previous life.
"Thank you for your concern, Fellow Daoist Xu. This has been the case during this period. Apart from refining elixirs, I am practicing cultivation."
"Fellow Taoist has already achieved extraordinary cultivation at a young age, and it is possible to build a foundation. This is very different from us." Xu Xingyuan said enviously.
Zhang Zhixuan said with a self-deprecating smile: "Without the Foundation Establishment Pill, the probability of Foundation Establishment is only 1 in 30. I don't dare to gamble my life. And the price of a Foundation Establishment Pill, all the fellow Taoists are also fully aware of it, even if I am stripped of my skin.
Even if the bones are boiled into elixirs, they cannot be exchanged for foundation-building elixirs."
"Fellow Daoist Zhou is too modest. You are an alchemist. As long as you improve your alchemy skills by a small level, you can exchange for more resources for cultivating immortals.
My fellow Taoist is still young, and after decades of accumulation, he may not be able to save enough spiritual stones to purchase Foundation Establishment Pills." An elderly monk with white hair answered.
"Fellow Taoist Ma is quite cunning. He sold me a useless elixir recipe last time, and I don't know what his plan was this time. It looks like he wants me to give him a lot of blood."
"This time Zhou Daoyou guessed it right. I'm afraid you will have to spend money later. I wonder if you have enough spiritual stones with you." The old monk smiled and said with a mysterious smile.
Zhang Zhixuan arched his hands and said, "Then we have to see what fellow Taoist Ma is capable of."
Everyone exchanged some pleasantries. Xu Xingyuan saw that all the invited monks had arrived, so he stepped forward and said, "Everything is the same as before at this exchange meeting. Let's exchange some experiences first, and finally start exchanging various resources."