Chapter Three Hundred and Twenty-Four Publishing Tasks and Third-Order Alchemists
On the mountainside of Taiqiu Mountain, inside the Li family's family charity hall.
Li Xuangang was sitting in the innermost side room at this time, waiting for the arrival of his eighth uncle.
He was not kept waiting long, and soon Li Changji opened the door from the outside.
"Xuan Gang has met his eighth uncle."
Li Changji signaled that he didn't need to be polite, walked to a wooden chair and sat down, and asked:
"How was the mission accomplished?"
Li Xuangang also sat down on another wooden chair, and then said:
"Although there were some twists and turns, everything went smoothly."
Then, he began to tell the general story of how he went to Binhaifang City to hunt down the two central monks.
"These two are probably casual cultivators from the central part of the mainland. They provoked the Dongxuan Sect there, so they wanted to come here to escape."
"And because I want to escape to the Ten Thousand Stars Islands to establish a force to assist my cultivation, I have been plundering a large amount of low-level resources from the sect."
"I have found these resources in their storage bags, which are not much different from what we know. In addition, I also found some ancient books, jade tubes and other items inside.
Hearing this, Li Changji raised his hand to interrupt him and asked:
"Are you sure that they are not disciples of Dongxuan Sect?"
Li Xuangang knew the purpose of his eighth uncle asking about this matter, so he recalled it and then continued firmly:
"Based on what I heard from the last monk and the many items found in their storage bags, they are indeed just casual cultivators and should not have much to do with the Dongxuan Sect."
With the large influx of monks from central China in the past year, some large forces in the central cultivation world are also well known to the Li family. Among them, Dongxuan Sect is one of the largest sects. The strength of the monks in the sect is terrifying.
There are several ancestors in the Nascent Soul stage alone.
Because this matter related to the safety of the family, Li Changji had to ask one more question.
However, he also knew that Li Xuangang was a cautious person, and since he had already given himself a definite conclusion, there should be nothing wrong with it.
So he put down his right hand and signaled Li Xuangang to continue.
"After killing these two people, I went to Binhaifang City and was delayed for some time, so I came back a little slower."
Li Changji didn't care about Li Xuangang's trip to Binhaifang City and just listened to his story quietly.
Then he saw Li Xuangang take out more than ten black tokens from the storage bag.
Seeing these things, Li Changji's eyes dimmed for a moment, but soon returned to normal.
He took the family tokens from these tribesmen, stared at them for a while, put them into his storage bag, then looked up at Li Xuangang and said:
"Since you have completed the task of Xuangang, you can handle the next matters by yourself. In the next period of time, the family should not have any other tasks to arrange. You should take this opportunity to practice with peace of mind."
He stood up from the wooden chair and handed over to Li Changji:
"In that case...eighth uncle...then Xuangang will retire."
Li Changji nodded as a response.
So Li Xuangang put down his hands, turned around and left the side room.
However, when he opened the door to the side room and was about to leave, he turned his head and saw that his eighth uncle had taken out a thick classic from the storage bag and was leaning on it to record something.
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After leaving this side room, Li Xuangang came to the lobby of the family's meritorious service hall. Here, he handed over his tasks and sent all the low-level resources he had obtained from the two casual cultivators into the warehouse.
Library.
After everything was settled, he took back his family token and issued a mission to all the clan members here as an elder.
The mission jade tube is placed on the wooden shelf where the highest-level missions of the family are placed.
After doing all this, he turned around and left, heading towards the library.
In the lobby of the Shanggong Hall, many clan members immediately swarmed around the mission wooden frame after seeing him off respectfully.
One of the tribesmen took off the mission jade tube that Li Xuangang had just put on it, put it on his forehead and began to look at the contents inside.
As he browsed, the expression on his face gradually changed.
"Huh? What kind of mission did Uncle Nine issue?"
A tribesman of the Jade generation asked, while the rest of the tribe also watched eagerly.
The tribesman surrounded in the center took off the jade tube, and the expression on his face became inexplicable.
"Uncle Jiu issued two tasks in this jade tube!"
"two?"
"Yeah! One is to collect information about the location of the third-level venom spider king, and the other is to ask the family to find out in various cities where the blood essence of the third-level high-quality monsters is for sale."
"Huh? What is Uncle Ninth doing? Is that the third-level mid-level green dragon corpse refining that is about to advance?"
After a moment of discussion, another clan member asked about the rewards that Ninth Uncle Li Xuangang had promised for these two family tasks.
Because the rewards given by the latter's previous family tasks have always been very generous, so these tribesmen are a little curious about these two tasks that are obviously more difficult than the previous tasks. What is the reward given by the ninth uncle Li Xuangang?
The Li clan member holding the mission jade tube in his hand put the jade tube back, then looked around and said word by word:
"The family contributes a thousand points!"
"Not a thousand points in total, but a thousand points per mission!"
Hearing these two sentences, everyone exclaimed again.
Although they knew that these two tasks would definitely not be easy to complete, they still received the two tasks issued by Li Xuangang from the Shanggong Hall.
They all look forward to being lucky enough to complete one of the tasks in Fangshi in the future.
If you are so lucky, you can get the family contribution equivalent to a thousand low-grade spiritual stones from Uncle Jiu after you return to Taiqiu Mountain.
If the chance of coincidence reaches the extreme, and these two mission information can be encountered, it will be an even more unimaginable 2,000 points of family contribution.
The family's contribution, which is equivalent to two thousand low-grade spiritual stones, is already attractive enough to these jade-born Li clan members.
Even on the day Li Xuangang announced the mission, some tribesmen immediately left Taiqiu Mountain after receiving the mission and rushed to various Dafang cities to start inquiring about the news.
Although Li Xuangang had some rough guesses about what was going to happen, he definitely couldn't control the more detailed situation.
In fact, after he made rubbings of all the jade tubes of classics in his storage bag and stored them in the library, he went straight back to his cave and sat cross-legged on the stone bed.
While carefully looking at the secret techniques recorded on the jade tube in the classics, he was waiting for the clansman who took over the task he had issued to bring him good news.
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High-level monks use the method of issuing tasks to ask specific low-level monks to help them complete certain tasks. This is a method commonly used by sect forces and family forces.
And this method can also benefit both parties to the maximum extent, and is beneficial to the cultivation process of both parties.
For example, from Li Xuangang's perspective, the two tasks he issued in the Family Shanggong Hall can not only save him a lot of time in cultivation, but also make it easier to achieve his goals with the help of family members.
Of course, the task rewards he provided can also play a big role in providing future training resources for the tribesmen who have completed the tasks.
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In the blink of an eye, two days passed.
Li Xuangang, who was sitting cross-legged on the stone bed, also put away all the jade tubes of classics he had read and put them into storage bags.
These jade tubes of classics did not greatly increase his strength, but they broadened his horizons a lot, allowing him to see a much larger world of practice.
Just like what he heard Li Yuheng say when chatting with him before:
The eastern part of Chaoyang Continent is too small!
After dispelling the confusion in his eyes, Li Xuangang got up from the stone bed and moved his body a few times at will.
Then he opened the Sancai Spiritual Array and entered the Jieyuan space.
He is not worried about the blood essence of the third-level high-grade monsters. After spending some time, the family will always bring him news.
As for the Venom Spider King of Level 3 or above, he wasn't too worried.
Because the best time limit given by Du Shou is to deliver the materials to Binhaifang City within five years, this time is very generous.
If after three years, no one in the family has completed the task he announced, then it would not be too late for him to go to various Dafang cities and the depths of the Hengduan Mountains to search for him personally.
Since both of these things take time to complete, he just has to wait.
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After entering the Jieyuan space, while guessing when the two tasks he issued would get a response, he called Zong Da out of Zi Yan's corpse coffin.
As soon as he stood still on the ground, Zhengda said:
"Your Majesty."
Li Xuangang nodded and immediately walked towards the cave under the rock wall. Seeing this, Zheng Da quickly followed.
After entering the cave and looking around at the many wooden frames and wooden boxes inside, he suddenly turned around and took off a storage bag from his waist and handed it to Zhengda.
While the latter took it, he said:
"Inside are some spiritual stones that were previously obtained from the two casual cultivators, as well as some other jade tube classics that are of some use. You will place these things in the same way later."
Zheng Da held the storage bag in his hand and nodded in agreement, while Li Xuangang turned around and walked to the place where he stored the spiritual plants, and roughly took a look at the amount of red red grass remaining here.
In fact, in addition to a large amount of red jade pills, this cave also has a batch of auxiliary medicines for refining ruby pills, but these auxiliary medicines are all stored in different wooden boxes.
Therefore, if you want to refine Ruby Pills in large quantities and quickly, you must first distribute them in detailed proportions and then start refining them. This process is a bit complicated and requires some effort to complete.
Li Xuangang stared for a while, then with a wave of his hand, he opened all the wooden boxes containing Zhu Dancao and various auxiliary medicines in the cave, and took out a set of materials for refining Ruby Dan.
Holding this material in his hand, he turned his head to look at Zhengda and gave a few more instructions.
Then, he walked to the far corner of the cave and sat down cross-legged in front of the second-level high-grade alchemy furnace.
Hold your breath and concentrate, let the spiritual energy circulate in your body, and control your mind and the movements of your hands.
After adjusting his condition, he opened his eyes, opened the alchemy furnace, and began to refine the second-level ruby elixir.
As the temperature inside the cave increases, the first ruby pill gradually takes shape.
When Zhengda obeyed the instructions, stored the items, and sorted out the materials needed for the subsequent refining of the ruby pill to be sent to Li Xuangang, the first batch of ruby pill was just coming out of the furnace.
Li Xuangang flicked his sleeves and took out the red jade pills from the alchemy furnace. There were seven ruby pills in total.
"The pill success rate is still only 70%..."
"Looks like I need to spend more time practicing!"
Conveniently, he handed the seven ruby elixirs in his hand to Zhengda, who took the elixirs and put them into a jade bottle.
And he put the materials he had sorted out for refining the Ruby Pill next to him.
After resting for a while, Li Xuangang calmed down his spiritual power and realized some omissions in the alchemy process just now.
When he felt that it was almost done, he picked up a set of materials that Zhongda had prepared and started refining the alchemy again.
After Zhengda placed the jade bottle in his hand on the wooden frame on the side of the cave, he moved away from here and began to take care of the golden source fruits in the spiritual field outside.
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Before his cultivation reached the late stage of foundation building, Li Xuangang had a plan to improve his alchemy skills.
And the eighth uncle also mentioned in the Shanggong Hall that he would not arrange family tasks for the time being.
Regarding the refining of the Eight Spiders Blue Light Sword and the promotion of Zombie II, it is not urgent. It will take at least several years to see the results.
Therefore, this period of time was a perfect opportunity for Li Xuangang to improve his alchemy skills.
If everything goes well, maybe within two to three years, you can successfully step into the threshold of a third-level alchemist!
According to the practice in the spiritual world:
There are two necessary conditions for becoming a third-level alchemy master. The first is to reach the late stage of foundation building or above, because only such monks can have enough spiritual energy to supply the large amount of spiritual power required in the process of refining third-level elixirs.
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The second is to increase the elixir-making rate of the second-level elixir to more than 80%, because this means that your alchemy skills have met the basic requirements for refining third-level elixirs. Otherwise, due to insufficient skills, even if you are forcibly refining it,
Level 3 elixirs will not produce any results.
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In the next six months, with the help of Zheng Da, Li Xuangang's process of refining the ruby elixir became smoother and smoother, becoming more and more skillful.
Although the Red Jade Pill's elixir success rate is still only 70%, compared to half a year ago, his attainments in elixir refining have improved a lot, and he can already see hope of an 80% elixir success rate.
After refining alchemy again, he had some vague understanding of the realm of alchemy at a higher level.
And I am confident that after a period of exploration, I can successfully achieve an 80% elixir success rate.
However, he did not go all out to continue refining. Instead, he got up and walked out of the cave. After saying something to Jongda who was taking care of the Jinyuan Fruit in the spiritual field, he left the Jieyuan space and appeared on the mountain of Taiqiu Mountain.
In the past six months, he had been refining Ruby Pills almost continuously, so he had consumed a lot of refining materials. Although there was still a lot of red jade pills as the main medicine, all the auxiliary medicines had been consumed.
He temporarily stopped refining this time in order to purchase some more auxiliary medicines from the family charity hall.
Li Xuangang walked from the top of the mountain to the mountainside. He was surrounded by various spiritual plants, and they were all full of spiritual energy, which looked very pleasant.
While looking at these spiritual plants, he walked slowly. His mind had been tense for half a year, so he took this opportunity to relax a bit.
Without being impatient, it took him almost half a day to walk from the top of the mountain to the mountainside. From time to time, he would stop to observe the spiritual plants planted by his family in the medicine garden, and he would also simply make comments to the clan members who took care of the spiritual plants.
Clicked a few words.
This situation made these lower-level tribesmen a little strange. How could Uncle Jiu, who was usually stern and unsmiling, look so kind today.
Ignoring the emotions of the tribesmen, Li Xuangang entered the Shanggong Hall under their watch.