After returning from Lin Shuwen's place, Zhan Chen couldn't wait to read the recipe for the Shenglong Breaking Star Pill. After reading it, he fell into deep thought. This pill was the most difficult to refine he had ever seen.
The complexity of the process and the preciousness of the medicinal materials for a kind of elixir make it prohibitive for alchemists, and the affordability rate of this elixir is extremely low. If an alchemist with a cultivation level below the Earth Star realm tries to refine it, the success rate is only 10%.
But even though it costs so much to refine this kind of elixir, Zhan Chen is still willing to try it, because if it allows him to directly break through from the six-star frontier realm to the seven-star frontier realm.
So Zhan Chen temporarily left the Lin Family Martial Arts Hall and came to the city. He went directly to the Lingdan Pavilion with which he had always had a cooperative relationship and happened to meet Zhang Heng.
Zhang Heng was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "God of Wealth, you are finally here."
Zhan Chen smiled and said, "How are you doing, Shopkeeper Zhang?"
"Very good, let's talk about it upstairs."
"Well, okay."
The two of them went upstairs and sat down in the private room. Zhang Heng asked, "Manager Zhan, why haven't I seen you recently?"
Zhan Chen replied: "You should know that I entered the Lin family martial arts hall to study."
"Haha, I know, so you don't have time to come to my place, but you missed a lot of star stones."
Zhan Chen smiled slightly and said: "I devote myself to learning alchemy just to earn more star stones and deepen my cooperation with you."
"That's great!" Zhang Heng said with a smile. The higher Zhan Chen's alchemy skill, the more star stones he would earn, because what Zhan Chen wanted was far less than the alchemist he hired at a high price.
After a pause, Zhang Heng asked again: "Then why did you come to me today?"
Zhan Chen took a sip of tea and then said: "I'm here to ask for your help. I'm trying to refine a new pill called Shenglong Breaking Star Pill."
Zhang Heng was suddenly startled and asked: "Have you obtained the recipe for this elixir?"
Zhan Chen nodded and immediately asked curiously: "Shopkeeper Zhang, do you also know this kind of elixir?"
"Of course, I have been doing business with the Lin family for so many years. This kind of elixir has often shown miraculous effects and has helped the Lin family cultivate many powerful cultivators. The latest one is our big boss Lin Wusheng. I heard that he originally graduated from Six Star
He became a powerful person in the Quasi-Star Realm by taking this pill. Do you also want to follow his path?"
Zhan Chen nodded and said, "Not bad."
Zhang Heng sighed and said: "Although this kind of elixir is very heaven-defying, not all cultivators are suitable for taking it, especially for a mid-level Quasi Star Realm powerhouse like you, taking it is quite risky.
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"Is the elixir still risky?"
"Of course, the Shenglong Breaking Star Pill is powerful and overbearing. It is originally suitable for strong men with cultivation levels above the Seven-Star Quasi-Star Realm. If a strong six-star Quasi-Star Realm takes it, the whole body will have to withstand the powerful impact of the medicine. If the body is not strong enough,
If your will is slightly weak, your meridians will be damaged and your cultivation will regress. Zhan Chen, you must know that the shortcuts you can take are usually more dangerous than the normal paths."
"Even so, I am still willing to try, I believe in myself."
"That's all, if you are so confident, I won't say anything more."
"Shopkeeper Zhang, I came to you today just to ask you to help me find out how much these medicinal materials cost." Zhan Chen handed him a long list. There were as many as fifty-eight kinds of elixirs listed on it.
It’s the elixir needed to refine the Dragon-Breaking Star Pill, please give me an estimate.”
Zhang Heng took the list and looked at it, and said: "If you go to any elixir pavilion to buy these elixirs, they will cost at least 30,000 medium-grade star stones."
"So expensive!" Zhan Chen couldn't help but be surprised. One elixir costs 30,000 mid-grade star stones, but the success rate of Shenglong Breaking Star Pill is only 10%, which means it costs 300,000 mid-grade to refine one.
Star stones, this is definitely a large amount of money for ordinary quasi-star realm experts.
“Do you think there’s a place where it’s cheaper?”
Without saying anything, Zhang Heng took out a piece of paper, wrote a letter, handed it to Zhan Chen and said: "Manager Zhan, take this to a place called Qianyaolou in the city and try it. They are our panacea."
Your main supplier should give you a cost price."
"Thank you so much!" Zhan Chen couldn't help shouting. He was very glad that he came to the right place.
"Haha, helping you is equivalent to helping myself. If your alchemy skills improve, it will be of great benefit to me without any harm."
"Well, shopkeeper Zhang, I'll take my leave now."
"Go slowly and don't send me away!"
Zhan Chen stood up in a hurry, turned around and went downstairs. After leaving the Lingdan Pavilion, he asked all the way and finally found the Lingdan Pavilion called Qianyao Pavilion that Zhang Heng said. He entered it and found their shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper of Qianyaolou is a middle-aged man named Chen Ju. After reading Zhang Heng's letter, he said: "Manager Zhan, although our store here does not belong to Lin Wusheng, it is still one of the Lin family's industries, so I will give it to him."
You're paying for it at cost, show me the list of elixirs."
Zhan Chen immediately handed the list to Chen Ju. Chen Ju took a look at the list and said, "I'll just give you the lowest price, which is 20,000 yuan for a medium-grade star stone."
"Can't it be cheaper?" Zhan Chen couldn't help but ask.
"Not even a single star stone will do."
Zhan Chen sighed and said, "Okay then, I want ten cents."
"Please wait a moment, I will prepare it for you right now." Chen Ju stood up and left. After a while, he came back again and handed Zhan Chen ten elixirs, and Zhan Chen also handed over 200,000 middle-grade star stones.
handed it to him.
After leaving, Zhan Chen was still thinking: "Alchemist is really a costly profession. Although I earned one million mid-grade star stones, I spent two hundred thousand in one go. I feel like no amount of star stones is enough."
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Back in the dormitory, Zhan Chen immediately began to prepare for refining the Shenglong Breaking Star Pill. In order to improve his success rate, he repeatedly reviewed the techniques needed to refine the elixir before starting
Refining.
However, it failed the first time. The reason for the failure was that the powers of more than fifty kinds of elixirs were mixed together and conflicted with each other, resulting in an imbalance in the elixir condensation process.
After summing up his experience, Zhan Chen started the furnace again, but it still failed the second time. The reason for the failure was still because he did not master the balance between the powers of various elixirs.
The third time still failed, the fourth time still failed... until all ten elixirs were refined, he failed even once. The two hundred thousand middle-grade star stones were wasted, and Zhan Chen felt heavy.
At this time, it was time for Lin Shuwen to teach, and Zhan Chen went to Ziyan Garden for class again. Lin Shuwen looked at his gloomy look and knew what kind of trouble he was in, so he tried to ask: "Zhan Chen, I will give you
Have you started refining the recipe for the Shenglong Breaking Star Pill?"
Zhan Chen sighed and said, "It's not going well. I prepared ten elixirs, but they all failed."
"Haha, ten elixirs, it seems that you have invested a lot of money."
"Teacher, my funds are limited and I cannot afford such consumption."
"Zhan Chen, do you know? How many times did I fail to obtain this elixir?"
"Students don't know."
"You failed a hundred times! So what does your mere ten times mean?"
Zhan Chen came to his senses and said with shame: "Teacher, thank you for reminding me."
"The Shenglong Breaking Star Pill is the top-notch one-star pill. Its value is even higher than some low-level two-star pills. Anyway, work hard. I'm optimistic about you."
"It's master."
After returning from studying with Lin Shuwen, Zhan Chen went directly to Qianyao House, bought thirty copies of the elixir, returned to his dormitory, and continued to refine it.
The situation still didn't seem to be getting better, Zhan Chen's refining still failed again and again, but he himself felt strange that the original feeling of impatience had completely disappeared.
Now Zhan Chen's heart is as calm as water, and he is performing the alchemy technique taught to him by Lin Shuwen almost mechanically. His refining can be said to be flawless, but the various elixirs of Shenglong Breaking Star Pill are too difficult to balance.
, perhaps it is because Zhan Chen's cultivation is simply difficult to control and maintain the weak balance between these elixirs. Just an accidental factor can lead to the failure of an alchemy.
It can be said that Zhan Chen has done everything he needs to do. All he needs is a coincidence, a coincidence that all elixirs can maintain the balance, and this coincidence finally happened when he refined Shenglong for the thirty-first time.
The time has come to break the Star Pill.
The moment the alchemy was completed, Zhan Chen couldn't help but burst into tears. Ever since he became an alchemist, he had never suffered so many failures in a row, and this time it could be said to be unprecedented.
Looking at this charming elixir that shines like a golden bead in his hand, Zhan Chen couldn't help but sigh: "In order to refine you, I spent a total of thirty-one medicinal materials and more than 600,000 medium-grade star stones. This money is enough."
I bought some two-star elixirs, I hope you can help me break through to the seven-star quasi-star realm."
After collecting the elixirs, Zhan Chen hurried to Lin Shuwen, told him the good news of his success, and asked him for leave to practice in seclusion.
Lin Shuwen immediately agreed to his request and encouraged him to practice hard and break through the Seven Stars Realm as soon as possible.
So, Zhan Chen no longer had any worries. When he returned to the dormitory, he locked himself in the training room. Sitting in the middle of the training room, he took out the Shenglong Breaking Star Pill that he had refined and pondered for a long time.
After a while, he put the elixir into his mouth.
However, in just an instant, Zhan Chen's expression completely changed. It turned out that the Shenglong Breaking Star Pill turned into an extremely powerful medicinal power and filled his entire body at once.
The power of the medicine continued to pour out of the elixir, impacting the meridians throughout Zhan Chen's body, causing him to feel pain in his meridians.
At this time, the words Zhang Heng once said to him seemed to ring in his ears again. Although the power of Shenglong Breaking Star Pill was powerful, it would be a disaster if someone without enough strength and willpower took it. He fully understood that
arrive.
"Don't panic, hold on!" Zhan Chen kept encouraging himself in his heart, and at the same time began to run the Nebula Art, slowly absorbing the power of the medicine. In the process, his cultivation level also increased rapidly at an incredible speed.