Chapter 41: No One Understands Elixir Refining Better Than Me

Li Changkong reminded, "Young friend, there's no rush to refine elixirs—why not bring the elixir furnace over first?"

"No need," Zhang Taixuan said calmly. "These are just ordinary elixirs; there's no need for an elixir furnace at all."

With magic power circulating, through the magic power furnace, everyone saw the spirit herbs inside dissolve into medicinal liquid, and they stopped urging him.

Immediately afterward, the medicinal liquid within the furnace was refined and condensed, then forged into elixirs by magic power fire.

Dispersing his magic power, ten elixirs, still warm, appeared in his hands.

"Sect Master, Elders, Executives, please look!"

The three men's faces showed shock; one picked up an elixir, examined it closely, then swallowed it.

Moments passed.

"Excellent!" The Sect Master's eyes blazed with light. "This elixir is identical to the previous ones—I believe now that you truly refined them."

Elder Wang also sighed, "The waves behind push forward; your elixir-refining skill far surpasses mine. Sect Master, I propose we appoint this young friend to lead the elixir branch—letting us old folks refine elixirs is just wasteful."

With the same amount of materials, others produced more elixirs, and their efficacy was ten times stronger.

Hadn't they been wasting vast quantities of spirit herbs all these years?

Thinking of this, he felt a pang of heartache.

The Sect Master smiled, "Very well. Zhang Taixuan, are you willing to take on this responsibility?"

"Sect Master, how many elixirs am I expected to refine each year?" Zhang Taixuan asked.

The Sect Master turned to Elder Wang and asked, "Elder Wang, our sect opens its Shanmen once every ten years—what is the total elixir requirement?"

Elder Wang pondered, "Each decade we accept one hundred disciples; our elixir needs are modest. For low-grade elixirs like Hundred Herb Jin Dan, five to six hundred per year suffice. For high-grade elixirs, a thousand per year is enough. Altogether, that comes to twelve thousand elixirs annually."

"Actually, young friend, you needn't worry about failing to meet the quota. If you can't finish, don't we other old folks still exist? We can always exchange our lower-quality elixirs for disciples with inferior aptitude!"

The reason high-grade elixirs are in greater demand is because Shenxu Cave Heaven is one of Yan State's six Cave Heavens, established over a thousand years ago, and the sect contains far more high-grade cultivators than new disciples.

"Twelve thousand a year?" Zhang Taixuan smiled inwardly. With the Qiankun Ding, I could refine them all in half a day. "I'll put in just a little effort—no problem."

The Sect Master beamed. "Good! Then this task is yours."

He turned to Elder Wang. "Elder Wang, you've long been at the peak of your Dao Palace—now is the time to focus on cultivation. I'll give you the first batch of Zi Yang Dan refined by Zhang Elder. Seventy-odd Zi Yang Dan should be enough to push you into the Four Poles Realm."

"Thank you, Sect Master!" Elder Wang beamed.

He bowed to Zhang Taixuan. "Thank you as well, Zhang Elder—otherwise, when would I ever break through?"

Seeing Elder Wang's expression, Zhang Taixuan suddenly understood—no wonder he'd been handed control of the elixir branch so easily; Elder Wang had clearly had enough.

For cultivators, strength is the most important thing.

Power is merely an appendage of strength.

"Elder, you're too kind!"

After some light chatter, the Sect Master and Elder Wang, along with Li Zhishi, departed.

Of course, before leaving, the Sect Master had already upgraded Zhang Taixuan's permissions.

Now, the entire sect's Scripture Library was open to him.

"All open at once? No challenge left."

After a modest boast, Zhang Taixuan happily exchanged for all the cultivation techniques.

Returning to his quarters, he saw someone standing far off—it was Li Zhishi.

"Elder Zhang has returned!" Li Zhishi beamed. "Here is your identity token—this allows you to summon sect spirit herbs at any time."

Beyond this, being promoted to Elder brought many other benefits.

You could request the sect to build you a new cave dwelling, and recruit several disciples to serve you…

In short, he had instantly entered the privileged class.

After explaining everything, Li Zhishi finally left.

"First, I'll refine a regular furnace. The Qiankun Ding is excellent, but it's too conspicuous—I'll stick with an ordinary one." Zhang Taixuan calmed his thoughts and returned to his meditation chamber.

Chat group.

Huang Rong: "Shaolin is so poor—I crushed Shaolin and only got six hundred points."

Su Xiao: "Are Shaolin's martial arts that valuable?"

Yue Buqun: "The Nine Yin Scripture is only five points. Six hundred points? Doesn't that mean Shaolin had over a hundred Nine Yin-level martial arts?"

Having been in the chat group for days, Yue Buqun now understood the true value of the Nine Yin Scripture.

Huang Rong: "You misunderstand. All of Shaolin's martial arts combined only sold for a hundred points—the rest were from selling gold and silver."

Yue Buqun: "【Envious】 Shaolin is so rich—tens of thousands of taels of gold!"

Lin Jius hu: "Monks are truly wealthy."

Huang Rong: "That's nothing. Most of Shaolin's wealth is in copper coins and copper Buddhas—unfortunately, the chat group doesn't accept them."

Zhang Taixuan: "Don't accept them? Sell them to me!"

Huang Rong: "Huh? Brother Zhang is online?"

Zhang Taixuan: "Yes. I've been cultivating for a while and just became an Elder—finally have some free time."

Su Xiao: "Elder?! 【Scared】 How long have you been cultivating?"

Zhang Taixuan: "Who else but me has such superb elixir-refining skills? Now, call me Elder Zhang!"

Su Xiao: "Hello, Elder Zhang!"

Ying Zheng: "Hello, Elder Zhang!"

Yue Buqun: "+1"

Lin Fengjiao: "+1"

Huang Rong: "+1"

Huang Rong: "【Red Packet】 Brother Zhang, if you need it, why mention money? Everything I have is yours. By the way, Brother Zhang, what do you want with all that junk copper?"

Zhang Taixuan: "I plan to forge a pill furnace; after all, the Qiankun Ding is too conspicuous."

Su Xiao: "That's true. The xianxia world is too brutal—once the Qiankun Ding appears, it'll surely spark another bloodbath."

Zhang Taixuan: "True. By the way, has anything major happened in the group lately?"

Su Xiao: "【Speechless】Isn't that a good thing? Do we need to encounter time-travelers, master god spaces, and system holders every single day?"

Zhang Taixuan: "True enough. Even if we did, we couldn't fight them—everyone in our group is weaklings!"

Lin Fengjiao: "We're weak?"

Huang Rong: "I feel like I'm pretty strong!"

Ying Zheng: "I also think my strength is decent."

Yue Buqun: "I am invincible under heaven."

Su Xiao: "Invincible under heaven? You shouldn't say that."

Zhang Taixuan: "Haha… Wang Chongyang, invincible under heaven!"