Chapter 340: 340. Chapter 340 Calming Pill Great Completion

340. Chapter 340 Calming Pill Great Completion

In the blink of an eye, several more days passed.

Without outside disturbances, Jiang Cheng devoted himself entirely to alchemy.

Actually, everything was not as he had imagined.

Besides Bing Li's unwillingness, Tian Lan, who lost an arm in that failed mission, also, after healing his injuries, approached Jin Xinpeng to propose another assassination of Jiang Cheng.

He had memorized Jiang Cheng's aura; even if the latter changed his appearance, he could not escape his perception, unless the latter could alter his aura.

He wanted to apply for a top-level talisman to blast the other's treasure and then kill him, but Jin Xinpeng refused and warned him not to act privately; he felt resentful yet helpless.

That day.

Jiang Cheng called and notified Gu Zhangkong and Yang Chun.

His alchemy technique had reached great completion, and at the same time, the medicinal ingredients were almost exhausted.

Although Gu Zhangkong had said several days prior that if the ingredients ran out, he should just tell Yang Chun and need not call him.

But he still needed to inform them; Gu Zhangkong and Yang Chun, though they might not say it aloud, were surely curious about how far his alchemy level had progressed.

So he should still follow the procedure; moreover, he had another matter he wished to discuss with Gu Zhangkong using this opportunity.

Not long after receiving the call, the two arrived at Jiang Cheng's alchemy room.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Jiang Cheng took out two portions of medicinal ingredients and placed them into the cauldron.

Gu Zhangkong and Yang Chun stood aside, feeling somewhat nervous inside.

They still had confidence in Jiang Cheng's ability; his performance with the Spirit Nourishing Pill was the best proof.

However, the Calming Pill is ultimately a second-grade elixir.

No one here has yet raised the Calming Pill to great completion; even reaching mastery is only achieved by two people—they are the only sixth-rank alchemical masters in the black market.

As for fifth and fourth ranks, there's no need to mention them.

Time passed.

Two hours passed.

A strange sound came from the cauldron.

"Done."

Jiang Cheng withdrew his spiritual power focused on the cauldron, smiling as he spoke to the two below.

Gu Zhangkong and Yang Chun then suddenly snapped to, exchanging a glance.

In the cauldron, there were ten pills total; five turned out to be high-grade elixirs, and the remaining five were of medium quality.

Without a doubt, Jiang Cheng's alchemy proficiency has already reached the level of great completion.

"Jiang Lao Di, you're truly a genius."

Yang Chun was both surprised and delighted, unable to refrain from expressing his admiration.

This batch of pills is worth up to 250,000 on the market.

The cost is only the two portions of ingredients, 100,000.

Actually, the true cost of one portion of ingredients is around 40,000.

Jiang Cheng now earns a profit of up to 170,000 per batch; calculating six batches a day yields nearly one million.

In a month, that's thirty million in profit, enough to match two or three fifth- or sixth-rank alchemical masters; if they used three portions of ingredients, they'd likely produce even more high-grade elixirs and earn even more!

Gu Zhangkong also nodded repeatedly.

But what he schemed was not limited to this.

"Jiang Lao Di, if you now use ten portions of ingredients to refine a batch, what would the quality be?"

"We'll know if we try." Jiang Cheng laughed.

"Then let's try." Gu Zhangkong nodded.

"Good."

Jiang Cheng cleaned the cauldron and put in ten portions of ingredients.

This time it took much less time—about an hour and a half—and the pills were ready.

All ten finished pills were top-grade Calming Pills; Yang Chun's eyes widened.

Ten! Ten top-grade Calming Pills! Gu Zhangkong's heart was also greatly shocked.

The cost of ten portions of ingredients is only 500,000.

Ten top-grade Calming Pills? Their market price is one million!

This batch alone nets a profit of 500,000! Calculating five batches a day gives a daily profit of 2.5 million, and a monthly profit of 75 million!

Don't forget, Jiang Cheng can also use this opportunity to continuously accumulate experience and sprint toward the Perfect Realm.

If he truly succeeds, the profit will only become even more astonishing!

"Jiang Brother, no matter how much ingredients you need, I can supply them; Lao Yang, even if others' ingredients fall short, it's fine—we must prioritize ensuring Jiang Brother's side is supplied."

He turned and spoke solemnly to Yang Chun.

"Director, rest assured, I will definitely prioritize supplying Jiang Lao Di's side with ingredients."

Yang Chun hurriedly said.

"If possible, he would rather hand over all the Calming Pill ingredients to Jiang Cheng for refinement, because only in his hands can profit be maximized."

Jiang Cheng's gaze, however, fell on the panel before him.

The experience bar rose by a little over 0.3%.

It was not far from what he had imagined.

Refining roughly three hundred batches of top-grade Calming Pills would allow this alchemy technique to reach perfection.

"Jiang Brother."

Gu Zhangkong's voice resonated in the Lian Dan Shi.

Jiang Cheng lifted his head, his gaze turning toward him.

"Brother Jiang, from now on you only need to focus on refining alchemy; you don't have to worry about the medicinal materials. Of course, there's one thing I must explain in advance: you, Brother Jiang, still owe us over a hundred million, including some medicinal materials and the top‑grade Awakening Pill you advanced. So, if you want to reap the profits from refining alchemy, you must first repay that money."

Gu Zhangkong wore a smile, and his tone was very courteous.

Hearing this, Jiang Cheng smiled faintly, "Of course, but Gu Dage, can we discuss another matter?"

Upon hearing that, Gu Zhangkong and Yang Chun exchanged a glance.

Without needing to guess, they already knew what Jiang Cheng meant by "discuss".

"You want to continue advancing pills, right?"

Gu Zhangkong laughed.

"Yes."

Jiang Cheng laughed and nodded.

"The fifty million pills we borrowed last time have been mostly used, but we are still far from reaching Level 3 Spirit Mind Practitioner. Refining Second Grade An Shen Pill consumes even more Spiritual Power, especially when medicinal materials are scarce. Therefore, I wish to, Gu Dage, advance another hundred million pills, to break through to Level 3 as soon as possible."

Hearing this, even Gu Zhangkong inhaled a cold breath.

Even though he is a young master of the Gu Family, when he first broke through to Level 3, he did not have abundant Cultivation Resources; he had to raise his Spiritual Power through years of effort.

As a result, Jiang Cheng……

Yang Chun, standing beside him, didn't know what to say, so he simply looked aside, acting as if it had nothing to do with him.

After all, he truly could not make the decision.

The atmosphere in the room quieted.

Jiang Cheng still wore a smile.

Still that saying: whether there are jujubes or not, strike two rods before speaking again.

If there are, profit is made.

If not, it's still not a loss.

After a moment, Gu Zhangkong finally opened his mouth.

"Advancing another hundred million pills for you isn't impossible, but unlike last time, this time I have a small request." (End of chapter)