Chapter 83: Detailed Explanation of the Dao of Alchemy by Qing Yuanzi

When Luo Chen arrived, Hearing Mi Shuhua smiled from the bottom of his heart.

When Luo Chen left, his smile was already somewhat forced.

In the Haoyue Hall, Sikong Shoujia and Luo Chen had already left, and only Mi Junping, who came later, was sitting in accompaniment.

"Father, does building an alchemy room require such a large investment?"

Mi Junping couldn't help but ask.

She was the Hall Master of the Merit Hall; besides managing personnel, the Merit Hall was also responsible for some accounting calculations.

Just now, the things Luo Chen proposed, roughly estimated, would require an investment of over a thousand spirit stones.

And this was just the construction of the alchemy room.

Their Mi family had also invested a Xuanyun Cauldron worth nine hundred spirit stones and a Purple Cloud Copper Furnace worth four hundred spirit stones.

Besides that, after the alchemy room was built and alchemy truly began.

The Poshan Gang would at least have to provide countless raw materials.

Even though Mi Junping handled thousands of spirit stones every day, spirit stones weren't spent like this!

Hearing Mi Shuhua sighed, revealing a touch of bitterness.

In front of his family, he wouldn't hide himself all the time.

"Ping'er, you don't understand. Our investment is nothing."

Mi Junping was surprised, "It's already quite a lot!"

Hearing Mi Shuhua shook his head, "Why do only large sects have alchemists? Even family alchemists are often Jin Dan families, or old-fashioned Foundation Establishment families that have the qualifications to possess them."

"This kind of investment that outsiders don't know about is also one of the reasons!"

"Our Mi family is just a newly risen Foundation Establishment family and cannot support a true alchemist at all. Establishing the Alchemy Hall now is actually borrowing the strength of the Poshan Gang."

Mi Junping knew the situation in her own family very well.

Thinking about having to support a cultivator refining pills for decades or even a century, she also felt it was a bit terrifying.

This was fundamentally not something a newly risen Foundation Establishment family could do.

"Luo Chen's request is just a small fuss."

"Those second-tier alchemists are even more noble; their alchemy utensils are at least high-grade magic artifacts. They don't bother using ordinary fire; if they want to use fire, they use earth fire. Do you know how much it costs to build an alchemy room containing an earth fire spring?"

Mi Junping asked in a low voice, "How much?"

"From possessing an earth fire spring to channeling the earth fire out, constructing arrays, isolating the inside from the outside, and building the alchemy room. Mount Ailao cultivators once quoted a price of eight thousand spirit stones!"

"Hiss, why don't they just go rob someone!" Mi Junping gasped.

Hearing Mi Shuhua sighed, "This is just the labor fee without including the building materials; the building materials also have to be purchased from the Immortal Construction Residence of Mount Ailao, and they have to make a profit too."

"So, Luo Chen's requests seem like a lot, but it's only one or two thousand spirit stones; I can afford it, and the Poshan Gang can afford it."

Mi Junping asked, "Can we earn it back later?"

"We can definitely earn it back, but to earn more, it depends on whether that kid can refine the pill formula I gave him."

Hearing Mi Shuhua said indifferently, his words filled with anticipation, yet also hesitation.

"Elder Sikong, I'll trouble you with the Alchemy Hall's affairs."

"Easy to say, the Gang Leader has said to support you with all your strength, so I definitely can't drag my feet."

"Then, see you tomorrow?"

"See you tomorrow!"

At the crossroads of the inner city, watching Sikong Shoujia leave in a hurry, Luo Chen smiled slightly.

Then, he couldn't wait to rush home.

Before long, he returned to the courtyard.

Closing the door, he didn't even need to turn on the lights.

The new inverted room had added two glazed skylights, and the light was much better than before.

Luo Chen sat at the desk and took out a pile of things from his storage bag.

Two bottles of Nourishing Qi Pills; this was his fixed salary for the month, which he had just received.

It just so happened that the five bottles he had bought with his own savings were almost finished, and now they were just in time to take over.

Besides the Nourishing Qi Pills, there was a yellowed book and two bamboo scrolls.

First, he cast the Spirit Eye Technique to carefully check them, ensuring there were no hidden tricks.

Only then did Luo Chen confidently pick up the book.

"Detailed Explanation of the Dao of Alchemy by Qing Yuanzi"

This was the book related to the Dao of Alchemy that Hearing Mi Shuhua had promised earlier.

The paper was yellowed, and there were even many annotations on it.

One could imagine that Luo Chen was not the first person to flip through this book besides the author himself.

Those people in the Mi family should have also read it many times.

"The Dao of Alchemy is profound and broad, ranking first among the hundred arts of cultivation. Although it does not have the external power of arts like artifacts, talismans, arrays, and puppets, it can help our generation of cultivators reach the Great Dao."

"I am not talented, my realm is only at the late stage of Foundation Establishment, yet I am listed as a third-tier alchemist, which can be considered a master of a generation."

"This book is a casual writing of mine during my spare time from alchemy, recording everything from alchemy entry to..."

Just reading the beginning, Luo Chen could feel the pride of the alchemist named "Qing Yuanzi" between the lines.

He indeed had the qualifications to be proud.

At the Foundation Establishment realm, he refined third-tier pills.

And this book was written in great detail.

It almost covered all kinds of techniques for alchemy entry, and some professional terms made even Luo Chen's head ache.

"The book is a good book, but it's not something I can finish learning in a short time; I can read it more often in my spare time."

Carefully putting away the "Detailed Explanation of the Dao of Alchemy by Qing Yuanzi," Luo Chen's gaze fell on the two bamboo scrolls.

One scroll was complete, while the other had traces of being burned by fire.

Hearing Mi Shuhua actually gave him two pill formulas, but one was incomplete, so the other party didn't have any expectations for Luo Chen at all.

What Hearing Mi Shuhua truly cared about was the complete pill formula.

"Jade Dew Pill!"

Luo Chen read the pill formula very seriously, from the main ingredients to the proportions, and then to the effects and taboos.

After reading it, time had passed unconsciously until night.

He rubbed his swollen brows, feeling incomparable emotion.

"No wonder Hearing Mi Shuhua went to such great lengths to trick me into joining, and even spared no cost to establish the Alchemy Hall."

"If I can really refine this Jade Dew Pill, the Poshan Gang will make a fortune!"

"No, that's not right, it's Hearing Mi Shuhua who will make a fortune."

Luo Chen had secretly asked Qin Liangchen how the profits created by the Alchemy Hall were divided among others after Luo Chen's share was deducted.

Although there was no specific ratio, Gang Leader Hearing Mi Shuhua definitely took the biggest share.

Other halls, except for the Hall Masters and high-level ninth-level Qi Refining cultivators, could hardly get any spirit stones.

In other words, most of the Alchemy Hall's profits would fall into Hearing Mi Shuhua's pocket.

And this Jade Dew Pill was an existence that could create huge profits.

"It's actually a mainstream cultivation pill!"

Just this one label could explain the value of the Jade Dew Pill.

According to the effect description on the pill formula, after taking the Jade Dew Pill, it could increase a cultivator's spirit power.

A very common effect, right?

However, the more common it is, the more mainstream it is.

But this kind of mainstream pill, whether it was the pill formula or the channels, was controlled by large sects.

Ordinary forces simply didn't have similar pills for sale. Even if they did, there would definitely be sect forces involved.

"However, this pill also has many shortcomings!"

Luo Chen recalled the effect and taboo description on the pill formula again, feeling a bit regretful.

Although the Jade Dew Pill is also a mainstream pill, it doesn't contain much spirit power, only one-tenth of a Nourishing Qi Pill.

Not only that, taking too much will also produce drug resistance.

Drug resistance is still fine; most pills have this shortcoming.

The biggest shortcoming of the Jade Dew Pill lies in the fact that taking an excessive amount will cause the Dantian to jade!

This is something absolutely unacceptable for a cultivator.

The Dantian is the biggest weakness of low-level cultivators.

Once damaged, it is light to cut off the Dao path, and heavy to cause spirit power riots and death.

Jade is not a good word either.

Once it jades, it will be very difficult for a cultivator to break through realms.

The professional term used in alchemy is "pill barrier," an obstacle caused by taking pills.

Many obscure pills are prone to causing pill barriers.

Only pills like Nourishing Qi Pills, Dust-Transforming Pills, and Jade Dew Pills, which have been studied thousands of times, have had their pill barrier problems solved.

Eating too much at most means it has no effect.

"Although there are many shortcomings, it is still a miraculous medicine for low-level cultivators!"

Luo Chen walked step by step from the first level to the second level of Qi Refining, and he suffered deeply from the bitterness of pills!

The Nourishing Qi Pills sold by the Spirit Medicine Pavilion are never sold in small quantities, at least one bottle at a time.

And one bottle is one hundred spirit stones!

One hundred spirit stones, Foundation Establishment cultivators don't even look at them, late-stage Qi Refining cultivators can easily take them out, and mid-stage cultivators can buy a bottle from time to time by gritting their teeth.

But for early-stage cultivators, this is a huge sum of money!

Even if they go bankrupt, they might not be able to afford a bottle.

The Jade Dew Pill is different.

From the main ingredients to the effects to the shortcomings, its selling price is destined not to be high.

In other words, low-level cultivators can afford it!

"Poor people are poor, but that doesn't mean they don't have spirit stones."

"If I had known about this kind of pill back then, I could have gritted my teeth and bought some every year."

"If this pill is refined, it is specifically for scraping spirit stones from the hands of the poor!"

Luo Chen put down the bamboo scroll, no longer having any doubts.

As for Hearing Mi Shuhua's worry about whether it can be refined?

Just kidding, he is a man with a system!

Of course, it definitely can't be refined easily.

Luo Chen had his own plans in mind, and then his gaze fell on the bamboo scroll that had been burned.

"Deep Nether Pill?" ===== CHAPTER 84 =====