Chapter 91

After waking up and cultivating this morning, Luo Chen thought of a problem.

Or rather, it wasn't a problem, but something he had considered long ago.

That is, does all the elixir refining in the Elixir Hall have to be done by him personally in the future?

If he really did that, wouldn't he be exhausted to death!

His previous solution was to hand over some things to others to do.

For example, things like watching the fire.

So when he opened the furnace to refine elixirs yesterday, he operated it like that.

But the actual situation was a bit unbearable.

Even though that group of cultivators had been urgently trained by him, they still couldn't perform the work well.

This forced Luo Chen to run frantically between the three elixir rooms and help out from time to time.

Grain Bigu Pills are just unranked medicine, but Zhongmiao Pills are first-tier elixirs, which have higher requirements for various details!

In order to prevent himself from being exhausted, Luo Chen thought carefully in the morning and planned to make some changes.

That is to subdivide the job types!

"Division of labor?"

Hearing this, the team of thirty people was a bit chaotic.

They didn't understand what this meant. Shouldn't elixir refining be done in one go? Can you divide the work to refine elixirs?

Luo Chen glanced at them; the one who spoke was a man named Luo Erduo, who seemed to be older than himself.

A clansman!

Unfortunately, he was not very friendly to himself.

Behind the other party was the Downhill Tiger Luo Wudi.

During the Haoyue Hall meeting, it was very clear that Luo Wudi was on Uncle Mi's side.

Now that Uncle Mi supports him, it doesn't mean that Uncle Mi's vassals also support him.

His face was cold, "Yes, there must be a division of labor. I know that some of you are here to learn elixir refining. Do you know what processes a legitimate alchemist in a sect has to go through?"

At this question, everyone was in the dark.

Just as Luo Chen was preparing to bluff, a soft voice came out.

"Recognizing medicine, mastering fire, reading hundreds of classics, studying elixir formulas, mastering techniques, and then slowly starting from low-grade elixirs until you can refine medium-grade or higher, only then can you get involved in other elixirs."

Luo Chen frowned slightly and looked over, only to find that the owner of the voice had a pale face, but her expression remained calm under his gaze.

It's Mi Li!

Mi Junping's daughter, Uncle Mi's granddaughter.

Forget it, this person can't be provoked, can't be provoked!

He didn't know what her status in the family was.

But since she was sent to the Elixir Hall, the face that should be given must still be given.

He cleared his throat, "Yes, Miss Mi is absolutely correct."

With his hands behind his back, Luo Chen paced in front of the crowd.

"Large sects have to do this, let alone you group of people who have no elixir refining experience."

"Therefore, dividing labor and cooperating to refine elixirs, focusing on one thing, is what you need most and can only do at present."

After such a statement, no one raised any objections.

After all, Luo Chen is the master of the Elixir Hall!

Luo Chen didn't say a word and directly divided the thirty people into teams of five, for a total of six teams.

One team is responsible for processing several types of auxiliary materials, one team is responsible for processing other auxiliary materials, and two more teams are responsible for processing one type of main material each.

The remaining two teams are all responsible for familiarizing themselves with fire control; when the time comes, those ten people will rotate shifts in the three elixir rooms.

Perhaps consider finding a time to appoint a head of the fire-working squad?

"You must familiarize yourselves with the raw materials for Grain Bigu Pills and Zhongmiao Pills as soon as possible. Then, follow the methods I gave you to perform special processing."

"In addition, I don't want you to rashly understand the situation of other teams before you are familiar with the field you are responsible for; that will slow down your progress."

"Perhaps you might think I am preventing you from going further, but if you really do that, don't blame me for not warning you."

After speaking, he waved to the outside.

Gu Caiyi brought a group of people and sent all the various medicinal herbs he wanted.

"This is the most common ginseng, artificially planted, ten years old. It contains very little spiritual power, but it is an important auxiliary material for many low-grade elixirs."

"Therefore, there are many ways to process it. I will teach you two first; you guys, follow me into the pharmacy!"

Five people followed Luo Chen into the room excitedly.

The rest of the people stood outside, whispering to each other for a while.

In the crowd, Mi Li's willow-leaf eyebrows frowned slightly, and her pale little face carried a bit of confusion.

The legitimate process is indeed what the Hall Master said.

However, is it necessary to divide it so finely?

Is it necessary?

Luo Chen said, of course it is necessary!

If I don't divide it so finely, you all learn it once, and you will have learned almost all the pre-steps of elixir refining.

If you also get the medicinal herb ratio for each furnace of elixirs and learn the corresponding elixir refining techniques.

In this way, after failing a few dozen or a hundred times, you might just succeed.

By then, what do you need me, the number one alchemist of the Poshan Gang, for?

Luo Chen is artificially creating knowledge barriers.

Even if someone deliberately gathers these people together in the future and gathers various knowledge together, it will inevitably take some effort.

Even if they figure it out, Luo Chen also plans to do some tricks in the subsequent elixir refining details.

In short, he doesn't want to teach the apprentice and starve the master.

It took Luo Chen five days to teach these people to learn the corresponding skills separately.

It doesn't sound like much, but some people are already anxious.

Uncle Mi specifically asked Sikong Shoujia to ask him when he would start refining Zhongmiao Pills.

After all, with so many cultivators consuming resources in the Elixir Hall, the gang also has to pay spirit stones!

After deeply understanding the situation of the Poshan Gang, Luo Chen knew that the logistics hall, unlike the combat hall, mostly pays fixed wages, and usually there is no such thing as a bonus.

The combat hall is different; income depends entirely on the harvest.

When there are heavy casualties or huge harvests, there are often high rewards.

So most of the capable cultivators are in the three combat halls and Wang Yuan's Jiao Hall.

Regarding Sikong Shoujia's probing, Luo Chen only said, "No rush, no rush!"

Of course he is not in a rush; after cultivating this group of people's skills to proficiency, his subsequent elixir refining work will become easier and easier.

Five days later.

Uncle Mi came to the Elixir Hall in person.

Luo Chen didn't delay any longer and immediately ordered his subordinates to start refining elixirs.

The three elixir rooms emitted heat again, and the Danxian Lou was operating again.

Watching Luo Chen walk between the three elixir rooms, directing the cultivators while adding medicinal herbs, the anxiety in Uncle Mi's heart finally relaxed a bit.

"Grandfather."

"Hmm."

Uncle Mi didn't turn his head and asked faintly, "Have you learned anything under Hall Master Luo Chen these past few days?"

Mi Li said softly, "His processing techniques for the medicinal herbs of the two types of elixirs are extremely proficient, far superior to the alchemists the family found before."

Uncle Mi shook his head, "Those alchemists could only refine low-grade elixirs, naturally not as good as Luo Chen."

Mi Li thought for a while, "The Hall Master's control of the heat is also very experienced."

"That's not what I'm asking!"

"He didn't say anything else, and he didn't allow us medicine apprentices to watch."

"Medicine apprentices?" Uncle Mi was a bit curious about this title.

Mi Li immediately replied, "Currently, inside the Elixir Hall, it is divided into two job types: medicine apprentices and fire workers. The specific work can be known by the name."

After hearing this, Uncle Mi's brows couldn't help but wrinkle.

After thinking for a while, he raised his eyebrows.

"You go in and watch!"

Mi Li raised her head, a bit hesitant.

But under Uncle Mi's firm gaze, she finally stepped into the elixir room where Luo Chen was busy.

In the elixir room.

Luo Chen noticed the person who came in at the first moment.

He looked over directly, his gaze cold, without saying a word.

The woman froze in place.

The fire worker watching the fire also held his breath.

For a time, there was no movement in the elixir room except for the crackling of the burning green steel wood and the bubbling sound in the elixir furnace.

Outside the elixir room, Uncle Mi naturally watched here at all times.

He first raised his eyebrows, then frowned, and finally took a deep breath.

A sound transmission was sent in.

"Little Mi Li is the person with the most elixir refining talent in my family; you should let her watch for a while."

"This is how I make a living!"

"She..."

"No, unless... add one bottle of Qi-Nurturing Pills every month!"

Can you learn techniques by watching someone refine elixirs?

The answer to this question depends on the person.

Those with outstanding talent might be able to draw inferences from one instance, or even have some realization, from just a small technique or a single output of spiritual power.

But for the vast majority of people who have no talent for the elixir path, even if they watch ten or a hundred times, it is difficult to understand anything.

Especially those whose foundation in the elixir path is not solid enough.

Luo Chen's current proficiency in refining Zhongmiao Pills has already reached the Perfect level, and the elixirs he refines are at least medium-grade.

In other words, his attainments in refining Zhongmiao Pills can already be considered to have just entered the master level.

His techniques are already completely different from the beginner stage.

Mi Li is now concentrating on observing his techniques; even if she can learn something, it is for refining medium-grade Zhongmiao Pills.

Then the question arises, can she directly refine medium-grade elixirs after learning these things?

The answer is no.

Because she still has to start from low-grade Zhongmiao Pills.

And the various techniques for refining low-grade Zhongmiao Pills had already been simplified by Luo Chen as his proficiency level kept increasing.

Lacking those relatively basic techniques, Mi Li will never be able to refine medium-grade or even low-grade Zhongmiao Pills in her life.

It is precisely because of this that Luo Chen actually doesn't worry about his livelihood being stolen.

But with this reputation, he certainly wouldn't let it go.

One bottle of Qi-Nurturing Pills a month; he sheared this wool again!

After all, it is a ranked elixir, and the refining time for Zhongmiao Pills far exceeds that of Grain Bigu Powder.

It took a whole morning for the refining work in the three elixir rooms to end.

Under Uncle Mi's gaze, Luo Chen dismissed everyone and began his personal elixir collection work.

In the elixir room, Luo Chen looked solemn, cast the Attraction Technique, and opened the furnace lid.

Low-grade purple cloud copper furnace, ten pills formed, seven medium-grade, three low-grade.

Luo Chen was very satisfied; this was the result of his deliberate control.

If he did it himself, it would be normal for all of them to be medium-grade.

"Although I dismissed the others, I'm afraid Uncle Mi's spiritual sense is secretly watching here."

"But I don't need to deliberately perform."

"Just do what I do!"

After going out, he opened the copper furnace in another elixir room.

A burnt smell instantly spread out.

Luo Chen shook his head, feeling no annoyance.

Even if the proficiency level has been promoted to the Perfect level, it cannot guarantee 100% success.

Nowadays, his success rate is about 40%.

This is already very high.

According to the experience of Grain Bigu Powder, the success rate of each stage is roughly fixed.

Beginner 10%, Proficient 20%, Skilled 30%, Perfect level is around 40%.

Once at the master level, it can stabilize at around a 50% success rate.

As for a 100% success rate?

Luo Chen basically never thought about it; there has always been a saying among alchemists that the higher the grade of the elixir, the lower the success rate.

Even that legendary Elixir Saint of the Central Plains could easily refine superior-grade and top-grade low-tier elixirs. But when it comes to third-tier and fourth-tier elixirs, he occasionally misses.

In Luo Chen's view, as long as the success rate is over half, with the high profit of elixirs, the returns will be extremely terrifying!

Uncle Mi outside frowned subconsciously when he noticed that one furnace had failed.

That meant the raw materials for five spirit stones had gone down the drain.

However, after Luo Chen opened the lid of the medium-grade elixir cauldron and the fragrance overflowed, his brows completely relaxed.

Carrying a large wooden tray, Luo Chen walked out of the elixir room.

"The luck was good this time, thirty pills formed, most of them are medium-grade, a few are low-grade."

"I didn't fail the trust!"

He handed the wooden tray to Mi Li on the side, clapped his hands, and looked indifferent.

The woman who was always pale actually had a flush on her face at this moment.

It was excitement!

Three elixir rooms, four portions of raw materials, three portions succeeded!

The pill formation rate guaranteed more than half of medium-grade.

What does this represent?

It represents that Luo Chen is already a genuine first-tier alchemist, and also a leader among them, worthy of being called an elite!

If Luo Chen can guarantee that every pill is medium-grade, and then produce one or two superior-grade ones, he can be called an elixir master for this elixir!

Of course, there has never been such a detailed division in the cultivation world.

A so-called elixir master is at least someone who can refine third-tier elixirs.

No one will use achievements in a certain elixir to measure their level.

Seeing his granddaughter's excitement, Uncle Mi knew that Luo Chen's elixir refining technology had already convinced her.

And for himself, he was calculating the profit inside.

How many spirit stones can thirty Zhongmiao Pills sell for!

"Luo Chen, you did a great job!"

Luo Chen curled his lips and waved his hand, "Today is a good start, but it doesn't mean that every time in the future will be so lucky."

"Hehe, I trust you the most."

"By the way, my manpower is still not enough; you send me a few more mid-stage cultivators," Luo Chen said.

"Still not enough?" Uncle Mi was surprised.

Luo Chen pointed to the pills on the tray, "After the pills are formed, there is a period of medicinal property precipitation. That period is quite important; maybe the medicinal power of the elixirs will be lost due to the external environment. We need a group of people to watch over them at all times."

Mi Li also echoed on the side, "That's right, Grandfather. Similar details are mentioned in the Qingyuan Elixir Solution."

Uncle Mi suddenly realized, "I remember now, many elixirs are not stored well, and as time passes, they will even drop in grade."

After explaining it this way, Uncle Mi was not stingy.

He immediately ordered Gu Caiyi to go to the Medicine Hall and transfer a few more cultivators over.

"Alright, disperse!"

Luo Chen yawned, "I've been busy all morning, I'm going to take a nap. Send lunch to my door later."

Seeing his lazy appearance, Uncle Mi couldn't help but say, "Not going to continue refining?"

Luo Chen stared back at him, "Gang Master, I am a human, not a puppet. I will get tired. I don't even have spiritual sense now; you have to watch three elixir rooms at the same time, do you think I can hold on?"

"Besides, if I don't rest, don't they need to rest?"

Following Luo Chen's finger, Uncle Mi noticed that the group of cultivators responsible for watching the fire also had signs of fatigue on their faces at this moment.

Even a few older female cultivators had flushed faces and hot sweat flowing out.

"Besides, the elixir furnace can't hold on either!" Luo Chen curled his lips, "Two low-grade magic tools and one medium-grade elixir cauldron cannot support constant elixir refining. Unless you get me a magic treasure elixir furnace or a top-grade elixir furnace."

Uncle Mi smiled bitterly, "Then you guys go and rest!"

What a joke, a magic treasure elixir furnace?

He didn't even have his own natal magic treasure yet.

Among the few top-grade magic tools he was most handy with, one was a Purple River Dao robe, which was destroyed by Qin Liangchen on the Dao Discussion Platform.

When he came out to get lunch, Luo Chen knew that Uncle Mi had already left Xieyue Valley.

It's good that he left; with him here, everything he did was tied up.

Luo Chen glanced at the lunch and couldn't help but grin.

"Hey, the food is good, it's all spiritual rice and spiritual vegetables, and this meat is all first-tier monster meat."

The treatment provided to him by the Poshan Gang is absolutely top-notch!

Even better than the other Hall Masters.

After all, Luo Chen will be the cash cow of the Poshan Gang in the future, so he must be well-served.

Pouring all the food into a large bowl, a bowl of rice with toppings was made!

Luo Chen took the green gourd from his storage bag and hung it on his waist.

Then, while eating, he wandered around the Elixir Hall to see what was missing in his one-third of an acre of land.

After looking for a while, he had a count in his heart, and then, while shoveling rice, he walked out of the Elixir Hall leisurely.

Along the gravel road paved with slag in the past, he slowly came to Xieyue Valley.

Several huge stone houses were built one after another under the valley wall.

These are the office locations of the Medicine Hall.

At noon, there were relatively fewer people, but you could still see some cultivators busy turning over medicinal herbs to let them get enough drying.

When he found Murong Qinglian, the other party was writing and drawing something.

"Sister-in-law, busy?"

Murong Qinglian looked up at him, her anger rising.

"You still have the nerve to come over."

"What's wrong?" Luo Chen stopped his chopsticks, looking puzzled.

Murong Qinglian said helplessly, "Look, in the past few days, your Elixir Hall has picked away so many people from the Medicine Hall. Now we don't have enough manpower."

Is there such a thing?

Luo Chen didn't expect it.

However, looking at Murong Qinglian's appearance, she wasn't really angry with him.

"I'm busy selecting suitable cultivators from the outer gang members; these are their backgrounds, and I have to choose relatively clean ones."

Murong Qinglian pointed to the pile of bamboo slips and books on the table.

Understood, it's just a resume!

"Although the Medicine Hall's affairs are trivial, they are safe. So, there are still many cultivators in the gang who want to come here to work."

Murong Qinglian explained.

As she spoke, she inadvertently glanced at Luo Chen's large bowl of "rice with toppings."

"Whoa, your food treatment is really good; those who don't know would think you are eating spirit stones!"

"That's right, I am the cash cow of the Poshan Gang; if they don't give me top-notch treatment, who would they give it to!"

Luo Chen put his hands on his hips, triumphant.

It must be said that when he decided to join the Poshan Gang and become the master of this Elixir Hall.

At first, he felt a bit aggrieved, but after truly enjoying various treatments, he felt that this decision was the most correct!

No worries about food and drink, and bodyguards when going to and from work.

No need to purchase raw materials, and process them himself.

After cultivating those medicine apprentices and fire workers, his elixir refining will be even simpler.

Moreover, the salary of four bottles of Qi-Nurturing Pills a month is too fragrant.

"However, it's still not enough!"

The greedy Luo Chen would not be satisfied just like this.

The Poshan Gang has a big business, and Uncle Mi, as a Foundation Establishment cultivator, is even more wealthy.

He still has to find a way to shear more wool!

"How to shear it?"

The giant rat Luo Chen's eyeballs rolled around.