Chapter 93: Refining Jade Marrow Pill

Of the three pill rooms, the middle one was the largest.

The various facilities inside were also the most complete.

Just because, in this pill room, there was the most precious thing in the Pill Hall besides Luo Chen.

Xuan Yun Cauldron, first-grade mid-grade.

It is said that the selling price is also the highest among mid-grade magic tools, more expensive than some chicken-rib mid-grade defensive magic tools.

At this moment, in the large pill room, there were no outsiders.

Even Mi Li was blocked outside.

Luo Chen burned the fire himself, opened the furnace himself, and then continuously put the medicinal materials that Mi Shuhua had prepared long ago into the pill cauldron.

Common ginseng and fleece-flower root were essential auxiliary materials.

Even for the Qi-Nurturing Pill, there were such auxiliary materials, after all, they could provide the most basic vitality for cultivators.

Besides that, there were blue citrus grass and snow ganoderma, some relatively valuable auxiliary materials. They could play a good auxiliary role for the main materials, either stimulating the medicinal power of the main materials or inhibiting certain unwanted medicinal properties.

After these auxiliary materials entered the cauldron, Luo Chen stared at the pill cauldron with burning eyes.

The Spirit Eye Technique had already been added to his eyes.

Nowadays, his Spirit Eye Technique was only one step away from the Grandmaster level.

Once unfolded, his eyesight was so good that he could see through the realm of a ninth-level Qi Refining cultivator at a glance.

Ordinary Qi Refining cultivators simply couldn't spend too much effort on this kind of spell, and their attainments naturally couldn't be compared with Luo Chen.

Occasionally, Luo Chen would also think, if the Spirit Eye Technique advanced to the Grandmaster level, would he be able to see through the disguise of Foundation Establishment cultivators?

"The medicinal power of the auxiliary materials has basically been released."

"It's time to put in the main materials!"

Luo Chen took a bamboo box from the shelf next to him.

Opening the bamboo box, a piece of cold jade the size of a palm was shining brightly.

Huan Jade, first-grade spirit jade, produced in places with rivers, lakes, and seas, and also produced in some places with heavy yin fiend energy.

This jade has many uses; it can be made into jade boxes to seal some pills, and it can also be used to make water-attribute jade slips.

The jade marrow inside can even be used for body refining.

It is said that this kind of jade is also very popular in the mortal world, either acting as the core building material for ice cellars or being used in large quantities to build mausoleums.

As for the price, it is a bit high.

A piece of Huan Jade the size of a palm costs one spirit stone.

Taken out, it can directly buy ten catties of spirit rice.

And the main material of the Jade Marrow Pill is the jade marrow in this Huan Jade.

It also directly accounted for one-fifth of the cost of a furnace.

According to Luo Chen's estimation, the raw material cost of a furnace of Jade Marrow Pills is about five spirit stones.

Not expensive, but not cheap either.

About the same cost as the Myriad Wonder Pill.

Actually, the cost of the Myriad Wonder Pill shouldn't be that high; it was mainly because one of the main materials inside was produced in the North Sea of the outer domain, which caused the cost to be falsely high.

Currently, the cost of the Jade Marrow Pill is here, and Luo Chen doesn't know much about the number of pills produced in a furnace.

But as long as it is higher than the Myriad Wonder Pill, it is definitely profitable!

After all, one is a pill for impotence, and the other is a pill that helps with cultivation.

The markets for the two cannot be mentioned in the same breath.

These thoughts flashed through his mind, and Luo Chen didn't dare to relax his movements at all.

The Huan Jade floated above the pill cauldron, and Luo Chen's spiritual power outputted continuously.

The amount of spiritual power released was not large, only one-tenth of the Fireball Technique.

However, this force had to be maintained particularly well and particularly stably.

If it lasted a little longer, there would even be a feeling of fatigue.

And after the spiritual power was outputted, it had to be flicked and squeezed according to a special technique.

This technique was also learned by Luo Chen from the "Green Origin Pill Explanation," called the Jade-Folding Hand, specially used to handle jade-like materials.

Under that Jade-Folding technique, cracks appeared on the jade shell of the Huan Jade.

Then, drops of crystalline juice oozed out like bone marrow.

This is the Huan Jade marrow!

It should have been solid, but it turned into a semi-solid and semi-liquid state under the kneading of spiritual power.

When these jade marrows entered the pill cauldron, they would completely turn into liquid at high temperatures.

Extracting the jade marrow took Luo Chen a lot of effort.

It took a full half an hour to complete this work.

"The two most difficult places, one has been completed."

"Next, is the other difficulty."

With jade as the main material, it means this kind of pill is not a medicine pill, but a mineral pill!

In the world of immortality, pills are the absolute mainstream.

And among pills, there are many types.

The specific classification is divided according to the main materials and different effects.

For example, if herbs are the main materials, it is a medicine pill.

If monster beast inner cores are the main materials, it is a beast pill.

If minerals are the main materials, it is a mineral pill, also called a gold-stone pill.

It is said that there are also soul pills with souls as main materials, qi pills with "qi" as the main thing, and strange pills with strange objects of heaven and earth as main materials.

There are even rumors that great experts of the pill path can use void Great Dao laws as main materials to refine Dao pills!

Swallowing a Dao pill into the belly, the Great Dao is promising, and from then on, my life is decided by me, not by heaven.

Luo Chen was not interested in those ethereal things.

Now, he had only come into contact with medicine pills and mineral pills.

The current Jade Marrow Pill is a mineral pill.

Refining mineral pills will more or less encounter a problem.

That is, how to perfectly fuse it with medicinal materials of the grass and wood category while removing the impurities of the mineral.

If the impurities are not removed enough, the mineral pill will have gold-stone poison.

If the fusion is not good enough, then the pill will be very unstable and easily mineralized!

As for the result of mineralization?

Soon, Luo Chen saw it.

Not just him, Mi Shuhua and others also saw it.

"Is this the Jade Marrow Pill you refined?"

Mi Shuhua grabbed a large handful of colorful small stone beads, his face full of disbelief.

Luo Chen was a bit embarrassed and scratched his head.

"Well, people make mistakes, horses stumble!"

"And, whose pill refining succeeds on the first furnace. Don't talk about me, even if you let that Pill Saint grandfather from Zhongzhou come, he wouldn't dare to boast to you."

Saying this, Luo Chen started shouting.

Reasonable and confident!

That is the word.

That is also the reason.

But the disappointment was still hard to hide.

Mi Shuhua sighed and threw the large handful of colorful small stones on the ground.

"I was too anxious."

Luo Chen subconsciously patted his shoulder, and after patting it, he was startled.

Since when have I been so disrespectful to a Foundation Establishment cultivator!

However, seeing that the other party didn't seem displeased, he smiled cheekily: "Hey, failure is the mother of success; this failure will definitely lead to success in the future. Old Mi, don't be discouraged, I have already gained a lot of insights into refining the Jade Marrow Pill!"

Old Mi muttered the sentence "failure is the mother of success" and went home in a daze.

Having been a protector for three days, the brother he was protecting gave him a blow to the head as soon as he came out.

After he left, Luo Chen shook his head.

The young man is already quite old, so why is he still so impatient!

When he refined the Myriad Wonder Pill back then, he failed for several days in a row, but he was still full of confidence.

In front of other subordinates, he picked up the colorful stone beads from the ground.

At least they were small things refined from raw materials worth five spirit stones.

Not to mention anything else, they could be used to play beads or Chinese checkers in his spare time!

However, the quantity was not enough; if he failed a few more times and collected all the colors, he could play Chinese checkers.

That was what he thought, and that was how others watched him happily picking up beads.

Then, in the following days, the failed beads were all collected and sent to Luo Chen.

In these few days, Luo Chen rarely started to refine pills hard.

Every morning and afternoon, he refined the Myriad Wonder Pill once.

Under his deliberate control, the success rate of low-grade, mid-grade, and high-grade pills was controlled at a ratio of three to six to one.

Doing this, the proficiency improvement for the Myriad Wonder Pill Grandmaster level was very slow.

But it very well concealed his true pill refining level.

Regarding this, the gang held another meeting.

It was convened by Mi Junping.

She planned to differentiate the prices of these three grades of pills.

After some discussion, the low-grade Myriad Wonder Pill was priced at three spirit stones, the mid-grade was still five, and the high-grade soared to ten spirit stones.

Such a high price was almost equal to a Qi-Nurturing Pill!

There definitely wouldn't be many people buying it.

But it didn't matter, there would always be fools who would buy it.

Moreover, the grades were different, and the medicinal properties were also completely different.

According to the experience report of the senior experienced user Mr. Zeng Wen, the conclusion was drawn—the effect of the mid-grade Myriad Wonder Pill was more than double that of the low-grade, and the high-grade completely cast off the side effects of the Myriad Wonder Pill itself.

Even if taken for a long time, it would not cause the loosening of the lower pass golden lock.

Moreover, it truly had the effect of consolidating the foundation and cultivating vitality.

Zeng Wen exclaimed that he had found the direction of the Great Dao!

Luo Chen was also moved by himself; he had brought a ray of warmth and a touch of color to this cold and ruthless world of immortality.

He, Luo Chen, should become one of the top ten outstanding youth representatives of the Jade Cauldron Domain's cultivation world.

The Jade Cauldron Sword Sect owes him a trophy made of high-grade spirit stones!

Alright, self-moving ends here.

Apart from the two Myriad Wonder Pill refinements every day, Luo Chen would also refine the Jade Marrow Pill by himself in the evening.

Therefore, there were so many colorful beads.

Time passed very quickly.

In a flash, ten days later.

Mi Shuhua stepped into the Pill Hall of Xieyue Valley again.

However, as soon as he arrived, he was so angry that his beard blew up.

"What are you doing?"

On the left side of the Pill Hall was a slightly protruding cliff platform.

Usually, a stone table was set up here for Luo Chen to eat and drink.

However, today, three people were sitting around the stone table.

Luo Chen, Gu Caiyi, and Elder Sikong Shoujia.

The three were gathered together, and in the middle was a hexagonal round plate.

It was densely packed with stone beads of six colors.

At this time, it was Elder Sikong Shoujia's turn to move.

Hearing Mi Shuhua's sudden roar, he jumped and hurriedly flipped the chessboard.

"Reporting to the Gang Leader, we are studying the characteristics of the discarded Jade Marrow Pills, looking for the possibility of success."

It sounded high-sounding, but!

Luo Chen stared at Elder Sikong Shoujia through gritted teeth.

Old rascal, you were about to lose, and you actually flipped the board.

I don't care, anyway, the book you bet must be given!

……

Facing Elder Sikong Shoujia's sophistry, Mi Shuhua was half-believing and half-doubting.

In general, he didn't believe it at all!

However, seeing the other party looking at Luo Chen eagerly, he also wanted to know what progress Luo Chen had made.

Seeing the two old men looking at him pitifully, Luo Chen sighed.

He took a jade bottle from his storage bag and threw it to Old Man Mi.

Mi Shuhua took the jade bottle suspiciously, and after opening it, his eyes widened instantly.

Then…….

"Hahaha, sure enough, you kid is a pill refining genius!"

Luo Chen gave a thumbs up, "You are truly sharp-eyed!"

Uh!

Mi Shuhua stiffened; this child is truly thick-skinned!

But immediately, he was overjoyed and poured out a pale white pill from the jade bottle.

"Come, that kid from the Luo family, come over here."

Luo Chen subconsciously took a step, then was annoyed.

Damn, he was calling Luo Erduo, Luo Wudi's nephew.

No, after I become a venerable ancestor in the future, the surname Luo must be respected!

Luo Erduo walked up in a daze.

"Gang Leader!"

"Eat it, circulate your cultivation technique, try to refine it, and then tell me the result."

"Oh."

Luo Erduo was usually careless, but in front of a Foundation Establishment cultivator, he was still obedient and clever.

He took the Jade Marrow Pill and started to practice his cultivation technique on the spot.

However, the posture was as strange as it could be, like crawling on the ground like a toad, and also like a fierce tiger coming down the mountain with all its hair standing up.

Seeing this scene, Luo Chen was stunned.

Seeing his confusion, Gu Caiyi explained in a low voice, "Each cultivation technique has its own wonders, and naturally, the cultivation methods are also different. It is said that Luo Erduo practices his uncle Luo Wudi's 'Tiger Walking Mountain Method'. At each stage, the cultivation technique will simulate some movements of the demon tiger, so that it can better absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth."

Luo Chen suddenly realized.

He didn't know much about cultivation techniques.

The only one he knew was probably the Everlasting Art.

Everlasting Art, wood-attribute cultivation technique, suitable for stillness, not movement.

Therefore, when circulating the cultivation technique, his own state is like a standing tree.

This Tiger Walking Mountain Method is biased towards movement.

He didn't know what characteristics other cultivation techniques had.

Thinking this way, he glanced at Gu Caiyi.

But he found that her expression was a bit unnatural, and she subconsciously turned her cheek away.

Luo Chen became interested, "Daoist Gu, let's practice together when you have time!"

"Get lost!"

Gu Caiyi spat, her eyes full of charm (rolling eyes).

Watching the two whispering, Mi Shuhua glared fiercely, and immediately unfolded a silent barrier for Luo Erduo.

It is very long for low-level cultivators to circulate cultivation techniques.

Luo Chen used to take two hours to practice the Everlasting Art once.

This drawback was only reduced to half an hour now as his proficiency increased bit by bit.

Luo Erduo was naturally no exception; he did various strange movements, each lasting twenty minutes.

It wasn't until two hours later that he finished his work, sweating profusely.

Mi Shuhua nodded, "The Tiger Walking Mountain Method has a total of nine movements. You can currently use six movements; it seems your foundation in the mid-stage of Qi Refining is still very solid."

Having been praised, Luo Erduo couldn't help but be happy.

He wiped his sweat and talked about the pill experience just now.

"The medicinal property is cold, not as gentle as the Qi-Nurturing Pill."

"Normal, the main material is Huan Jade, Huan Jade is cold, so the medicinal property is naturally cold." Luo Chen explained.

Glancing at Luo Chen, Luo Erduo continued:

"The medicinal power is very good, increasing my overall spiritual power by about one or two thousandths."

One or two thousandths, which is about one or two percent.

Luo Chen frowned after hearing this, "The medicinal power is a bit low; it may be because my technique is not good enough."

However, Mi Shuhua was already very satisfied.

He smiled: "Luo Erduo is only at the fourth level of Qi Refining; taking a Qi-Nurturing Pill, at most, it only increases by one or two percent. In other words, this low-grade Jade Marrow Pill already has one-tenth the effect of a Qi-Nurturing Pill!"

Luo Chen raised his eyebrows; Mi Shuhua seemed to have a lot of experience in this area?

He currently had this confusion.

Perhaps, he could find time to pluck some wool from Mi Shuhua in this regard.

Foundation Establishment cultivators, as long as you are willing to pluck, you can always get some wool.

After getting the user experience, Mi Shuhua dismissed everyone.

He looked at Luo Chen excitedly, "What is the success rate?"

Luo Chen said faintly: "In the past ten days, I only succeeded once, using my own Purple Cloud Copper Cauldron. In one furnace, eleven Jade Marrow Pills were produced."

Hearing this, Mi Shuhua's excitement decreased.

The Jade Marrow Pill cannot be sold like the Myriad Wonder Pill.

The Myriad Wonder Pill, as Kang Dongyue, the pavilion master of the Jin Shi Pavilion in Taishan Market, said back then, the price was falsely high.

It was only because of its special medicinal properties, plus it was in the Great River Market, a place that often fought with monster beasts, so it could be sold individually, and the price was five spirit stones.

Its true value, if placed in other more peaceful inland markets, would only be one or two spirit stones per pill.

Now the Jade Marrow Pill has only one-tenth the medicinal power of the Qi-Nurturing Pill.

Then the selling price of a bottle naturally cannot exceed too much.

Cultivators are very, very sensitive to the price of cultivation pills.

"The cost of five spirit stones, if sold for ten spirit stones a bottle, then we can't earn much!"

Mi Shuhua muttered.

Then, he looked at Luo Chen hopefully, "Can the number of pills be increased?"

Luo Chen spread his hands, "I'm afraid not for now, unless I have greater progress in the refining of the Jade Marrow Pill."

"Moreover, it cannot be refined on a large scale like the Myriad Wonder Pill now; I am not familiar with it myself, and the techniques cannot be popularized and taught to others."

As far as the current situation is concerned, Luo Chen is indeed doing it himself.

If he rashly let those medicine apprentices and fire-tenders help, he was afraid that one furnace wouldn't succeed in a hundred furnaces.

Hearing these difficulties, Mi Shuhua's old face became even more miserable.

Seeing this scene, Luo Chen felt a bit distressed; he didn't understand before, and he looked like a gentle rich man.

Now that he had more contact, he realized that the other party also had troubles!

Therefore, Luo Chen decided to solve his troubles for him.

"Gang Leader, actually, the problem that limits me from refining more Jade Marrow Pills is still at the bottleneck of processing Huan Jade."

Mi Shuhua was energized; he had also read that pill recipe countless times and even let the pill refining apprentices cultivated by the Mi family try to get started.

Naturally, he knew the difficult bottleneck in it.

"Every time I process Huan Jade, whether it is squeezing out the jade marrow or letting the jade marrow fuse with the auxiliary materials, I must be fully focused."

Luo Chen rubbed his eyebrows, "You know, we Qi Refining cultivators have shallow soul foundations, and our spiritual sense cannot even leave the body. Under such circumstances, it is difficult for me to do anything."

"So?" Mi Shuhua asked tentatively.

Vaguely, he had a bad feeling.

Luo Chen opened his innocent eyes wide, "So if there are any elixirs that can calm the soul and stabilize the spirit, I can refine more and better Jade Marrow Pills for you."

"Well, Calming Incense is very good, cheap and effective; if there is a small box a month, I will definitely be able to contribute more to the gang!"

Calming Incense, one of the best external objects for low-level cultivators to assist in cultivation.

One stick of Calming Incense a day is enough for a cultivator to circulate their life-bound cultivation technique four or five more times, and it is said that it can restore the fragile soul of low-level cultivators.

Luo Chen had used this thing before, and it was obtained from a short-lived ghost.

That was one of the few experiences of killing and seizing treasures in his life.

That experience left him with a very bad but also wonderful experience.

Calming Incense was a part of the wonderful experience.

A box of Calming Incense allowed him to cultivate openly for a while, and he even had the energy to develop his own fighting style.

It can be said that if there was no box of Calming Incense and the accompanying Qi-Nurturing Pills.

He would not have had the chance to survive the second battle.

Hearing this name, Mi Shuhua trembled.

It wasn't that it was expensive; a box of Calming Incense was just a drop in the bucket for him.

The reason he trembled was that this kid seemed to be pushing his luck?

However, for the sake of the Jade Marrow Pill!

Mi Shuhua took a deep breath, "Calming Incense, right? I will send someone to send it. But you must let me see the results!"

"Definitely, definitely, I, Little Luo, will never speak empty words; you just wait at home and count spirit stones until you can't close your mouth!"

Little Luo is now smiling so much that he can't close his mouth! ===== CHAPTER 94 =====