Chapter 1722: Modifying the Pill Formula

Ye Liuyun helplessly had to explain the importance of refining the Soul to Li Yuanyang.

In fact, Li Yuanyang didn't not understand, but most Martial Cultivators can barely afford the pills for refining Qi and strengthening the body, let alone find time to refine the Soul.

He was worried that even if Ye Liuyun could produce the Soul Condensing Pill, there would be no market for it.

If it were only for his own Soul refinement, he thought spending ten thousand Divine Crystals wasn't very worthwhile.

"Isn't that just ten thousand Crystal Stones?

You're only short by that little amount?"

Ye Liuyun couldn't get through to Li Yuanyang, and felt choked inside.

"How could it not be short?

Do you know how much I can earn in a year?

In the city, so many people are waiting to use it; ten thousand Crystal Stones is almost enough to cover everyone's yearly expenses!"

Li Yuanyang retorted.

"Is that all the Divine Realm people are capable of?

A City Lord, like a useless waste! An Alchemist, still an old shameless one!"

Ye Liuyun felt depressed inside and let out a long sigh.

Li Yuanyang thought he had yielded, and intended to purchase the other two pill formulas.

But Ye Liuyun directly said, "If you don't buy the Soul Condensing Pill formula, I won't refine the other two kinds of pills either!"

"You..." Li Yuanyang was so angry he wanted to curse, but thinking he would still need Ye Liuyun later, he held back.

At this moment, the sales guide seized the chance to interject, "Alchemists need a relatively strong Soul to refine pills! The reason this young master values the Soul Condensing Pill formula so much is probably because of such considerations, right?"

Ye Liuyun heard this, glanced gratefully at the sales guide, and silently thanked them for providing a reasonable excuse.

Li Yuanyang, hearing that, still thought Ye Liuyun truly felt that way.

He thought that if Ye Liuyun's strength improved, he could refine better pills, allowing Li Yuanyang to earn more money.

From that perspective, such an investment would still be worthwhile.

Finally, under Ye Liuyun's insistence, he still spent thirty thousand Divine Crystals to purchase three of the most basic pill formulas.

After obtaining the pill formula, Ye Liuyun glanced over it, memorized its contents, and then handed it to Li Yuanyang for safekeeping.

"Just a glance like that, worth ten thousand Crystal Stones?"

Li Yuanyang still felt a bit unwilling.

The sales guide, fearing he might backtrack, immediately said, "As long as the customer has seen the pill formula, the transaction is considered complete!"

Martial Cultivators all have good memory.

Even if they don't have Ye Liuyun's photographic memory, they can still remember a pill formula.

Thus, once a pill formula is handed over, they count it as sold.

Li Yuanyang, of course, understood this principle.

He also asked the sales guide, "Do you still buy back this kind of pill formula?"

The sales guide smiled awkwardly, "If it's a pill formula we don't have, we will purchase it.

But for formulas we already have, of course we won't buy them again."

Ye Liuyun gave a helpless laugh and urged Li Yuanyang, "Alright, hurry up and buy the ingredients, so we can go back to refining pills."

But when buying the ingredients, Ye Liuyun and Li Yuanyang quarreled again.

Ye Liuyun wanted to purchase an initial stock of one thousand units for each of the three pill formulas.

Li Yuanyang planned to buy only a few dozen pills.

"You've never tried, how do you know you can refine the pills?"

"Buy a small amount first to test; once I succeed, I'll let others buy!"

Li Yuanyang advised him.

In fact, Ye Liuyun could tell from the formula and refining method that he could produce them himself.

The only difficulty for him might be that the flame temperature would be slightly off.

But even if it's a bit low, by adjusting material quantities and improving the refining method, even with insufficient temperature he should still reach a Second-tier First Rank level.

Hence he suggested Li Yuanyang buy more.

At this moment, the sales guide seized the chance to start upselling again.

"City Lord Li, buying a batch of one thousand units at once gets a discount! Overall, it saves quite a bit!"

Li Yuanyang only then became interested; after calculating, the total was about three hundred plus Crystal Stones less.

"Alright then, let's buy the one thousand-unit amount!"

Li Yuanyang finally agreed.

"Okay, I'll go prepare the ingredients!"

The sales guide smiled and agreed.

She could earn quite a commission today.

"Hold on, I'll adjust the dosage!"

Ye Liuyun asked the sales guide for paper and pen, and rewrote the dosage for each ingredient.

"You didn't even test by refining once, and you directly changed the ingredient ratios?"

Li Yuanyang worried Ye Liuyun might misunderstand the situation and mess things up.

In the end, the pills wouldn't be refined and the ingredients would be wasted.

"I've got confidence!"

Ye Liuyun said confidently.

This second‑tier pill formula, although its ingredients are completely different from those of the first‑tier formula, has the same medicinal principle.

Having prior experience, Ye Liuyun, after a brief analysis, knows what ratio can produce a better pill.

Li Yuan Yang doesn't understand pill‑making and has nothing to say.

He just feels that spending thirty‑thousand Crystal Stones is even less worthwhile.

He only glanced at it, yet still has to revise it himself.

This guild makes money far too easily.

He wanted Alchemist Liu to help check whether Ye Liuyun's changes were correct, but assuming Alchemist Liu wouldn't pay him any attention now, he had to rely on Ye Liuyun.

The buyer doesn't mind; after all, the difference is minor.

After Ye Liuyun finishes writing, they will arrange the ingredients according to the quantities he wrote.

Once the ingredients are arranged, Ye Liuyun counts them and stores them properly.

Li Yuan Yang then paid another seven‑thousand‑plus Crystal Stones, completing their big purchase.

"It's a total of thirty‑seven thousand Crystal Stones! You mustn't make me lose money!"

As soon as Li Yuan Yang and Ye Liuyun stepped out, they began muttering, worried that Ye Liuyun wouldn't be able to refine the pill.

Just as they left, Alchemist Liu had the buyer bring Ye Liuyun's ingredient ratio for him to examine.

Although he no longer paid attention to Ye Liuyun, his Divine Sense kept watching them.

He also told the elder who was chatting, "Just a Martial Cultivator from the Mortal Realm, and he still dares to pretend he can refine pills! He truly doesn't know the limits of heaven and earth."

But when the buyer presented Ye Liuyun's ingredients to him, his expression grew serious.

"This kid really can refine pills! This ingredient ratio is actually perfect!"

He himself is a second‑tier Alchemist; this kind of basic pill is refined in large quantities each month for the guild to sell.

The ratio Ye Liuyun revised is indeed the optimal plan, identical to the ratio he uses for refining pills.

But Ye Liuyun altered the pill formula before even refining any pill.

And he had spent years experimenting to develop it!

Alchemist Liu's face flushed red and then turned pale in succession; at this moment he didn't know what to say.

He was both shocked by Ye Liuyun's skill and felt some regret for having missed a Alchemist like him!

He simply asked the buyer, "This is what he just wrote himself; you didn't take the wrong one, did you?"

The buyer replied, "Absolutely not; you can tell from the script that it was just written recently and hasn't dried completely yet!"