I have a proficiency panel for alchemy and immortality

Chapter 117 Sorrow and Joy

The two young men were Shi An and Shi Ning.

In fifteen years, the two teenagers have already grown into little adults.

Because Shi An has been learning refining equipment from Shi Lei for many years, his physique is stronger than Shi Ning.

Shi Ning looked like a weak scholar with delicate features.

Normally at this time, the two brothers should be busy with their own things, one in the weapon refining room and the other in the alchemy room.

Seeing the two brothers going out together at this time, Song Jie felt a little confused.

"Hahaha, Brother Song, you're here."

Along with a hearty laugh, the big guy Shi Lei also walked out of the store.

Shi Lei, 53 years old, looks like a 40-year-old middle-aged man from the outside, and he is full of energy.

But time still left its mark on his body. The few white hairs on his temples were like silver lines interspersed among his thick black hair, which were particularly eye-catching.

Over the years, Shi Lei's cultivation level has also broken through from the sixth level of the Qi Refining Stage to the eighth level of the Qi Refining Stage.

His weapon-refining skills have improved by leaps and bounds, and he has become a well-known weapon-refining master in Xinyue City.

Song Jie looked at Shi Lei and said with a smile: "Brother Shi, are you going out together?"

"Yes." Shi Lei nodded and said, "I just heard from a customer who came to the store that the market has been conducting unified spiritual root tests these days.

"Xiao An and Xiao Ning are also fifteen years old. I plan to take them over for a test."

Whether a person has spiritual roots can only be tested through the spirit-testing formation after the spiritual roots are fully developed.

The three major families would set up a spirit-testing formation in the New Moon Market every year, which would last for about three or four days.

Any cultivator or mortal who lives in the market town can bring his offspring there to test their spiritual roots.

It costs five spirit stones to test the spiritual roots once.

According to historical experience, everyone's spiritual roots will be fully developed by the age of fifteen.

Of course, there are a few people with special physiques whose spiritual roots will develop faster or slower.

However, the number of people with these special physiques is extremely small. In the entire Yunmo Continent, there may be only one or two such people every hundred years.

Therefore, if it is detected that a person has no spiritual roots at the age of fifteen, then it can be basically concluded that he has no spiritual roots.

Without spiritual roots, there is naturally no chance of becoming an immortal.

However, if both husband and wife have spiritual roots, the offspring they give birth to will most likely also have spiritual roots.

Shi Lei and his wife are both cultivators with spiritual roots. Shi Lei has three-attribute spiritual roots, and Li Caiwei has four-attribute spiritual roots.

According to the laws of genetics, Shi An and Shi Ning are very likely to have three-attribute spiritual roots or four-attribute spiritual roots.

If you are lucky enough, it is not impossible to have dual-attribute spiritual roots.

Song Jie was naturally clear about these basic common sense of cultivating immortals.

“You can take Golden Horn with you, let it accompany you and broaden your horizons.

"Then, good luck to you."

Jinjiao is a beast of luck, so letting Jinjiao go along can bring them some good luck.

Although Song Jie felt that Shi An and Shi Ning's spiritual roots had probably been finalized, it would still be worthwhile to give it a try.

"Okay, thank you, godfather~"

Shi Ning touched Jinjiao's head happily.

Compared to Shi An, Shi Ning has a closer relationship with Song Jie because he has been learning alchemy with Song Jie for many years.

I won't be too restrained when communicating with Song Jie.

After a brief chat among the few people, Shi Lei and his two sons took Jinjiao to test his spiritual roots.

Song Jie walked into the store with a smile on his face and greeted Li Caiwei.

"Good morning, sister-in-law~"

"Good morning, Brother Song~"

Li Caiwei smiled.

Although she is already 49 years old, Li Caiwei has always taken good care of herself and still has her charm.

At forty-nine he looks like he's in his early thirties.

Over the years, Li Caiwei's cultivation has also improved to the sixth level of Qi Refining Stage, and she is not far from the seventh level of Qi Refining Stage.

After the two of them greeted each other, Song Jie continued to walk towards the back hall.

At this time, his two employees must have arrived at work and were probably refining pills in the alchemy room.

As one of the owners of Danqi Pavilion, Song Jie is always the last one to arrive every day.

It was because after he practiced magic and body skills in the morning, he had to wait until his spiritual power was fully restored before going out.

Of course, as the boss, there is no such thing as being late for work. There is no problem even if he doesn't come for the whole day.

As Liu Zhicheng and Wang Ping's alchemy skills continued to improve, the output of elixirs also increased. Song Jie did not continue to recruit alchemy apprentices in recent years.

With the current scale of their shop, two first-class alchemists and one alchemy apprentice are enough.

Under Song Jie's guidance, Wang Ping successfully became a first-class alchemist five years ago.

Wang Ping, now 32 years old, is also a cultivator at the fourth level of Qi Refining.

On weekdays, he mainly refines three kinds of pills: Mishen Pills, Xuanyang Pills and Xuanyin Pills.

As for the Rejuvenation Pill and the Restoring Spirit Pill, because the recipes came from the Danding Sect, Song Jie did not teach Wang Ping the methods of refining these two pills.

Even though Song Jie has verified it over the years, the Heavenly Oath does have no effect on him.

Because of his own peculiarity, even if he made a Heavenly Oath with others, he would not be bound by the Heavenly Oath.

It was as if he was not under the control of heaven.

Or maybe, the rules of heaven cannot sense his existence, causing the oath of heaven to lose its effect on him.

But no matter what, he would not leak out the two pill recipes of Danding Sect.

On the one hand, it was to hide the fact that he was not bound by the oath of heaven.

On the other hand, he did not dare to offend the Danding Sect.

If the Danding Sect knew that I had leaked their sect's elixir recipe, they would definitely not let me go.

As for the Chongmai Pill, it was because it was too difficult to refine. With Wang Ping's current alchemy skills, it would be difficult to succeed and he would just keep failing.

Song Jie came to the back hall and first went to Wang Ping's alchemy room. He took a look at his alchemy progress and gave some guidance at the right time.

Seeing that Wang Ping's control of the Qingming Phantom Fire was becoming more and more skillful, Song Jie could not help but nodded.

After Wang Ping's cultivation reached the third level of Qi Refining Stage, Song Jie made a special trip to Baodan Building to find Bao Xu.

He spent some spirit stones to buy a place for Wang Ping to study Qingming Youhuo from Baodan Building.

In contrast, Wang Ping also signed a twenty-year alchemy contract with Danqi Pavilion.

In other words, Wang Ping exchanged twenty years of freedom for a Danhuo technique and several first-grade elixir recipes created by Song Jie.

For a low-level cultivator with no identity or background, the conditions offered by Song Jie were simply impossible for him to refuse.

If it weren't for the resources provided by Song Jie, it would take Wang Ping many years to become a first-level alchemist on his own.

Wang Ping himself knew it very well, and he was very grateful to Song Jie for being willing to train him and give him such an opportunity.

Therefore, Wang Ping is absolutely loyal to Danqi Pavilion and Song Jie.

Even without the twenty-year alchemy contract, he had never thought of leaving the Danqi Pavilion and going out on his own.

He always believed that he would earn more spirit stones by following Song Jie than working alone.

You can also learn more alchemy techniques...

After staying with Wang Ping for a while, Song Jie came to the door of Liu Zhicheng's alchemy room.

After hesitating for a moment, he finally did not push the door open.

After shaking his head and sighing, he walked to his alchemy room and started making alchemy today.

As for Fan Dan, Song Jie felt that he had nothing left to teach Liu Zhicheng.

Song Jie also felt it was a pity for Liu Zhicheng.

He only has a single spiritual root of fire attribute and an extraordinary talent for alchemy, but he has no meridians and is unable to practice martial arts.

So even at the age of thirty-four, I am still an ordinary person.

Having been Song Jie's alchemy apprentice for fifteen years...

All the ordinary pills currently sold in the Danqi Pavilion were refined by Liu Zhicheng and Shi Ning.

Over the years, Song Jie has been messaging Huangfu Shen from time to time, trying to learn from him which path of cultivation is suitable for Liu Zhicheng.

Unfortunately, Huangfu Shen seemed to have disappeared from the face of the earth. We could not get in touch with him and no one knew where he was doing anything.

In Song Jie's opinion, this might be Liu Zhicheng's fate.

However, the resilience shown by Liu Zhicheng exceeded Song Jie's imagination.

Even though he was unable to practice, Liu Zhicheng did not lose hope in life and continued to face life with a positive attitude.

Many years ago, Song Jie talked to him about the path of physical cultivation. Since then, Liu Zhicheng has insisted on exercising every day besides refining pills, without interruption for a single day.

Even when it was raining heavily, he still insisted on honing his body in the rain.

Over the years, he has built up some muscles, making him much stronger.

But he was never able to break through the limits of the mortal body.

At present, Song Jie pays Liu Zhicheng as much as twenty spirit stones per month.

And this was just the base salary. Every three months, Song Jie would take a portion of the spiritual stone income from the pills Liu Zhicheng made and give it to Liu Zhicheng as a bonus. All in all, Liu Zhicheng's average monthly spiritual stone income was more than 30 spiritual stones.

Even an alchemy apprentice at Baodan Building could never earn so many spirit stones.

Song Jie is never stingy with employees who perform well on weekdays. As long as he can earn spirit stones, he will not treat his subordinates unfairly.

It’s the same with Wang Ping, who adopts the form of base salary plus commission.

However, Wang Ping’s current alchemy level is not good enough, and the success rate and quality of the first-grade elixir need to be improved.

All in all, the amount of spirit stones he earns every month is not much different from Liu Zhicheng.

……

The time spent refining the elixir always passed exceptionally quickly, and before I knew it, it was time for lunch.

"Godfather, come out for lunch."

When Song Jie heard An Ning's voice outside the alchemy room, his heart moved.

The test of spiritual roots is back, and judging from the tone of voice, the test result should not be very bad.

"Okay, you guys eat first, I'll have the furnace ready soon."

After Song Jie responded, he continued to concentrate on refining the elixir.

Not long after, Song Jie's eyes suddenly lit up and he shouted loudly.

"Congeal!"

As the Qingming Phantom Fire expanded and then rapidly contracted, the furnace of rejuvenation pills was finally refined.

When the furnace lid was opened, the fragrance of elixir immediately wafted out.

Song Jie can now tell the quality of the elixir as soon as it is completed, without having to peek inside.

"A furnace of top-quality first-grade rejuvenation pills."

For this batch of rejuvenation pills, Song Jie did not deliberately lower the quality, but used it normally.

Although there are not so many cultivators who buy top-grade and high-quality first-grade elixirs, there is still a market for them and everyone wants to refine some.

After taking out the rejuvenation pill from the Ziyun copper furnace and putting it into the jade bottle, Song Jie opened the door of the alchemy room.

After a few steps, we arrived at the restaurant in the back hall.

When he walked into the restaurant, he saw that everyone else was already inside having lunch.

Their Danqi Pavilion does provide lunch, which is mostly ordinary home-cooked meals.

As for meals, they are delivered from the nearest restaurant in the market.

They all had work to do, and even Li Caiwei, who was in charge of looking after the store, did not have the free time to cook for so many people.

So they found the nearest restaurant and signed a long-term meal delivery agreement with it.

Every day at lunchtime, the restaurant would prepare the food and arrange for someone to deliver it.

There are several shops nearby that do the same thing, so the restaurant is naturally happy to accept such long-term and stable orders.

"Godfather, eat quickly, the food is getting cold."

While Shi Ning was eating, he called Song Jie to come over for dinner.

Jinjiao on the side also let out an "Awooo" and gave Song Jie a look.

Song Jie walked over with a smile and said, "What were the results of the spiritual root test this morning?"

Shi Lei laughed and looked at his two sons.

"You two should tell your godfather what the results of this morning's test were..."

Shi Ning chuckled and spoke first: "I have three spiritual roots of wood, fire and earth."

"I also have three spiritual roots, the spiritual root attributes are fire, earth, and gold."

Shi An, who is usually more calm, is as happy as a child at this moment.

“Wood produces fire, fire produces earth, and earth produces metal. It’s a very good combination of spiritual roots.

"Congratulations, you can start practicing the technique from today."

With Shi Lei and his wife's qualifications of one having three-attribute spiritual roots and the other having four-attribute spiritual roots, they can give birth to two children, both of whom have three-attribute spiritual roots.

It's already pretty good, the luck is still acceptable.

Especially the combination of the spiritual roots of these two brothers is also very good and can form a mutualistic relationship.

Even though they all have three attributes, there are still differences in quality.

A combination of spiritual roots like Shi An and Shi Ning, where they can complement each other, is a better one.

If it is a combination of wood, earth and water, it will be a little worse.

Although water can give birth to wood, wood can overcome earth, and earth can overcome water.

There are more things that counteract each other than things that promote each other, so naturally there is no good in having more things that promote each other than counteracting each other.

"I want to learn the martial arts that my godfather practices, so that I can be like him and never grow old."

When Shi Ning heard that he could practice martial arts, he immediately thought of the martial arts that Song Jie practiced.

Ever since he could remember, Song Jie has always looked the same, with almost no change.

This made him, who was still a teenager, feel envious.

They all knew that Song Jie's secret to eternal youth was related to the martial arts he practiced.

Although this is rare in the world of cultivating immortals, it is not that uncommon.

In addition to the techniques that can keep one's youth forever, there are also techniques that can restore youth.

Song Jie thought about it and nodded, "Xiao Ning has a wood-attributed spiritual root, so he can practice my skills."

His Changchun Gong is of wood attribute.

When choosing a technique, cultivators usually tend to choose one that matches their own spiritual root attributes.

The principle is the same as choosing spells.

"What about Xiao An?" Song Jie looked at Shi An.

"I will learn the technique that Dad practices."

The technique that Shi Lei practiced was of gold attribute, and was a technique that was more suitable for weapon refiners.

Shi An has a gold spiritual root and has been learning refining equipment from Shi Lei since he was young. His future development direction is to become a equipment refiner.

Practicing the same gold-attributed technique as Shi Lei is indeed a good choice.

Song Jie nodded gently, looked at Shi Lei and Li Caiwei, and said with a smile: "Congratulations to Brother Shi, congratulations to Sister-in-law, Xiao An and Xiao Ning are both very promising~"

“Hahaha…thank you, Brother Song, for your careful guidance in alchemy over the years.

"We have been brothers for so many years, I won't be polite to Brother Song.

"If Brother Song needs any help from me in the future, I will go through fire and water for you without hesitation."

Shi Lei's face was full of sincerity and gratitude.

Over the years, when Song Jie taught Shi Ning the knowledge related to alchemy, he taught him everything he knew without keeping anything to himself.

Although Song Jie did not bring this up, Shi Lei saw it all and was grateful in his heart.

Now he is even willing to pass on the skills he has practiced to Shi Ning, which is a great favor.

Since ancient times, there has been a saying that the Dharma cannot be passed on lightly.

The fact that Song Jie was willing to teach his skills to Shi Ning was enough to show that Song Jie really regarded Shi Ning as his own son.

How could Shi Lei not be grateful?

Although Li Caiwei did not express her emotions like Shi Lei, the gratitude in her eyes was beyond words.
Song Jie waved his hand and smiled, saying, “Brother Shi, what you said is serious.

"From the moment you asked Shi An and Shi Ning to acknowledge me as their godfather, my fate with them was sealed.

"They are my godsons. I am alone now, so I will have to count on them to take care of me in my old age. Hahahaha..."

"In the future, godfather will surely ascend to become an immortal and live forever. He won't need us to take care of you in your old age."

Shi Ning chuckled.

Song Jie also laughed and said, "Then godfather will lend you the good words~"

Seeing that they had almost finished chatting, Liu Zhicheng and Wang Ping on the side also found an opportunity to congratulate Shi An and Shi Ning.

Wang Ping himself has four-attribute spiritual roots. When he heard that Shi An and Shi Ning both have three-attribute spiritual roots, his eyes were suddenly filled with envy.

The amount of spiritual roots, to a certain extent, also indicates a person's future achievements.

If nothing unexpected happens, Shi An and Shi Ning's future achievements will normally not be lower than Wang Ping's.

Moreover, Shi An and Shi Ning have the business that his father has worked hard for them, and they have also recognized Song Jie as their godfather.

This family background alone is enough to surpass that of many lower-level monks.

Liu Zhicheng, who was unable to practice cultivation, was extremely envious of this.

For most people with spiritual roots, practicing martial arts is not a difficult task. The only difference is that there are good and bad methods of practice.

But such a simple thing was as difficult as climbing to the sky for Liu Zhicheng.

Looking at this happy scene in front of him, Liu Zhicheng couldn't help feeling a little sad in his heart.

……

After lunch, Shi Lei found Song Jie alone again.

"Brother Song, there is something I want to discuss with you..."

(End of this chapter)