The Lord of the Laws of Heaven

Chapter 73 Alchemist Gathering

Xiao Jun took away a large amount of medicinal herbs and a crystal card worth 100,000 gold coins.

In fact, the price of materials for refining first-level elixirs is not that high, not a few thousand gold coins, but once a first-level elixir is refined, the income is basically more than 40,000.

Of course, alchemists spend a lot of money, and there's also the probability of failure. But for someone like Xiao Jun, as long as they succeed, the failure rate is extremely low, and they can mass-produce pills. It's just that Xiao Jun doesn't want to expose it.

Xiao Jun returned to his rented house. He would stay in Black Rock City for a while to hone his alchemy skills. He would also analyze the pharmacology of various medicinal herbs and convert them into data in the database.

Batches of medicinal materials were continuously integrated into the interior of the Herbal Green Cauldron for burning.

Now Xiao Jun is relying on the characteristics of the Nengzhi jade to prepare a Nengzhi pill, which is specially used for experimental beauty pills and is aimed at practitioners who love beauty.

Since Xiao Jun initially perfected "The Explanation of the True Medicinal Forms", alchemy has become a mathematical and physical problem, similar to the problem of Qi training.

Xiao Jun only needs to use the elixir to simulate this energy and then fix it inside the elixir, turning it into a elixir.

This requires multiple calculations and verifications, but fortunately, it is not a difficult task.

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The next step is to continue conducting experiments and to refine some Fanyuan Pills to exchange for large quantities of medicinal materials and supplies.

And he was experimenting with the prototype of the Zhi Ning Dan. After being fed many times during this process, the Caomu Qing Ding was almost at the level of the sixth stage of Dou Qi, and its size had grown to about half a Dou.

During this time, Xiao Jun joined a small group of alchemists, where they usually discussed pharmacological issues and alchemy difficulties. However, for Xiao Jun, these issues were nothing. What he really wanted to know was the more in-depth alchemy techniques.

But it is a pity that once these people get to this point, they just laugh it off and keep silent.

Talking about other things, after two times, Xiao Jun understood that this method of refining medicine was equivalent to a martial art, which was very secretive and could only be passed on through words and deeds. It might be even more strict than the transmission of martial arts.

"What a shame... This technique probably doesn't even have a carrier, and these techniques are the core of the alchemist. How could such a secret be stolen?"

Xiao Jun had just returned from an alchemist gathering, and he was secretly sighing in his heart, the method of refining medicine is very secretive and only exists in one person's mind, so how can he steal someone else's mind?

"The devil can block the way, so can he steal the way? Steal the wisdom and enlightenment of others."

Xiao Jun thought of the several times that Xiao Jun in the Confucian and Taoist world fought against the demons that blocked his way, and used the Netherworld Soul Seal to analyze the Emperor's demon stain. That process was also the process of the Emperor instilling information into Xiao Jun.

If this process of demonic contamination is reversed, wouldn't it be the process of stealing the wisdom and spiritual enlightenment of others? It can be called the devil stealing the way.

After facing the obstacles from the Heavenly Emperor several times, Xiao Jun had a good understanding of the mystery and even absorbed a lot of the Heavenly Emperor's wisdom.

So Xiao Jun sat cross-legged and began to mobilize all kinds of thoughts in his heart, such as greed, anger, ignorance, delusion, obsession, evil thoughts, etc. The interaction between body and mind gave rise to desire, evil, anger and the like. These miracles melted into a demonic energy.

This was the first time that the devil blocked the way. A demonic consciousness in the body merged with countless wisdoms to refine a demonic energy that could destroy the mind.

Xiao Jun exhaled a stream of foul air, emitting a dark aura that floated in front of him.

"Such demonic energy... is too obvious, and it doesn't have the ability to steal the secret path."

He took out the green cauldron made of grass and wood and began to refine the demonic energy and control it. Soon the demonic energy turned into invisible and intangible, just a stream of air that only Xiao Jun could sense.

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Of course, in addition to comprehending how to steal other people's thoughts, Xiao Jun is also mainly studying his own alchemy skills.

The designed Ningzhi Pill was finally created. It was also a first-level pill. He took out the emerald green pill in front of him. This was the Ningzhi Pill.

After eating it directly, I immediately felt a stream of warm currents refining my skin, mobilizing and cleansing my bones and blood, and changing my temperament.

Sitting cross-legged, feeling the sensation, Xiao Jun's skin instantly plumped up, his inner strength taking on a jade-like quality. His lips and teeth were rosy, giving him the air of a stranger, a jade-like beauty. His soul swept through him, taking in his current state.

"Indeed... The effect of the Fat-Condensing Pill will last for about a day, improving a person's appearance and temperament. After a day, the effect will dissipate, but the effect will still remain."

"If taken long-term, the effect will continue to intensify and solidify, completely transforming a person's appearance, bringing them to a state of slender, plump and beautiful features."

"This kind of medicine... there should be a lot of people who like it!"

The Dou Qi in Xiao Jun's body transformed into a jade-like Qi, which directly dissipated the medicinal power, returning to his original state and becoming more restrained. Xiao Jun manifested the Dou Qi of his own practice through the elixir.

After that, he improved the prescription and continued the experiment, re-refining the fat-condensing pill, just to make the medicinal power act slowly and steadily on the human body, so that the medicinal power can last for three days and nights.

Then he waved his hand and refined three new fat-condensing pills. He walked out of his room and went directly to the auction house of the Alchemist Guild.

The pill was handed over for identification. The person who received Xiao Jun happened to be a woman. When she heard about the efficacy of the fat-condensing pill in Xiao Jun's hand, she couldn't help but envy him.

He found a pharmacist to conduct an appraisal, observing the color, smelling the aroma, sensing the medicinal power through the power of his soul, and finally scraping off a piece of powder to sense it, and finally confirmed the efficacy of the fat-condensing pill.

"Excuse me... is this really the elixir you refined? Such a wonderful elixir..." The alchemist at the auction house couldn't help but exclaim in admiration: "This will surely be sought after by many female practitioners."

"Not necessarily... Many male practitioners might want it too! After all, everyone loves beauty!" Xiao Jun thought for a while and then replied with a smile.

"This elixir of yours... reminds me of a treasure like the Nengzhi Meiyu."

"The recipe for this pill imitates the effect of this treasure. It took me countless failures to refine it." Xiao Jun sighed. The recipe for the Zhi Ning Dan also cost a lot of medicinal materials. But if other people knew that Xiao Jun deduced a new recipe that only required medicinal materials worth hundreds of thousands of gold coins, their jaws would probably drop in surprise.

"You can attend the upcoming auction in a few days. We will publicize and display the elixirs you have refined. The auction house will take a 5% commission."

"Can……"

Next, Xiao Jun communicated with the alchemist of the auction house several times and then left.

Turning around and walking along a section of the street, you can occasionally see some alchemists wearing first-grade alchemist badges, and people on the road are very respectful and courteous.

Xiao Jun walked across the street and soon came to a pub, which was in a large attic. Xiao Jun took out a sign, walked in, and came to a private room where many people were sitting.

Most of them looked young, and Xiao Jun's face was considered very young among them. However, when some people in the box saw Xiao Jun's young face, they did not look down on him at all, but instead valued him very much.

"Brother Xiao is here... Without you, this meeting would be less fun and interesting." A young man stood up with his back to the window, facing the door of the box, smiled and invited Xiao Jun to take a seat.

"Brother Lin Yun, you're flattering me too much." Xiao Jun smiled and said, "I've only barely scratched the surface of the art of alchemy!"

"Hey... Among the alchemists here, apart from you and Brother Lin Yun, who else can refine finished pills?" Another alchemist with a mature appearance said to Xiao Jun with a smile.

"Brother Gu Ren, this is just a coincidence..."

Xiao Jun was being modest. This was a gathering of alchemists who were not of high rank, but they all looked young. They often exchanged their insights on pharmacology, and also talked about their understanding of how to use pharmacology to explain prescriptions.

But these are still geniuses, and their wealth is not low. Most of them either have alchemist masters as assistants, or are members of the same family.

For example, Gu Ren was rumored to be a distant relative of the Pill King Gu He, a descendant of a certain family. He possessed the qualifications of an alchemist and inherited some of the knowledge of alchemy. However, it was clear that this alchemist, Gu Ren, was not very talented at alchemy. He was estimated to be around 25 years old, but not even a first-grade alchemist.

Even if you have the qualifications to be a pharmacist, this thing still requires acquired talent and hard work.

Xiao Jun joined this gathering because he had sold finished pills many times, but he hadn't passed the Alchemist Guild's assessment to become a first-class alchemist. Xiao Jun also wanted to use this gathering to absorb some knowledge, but unfortunately, the core alchemy methods were not passed on to outsiders.

However, Xiao Jun was still thinking about how to steal the secrets in their minds and souls, so he tried to stay within this gathering. Otherwise, the amount of information these people could gather in a day wouldn't be as much as the amount he could calculate in just drinking water. Why would Xiao Jun communicate with them too much?

　I won’t sleep tonight, I’ll try to write more
　　
　
(End of this chapter)