The Lord of the Laws of Heaven

Chapter 85 Alchemy Demon
"My dear brother... don't you know that alchemists need a large supply of medicinal resources?" Hao Yao was a little anxious and said to Xiao Jun hurriedly, "Our Hao family will bring you countless pills."

"Even for accomplished alchemists, if they want to improve their alchemy skills, they still need a lot of medicinal materials and a lot of trial and error, which consumes a lot of materials!" Hao Yao advised.

"You are still young. I believe that with your talent, you will eventually reach the fourth or even fifth rank. However, if you struggle to figure it out on your own, who knows how much time will be wasted. By joining the Hao family and relying on their supplies, you can even look forward to reaching the sixth rank and becoming the next Alchemy King!"

"Also, the failure rate for alchemists is very high. Even if I'm a third-grade alchemist, I might still fail when refining a first-grade pill. Improving the temperature of the pill would consume an incalculable amount of resources."

"If you join the Hao family, and become a guest elder! With your talent, the Hao family will definitely not treat you unfairly, and your treatment may not be worse than that of a formal elder of the Hao family!"

What Hao Yao said was indeed true. In the process of refining medicine, ordinary alchemists gradually accumulated experience, and the failure rate of refining medicine was also low. This was common sense for alchemists.

Unfortunately... Xiao Jun doesn't follow common sense.

"Heh... why... do you use the wisdom of a mortal to persuade me?" Xiao Jun listened carefully first, then couldn't help but chuckled and responded to Hao Yao's persuasion.

After that, Xiao Jun took out a transparent crystal box, which he held in his hand. This crystal box was specially carved from a large piece of crystal that Xiao Jun had purchased.

But everyone's attention was focused on the crystal box. When they saw what was inside, they gasped.

Even Hao Yao, a third-grade alchemist, was surprised when he saw it.

Inside the crystal box, however, were stacks of translucent pills! A quick estimate suggested there were around thirty pills.

"These are Fanyuan Pills! Each pill is of the first grade. When a fighter swallows one, his star level will increase directly. Starting from the fourth pill, the efficacy will begin to halve, and then the efficacy will decrease successively." Xiao Jun said while holding the crystal box.

"Did you know that one of the raw materials for this pill is a first-level magic core?" Xiao Jun replied to Hao Yao, "I have thirty-four Returning Origin Pills. I consumed... thirty-four magic cores."

Silence, total silence. A group of people stared at Xiao Jun, at the crystal box in his hand. The reason for their silence was simple: shock and astonishment. Kafei stood beside Xiao Jun, also staring at the crystal box.

Thirty-four magic cores were used to refine thirty-four pills. This success rate of refining pills shocked Kafei so much that he was speechless and suspected that he was a fake alchemist.

"For the pills refined by me, the so-called failure is never something I consider."

Xiao Jun took back the crystal box in his hand, took a step forward, and brushed past Hao Yao, the alchemist's robe fluttering in the wind. Hao Yao reacted and turned around to call out to Xiao Jun, but immediately stopped himself.

With such a high success rate in alchemy and such talent... there would definitely be no shortage of medicinal resources to hone his alchemy skills. There would even be countless people who would beg for resources just to build a good relationship. Even if someone coveted him, there would be countless people who would protect Xiao Jun.

The future Alchemy King? No, no one had ever heard of an Alchemy King possessing such talent from the outset! As long as Xiao Jun could grow steadily... countless people would beg for support, begging him to become the new Alchemy King.

Even more than Xiao Jun himself, he hoped to surpass the Dan King Gu He.

Some fighters around stared at Xiao Jun eagerly, and many people followed Xiao Jun into the trading company.

"To think he has such talent in alchemy... Even if I can't establish a good relationship with him, at least he'll be familiar with him."

"This...is this true...this goes against common sense!"

"Will you brag?"

"Who cares! Those thirty-four first-grade pills are genuine. His alchemy skills are definitely not low."

"If the Returning Origin Pill is effective, it can almost allow a fighter to reach three stars!"

"Good stuff!"

"..."

A group of people followed Xiao Jun, and some even came forward to offer large quantities of crystal cards. Many fighters also came forward to ask Xiao Jun if he needed some people to serve him.

Xiao Jun frowned slightly, and these people's expressions changed immediately, leaving Xiao Jun some peace and quiet, and began to think about changing their strategy. They understood that Xiao Jun looked down on this overly direct and low-level method of building relationships.

"Does the alchemist need a good alchemy furnace?"

"What are some precious medicinal herbs? And try to collect the recipe for the elixir."

"..."

Xiao Jun appeared to be obsessed with alchemy, so they thought about whether they could help him with alchemy and build some connections.

This is also the direction that Xiao Jun is guiding. Fame can be transformed into cultivation and power.

He used his own alchemy skills as a weight and his reputation as a lever to leverage huge profits as nourishment for Xiao Jun's own cultivation!
Kafei, who stayed where he was, looked at Xiao Junyuan and sighed in his heart. He couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "Is this really a human?"

"He's right. We're using mortal wisdom to defeat geniuses, not... monsters! This is already an alchemy monster!" Hao Yao heard Kafei's sigh and responded slightly, expressing his own feelings. "Monster..."

"..."

Arriving at the trading house, Xiao Jun pushed out the crystal box and asked someone to start the evaluation. He was directly invited into the VIP room. Because the amount of money this time was slightly larger, he needed to calm down a little.

Soon, in the time it took to drink a cup of tea, the formalities were completed and a clerk respectfully handed Xiao Jun a crystal card.

The crystal card above is transparent and golden. If you look closely, you can see countless tiny golden characters. There are even some sophisticated formations on the surface, and a huge golden alchemy furnace is etched on it. The alchemy furnace has a black and gold outline.

Only a formation master, at least a fourth-grade formation master, can engrave the formation into a few words.

"Sir... here is 1.9 million. This card is a VIP card of the Alchemist Guild, and it was personally certified by the president of the Black Rock City Alchemist Guild."

"With this card, you can buy on credit at any of the Gama Empire's Alchemist Guilds, Chambers of Commerce, or Auction Houses."

"The credit limit is... 500 million, no interest, and no repayment deadline."

"If you become a second-grade or even third-grade alchemist in the future, your credit limit will increase even more! When you become a fourth-grade alchemist, your credit limit will be unlimited!"

The Alchemy Guild sent money so quickly? Xiao Jun was surprised, and even more surprised at the generosity of the Alchemist Guild. From the moment they made a move, it was clear that they were extraordinary, revealing the confidence brought by their strong financial resources.

In comparison, Xiao Jun's alchemy for money seemed petty.

He secretly expressed his appreciation in his heart, took the golden crystal card in front of him, turned it over and played with it in his hands, and said with a smile:

"Aren't you afraid that I won't pay you back?"

"All responsibility lies with the Alchemist Guild!" said the clerk.

"Haha..." A loud but very old voice came, and an old man came from outside the VIP room.

When Xiao Jun saw the old man's robe, he knew that he was also an alchemist, and looked at the badge on his chest.

"A fourth-level alchemist... I wonder if you are Master Frank or Master Otto." Xiao Jun seemed respectful.

"No need to be so polite!" The old man's smile was very friendly. "Just call me Otto. Are you the evil alchemist who's been making so much noise lately?"

"I can't be called a monster, but I do know a little about alchemy." Xiao Jun said with a confident smile.

"Good boy! You're out of breath even when I tell you you're fat. You appear modest, but you're actually quite confident!" Otto said with a smile, "This Alchemist Gold Card was given to you by Frank. I originally wanted to observe you, but you just made such a big noise that the whole Black Rock City was in an uproar. I had to come out and take a look at you!"

"It seems... my influence is quite significant." Xiao Jun smiled first, then frowned slightly.

"What's wrong?" Otto asked when he saw Xiao Jun like this: "Is there anything difficult?"

"Nothing much... although my reputation is good, I'm bound to be bothered a lot in the foreseeable future."

"You, boy, weren't paying any attention to the interruption when you were boasting about your alchemy accomplishments," Otto said with a smile. "But... I came here this time to observe you."

"Oh...how to investigate?" Xiao Jun knew that the key point was coming.

"You said that once you succeed in refining, there will be no failure?" Otto asked. "That's quite arrogant. But it's hard to say whether it's true, so I want to test you."

"It's not like there's no chance of failure, right? The failure rate is around 0.03% anyway." Xiao Jun pointed out the inaccuracies in Otto's description and then asked, "What are you testing me on?"

Otto didn't say anything, and directly handed Xiao Jun a pill recipe from his ring.

"This is the Strength-Condensing Pill! A first-grade pill. I'll have someone deliver the herbs later." Otto said to Xiao Jun, "Of course, I'll test your alchemy skills!"

"Of course you can choose to refuse. After all, a thirteen-year-old first-grade alchemist is already quite talented!"

Xiao Jun smiled slightly, took the recipe directly, and replied, "I'm very young... I'm looking forward to this kind of test and challenge!"

After saying this, he looked directly at the pill formula, memorized it, converted it into a hexagram symbol, uploaded it to the calculation matrix, closed his eyes and began to meditate. Otto discreetly asked the clerk to leave, leaving Xiao Jun and Otto alone in silence.

Otto looked at Xiao Jun with bated breath, afraid of disturbing him.

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