Immortality and cultivation begin with alchemy and accounting.

Two more months passed in this way.

On this day, Bai Xuanjing sat in front of the alchemy furnace, feeling somewhat distressed.

"I've refined all 230 sets of pill ingredients in less than half a year. The task the family gave us was far too easy!"

Bai Xuanjing thought to himself, troubled.

If other alchemists knew about his idea, they would probably be unable to resist beating him up.

Even alchemists can't spend all their time making pills!

Some older family alchemists also have social connections; even when they are far from their families, they will still get along well with local cultivators.

It's quite easy for an alchemist to blend into the local cultivator community.

It's rare to see someone as introverted as Baek Hyun-kyung.

Of course, part of the reason is that Qiufeng Island is too desolate, and the nearest market, Jing'an Market, is quite a distance away, so Bai Xuanjing has no opportunity to interact with the outside world.

In addition, ordinary alchemists also need to spend a lot of time cultivating themselves and reflecting on their past alchemy practices.

They don't receive rewards, unlike Bai Xuanjing, for whom alchemy is cultivation.

With the alchemy materials exhausted, Bai Xuanjing had no choice but to suspend his alchemy progress.

Sitting cross-legged, Bai Xuanjing took out the storage bag, emptied out the items inside, and began to examine them.

Two hundred and thirty portions of medicinal materials were used to refine a total of five hundred and sixteen Yellow Jade Pills.

Since most Huang Yudan pills are produced in batches of three, Bai Xuanjing's average success rate in producing pills has exceeded 60%!

This success rate might not be remarkable within the Bai family, since the family's specialty is the Azure Scale Pill and the Yellow Jade Pill, which the family's alchemists frequently refine, so the success rate is naturally not low.

However, if we only compare them with the younger generation, they are definitely among the top.

Bai Xuanjing narrowed his eyes slightly, thinking of the Azure Water Pill.

He listened to Bai Jingming's words.

He was indeed envious of the No. 8 Fire Vein.

Over the past six months, he has practically worn out the notes on the Biyue Dan pills.

He had long wanted to try refining the Azure Water Pill.

However, Bai Xuan Valley only sent the pill manual, not the medicinal materials.

Therefore, it was also impossible to attempt to refine elixirs.

Bai Xuanjing continued to look through the remaining supplies.

More than a hundred low-grade spirit stones.

Eighteen water arrow talismans, fifteen water-repelling talismans, fifteen fireball talismans...

Twenty stalks of Qingping grass, fifteen stalks of white pine flowers...

Talismans and elixirs are mainly rewards for completing transactions, and they are all of low-grade first rank.

These medicinal herbs are also good materials for alchemy, but they are not systematic and cannot form a complete set of alchemy materials.

In total, there are more than sixty first-tier low-grade talismans.

If converted into spirit stones, it would amount to approximately three hundred low-grade spirit stones.

Fifty-five first-grade low-level spiritual herbs, which, when converted, are worth more than one hundred low-grade spirit stones.

These talismans and elixirs are all good materials, but since Bai Xuanjing already has spirit stones, she naturally wants to use even better ones.

In his eyes now, all these things are directly equivalent to spirit stones.

"Including the hundred low-grade spirit stones I already had, I now have over five hundred low-grade spirit stones, more than enough to buy a mid-grade magic weapon!"

A feeling of indescribable happiness welled up in Bai Xuanjing's heart.

This doesn't even include Huang Yudan.

The family's task only required 350 Yellow Jade Pills, and of the 150 pills refined by Bai Xuanjing, they would all belong to him personally.

The value of the pills is also quite high; a bottle containing three Yellow Jade Pills can fetch twenty-five low-grade spirit stones at the family's acquisition price.

Shops may lower the price when buying, but they can still sell for more than twenty low-grade spirit stones.

Even if they sell at a stall, although the price may be slightly higher than the purchase price, it's impossible to sell at the same price as in a shop; the price will be lowered.

Many cultivators don't understand elixirs and psychologically trust large shops more than independent cultivators selling their own goods at stalls.

Even by that calculation, the value of the Yellow Jade Pill in Bai Xuanjing's possession is higher than his net worth.

However, Baek Hyun-kyung does not intend to sell all of Hwang Ok-dan's products in the market.

On the one hand, there are too many of them, and even if they are sold to large stores, they will attract attention. If they are sold at a stall, they will get into trouble.

On the other hand, the family also acquires additional Huang Yudan products, and the acquisition price is higher than that of the shops in the market.

Judging from my experiences during this period and my memories of my predecessor, the atmosphere in the Bai family is quite good. Staying in the Bai family is not a bad choice.

Moreover, with the Bai family as his backer, Bai Xuanjing can continuously use the family's resources to refine pills in exchange for settlement rewards.

Therefore, Bai Xuanjing needs to appropriately show his talent to get the family's attention and even focus on cultivating him.

If one always hides their talents, they will only become just another face in the crowd.

After all, a large part of the rewards from alchemy settlements come from improvements in cultivation level and alchemy skills.

Only a portion of them can actually be exchanged for spirit stones.

If Bai Xuanjing were to collect the materials and refine the pills himself, the profits might not be as good as they are now.

Therefore, these yellow jade pills are the best demonstration of his talent.

He won't sell unless he needs spirit stones.

Finally, gazing at these spirit stones and objects, Bai Xuanjing had an idea.

He planned to go to the market.

The alchemy materials have been exhausted, so there's no point in staying on Autumn Maple Island any longer.

Moreover, his alchemy skills have improved considerably, and his understanding of the Azure Water Pill is now quite profound. He plans to attempt to refine the Azure Water Pill himself.

The materials needed to refine the Azure Water Elixir naturally had to be purchased from the market.

Moreover, he has now completed his water-drilling technique and has gained considerable strength.

Having made up his mind, Bai Xuanjing touched his chest.

A solid feeling came over me.

It's a golden tortoise shell!

This first-tier, mid-grade defensive magic artifact was completed half a month ago.

The Golden Tortoise Armor is made entirely of a golden tortoise shell. Perhaps due to the addition of special materials during its forging, it does not feel stiff at all, but rather resembles a soft armor.

However, its defensive capabilities are by no means weak.

Baek Hyun-kyung once tried to attack this object with water-drilling techniques and found that even without anyone controlling it, the Golden Tortoise Armor could withstand most of the damage from water-drilling techniques.

This means that if you wear it, even a mid-grade first-level spell will not be fatal.

Unfortunately, the Golden Tortoise Armor has a limited defensive range, only protecting the vital organs of the body.

The torso, including the arms, was not protected.

With the Golden Tortoise Armor and the Golden Shield Talisman given by Bai Jingming, it's more than enough to protect one's life in ordinary dangers.

Although she planned to go to the market, Bai Xuanjing did not set off immediately. Instead, she prepared for two or three days before leaving Qiufeng Island.

Standing on the edge of the island, gazing at the vast sea, Bai Xuanjing suddenly felt as if she were the only person left in the whole world.

The spiritual energy within cultivators at the Qi Refining Realm is generally weak, insufficient for them to fly.

As for magical artifacts used to assist Qi Refining cultivators in flight, such as the flying sword used by Bai Jingming, Bai Xuanjing couldn't afford them either.

When he goes out, he can only rely on magic to hide.

Bai Xuanjing took out a map made of animal hide.

This was copied from the "Clan Chronicle - Record of Warfare" when the predecessor left the family.

It includes most of the sea area and islands from Qiufeng Island to Jing'anfang.

There may even be the distribution of monsters.

However, the distribution of monsters is constantly changing. Even though the Bai family updates the terrain every now and then, it is impossible to cover everything.

This map can only be used as a reference.

Traveling on water is almost a required course for cultivators in the sea area, and Bai Xuanjing is naturally no stranger to it.

He carefully selected a suitable route on the map, then channeled his spiritual power, stepped onto the water, and fled towards Jing'an Market.

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