Gou Zai Xianwu Chaos World, Physical Sainthood

The opening hours of the black workshop were exactly opposite to those of daytime.

It begins at Wu Shi (戊时) and ends at Mao Shi (卯时).

As soon as the shop opened, the chubby boy and his friends rushed in.

It had been less than half an hour since the group arrived.

Lu Cheng then told the group to wander around for a while, and to come back later to act as buyers when there were more people, thus creating a lively atmosphere.

Then Old Pi was instructed to prepare a wooden board to be placed in front of the door.

It says at the top:

One ounce and six mace of blood-activating powder, prepared by the pharmacist himself, with a contract signed in the black market.

Further explanation followed:

Pick up the medicine in five days. The price is 1.6 taels (limited to 100 doses).

The medicine can be picked up in ten days. The price is 1.5 taels (limited to 100 doses).

The medicine will be picked up one month later. The price is 1.4 taels (100 doses will be delivered every five days, first come, first served, limited to 2,000 doses).

At a price of one tael and four mace, apart from those stained with blood, you won't find any other blood-activating powder so cheap in the entire Yangcheng.

This price is even lower than the cost of the alchemist from the Huang family!

Once the sign was up, Lu Cheng began refining medicine in the furnace.

After all, even with the contract from the Black Market, it's still necessary to prove the alchemist's skill.

And the blood-activating powder is precisely the best proof of this.

……

The second floor of the stone house.

Lu Cheng sat in front of the alchemy furnace.

Behind him was a pile of roughly processed blood-activating powder herbs.

Five days ago, after refining the twenty medicinal herbs that Lao Pi had bought last time, Lu Cheng's skill in [Pill Refining - Blood Activating Powder] had been improved to the highest level.

【Essence Refining - Blood-Activating Powder】

[Rank: None]

[Realm: Dacheng (50/400)]

At this level, there is no longer any need for meticulous processing of medicinal materials, greatly reducing the amount of preparation work required in the early stages.

Otherwise, processing just three hundred doses of medicinal herbs would take several days.

Besides, how much Blood-Activating Powder Lu Cheng can refine at once depends entirely on the size of the alchemy furnace.

In theory, Lu Cheng could refine all three hundred sets at once.

However, the limitation of such a large alchemy furnace lies in the furnace fire.

It can be said that, taking the refining of the Blood-Activating Powder as an example, such a level of skill is probably unmatched in the entire Dongyang County.

After all, the requirements for talent in alchemy are too strict.

Those with poor talent will never be able to break through their bottlenecks, no matter how many years they train.

How could someone with such talent possibly keep refining blood-activating powder?

"Hmm, it's possible to try controlling multiple alchemy furnaces simultaneously."

However, this is just a thought, since the situation is not yet so tense that there is a shortage of supply.

Calm your mind and light the fire.

After the alchemy furnace heated up, Lu Cheng began to put large quantities of medicinal herbs into it.

From the very first batch, Lu Cheng planned to fill it up completely.

After all, there's no time to take it slow.

Moreover, for blood-activating powder, mass production is necessary to keep costs down.

Because there were so many medicinal herbs, Lu Cheng even had to walk around.

At this moment, Lu Cheng couldn't help but recall a vernacular novel he had read in his previous life.

Besides the phrase "thirty years east of the river," the protagonist's initial martial arts skill is also very tempting.

"I think they're called 'Sucking Palm' and 'Blowing Fire Palm'?"

"This is incredibly convenient for alchemy. Just sit in front of the furnace and draw in whatever medicinal herbs you want."

As the amount of medicinal herbs in the furnace increased, Lu Cheng gradually became fully absorbed in it.

Melting medicinal herbs, controlling the furnace fire, adjusting the medicinal properties...

With Lu Cheng's relentless refinement, the skill level of [Essence Refining - Blood Activating Powder] began to improve rapidly.

As Lu Cheng produced batch after batch of pills, the aroma of medicine in the room grew stronger and stronger.

It first spread from the second-floor rooms to the first floor.

It then continued to dissipate outside the house.

Finally, if you get within two meters of the stone house, you can clearly smell the fragrance of medicine.

Even across the street, you can occasionally catch a faint whiff of the aroma.

People in the vicinity are constantly searching for the source.

It turned out to be Old Pi's shop.

Normally, the black market would only gradually start to get lively from the time of Wu Shi (戊时) until Hai Shi (亥时).

But today, before 9 PM, Old Pi's shop was already surrounded by people.

People looked at the sign outside the shop and started discussing it.

With the black market's contract and the ever-present aroma of medicine, no one doubted the authenticity or origin of the medicine.

Legitimate channels, cheap prices.

These two things alone are enough to make it appealing.

Many people are asking Lao Pi for details, and they seem quite interested.

Among the crowd, a few chubby boys wearing animal masks stood in different positions.

They each carried a contract for ten doses of the blood-activating powder.

Even now, they still don't understand what Lu Cheng's plan really means.

But that doesn't stop me from looking forward to what's to come.

Only Lao Pi, although he guessed Lu Cheng's plan wrong, could roughly understand what Lu Cheng was going to do.

While patiently explaining to the person asking the question, he looked upstairs.

She waited anxiously for Lu Cheng to come down.

However, neither Old Pi nor Little Fatty noticed that there were quite a few unusually calm people standing in the crowd around them.

The men looked at the wooden sign in front of them, then at the second floor where the fragrance of medicine boxes was still lingering, their eyes revealing an indescribable gloom and ferocity.

……

Lu Cheng, however, did not notice the commotion downstairs.

It was unclear which batch of pills had been produced, but the moment the pills were extracted, Lu Cheng's sea of ​​consciousness suddenly burst forth with golden light.

The towering pillar of light emitted countless vast and profound Daoist principles and laws.

A black figure representing the [Elixir Refining - Blood Activating Powder] sat cross-legged in front of the alchemy furnace.

The alchemy furnace and its fire in front of them were constantly shining.

Finally, with a loud "bang," it exploded into countless fragments.

The fragment split in two.

The larger ones dispersed throughout Lu Cheng's entire sea of ​​consciousness.

The processing methods and medicinal properties of the ingredients for the blood-activating powder were continuously implanted into Lu Cheng's memory.

One after another, tips on refining techniques, medicinal properties, and heat control emerged.

It was quickly digested and absorbed by Lu Cheng.

The remaining smaller portion transformed into a stream of light.

It was thrown into the golden pillar of light, into another wisp of swirling, unformed black mist.

This black mist is none other than the [Alchemy Technique] that has been in the "deduction" stage.

【Essence Refining - Blood-Activating Powder】

[Rank: None]

[Realm Level: Perfect (Cannot be upgraded)]

[I have thoroughly mastered all the essential techniques in refining the Blood-Activating Powder, from selecting, processing, and combining the herbs, to controlling the heat, collecting the elixir, and storing it—I am proficient in every aspect, and the resulting elixir has reached its peak efficacy.]

(One batch yields ten doses, their color as silver. Their medicinal power penetrates the meridians deeply, their spiciness moves the muscles and bones, and the process is completed effortlessly in a hundred days. In refining this Blood-Activating Powder, you are already a master among masters.)

……

It was expected that the refining technique of the Blood-Activating Powder would be perfected.

Therefore, the changes in his sea of ​​consciousness only caused Lu Cheng to pause for a moment, after which he continued to refine the Blood-Activating Pill.

But this momentary distraction allowed the noise and commotion outside to reach Lu Cheng's ears.

The aroma of medicine that filled the room seemed to be dissipated by the noise.

Lu Cheng frowned and looked outside, feeling a growing sense of anxiety.

During the subsequent alchemy process, various sounds kept drilling into his ears, and Lu Cheng had to turn his head to look every now and then.

In this situation, although Lu Cheng's skills remained superb, he was inevitably distracted.

At this point, more than two-thirds of the three hundred doses of medicine had been refined.

The earthenware urn behind them was also mostly filled.

After completing one batch of pills, Lu Cheng simply stopped refining them.

I picked up the paper packet and started to repackage the medicine powder.

One coin per packet, and in no time, fifty packets of the Blood-Activating Powder were freshly made.

Lu Cheng took a deep breath and walked down the stairs.