Seventy years old is the age to take risks!

Autumn goes and spring comes.

Unbeknownst to many, a year had passed since Jiang Yuan joined the black market, and his status had gradually risen, even showing signs of surpassing the four hall masters.

With the tokens of the four deputy hall masters in hand, who wouldn't call him Master Jiang?

In the Jiangning City branch of the black market, even the deputy leader Zhuang Xiu and Jiang Yuan were like brothers, and he often sought his advice on business.

However, even so, Jiang Yuan was well aware that he still had not yet reached the core of the black market.

Firstly, he was only responsible for managing the four outer city districts and did not interfere in the actual business of the four main halls.

Secondly, he had never met that mysterious helmsman.

When asked about it occasionally, everyone showed a look of apprehension and dared not discuss the leader of the helm too much.

Although Jiang Yuan was puzzled, he did not delve into it further.

He came to the black market seeking peace and quiet, and incidentally to earn some cultivation resources.

It has to be said that the profits he received from the four halls were quite substantial. Converted to low-grade spirit stones, he could earn at least five hundred per month, enough for him to cultivate and squander.

But this situation didn't last long, and Jiang Yuan found himself short of money again.

There's only one reason: a lack of elixirs!

After entering the Meridian Opening Realm, opening each meridian became incredibly difficult, and it became increasingly difficult as one progressed. Even with a cultivation speed seventy times faster than normal, it was all in vain, and he remained stuck at the fifth level of the Meridian Opening Realm without making any progress.

This was because Jiang Yuan was too old, and his meridians had long since become solidified.

If you want to forcefully open up the meridians, you must take the Marrow Cleansing Pill for a period of time to nourish them; otherwise, it is easy for your Qi and blood to reverse and you will die suddenly.

This Marrow Cleansing Pill is a Grade 3 pill, and each one is very expensive. It costs at least 300 spirit stones to sell on the market, and it is difficult to find anywhere in Jiangning City.

On this day, Jiang Yuan was cultivating in his room when the long-lost interface text suddenly appeared before his eyes.

[A year has passed, and the conditions for unlocking Volume 4 of the Longevity Scroll have been met!]

[Unlock Volume 4 to obtain "The Loyal and Skilled Healer".]

[A Master of Alchemy: You possess an innate talent for alchemy; learning to refine pills is as easy as eating and drinking, and every pill you produce will be of the highest quality.]

[Receive bonus rewards: Basic knowledge of elixirs and a recipe for a Marrow Cleansing Pill!]

[Condition for unlocking the next volume: Two years later]

"Marrow Cleansing Pill?"

Jiang Yuan's eyes widened, and then a look of wild joy appeared on his face.

It's like a pillow coming to someone who's sleepy.

He was just worrying about how to get some Marrow Cleansing Pills when the system directly assigned him a Master of Elixir, allowing him to refine the pills himself.

Wonderful!

The next moment, Jiang Yuan felt countless alchemical knowledge flood his mind, the amount of information so vast that it almost made his head explode.

Alchemy is a completely different profession from martial arts, requiring a great deal of basic knowledge.

Ordinary people cannot even get past the threshold of alchemy without studying for more than ten years.

Pills are also divided into different grades, from the lowest grade one to the highest grade nine. The value of each grade is vastly different, which leads to a huge gap in the status of alchemists.

Alchemists are scarce in the Great Yu Kingdom. A third-grade alchemist is already considered an honored guest by some powerful families, while those of the fifth grade and above are alchemy masters, whose status is even more revered than that of martial arts grandmasters in the middle three realms.

As for those of the sixth or even seventh rank, they are extremely rare.

As far as he knew, the Jiangning City branch of the black market also had a pill hall, but it was mostly staffed by first-grade alchemists who could only refine pills that could restore true qi. In fact, many of these pills were transported from the main headquarters.

After digesting the knowledge about the pills, Jiang Yuan opened his eyes, and a slight smile appeared on his lips.

He estimated that his current level was roughly equivalent to that of the best third-grade alchemist.

Moreover, this is not the upper limit of his talent in alchemy, but the upper limit of his knowledge.

The basic alchemy knowledge provided by the Longevity Scroll is only enough to support him in refining third-grade pills at most. Further advancement requires more knowledge and a deeper level of cultivation.

But that's enough.

A third-grade alchemist!

He was a complete novice who suddenly became a third-grade alchemist. Isn't this a windfall?

You should know that alchemy is an extremely profitable industry.

Without hesitation, Jiang Yuan got up and prepared to start refining the pill according to the formula for the Marrow Cleansing Pill in his mind.

Stepping out of the room, one can see the spirit herb garden within one's own residence.

I don't know if I don't see it, I'm startled when I see it.

Previously, I only thought that Zhang Bo planted this garden of spiritual herbs for ornamental purposes, and I never really investigated what these flowers and plants were.

But now that I look at them, they're all precious medicinal herbs!

Dragon's beard leaf, Polygonum multiflorum vine, Forget-me-not, Calcined dragon liver...

All the medicinal herbs needed for the Marrow Cleansing Pill are actually available in this herb garden!

Good guy.

How much money did Zhang Bo, a mere butler, embezzle to be able to cultivate such a precious herb garden?

This is a boon for the old man.

Jiang Yuan grinned and called out to the room next to the bathing and dining room, "Shuang'er, come out and help me pick some medicinal herbs. I'm going out to buy a pill furnace."

"Master, you wish to refine pills?"

Upon hearing this, Shuang'er opened the door in surprise, blinked, and asked, "Master, you can also refine pills? What kind of pills do you want to refine?"

"this..."

Jiang Yuan was so excited that he almost let slip what he had said, so he quickly corrected himself, saying, "Oh, it's nothing. I learned a little about alchemy when I was young."

"I'm getting old, I'm no longer useful."

"I've been depleted too much lately, so I plan to refine some qi-replenishing and health-nourishing pills to make up for it properly."

"what?"

Upon hearing this, Shuang'er's face flushed red, and she covered her face, saying coquettishly, "Master, what nonsense are you talking about?"

"You're in such good health... Oh dear, I'm ignoring you, sir!"

Shuang'er thought Jiang Yuan wanted to enhance his virility, after all, the two of them had been partying almost every night recently, and Jiang Yuan especially doted on her.

But unexpectedly, Jiang Yuan would have to take medicine because of this.

This is so embarrassing!

Shuang'er blushed deeply, but she still obediently followed Jiang Yuan's instructions and went to the Spirit Herb Garden to pick the medicinal herbs that Jiang Yuan needed.

Furthermore, they deliberately picked more than they should have.

Jiang Yuan smiled and shook his head, then flicked his sleeves and left the mansion. Before long, he returned with a fine alchemy furnace, ready to refine the Marrow Cleansing Pill.

Meanwhile, Shuang'er had already prepared the medicinal herbs for the Spirit Herb Garden.

About an hour later.

The smoke from the incense rose in wisps.

A faint fragrance of elixir wafted from the Jiang residence, intoxicating all who smelled it.

"It's done!"

Jiang Yuan's eyes lit up. He slapped the top of the alchemy furnace with one hand, and a smooth, round pill flew out of the furnace and landed on the pill bottle he had prepared in advance.

Without hesitation, Jiang Yuan picked up the pill and swallowed it, then began cultivating on the spot.

Another half hour passed.

Jiang Yuan opened his eyes, and some heat rose from his body, mixed with some black, murky energy.

Cleansing the meridians and marrow!

He finally opened his sixth meridian and entered the sixth level of the Meridian Opening Realm!