Chapter 16: The Poorest Alchemist
The gate of Fangcheng was much taller than Feng Lian imagined, and from a distance, it looked like a giant beast more than 100 meters tall crawling on the ground, opening its bloody mouth and swallowing the passing crowd.
After walking in, I found that it was not a "like", but a "real" monster. The city gate is in the shape of a pixiu, which is carved from a whole piece of green jade rock.
Feng Lian couldn't help but admire: "It is worthy of the headquarters of the two chambers of commerce, just this piece of green jade rock is worth millions of heavenly crystals." ”
Before he could sigh a little bit, he heard someone shouting, "Brother, brother, I'm here!"
Feng Lian looked over, and a long-lost smile appeared on his face. Let the people who pass by him feel an inexplicable warmth.
Under the tent outside the city gate, Ruoziyi was running towards him and rushed directly into his arms.
Ruoziyi, who cried with joy, complained: "Brother, why did you come, I thought you lied to me and didn't come." ”
Feng Lian looked at Nangong Jin with a bitter face and asked, "How long have you been here?"
Nangong Jin replied reluctantly: "Just two days after arriving, my junior sister said that I must wait for you to arrive and enter the city together." ”
Feng Lian gently pushed Ruo Ziyi away, wiped away his tears, and said with a smile: "Don't cry, so many people are watching, girls must leave the most beautiful appearance in the eyes of the world." ”
Ruoziyi immediately burst into tears and laughed, and walked towards the city gate with Feng Lian's arm.
As soon as they entered the Sifang City, the people of the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce and the Sun and Moon Chamber of Commerce immediately greeted them and strongly invited them to rest in the small courtyard of their own Chamber of Commerce. Feng Lian didn't ask about these things, and in the end it was Nangong Jin who made the decision. According to the usual practice, one is changed at a time, and this time it is the turn of the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce.
As soon as he entered the so-called inn, Feng Lian was stunned. Where is this inn, it is obviously a palace. One main hall plus nine side halls, gardens, pools, and cultivation rooms. All the most precious and useful stones for cultivators to cultivate.
Even every tree and grass is planted very carefully, and no matter how you look at it, you feel very enjoyable. Not to mention those pavilions, murals, sculptures. There are dozens of maids, all of whom are first-class in appearance and figure. It's the ultimate in luxury.
He had been to the mansion of Yu Chaojiang, the prince of the Zangyu Empire, which was larger than here, but in terms of taste and luxury, the difference was more than 108,000 miles.
Ten years ago, I followed Master to live in the small courtyard of the Sun Moon Chamber of Commerce for the first time, and I was also stunned. Ruoziyi took Feng Lian's arm and said with a smile.
"How much does it cost to stay for this day? You are really rich in the Valley of Hundred Flowers. Feng Lian's mind is full of money, and he can't help but sigh.
Ruoziyi said proudly: "This is free, except for the ten major sects and two families. We have this treatment in Baihua Valley. ”
Feng Lian thought to himself, one day, Amen will also get such treatment. This is not a question of money, but a reflection of whether a sect is recognized or not.
"Brother Fenglian, my senior brother has been quite pitiful for most of the past half a year, so you can let him go. Ruoziyi said pitifully.
Feng Lian then remembered that after teaching Nangong Jin a lesson last time, he only gave him a healing pill, but did not help him erase the Dao marks engraved on his buttocks.
I don't know if Nangong Jin really doesn't have any cultivation talent, or if he deliberately expressed his protest against Feng Lian in this way, and by the way, he won the sympathy of his junior sister. Anyway, his ass hurt like this for more than half a year. The wind and honesty are admired so much that they are on the ground.
Feng Lian crossed his palms and feet, and beat Nangong Jin to the point of "whoa" and screamed. After that, he took out a Heart Condensing Pill and handed it to Ruo Ziyi, saying, "Take it to your senior brother, refine it well, and it should be fine in an hour." ”
"Master Sanpin's Heart Concentration Pill, this is worth a lot of money. Ruoziyi exclaimed in surprise.
Feng Lian pinched her little face and smiled: "No matter how valuable it is, can it be worth as much as your senior brother's ass?"
Ruo Ziyi gently pinched Feng Lian's arm and said angrily: "I won't tell you, I'll take it to Senior Brother first." ”
"Wait. Feng Lian stopped Ruo Ziyi and asked, "When will the auction start?"
Ruoziyi thought for a while and said, "In more than two months." ”
Feng Lian felt like he had been deceived, glared at Ruo Ziyi and said, "More than two months later, then why are you here so early?"
Ruoziyi said with a hippie smile: "Of course you're here to play, don't you get tired of staying in Baihua Valley every day? ”
Feng Lian frowned and said, "It seems that I have to find something for the two of you to do." lest you two have nothing to do. ”
Nangong Jin turned his head, and you are fine
Shengfei disturbed my happy journey with my junior sister.
Ruozi stood on tiptoe, patted Feng Lian's shoulder and said, "Brother Feng Lian, you can rest assured, stay for more than two months, you will definitely not be disappointed." ”
Feng Lian smiled: "Then you tell me about the specific situation of the competition." ”
It turned out that in addition to the three levels of the Qingyun List, there were also 36 competitions. Among them, there are four events that interest Feng Lian the most, one is the alchemy competition between the alchemist and the poisoner. The second is the ring competition of alchemists, poisoners, and refiners. The third is the ring match between the formation mage and the star arithmetic. As for the prizes, hehe, the champion of each item is a tailor-made set of Grandmaster Three-Rank Spirit Weapons.
A complete set of spiritual weapons includes weapons, armor, auxiliary spiritual weapons, ethereal rings, etc., adding up to dozens of sets.
All the spiritual artifacts were custom-made by Qingzong and Yongding City. This is also the only alliance between Qingzong and Yongding City. Usually they are in the rhythm of old and dead. One can imagine how precious that set of spiritual weapons should be.
Feng Lian drooled when he thought about it. But when I thought of my physical condition, I could only sigh helplessly. His body is still a long way from healing, especially in the battle with the woman in red, the excessive consumption of spiritual power and soul power, coupled with the subsequent healing, the tree of life in his body is still in a semi-withered state and has not recovered.
With such a physical condition, how to deal with an opponent like the woman in red. The most important thing is that his weapon is ruined, and now he doesn't even have a weapon to take advantage of.
Feng Lian returned to his room for the time being, thinking about how to get himself a weapon. But where did he get the money now? After a few fights along the way, he grabbed an ethereal ring, and he couldn't get out.
"Damn, who the fuck said that the alchemists are all fat, and Lao Tzu is also a master three-grade alchemist who is like a fake, why is he so poor!" Thinking of money, Feng Lian couldn't help but look up to the sky and scold.
Master-level weapons, like elixirs, have a priceless price and are difficult to come across. He pinned his hopes on this centennial auction. Otherwise, if he gets the money, but he can't buy a spiritual weapon, then he still takes a piece of tofu and shoots himself to death.
Now his ethereal spirit ring only has a few thousand immortal crystals, which can be said to be empty, where can he get some money to buy medicinal materials? He only has two months, and he must refine at least ten scarce master three-grade pills before it is possible to exchange for a master three-grade spiritual weapon.
Under normal circumstances, the price of a master-level spiritual artifact was almost equivalent to the price of ten pills of the same level. Because of the production process of spiritual weapons, more spiritual materials are used than pills, and the refining process is more complicated than pills of the same level, and the control of various spiritual materials is more demanding.
A master three-grade spiritual weapon, one person to make alone, it takes at least two years or more.
However, most refiners have several disciples, and the production of many spiritual weapons is initially forged by the disciples of mortal-level refiners, and then polished, refined, and fused with various spiritual materials for the disciples of the Xuan-level Instrument Makers, and finally the final steps such as smelting, assembling, and engraving the magic circle by the master-level Instrument Makers. If you let the Qingzong Instrument Hall or Yongding City make it, the spirit weapon of the master's three products can basically be baked in about half a month.
And because the elixir requires a higher degree of fusion, each alchemist's spiritual power and soul power are different, and the alchemy techniques are even more different. Therefore, no matter how high or low the level is, it can only be completed by the alchemist alone. Under normal circumstances, the refining of the master's three-pin pill can be completed in three or five days, and if it cannot be completed within this time period, it means that the refining has failed.
There is also a slight difference, refining the elixir consumes a large amount of soul power and spiritual power in a short time, while refining the weapon consumes a long time. Both are like sprints and long-distance runs. The failure rate of refining is about dozens of times that of refining weapons. The alchemist failed once, and the entire pill was scrapped. The refining weapon is only a certain part of the spiritual material.
Although the failure rate of pill refining is extremely high, medicinal materials can be obtained through planting and other methods, and medicinal materials can be said to be endless. A lot of spiritual materials are non-renewable resources, and they are gone when they are used up, and the price is expensive.
This does not mean that the alchemist is poorer than the crafter, on the contrary, the alchemist is richer than the crafter, because the elixir is a consumable. The refined elixir can be sold at any time.
But why is he so poor? Feng Lian once again raised his head to the sky and howled, venting his deep depression.
In Nangong Jin's room, Ruo Ziyi handed him the pill and said, "Senior brother, hurry up and take the refining, your injury will be healed in an hour." ”
Nangong Jin took the pill and looked at it, his expression was as surprised as Ruo Ziyi. asked, "Senior sister, where did you get the pill?" This is a master-level elixir, and auctions are extremely rare. ”
Ruo Ziyi didn't dare to tell him that it was given to him by Fenglian, for fear that he would not accept it, so he said, "Don't worry about it, hurry up and refine it."
Nangong Jin looked outside the door, then looked at Ruo Ziyi, and asked in a low voice, "...... Don't tell him that I took the pill and healed my wounds. lest he torment me again. ”
Ruo Ziyi covered her mouth and smiled: "If he wants to continue to torture you, will he still use the pill for you?"
"This elixir is his, he shouldn't be an alchemist, right? Otherwise, who would give away a master-level elixir?" Speaking of the alchemist, Nangong Jin couldn't help but show reverence in his eyes.
Ruoziyi rubbed her little head and thought for a while, and said, "I really don't know this." However, he also gave me a bunch of Xuan-level first- and second-grade pills. You'd better take care of yourself first and heal your injuries first. ”
"Senior sister, are you still angry with me, I'm really sorry that day, I was confused for a while, and I ...... talk"
Ruo Ziyi interrupted him and said, "Senior brother, those things are in the past. Besides, whoever I'm angry with will not be really angry with you. Brother Feng Lian told me that he did this to you on purpose. He said that your spiritual power is a bit vain, so it will be good for you to let you use your spiritual power to suppress the pain yourself. ”
Ruo Ziyi's words also saved him some face, Feng Lian said that it was very faceless, except for the head that was kicked by the donkey and made his character a little tough, it was useless, and it was insulting to the cultivation of martial immortals.
Nangong Jin's face was declining, and he muttered: "Then there's no need to torture me like this for more than half a year, right?!"
Feng Lian thought about it, if he wanted to obtain a master-level spiritual weapon, he could only refine the elixir, and then bid for the master-level spiritual weapon after the auction. However, refining ten Master Three-Rank Pills in two months, hehe, no matter what level of alchemist it is, it is impossible.
So what should I do, there is no such shop in this village, and it is rare for Feng Lian to be so entangled in his heart.
The troubles lingered, and Feng Lian got up and walked around, scattering his mind.
Unconsciously walked to Nangong Jin's room. He actually doesn't have a deep grudge against Nangong Jin, and his torture is quite miserable, although it is for his good and he has made compensation, but he is still a little sorry in his heart. I thought I'd better visit him and explain it to him. After all, he is Ruo Ziyi's senior brother, and if he gets angry with Ruo Ziyi, Ruo Ziyi's life will not be easy in the future.
Just as he was about to ask the maid to open the door, Feng Lian heard a fierce quarrel between Nangong Jin and Ruoziyi in the room. Feng Lian listened carefully, and then he was relieved, it was not a quarrel, their brother and sister were discussing a prescription.
This reminded Feng Lian of Mengjie, they often quarreled like this when they were children, and sometimes they were even more intense.
They were talking about a cultivator who had a damaged spirit crystal that they had met during this experience. If Ziyi proposes to add several medicinal materials to the original prescription, it can delay the deterioration of the condition.
And Nangong Jin felt that it was impossible, because the medicinal properties of the newly added medicinal materials were conflicting, and they were too violent, which made the condition worse.
The two were quiet for a while, and discussed together how to reduce the rejection of medicinal materials and how to control the violentness of medicinal materials, and began to quarrel again, each not giving in.
In the end, Nangong Jin said angrily: "Senior sister, it's impossible." The medicinal materials you mentioned can indeed slow down the speed at which the spirit crystals continue to break, but they can't be used in medicine at all, because the violent medicinal effect is the foundation of their medicinal materials. If you remove the medicinal properties, they are no different from a weed. ”
Ruoziyi said unconvinced: "It must be possible, the treatment I give to Brother Feng Lian is to remove the violent medicinal properties of many medicinal materials." Look at me, didn't I let him recover?"
"The medicinal materials you mentioned have hidden medicinal effects, but these kinds only have a single medicinal properties, which doesn't work at all. ”
Feng Lian didn't let the maid report, walked straight into the room, and said to Ruo Ziyi: "Your senior brother is right, those medicinal materials have no violent medicinal properties, and they are simply a bunch of weeds. ”
He looked at Nangong Jin again and said, "What you said is not entirely right, those medicinal materials can also be used in medicine, just add an appropriate amount of cold ice grass seeds." Do you think it's feasible?"
Nangong Jin glanced at Feng Lian in surprise, immediately fell into deep thought, and said after a long time: "No, the cold ice grass can suppress the medicinal properties of the burst, but it will also suppress the other medicinal properties in the original prescription, and the gains outweigh the losses." ”
Ruo Ziyi said: "How about using Flame Flower Pollen instead of Ice Grass Seeds." This pollen is mild, slightly cool, and highly compatible. ”
Nangong Jin still shook his head and said, "No, the Flame Flower Pollen contains a fire attribute aura, which will only accelerate the death of the patient." ”
Ruoziyi said: "Then use the four-heart grass, it's always okay." ”
Nangong Jin still shook his head.
When Ruo Ziyi said to use the Ice Heart Jade Leaf Flower, Feng Lian suddenly had a bold idea.