immortal mansion

Chapter 11
It didn't take long for Mo Chen, relying on his memory far surpassing that of ordinary people, to quickly memorize the pharmacological properties of all common elixir.

Next, it is to buy Danfang to practice hands.

It is said that pill recipes are rare, but that is only for some pill recipes that are monopolized by big powers. Although some popular pill recipes are expensive, they can still be bought easily.

The reason why these medicines are cheap is not without reason. Either the main materials needed are scarce or difficult to find, or some elixir is completely monopolized and controlled, requiring a lot of money to buy, and only a small part meets Mo Chen's requirements.

The pill that Mo Chen bought was called Qinghe Dan.

Just by listening to the name, one can tell that it is a kind of elixir made from Qinghe Lingmi as the main material.

Qinghe Dan, the elixir used in the early stage of Qi refining, is slightly less effective than Yangyuan Dan.

Although the grade is low, it is an entry-level elixir, suitable for monks at the early stage of Qi refining, and the price is very cheap. It only costs [-] talismans, and basically all monks can afford it.

It stands to reason that in this way, the formula of Qinghe Dan will be very valuable.

However, there are too many people who own it.

Therefore, Mo Chen bought it from a casual cultivator for only two hundred talismans.

The elixir in his hand should be an improved version of Changzhou County. The supplementary materials used in it are almost all local elixir of Changzhou County, which is very suitable for the monks here to refine.

It coincided with the market day in June, and many monks were selling the elixir they collected or planted.

It didn't take long for Mo Chen to collect enough materials to refine ten parts of Qinghe Dan.

Raw materials are not enough to refine the elixir. He is just a small monk at the fourth level of Qi Refining. He has neither the real fire of the foundation-builder monk nor the pill fire of the Jindan Daoist, so he needs to use external flames to refine the elixir.

Under normal circumstances, ordinary monks would choose to rent the fire room at this time.

It's just that the underground fire veins in Changzhou County are buried very deep, and only big forces have the strength to build them. Therefore, there is no underground fire room in Changzhou Fang City, so even if the underground fire is very suitable for alchemy, Mo Chen can only reluctantly give up.

What he chose was the spirit wood flame, the flame produced by the burning of special spirit wood.

Although the firepower is not as good as the ground fire, let alone the real fire of the foundation-building period monks, it is completely sufficient for refining low-level panacea such as Qinghe Dan, and it is even a bit overkill.

To refine the elixir in the Qi refining stage, it is enough to buy the first-order Qingyang Firewood.

Then he casually bought a pig iron alchemy furnace from a street stall, and Mo Chen had gathered all the conditions needed for alchemy, and then he just needed to keep trying and gradually accumulate experience.

In the following time, apart from meditating and refining Qi every day, and drawing a batch of talismans, Mo Chen spent the rest of his time refining pills, which was quite fulfilling.

The main difficulty in refining Qinghedan lies in controlling the temperature of the spiritual fire.

It won't work if it's too high, and it won't work if it's too low.

Only by keeping the spiritual fire within a stable range can the active ingredients in Qinghe Lingmi be refined, otherwise these ingredients will be volatilized, which will test the alchemist's level of spiritual power control.

Every time he fails, Mo Chen will sum up his experience with his heart.

After dozens of failures, he finally managed to refine a portion of green grass essence, put it in a sapphire bottle for later use, and then started to refine other raw materials.

This process lasted for half a year.

The purpose is to master the skills of refining elixir, which is the most basic and important step in alchemy. The more perfect the refining process is, the easier the subsequent process of congealing the alchemy will be, which can avoid a lot of troubles.

During this period, the raw materials of Qinghe Pill that Mo Chen used for refining were hundreds of copies at least.

This price is not insignificant, enough to bring some small cultivation families to the brink of bankruptcy.

Fortunately, the result was satisfactory, and he finally managed to refine a batch of Qinghe Dan.

Looking at the green elixir in his hand, Mo Chen could not hide his smile on his face blackened by the charcoal fire.

After he succeeded once, he succeeded in several furnaces one after another. Although the alchemy rate of each furnace was not high, at least he could be regarded as a qualified alchemist.

Not long after, Mo Chen successively refined several kinds of pills used in the Qi refining stage, and even the Condensing Qi powder used in the middle stage of Qi refining, he also successfully refined several furnaces.

The rapid advancement of alchemy is not without cost.

At least for this period of time, almost all of the profits Mo Chen made from selling the talismans were invested in it.

However, this situation will soon change. With the improvement of his alchemy skills, the value of the elixir that can be refined will also increase significantly, and he will soon be able to turn losses into profits, and even make a lot of money.

Unlike magic talismans, elixir is almost an indispensable item for monks. After all, if you want to quickly improve your cultivation, elixir is essential, and the profit far exceeds the talisman money earned by making talismans.

In addition, the status of an alchemist is higher than that of a talisman maker.

With his status as a new alchemist, Mo Chen was easily accepted by the local circle.

The difficulty of obtaining all kinds of information that he had no access to in the past has been greatly reduced.

At least Mo Chen is no longer ignorant of the Xuanhuo Sect's war against monsters. The monks in Changzhou Fang City are very concerned about this battle, because it is related to the future of Fang City.

If the Xuanhuo Sect succeeds in eradicating the monster group, the vast wilderness to the east of Jialing Mountain that was originally occupied by monsters will completely fall into the hands of the monks, giving the cultivation world of Changzhou County a rare opportunity for development.

And this is very likely to change the current power structure in Changzhou County.

For the above, as a casual cultivator, Mo Chen is just watching for fun, and he pays more attention to some real benefits.

When he has time, he will participate in the exchange meeting. Although most people are hiding it, there are always some people who are willing to share some real goods for the purpose of winning people's hearts, and this can benefit Mo Chen a lot.

However, he didn't dare to have too much contact with these people, for fear of inadvertently revealing the details.

At the same time, the Xuanhuo Sect's crusade against the monsters in the Jialing Mountains was in full swing. Many familiar faces in Changzhou Fang City were removed, and the guarding force began to weaken.

In this regard, many people in Changzhou Fang City are worried.

On this day, Mo Chen was invited to attend an exchange meeting.

The initiator of this exchange meeting is the Chen family of Changzhou County. They are a rare large-scale cultivation family in the county. They have been passed down for thousands of years, and they control the pricing power of talismans in Changzhoufang City.

This is also the reason why he is willing to participate. After all, as long as he has a good relationship, it will be of great benefit to the sale of his talismans.

For this exchange meeting, the Chen family also invited an elder from the Xuanhuo Sect.

This elder was also surnamed Chen, and seemed to be a member of the Chen family sent to the Xuanhuo Sect.

At the exchange meeting, in addition to sharing their respective experiences, a small exchange meeting was also held.

It's just that Mo Chen is shy in his pocket, so he can only watch those good things go away in vain.

Finally, after the exchange meeting, someone came to him.

But it was the one who had a good conversation with Mo Chen at the previous exchange meeting.

After chatting for a while, he revealed his intention, but invited him to hunt monsters outside together.

For this, Mo Chen politely declined.

Are you kidding me?
Isn't it good to earn money by drawing talismans in the square market? Why risk your life to go outside to eat and sleep with those big guys?
Of course, it was definitely not that Mo Chen was afraid that he would return empty-handed again.

In fact, the reason why he refused was because he felt something in his heart.

Looking up at the sky, there is already a cloud of lead, a sign of a storm.

(End of this chapter)