Peeping into the Immortal Road

Chapter 85 Top Grade Alchemist
A year and a half later.

In the alchemy room, Ji Chang sat in front of a black alchemy furnace with a focused expression.

This black gold alchemy furnace is exactly the top-grade alchemy furnace that Ji Chang's master, Master Mo Dan, left to him.

Ever since Ji Chang's cultivation entered the late stage of Qi Refining, he has had enough magic power to activate this alchemy furnace.

Although he could barely activate it before breaking through to the late stage of Qi Refining, he could not maintain it for a long time.

Ji Chang took a deep breath and adjusted himself to the best condition.

Then, he stretched out his hands and pressed lightly on the alchemy furnace. A gentle magical power surged out from his palms and slowly poured into the alchemy furnace.

With the infusion of magic power, the black gold furnace began to vibrate slightly, emitting a low humming sound.

Seeing this, Ji Chang immediately took out various spiritual herbs and medicines that had been processed long ago from his storage bag and put them into the alchemy furnace in a specific order and proportion.

These spiritual herbs and medicines are of high quality and complete variety, and are essential materials for refining the top-grade elixir, Yuhua Dan.

Yuhua Dan is the elixir that he has frequently purchased from Baiyaotang in recent years. It can be used to assist cultivators in the late stage of Qi Refining in their practice.

And in the first-grade superior alchemy inheritance left to him by Master Mo Dan, there is also the method of refining Yuhua Pill.

After several years of precipitation, especially after his cultivation broke through to the late stage of Qi Refining, he had enough magic power and Ji Chang felt that he could try to refine high-quality elixirs.

So, starting from last month, Ji Chang devoted himself to the refining of Yuhua Dan.

But in the past month, he had only managed to refine a few inferior Yuhua Pills.

Although these inferior pills did not meet the standards of finished products, they also provided Ji Chang with a lot of experience.

Ji Chang felt that he would be able to successfully refine the finished Yuhua Pill this time.

As the spiritual herbs and medicines were put in one by one, the temperature in the furnace gradually rose and the flame became more and more vigorous.

Ji Chang concentrated on controlling the size and temperature of the flame, not daring to be careless in the slightest.

As time passed, the elixirs in the furnace gradually melted into liquid, and the essences of various elixirs merged with each other under the burning flames.

Finally, after about three hours of refining, a refreshing fragrance emanated from the alchemy furnace and filled the entire alchemy room.

Ji Chang was delighted, knowing that this was a sign that the Yuhua Pill was about to take shape.

He immediately became more careful and carried out the final pill condensation and purification.

With a slight "bang" sound, the flame in the furnace was instantly extinguished.

Ji Chang raised his hand and waved. Two crystal clear Yuhua pills emitting a faint halo flew out of the furnace and fell into the jade bottle that Ji Chang had prepared long ago.

Ji Chang looked at the pills in the jade bottle and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

"I have finally become a top-grade alchemist."

"In this way, I won't have to buy elixirs from Baiyaotang anymore."

“Although spiritual stones are also needed to purchase the spiritual medicines needed for alchemy, this expense is nothing compared to directly purchasing the elixirs.”

……

A few days later.

Ji Chang walked through the busy streets and came to the familiar Baiyaotang.

In the lobby, people come and go, and the aroma of various medicinal herbs fills the air.

Ji Chang's eyes swept around and finally stopped on the busy shopkeeper.

At this time, the shopkeeper also saw Ji Chang.

"Master Han Dan, what are you doing..."

As soon as the shopkeeper opened his mouth, Ji Chang walked up and interrupted him.

"Shopkeeper, I am here this time to cancel the spiritual contract we signed earlier."

The shopkeeper was slightly startled when he heard this, with a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes. However, he quickly regained his composure and said with a smile: "Master Han Dan, have you really decided to cancel the spiritual contract?"

"Yes, I've made up my mind." Ji Chang nodded.

"The spiritual contract we signed originally did not have any age requirement, but since you have made your decision, I will naturally release it for you."

After some searching, the shopkeeper finally took out the yellowed spiritual contract.

He waved his hand lightly, and a magical power surged out from his fingertips, erasing the words on the paper one by one.

As the last stroke of the handwriting disappeared, the spiritual contract was completely freed.

Although in the world of immortal cultivation, there are indeed some special spiritual contracts that can restrict the two parties who sign the contract.

However, at the level of cultivators in the Qi Refining Stage, this kind of spiritual contract is still quite rare.

Because of this, whether it is the house rental contract signed by Ji Chang or the supply contract reached with Baiyaotang, its binding force actually comes from the official power of Cangyufang City.

In other words, even if a cultivator violated the agreement of the spiritual contract, as long as he chose to run away and never set foot in Cangyu Market again.

Then this spiritual contract would be meaningless to him and would lose all its binding force.

When the spiritual contract was signed, an identity ring from Cangyufang City was required as proof.

Ji Chang often used his public identity as Han Lin, a casual cultivator from Cangyufang City.

If I don't inform them and directly tear up the spiritual contract, it will cause the Cangyufang City Law Enforcement Team to come to my door, which will be a bit troublesome.

What's more, when the spiritual contract was signed, the invitation set was not very strict.

After seeing the spiritual contract was cancelled, Ji Chang bowed to the shopkeeper and thanked him, "Thank you, shopkeeper."

The shopkeeper smiled and shook his head, saying, "Master Han Dan, you are too polite. If you need anything in the future, please feel free to come. The door of our Baiyaotang is always open to you."

……

Half a month later, Ji Chang disguised his identity and went to attend the auction in the inner city of Cangyufang City.

Originally, auctions had already existed when Cangyu Market was still jointly managed by the Chen and Qian families.

However, there were not many monks in the market at that time, so the auction seemed rather deserted and was only held once a year.

Moreover, the best treasures in the auction are just top-grade elixirs and top-grade magical instruments.

With the increase in the number of monks, auctions in Cangyu Market are becoming more frequent and lively.

Now, a small auction is held basically every three months, and there is a large auction at the end of each year.

The quality of auction items has also improved, although it is still concentrated in the first tier.

But occasionally, rare treasures of the first level, such as top-grade elixirs and top-grade magical instruments, would appear, which were much stronger than before.

For Ji Chang, the auction is a good channel to sell high-quality elixirs.

Although cooperating with the medicine shop in the market is also a good choice.

However, considering that there are limited number of top-grade alchemists in the market, if a new top-grade alchemist suddenly appears, it will inevitably attract the attention and suspicion of other cultivators.

Ji Chang still remembered that the Chen family had set their sights on him and Master Mo Dan. If a top-grade alchemist suddenly appeared in the market, it would be bad if it attracted the attention of the Chen family.

In comparison, the auction looks much better.

The cultivators who participated in the auction came from all directions, including some independent cultivators who were not from Cangyu Market, and even some Tribulation Cultivators.

This mixed environment provided Ji Chang with a better cover, allowing him to sell top-grade elixirs while reducing a lot of unnecessary trouble and attention.

What's more, even if the auction takes a 50% commission, the spirit stones obtained from selling elixirs at the auction are higher than the purchase price of the elixir shop.

Top-grade elixirs are very popular in Cangyu Market.

(End of this chapter)