The Legend of the Immortal Cauldron

Ma Xiu, who had found the method, finally succeeded in refining a batch of Bigu Pills after failing several times.

The pills in this batch all looked very good, and eight pills were produced.

Looking at the eight Bigu Pills he had made himself, Ma Xiu had a big smile on his face.

Originally, Ma Xiu thought that he could keep producing pills if he had figured out how to control the flames.

But the reality was that even if he understood the method, a batch of pills would fail if there was a slight problem during the process of refining the pills.

Only now did he truly understand why there were so few alchemists among casual cultivators.

The consumption of medicinal materials required for training alone was not something an ordinary casual cultivator could afford.

He only refined four batches after consuming all the Bigu Pill materials.

After simply calculating the spirit stones spent on buying materials and the dozens of Bigu Pills, Ma Xiu knew that he had lost money in this pill refining.

However, fortunately, he was just practicing and did not intend to make money by refining pills, so there was not much difference.

After tidying up at home, Matthew went out to buy some more materials to continue refining pills.

His current success rate of making pills is less than 10%, and he needs more materials to practice.

While buying medicinal materials, Matthew also sold some medium-quality fasting pills and rejuvenation pills.

The prices of these two kinds of pills are generally not expensive, but the prices of medium-quality pills can be several times more expensive, which is also an unexpected gain for Matthew.

After strolling around the city and buying all the things he needed, Matthew planned to go back and continue refining pills.

When passing a street, he saw many people running in one direction.

With doubts in his heart, Matthew also followed the crowd.

He also wanted to see what happened that made so many people rush there at the same time.

The direction Matthew walked was the center of the city, where there was a square, where monks usually set up stalls, and he often passed by there before.

When he arrived at the square, it was already crowded.

Moreover, Matthew noticed that all the people who came here were monks, and there was no mortal.

When he got here, Matthew didn't need to walk by himself, the people behind him would push him forward.

There was no stall in the square at this time, and everyone's eyes were all looking forward.

"It's been almost 30 years, and the four major sects finally came here to recruit disciples."

"Yes, I was still a young man when I last saw the announcement of recruiting disciples."

"What's written on the announcement? Move aside, let me see."

Being squeezed in the crowd, all kinds of miscellaneous sounds came to his ears.

"Four major sects... announcement?"

It was the first time that Matthew heard these things, and he immediately became interested and began to squeeze in.

It took a lot of effort for Matthew to finally squeeze to the innermost of the crowd.

In front of him was a two-zhang wide notice board.

There were four pieces of paper with words on it.

"Qingyu Valley... Xuanwu Sect... Jiuxing Sect,... Baishou Mountain."

These were the names of the four sects written on the notice board.

They came here to recruit casual cultivators, but each sect had its own conditions for recruiting disciples.

Except for the four sects that all have the same single spiritual root, different spiritual root, double spiritual root and triple spiritual root, which can be directly selected without meeting the conditions, the rest of the spiritual root people need to pay specific items to be selected.

For example, Qingyu Valley requires ten spiritual herbs with a medicinal age of more than 100 years to join.

And Jiuxing Sect requires some minerals that Matthew has never heard of.

Xuanwu Sect also requires spiritual herbs, but the most peculiar thing is that the Hundred Beasts Mountain actually requires information on potential monster cubs or rare monsters.

For casual cultivators, it is a rare opportunity to be able to join a large sect.

With a large sect as a support, both cultivation and status will be better than casual cultivators.

Although Matthew does not know the strength of the four major sects, he has already thought about joining one of them.

However, he cannot meet the conditions required by the four major sects.

After writing down all the contents on the notice, Matthew walked out.

It will take more than a year for the four major sects to come to Wangxian City, and he still has some time to prepare.

With a change of mind, Matthew left the crowd and walked towards the Treasure House.

At present, the requirements of Qingyu Valley and Xuanwu Sect are the easiest to meet. He wants to see if the spiritual medicine he needs is sold in the city.

If it is, he can risk selling more pills to buy it.

When he arrived at the Treasure House, he was stunned.

It was already crowded with people. He stood at the door for a while and then left.

These people all came here to buy the things needed by the four major sects. Even if he squeezed in, he would definitely not be able to grab them.

There is more than one store in the city, the Treasure House.

After leaving the Treasure House, Matthew immediately walked towards other stores.

Late at night, Matthew returned home with a frustrated face.

That day, he ran through all the stores in the city.

But he didn't buy anything.

In addition to the fact that many people had the same idea as him, the more important point was that the things the four major sects wanted were not ordinary things, and few stores in the city had them.

In desperation, Matthew could only spend some spiritual stones to buy a few ancient books.

These ancient books are dedicated to recording spiritual medicines, monsters, and various minerals.

Apart from the medicinal materials he had come into contact with before, he knew nothing about the others. It was time to make up for the gap in this area.

Since the four major sects issued the announcement, Wangxian City has become extremely lively.

Some independent cultivators from other places also rushed to Wangxian City after hearing the news.

As a result, the number of cultivators in the city increased rapidly.

In the next few days, Matthew did not stay at home to practice, but went out every day.

Although those independent cultivators from other places were attracted by the announcement of the four major sects, many of them did not want to join any sect.

Matthew often heard the discussions of those independent cultivators on the street, and more or less knew some things about the sects.

In the eyes of those big sects, independent cultivators have a very low status. They will only be remembered when they are needed. Usually, they are basically suppressed in secret.

Especially some older independent cultivators, every time they talk about a certain sect, their words are more or less hostile.

Matthew does not care about the things between independent cultivators and sects.

What he cares about is that after so many independent cultivators came to the city, the prices of various commodities in the city have all dropped.

This is mainly because many independent cultivators come with the purpose of selling their own items.

The price reduction of various items is a good thing for Matthew. He can also sell some mid-grade elixirs that he doesn't need for the time being in exchange for spirit stones.

Then he can use these spirit stones to buy more elixirs for his own cultivation.