954 Breaking The Seal (1/2)
”Help me control the flame!”
Inside the courtyard house, Han Yunfeng was sitting cross-legged, performing the hand signs to execute a Dharmic formulation while streaks of the lively flame licked the pill furnace.
”Flame Control Technique!”
Fang Yuan assisted him perfectly while absorbing Han Yunfeng's alchemy techniques at the same time.
”The mid-tier brain development drug is almost at the difficulty of high-tier pills. On top of that, it uses costly ingredients! A Zerg King is a Zerg Empress's general, a leader of the Zerg army. Its brain nucleus is naturally very valuable!”
The Zerg was one of the largest powers within the Cosmic Lifeform Alliance. They were also humanity's greatest enemy.
Their organizational structure was compact. The Zerg Empress sat at the top of the hierarchy, and it could use mind control to manipulate all of its subordinates. It also gave birth to an entire Zerg tribe. The mother nest even had the ability of interstellar travel.
Whenever they reached a planet with abundant resources, they would light the flames of war, consume everything like locusts, and then continue to wander the universe.
The most terrifying thing was the Zerg's reproductive ability. Furthermore, the Zerg Empress could strengthen and modify a Zerg's skills in accordance to the situation. It was said that the Zerg Empress's intelligence was not inferior to an Arcanist!
”The brain development drug was inspired by research into the Zerg's brainwave. The low-tier brain development drug only requires an elite Zerg brain nucleus. Meanwhile, the mid-tier brain development drug requires the use of a Zerg King brain nucleus. Finally, the legendary high-tier brain development drug requires a Zerg Empress brain nucleus!”
An Empress was a Zerg tribe's leader. You could only obtain its brain nucleus by eliminating an entire Zerg tribe. Even the Human Alliance found this difficult to accomplish.
”Even though a Zerg Empress brain nucleus can be split into many parts to be used as materials, if the refinement fails, the cost you'd pay would be worth dying for…”
Combined with the knowledge that he had learned recently, Fang Yuan finally understood why refining the high-tier brain development drug was so suffocating.
”And, compared to this, there are even rarer materials required for supplementing a cultivator's spiritual roots. Most of these are highly sought-after and difficult to get your hands on…”
Fang Yuan's Demon God True Spirit meant he was overqualified for this.
While helping Han Yunfeng with concocting the pill, he continued to absorb his techniques. Finally, he even had the extra attention to surf the web and search for more information to enrich his knowledge.
”A low-tier brain development drug is probably worth a hundred credits! And each low-tier brain development drug costs about fifty credits to make. This is still profitable!”
Fang Yuan thought about the high-tech fusion reactor furnace in the basement.
The level of his spiritual will was at a completely different level compared to other pharmacy university students.
Most of these students' spiritual will was not sufficient to meet the criteria for refining the low-tier brain development drug. It was also challenging for them to coordinate with a smart-brain. However, this task was as simple as sipping water to Fang Yuan.
”If I think about it this way, there's definitely a market if I sell these pills at a lower price!”
Even though the students admitted to East Dragon University might not care about the low-tier brain development drug, Fang Yuan thought about the students on Planet Blue Ray. Even the students in Flying Rainbow High's key classes might not have consumed it before.
It was not that they did not have the money, but that the students had no access.
For this type of drug, the supply did not meet the demand.
”I'm sure all these students have siblings and family that need this too… Furthermore, it's not very hard to obtain the materials to make the low-tier drug. If all else fails, I can use my credits to purchase them…”
”Hmm?”
Suddenly, Fang Yuan sensed something amiss with Han Yunfeng's current state.
The entire pill furnace vibrated violently, and the flame suddenly flickered. Something happened while the drugs were fusing.
”Ah! Flame Regulation Technique!”
With his technique, the flame turned green and stabilized once again. ”Teacher, focus on your drug fusion. Leave the flame to me!”
”All right!” Han Yunfeng grit his teeth. ”Thousand Spiritual Will Control!”
His spiritual will spiraled and seeped into the pill furnace.
Rumble!
The pill furnace vibrated violently. Soon, a ball of yellow liquid surrounded by wisps of spiritual will floated out of the furnace.
”Haha, the mid-tier brain development drug is complete!”
Han Yunfeng filled a test tube with the liquid. He turned to Fang Yuan. ”My dear student, Lin Meng, you have amazing flame control… As your reward, I'll give you an additional hundred credits!”
”Thank you, Teacher!” Fang Yuan replied calmly. ”After studying under you, I've become much more interested in concocting pills. If it's possible, I would like to use the fusion reactor furnace in the basement too. Of course, I'll use it when Teacher isn't using it.”
”Sure… Even though the school has reactor furnaces for rent, it costs a lot of credits…” Han Yunfeng did not seem too surprised. ”You want to refine some low-tier drugs to put up for credits, right? As a new student, you're probably in need of credits!
”However, I have to warn you. Even for low-tier drugs, an apprentice like you has a high chance of failing. When the time comes, you might not see many returns!”
”I understand…” Fang Yuan displayed a humble attitude.
On the other hand, Han Yunfeng's eyes sparkled. ”I'm planning to write a paper on ancient alchemy techniques. Go ahead and practice what you need to. Also, if you can maintain this progress until your second year, I might take you in as my student!”
As an alchemy master, countless students wanted to be his student. However, Han Yunfeng had high expectations, so he rarely accepted any.
The reason he decided to do so was purely because of Fang Yuan's talent in this area.
”Thank you, Teacher!”
Fang Yuan bowed before leaving the courtyard house.
…
Night.