Chapter 71 - I, Ao Yi… Stopped Growing (1/2)
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As expected, after playing with the young spiritual beasts that were given to her for a few days, Fairy… threw them into the spiritual beast enclosure…
Fortunately, Li Changshou was prepared. He built a small water enclosure for the pink bamboo rat, which could swallow most of the low-quality materials. He then added two layers of simple array formations to restrict its movement.
Fairy would go to the spiritual beast enclosure thrice a month. Most of the spiritual beasts could absorb the Heaven and Earth Primordial Energy and would not starve to death.
Li Changshou placed the Earth Spirit Pearl that Youqin Xuanya had given him, in an eye-catching spot of the Pill Chamber. He did not carry it with him.
This treasure is exorbitant.
In the future, he would be able to create the array discs of the Five-Element Array with four other treasures of the same quality.
For now, it was not very useful.
Li Changshou still did not understand why Youqin Xuanya was there…
Forget it.
He could only say that she had lived up to her toxicity.
When she comes to Little Qiong Peak again, I’ll just rest in the Pill Chamber and get Fairy to play, chat, and drink tea with me.
After the trivial incident, Li Changshou stayed put in the Pill Chamber and began to refine pills.
Money is the most important thing.
He had done some simple research when he went to Linhai Town previously.
The pills that he was refining at this moment were the mainstream pills that the itinerant cultivators required. The pills had healing effects and would heal and improve the user’s physical state. It would also a.s.sist in breaking through bottlenecks.
The low-level elixirs could be used by cultivators at the Void Return Stage. They could also satisfy the daily needs of high-end Itinerant Immortals.
He did it for the sake of earning more money and for quicker sales to ensure profitability.
Based on Li Changshou’s rich experience in alchemy, the success rate was not low.
Most of the Qi cultivators relied on their intuition and experience to refine pills. The words ‘small’ and ‘quantifiable’ in the pill formula were an eyesore to them, just like the little genies that often went to the Southern Continent for a walk…
Li Changshou was already prepared for it.
When he first came into contact with alchemy, he continuously wrote summaries of his notes and he would also continuously try to figure out the exact amount of ingredients needed for the pill formula.
He also used the duration of the pill refinement as a limit. He recorded the changes in the temperature during the pill refinement, wrote down the order of placement of the herbs, the age of the herbs, the size of the cut, and so on. He then found the perfect plan…
That would guarantee the success rate!
While he was refining the mainstream pills, Li Changshou also planned to refine some advanced pills that were on the same level as the upper limit of his current level.
Spirit Pills of Rank One and Rank Two.
Ordinary immortal pills were only divided into Upper, Middle, and Lower grades.
Middle-grade immortal pills were bestsellers in the town. Many immortals who were not good at alchemy would purchase them in bulk.
Pills that surpa.s.sed immortal pills would be called Spirit Pills that had varying ranks from one to nine.
However, the ones that could be called Spirit Pills were all treasures.
At the same time, the Nine Revolution Golden Pill was the signature sign of the Ren Sect Leader transforming into a Grand Supreme Elder
Hence, the inheritors of the Ren Sect were all good at alchemy. However, Li Changshou did not dare to use the unique pill formula of Ren Sect, because it would increase the difficulty…
There was nothing he could do about it.
Li Changshou’s plan for refining pills was simple.
He decided to reject the cost-effective route and prioritize the improvement of the quality of the elixir.
At first, he lowered the price slightly and tried to break into the pill industry of Linhai Town.
Once it’s stable, I guarantee all my pills will be in high demand and sell out in all stores!
Although he could refine Spirit Pills, he did not dare to buy too many ten-thousand-year-old spirit herbs because he had yet to guarantee the success rate of the pill refinement.
He would only use the remaining spirit herbs and take a gamble after it was guaranteed that he would profit from the middle-grade pills.
Money had to be earned in a stable manner.
…
After refining the precious materials that he had exchanged this time, into the foundation of the array formation, he “plumped up” the Recovery Array of Little Qiong Peak.
Li Changshou kept his schedule full and maximized all 24 hours in a day.
He would spend six hours on Dao enlightenment, four hours on perfecting the mystical abilities of the Man-Forming Paper Cutouts, two hours on reading ancient books, and increasing his knowledge. For the remaining six hours, he would enter the Pill Chamber and focus on refining pills.
Since he was going to sell that batch of pills outside of the sect, he need not worry about attracting attention from the sect…
The feeling was very similar to how he felt when he first came into contact with alchemy and figured out a bunch of equations. Back then, he barely slept and would hold onto the small Pill Furnace even when he was meditating.
He would stay awake through sunrise and sunset.
When Li Changshou focused on refining pills and cultivating, he did not notice the pa.s.sage of time.
That was what cultivation was like.
The time seemed to have become very slow. He did not need to be as anxious as mortals who had to get busy to make ends meet or work for three meals a day and a roof over his head. He did not need to worry that his lifespan would only be a hundred years.
Once in a while, he would get tired from pill refinement. He would then take a walk in the mountains, look around, tease his junior, and take care of the spiritual fish in the lake, spiritual beasts in the mountains, and herbs in the fields…
He was extremely satisfied with this life.
The month had pa.s.sed.
His heart was filled with calmness.
He made himself become stable…
In the Primordial world, there were four distinct seasons, only in the Southern Continent. Other than the North Continent, most places were in spring all year round.
Li Changshou had spent more than three years refining the pills.
The paper effigy was even more perfect. It had three to four obvious flaws. For example, the paper effigy’s face could finally change according to his mood.
Moreover, through the stupid way of thickening the paper effigy and increasing the restrictions, Li Changshou managed to increase the power that the paper effigy could exert to the level of a Perfected Immortal
This way, he would be able to gain more security.
Li Changshou was prepared to wait for his master to come out of seclusion before discussing with him his plan to make his master walk out of the Mountain-protection array formation for a while. He would then use the paper effigy to go to Linhai Town for the second time.
When the paper effigy goes out this time, it will exhibit its cultivation level that is in the late-stage of the Essence Immortal.
Of course, other than that, there are many other things to take note of…
Li Changshou sat on the rocking chair and sorted his thoughts. He took out a jade tablet and wrote down the various materials he needed to trade for this time.
Once I successfully sell this batch of pills, the core of the Recovery Array can be improved and the Incapacitating Array outside the Pill Chamber will also be strengthened…
“I wonder when Uncle-Master will come out of seclusion. I miss him quite a bit.”
Li Changshou took a look at the treasure pouch he had prepared for his Uncle-Master Jiu Jiu, which contained pleasant-tasting pills, as well as his favorite wine.
I can bury the underground array formation myself but I still need Uncle-Master’s help with the larger one on the surface.
After listing the things that he had to do, Li Changshou stood up and stretched.
Later, I’ll visit Elder Wan Linyun and make preparations to leave.
Sigh…
This fruitful, tiring, and leisurely cultivation period…
It would be good if I can keep it up.