Chapter 26 (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

After Xu Shangao left, Fang Lin closed the door to his courtyard. He was under the assumption that no one would come visiting anymore now that it was late.

He walked into the alchemy room to find it completely empty. With a pat, Fang Lin unleashed the Golden Flame Cauldron from the Nine Palaces Pouch onto the ground with a loud bang. He appeared to ponder as he looked at the cauldron shimmering with golden light and sized it up and down.

I wonder if Gu Daofeng performed any tricks on this cauldron? Fang Lin did not have a favorable impression of Gu Daogeng even after he had given him quite an impressive cauldron. He began to examine the Golden Flame Cauldron meticulously.

After examining the cauldron outside and inside for a few times, he was finally relieved. There was nothing unusual about it. Satisfied, Fang Lin did not have any intention to do anything else. At once, he sat cross-legged on the floor of the alchemy room and consumed the Health-nurturing Pills given to him by Old Man Zhou. They were of medium-grade quality and the effects could last for three to four days.

Even though Fang Lin was not very pleased about the quality of this medicine, it was better than having none at all.

As soon as the pills entered his mouth, they transformed into a stream of warm liquid and flowed into his body rapidly. In the next moment, there was a wisp of astonishment in Fang Lin’s eyes that seemed to suggest good news.

I didn’t expect that the strange light from earlier would such an effect. It elevates the speed of my medicine absorption by such a huge extent!

After consuming it, Fang Lin’s body absorbed the medicine very quickly at a speed of absorption that was three times faster than usual. At first, the effects would only develop after half an hour. However, it only took the time to burn one joss stick to take effect at this very moment.

He could only associate such a transformation with the effects of basking under the light of the four saints earlier. Other than that, there was no other reason he could think of.

Fang Lin was on the level-4 primordial man realm at the moment, which was considered the middle level for junior alchemist disciples although he was now an official disciple. Therefore, his realm appeared to be inadequate compared to his status. Even Xu Shangao was on the level-6 primordial man realm, thus Fang Lin’s realm was definitely the bottom rank amongst the official disciples.

Even though the alchemy sect placed particular emphasis on the act of refining elixirs, one’s martial art realm should not be neglected either. After all, the foundation of refining elixirs needed to be supported with an adequate martial art realm too.

For three consecutive days, Fang Lin did not leave the residence at all. He remained cultivating all the time. Some other official disciples came to visit him during the three days, but they left after noticing that the door to the courtyard was tightly shut.

Three days later, Fang Lin walked out of the alchemy room, energized and refreshed.

I’m just a tiny step away from achieving the level-5 primordial man realm. I should get there if I take another two Health-nurturing Pills!

Even though he was close to approaching the level-5 primordial man realm, Fang Lin still had many other matters to attend to. Firstly, the small courtyard was completely empty, so he would need to plant some medicinal herbs.

Apart from that, he would need to get some furniture for the house. Otherwise, he had nowhere to receive the visitors. They could not possibly sit on the floor to talk, could they?.

After considering for a moment, Fang Lin decided to look for Xu Shangao. Since Xu Shangao had been mingling with the official disciples for a few years, he should be quite familiar with these matters.

Fang Lin received quite a large number of medicinal herb seedlings from Xu Shangao who also helped him source for some furniture. Fang Lin stored the new furniture in the Nine Palaces Pouch to take back to his residence and arrange neatly.

Then, he began to plant the medicinal herb seedlings. He divided a stretch of farmland for medicinal herbs in the courtyard. It took up almost two-thirds of the entire courtyard. Next, he began planting the seedlings.

Fang Lin had been an Extreme Alchemist in his past life. Not only had he attained the acme of perfection in his alchemy skills, but his ability to plant medicinal herbs was outstanding as well. In addition to that, he was the Withered Tree Revived In The Spring Embodiment. The seedlings were filled with vigor and vitality after they were planted, unlike many seedlings that would appear withered.

Fang Lin heaved a sigh emotionally. He thought about how he would be suited to become a medicinal herb farmer with his Withered Tree Revived In The Spring Embodiment skills.

However, as an ambitious person, how could he allow himself to end up as a medicinal herb farmer? If he wanted to become one, then he would be a medicinal herb farmer filled with ambition, goals, and aspiration.

After bustling about for the entire day, Fang Lin finally managed to plant all the medicinal herb seedlings taken from Xu Shangao’s courtyard, but it took up less than half of the space in his medicinal herb plot.

It seems like I need more medicinal herb seedlings. Exhausted after such a long day, he was not planning to do anything else, so he returned to the room and slept.

The next day, Xu Shangao brought him more medicinal herb seedlings. After Fang Lin planted the seedlings, the enormous courtyard still appeared to be spacious and quite empty.

“Junior Brother Disciple Fang, your courtyard is too huge. You should go over to the alchemy pavilion and buy some medicinal herb seedlings to plant in addition to these,” Xu Shangao said.

Fang Lin asked in confusion, “What is the alchemy pavilion?”

Xu Shangao explained, “The alchemy pavilion is where our alchemy sect sells elixirs, medicinal herbs, cauldrons, and other items. If you manage to refine some fine elixirs, you can sell them conveniently at the alchemy pavilion. You can also buy some necessities from there as well.”

“I don’t have any money,” Fang Lin patted his pocket and said.

The corners of Xu Shangao’s lips twitched as he said, “You don’t need worldly silver coins. You can exchange for products with elixirs.”

“I see,” Fang Lin replied with a nod.

Xu Shangao hesitated for a moment before he continued, “However, the alchemy pavilion is extremely tyrannical. If you sell your elixirs there, the alchemy pavilion will take 30% of your profit.”

Fang Lin raised his eyebrows. “30% in interest? The alchemy pavilion is simply brutal!”

“It is. However, we can only abide as disciples,” Xu Shangao said, heaving a sigh.

Fang Lin pondered for a moment. He thought that he could simply refine some elixirs in order to exchange for some medicinal herb seedlings since they were not considered expensive items.