251 Bandits Lair (1/2)
”We have them,” Tang Liu said hesitatingly as he looked at the three herbs in Xue Wei's hand.
”But they are rarely used since they are mainly aimed at Qi cultivators. It is not something that I am carrying with me right now, nor are the other cultivators that specialize in spiritual energy.”
”I have a couple hundred of each,” one of the Primordial Beasts suddenly said, stunning everyone present. Although they were listening in on the conversation, they had never expected that someone would jump into the conversation, but all of them were elated by his words.
”Let me buy a set!” someone exclaimed instantly, and when one began, another took over and soon everyone was gathering around the Primordial Beast to buy his herbs.
”How many pills can you make from these herbs?” the Primordial Beast ignored the many spiritual energy three-eyed and even four-eyed experts in front of him and asked Xue Wei.
Looking at the mountain of herbs that appeared in front of them, Xue Wei did a slight calculation.
”The quality of these herbs is rather high. If I distill them a few times, I should be able to make high purity pills, and I should have the ability to make around a hundred and seventy pills from your herbs.”
”How long does it take you to make that many pills?” the Primordial Beast asked again. This time, Xue Wei was slightly hesitant.
He walked to the herbs and looked them over again. Although he had made a rough, averaged estimate of the quality, he had to respond differently to each herb to know how many times he had to distill them before he knew exactly how long it would take him.
”I think it will take me around a day and a night to create all those pills,” Xue Wei said honestly. The Primordial Beast was now the one to descend into silence.
He looked around and did a headcount.
”We have a hundred and fifty-seven experts here who focus on spiritual energy. I would like to request you to make a pill for each of them,” he said seriously.
”I will be shouldering the expense of the plants. I will not ask for money for these herbs, I just want us to increase our fighting strength before we go to the bandit lair.”
The Primordial Beast was quite a straightforward man. He was very honest and selfless. He wanted to help everyone, but mostly because he looked at the greater picture.
He understood that if they wanted a chance to survive the raid on the bandit's lair, then they needed to be as prepared as possible.
Xue Wei understood this as well and did not ask for compensation for his labor.
Instead, he found a place in the grass and sat down. He took out his cauldron from the storage ring and lit it with his spiritual energy.
He then began working. Everyone looked at him with curiosity. Alchemists were in no way rare in Yan Dalu. In fact, alchemists and formation masters were rather common because it was only natural that spiritual energy professions, in a continent where spiritual energy was the main method of cultivation, were everywhere.
However, the alchemists only had pills that specialized for spiritual energy. They had nothing that helped the physical body or Qi enhancement.
Since this was the case, everyone was curious about how he created the pills.
Xue Wei grabbed a handful of all three herbs and tossed them into the cauldron. Seeing his actions, many's eyes widened in surprise and shock. This was not the way of creating pills they had learned.
They had been taught by someone who had learned the trade earlier and it was passed down through countless years, but Xue Wei was self-taught. He had learned that adding all herbs and distilling them at once was the easiest.
He continued to distill the herbs before he slowly merged them with one another. The process was painfully slow and it took him a full hour to finish the first batch of medicine, but as soon as the hour was over, a scent wafted out of the cauldron and Xue Wei reached out his hand and grabbed the nine pills of Spring Powder Pills he had just created.
”Here,” he said and handed them to the Primordial Beast who was the owner of the herbs. He would not handle the distribution of the pills as he was already busy concocting them, so he left that job to the Primordial Beast, who quickly gave out the nine pills.
The nine people who were given the Spring Powder Pills were filled with excitement. Smiles were on their faces as they sat down and calmed themselves.
Amongst the nine who got the pills were five four-eyed experts. These were the only four-eyed experts in the entire group. No one questioned their right to be the first to get the pills. This was the hierarchy of Yan Dalu; the number of eyes one had truly mattered.
Xue Wei did not waste any time. As soon as he had finished the first batch of pills, he reached out and took another stack of herbs before he began refining once again.
This process repeated itself three times before he had used up all his spiritual energy. He then popped a different pill into his mouth—it was a pill that increased spiritual energy. And then he sat down to meditate.
At the current point in time,seven of the first had already broken through to the Ordinary Knight rank, while another twenty were still cultivating, trying their best to absorb the energy and break through.
Like this, the day and the night passed. More and more sat down on the ground and cultivated, while the Primordial Beasts all kept watch of the surroundings and protecting them as they cultivated.
As the hours passed, more and more woke up from cultivation. Smiles were evident on all faces, and the glances that were sent to Xue Wei were filled with reverence and respect. Although he only had two eyes, he had done something that caused them all to respect him and acknowledge him.