strictlysupreme Chapter 148: Without a fifth-tier pill recipe, one can only focus on body tempering first.
Chapter 148: Without a fifth-tier pill recipe, one can only focus on body tempering first.
In less than fifteen minutes, a batch of youth-preserving pills was successfully refined.
Ye Xiaobai examined them carefully and found that only four were successfully refined, while the other six had failed.
Although some of the refining attempts failed, Ye Xiaobai still gained valuable experience in alchemy and felt confident that he could succeed completely the next time.
Sure enough, as expected, after the second alchemy session, ten white and youthful pills remained intact in the furnace. Ye Xiaobai's face lit up with joy, finally getting the hang of refining youthful pills.
Ye Xiaobai immediately closed his eyes and savored the entire process of refining the pill, not missing a single detail, especially the changes in the smell of the pill at different times, which he deeply remembered. After a moment, Ye Xiaobai slowly opened his eyes, revealing a confident look in them—he had completely mastered the refining of the Youth Preservation Pill.
The next step is to continuously explore the timing of material fusion and the amount of spiritual herbs, in order to refine mid-grade and high-grade anti-aging pills.
Five days later, the materials provided by Miaodanfang had all been used up, and Ye Xiaobai had successfully refined a high-grade youth-preserving pill. Although there was only one bottle, Ye Xiaobai was overjoyed, thinking that it could definitely be sold for a considerable price.
Ye Xiaobai did not rush to hand over the pills to Miaodanfang. Instead, he continued to cultivate his body in the following days. Ye Xiaobai had already felt the bottleneck of the late Foundation Establishment stage and found it difficult to break through in a short time. He could only consider improving his physical strength.
Thanks to the Purple Flame Thunder Leopard's improved cultivation, Ye Xiaobai's body tempering is progressing well. He should be able to reach the early stage of the Vajra Realm within three months, and his physical strength will be comparable to that of a common magic weapon. Of course, he will also need some rare body tempering materials to help him.
These rare materials are quite expensive, and Ye Xiaobai isn't short of spirit stones. He had previously planned to use spirit stones to buy fifth-tier pill recipes, but now he can only consider body-tempering materials first.
However, Ye Xiaobai still wanted to build a good relationship with the manager of Miaodanfang by refining the Youth Preservation Pill, hoping to see if he could sell him the fifth-tier pill formula ahead of time.
In the blink of an eye, another five days passed, and the day to hand over the elixir arrived.
Ye Xiaobai also stopped cultivating. Feeling that his physical strength had increased again, Ye Xiaobai was very excited and looked forward to reaching the early stage of the Vajra Realm.
After packing everything up, Ye Xiaobai left the inn and headed to Miaodanfang.
Before long, Ye Xiaobai arrived at Miaodanfang. There were even more people buying pills there now, and the shopkeeper had to attend to customers for quite a while before he finally had a moment of peace.
The shopkeeper had already spotted Ye Xiaobai's arrival. As soon as he had a spare moment, he rushed to Ye Xiaobai's side and asked with a smile, "Alchemist Ye, how's it going? How many bottles of the Youth Preservation Pill have you refined? They're really in short supply right now! Quite a few female disciples from the Azure Robe Sect have come, all wanting to buy the Youth Preservation Pill!"
The Azure Robe Sect is also a top-tier cultivation sect in the Great Chu Kingdom, but it only recruits female cultivators. Therefore, when the Azure Robe Sect arrives, there will definitely be a bunch of female cultivators.
The Youth Preservation Pill is one of the most beloved pills among low-level female cultivators, especially those below the Core Formation stage. If they have the chance to buy it, they will definitely fight over it.
Once a cultivator reaches the Core Formation stage, their appearance will generally not change much, and at this point, the Youth Preservation Pill will have no effect.
Seeing the shopkeeper's anxious expression, Ye Xiaobai quickly took out the pills he had refined and said calmly, "As expected, the refining was successful!"
Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper quickly took the bottles of Youth Preservation Pills and examined them carefully. When he discovered that there were even mid-grade Youth Preservation Pills among them, he was greatly shocked. He never expected that Ye Xiaobai could refine mid-grade Youth Preservation Pills within ten days.
After confirming that everything was correct, he quickly put away the Youth Preservation Pill and then respectfully said, "Master Ye's alchemy skills are truly admirable. He actually managed to refine a mid-grade Youth Preservation Pill in just ten days!"
"Just lucky!" Ye Xiaobai naturally wouldn't mention that he had also refined a high-grade anti-aging pill, which he could sell elsewhere for a big profit.
"Master Ye is too modest!"
"Manager, since I helped Miaodanfang refine the Youth Preservation Pill and solved their urgent problem, could you make an exception and sell me the fifth-grade pill formula ahead of schedule?" Ye Xiaobai quickly took the opportunity to inquire about the fifth-grade pill formula.
Upon hearing the fifth-grade pill formula, the shopkeeper's expression immediately changed, and he hurriedly said, "Alchemist Ye, it's such a pity. These are all the rules of the Alchemist Alliance, and there's nothing I can do about it! How about this, once this batch of Youth Preservation Pills is sold, I will definitely give you a larger share of spirit stones as compensation?"
"Alright, thank you very much, shopkeeper!" Ye Xiaobai was also helpless. Did he really have to wait three years?
Then, the shopkeeper gave Ye Xiaobai another batch of materials for refining the Youth Preservation Pill, asking him to help refine another batch of the pill. Ye Xiaobai could only agree, at least he wouldn't have to worry about selling the pills he refined; he could just sell them for spirit stones.
At the same time, the extra spirit stones he refines can earn him an extra sum of money, so Ye Xiaobai naturally wouldn't refuse to give them away.
After collecting the materials, Ye Xiaobai casually inquired about some details of the alchemy competition.
After listening to the shopkeeper's explanation of the latest situation, Ye Xiaobai was stunned.
I heard that besides the genius alchemist from the Zhao family, there are several other fifth-grade alchemists who will also participate in the alchemy competition. They will basically win the first prize, so there is almost no suspense. As for fourth-grade alchemists like Ye Xiaobai, they are just here to make up the numbers.
Upon receiving this news, Ye Xiaobai's face broke into a smile that was more like a grimace. He thought to himself, "I was hoping to take a gamble and maybe even win one of the top prizes! But now it seems like that's just wishful thinking!"
Thinking of this, a sense of powerlessness welled up in his heart, and he couldn't help but sigh.
Unless a fifth-tier pill formula were available for Ye Xiaobai to study properly, the reality is harsh—there's no such opportunity. However, considering it an opportunity to learn pill refining techniques is still quite good!
Ye Xiaobai could only console himself with this thought. Back when he was still an outer disciple, he sold Qiankun Fried Rice in the market. It was only after exchanging experiences with others that his skills improved.
It's better to go out and find the right path than to reinvent the wheel behind closed doors.
Thinking of this, Ye Xiaobai felt much more relaxed.
Next, Ye Xiaobai left the Myriad Pill Workshop, putting aside the pill refining for now, and went to prepare auxiliary materials for body tempering cultivation.
According to Ye Xiaobai's cultivation and body-tempering techniques, there is a rare mineral that can assist in body tempering, called Taiyi Xuanying Stone.
Taiyi Xuanying Stone is an extremely rare and precious treasure! It is a top-grade material specifically used for refining magic weapons. If it is used for body tempering, the effect will be like adding wings to a tiger, making the result twice as effective with half the effort!
After undergoing this unique and powerful physical training, the human body will undergo tremendous changes.
The once fragile body became as hard as a rock, as powerful as a peerless magic weapon; the bones, muscles and meridians were strengthened and tempered like never before, and every inch of skin was filled with amazing power.
The body forged in this way not only possesses extraordinary defensive capabilities, able to withstand all kinds of fierce attacks without being harmed, but also astonishing offensive power, capable of unleashing earth-shattering might with every move.