Planting an immortal tree in the wizarding world

Chapter 119 Alchemy Prodigy
The eastern section of the mansion, Jubao Building.

Ronan and Shi Xi sat facing each other across the tea table.

Two teacups, filled with refreshing spiritual tea.

Steam carrying the aroma of tea wafts out of the teacup.

Shi Xi used her slender, fair fingers to pull out the cork from the porcelain bottle that Ronan had given her.

Instantly, a fragrance even richer than the aroma of tea filled the air.

Shi Xi has a good ability to identify elixirs.

Upon smelling the delicate fragrance and seeing the patterns on the Golden Marrow Pill in the bottle, one knows that this Golden Marrow Pill is of extremely high quality.

"Did you refine this pill, fellow Daoist?"

Shi Xi looked at Luo Nan and asked.

“Yes.” Ronan nodded. “Name your price.”

"Two mid-grade spirit stones," Shi Xi said.

Then she added, "I wonder if you would be interested in coming to the Song family and becoming an alchemist?"

Ronan felt a surge of emotion, realizing he had taken another step closer to his goal.

But on the surface, he remained calm: "What good would it do me?"

Shi Xi said, "You can get a minimum of five mid-grade spirit stones per month, and you can also get 20% of the pills you refine."

Ronan shook his head: "The minimum guarantee of five mid-grade spirit stones and the 20% share of the pills are too little. I only got two mid-grade spirit stones for selling this Golden Marrow Pill."

Shi Xi smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist, that's not how it's calculated. I imagine you had a hard time obtaining the materials to refine the Golden Marrow Pill, didn't you?"

"As a rogue cultivator, the materials for alchemy are not always available."

"Within the Song family, alchemy materials are plentiful, so you can use them with confidence. The Song family will even allow you to use some of the materials for practice."

"I'll think about it," Ronan said, then took his leave and walked out of the Treasure Pavilion.

Over the next few days, Ronan visited several merchant houses owned by cultivation families, showcasing his alchemy skills and inquiring about the treatment of alchemists from each family.

He suddenly displayed superb alchemy skills and went to Jubao Tower.

When the Song family asked him to be an alchemist, he agreed without hesitation.

This ease of doing things could very well arouse suspicion from the Song family.

After all, as the number one cultivation family in the eastern district of the mansion, countless cultivation families want to defeat them.

The Song family naturally had to be careful and cautious, guarding against spies infiltrating the family.

Ronan inquired about prices everywhere in order to dispel the Song family's doubts.

Let them know that this person truly wants to join a family of cultivators.

Ronan not only walked through the east wing of the mansion, but also went to the north wing.

Just as Ronan had predicted, news soon spread throughout the eastern and northern parts of the mansion that an alchemist wanted to join the family.

The Song family also has an intelligence force within the True Immortal Realm of the Realm of the True Immortal Sect.

This news naturally reached the ears of the Song family.

One day, Ronan was walking out of a shop in the northern part of the mansion.

Then he saw a man who looked to be in his forties, wearing a cloud-patterned robe, walking towards him.

He used the Hongmeng technique to analyze the person and learned that he was a cultivator at the eleventh level of Qi Refining.

“It’s a pleasure to meet you, fellow Daoist. I am Song Gaotian from the Song family, residing in the eastern district of my residence.” Song Gaotian bowed to Ronan.

Ronan returned the greeting, "May I ask what brings you here, my friend?"

“Song family steward Shi Xi once mentioned you to me, saying that you are a genius in alchemy. On behalf of the Song family, I would like to invite you to join us as a guest alchemist. You will receive a minimum of seven mid-grade spirit stones per month, and the share of the pills will remain the same,” Song Gaotian said. He had already inquired about the offers other families had made to Luo Nan and knew that no other family had offered a higher price.

After hearing Shi Xi's introduction, the Song family members, who had been keeping an eye on Luo Nan these past few days, were determined to get him.

After all, a talented alchemist is extremely rare.

The Song family currently has relatively abundant resources for cultivating immortality, and they are fully capable of training Luo Nan into an extremely skilled alchemist. In the long run, he can refine pills for their family and cultivate future alchemy talents.

"Fellow Daoist, our Tang family promises to guarantee you at least nine mid-grade spirit stones per month."

As Song Gaotian and Ronan were talking, a voice suddenly came from behind Ronan.

It was the steward of the Tang family in the northern part of the mansion who came out of the trading house and said loudly.

Song Gaotian glared coldly at the Tang family steward, but his expression quickly returned to calm as he said to Ronan:

"Fellow Daoist, I can promise you a minimum of ten mid-grade spirit stones per month, and you can also receive 30% of the pills."

Upon hearing this, the Tang family steward narrowed his eyes and quickly summoned a servant, whispering in his ear.

He received instructions from the Tang family to keep Ronan behind.

So, as Ronan walked out of the trading house, he kept a close eye on him.

Seeing that Song Gaotian had approached Luo Nan and offered a price, he was afraid that Luo Nan would follow the Song family, so he immediately offered his own price.

This price was not his own decision, but rather an instruction given to him by the Tang family.

Now, Song Gaotian offered an even higher price. The Tang family steward couldn't decide for himself whether he could offer a higher price, so he called a waiter to quickly inform the Tang family.

Seeing that the Tang family steward could no longer offer a price, Song Gaotian couldn't help but sneer inwardly. He then said to Ronan:

"Fellow Daoist, I estimate this price is much higher than that of other families."

"Our Song family sincerely invites you."

"Moreover, our Song family is at its zenith, and even in the entire True Immortal Realm, it is an extremely powerful family."

"Fellow Daoist, with the protection of our Song family, you only need to focus on cultivation and alchemy from now on."

"Moreover, there will never be a shortage of materials for alchemy."

Ronan looked to the side, as if he was pondering something.

After a while, as if he had thought it over carefully, Ronan cupped his hands to Song Gaotian and said, "Then I will have to rely on your help from now on."

Upon hearing this, Song Gaotian was overjoyed: "It is an honor for the Song family that you, fellow Daoist, can join us."

With that, he gestured for them to leave and departed with Ronan.

"By the way, I heard from Shi Xi that you have only appeared at Jubao Tower a few times, but we don't know your name?" Song Gaotian said.

“Ronan,” Ronan said.

Song Gaotian nodded.

In fact, when news of Ronan's intention to join a cultivation family spread and Shi Xi mentioned him to the family, the Song family had already investigated Ronan's information.

They learned about Ronan from Lin Shan, an old friend of Ronan's, who was also the manager of several sacred fields in the shantytown.

When they learned that Ronan had only been cultivating for a little over a year and yet possessed such a high level of alchemy skills, they were even more eager to bring Ronan into the family.

As for the relationship between Luo Nan and Luo Dazhuji Zhenren of the Zhenhuan Sect, Lin Shan also told his family about it.

However, the Song family not only had members who were also outer disciples of the Zhen Huan Sect.

Furthermore, the True Immortal Sect has a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator who is also a distant relative of their Song family.

So, after making inquiries through various channels, they discovered that Luo Dazhuji Zhenren of the Zhenhuan Sect had not recently recognized any descendants.

(End of this chapter)