Cultivating Immortality Begins with Rejuvenation.

Chapter 73: Received the Breakthrough Pill

As a ball of nearly crimson flame suddenly erupted under the furnace, it marked the arrival of the most critical step in the process of condensing the pill.

"Om~"

The moment a slight roar sounded.

In the carefully crafted alchemy room of Yan's Alchemy Shop, Yan Qingwan's eyes sparkled with a look of incredible surprise.

After coming to her senses, she immediately looked at Li Ji'an beside her.

"Brother Li, was that the sound of the elixir just now?" She still couldn't believe it.

Li Ji'an also showed a look of joy on his face.

He succeeded in the verification this time.

The same pill formula, the same pill fire, the same spiritual awareness, you only need to adjust the strength of the pill fire to improve the quality of the pill.

He first silently sorted out the alchemy process and stored it firmly in his own alchemy database, then looked at Yan Qingwan and nodded approvingly.

At the same time, he looked at the ball of Dan fire that had not yet been extinguished with envy.

Last year, under such heavy pressure of alchemy, Yan Qingwan was able to successfully break through to the seventh level of Qi training without taking late-stage breakthrough pills, becoming the second-top cultivator in the wasteland, which made Li Ji'an envious.

It is worthy of being a mid-grade spiritual root with the ability to sense sixteen strands of fire spiritual root!

However, what made Li Ji'an even more envious at this moment was that the Dan Fire condensed by his cultivation in the late stage of Qi training had turned deep red in quality, which was a step further than the Dan Fire in the middle stage of Qi training, with higher temperature, greater spiritual pressure, and more precise control.

This was also the key to Yan Qingwan's success in her attempt to refine the high-level Qi-replenishing pill that was most in demand by cultivators in the late stages of Qi training. The sound of the pill just now indicated that the quality of the finished pill had at least reached top grade.

All medicines are poisonous to some extent, and elixirs are no exception. In addition to elixirs being poisonous, there is also drug resistance.

The reason why the pills sold at the North Street market are so cheap is that most of them are inferior pills with high erysipelas content and strong drug resistance, some of which even have a 70% to 80% content.

The pill shops on South Street are not allowed to sell such inferior pills, as that would damage their reputation. The lowest they can sell must be genuine pills. However, 30% of low-grade pills contain poison, while only 10% of medium-grade pills contain poison, and the amount of high-grade pills is almost negligible.

As for fine-quality or even top-quality elixirs, they are truly refined to the extreme. Not only do they not have any trace of elixir poison, but they also greatly improve the efficacy of the elixir.

Now, with the elixir fire condensed by Yan Qingwan's cultivation in the late stage of Qi training, coupled with her soul that has focused on nourishment and concentration since childhood, she can successfully refine first-level advanced elixirs for cultivators in the late stage of Qi training. Formally speaking, she is already a first-level advanced alchemist.

However, the reason why there are huge differences among alchemists of the same level lies in the quality of their pills.

A first-level senior alchemist may not be able to refine a primary top-grade elixir, but a primary alchemist may be able to refine a primary fine-grade elixir.

This is actually the most important criterion for testing an alchemist's skills.

If you want to be hailed as a true senior alchemist, your success rate in making top-grade pills must be at least 60%.

"I really refined a top-grade pill!" Yan Qingwan opened the furnace and took out the pill. It was undoubtedly top-grade. She almost cried with joy.

"Qingwan, don't get carried away. Calm your mind and review the details of the Danhuo control just now. A journey of a hundred miles begins with a single step. This is just the beginning." Li Ji'an gave the advice at the right time.

Yan Qingwan immediately became serious and closed her eyes as she was told.

Taking advantage of this time, Li Ji'an did not waste the abundant spiritual energy here and began to practice his skills.

In order to ensure the success rate and quality of the pills, alchemy rooms with the conditions will be equipped with spirit gathering arrays. This alchemy room is even equipped with a set of advanced spirit gathering arrays, which is full of spiritual energy.

It was not until the end of a week that Yan Qingwan slowly opened her eyes again.

He then stood up and bowed deeply to Li Ji'an: "Thank you, Brother Li, for your teachings!"

"No need to be so polite. It's our duty to study together and make progress together." Li Ji'an responded with a smile.

During the past six months, Li Ji'an had a hard time managing the Danpu's revenue.

Except for the first few days of opening, when some people came to support the business and it seemed good, business was very bleak in the following months.

This made his original plan of relying on the dividends from the pill shop to buy the breakthrough pill become a distant dream.

In the final analysis, the Yan's Alchemy Shop has an incomplete range of elixirs, and the quality of the finished pills is not high enough. Coupled with the price cuts and promotions at Zheng's Alchemy Shop, it would be strange if the business was good.

The result of his discussion with Yan Qingwan was, firstly, to improve his own strength and raise the quality of his pills. Secondly, to diversify his product categories and compete through differentiation, trying to refine as many different types of pills as possible, even some unconventional ones.

To this end, the Yan family spent a lot of money to purchase a large number of pill recipes.

These elixir recipes further enriched Li Ji'an's elixir database.

With these enrichments, he deduced it many times and asked Yan Qingwan to practice it, and the effect was very good.

"Come on, I hope you can become a senior alchemist soon!" The current profit of the alchemy shop forced Li Ji'an to once again pin his hopes for the breakthrough pill on Yan Qingwan. Once she is promoted to a senior alchemist, she may be able to refine a breakthrough pill.

"Don't worry, Brother Li. I will do my best!" Yan Qingwan said solemnly. Glancing outside, it was already bright, so the two of them didn't waste any more time and left the alchemy room.

Alchemy is inherently very exhausting, and this is why their spirits and souls are stronger than those of ordinary cultivators. Otherwise, how could they endure refining the alchemy day and night?

"Meet the young lady, meet Mr. Li!"

……

On the way out of the alchemy shop, the servants greeted him one after another.

After Yan Qingwan handed the freshly-baked top-grade Qi-replenishing pill to Uncle Zhong, she and Li Ji'an left the pill shop and prepared to return to their West District residence to catch up on some sleep.

"Go, go, go, everyone, no orphans are allowed to wander around the market!"

As soon as I stepped out of the alchemy shop, I saw several market inspectors chasing a few children out.

"I'm not an orphan. My father will definitely come back. Don't chase me away. I'm cultivating my spiritual roots. I..."

"Please, sir, please be kind. Once I have cultivated my spiritual roots and achieved success in my cultivation, I will definitely repay you."

"I won't leave. If I don't have spiritual energy to nourish my spiritual roots, I won't have good talent and there's no hope for me to become an immortal. Even if I die, I'll die here."

……

Yan Qingwan frowned slightly, looked at Li Ji'an, and then shook her head helplessly.

All living beings suffer, and everyone has their own difficulties in trying to cross the ocean of suffering.

Although it was not a problem for her to take in a few children, she could not do so because there were too many people in her own tribe who needed resources.

Li Ji'an nodded. People who generously support others without even taking care of their own people and family are either stupid or bad, and they certainly don't regard their people and family as their own.

At the same time, he sighed inwardly, as this negated a feasible plan for him to "return to childhood" next time.

Time passed quietly, and in a blink of an eye, another half a year had passed.

Although the accounts have not been counted yet, Li Ji'an has probably already figured it out. If many of the medicinal materials were not supplied by the medicinal field developed in cooperation with the Wei family, he would probably have lost money this year.

Fortunately, Yan Qingwan's alchemy skills have improved a lot in this year.

The success rate of high-quality pills has reached almost 30%. In half a year at most, he will become a senior alchemist.

By then we should be able to officially become profitable.

Li Ji'an remained calm and not anxious about this.

The only bad thing is that Zheng Tianxiang has been coming to the alchemy shop more often recently, and has shown a special interest in Yan Qingwan.

This is not a good sign.

However, he did not dare to do anything openly in the market town.

"Brother Li, try again today."

On this day, Li Ji'an had just arrived at the alchemy room, and Yan Qingwan encouraged Li Ji'an to make the elixir by himself.

Li Ji'an chuckled. "It's not that I don't want to, but my elixir fire is weaker than expected. Even if I manage to make a pill, the success rate and quality can't be guaranteed. So let's not waste the herbs."

The fire of the elixir was his biggest flaw. Even though he now considered himself to have as much experience in elixir making as a senior alchemist, he could only guide others in refining the elixir. He really couldn't do it himself.

"Don't you always teach me not to underestimate myself? Why are you like this yourself? Try again." Yan Qingwan insisted.

Li Ji'an smiled, then sat in front of the alchemy furnace, pushed his palms flatly, and a ball of flame was placed under the alchemy furnace.

Compared to the deep red Dan fire of Yan Qingwan in the late stage of Qi training, his Dan fire was not only not solid enough, but also only light red in color, and the temperature and spiritual pressure were obviously much worse.

The most important thing is that the magic power in the Dantian is very thin, and it can only be used to refine simple and elementary pills. Any slightly more complicated pills may be cut off in the middle of the process.

"Brother Li, remember the Dan fire at this moment." Suddenly, Yan Qingwan said meaningfully.

Li Ji'an tilted his head to look at her: "There's something wrong with you today."

Yan Qingwan smiled mysteriously and stopped pretending to be mysterious. She stretched out her right hand in front of Li Ji'an and spread it out.

A crystal clear pill on it came into view.

"Feiyun Pill!"

(End of this chapter)