Hunyuan Immortal Sect

Chapter 288 Elixir Refining
The sun is shining and the sky is clear.

In Xijiang County, in the majestic and vast market town, there are rows of attics and monks coming and going on the streets.

In the dim alchemy room, Han Yuan faced the alchemy cauldron with full concentration, his spiritual consciousness guiding the main and auxiliary medicines to slowly merge.

After a long time, he slapped the top of the cauldron with his left hand, and in an instant, a red pill as red as fire slipped out from the dragon's mouth below the cauldron.

Song Xian quickly took the pill and played with it carefully in his hand. Before he could take a closer look, the pill suddenly burst like a balloon and turned into powder on the ground.

Looking at the broken pill, Song Xian felt like his heart was bleeding. This was already the seventh failed soul-replenishing pill.

If this goes on, I don’t know how much fire snake fruit will be wasted.

He finally understood why Han Yuan proposed to let him refine the Fire Snake Fruit and split the profits 50-50 between them.

On the surface, he seemed to be at a disadvantage. As an alchemist, he not only contributed half of the raw materials, but also gave half of the finished pills to Song Xian. He wasted money and effort but got no thanks for it.

In fact, he got the upper hand because he needed Song Xian to share the risk of refining the elixir for him.

Although Han Yuan had the recipe for the Buling Pill and knew how to make pills, he had never made this kind of pill before, so failure was inevitable. If the two of them followed the plan of splitting the fruit in half, each taking the Fire Snake Fruit and then going their separate ways.

Then all the consequences of the refining failure will be borne by one person alone, which is an extremely risky behavior.

No one knows whether this pill can be successfully refined in the end. Even if all the fire snake fruits are used up, it may not be successfully refined.

Now that he has brought Song Xian in, it is equivalent to both of them taking risks together. Even if he wastes all of his share of Fire Snake Fruit, he can continue to refine it with the one Song Xian got, and in the end, the experience he gains in refining pills will be completely his own.

For Song Xian, having a ready-made and trustworthy person to refine the elixir is much more reliable than going outside to find an unfamiliar alchemist.

If you find someone else, not only do you need to guard against them robbing you, but you also have to pay them extra compensation. Moreover, even if you find the best alchemist, losses are probably unavoidable.

"Friend Han, why don't you take a break? Recharge your energy first." Seeing that there were slight sweat stains on his forehead, Song Xian was worried that if he continued in this state, more raw materials would be wasted, so he began to persuade him.

Han Yuan nodded without saying a word.

From then on, the two of them were either in the alchemy room or resting in the inn.

Song Xian followed him like a bodyguard, and was almost inseparable from him, especially in the alchemy room. He watched intently every time a pill was refined.

After failing dozens of times and wasting five fire snake fruits, he finally succeeded in refining a spiritual pill.

When he held the pill that was as red as fire and as smooth as jade in his palm and felt the balanced spiritual power on the surface of the pill, Song Xian's heart finally settled down.

Han Yuan, who was usually calm, also showed a look of joy. After a period of time, he became more immersed in alchemy.

In the end, fifteen fire snake fruits were successfully used to refine sixty-eight soul-replenishing pills, and each person took thirty-four pills.

.........

The sun was shining brightly and there were no clouds in the sky.

At Puqing Peak of Tianshan Mountain, Song Xian's light of escape descended.

After getting the elixir in the market of Xijiang County, he rushed back without stopping. He had been away for more than half a year and didn't know if there was any change in the sect.

"Greetings, Master." In front of the meeting hall, the two disciples on duty saw him return and hurried forward to greet him and salute.

"Call Senior Brother Wenyuan."

"Yes." One of the disciples responded and left.

Song Xian entered the hall and sat down directly in the main seat.

Not long after, Zhong Wenyuan walked in quickly and bowed to him: "Master, you are finally back. We were all very worried after not hearing from you for such a long time." "Brother Wenyuan, is there anything serious happening in the sect?"

"There are no worries about sect affairs, but there have been some conflicts recently in Bian Shang Town. The independent cultivators in Bian Shang Town have been fighting with the sect. Liu Yong of Jiangliu Sect even came to visit the headmaster, hoping that our sect would step in to help. He also promised to hand over the three resource areas of Yellow Wind Valley to our sect after the matter is resolved."

"Why is there a fight in the border town?"

"It all started with a conflict between Jiangliu Sect and Huangfeng Valley. It's said that Jiangliu Sect disciples injured Huangfeng Valley members, and Huangfeng Valley retaliated by ambushing Jiangliu Sect disciples. Things got worse and worse, culminating in a full-scale brawl. Both sides formed factions, and other forces also took sides."

"How long has this been going on?"

"Almost three months."

"Jiang Feng doesn't care?"

"I haven't seen the Beast Taming Sect come forward. I heard that Jiang Feng went back to the mountain gate to report on his work."

"Oh!" Song Xian nodded, not really caring. He certainly wouldn't interfere in the struggle in the neighboring town.

The most important thing for the sect right now is to develop the casino step by step. There is no need to create unnecessary complications in the vortex of file struggle. In addition, Jiang Feng will never agree to him interfering in the affairs of Bian Shang Town.

"Master." Zhong Wenyuan hesitated for a moment, his voice lowered. "Junior Brother Lin hopes to return to the Mountain Gate to concentrate on his cultivation. He's been in the Casino for a year now, and everything is going smoothly. However, there's no training room available there, so he wants to return to the Mountain Gate. What do you think?"

"Did Senior Brother Zixiang come up with this himself?" Song Xian looked at him. In the beginning, Lin Zixiang was transferred to Las Vegas just to give him a warning and let him reflect on himself, not to drive him out of the mountain gate. If he could recognize his mistakes, he would certainly not reject him.

"Yes." Zhong Wenyuan responded immediately.

He least wanted the relationship between Song Xian and Lin Zixiang to become strained, so he has been mediating between the two and easing the relationship.

After seeing Song Xian come back today, he was in a good mood. I thought that he must have gained a lot from this treasure hunt, so I gave him some advice.

"Junior Brother Lin has reflected on his mistakes recently. The Sect Master knows that he has devoted his whole heart to cultivation, and that not being able to practice properly is truly a torment for him. Furthermore, Junior Brother Lin has been transferred to the Casino for over a year now, and there are many rumors circulating within the sect. If he is allowed to be in charge of affairs there for a long time, it will not be good for him personally, or for the sect at large."

"Those sect disciples will think that Junior Brother Lin has really made some mistake. Some will also think that the sect has abandoned the donkey after it has served its purpose and is destroying the bridge after crossing the river."

Song Xian nodded and said, "Then let Senior Brother Zixiang come back! From now on, he should not interfere in the sect's personnel affairs. He can cultivate peacefully at the mountain gate. The affairs of the Punishment Hall will still be under his control."

"Okay." The two chatted about some other matters before Zhong Wenyuan left.

When he returned to the mansion, Su Zhirou had already known the news of his return and was waiting for him inside.

The couple met again after a long separation and naturally had a heartfelt talk. Song Xian told her everything about his trip truthfully and took out all the spoils he had obtained.

Su Zhirou is unable to practice the Xuantian Ronghuo Jue due to her own spiritual roots, but the Jiuyou Bingxin Jue she obtained from the secret realm is suitable for her water-attributed spiritual roots, so she can try to practice it.

In addition, the secret record of human puppets was also given to her, which might be helpful to her in puppet refining. As for the three human puppets, Song Xian planned to take them to the Puppet Hall for research.

As for the thirty-four soul-replenishing pills, he had not used them yet. He had originally planned to give them half to each of them, and leave the seventeen soul-replenishing pills to Su Zhirou after she established her foundation.

Because she is now at the ninth level of Qi Refining, it would be a waste to use a second-grade low-grade Soul-Replenishing Pill. This Soul-Replenishing Pill, like the training room, needs to be compatible with the level of cultivation to achieve the maximum effect, except that one is upward compatible and the other is downward compatible.

If low-level cultivators take high-grade spiritual-replenishing pills, they will not be able to fully absorb their medicinal effects and spiritual power, and the effect will be greatly reduced.

If Su Zhirou were to take a second-grade, lower-quality spiritual-replenishing pill now, the amount of spiritual energy she could attract would only be at the level of a first-grade, upper-quality spiritual-replenishing pill.

Therefore, Song Xian originally planned to keep half of the elixir and take it after Su Zhirou established her foundation.

But she had no confidence in whether she could successfully build the foundation, and she didn't want to hinder Song Xian's progress in cultivation.

After some discussion, the two finally decided that Song Xian would use these elixirs.

(End of this chapter)