Longevity starts with choosing Hextech enhancement

Chapter 40: Selling Alchemy Master?

The results of this refining were very encouraging, and three Qi-nourishing Pills were successfully made at once.

Such obvious results were inseparable from the fact that he maintained the activation order of the inscriptions during the 70th alchemy, thus figuring out the temperature control that best suited him.

After falling in one place seventy times, Xiao Chen finally accumulated enough judgment and was able to confirm in time whether the medicinal properties in the furnace had been fully integrated.

Taking advantage of this breath, Xiao Chen opened the second bundle of agarwood and lit it.

After burning the first bundle of ten agarwood sticks, he felt that this was too wasteful and skipped this step.

But now that I saw hope of success, I opened the second bundle again, hoping to increase the chances of success.

Seventy-second time, two.

Seventy-third time, five.

Seventy-fourth time, seven.

By the last time, all ten were successful!

During these five refining sessions, Xiao Chen rested for only one day before lighting agarwood and continuing his practice. He didn't even have time to eat, practically forgetting to eat or sleep.

Fortunately, there was obvious progress every time he refined the materials, which constantly encouraged him. Moreover, the three-legged tempering furnace could rely on spirit stones for energy, so there was no need to worry about insufficient mana.

Finally, he was able to make a complete batch of Qi-nourishing Pills in one go.

In this way, with the help of [buy one get one free], he has accumulated sixty Qi-nourishing Pills in his hands.

What made Xiao Chen even happier was that after so many failures, after this success, he suddenly felt that all his previous experiences had been integrated into one.

A strong premonition arose in my heart - the next batch will definitely be successful!

But now he had no spiritual herbs in his hand, so Xiao Chen took a nap to replenish his energy.

I slept until noon and then slowly walked down the mountain to the market.

"Sixty spirit stones? Why this time?"

In just six days, the price of spiritual herbs has skyrocketed by 20%.
According to the price of this spiritual herb and the original selling price, if the alchemist refines ten bottles of Qi-nourishing Pills and sells one bottle for five spiritual stones, he will still lose ten spiritual stones.

So Xiao Chen didn't wait for the other party to answer and asked again: "What is the price of the Qi-nourishing Pill now?"

The vendor smiled bitterly and said, "It's said that the price has increased to six spirit stones plus five grains of spirit sand per bottle. Everyone is complaining about it, but there's nothing we can do."

Ok?
This is not right, Xiao Chen frowned slightly.

Lingsha is a kind of spirit stone fragment. Ten grains of Lingsha can be exchanged for one spirit stone.

At this price, a cultivator can only earn five grains of spiritual sand by refining a furnace of pills.

So if you refine one furnace of pills every day for a month, even if you can make ten pills in each furnace, you can only earn fifteen spirit stones.

Although it seems like a lot, if you take into account the cost of using the alchemy furnace and the time you have lost in practicing,

Considering that not all ten pills can be successfully made every time, the income from this amount of spirit stones is obviously not worth it.

Under such circumstances, the selling price did not rise to seven spirit stones. How come those alchemists suddenly became so conscientious?

Putting this doubt in his mind for the time being, Xiao Chen spent another sixty spirit stones to buy ten spiritual herbs and went back to make pills.

Once you have gathered a batch of pills and become a seller yourself, you should be able to understand the reason.

Ten days later, ten furnaces of elixirs were newly produced, and the average success rate reached 80%.

To be fair, for a novice alchemist, this success rate is already very high.

Those alchemists who have a 100% success rate in making pills are all experienced alchemists with decades of experience. Naturally, the two cannot be compared.

But this means that Xiao Chen obtained a total of eight bottles of Qi-nourishing Pills this time, which are worth fifty-two spirit stones and four grains of spirit sand.

Compared to the cost of sixty spirit stones, he even lost eight spirit stones.

……

Fortunately, thanks to the "buy one, get one free" promotion, he received eight additional bottles of the same Qi-nourishing Pill. After deducting the cost, he still had a profit of forty-four spirit stones.

Ok?
After Xiao Chen calculated this result, he was stunned for a moment.

How many?

He recalculated it again, and sure enough, the profit was forty-four spirit stones!

Ten days means forty-four spirit stones, and a maximum of one hundred and thirty-two spirit stones can be obtained in a month!
Manager Chen’s monthly income is probably not even this much.

Rounding this up is like a money grab!

Including the six bottles of pills he had refined before, Xiao Chen brought a total of twenty-two bottles of pills to the market again.

But this time, he put on an invisibility cloak and came to the Treasure Pavilion as a seller.

According to the manager of Baibao Pavilion, in addition to selling things, they also provide resale services.

The so-called resale means that the cultivators directly sell the elixirs, magic tools and other items they have refined to the Treasure Pavilion.

These items must be completed within six months and their quality must stand the test of time.

Baibao Pavilion is willing to purchase the goods at a price 10% lower than the market price and settle the payment on the spot.

The main feature is that it is worry-free and convenient, and the monks don’t need to work hard to set up stalls themselves.

Xiao Chen took out the pills swiftly and said, "Then please help me resell these pills."

The other party skillfully handed over a contract: "Okay, this is our consignment contract, huh? You want to resell the Qi-nourishing Pill?"

The steward was halfway through his words when he looked down and saw the Qi-nourishing Pill, and immediately seemed to have seen something incredible.

He looked up with wide eyes, staring at Xiao Chen's dark cloak.

With the current market price of pills, wouldn’t reselling them be a pure loss?
After three breaths of hesitation, the steward finally confirmed, "Sir, are you sure you want to resell the Qi-nourishing Pill?"

Xiao Chen nodded: "I confirm, please calculate the spirit stones for me directly."

If he didn't have Hex, he might have considered setting up a stall or something in order to sell more spirit stones.

But now with Hex, his time has become very precious, and setting up a stall by himself is far less simple and convenient than this.

The best solution is to find the spirit stones as quickly as possible, then continue to purchase spirit herbs and make the most of the time to make pills.

However, Xiao Chen's straightforward attitude aroused the vigilance of the manager of Baibao Pavilion.

The steward opened a bottle of pills and took a look. He could even smell a faint fragrance of the pills. This was definitely a new pill that had been freshly made only two or three days ago.

This mysterious cloaked man sold so many new pills at once, and resold them at a loss without hesitation. He must be a liar.

"Please wait a moment, sir. We need to check the quality of the pills."

Having said that, the manager immediately called an appraiser.

"This pill. How could it be..."

The white-haired appraiser soon frowned.

The manager of Baibao Pavilion immediately asked, "Is there anything wrong with this pill?"

Seeing this, the two guards at the door also became alert. If someone came to the Treasure Pavilion to cause trouble, they would make sure that person knew what regret was.

"No, no." The appraiser quickly shook his head, then said doubtfully, "Many of these pills are very similar."

He looked at Xiao Chen and said, "Could you please tell me which alchemy master made these pills?"

Alchemy master?

His question stumped Xiao Chen.

Isn’t this the elixir I made?

(End of this chapter)