Mountain and River Festival

Chapter 50 I said Fenxiang Building is all garbage

Even Bai Jingtian was caught off guard by this declaration of war. He never imagined that the now half-crippled Tianxing Sword Sect would have such courage.

His original intention was to get Shen Tang to admit that he would continue to sell medicinal herbs, thus causing dissatisfaction and vigilance among the various factions in Xiazhou. After all, the pressure on the Tianxing Sword Sect, which had two fourth-grade masters, was completely different from that on the Liu Qingcang Sect. Who knew if they would violently merge or forcibly seize the market, making life difficult for everyone?
If the Tianxing Sword Sect said it would no longer grow medicine, he could gather other forces to force them to abdicate and give Shen Tang a piece of land in exchange for a medicine mountain. This kind of medicine mountain with warm underground fire was very special and difficult to find. This was what they had always wanted.

As it turned out, the Tianxing Sword Sect did indeed say that they would no longer sell medicinal herbs, but they would sell pills, and the pills they sold were the extremely important Rongxue Guiyuan Pills of their Fenxiang Tower!
Bai Jingtian couldn't help but slam his hands on the table: "This brat is going too far!"

"Hmm?" Lu Xingzhou said leisurely, "What's going on? If we grow medicinal herbs and compete with our neighbors in Xiazhou, you wouldn't say it's bullying, but competing with you would be bullying too much. Daqian law stipulates that only your Fenxiang Tower can refine pills with similar effects?"

Bai Jingtian took a deep breath to calm himself, then sneered, "Young man, you've suddenly gained fame, and you've become arrogant. Do you think anyone can replicate the efficacy of our sect's Rongxue Guiyuan Pill? How shameless!"

Lu Xingzhou waved his hand and said, "Anuo, give each of the villagers one of our Guiyuan Pills as a return gift for participating in the ceremony."

All the forces in Xiazhou were moved.

The sixth-grade pill is of great value. If you really distribute it, you will spend a lot of money. The money from the gifts cannot make up for it at all. Lu Xingzhou is such a spendthrift, and Shen Tang doesn't care?

I glanced at Shen Tang, and Shen Tang's smiling expression returned to his face. He rested his head on the armrest with one hand and watched Lu Xingzhou's performance.

Lu Xingzhou said that this was advertising fee and the money had to be spent.

Then spend it.

Anuo finally had a fair chance to break free from Sheng Yuanyao's clutches. She took out a small jade box from her ring and opened it. It was filled with pills.

Ah Nuo glanced at Sheng Yuanyao and reluctantly gave her one. Then he hurried around the square distributing them, only giving them to the leaders of the various factions in Xiazhou and Chen Jinnian from the Pill Bureau. He didn't even glance at the Fenxiang Tower, the Dongjiang Gang, or anything like that.

After all, the main business is Xiazhou people, and the outside world will be discussed later. Once Xiazhou opens up the situation, it will naturally spread.

It seems that there are many people because each of the various sects, gangs, families and forces who attend the meeting brought followers and guards with them. Overall, it looks like there are a lot of people, but there are actually only dozens of forces, so the advertising fees are not that much.

The leaders of each faction held the elixir in their hands, their expressions somewhat shocked. Chen Jinnian's eyes bulged out, and his beard was trembling.

They are all knowledgeable practitioners. They don’t need to eat it to roughly feel the efficacy contained in the elixir.

This is indeed very similar to the effect of Fenxiang Tower's Rongxue Guiyuan Dan, which can effectively soothe the disorder of qi and blood, suppress internal injuries, and restore true qi.

Although they are all continuous treatment and recovery effects and are not too high-end, the value of this kind of thing is self-evident.

More importantly, the quality of these dozens of pills was all top-grade! Most of the Melting Snow Returning Origin Pills sold by Fenxiang Tower were only good-quality ones, with a few high-quality ones being priced at a premium, and the top-grade ones often being marked as "not for sale."

Compared with the dozens of top-quality ones that you can get with just a flick of your hand, who the hell would even look down on your good quality ones!

Chen Jinnian couldn't understand why every pill Lu Xingzhou made was top-grade. He could refine a seventh-grade pill, but he could also refine a sixth-grade pill. He couldn't do anything like that! Why don't you take charge of the Xiazhou Pill Department?
Seeing everyone's shocked expressions, Bai Jingtian's heart skipped a beat, and his sneer of watching the show disappeared.

I never thought that Lu Xingzhou could actually produce a pill similar to the Melting Snow Returning Origin Pill, and it was all top-grade! This was a heavy blow to Fenxiang Tower!
It's certainly not that they can't refine top-grade pills, it's just that high-grade alchemists go to refine high-grade pills themselves, and the matching alchemists who refine pills of the corresponding level cannot reliably produce top-grade pills. It's not for the purpose of hiding top-grade pills to raise their own status.

If Lu Xingzhou attacked me like this, what would I do next? Would a high-grade alchemist be responsible for refining low-grade pills? This was a complete mess...

He was a little angry, his mind racing as he thought of something: "Do you really believe that this seventh-grade alchemist alone is responsible for so many top-grade sixth-grade elixirs? I think there must be another expert helping him behind the scenes, but it's not necessarily a regular supply for the Tianxing Sword Sect. If he's showing off now, I'm afraid you'll have to bid for them later..."

Lu Xingzhou laughed and said, "If that's the case, it's none of your business. If they really auction off a few dozen of them, what impact will that have on your Fenxiang Tower? What are you afraid of?"

Bai Jingtian waved his sleeves and said, "I am just reminding everyone here!"

"That's a good reminder. It also reminds me that we are not only going to refine the Melting Snow Returning Origin Pill. We will continue to release the Purifying Spirit Pill, the Protecting Heart Pill, the Tongshen Pill, and so on. This Melting Snow Returning Jade Pill is just a demonstration for now. Please look forward to the follow-up."

Everyone was in an uproar. Bai Jingtian was stunned. "Are you planning to completely replicate my Fenxiang Tower with the power of a mere seventh-grade alchemist?"

"Fenxianglou, are you that powerful?" Lu Xingzhou sneered, "I say Fenxianglou is just a name for nothing. The fourth-grade alchemists there are all worthless. What do you think?"

Bai Jingtian was provoked to the point of losing his composure and slammed the table, saying, "How shameless!"

"Whether I'm boasting or not, you'll know after you try it." Lu Xingzhou said calmly, "Today, all the heroes of Xiazhou are here. City Lord Sheng and Chief Chen are supervising. You and I will refine the Melting Snow and Returning Jade Pill together and let everyone taste it. It will also help to liven up our sect's grand ceremony. What do you think, old man?"

Sheng Yuanyao and Chen Jinnian looked at Lu Xingzhou as if he were a madman.

Even if you could refine this pill to a top-grade one, which is impossible for a typical sixth-grade alchemist, Bai Jingtian is a fourth-grade one. Wouldn't it be easy for him to do it? Furthermore, he can refine multiple pills simultaneously, so he'd definitely outclass you. How dare you humiliate yourself?
Even the people of the Tianxing Sword Sect were stunned by their own guest elder. The head of the Jianfeng Hall, Jin Mingxiu, secretly sent a message to Shen Tang: "Sect Master, are you going to let him act like this?"

Shen Tang still leaned his head back, lazily watching the chaotic scene, and smiled sweetly: "Why not? He is not a blind person. His seemingly strange actions have their reasons. Just watch."

Jin Mingxiu: "You... They said the Sect Master was bewitched by a man, I didn't believe it, but now it seems... Sigh."

Bai Jingtian on the other side was so angry that he laughed: "Well, let you, the young man, know that there is always someone better than you, so you won't be so arrogant in the future." "Okay then." Lu Xingzhou snapped his fingers: "Bring the furnace!"

Two alchemy furnaces floated over from the hall at the back and landed on the platform with a clang.

Lu Xingzhou laughed and said, "They're not good furnaces. They're all just seventh-grade stuff. Old man, you've come from afar as a guest. Why don't you pick one first? Then don't say things like the venue is bad or you're not used to the furnace..."

Bai Jingtian's cultivation hadn't reached the level of "divine consciousness," so he only glanced at them briefly and felt that the two furnaces were indistinguishable. Lu Xingzhou, figuring he wouldn't dare tamper with the furnaces in public, chose one at random. "It's just a mere sixth-grade elixir. It's not the time for me to need a good furnace."

Lu Xingzhou waved his hand, and another furnace flew to his side: "I will refine one batch. If the old man wants to refine a few batches, let them get the herbs."

Bai Jingtian thought that if he refined one portion each, even if he produced a top-grade one, it would not be able to defeat Lu Xingzhou, so he said, "Five portions."

Lu Xingzhou's eyes were filled with mockery. A fourth-grade alchemist could only refine five sixth-grade pills simultaneously. This fourth-grade master was truly deceiving. If he, Lu Xingzhou, skipped two grades and refined lower-grade pills, it would be a waste of his time if he didn't refine at least nine pills simultaneously.

But he still said, "The old man is indeed confident. Shall we begin?"

"Wait." Bai Jingtian sneered, "I'm not here to play house with a young man like you. There must be stakes."

Lu Xingzhou smiled and said, "How do you like it, old man?"

Bai Jingtian said, "If you lose, shout three times in front of all the heroes of Xiazhou: Lu Xingzhou is ignorant and arrogant. You will never dare to provoke Fenxianglou again in your life."

Lu Xingzhou responded nonchalantly, "On the other hand, if the old man loses, he'll have to admit in front of everyone that Fenxiang Tower is undeservedly famous."

Bai Jingtian snorted coldly and did not answer.

"Then take it as the old man's consent." Lu Xingzhou snapped his fingers, and An Nuo ran over to hand each of them the medicinal herbs.

The two of them picked up the medicine and placed it into the furnace.

Alchemy often takes a long time and is very boring, but at this moment everyone was holding their breath and no one felt impatient.

This was a newcomer challenging a veteran alchemist... just like a seventh-rank cultivator challenging a fourth-rank cultivator. Although Bai Jingtian didn't make the Heroes Ranking, this was a three-rank difference; it wasn't even a level fight at all!

Everyone wants to know how Lu Xingzhou dared to do that!

After an unknown amount of time, the lid of Lu Xingzhou's furnace began to jump, and a pill floated up to the furnace mouth, spinning.

He only refined one, so it was normal for him to finish it first. Everyone looked eagerly. The sixth-grade elixir was different from those of lower grades. No one was familiar with it, and no one could tell the quality from such a distance.

Lu Xingzhou pointed casually, and the pill flew into An Nuo's hand: "Go show it to everyone."

Anuo ran into the venue with the pills in his hands, holding up his hands to show them to people one by one.

"It's indeed a top-grade pill." Chen Jinnian sighed. "Mr. Bai's earlier suspicions about the assistance of a master can be put to rest. Lu Xingzhou is indeed capable of this level of skill."

Shen Tang looked at Lu Xingzhou with a smile on his face. In fact, no matter what Bai Jingtian refined, Lu Xingzhou's advertising effect had already come out.

Looking at the shining expressions on the faces of those Xiazhou people in the field, as long as the Tianxing Sword Sect's pricing is not too outrageous, I'm afraid this business will be a hot seller.

As for Bai Jingtian...

His furnace cover had also begun to vibrate, and everyone subconsciously held their breath and looked up.

The overall level of Xiazhou is low, and the scene of these sixth-grade elixirs and five top-grade elixirs coming out of the furnace at the same time is a rare spectacle for the people of Xiazhou, and people are looking forward to it.

The alchemy furnace was shaking more and more, and Bai Jingtian's originally confident expression gradually changed.

For some reason, the herbs seemed to be in a state of discontent, becoming increasingly reluctant to fuse into the elixir. Each one was throwing a tantrum and quarreling. He tried his best to reconcile them, but it was almost ineffective, and he was becoming increasingly unable to suppress it.

The shaking of the alchemy furnace is not the shaking of the elixir, but...

Furnace explosion!

"Bang!" Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, there was a loud bang in the alchemy furnace, and five portions of medicinal materials were turned into waste slag at once.

The whole audience was in an uproar, and Bai Jingtian's face turned as red as a pig's liver.

(End of this chapter)