Immortality and Cultivation: Starting with Harvesting the Talents of Demonic Beasts

Chapter 64 Obtaining Turtle Blood Again
"I have thoroughly mastered the recipe and refining method of this [Blazing Breath Pill] under the blessing of the second level of the Origin Treasure Seed [Enhanced Enlightenment Heavenly Gift · Spiritual Light]. I can now produce five pills in one batch without any problem. However, it is still a little short of being a high-quality pill."

"What's missing is a lot of refining processes to deepen understanding and experience, and to create that spark of inspiration through the unity of thought and practice."

Lin Changheng already had relevant experience; last time, he captured a flash of inspiration, which brought about a wonderful state of enlightenment, allowing him to refine a mid-grade pill for the first time.

Now all you need to do is follow this path.

This is not something that can be accomplished overnight; Lin Changheng is quite patient.

As for the mid-grade [Crimson Dragon Pill] formula obtained at the last auction...
"On several previous trips to the Desolate Ruins Market, I purchased more than 140 portions of medicinal herbs. The pills I refined were not only enough to meet my own needs, but I also had enough to sell to others."

However, at that time, Lin Changheng would take two or three days off after completing his task of making low-grade pills, under the pretext of testing the pills, to quietly refine them himself, dismissing his apprentices, so that no one would know.

Approximately one batch per month, with five pills per batch.

They obtained over 120 Crimson Dragon Pills.

After consuming more than fifty pills over two years, I kept an extra year's supply for myself and sold the rest when I had the chance.

The price of a mid-grade pill is around six to nine pills.

Six pills represent the price of a genuine pill, while the top-tier price of nine pills represents the price of a premium pill.

After deducting the cost of the medicinal materials, they acquired nearly 190 spirit stones.

As the land reclamation neared its end, the various factions began to consolidate their gains and ceased further exploration. Consequently, the price of low-grade premium pills also dropped, returning to three low-grade spirit stones.

Therefore, the prices sold in the market are not much different from those bought back by the Xu family.

Moreover, he had already demonstrated his ability to refine high-quality pills to the clan, so he had to take out some of those pills to be collected by the clan to avoid the Xu family thinking that he was deliberately hoarding pills.

That would be worse than that.

Lin Changheng would not do something that would be short-sighted and detrimental to the greater good.

Therefore, after deducting various expenses and social obligations, Lin Changheng's net worth has already exceeded two thousand spirit stones.

For cultivators in the mid-stage or even late-stage Qi Refining realm, this is an extremely substantial fortune.

You can buy two top-quality Buddhist artifacts and still have some left over!

"Once we finish refining these two batches of mid-grade pills, the Liu family should arrive. We'll go and make some contact with them then."

As a mid-grade alchemist, he could openly and legitimately purchase essence blood without any hindrance.

He didn't even need to think of a reason; "to study alchemy in order to make progress"—those eight words were enough.

The Xu family will not only not refuse, but will even support and promote it.

If a low-grade alchemist is considered to be mechanically following instructions and formulas to refine elixirs, then a mid-grade alchemist already possesses a certain degree of creativity and has their own understanding of the Dao of Alchemy.

Although not many, they still exist.

If Lin Changheng is willing to delve into the subject, the Xu family will provide strong support, since having another top-grade alchemist is something the Xu family has always been pursuing.

Therefore, it would be worthwhile even if we had to wait another thirty or forty years.

After all, Lin Changheng's years of accumulated experience and his subsequent breakthroughs—twelve years of studying the furnace, reaching the first rank in one fell swoop, and then eight years later advancing to the middle rank—gave the Xu family a basis for their expectations.

"What if?"

These three words were also the fundamental reason why the Xu family head brought his eldest daughter and a group of high-ranking officials to watch Lin Changheng's assessment a few days ago.

Cultivation families are like this: on the one hand, they need to develop step by step and avoid making big mistakes; on the other hand, they rely on drawing cards!
Whether it's a cultivation seed with excellent spiritual roots or a highly skilled immortal seedling guest, drawing one could accelerate the family's leap forward!

The Xu family is pursuing both ends, patiently waiting.

As for the task of disposing of the inferior mid-grade pills, Lin Changheng has already registered with Xu Xuzhong. As long as the alchemist who previously contracted this task gives up, it will fall into his hands.

The task of disposing of inferior, low-grade pills remains under his responsibility.

Both precious seeds have reached the perfect level of spiritual cultivation, so there is no need for personal intervention.

He simply taught the relevant methods to his two apprentices, letting them handle the task and keeping all the profits for them. For the two apprentices, this was a considerable amount of extra income.

They were not originally qualified to accept this task, so they were extremely grateful to Master Lin.

……

Three days later.

About three hours later, Lin Changheng cast the pill-collecting incantation in both alchemy furnaces.

Looking at the ten red and white pills placed in the specially made jade box, with their fragrant aroma, he was quite satisfied.

They were closed up and a [Spirit-Locking Talisman] was attached, and immediately no more odors escaped.

Upon leaving the hall, Lin Changheng felt that even the setting sun was somewhat dazzling.

He went straight back to his small courtyard, and even after applying several cleaning spells to himself, he still felt uncomfortable. He had to pour several buckets of cold water over himself before he felt the smell of the stove fire clinging to him finally dissipate.

Just as I was about to take a break, I remembered the details of Tantai Feiyue's expression when I last saw her...

"wrong."

He immediately got out of bed, put on his robe, and went to the front of Tantai Feiyue's new courtyard at the "Guanxia Dojo".

This woman moved in a few months earlier than me.

Moreover, talisman making is different from alchemy. It does not require long-term time spent by the furnace and the drawing time is shorter, but it consumes a great deal of energy and spirit.

The recovery time is much longer than the talisman-making time.

Therefore, she is most likely at home at this time.

After knocking, Tantai Feiyue opened the door and saw Lin Changheng. She smiled wryly and said, "Oh, a rare guest has arrived. This makes my humble abode even more honored. Please come in quickly."

Lin Changheng entered the courtyard, drank tea and chatted for a while before getting to the main point and asking about the [Panshan Turtle Essence Blood] talisman ink.

Then Tantai Feiyue walked into the house, took out a rather large wooden box, pushed it in front of Lin Changheng, and raised her snow-white chin.

It was clearly a signal for him to open it.

"Hmm? Could it be..."

Lin Changheng opened the box and saw that it was filled with small bottles.

There are fifty of them.

I initially thought this was all talisman ink, but upon closer inspection, I discovered something different.

The fifteen bottles on the left are the talisman ink.

The thirty-five bottles on the right side were actually made from the essence and blood of the Panshan Turtle.

He subconsciously activated his spirit perception technique, and a strange light flashed in his eyes, confirming his suspicions immediately.

"Thank you for your trouble, Feiyue. You have solved my urgent problem."

Lin Changheng looked at Tantai Feiyue's pretty face, and the smile on his lips was impossible to suppress.

Tantai Feiyue rarely saw Lin Changheng with such an expression, and she was very curious. She thought to herself that this essence blood was indeed of great use to him, but she did not ask any further questions. Instead, she smiled and said, "Brother Lin, why don't you open the partition and take a look before you thank me?"

"I don't want to achieve half the result with twice the effort."

Ok?
Lin Changheng then noticed that the box was unusually thick. He carefully opened it and found that there was another layer of blood and essence underneath.

It belongs to the [Panshan Turtle] family, and it's still full, fifty bottles in total.

This means that the [Panshan Turtle Treasure Seed] can be directly upgraded to level three!

He couldn't help but look up at Princess Tantai and exclaimed in surprise, "Such a large number... Has Feiyue found the nest of the Panshan turtle?"

(End of this chapter)