Mysterious mirror hanging high

"Half?" Bai Zhaoyue's dragon eyes shrank to pinpoints as she angrily exclaimed:

Why don't you just rob it?

“Refining pills also consumes true essence and divine sense, so it's not unreasonable for me to charge a small processing fee, is it?”

Yue Liusu said calmly, "Besides, Fellow Daoist Bai must know very well what the alchemy level of a true disciple of the Yuan Dan Sect means."

"After all, the Dragon Palace has frequently purchased elixirs and medicines from my Yuan Dan Hall, making it one of the largest customers of Yuan Dan Hall."

"If you swallow this Blood Spirit Mushroom directly, the medicinal power will be wasted too much. If I refine it into a pill, the utilization efficiency of the medicinal power after the pill is four times that of the original."

Yue Liusu said bluntly, "If I give you half the pill, you'll still get twice the original medicinal power. Isn't that a good deal?"

Bai Zhaoyue gritted her teeth and said, "But half of the pills are really..."

At this moment, a young man dressed in a bright yellow robe stepped forward from the crowd, first glancing at Yue Liusu, then cupping his hands in a respectful gesture to Bai Zhaoyue:

“Fellow Daoist Bai, I am Li Gufeng, a true disciple of the Golden Immortal lineage [Yuanfu]. My alchemy skills are certainly not comparable to those of the Yuan Dan lineage, but I do have a few tricks up my sleeve… If you don’t mind, you can have me refine your pills.”

Li Gufeng gritted his teeth: "I...I only need 20% of the pills as payment!"

Bai Zhaoyue's eyes lit up.

Indeed! Among the more than one hundred prodigies here, Yue Liusu is not the only alchemist skilled in alchemy!

This Yuan Dan disciple is asking for an exorbitant price; why should I hang myself on her tree?

If you don't practice it, plenty of others will!

"Haha! Fellow Daoist Li! I wonder how many times more efficient you will be in utilizing the medicinal power after you complete the pill?"

Li Gufeng said awkwardly, "About twice as much..."

"What?! Only twice the price?!"

Bai Zhaoyue counted on her fingers for a moment, then her face fell: "Double the potency, and you're taking 20% ​​of it, doesn't that mean I'll only get 1/60% of the potency?"

At this moment, Yue Liusu smiled leisurely and said, "I know this Fellow Daoist Gu Feng. His alchemy skills are among the best of the true disciples of the Golden Immortal lineage... Double the potency is not bad! After all, alchemy generally requires other specific mystical properties, and many spiritual herbs and medicines are not actually suitable for refining pills that purely replenish true essence and blood qi."

"If I, Yue, am ranked first in alchemy skills among all fellow Daoists, then it wouldn't be a problem for Fellow Daoist Gu Feng to be second."

Everyone then realized what was going on.

It turns out Yue Liusu had even considered this aspect!

Apart from Yue Liusu, Li Gufeng, who is the strongest alchemist in the area, can only refine pills with twice the potency.

In other words, unless Li Gufeng works for free and doesn't ask for any reward, he will have a chance to match the potency of Yue Liusu's ordinary pills.

However, everyone knows that refining pills is an extremely demanding process that consumes a great deal of true essence and spiritual power. No alchemist would refine pills for free without asking for payment!

In other words, even if Yue Liusu wanted to take half of the pills, having her refine the pills would almost be the best solution!

Once she understood this, Bai Zhaoyue's expression instantly became uncertain. Rationally, she knew that giving the spiritual herbs and elixirs to Yue Liusu for refining was perhaps the best choice, but emotionally, she couldn't accept being so cruelly taken advantage of.

Just as she was caught in a dilemma, a voice rang out:

"Bai Zhaoyue, if you trust me, how about I refine these pills?"

Bai Zhaoyue turned her head in surprise and realized that the person who said this was none other than Jing Yu, with whom she had some grudge!

"Master Xuanjing? You know alchemy?"

Jing Yu nodded: "I can refine pills with three times the potency."

"Three times? You say three times, and it's three times?"

Seeing his business snatched away, Yue Liusu's expression darkened, and he questioned, "Fellow Daoist Xuanjing, I admire your supernatural powers and combat strength, but fighting and alchemy are two different things. There are no geniuses in this world..."

Without wasting words, Jing Yu casually took out a spiritual herb from the cave. Without using a pill furnace, he placed the herb in his palm, and the herb in his palm instantly turned into liquid pills. Then, with a casual squeeze, Jing Yu's palm suddenly shone brightly, and three perfectly round Qi-boosting pills lay quietly inside.

"What amazing alchemy skills!" Li Gufeng exclaimed. "Fellow Daoist Xuanjing's alchemy skills... I, Gufeng, am truly inferior!"

Yue Liusu's mouth gaped open in disbelief as she said, "You actually..."

Unbeknownst to them, Jing Yu's Destiny Plate already contained three life beads of white, blue, and purple, representing [Alchemy], [Miraculous Pill Making], and [Pill Aperture Penetration].

Among them, [Alchemy] and [Miraculous Pill Making] go without saying. [Pill Aperture Profound] is a purple destiny bead related to alchemy that Jing Yu accidentally obtained during her travels with Guo Tingshu. This destiny bead can not only greatly increase the success rate of alchemy and the quality of the pills, but also nurture the spiritual pills with the nascent soul aperture, making them more unique and miraculous.

Previously, in terms of Jing Yu's true alchemy skills, he was probably a notch weaker than the Golden Immortal's true disciple [Li Gufeng]. But now, with the three life beads related to alchemy inlaid, he has suddenly become the most authoritative alchemist present, apart from Yue Liusu!

Bai Zhaoyue was overjoyed at the sight and quickly said, "Fellow Daoist Xuanjing! I knew you would have to step up in this critical moment! After all, you have the bloodline of the Ancestral Dragon flowing through your veins. If we really talk about it, we can be considered half of the same clan. Could you make it cheaper for me?"

Jing Yu nodded: "Okay."

"How much do you want?" Bai Zhaoyue did some mental calculations. Jing Yu could refine pills with three times the potency. So, as long as the cost of the pills he wanted was less than 30%, this deal would be more cost-effective than doing it with Yue Liusu.

Unexpectedly, Jing Yu said directly, "I don't want a single cent. I'll refine it for you for free."

"what?!"

Even though Yue Liusu was a master alchemist with excellent self-control, he couldn't help but curse upon hearing this: "Xuanjing Daoist! Are you sick in the head?"

"I'm not sick. I've said it here: all of you here, whoever asks me to refine pills, I won't ask for any payment. I'll refine them for you for free," Jing Yu said leisurely.

"Now that we are trapped in the Ruins of Return, we should help each other. Why should I accept payment for refining pills for you fellow Daoists? Xuanjing's conscience is not clear."

"Fellow Daoist Xuanjing, what do you mean by this?" Yue Liusu's face darkened, and he secretly transmitted his voice, "Before we met at the Void Crow Palace, I was a complete stranger to you, and we should have no grudges against each other. Why are you targeting me like this?"

Jing Yu shook his head and transmitted his voice, "Fellow Daoist Yue, I'm not targeting you, I'm trying to save you."

“You are the most skilled alchemist here. If something were to happen to you, the time that many of our fellow cultivators can hold out in Guixu would be greatly shortened.”