Chapter 142 Refining Three Yangs
After obtaining the Sanyang Pill recipe, the Zhang family has collected two third-level pill recipes.
The most important ingredient in the prescription of Wangyue Dan is the moong fruit. The value of this main medicine is almost several times that of the auxiliary elixir. As long as you have the moong fruit, it is easy to collect the auxiliary elixir in the prescription.
Although Sanyang grass, the main medicine of Sanyang Dan, is also a precious spiritual grass, its price is only half of that of Wangyue grass. The auxiliary elixirs in it are far more complicated than those of Wangyue Dan. Zhang Zhixuan sent people to collect them in various places for more than a year. It took time to collect all the elixirs.
After collecting all the elixirs and sending Chen Hongyuan away, Zhang Zhixuan was ready to start making elixirs.
The Zhang family does not have a fire hole for earth fire, so naturally they cannot build an alchemy room.
Earth fire elixir refining not only has a more stable flame, but also lasts a long time. If the family wants to refine the elixir on a large scale, they still have to find a way to open the fire veins and transform the fire eyes.
But for this kind of thing, not only do you need to hire formation mages of level 3 or above, but also Zifu Stage monks to block the erupting magma, otherwise the magma will eject and destroy Lingshan on the spot.
If Zhang Zhixuan wants to make elixirs, he can only use the real fire in his body.
Fortunately, he has already reached a good level of cultivation now, and the time to refine the Sanyang Pill is only three days, so he can still persevere according to his magic power.
It has been three years since I got the recipe for Sanyang Dan. In the past three years, Zhang Zhixuan has repeatedly studied it and has a very good understanding of the pharmacology of this elixir.
After all the spiritual herbs had been collected, Zhang Zhixuan went to Qingxuan Sect again to buy a third-level alchemy furnace. Unfortunately, this time despite the help of Han Yan, he still failed.
Even in Baoguang Pavilion, there has been no third-level alchemy furnace in recent times. Zhang Zhixuan had no choice but to buy a second-level high-grade copper furnace in Qingyangfang City and replace his refined iron furnace.
The family used to have a second-level high-grade alchemy furnace, which was kept in the hands of the ninth uncle Zhang Mengquan. Unfortunately, the ninth uncle was killed by Hu Borendo in Xihefang, and this alchemy furnace also fell into the hands of the Hu family.
After Zhang Zhixuan killed Hu Boren, Zhang Zhixuan searched his storage bag, but did not find Jiu Bo’s alchemy furnace.
In order to increase the chance of refining Sanyang Pill this time, Zhang Zhixuan spent three hundred spirit stones to buy a high-quality copper furnace, although he estimated that this alchemy furnace would not last too long.
After returning to Lingjing Mountain and making all preparations, Zhang Zhixuan immediately started refining the elixir without hesitation.
Because the alchemy furnace was newly purchased, in order to warm up the alchemy furnace, Zhang Zhixuan first refined several furnaces of second-level elixirs and became familiar with the characteristics of the alchemy furnace.
Wait until the alchemy furnace is warmed up, and then start refining the Sanyang Pill.
He had memorized the Sanyang elixir recipe, and Zhang Zhixuan put the elixirs into the alchemy furnace one by one in strict order. The consciousness in his mind strictly controlled the flames in the alchemy furnace.
His magical power is already impressive, and his spiritual consciousness is stronger than that of ordinary monks. He also has deep knowledge of the pharmacology and medicinal properties of Sanyang Pill.
Although it was his first time to refine a third-level elixir, Zhang Zhixuan successfully refined the Sanyang elixir without any mistakes.
But after all, it was his first time to refine elixirs. His success rate was only 20%, and he only made two elixirs.
Including the investment in the alchemy furnace, Zhang Zhixuan invested 800 spirit stones in Sanyang Dan. If we also include the Sanyang grass worth 300 spirit stones, the cost of refining a furnace of Sanyang Dan is only 10% of the elixir. The cost is eight hundred spirit stones.
The price of one Sanyang Pill is lower than that of the Moon Watching Pill that assists foundation building, only about two hundred spirit stones. Zhang Zhixuan only refined two spirit pills, and he actually lost some money on the spirit stones.
But the accounts cannot be settled this way. Although some spiritual stones were lost, Zhang Zhixuan’s alchemy skills finally reached the third level.
With this experience, it will be easier to refine third-level elixirs in the future.
Sanyang Pill can help foundation-building monks break through the realm. Zhang Zhixuan has been practicing to the third level of foundation-building for more than three years, and he is about to touch the bottleneck in the early stage of foundation-building.
In the first few levels, Zhang Zhixuan encountered almost no trouble. When he had enough magic power, he naturally broke through the realm.
Although the Sanyang Pill is not very helpful in breaking through the middle stage of foundation building, Zhang Zhixuan has not taken any spiritual pills to increase his cultivation level after building the foundation.
If he takes the elixir for the first time after establishing the foundation, he will definitely be able to exert the maximum effect of the Sanyang elixir, and he will be more certain of breaking through to the third level of the foundation establishment.
The third-level elixir is considered a family heritage for a foundation-building family. Zhang Zhixuan kept one Sanyang Pill for his own use, and the other Sanyang Pill was given to Zhang Mengling and placed in the family treasury for redemption. Three hundred families have done good deeds.
Ever since the patriarch set the rules of distinguishing public and private affairs, Zhang Zhixuan has strictly abided by this.
The exchange of resources between him and his family has always been done through the family’s good deeds.
This is something that is beneficial to both parties. The family does not need to take out the spiritual stone directly, but can obtain the precious third-level spiritual elixir by using the family’s good deeds.
Zhang Zhixuan can also get good deeds. Although the family’s good deeds can no longer exchange for many useful resources for Zhang Zhixuan, he still has to give them good deeds if he instructs the family monks to work for him.
Zhang Zhixuan became a third-level alchemist, which was great news for the family.
Since the death of the fourth uncle, there is only one third-level middle-grade talisman maker Zhang Leqian in the family.
After Zhang Zhixuan’s breakthrough in alchemy, he would refine the second-level elixir, which would give him the feeling of being in a commanding position, and the rate of elixir success would also increase.
When refining a second-level middle-grade elixir like Golden Bud Pill, as long as the mana is enough, the success rate will reach a terrifying 90%.
The family plants one hundred yellow bud grasses every five years, and refines hundreds of golden bud pills each time. The yield rate is 40% higher than Jiu Bo’s, almost 400 more golden bud pills.
Four hundred golden bud pills are worth more than 1,200 spirit stones. For a family like the Zhang family in the foundation building stage, earning an additional 1,200 spirit stones every five years is also a very important source of wealth.
In addition to the five major families in Taicheng County, there are more than a few thousand casual cultivators. Even though the supply of Jinya Dan has more than doubled, sales are still very good. It can be sold out within a five-year cycle.
In recent years, the Baicao Xuan opened by the Zhang family in Xihefang has added two more specialties in addition to Jinyadan.
One is spiritual wine, especially the tiger bone wine that was launched this year, and the price is sky-high.
This spiritual wine has the effect of strengthening bones and setting bones, which is equivalent to the second-grade low-grade bone-strengthening pill and bone-setting powder combined into one. The price of a jar of tiger bone wine has exceeded sixty spirit stones, but the supply is still in short supply.
Many casual cultivators, because they couldn’t produce sixty spirit stones, crowdfunded and sold a jar of tiger bone wine, and then kept it separately in pounds or two.
It’s a pity that this batch of tiger bone wine is a one-time deal. It is impossible for Zhang Zhixuan to kill tiger monsters continuously, and it can only be prosperous for one or two years.
The other type is Youhuandan. The main ingredient of this elixir is Xuanyoucao, which takes eleven or twelve years to survive.
Because the interval was too long, Zhang Zhixuan only refined it twice. The first time was in Montenegro. At that time, he had just broken through to the second-level alchemy master, and the elixir success rate was only 20%.
The second time he made alchemy was seven years ago. This time he had already established the foundation, and his alchemy skills had also improved by leaps and bounds. The elixir production rate had exceeded the fifth level, and he had refined thirty or forty Youhuan Dan.
With the twenty years of communication with Nanhuang, the characteristics of this elixir have been fully understood by the Taicheng County monks in these twenty years.
In the past year or two, all the Youhuan Dan stored in Baicaoxuan by the Zhang family has been sold out.
Even the Youhuan Dan purchased from Liang Hanyang back then had been sold completely by the clan leader. A considerable part of this batch of spiritual stones was exchanged for various complicated resources and used to build the spirit measuring platform.
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