nashuaworldcup Chapter 179 Master Xiao the Alchemist
Chapter 179 Master Xiao the Alchemist
Chapter 179 Master Xiao
The trip to the city lord's mansion was not as arduous as Xiao Chong had imagined, but rather went exceptionally smoothly.
From the conversation with the girl, I learned that her name was Sheng Xueyan, the niece of Sheng Chunshui, the city lord of Lianxin City. She had just come from the super family Sheng family and was said to be preparing to study at Tianxin Academy in Lianxin City.
Although Sheng Xueyan usually has a fiery temper, she is surprisingly good-natured if you don't provoke her. When she heard that Xiao Chong only wanted to charge her two million spirit stones for more than ten Youth Preservation Pills, she was actually a little embarrassed, feeling as if she had taken advantage of Xiao Chong.
When Xiao Chong said that he would buy out the Youth Preservation Pills he would refine in the future for 100,000 yuan stones each, Sheng Xueyan was overjoyed. She even gave Xiao Chong a token from the City Lord's Mansion.
With this token, Xiao Chong could now enter and leave the City Lord's Mansion without prior notice. It's important to understand that the City Lord's Mansion wasn't a place anyone could just enter; it was a symbol of status and prestige.
Xiao Chong's decision to do this was made after careful consideration. He had already far exceeded his expectations of selling the Youth Preservation Pill for 100,000 yuan per pill. Now, not only had it sold smoothly, but he no longer needed to worry about future sales.
Xiao Chong felt he had made a fortune, but more importantly, through this deal, he could secure a firm grip on the City Lord's mansion, which was the biggest gain.
The population of Lianxin City is large, and the students in its various academies are all wealthy and powerful. Coming from a small place like Feiyue City, he wouldn't be taken seriously at all.
But things are different now. With the City Lord's token, as long as I don't do anything outrageous that would anger both heaven and man, I can basically walk around Lianxin City with impunity.
Even thieves have their code of honor. Although he was greedy, he believed that if others gave him a peach, he should repay them with a plum. This was Xiao Chong's consistent principle in life.
Therefore, when Xiao Chong heard that Sheng Xueyan's original intention in coming to the Holy Pill Pavilion was to buy some pills that could improve her cultivation, he offered without hesitation that he could refine higher-level pills.
Of course, this time it won't be a supplementary pill like the Youth Preservation Pill, but something that can truly and significantly improve one's cultivation level.
Xiao Chong had originally planned to refine such pills, but because he was trapped in the Trial Tower for a period of time, he was careless and allowed Long Wu to improvise, accidentally producing a batch of Youth Preservation Pills.
Upon hearing that Xiao Chong could also refine pills that aided in martial arts cultivation, Sheng Xueyan was first surprised, then excited, and immediately proposed a grand plan to acquire the entire company.
But this time Xiao Chong did not agree. Pills that enhance cultivation are not like other things. Xiao Chong also has teachers at the academy, and he may very well associate with some powerful figures in the future, so there is no guarantee that the pills will not circulate outside.
However, he also promised Sheng Xueyan that once the elixir was refined, it could be given priority to the Sheng clan.
Hearing Xiao Chong's explanation, Sheng Xueyan was slightly disappointed, but she quickly stopped worrying about it and instead told Xiao Chong that the Sheng family could provide him with some alchemy ingredients that were not easy to buy.
In short, the two sides had a very congenial conversation, the cooperation was very pleasant, and everything proceeded in a friendly and peaceful atmosphere.
Having made the promise, Xiao Chong exchanged a few more pleasantries before getting up to take his leave, preparing to go home and continue his alchemy endeavors.
The Sheng family truly lived up to its reputation as a super-powerful clan. In just a few days, Sheng Xueyan sent over a large batch of rare materials, many of which were priceless on the market. Of course, they weren't given away for free; according to the agreement between the two parties, these materials would be converted into spirit stones to offset the cost of the pills.
The rest was much easier. With these rare materials, the Purple Cloud Cauldron—the ultimate treasure for alchemy—as well as Lü Daka's supreme Taoist alchemical formula and Long Wu, a master fire-tender, Xiao Chong's alchemy process was naturally smooth and successful.
Half a month later, a brand new batch of pills was freshly produced. This time, the pills were named Nine Revolutions Refining God Pills, a recipe that Xiao Chong had racked his brains to come up with in order to cater to the martial arts cultivation of the Tianyun Continent.
The name of the elixir is grand and sophisticated, and its effects are extraordinary.
The most obvious example is that, after taking the Nine-Turn Refining Spirit Pill, apart from Long Wu, the cultivation levels of the others all improved to varying degrees.
Xiao Chong had just entered the Warrior Realm, and his realm was still very unstable. However, under the impetus of the Nine Revolutions Refining God Pill, not only did his realm become extremely stable, but his cultivation also soared all the way up, breaking through to the late stage of the Warrior Realm with unstoppable momentum.
Of course, once you reach this stage, further improvement can no longer be achieved through elixirs. Instead, you need to gradually comprehend the process through cultivation and break through that barrier on your own.
Fatty and Yin Feng also benefited greatly. Unlike Xiao Chong, they didn't have to go through the trouble of lighting up their destiny stars, so they directly advanced from the late stage of Martial Apprentice to the Martial Life Realm.
None of that matters. What's truly astonishing is Qing Meng. During Xiao Chong's trip to the Southern Wilderness, she was taught martial arts by the clan leader, Xiao Kaixin. She was only at the very beginning of her training and wasn't even a martial arts apprentice yet.
However, after consuming several Nine-Turn Divine Refining Pills as easily as eating, Qing Meng's divine skills suddenly surged, and all the acupoints in his body opened up, allowing him to break through the Martial Apprentice and Martial Life realms.
From a novice who only knew some rudimentary boxing techniques and possessed superhuman strength, he directly reached the mid-stage of martial arts, making Fatty and Yin Feng feel ashamed and almost lose their composure, causing their cultivation to regress.
These changes naturally did not escape the notice of Master Xu, who was closest to Xiao Bu. After examining the Nine-Turn Divine Refining Pill, Master Xu remained silent for a long time, and finally concluded that these pills could no longer be distinguished as superior or top-grade, but could only be called divine pills.
The newly produced divine pills were quickly delivered by Xiao Chong to the City Lord's Mansion, along with a batch of youth-preserving pills. Given that this was the first time the two sides had cooperated, Xiao Chong felt it was necessary to show more sincerity, so he didn't sell any of them outside, but instead gave them all to Sheng Xueyan.
Sheng Xueyan was originally one of the most outstanding young members of the Sheng family. She broke through to the Martial Master realm at the age of sixteen, and her martial arts talent was astonishing. Now, with the help of the Nine Revolutions Refining God Pill, she is even more powerful. In just a few days, she has leaped to the late stage of Martial Master and even showed signs of stepping into the Grandmaster realm.
This is extraordinary. Who has ever seen a Grandmaster at the age of sixteen or seventeen? Even Sheng Chunshui, the city lord of Lianxin City, is only at the late stage of Grandmaster cultivation, which is the result of more than forty years of hard training.
Overjoyed, Sheng Chunshui declared that anyone who crossed Xiao Chong was disrespecting the City Lord's Mansion and would have to bear the City Lord's wrath.
The news that a newly enrolled student at Qingfeng Academy had managed to refine an unheard-of divine pill spread like wildfire, almost overnight throughout Lianxin City. As the news spread further, Xiao Chong was also bestowed with the glorious title of "Grand Alchemist Xiao."
Various forces mobilized, vowing to search high and low to find out where this miraculous elixir was sold, and also to catch a glimpse of Master Xiao's charisma.
In an instant, in the entire Refining Heart City, a thousand pieces of gold were easy to obtain, but a single pill was extremely rare!