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"Thanks to Brother Dao for his help."
Ye Linyuan nodded and couldn't help but smile.
He clasped his hands, then looked at Zhou Yuwan and Chu Lingxi beside him and said, "You can wait a little longer for the breakthrough. I am refining the Xuanyuan Pill here now."
Upon hearing this, Minghuang Jianzi smiled and said, "The underground fire room and the alchemy furnace are ready. You can refine the elixir here."
Ye Linyuan nodded, then followed him to a fire chamber in the spiritual vein.
But in the underground fire room, there was a six-foot-sized alchemy furnace, which was engraved with second-order Taoist patterns. It was obviously a top-notch second-order alchemy furnace.
"With this alchemy furnace and earth fire chamber, my success rate in refining Xuanyuan Pills will definitely increase a lot."
Ye Linyuan smiled a little, and then said to Minghuang Jianzi: "Jianzi is interested, I will refine the Xuanyuan Pill here."
"You and I working together is a deal in itself."
Minghuang Jianzi spoke calmly, then withdrew from the underground fire room.
After Minghuang Jianzi left, Ye Linyuan set up restrictions in the retreat room to prevent prying eyes, and then came to the Earth Fire Room.
"A six-foot-long furnace. This is the most suitable furnace for alchemy."
Looking at the alchemy furnace in front of him, Chu Lingxi couldn't help but sigh.
Zhou Yuwan also nodded, and couldn't help but smiled and said: "With the help of the earth fire and the alchemy furnace, the success rate of refining Xuanyuan Pills should be greatly increased."
"Ah."
Ye Linyuan nodded, and then said: "I will be responsible for starting the furnace to refine the elixir, and you will handle the Xuanyuan fruit for me."
Having said this, Ye Linyuan took out more than 600 Xuanyuan fruits, and then prepared to start the furnace to refine Xuanyuan pills.
This Xuanyuan Fruit is a second-level spiritual medicine and the main ingredient in refining the Xuanyuan Pill, but it also needs to be cleaned and processed thoroughly to maximize its medicinal effect.
Although the two women are not alchemists, they have followed Ye Linyuan for many years and are fully capable of assisting in processing such elixirs.
At this time, Ye Linyuan let the two of them deal with the elixir, while he came to the alchemy furnace and carefully turned on the switch of the underground fire chamber.
"Om-"
In an instant, an extremely rich second-level earth fire emerged and filled the entire furnace, making Ye Linyuan feel an astonishing heat wave.
"Second-order Earth Fire."
Ye Linyuan whispered in his heart that the underground fire veins were a very precious resource, which could generally be used to refine pills and weapons, greatly reducing the cultivator's consumption of true energy, thereby increasing the success rate of alchemy.
In his previous life, Ye Linyuan was able to refine a lower-grade spiritual treasure, which had a lot to do with the third-order superior-grade underground fire veins he mastered.
Now that Ye Linyuan was using the underground fire veins again, he was able to do it with ease. He used some magic to continuously adjust the size of the underground fire until he controlled the temperature within the most suitable range for refining the Xuanyuan Pill. He soon found the feeling of his previous life.
"In my previous life, I also refined Xuanyuan Pills many times in my spare time."
"Now that we are refining it again, and we have the second-level superior alchemy skills, there shouldn't be any accidents."
Ye Linyuan whispered in his heart, then selected the processed Xuanyuan fruits, chose ten and put them into the alchemy furnace, and began to refine the Xuanyuan Pill for the first time.
With Ye Linyuan's current alchemy skills and powerful soul, there will naturally be no accidents in refining the Xuanyuan Fruit. Coupled with the powerful firepower of the underground fire veins, his alchemy speed is much faster than before.
In just three hours, this furnace of Xuanyuan Pills was completely refined successfully, and in the end Ye Linyuan obtained fifty-four Xuanyuan Pills.
"Ten portions of materials, fifty-four pills can be refined, with a total success rate of 54%."
Ye Linyuan frowned slightly, but soon relaxed.
With the second-grade upper-quality alchemy technique, the average success rate for refining second-grade lower-quality pills should be around 60%. A success rate of 54% is still a little low.
Fortunately, this is just the first time to test the waters. After becoming proficient in it, the success rate of pill making should increase significantly.
Thinking of this, Ye Linyuan took out the Xuanyuan Fruit again and continued to refine the Xuanyuan Pill, and this time he took out a full fifty pieces of Xuanyuan Fruit.
When it comes to the large furnace alchemy method, the more medicinal materials in the furnace, the better. The powerful medicinal properties of the same kind of spiritual medicine are mixed together, and the medicinal effects of various spiritual fruits are all mixed, which can reduce the volatilization and waste of medicinal power during alchemy.
The output of the second furnace of pills was indeed much higher, and ultimately 307 Xuanyuan Pills were produced.
"A 61% success rate is pretty good."
Ye Linyuan smiled slightly and continued to refine the Xuanyuan Pill. By the time he had refined all 600 Xuanyuan fruits, more than ten days had passed.
On this day, Ye Linyuan closed the alchemy furnace and looked at the large amount of Xuanyuan Pills in front of him, and couldn't help but smile.
"Three thousand seven hundred and twenty-three pills, which is exactly a 62% success rate."
Ye Linyuan whispered, revealing a rare look of surprise. This average success rate of pills was already considered that of a senior second-level top-grade alchemist.
But it is normal if you think about it. After all, Ye Linyuan in his previous life was a quasi-third-level alchemist.
Seeing this, Zhou Yuwan, who was standing by, couldn't help but count on his fingers and said, "Three thousand seven hundred and twenty-three Xuanyuan Pills, calculated at thirty spirit stones per pill, that's 110,000 spirit stones, which is equivalent to the entire Qinghe Immortal Sect's thirty years of income."
"It took us ten years to get these Xuanyuan Pills."
Ye Linyuan answered calmly, and then said: "And after deducting various costs and the cost of restoring the spirit field, our cost is no less than 30,000 spirit stones."
"On average, our annual net income is about 7,000 to 8,000 spirit stones."
As Ye Linyuan said this, he couldn't help but smile.
The profit of seven or eight thousand spirit stones is not low. This is the success of a second-level top-grade spirit plant farmer in ten years. It is also expected that it can exceed the total profit of Qinghe Immortal Sect in thirty years.
Moreover, if Ye Linyuan was not a second-grade top-grade alchemist, the annual income of seven or eight thousand spirit stones would have to be cut in half.
Of course, even a net profit of three or four thousand spirit stones is very amazing. The Qinghe Immortal Sect seems to have an income of three or four thousand spirit stones every year, but this is all the income of the sect.
After deducting various costs, the monks' salaries, and taxes, they could only have seven or eight hundred spirit stones left at most, which was far less than Ye Linyuan's huge income.
"Put the pills away first."
Ye Linyuan said this, and then put all the Xuanyuan Pills into jade bottles, eventually filling up a total of thirty-seven large bottles.
He collected all the pills, lifted the ban and came out of the retreat room.
At this time, Minghuang Jianzi had been waiting for a long time. When he saw him coming out of seclusion, he immediately asked, "How is it?"
"It went pretty well."
Ye Linyuan spoke, first taking out ten bottles of Xuanyuan Pills and handing them over to Prince Minghuang, and then said, "According to the agreement, these ten bottles of Xuanyuan Pills will be given to Jianzi at a 20% discount."
Minghuang Jianzi opened it and took a look, then smiled and said, "One thousand Xuanyuan Pills, at an 80% discount, would be 24,000 spirit stones."
"After deducting the six hundred seeds and twelve thousand spirit stones, as well as the Qianyang water and various first-level materials that I have given you on credit over the years, you still have five thousand spirit stones left."
After saying this, Minghuang Jianzi asked, "For the rest, do you want spirit stones or spirit objects?"
Ye Linyuan pondered for a moment, and after a simple calculation, he took out another thousand Xuanyuan Pills and said, "Another 600 Xuanyuan Fruit seeds, and the spirit stones needed for renting the ground vein breakthrough and the ground fire chamber, all of which should be used."
"There is still this list left. Please help me put it together."
"it is good."
Minghuang Jianzi smiled slightly, took the list and looked at it, then said, "You mentioned the Soul Gathering Beads, ten pieces of second-level spiritual wood, seeds, and Soul Nourishing Pills to me before. I also have some extra for sale in the Tianxing Sword Sect's treasury, so I brought them here for you this time."
"But there are quite a lot of materials left. I'm afraid it will take several months to gather them all. I'll have someone send them to you when they're all gathered."
"Besides, my Tianxing Sword Sect doesn't produce spiritual silk either, so you'd better go to the Lingsang Liu Sect."
"I understand. I'll go there again when the time comes." Ye Linyuan had anticipated this and nodded immediately without saying anything more. The two sides then reached a deal.
Seeing this, Minghuang Jianzi took out six hundred Xuanyuan Fruit seeds, eighteen Gathering Spirit Beads, ten pieces of second-order spirit wood, and a jade bottle, and gave them all to Ye Linyuan.
Ye Linyuan put away the seeds, spirit wood and spirit-gathering beads, then opened the jade bottle and found ten dark-colored precious pills in it. He nodded slightly.
These ten precious pills are all rare first-grade soul-nourishing pills. Such pills are extremely rare in the outside world. The price of one pill is equivalent to eight hundred spirit stones. Generally, only immortal sects at the foundation-building stage are willing to purchase them for their disciples.
Ye Linyuan bought ten pills at one time, nine of which were for Zhou Yuwan, Chu Lingxi, and Shui Hanqing. These precious pills could enable the spiritual power of the three to reach the foundation-building level, greatly increasing their chances of successfully building the foundation.
After all, it is more difficult to build a superior Taoist foundation. If one does not have a strong enough spiritual consciousness, the possibility of failure in the end is probably not low.
The last one was left for Song Qingming. The Water Spirit Pearl obtained from this person helped Ye Linyuan a lot. Moreover, Song Qingming had a noble destiny and there might be a possibility that he would break through to the Golden Elixir stage in the future.
In this case, we might as well give him a hand and increase the possibility of his successful foundation building in the future.
According to Ye Linyuan's estimation, taking the Foundation Establishment Pill would make it relatively easy to establish the foundation, and refining a Soul Nourishing Pill should be able to make up for his lack of spirit and soul.
"With the foundation of the two of you in cultivating the near-path magic, and with these soul-nourishing pills to supplement the deficiency of the spirit and soul, there shouldn't be any major accidents in building the foundation."
After Ye Linyuan checked the pills, he took out six of them and gave them to Zhou Yuwan and Chu Lingxi. Then he said, "You go to retreat immediately. I will protect you here."
"Son."
Zhou Yuwan and Chu Lingxi were extremely moved when they heard this.
They all prostrated themselves on the ground, saluted Ye Linyuan solemnly, and then went into seclusion with firm conviction.
With the help of the Soul-Nourishing Pill, the process of the two women breaking through the foundation-building stage can be said to be a natural process. After only seven days, they broke through the foundation-building stage and eventually cultivated the two superior Taoist foundations of Peach Blossoms Chasing Water and Willow Catkins Following the Wind.
As superior Taoist foundations, their cultivation levels skyrocketed after the breakthrough, and they directly stayed at the top initial foundation-building level.
According to Ye Linyuan's estimation, the strength of those they delayed were all among the best in the early stage of foundation building. If they joined forces, they might be able to barely fight against those in the middle stage of foundation building.
Of course, this is because they have only been building their foundation for a short time, and their own true essences are less than ten. Once they have cultivated the perfect magic power of the early stage of foundation building, their individual strength should be enough to rival that of the middle stage of foundation building.
Thinking of this, Ye Linyuan bought two low-grade spiritual flying swords from Minghuang Jianzi, handed the flying swords to the two women, and then said with a smile: "You are all very good, and now you can become my left and right arms."
When the two girls heard this, their eyes suddenly lit up with surprise.
They have followed Ye Linyuan for nearly forty years and have never been able to help Ye Linyuan much. But now, they are called his right-hand men by Ye Linyuan, which actually makes them feel relieved.
Seeing this, Minghuang Jianzi couldn't help but sigh: "With the foundation of the two brothers and sisters, I dare not say that they can definitely step into the realm of Jindan, but it should be no problem for them to cultivate to the late stage of foundation building."
"Brother Ye has such a blessing, I really envy you."
Seeing this, Ye Linyuan couldn't help but smile and said, "Master Jianzi is so handsome and charming, how could he not have followers around him?"
Minghuang Jianzi smiled, glanced at Zhou Yuwan and Chu Lingxi, but said to Ye Linyuan with a serious face: "My cultivation has remained in the middle stage of foundation building for many years. Now that my two brothers and sisters have succeeded, we can't delay any longer."
Upon hearing this, Ye Linyuan fell into deep thought.
Minghuang Jianzi practiced the way of the Green Bird and Yellow Dragon, which was the most advanced and superior Taoist method in the ancient Tengwang Pavilion.
However, he only practiced half of it, that is, the Yellow Dragon Ancient Scroll, so his own foundation was not perfect enough, and his Taoism could never reach the Mahayana realm.
The so-called Mahayana of Dao foundation is the late stage of foundation building. If the Dao foundation cannot be perfected, the probability of breaking through the late stage of foundation building or forming a pill will be greatly reduced.
Many cultivators who only practice half of a superior technique, such as Shui Hanqing and Su Shaoyu, will most likely encounter this situation of being unable to make any progress when they reach the middle stage of foundation building if they are unable to complete their own techniques in the future.
If one wants to complete the foundation of the Tao, the best way is to kill fellow practitioners. The second best way is to perfect the foundation by oneself. However, this path is as difficult as that of a foundation-building cultivator who breaks through with a foundation-building pill.
This was the case with Minghuang Jianzi. He had established his foundation a hundred years ago and started planning the Nine-Bend Spirit Crane more than eighty years ago. However, he ultimately failed due to the interference of the Blood Soul Old Ghost and the Chixia Sect.
Today, he is over 160 years old, but still remains at the perfect stage of the middle stage of foundation building. He is far behind the chief of the Liu clan who has reached the eighth stage of foundation building at the age of only 140.
If he delays any further and still fails to break through to the late stage of foundation building after he is over 180 years old, then Minghuang Jianzi will miss the golden age of forming a pill in the future.
By then, even if he completes his Taoist foundation, Minghuang Jianzi will not be able to get a glimpse of the Golden Elixir realm, and can only seek to cultivate to the False Elixir realm.
There is only a one-letter difference between fake elixir and golden elixir, but their strength and status are at two extremes.
In the entire Tianxing Sword Sect, there are at least a dozen fake elixir masters, but there are only two golden elixir masters.
And in the Tianxing Sea, the Tianxing Sword Sect also allows the major forces to have fake elixir cultivators. As long as the other party is willing to sign an affiliated contract, they will acquiesce or support the other party to break through the fake elixir, and even the conditions of the contract will not be too harsh.
But if a Jindan cultivator appears, the best outcome is to be expelled from the Tianxing Sword Sect. Those with slightly worse means will basically be beaten and killed by the Tianxing Sword Sect.
As one of the seven great sword masters, Minghuang Jianzi naturally seeks more than just the realm of fake elixir.
His goal in this life is to become a master of the Golden Core Sword and dominate the entire Seven Domain Alliance.
The Seven Domain Alliance is vast and boundless, dominating the surrounding sea area of millions of miles. It is composed of the seven Jindan-level forces of the human race, and the Tianxing Sea and Chixia Sea are just one of them.
"I understand."
After understanding Minghuang Jianzi's situation, Ye Linyuan hesitated for a moment and then said, "But they haven't been building their foundation for long. Give them a few more years to consolidate their cultivation."
"Three years, how about that?"
Minghuang Jianzi spoke, then looked at Ye Linyuan and said, "If we delay any longer, the Nine-Curved Spirit Crane might not be able to hold back and just leave with the Sword Will Grass."
"Besides, the longer their injuries are delayed, the more time they will recover."
When Ye Linyuan heard this, he couldn't help but frown slightly.
He calculated for a moment, and finally said, "Three years is enough."
"That's good."
Minghuang Jianzi smiled, then patted Ye Linyuan on the shoulder and said, "With the Xuanyuan Pill business, you and I can be considered long-term Taoist friends. When I complete my Taoist foundation, I will naturally not forget you."
"If one day I can break through the Jindan realm, I can even protect you in breaking through the Jidan realm."
"Even if you really want to get a glimpse of the Golden Core realm, I, as the Golden Core Sword Master, will also hover in the sect to prevent the Golden Core masters in the sect from stopping you from achieving enlightenment."
Upon hearing this, Ye Linyuan couldn't help but smile.
He only believed half of Minghuang Jianzi's words.
If there were no common interests or common enemies, even if Minghuang Jianzi broke through the Jindan realm, he might not really be able to convince other people in the sect to let him break through.
Of course, Ye Linyuan is still too far away from the Golden Core realm, so it is meaningless to talk about these things now.
But Ye Linyuan still cupped his hands, pretending to be grateful and said: "Your Excellency Jianzi is kind-hearted. In the future, my spiritual plants and elixirs will definitely be dependent on yours."
"You have a very high talent for cultivating the Hundred Arts, and I have the sect's channels and backers. Cooperation will benefit both of us."
Minghuang Jianzi smiled, patted Ye Linyuan on the shoulder again and said: "Three years, three years later, I will break through to the late stage of foundation building, and you will also sweep across the Qinghe Islands."
"When that happens, it will be the beginning of our rise."
"..."
Ye Linyuan and Minghuang Jianzi had a secret talk in the secret room for a long time. The two sides discussed some plans, gave each other some reassurances, and painted some rosy pictures for each other. In the end, they left the Desert Spirit Vein with satisfaction.
After leaving the desert spiritual vein, Ye Linyuan asked Zhou Yuwan and Chu Lingxi to secretly return to Yejia Island, and then he went to the Lingsang Islands deep in the sea alone.
The Lingsang Islands are located west of the Tianxing Sea, only more than 40,000 miles away from the Tianxing Continent.
Ye Linyuan used the Qingyu Sky-breaking Boat and arrived outside the Lingsang Islands after only two days of flying.
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