"Junior Ji Wuyu, greetings to the senior!"
When Chen Lin arrived at the lobby, he saw a handsome young man standing there. When he saw him come out, he immediately came over to pay his respects.
"Ji Wu Yu?"
Seeing the other party introduce himself, Chen Lin couldn't help but look surprised.
Ever since he handed the Soul-Restoring Pill to the Fairy of Flowers, he had thought that the Ji family would come knocking on his door. After all, from the Fairy of Flowers' eyes, she could tell that it was extremely difficult for the Ji family to refine the Soul-Restoring Pill, and he took out so many at once that it would be hard not to attract attention.
But if he is already a Nascent Soul cultivator, even if he reveals some of his abilities, it won't cause any trouble. Instead, it can open up new opportunities and allow people in need to come to him and gain benefits.
So he didn't ask the Fairy of Flowers to keep the secret for him.
When the young man heard Chen Lin's question, he immediately replied, "Reporting to the senior, I am the family's alchemist, and I once met the senior in the underground space of Wanhun Ridge."
"Haha, it's you!"
After this explanation, Chen Lin knew who the other party was. It was the little brat who exchanged the elixir formula with him for the corpse of the Dark Crow.
The other party's appearance had long been vague, but he had some impression of the name and remembered it as soon as it was mentioned. He did not expect that the other party was also an alchemist. No wonder he carried the alchemy formula with him at such a young age.
It seems that the Ji family had thought carefully before sending this person here. After all, they have some connection. And the other person they met at the beginning, named Ji Wuming, was very unfriendly to him.
"I didn't expect you to have already become a Jindan cultivator. What do you want to see me about?"
Chen Lin sat in the main seat, and then gestured to the other party: "Don't be restrained, you can sit down too!"
Ji Wu Yu hesitated for a moment, and seeing that Chen Lin didn't seem to be being polite, he thanked him and carefully sat down in a seat farther away.
After considering his words, he said, "Reporting to you, Senior, my family's head heard that you had refined the Soul-Regenerating Pill, so he specially sent me here to ask you for advice. But is he using the single pill recipe that I traded with you that year?"
Chen Lin raised his eyebrows.
"Yes, what's the problem? Are you here to call me to task?"
Not to mention that it was a fair trade at the beginning and he did not bully the child or rob him. Even if he did, he would not care if the other party came to question him.
Times have changed. Now he is no longer a low-level cultivator who can be controlled by others.
However, he estimated that the other party could not have come to call him to task, otherwise he would not be a Jindan cultivator, as that would be too much of a disrespect for him.
Sure enough, when Ji Wuyu saw Chen Lin's bad tone, he quickly stood up and said, "Senior, you misunderstood. I just wanted to confirm it. I don't have any other intentions."
After a pause, he explained, "To be honest, the recipe I gave you was an improvement on an ancient recipe passed down in the family. It's only theoretically feasible, but no one has ever succeeded in refining it. All of our Ji family's Soul-Restoring Pills are still made according to the ancient recipe, but because the materials are scarce and difficult to gather, the output is extremely low, and it may take several years to refine even one pill."
Chen Lin nodded suddenly.
No wonder the Fairy of Flowers knows a lot about the Soul-Restoring Pill. She must have obtained the original pill from the Ji family.
It's no wonder that the other party was willing to trade the pill formula to him. He must have thought that he couldn't refine it at all. Unexpectedly, it unexpectedly solved his big problem.
"Then what do you mean? No need to be so evasive, just say it directly. I don't have time to waste here with you."
Chen Lin looked impatient.
He didn't have the mind to pursue the matter of the other party deceiving him. After all, the other party was just a child at that time. However, he could not help with the matter of refining the Soul-Restoring Pill. The method he used was not conventional and could not be replicated.
Seeing that Chen Lin wanted to drive him away, Ji Wuyu gritted his teeth, bowed and said, "I am so bold as to want to become your disciple and learn the art of alchemy!"
Chen Lin was stunned.
Then he shook his head and said, "You can't learn my alchemy skills, so don't mention it anymore."
It turned out that the other party came here for this matter. Chen Lin did not expect this, but his alchemy skills depended entirely on his innate ability, and no one could learn it. As for ordinary alchemy knowledge, he might not know as much as the other party, so he was not qualified to be someone else's master.
Ji Wu Yu didn't expect Chen Lin to refuse so straightforwardly, and he was immediately discouraged.
But he didn't dare to be presumptuous in front of Yuanying Zhenjun, especially since he was a Zhenjun who would assassinate people at the slightest disagreement. He couldn't afford to offend him.
So he could only suppress his disappointment in his heart and make the next best thing: "If you are unwilling to accept me as a disciple, can you please tell me the secret of refining the Soul-Regenerating Pill? When I came here, my ancestor told me that as long as you are willing to tell me, our Ji family can accept any price."
Chen Lin's heart moved.
Hidden families like the Ji family have a very long heritage and must have many treasures.
He is especially good at the way of the soul, so he can probably use everything he has.
He couldn't help but want to pretend to agree and get some benefits out of it.
Moreover, there is a trick to refining this pill. As long as one can use the power of luck, one will be able to refine it. As long as he tells the trick, whether the other party can use it or not has nothing to do with him.
But after weighing the pros and cons, Chen Lin gave up the idea.
Doing so would seem like playing a trick on the Ji family. Under the current circumstances, it is better not to make enemies at random.
Thinking of this, he shook his head and said, "It's not that I treasure my own things, but you can't use my method. However, if you need the Soul-Regenerating Pill, you can ask me to refine it. Of course, it's a fair trade, and the price must be paid."
Ji Wu Yu fell silent.
He was not sure whether Chen Lin was evading the question or whether the alchemy skills were truly impossible to learn, but he did not dare to dig deeper.
"Is there anything else? If not, please leave!"
Chen wanted to go back and continue his practice, so he was ordered to leave.
Seeing this, Ji Wu Yu hurriedly said, "Reporting to the senior, I have something to ask of you."
Chen Lin frowned, somewhat displeased.
This guy is a little bit ignorant. He has shown an attitude that he doesn't want to pay attention, but he still keeps pestering me.
His voice turned cold, and he asked, "What's the matter?"
Ji Wu Yu also noticed that Chen Lin's attitude was not right, and hurriedly said: "It's like this, my grandfather wants to ask you to help refine a kind of elixir. If you can refine it successfully, you will be rewarded handsomely!"
"What kind of medicine?"
Chen Lin controlled his temper and continued to ask.
The elixir that even a family like the Ji family cannot refine must be extraordinary. And as long as the other party asks him to refine the elixir, he can get a recipe for free regardless of success or failure. He is willing to do such a good thing, not to mention there is a reward.
Ji Wu Yu hesitated for a moment and said, "It is a pill called Nine-transformation Soul Condensing Pill, which is very difficult to refine. My grandfather was seriously injured in an accident several years ago and needed this pill to treat him, but my family has not been able to refine this pill, so I asked you for help."
Then, he explained, "It was because my ancestor was injured that he was unable to come in person. My ancestor asked me to apologize on his behalf."
"No problem."
Chen Lin waved his hands, but he felt better.
Just now he thought that the Ji family sent a Jindan cultivator over and looked down on him and Luo Qinglan, but he didn't expect that he was injured.
But the head of the Ji family is a Nascent Soul cultivator, and his major is in the way of the soul. How could his spirit be damaged
And it was definitely not an ordinary injury, otherwise they would not have asked for help from an outsider like him.
After thinking for a while, he said, "I have never heard of the Nine Revolutions Soul Condensing Pill. It is hard to say whether it can be successfully refined. If it is convenient for your family, you can give me the recipe first. But don't worry, I will definitely not pass on the recipe to others."
Even if you have natural abilities, you can't be too confident. After all, natural abilities have their limits.
To Chen Lin's surprise, the other party actually took out a jade slip.
"This is the recipe for the Nine-Transformation Soul Condensing Pill. Please have a look at it, Senior!"
Ji Wu Yu stepped forward and handed the jade slip to Chen Lin, then stepped back and waited.
Chen Lin glanced at the other person. It seemed that this person had a high status in the Ji family and even carried this kind of pill recipe with him.
He put his thoughts aside and checked the jade slip first. Only after making sure there was no problem did he probe his spiritual consciousness into it.
After a long time, he withdrew his consciousness with a look of surprise on his face.
This pill recipe is not for human use!
The main function of the Nine-Turn Soul-Condensing Pill is to condense the soul, but it does not condense the soul of a living person, but rather condenses the soul of a ghost. It is a thing used by ghost cultivators.
This pill is just right for Yun Xiu Niang.
"Is the injury of your clan leader so serious that he needs this kind of medicine? Is he going to switch to ghost cultivation?"
Chen Lin couldn't help but ask.
Although ghost cultivation is also a way of cultivation, it has many restrictions. Yun Xiu Niang is an example. If it is not absolutely necessary, no cultivator is willing to take this path.
Moreover, you can't just change your cultivation whenever you want. It requires specific techniques and various auxiliary means. Even so, the success rate is extremely low. Once you fail, your soul will be scattered and you will not be able to enter reincarnation.
Ji Wu Yu was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and hurriedly explained: "Senior, you have misunderstood. My grandfather is not the patriarch of our clan. The patriarch of our clan has been in seclusion for more than 20 years and will not come out until he breaks through to the middle stage of the Nascent Soul. My grandfather is the great elder of our clan, named Ji Yuanqing!"
Chen Lin looked suddenly enlightened when he heard this.
There are two Nascent Soul True Lords in the Ji family. One of them is the head of the family, Ji Yuanlie, who is in the early Nascent Soul stage, and the other is in the middle Nascent Soul stage. However, it is said that the middle Nascent Soul cultivator died in the catastrophe. Now it seems that the other party is not dead, but has turned into a ghost cultivator.
The Ji family is good at souls, so it's not surprising that they have ghost cultivation techniques.
He nodded and said, "That was my misunderstanding. If there is no problem with the recipe, I can try to refine this pill, but it will definitely not work once or twice. You have to prepare all the necessary materials by yourselves."
Ji Wuyu's eyes flashed, and he immediately said, "Reporting to the senior, I have the materials on me, and the quantity is sufficient."
After saying that, he handed over another storage item.