Of course, Murong Bo’s mastery of the water refining method is not good enough for Han Changming to talk to him. If he were an alchemist who is proficient in the water refining method, Han Changming would not be able to say a few words.
"Friend Han, it seems that you know a lot about the water refining method. I wonder if you can use the water refining method to refine pills?"
Murong Bo asked excitedly, his eyes fixed on Han Changming.
"Water refining method? I have never refined it before. After all, I don't have the recipe."
The recipe for the water-refining method is different from that for the fire-refining method. Han Changming only has the recipe for the Nine Yuan Forging Spirit Liquid, which is a water-refining method. A skilled cook cannot cook without rice. Without the recipe, how could he possibly refine the pill
Murong Bo was a little disappointed. The pill recipe was very precious, especially the water refining method. He couldn't easily give it to Han Changming to look at.
"Fellow Daoist Murong, you are too polite. I am only interested in the water refining method, but it is still in theory, not practice. In terms of alchemy level, I cannot compare with you."
Han Changshuo complimented with a smile on his face, saying that Murong Bo came from an extraordinary family, and his alchemy skills were higher than Han Changshuo's. Han Changming learned alchemy halfway through, so his alchemy skills were naturally not as good as Han Changshuo's, let alone Murong Bo.
"Yes! Fellow Daoist Murong's alchemy skills are the best among us."
"That's right. In the Golden Dragon Contest a year from now, Fellow Daoist Murong will definitely win a place."
Others kept saying compliments, and Murong Bo couldn't help but show a proud look on his face after hearing them.
Han Changming looked calm, thinking to himself, "Human relations and worldly wisdom are the same everywhere."
He didn't think there was anything wrong with it. Murong Bo came from a big sect and his alchemy skills were indeed higher than theirs.
Cultivating immortals is not just about fighting and killing, it also involves dealing with human relationships and worldly wisdom.
After praising Murong Bo for a while, they exchanged their experiences in alchemy. Perhaps because of the flattery, Murong Bo said a few more words, and Han Changming and others were deeply touched.
A low muffled sound was heard, and Murong Bo took out a palm-sized blue jade plate and entered a spell. His face changed slightly, and he said quickly: "I'm really sorry, fellow Taoists, I suddenly have something urgent to deal with. I'm really sorry, I will host a banquet for you fellow Taoists next time."
He stood up, bowed to everyone, and left in a hurry.
As soon as Murong Bo left, Han Changming and the others chatted for a while, then dispersed and went home.
After returning to his residence, Han Changming took out the Suzaku Furnace and began to refine the elixir.
He benefited a lot from talking with Murong Bo today. Unfortunately, he currently only has the recipe for the Nine Yuan Divine Refining Liquid, which is a water-refining pill, and no second one.
He took out the materials, threw them into the Suzaku furnace one by one, poured in spiritual water, and entered a spell.
With a muffled "puff" sound, a red flame appeared at the bottom of the Vermillion Bird furnace. The Vermillion Bird on the surface of the alchemy furnace seemed to come alive, flapping its wings gently, and looked vivid and lifelike.
Half a minute later, a refreshing medicinal fragrance filled the entire practice room.
Zhu Yang is a casual cultivator. His parents are both mortals. He obtained the cultivation techniques by chance and thus stepped into the world of immortal cultivation.
He was unlucky and missed several opportunities for big sects to recruit disciples. The benefits of small sects were not high and there was no future, so he simply became a casual cultivator and lived a free and easy life.
After decades of hard work, he finally accumulated enough spirit stones to buy foundation-building pills and successfully entered the foundation-building stage.
He joined a monster hunting team, but unfortunately, he had bad luck and encountered a group of second-order wind eagles. His companions died one after another. Zhu Yang narrowly escaped but was seriously injured. In order to heal his injuries, the spirit stones he had accumulated over the years were almost gone.
On this day, Zhu Yang left his residence and strolled on the streets of Fangshi.
He felt that the bottleneck was showing signs of loosening, and planned to buy a bottle of elixir to use the power of the medicine to advance to the middle stage of foundation building. He had been stuck in the early stage of foundation building for more than 30 years, and it was hard to say when the bottleneck would appear. Some people did not encounter the bottleneck, while others encountered it in the early stage of foundation building. It all depended on luck.
More than 20 years ago, when the bottleneck was loosening, Zhu Yang was reluctant to buy elixirs and practiced hard in seclusion. As a result, he missed a great opportunity and remained in the foundation-building stage for more than 30 years, still not knowing whether he could resolve the bottleneck.
He didn't have many spirit stones, and he had no income yet, so he had to use them sparingly.
There are many medicine shops. Normally, Zhu Yang would not be stingy. Unfortunately, he is short of money now. He can only look for some newly opened medicine shops. In order to attract customers, the prices of medicines in the newly opened medicine shops are relatively cheaper.
More than half an hour later, he appeared in a somewhat remote street with not many pedestrians.
There are mostly grocery stores on both sides of the street, such as "Chen's Grocery Store", "Zhao's Grocery Store", etc. The stores are small, located in remote areas and have cheap rents.
"Guangyuanju!"
Zhu Yang suddenly stopped and paused in front of a small shop. A faint medicinal fragrance wafted out.
If he remembered correctly, this used to be Ye's Grocery Store, but it seemed that business was not good, so a new store was replaced.
The store is not big, and there are many porcelain bottles and herbs on the shelves.
The shopkeeper was a young woman with delicate features in a blue dress. She was checking the account books at the counter, and several servants were standing at the door shouting.
"A new store has just opened. We have both first and second level elixirs. The Heyuan Pill only costs 300 spirit stones. Don't miss it if you pass by."
"The more you buy, the cheaper it is. Come in and have a look."
Zhu Yang thought for a moment and walked in.
"What kind of elixir do you need to buy, senior? Would you like me to introduce it to you?"
A servant came over and asked with a smile on his face.
"What second-level pills do you have? Show me."
Ye Xin was checking the account book. When she heard a customer coming, she put away the account book and walked over.
"Fellow Daoist, you've come just in time. Our new store is opening. The more you buy, the more you get. Currently, there are only two types of second-level elixirs, Heyuan Pills and Huiling Pills. Heyuan Pills are 300 spirit stones per bottle, and Huiling Pills are 500 spirit stones per bottle. Buy ten and get one free."
This is the case with small shops, and Zhu Yang didn't expect the small shop to have many kinds of second-level elixirs.
"Show me the Heyuan Pill. If it's good, I can buy some."
Ye Xin asked someone to bring two bottles of Heyuan Dan and gave them to Zhu Yang for inspection.
Zhu Yang poured out two Heyuan pills, held the pills between his fingers, and looked at them carefully.
The pill is round in shape, bright in color, and exudes a refreshing medicinal fragrance. With Zhu Yang's many years of experience, he can naturally see that the quality of the pill is very good.
"It seems like I picked it up. When a new store opens, it always sells good pills to attract customers. When business picks up, the quality of the pills will slowly decline."
Zhu Yang was secretly delighted. Small shops could not compete with big shops. At the beginning of opening, some shops would sell better quality products with low prices to attract customers. When business picks up, the quality of the better products will gradually decline and the prices will become cheaper, so they can make small profits but quick turnover!
"I want two bottles of Heyuan Dan."
Ye Xin smiled slightly and said politely, "You are the first customer of our store, so I will charge you 500 spirit stones. If you think the quality of the pills is good, please help me recommend them."
"No problem, thank you ma'am."
Zhu Yang agreed readily. This was not a difficult task for him.
After paying the spirit stones, he collected the pills and left.
"Finally, we are open. If there are customers who come to buy pills, you can give them a little discount. Don't be afraid of losing money. If you don't spend small money, you won't make big money."
Ye Xin opened her mouth and gave instructions. There were not many customers at the opening of the new store, with only one customer in the whole morning. If they wanted to expand the business quickly, they had to give the customers some discounts.
Of course, the discount will not last too long, and the price will return to normal after a few days.
The clan members all agreed. Since Ye Xin was the shopkeeper, they naturally listened to her.
Fuyun Tea House, third floor.
Han Debiao was drinking tea alone, listening quietly to the conversation of other monks.
There are many people in the teahouse, which is a good place to get information and make friends.
Unable to go out to sea to hunt monsters, Han Debiao couldn't sit still. As he had just arrived, he planned to take a good look around Golden Dragon City and broaden his horizons.
What's more, after sitting in meditation for an hour, he heard a lot of useful information and gained a deeper understanding of Golden Dragon City.
"My fellow Taoist, do you mind if I sit down?"
A charming young woman in a black dress walked up to Han Debiao and said with a smile.
"Ma'am, please."
Han Debiao did not refuse and allowed the young woman in the black dress to sit down.
"My surname is Sun, and my given name is Xin. How should I address you?"
The young woman in the black dress asked politely, her pair of peach blossom eyes were watery and charming.
Han Debiao smiled innocently and said, "My last name is Hu. If you don't mind, you can just call me Fellow Daoist Hu."
Sun Xin nodded and started chatting with Han Debiao. Her topics were quite diverse and she did not ask about Han Debiao's background.
After a cup of tea, Sun Xin changed her tone and asked enthusiastically, "Friend Hu, to be honest, I am from the Butterfly Monster Hunting Team. We are short of manpower right now. Are you interested in joining our Butterfly Monster Hunting Team and hunting monsters with us?"
"I'm sorry, but I have no plans to go out to sea at the moment."
Han Debiao declined politely. He was not a three-year-old child. How could he easily go out to sea with a strange monk whom he had known for less than half an hour
Sun Xin didn't force it and smiled, "It's okay. If you have thought it through, you can contact me at any time. Our Butterfly Demon Hunting Team is staying at the Hongfu Inn."
Han Debiao nodded and agreed.
After chatting for a few minutes, Sun Xin said goodbye and left.
Over the next hour or so, people came up to him and started chatting with him. They were all from the monster hunting team and invited Han Debiao to join them. Without exception, Han Debiao declined one by one.
"It seems that the cultivation resources in the Golden Dragon Sea are indeed rich. With so many monster hunting teams recruiting people, the losses are probably not small. It seems that hunting monsters in the Golden Dragon Sea is quite dangerous."
Han Debiao thought secretly, his expression remaining calm.
Another cup of tea passed, and the guests had changed more than a dozen times. Han Debiao got up and left.
When he returned to Guangyuanju, there was not much business in the store. Han Debiao said hello to Ye Xin and returned to his room to practice.
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Red Algae Sea, Kuixingfang City.
In a simple hall built underground, an underground auction is taking place.
Han Changjing sat in the corner, looking normal.
He had participated in many underground auctions and bought good things. It was said that there would be Foundation Establishment Pills for auction at this underground auction, so he naturally wanted to participate.
Han Changjing is in charge of the market town. In addition to managing several shops opened by his family, he is also responsible for purchasing foundation-building spiritual objects for the family.
Following his gaze, one can see a square platform. An old man in a green robe with a ruddy complexion is standing on the platform. In front of him is a green wooden table. On the wooden table there is a misty green flying sword with a flickering spiritual light.
There were hundreds of monks sitting around Han Changjiong, most of them wearing ghost masks, so their real faces could not be seen clearly.
Judging from the fluctuations of spiritual energy emanating from them, some are in the foundation-building stage, while others are in the Qi-refining stage.
After bidding away the flying sword, the old man in green robes took out five porcelain bottles of different colors and said loudly, "I guess you Taoist friends are getting impatient. Now it's time to auction the finale items. The first finale item is five bottles of Wu Yue Spirit Water. They are of some help in reaching the foundation-building stage. They will be auctioned separately. The reserve price is 5,000 spirit stones, and each bid must not be less than 1,000."
The Black Moon Spirit Water can assist Qi Refining cultivators in reaching the Foundation Establishment stage. Its effect is not as good as the Foundation Establishment Pill, but it can indeed assist in reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, and there are still many people bidding for it.
"Five thousand!"
"Six thousand!"
"Seven thousand!"
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The competition was fierce. Han Changjing spent 13,000 spirit stones to win a bottle of Wu Yue Spirit Water.
The second finale item for the auction was a set of flying swords, with a total of six swords. Han Changjiong did not practice sword techniques and had no interest in a set of flying swords. This set of flying swords was bought by an unknown cultivator at a high price of eight thousand spirit stones.
The third and final auction item was two Foundation Establishment Pills. Han Changjiong started bidding, but unfortunately he failed to buy a single Foundation Establishment Pill as the competition was too fierce.
"The last auction item is half of a heritage stone. If you collect the other heritage stone, you can find the ancient cultivator's cave. The starting price is 3,000 spirit stones. Each bid must not be less than 1,000."
The old man in green robe held a stone high in his right hand and spoke loudly.
"Half of the inheritance stone!"
Han Changjing frowned and stared at the stone in the green-robed old man's hand.
He had bought a heritage stone at an exchange meeting before, and now he encountered a second one. Could it be that these two heritage stones were together
"Wait a minute, who knows if this inheritance stone is real? I want to test it."
Han Changjing said in a deep voice that according to the rules, bidders can inspect the goods.
The auctioneer did not object and agreed.
Han Changjiong leaped onto the high platform at the four corners and carefully examined the inheritance stone handed over by the old man in green robe. He was sure that this inheritance stone could be combined with the one in his hand, and perhaps he could discover the so-called ancient cultivator's cave.
After returning to his seat, Han Changjing started bidding.
The competition was fierce, and the inheritance stone was bought by a male cultivator at a high price of 15,000 yuan. However, because the other party was wearing a ghost face mask, Han Changjing could not see his appearance clearly.
He was a little anxious, because if he bought this inheritance stone, he would be able to discover the so-called ancient cultivator's cave. Now that the second inheritance stone had been bought by someone, how could he be willing to accept this
"My fellow Daoist, I am quite interested in the inheritance stone in your hand. I wonder if it is convenient for you. Let's meet in the teahouse opposite later. If you like it, I am willing to buy it at a high price." Han Changjing sent a message to the other party.