The last time Han Changming saw Han Changying, she was still in the middle stage of foundation building. More than ten years have passed, and Han Changying is still in the middle stage of foundation building.
If he remembered correctly, Han Changying had stayed in the middle stage of foundation building for more than 30 years. She was proficient in refining equipment and puppet beasts, and her level of refining equipment was second only to Han Zhangxiang. She had no shortage of spirit stones. Logically speaking, she should have advanced to the middle stage of foundation building long ago, but she probably encountered a bottleneck.
Han Changying has a special skill. If she had not encountered a bottleneck and had not lacked spirit stones, she would have advanced to the late stage of foundation building long ago.
"Fifth sister, why are you back? Are you back alone?"
Han Changming asked with a smile. Han Benzhi and Han Benyong had learned weapon refining from Han Changying before, but unfortunately they couldn't continue learning.
"I came back with Uncle Daobin and the others, and I also escorted a batch of goods back. Ninth brother, you have entered the Jindan stage, and I don't have anything good to give you. This is the three-color spirit honey brewed by the third-level three-color spirit bees. I give it to you to make pills."
Han Changying took out a white jade bottle and handed it to Han Changming.
"Spiritual honey?"
Han Changming took the white jade bottle and felt secretly delighted. The third-level spiritual honey is an auxiliary medicine for refining many third-level elixirs, and can also be used to make wine.
He had brewed spiritual wine before and added spiritual water, so the quality was very good. In the past hundred years, there had been frequent wars in the Red Algae Sea, and many immortal cultivation families had been destroyed. As a result, a large number of jade slips of martial arts techniques were lost. The Han family collected a method for brewing a third-level spiritual wine.
Baimichun is made of third-grade spiritual honey as the main ingredient, with more than a dozen three-hundred-year-old spiritual medicines added. It is buried in a cellar for three years before it can be drunk. It has the effect of enhancing magical powers.
Third-level spiritual honey can only be brewed by third-level spiritual bees. It is not easy for spiritual insects to advance. Most spiritual bees do not have much magical power. Apart from collecting nectar to brew spiritual honey, they are not of much use. It is rare for cultivators to breed third-level spiritual bees, which indirectly leads to the scarcity of third-level spiritual honey and its high price.
This bottle of tri-color spiritual honey is worth at least 50,000 spiritual stones, which is just right for brewing Bai Honey Jello.
The spiritual water produced by Taiyi Hualing Gourd has many uses. In addition to making elixirs, it can also be used to make wine. Han Changming does not like drinking, but he does not reject spiritual wine. Baimichun has the effect of enhancing magical power, and it will surely be favored by some wine lovers.
"Thank you, Fifth Sister. It's rare for you to come back. Come over to my place and sit for a while!"
Han Changming put away the white jade porcelain bottle and greeted him.
Han Changying did not refuse and agreed with a smile. Han Benyong went to find other tribesmen to learn from each other.
Back at Qianyang Peak, Han Changming made tea to entertain Han Changying.
After a few cups of tea, the two started chatting. As Han Changming expected, Han Changying had hit a bottleneck.
The Han family is different now that they have two Jindan cultivators. The cooperation between the Zhu family and the Han family is becoming more frequent. The Han family and the Zhu family team up to hunt monsters. Han Changying has been stuck in the middle stage of foundation building. In order to resolve the bottleneck, she follows the monster hunting team to go out to sea to hunt monsters, but it's of no use.
After Han Changming held the Danjie Ceremony, Liu Sheng sent someone to notify Lu Yang in the outer sea, asking them to send people to send Han Daobin and Han Delei back. They have now returned to Huludao.
This time they brought back two third-level demon pills, which can be used to refine foundation-building pills.
"Ninth brother, I came back this time, firstly to escort the goods, and secondly, I want to ask you for a miasma-breaking pill."
Han Changying spoke straight to the point, his face full of anticipation.
Since hunting monsters cannot resolve the bottleneck, perhaps the Miasma-Breaking Pill can be used. The Han family has the recipe for the Miasma-Breaking Pill, but Han Changming has not been able to refine it yet. When Han Benzhi got married, Xu Ziyi gave him two Miasma-Breaking Pills, which were Han Benzhi's personal property.
"Breaking miasma pill?"
Han Changming frowned. It was not that he was unwilling to give Han Changying the Miasma-Breaking Pill, but the Miasma-Breaking Pill was Han Benzhi's personal property, so he had to ask Han Benzhi.
"Fifth sister, I will ask Benzhi later. He shouldn't refuse. You must have come all the way here. It must be hard. Go back and rest first!"
Han Changming said in a gentle voice that if he asked, Han Benzhi would not refuse. Han Changming planned to use the Taiyi Hualing Gourd to purify the Pozao Pill to a medium grade to enhance its efficacy.
"Okay, I'll go back first."
Han Changying agreed and got up to leave.
Han Changming took out the communication disk and contacted Han Benzhi. Not long after, Han Benzhi came over.
"Benzhi, you haven't used those two Miasma-Breaking Pills yet! Your Fifth Aunt has hit a bottleneck, give her a Miasma-Breaking Pill to resolve the bottleneck first, and I will refine another one for you later."
Han Changming went straight to the point. There was no need to beat around the bush when talking to his son.
"No problem, Dad. Do you want me to send it to Fifth Aunt?"
Han Benzhi agreed very readily. Han Changying taught him how to refine equipment very attentively and was also very nice to him. The Miasma-Breaking Pill was indeed precious, but the Han family had the recipe. If Han Changming gathered all the materials, he could refine the Miasma-Breaking Pill.
"Give me the Miasma-Breaking Pill and I'll pass it on to my fifth sister. Don't tell anyone about this, or else if someone else asks you for the Miasma-Breaking Pill, I'll be embarrassed to refuse. Keep the Miasma-Breaking Pill for Weiwei! She might need it."
Han Changming reminded that what Han Benzhi gave him was a low-grade Miasma-Breaking Pill, and what he gave Han Changying was a medium-grade Miasma-Breaking Pill. He could explain that he used a secret method to purify it, but just in case, he specifically reminded Han Benzhi not to tell anyone.
Han Benzhi didn't think much about it and agreed.
He returned to his residence, brought the Miasma-Breaking Pill and gave it to Han Changming.
After seeing Han Benzhi off, Han Changming came to the basement.
He took out the Taiyi Hualing Gourd, uncorked the bottle, and a stream of pure spiritual energy gushed out and floated into his nose, making him feel refreshed.
He took out a palm-sized blue gourd and poured the spiritual water in the Taiyi Hualing gourd into the blue gourd. The spiritual water in the blue gourd was undiluted in case of emergency.
Han Changming threw the Miasma-Breaking Pill into the Taiyi Hualing Gourd, plugged the bottle, and with a thought, he appeared in the Suzaku Space.
He came to the manor on the top of the mountain. There were clumps of mulberry trees. Two bloated colorful giant silkworms were lying on the trees and eating mulberry leaves. The eyes of the colorful giant silkworm were very small and colorful. It looked like a five-colored caterpillar, which was a bit disgusting.
They are already of the second-grade superior quality. Currently, they have no magical powers, except eating and sleeping. If they can advance to the third grade, they will be able to transform into butterflies and master the magical power of illusion. If Han Changming was not an alchemist and had the Taiyi Hualing Gourd, he really could not afford to raise these two five-colored Phoenix Butterfly larvae.
The Five-Colored Phoenix Butterfly has high growth potential like the Xuyuan Bug, but it has to grow to the third stage before it can master its magical powers. Before the third stage, they are gold-eating beasts that require a large amount of immortal cultivation resources to cultivate.
Two mounds of earth appeared on the ground and moved quickly towards Han Changming.
Not long after, two mounds of earth appeared in front of Han Changming, and two Soul-Eating Earthworms crawled out from the ground. They had grown into intermediate-grade second-level earthworms.
Soul-eating earthworms are good at finding elixirs and have a keen sense of smell. Han Changming hopes that they will come in handy in the future.
He took out two pale yellow demon pills and fed them to the two Soul-Eating Earthworms. These were two demon pills from second-level alligator turtle beasts, which would be of some help to the Soul-Eating Earthworms' advancement.
After entering the Jindan stage, Han Changming can give the order for any materials he needs, and the family will do their best to help him collect them. Unfortunately, poisonous herbs, poisonous pills, or thunder-attributed spiritual herbs are very difficult to find.
After eating the demon pill, the two soul-eating earthworms dived into the ground and disappeared.
A spirit beast bag on Han Changming's waist began to move. He smiled and slapped the spirit beast bag. A strange hissing sound was heard, and a purple crystal flying scorpion flew out. Its body was much larger than before, and its color became brighter and brighter, like a huge purple crystal stone. It was still a top-grade second-level product and had not yet been promoted to the third level.
This was expected and Han Changming was not surprised.
The Amethyst Flying Scorpion let out a sharp hissing sound, flapping its thin wings continuously as it circled around Han Changming.
Han Changming took out two small purple grasses that gave off a pungent smell and threw them to the Amethyst Flying Scorpion. The Amethyst Flying Scorpion ate them quickly, but it was still not satisfied and kept making sharp hissing sounds, as if asking Han Changming for food.
After a slight hesitation, he took out a white porcelain bottle, which contained diluted All-Poison Syrup, which was given to him by Mu Linger.
He threw the porcelain bottle into the mouth of the Amethyst Flying Scorpion. The Amethyst Flying Scorpion swallowed the porcelain bottle, made a cheerful hissing sound, and flew around Han Changming. After a while, it fell to the ground, became drowsy and motionless.
The Taiyi Hualing Gourd cannot purify spiritual objects of heaven and earth such as the Wandujiang, but it can produce spiritual water and purify the quality of elixirs.
"If there is a bottle of undiluted Ten Thousand Poisons Syrup, perhaps the Purple Crystal Flying Sky Scorpion can advance to the third level."
Han Changming talked to himself. The Ten Thousand Poisons Liquid was a spiritual object from heaven and earth. It was formed by the combination of many highly poisonous substances and thousands of years of evolution. The Taiyi Hualing Gourd had no way to purify it.
He came to a basement over a hundred feet in size. There were more than a dozen wine jars in the basement. These were second-level spiritual wines. After drinking them, the foundation-building cultivators could increase their magic power and speed up their cultivation.
Han Changming didn't like drinking, so he used these second-level spirit wines to entertain guests. Han Benzhi used some of them personally.
He took out two empty wine jars, cleaned them, and poured half of the tri-color honey into each jar. The tri-color honey came in three colors: green, red, and yellow, and gave off an enticing fragrance.
Han Changming poured in diluted spiritual water, put more than a dozen three-hundred-year-old spiritual medicines into the wine jar, covered the jar with a lid, sealed it with yellow mud, and placed it in a corner.
After three years, it can be drunk.
Bai Mi Chun is a third-level spiritual wine that needs to be brewed after three years before it can be consumed. It is said that the fourth-level spiritual wine takes longer to brew and needs to be brewed with thousand-year-old spiritual medicines, which has better effects.
It is said that there is a magical wine called Huaxianlu, which can make mortals become immortals after drinking it. Han Changming naturally would not believe it. It was too exaggerated. What was recorded in the classics was not necessarily true.
Coming to the alchemy room, he took out the Green Flame Burning Heaven Furnace, the third-level demon pill and spiritual medicine, and began to refine the foundation-building pill.
If the Han family wants to grow and develop in the open sea, they need a large number of foundation-building cultivators. Qi-refining cultivators are of little use in the open sea, so Han Changming needs to refine a large number of foundation-building pills. Foundation-building pills are rare in the Red Algae Sea. Originally, only Tinghai Pavilion, Taixu Sect, Qingyun Sect and the Lu family sold them, and now the Han family has joined the list.
In addition to cultivating foundation-building cultivators, foundation-building pills are also an important factor in attracting independent cultivators to join the Han family. If the Han family wants to grow and develop, it cannot rely solely on the Han family members. It also needs to absorb fresh blood. If the Han family members intermarry with cultivators from other families, the chances of having members with good qualifications will be greater.
The same principle applies to immortal cultivation sects that recruit independent practitioners as disciples.
With the idea of "better to have nothing than to have someone who is not qualified", the Han family set up multiple assessments and, after layers of screening, absorbed dozens of independent cultivators.
Most of these independent cultivators joined the Han family just for the Foundation Establishment Pill, but if they want to get the Foundation Establishment Pill, they have to work hard.
The family's income has increased year by year, but its expenditure has also increased year by year. The family has introduced policies to encourage its members to have children, and the number of immortal cultivators has also been increasing, which requires a large amount of immortal cultivation resources.
Han Changming can refine up to ten Foundation Establishment Pills from one third-level demon pill, with a cost of about 150,000 spirit stones. If the price is 40,000 spirit stones per pill, he can earn 250,000 spirit stones from ten Foundation Establishment Pills. However, he failed several times at the beginning. As the number of refining times increased, the success rate gradually increased. This was because he had the assistance of the Taiyi Hualing Gourd. If it were other alchemists, they would be lucky if they could refine five Foundation Establishment Pills from one furnace, and they would make their money back if they could refine three Foundation Establishment Pills.
In addition to the third-level demon pills, more than a dozen hundred-year-old elixirs are also needed. In addition to planting, the Han family also sent people to purchase these dozen auxiliary medicines, but it is a drop in the bucket.
This means that in the short term, Han Changming will no longer be able to refine Foundation Establishment Pills. He is not surprised. Now there are enough Foundation Establishment cultivators in the Han family. He refines Foundation Establishment Pills, firstly as inventory, and secondly to put them up for auction to attract cultivators. Foundation Establishment Pills are still very popular in the Red Algae Sea.
He tested his eyes and closed them to rest.
A quarter of an hour later, Han Changming opened his eyes and adjusted his mental state to the best. He infused a spell, and the four green flames on the surface of the Green Flame Burning Sky Furnace suddenly brightened. He opened his mouth and spewed out a ball of red-yellow flames, wrapping the bottom of the Green Flame Burning Sky Furnace. The temperature in the room suddenly rose.
He first threw a dozen kinds of auxiliary medicines into the alchemy furnace, released his spiritual sense, and carefully observed the changes of these elixirs.
The furnace wall was burned red by the flames. Under the action of high temperature, more than a dozen kinds of spiritual medicines slowly showed signs of melting and turned into a pool of colorful juice. A faint medicinal fragrance wafted out of the Qingyan Burning Heaven Furnace.
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Divine Weapon Peak is the gathering place for the Han family’s weapon refiners, and it is also the place where the Han family refines magical weapons and puppet beasts.
There is no Earth Lung Fire in Huludao, so Qi-refining cultivators can only use spiritual charcoal to refine equipment, which is very inefficient. Only Foundation-building cultivators can use Innate True Fire to refine equipment.
In a small red-tiled courtyard, Han Changying was instructing Han Benfeng and Han Benyan on how to refine weapons. There were a lot of refining materials piled up in the courtyard.
In his early years, Han Changying was responsible for teaching the tribesmen how to refine weapons. Han Benfeng and Han Benyan studied with Han Changying at that time, but their cultivation was relatively low, and they only learned some basic knowledge. More than 30 years later, after years of hard work, they have become second-level weapon refiners.
The clan leader, Han Zhangxiang, was a third-rank weapon refiner and had instructed the two of them for a period of time, but not for long.
The Han family's puppet beasts are slowly opening up in the open sea, and the business is very good. She plans to train a few more refiners so that the family can create more puppet beasts and earn more profits.