[You start to make pills. Compared to the terrible fire-based alchemy method, your understanding of the water-based alchemy method is better. You successfully make three dust-reducing pills. Your alchemy proficiency +3]
[Congratulations, you have officially entered the art of alchemy and have barely reached the level of a ninth-grade alchemist]
In the quiet room, Jiang Yuebai opened the Qingshuang Ding, which contained three green pills, which were the ninth-grade lower-level Jiangchen Pills.
It is indeed as stated in the Immortal Cultivation Panel, her understanding of fire alchemy is not as good as water alchemy, mainly because she is not as good at controlling fire as water.
Ever since she understood that water creates ice and created the Yunlei Po in the Yinshan Mine, her understanding and application of water among the five elements far surpassed the other four elements.
Water refining is like the nature of water, emphasizing compliance and fusion; fire refining is like the nature of fire, emphasizing domineering refining.
Water refining is slow, while fire refining is fast. Each has its advantages and disadvantages. The decision of whether to use water refining or fire refining should be based on the characteristics of the elixir.
The paper crane flew into the quiet room, and Jiang Yuebai finished refining the elixir after watching it.
At dusk, in the main hall of the front yard of Daohuayuan, Qi Yue had brought Guo Zhen and Shi Xiaowu in to wait.
As soon as Jiang Yuebai came in, Guo Zhen handed the account book to Jiang Yuebai.
Shi Xiaowu took a sip of water and said, "This is our first harvest today. We only supplied three kinds of spiritual vegetables to the outer gate restaurant of Tianman Peak and collected 1,563 low-grade spiritual stones."
"After deducting the cost of the three kinds of spiritual vegetable seeds, the cost of the puppets, the labor cost, the loss during the harvest and transportation, the management of the restaurant and other miscellaneous expenses, the final net profit is 722 low-grade spiritual stones."
Jiang Yuebai paused. She hadn't finished reading all the items in the account book when Shi Xiaowu calculated the total for her. She looked away and calculated it again herself, and it was correct.
Jiang Yuebai asked Guo Zhen, "Is this account book kept by Xiao Wu?"
Guo Zhen shook his head, "I remember it."
After saying this, Guo Zhen looked at Shi Xiaowu in surprise, "When did you become so good at settling accounts?"
Shi Xiaowu raised his eyebrows proudly, "You haven't cared about me, have you? You keep saying that I'm uneducated and have no future, but in fact, I don't know how smart I am."
Jiang Yuebai smiled and said, "Brother Guo, let Xiao Wu keep track of the accounts from now on. You just need to review them more. You, Xiao Wu, and Qi Yue will each receive 20 of the spiritual stones earned today as a reward. For the rest, give half to the Carpentry Institute and Yunshang, and the other half to buy spiritual fish and spiritual birds."
"Right now, 80% of the spiritual vegetables are still immature, and the aquatic poultry has not yet been slaughtered. The number of puppets and spiritual insects must keep up, so that we can last long and earn more spiritual stones. Tell Senior Brother Tang not to save money, his several improvements to the puppets are still very useful."
"Qi training disciples are only slightly better than ordinary people, and they still have the desire to eat. As long as Tianyan Sect continues to recruit new disciples, we will have no problem selling our products."
"Got it, don't worry, Junior Sister Jiang." Guo Zhen scratched his head and said, "Also, Junior Sister Jiang, can I rent a hundred acres of land in Huaxi Valley to grow some crops myself, and also this puppet..."
"Of course you can, Senior Brother Guo, Xiao Wu and Qi Yue, you can rent the spiritual fields and farming puppets whenever you need them, but we still have to settle the accounts clearly. The rent required by the sect cannot be less. You work for me, and you are not allowed to refuse the salary I give you."
Shi Xiaowu was smiling happily, and Qi Yue was also excited beside him.
Guo Zhen scratched his head embarrassedly, "Okay, then thank you, Junior Sister Jiang."
Qi Yue saw Guo Zhen and Shi Xiaowu off, and Jiang Yuebai prepared to go to the Internal Affairs Hall.
As soon as I reached the door, I saw Qi Yue seemed to be hesitant to speak.
"What's wrong? Just say it."
Seeing this, Qi Yue knelt down in front of Jiang Yuebai and said, "I would like to ask Senior Sister Jiang to teach me the art of puppetry."
Jiang Yuebai pulled Qi Yue up, and Qi Yue thanked him panickedly.
"Rather than puppetry, you actually want to learn how to make divine machine stones, right?"
Jiang Yuebai pointed it out directly, Qi Yue's face turned red but she did not deny it.
"Yes, to be honest with Senior Sister Jiang, I have been to the Carpentry Institute many times. Those farming puppets may look complicated, but they are not the key. The Divine Machine Stone is the most important thing."
Jiang Yuebai crossed his arms and said calmly, "If that's the case, do you think I will teach you? If I teach you, won't I be left with nothing?"
Qi Yue looked into Jiang Yuebai's eyes and said seriously, "I know, but I just want to fight for it. If I don't fight for it, there will be no chance at all. If I fight for it, what if... you are willing?"
As she finished speaking, Jiang Yuebai suddenly remembered the time when she met the green-clothed fairy that year. She asked her why she kept running when she knew she couldn't outrun her.
She had a similar answer and the same mentality.
The creation of low-level divine machine stones is not a secret, nor is it Mo Baichun's unique secret technique. It's just that there are no relevant books in the Tianyan Sect, and it can be bought in the Nangu Market with some effort.
Qi Yue asked her directly, which was fair and aboveboard. Moreover, she already had an idea of how to replace the Divine Stone.
There are some things that she can't always hold in her hands.
"Okay, I can teach you. You must have studied the Divine Machine Stone a lot these days, and you must know that learning this will consume a huge amount of Spirit Stones. I can't help you in this regard, you can only figure it out on your own."
Qi Yue was overjoyed and knelt down quickly, but just as he bent his knees he remembered that Jiang Yuebai didn't like kneeling, so he stood up awkwardly.
"Qi Yue thanks Senior Sister Jiang. I will find a way myself regarding the spirit stones."
"Well, I'll go to the Internal Affairs Hall and start teaching you when I come back."
Jiang Yuebai flew out of the valley on his sword and went straight to the Internal Affairs Hall to find Hong Tao.
Ma Feng said that the chief elder of the Internal Affairs Hall and the managers from various places were discussing matters, so Jiang Yuebai waited for a while under a tree in the courtyard of the Internal Affairs Hall.
Half an hour later, Hong Tao came out with a miscellaneous disciple, with a worried look on his face. He lowered his head and instructed some things, asking the miscellaneous disciple to do them.
"Uncle Master Hong." Jiang Yuebai bowed and saluted. "Have you run into any trouble? Judging from Uncle Master's expression, he seems to be in a difficult situation."
Hong Tao nodded and said, "It's about the spiritual mine. You've been to the Yinshan Mine before, so you should know that the ore veins are no longer abundant. The sect master issued an order today to cut the salaries of all the sect members. The salaries of Jindan Zhenren and Yuanying Zhenjun will be cut by half, and those of you inner and outer disciples will only be cut by 10%. In addition, the Internal Affairs Hall must find ways to increase revenue and reduce expenditure."
"It's easy to cut costs, but it's hard to increase revenue. Great Elder Gongsun is also worried about this. I guess after the small competition, it's time to put the matter of joining forces with other sects in the Central Plains to explore the lost secret realm on the agenda. By the way, what do you want to talk to me about?"
Jiang Yuebai smiled and said, "I would like to ask Master Uncle to go to Huaxi Valley to have a look. Perhaps it can help Master Uncle with the matter he is worried about."
"The manager of the outer sect restaurant is a close confidant of Great Elder Gongsun. He mentioned Huaxi Valley during the discussion just now. I am also very curious. How did you grow such high-quality spiritual vegetables in Huaxi Valley when you haven't even recruited spiritual farmers? You also said that you can increase the supply in the future."
"If it's really as he said, with the spiritual vegetables supplied by your Huaxi Valley, the price of spiritual vegetables can be lowered. This can be considered as saving money, but you have to work harder. Earning spiritual stones is important, but you can't delay your cultivation because of it. It's not good to lose sight of the main goal and pursue the trivial."
Jiang Yuebai thanked him, "Thank you for your concern, but I didn't delay my cultivation because of farming. On the contrary, I have been practicing in seclusion during this period. If you are curious, you can come with me to take a look. Everything will be clear."
(End of this chapter)