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Chapter 45: How many methods are there to refine the Bigu Pill?
After sending Jiang Shun away, Zhang Wei couldn't help but sigh: "Even working in the sect now is not stable."

"Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures."

Xiao Yunshan sneered and said, "In normal times, Yunshang Sect treats us independent cultivators quite well, at least they don't impose arbitrary taxes on us individual investors.

I have traveled to Qi State before. The people in the market there would like to strip you of your pants, and tax independent practitioners on everything they do.

And it's messy.

A small market town was split into several factions, and they were having a blast fighting each other. The sect disciples in charge of managing the market town didn't care at all."

Zhang Wei asked: "What happened next?"

Xiao Yunshan spat, "Of course it's a failure. With that kind of environment, who would be willing to go there and suffer unless they are cheap?
However, it is said that after the market town was destroyed, the sect that controlled the market town sold the spiritual vein to an emerging foundation-building family as their clan land.

That family was quite capable, and relying on the spiritual veins to plant some spiritual plants, they quickly turned losses into profits and provided a lot of resources to the sect every year.

It’s just pitiful for us independent practitioners. It’s not easy to find a place where we can practice in peace.

Now, the original spiritual vein has become someone else's private property. If you want to continue to get spiritual energy, you have to look at the mood of the foundation-building family."

Xiao Yunshan said with a sigh, and Zhang Wei curled his lips.

This operation looks familiar.

At this time, Zhang Wei's nose moved and he asked, "Why does it smell a bit burnt?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Qin Xiaoling yelled in shock, "Ah! My beef!"

After saying that, he immediately ran into the kitchen, opened a stew pot and quickly added water into it. He secretly thanked himself: "Fortunately, I found it early, otherwise my whole pot of beef would be spoiled."

Zhang Wei asked, "Are you having beef for lunch today?"

"That's not lunch."

Xiao Yunshan explained: "It was Xiaoling who made the Bigu Pill."

"Oh, refining the Bigu Pill... huh?"

Halfway through the words, Zhang Wei felt something was wrong and suspected that he had heard it wrong.

Just make elixirs if you want to, why did you make a pot of beef stew?
Zhang Wei asked Qin Xiaoling: "To make the Bigu Pill... then why are you stewing beef?"

Qin Xiaoling said as a matter of course: "Both pork and chicken are fine, but I won't do such things that will damage my reputation as a business. The ingredients I choose are of the best quality!"

As she spoke, Qin Xiaoling opened the "refrigerator" and said proudly, "Look, the beef must be fresh, the flour must be refined white flour, the salt must be snow salt, and the oil must not be recycled oil from re-frying! I even added sugar!"

"The fasting pills made from these materials have a mellow taste and strong medicinal properties. Is it not too much to ask them for three or two spirit stones?"

"No... not too much..."

Looking at Qin Xiaoling's righteous look, Zhang Wei accepted the reality.

No wonder he felt a taste of beef in his mouth after eating Qin Xiaoling’s fasting pills. It turns out there was real beef in it!
Zhang Wei felt like he had so many complaints to make. He thought his weapon refining skills were down to earth, but he didn't expect there were other experts out there!

At this time, Zhang Wei saw Qin Xiaoling carefully scooping some white granules from a bag and adding them to the pot, so he asked, "Is this sugar expensive?"

Qin Xiaoling explained: "Mallet sugar is not expensive, but white sugar is expensive. Now this pound of white sugar cannot be bought without three or two spirit stones.

But if I'm lucky, this bag of sugar will be enough for me to refine hundreds of fasting pills, so it's still acceptable.

But other ingredients, such as fine noodles and beef, have become more and more expensive recently. Alas...it seems that Fansu is not having a good time recently."

Qin Xiaoling was sighing, not knowing that Zhang Wei was currently brainstorming.

"Meat, flour, fat, salt and sugar... Aren't these proteins, carbohydrates and fats? Aren't these all the energy substances that the human body needs?

I heard from Fellow Daoist Qin that beef is not necessary and chicken and pork will be fine. Can I continue to lower the standards?

Like... wriggling, wriggling, wriggling..."

When Zhang Wei saw Qin Xiaoling's method of refining the Qigong Pill, he couldn't help but think of the famous mealworm biscuits from his previous life.

The protein content is very high, six times that of beef!

Fellow Daoist Qin can use beef to make a Bigu Pill, so it's not too much for Zhang Wei to use mealworms instead? Maybe the Bigu Pill he makes will be even more effective!
As for giving that stuff to fellow Taoists to eat, isn’t that too unscrupulous?
Please, Mr. Zhang is making money from business, so what conscience does he have?

At worst... at worst I can sell the fasting pills to my fellow Taoists at a lower price.

The reason why Zhang Wei thought of this was mainly for the Zhang family.

If the Zhang family wants to become a family of immortal cultivators, they must have an industry that can allow them to gain a foothold in the immortal cultivation world as their foundation.

After all, spiritual veins are hard to find now. Without spiritual veins, it is impossible to plant spiritual plants and mine spiritual materials. If the Zhang family wants to gain a foothold in the world of immortal cultivation in the future, they can only find other ways.

Cultivators are also human beings and they also have to consider the four necessities of life: food, clothing, housing and transportation.

Clothes cannot be considered for the time being. Right now, Yun Kingdom's weaving industry is in the hands of several large families in the south. All of them have a background as cultivators. If you rush in rashly, you will probably die a miserable death.

Let’s not even consider housing. Most of the independent cultivators rely on spiritual veins for their livelihood. Without spiritual veins, the Zhang family cannot interfere in the real estate in the world of immortal cultivation.

If it works, Zhang Wei's Moyun Shuttle is indeed a flagship product, but he alone cannot support this business.

So Zhang Wei could only focus on food.

Don’t underestimate food. Food is the most important thing for people and the same goes for cultivators.

Even when reaching the foundation-building stage, cultivators can theoretically rely on their own strength to practice fasting, which does not affect the foundation-building masters from taking spiritual food, thus satisfying their appetite while also improving their cultivation.

Even some dishes cooked by high-level spiritual chefs can help cultivators recuperate and eliminate toxins from the body if consumed for a long time, which is more effective than some elixirs.

Therefore, most of the foundation-building families in the world of immortal cultivation now rely on the cultivation of spiritual plants as the foundation of their family.

But Zhang Wei set his sights on this inconspicuous Bigu Pill.

The reason is simple: there is no spiritual vein.

Although the Bigu Pill is only one of the most basic pills in the world of immortal cultivation, the more basic it is, the larger the quantity required.

Most of the immortal cultivators and even ordinary warriors will prepare some fasting pills when traveling in the mortal world in case of emergency. The fasting pills can even be used to feed livestock as food for monsters. In short, they have a very wide audience.

If the Zhang family can gain favor among cultivators with their inexpensive and high-quality mealworm fasting pills, even if they cannot make a fortune like other immortal cultivation families, it should not be a problem for them to take root in the immortal cultivation world.

After all, his raw materials were much cheaper than beef and the like! And he also had the technology to make cheap white sugar.

Even if one is unable to refine elixirs, mealworm biscuits are still a profitable business, and can be used as livestock feed!

Thinking of this, Zhang Wei looked at Qin Xiaoling with a little bit of heat in his eyes.

Should we recruit Brother Qin to be the chief technical engineer for the Zhang family?
Just when Zhang Wei was thinking about the feasibility, he heard Xiao Ke standing next to him asking curiously: "Uncle Xiaofan, why are you always looking at mother?"

"Eh?"

Zhang Wei was stunned. When he came to his senses, he realized that he had not looked away because he was thinking.

Qin Xiaoling was smiling, but Xiao Yunshan next to her looked a little gloomy.

"Cough cough..."

Zhang Wei quickly coughed a few times to cover up his embarrassment and explained, "Sorry, sorry, I was thinking about refining just now. Please forgive me for offending Fellow Daoist Qin!"

Then he turned his head and looked out the window, saying, "It's getting late, I'll go back first. Fellow Daoist Xiao and Fellow Daoist Qin, please don't see me off!"

After saying that, Zhang Wei fled from Xiao Yunshan's home.

After Zhang Wei left, Qin Xiaoling puffed out her chest proudly and said, "It seems that my charm is still as strong as before!"

"Humph……"

Xiao Yunshan next to him snorted in disgust, causing Qin Xiaoling to poke her husband's cheek and say, "Hey, what's wrong? Is our jealous guy jealous?"

"Humph, you dare to make fun of your husband?" Xiao Yunshan stood up and picked up Qin Xiaoling by the waist. As he walked towards the bedroom, he said, "Today, let your husband enforce the family rules!"

Before entering the house, Qin Xiaoling said to her son with a sweet smile: "Ke'er, don't run out, and don't come in to disturb mother and father talking about important matters. Go and do your homework."

Xiao Ke nodded obediently and watched the bedroom door close tightly. He knew that his parents were going to play the wrestling game again.

Zhang Wei, who was unaware that Xiao Yunshan's family was in trouble, first went to Yunshang Tower, bought a copy of the alchemist's inheritance, and then planned to go home and experiment with the alchemy method.

However, just as Chu Yun went upstairs, before he had taken two steps, he saw a middle-aged man approaching him and bowed and greeted him, "Excuse me, is this Master Zhang Xiaofan in person?"

Zhang Wei raised his head and looked at the other person. After carefully looking at his face twice, he confirmed that he did not know him. He asked, "Who are you?"

The middle-aged man introduced himself, "I am Shan Guangxue, the owner of Luo's Company. Our store hopes to do business with you. Are you free?"

"Luo's Chamber of Commerce?"

Zhang Wei raised his eyebrows, and quickly recalled the information of this Chamber of Commerce in his mind. The Luo Chamber of Commerce in Izumofang City was not as high-end as those shops with foundation-building families as their background, but its background was very special.

The Luo family, the royal family of Yun Kingdom.

It can be said that the Luo Chamber of Commerce is the contact station of the Yun Kingdom royal family in the world of immortal cultivation.

Zhang Wei also had some guesses as to why they came to him.

He raised his chin and said calmly, "Lead the way."

Shan Guangxue immediately expressed his gratitude with joy: "Thank you, Master Zhang, for your honor. Please come in!"

Shan Guangxue took Zhang Wei all the way to Zuixianlou, and ordered a private room. After all the dishes were served, he complimented Zhang Wei in every way. The three cups of toast made Zhang Wei feel like he was back in his previous life, discussing business and drinking.

Zhang Wei interrupted the other party's flattery and said bluntly: "Luo's Chamber of Commerce, the Luo family is behind it, right? You invited me here, and you offered spiritual food and spiritual wine, what exactly do you want to do? Just tell me."

Shan Guangxue put down his wine glass and said humbly, "Master Zhang, this is what happened. We heard that you can refine flying magic weapons, so we are taking the liberty to bother you. We hope that you can start refining weapons for the two great priests of our Yun Kingdom!"

As expected.

Zhang Wei chuckled and said, “A flying magic weapon is not cheap.”

"Money is not a problem. My Luo Chamber of Commerce is willing to pay 20,000 taels of silver to ask the master to start the furnace and refine two pieces!" Shan Guangxue said proudly as he stretched out two fingers.

Twenty thousand taels of silver is equivalent to two thousand taels of spirit stones. Zhang Wei normally sells the Moyun Shuttle for eight hundred taels of spirit stones. It can be said that Shan Guangxue is very sincere.

"Twenty thousand taels, worthy of the Yun Kingdom royal family, they are willing to spend so much." Zhang Wei exclaimed.

"Then Master..."

When Shan Guangxue saw this, his eyes lit up and he thought there was a way!

However, Zhang Wei's next words chilled him to the core.

"not enough."

Zhang Wei still remembers how the two priests exchanged his wolf demon's corpse for a piece of torn paper!

Zhang Wei snorted, "The situation in Yunmengze is a bit serious right now. In a year, the Longmen Tide will sweep across the East China Sea. I don't need to explain the purpose of your two priests wanting the Moyun Shuttle, right?

By then, not only your Luo family, but also several other foundation-building families, and even the top disciples of the Yunshang Sect will come to ask me to refine flying magic weapons in preparation for the battle against the Longmen Tide.

If I refine it for you, I will have to postpone these people's commissions. Don't you think this will make me offend people?"

Although Zhang Wei said that he was in a difficult situation, Shan Guangxue understood his subtext.

Need more money!
So Shan Guangxue gritted his teeth and said, "Then my Luo's Chamber of Commerce will add another 5,000 taels!"

However, Zhang Wei still shook his head. Shan Guangxue immediately made a bitter face and cried poorly: "Master... our Luo's Chamber of Commerce is a small business, we really can't give more."

Zhang Wei sneered and said, "Yun State has thirty-six counties and a vast territory. Every year, it can collect millions of taels of silver just from taxes. How could it be that it can't even come up with tens of thousands of taels?
I don't want too much. Make it a whole, thirty thousand taels!

And you must pay 10,000 taels of silver as a deposit first."

"what?"

When Shan Guangxue heard the number of thirty thousand taels, he rubbed his teeth.

What Zhang Wei said was right. Yun State could collect millions of taels of tax every year, but a considerable portion of it had to be paid as tribute to the Yunshang Sect and the four foundation-building families in the territory.

You have to consider the remaining money, including military pay, official salaries, and the maintenance and construction of various large-scale projects. Money is needed everywhere, and it also passes through the hands of officials at all levels. Is this a lot of money?
Not much!
When it came to their turn to offer tribute to the temple, the amount of money was even less. Thirty thousand taels of silver was not even enough to cover one-fifth of their temple's financial allocation this year.

But Shan Guangxue gritted his teeth, stamped his feet, and agreed: "Okay!"

At worst, he would suffer a little loss this time and earn less. He would first solve the problem of the chief and second chief priests, and then go to the old emperor for money if he didn't have enough money!

After the people from Luo's Chamber of Commerce delivered the deposit of 500 taels of gold, Zhang Wei took the gold into his arms without hesitation.

Then he told Dan Guangxue that he would deliver the two Moyun Shuttles to Luo’s Chamber of Commerce in two months and left Zuixianlou directly.

This time he didn't even go to Yundu, but went directly back to Luyang City to discuss the matter of raising mealworms with his brother Zhang Xiong.

When Zhang Xiong heard that Zhang Wei was going to use this thing to make pills, his expression was so wonderful. His face was very embarrassed.

"My Zhang family has been passed down from generation to generation through farming and studying. How can we raise... raise such a disgusting thing?"

However, when he learned that this might very well be the foundation for the Zhang family's future foothold in the world of immortal cultivation, Zhang Xiong's attitude took a 180-degree turn.

"As the saying goes, if I don't go to hell, who will? In order to allow the immortals in the world of immortal cultivation to use the inexpensive and high-quality fasting pills, my Zhang family has no choice but to do it!" Zhang Xiong said, patting his chest.

As for conscience?

Laughing to death, not at all.

If Zhang Wei hadn't asked not to go too far and to ensure the quality and hygiene of the mealworms, Zhang Xiong would have even wanted to deduct some money from the mealworms. Anyway, as long as it is hidden well enough, who knows what is being delivered to your mouth?
In this way, Zhang Wei stayed in his hometown for a month, during which time he guided the construction of Zhang's mealworm cultivation workshop and helped to refine the equipment for cultivating mealworms.

After making sure everything was on track, Zhang Wei flew back to Izumo City with the two Moyun Shuttles he had refined along the way, intending to deliver them to Shan Guangxue.

A month later, the spiritual essence of heaven and earth that was lost in the Izumo shell field has still not been found, but this still cannot stop the enthusiasm of the individual cultivators and the determination of the Yunshang Sect to retrieve the lost items.

Even as time passed, more and more independent cultivators gathered in the Thousand Mile Yunmeng Lake, and the situation became more and more chaotic.

On this journey, Zhang Wei had only traveled one-third of the way to Izumo City when he saw no less than ten fights of varying sizes.

However, with the help of the Moyun Shuttle, Zhang Wei does not have to worry about being targeted by this group of robbery cultivators.

However, on the way to Izumobo City, Zhang Wei suddenly felt his mind move and looked towards a body of water in the distance.

The spiritual mark he left on the Zhenjin Hammer was erased!
You have to know that he lent the Zhenjin Hammer to Jiang Shun temporarily, so the spiritual mark on it was not completely erased. Jiang Shun just covered it with his own spiritual mark for temporary use.

And now that his spiritual mark has been erased, it means that Jiang Shun is in danger! So much so that even his Zhenjin Hammer has been taken away by his opponent!

Without thinking, Zhang Wei controlled the Moyun Shuttle to fly towards the place where the spiritual consciousness last disappeared, intending to rescue Jiang Shun.

After flying for only a dozen miles, Zhang Wei saw several figures running in the water below. The figure in front of him, covered in blood, was Jiang Shun!
The three figures behind were all cultivators in the late Qi Refining stage, two men and one woman, and one of them was holding his Golden Hammer!

Upon seeing this, Zhang Wei raised his hand and took out a second-level talisman as a sign of respect. After activating it, he threw it at the three people who were chasing him below.

boom!
A ray of heat came, and Lu Bin and the other two who were happily chasing Jiang Shun suddenly changed their expressions. They looked up and saw a fireball with a diameter of ten feet falling from the sky, and hitting them directly.

"Second-level spiritual talisman, falling meteor!"

Lu Bin screamed, then immediately gritted his teeth and took out a half-damaged jade token from his arms. With a look of heartache on his face, he still activated it.

boom---

In an instant, the lake water below Lu Bin and the other two surged up and turned into a water curtain that protected Lu Bin and the other two tightly, and actually blocked Zhang Wei's Sky Fire Meteor Talisman.

But at the same time, there were more signs of damage on the jade token in Lu Bin's hand.

"Ok?"

Zhang Wei frowned. He didn't expect that the other party actually had a broken second-level magic weapon. No wonder he could chase Jiang Shun so miserably.

"Why are you interfering, fellow Daoist! This is a personal grudge, please leave!" Lu Bin shouted immediately after blocking Zhang Wei's talisman, but secretly sent a message to his two companions, asking them to use their best skills to suppress this man of unknown origin.

But what he waited for was not an answer, but a flash of emerald green knife light!
Second-level talisman, sandalwood magic knife!

"Damn it!"

Seeing the knife light, Lu Bin and the other two were immediately shocked. Lu Bin continued to activate the command water card in his hand without thinking.

The surging lake water surged up and turned into a water dragon, roaring towards the sandalwood magic knife. However, this time, the sandalwood magic knife relied on the principle of the five elements and sacrificed half of its energy to split the water dragon, and then continued to chop towards Lu Bin and the other two without slowing down.

At this moment, the monk holding the golden hammer made a move. He threw the golden hammer out suddenly and then cast a spell. The golden hammer suddenly became several times larger and collided with the sandalwood knife.

Then there was a clang sound, and the golden hammer made a big cut, but the remaining power of the sandalwood knife was also forcibly dispersed.

Good guy, use my magic weapon to block my talisman!
Just as Zhang Wei was about to continue throwing the talisman, Jiang Shun, who was running for his life below, also looked up at the sky. When he found that it was Zhang Wei, he shouted in surprise: "Xiao Fan!"

Then he seemed to have thought of something and shouted, "Don't fight any longer! Let's go! Let's get out of here!"

"They know each other!"

Lu Bin and the other two looked at each other, and their faces were very ugly when they saw the Moyun Shuttle under Zhang Wei's feet. They had finally destroyed Jiang Shun's Moyun Shuttle in order to prevent him from escaping with it.

If Zhang Wei used the Moyun Shuttle to take Jiang Shun away, they would not be able to catch up even if they tried their best.

Lu Bin gritted his teeth and shouted, "My fellow Taoist, this man has a spiritual essence of heaven and earth!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Zhang Wei and Jiang Shun's faces changed immediately.

(End of this chapter)