Plants vs. Cultivation.

Chapter 160: Ice Flame Stump
"Miss Yuwei, could you please move Li's ranking up a bit?" A Jindan cultivator took out an egg-sized pearl and stuffed it into Shi Yuwei's pocket. His only purpose was to ask Shi Yuwei to move his alchemy commission ranking up a bit.

This Jindan cultivator had heard before that a great immortal who had killed General Jinzhao appeared in the Cancer Islands, and many people went there to join him, but he did not take it seriously. As a Jindan immortal, he just didn't take the initiative to provoke those big monsters.

The big demon wouldn't come to provoke him, and since his life was still bearable, he had no interest in living under someone else's roof.

But he soon received new information that the great immortal who killed General Jinzhao was actually a third-level alchemist, and began to openly accept alchemy commissions.

Upon hearing the news, the Jindan Zhenren could no longer sit still. He was a Jindan cultivator, not one of those fake and external elixirs that had no potential for improvement.

However, after entering the Golden Core Realm, every step forward becomes extremely difficult. There are many factors that lead to slow progress in cultivation. In addition to one's own talent, it is the lack of external assistance.

This external object refers to the spiritual land and elixir.

In the sea, every spiritual land is the target of competition among sea monsters. In order to avoid conflicts with sea monsters, he did not fight for the 3rd-level spiritual land suitable for him, but chose a 2nd-level top-quality spiritual land, which naturally slowed down his cultivation speed.

As for elixirs, he had collected quite a few spiritual materials. The resources in the sea were far richer than those on land. However, no matter how many spiritual materials he had, they would not be of much use if they could not be refined into elixirs suitable for refining. Not only would it be a waste to eat the spiritual materials raw, but some of them would even be harmful if eaten raw.

This made him feel very uncomfortable. He had a lot of spiritual materials, but he just couldn't transform them into his cultivation. Until he heard that an alchemist was openly accepting alchemy commissions, he knew that his chance had come. If he could refine all the spiritual materials on hand into pills, his cultivation would definitely reach a new level.

Unfortunately, although he arrived as quickly as possible, he was still late. At this moment, there was already a long queue in front of him.

In order to get his turn as soon as possible, the scene just now happened.

"Senior, you absolutely cannot do that."

Shi Yuwei quickly pushed the pearl back. She was just helping her senior to register, but she had no right to change the order of the commissions on her own initiative.

"Miss Yuwei, please help me. Once the task is completed, I will definitely reward you handsomely." The Jindan cultivator was not giving up. He didn't want to watch others get the elixir while he could only wait here.

"Isn't this Master Li? Are we late?"

Just when Shi Yuwei was at a loss, a voice was heard, and then another Jindan Zhenren appeared. As fellow Jindan cultivators, they had basically met or heard of each other over the years.

"Zhong Yuanfang, you are the same." Li Yuzhi glanced at the person who came.

"That's different. I'm here to collect the elixir." Zhong Yuanfang came to Shi Yuwei with a smile and took out a receipt.

"Thank you for your help, Miss Yuwei!"

"Senior, please wait a moment!"

Shi Yuwei took the certificate handed over by Zhong Yuanfang, and then entered the fog surrounding the island. After a while, Shi Yuwei came out with several jade bottles.

"Senior, this is the elixir you commissioned me to refine. Please check it!" Shi Yuwei presented the jade bottle in her hand.

"Good good!"

Zhong Yuanfang took the jade bottle with a look of surprise. Although he chose to pay the alchemy fee separately, the output of the pills still made Zhong Yuanfang very satisfied. This proved that the great master had a high success rate in alchemy.

There are generally two ways for alchemists to receive compensation for making elixirs. One is to take a direct commission, where the alchemist takes a portion of the elixir as compensation.

The second way is that the client pays additional fees for alchemy, and all the pills refined by the alchemist belong to the client.

Zhong Yuanfang chose the second option because he was so short of elixirs that he would rather pay extra for alchemy in order to get more elixirs.

The number of pills is satisfactory, so Zhong Yuanfang plans to see the quality of the pills. Although as long as the pills are successful, it will be very satisfactory, but who doesn't want a bigger surprise?

He casually picked up a jade bottle and opened it, and immediately, a strong fragrance of elixir emerged.

“It’s Ju Yuan Dan!”

Li Yuzhi, who was standing by, smelled the fragrance of the elixir and immediately guessed the origin of the elixir. This was the elixir used by Jindan cultivators to speed up their practice. Moreover, judging from the strength of the fragrance, the quality of this elixir was definitely not bad.

Seeing Li Yuzhi's eager look, Zhong Yuanfang's mouth curled up slightly. Then, he took out a jade bottle and opened it. Suddenly, a different medicinal fragrance wafted out.

"Healing pills, and at least mid-grade ones."

Li Yuzhi seemed to know a lot about elixirs and he quickly identified the origin of the elixir by its aroma. In fact, Li Yuzhi had also studied alchemy for a period of time. After all, there were no alchemists in the sea area and the spiritual materials on his body could not be turned into resources for cultivation. Li Yuzhi planned to study alchemy himself and become an alchemist.

But he failed in the end because he had no talent for alchemy. However, those years of attempts also allowed Li Yuzhi to accumulate a lot of knowledge about elixirs.

“Huiling Pill, this is Huiling Pill!”

After a moment, Li Yuzhi spoke again, because Zhong Yuanfang opened another jade bottle. The elixirs entrusted by Zhong Yuanfang this time were not all for cultivation, some of them were also for healing and restoring spiritual power.

And that great alchemist was able to refine them all, and the quality was not low. You should know that ordinary alchemists are only good at refining a few types of pills. This is enough to prove how high the great alchemy attainments of that great alchemist were.

At this moment, Zhong Yuanfang felt somewhat fortunate and regretful. He was fortunate that he came over as soon as he learned that the Great Immortal had accepted the commission to refine the elixir. But he regretted that at that time, he did not know the Great Immortal's alchemy level, so Zhong Yuanfang only took out a part of the spiritual materials for the commissioned alchemy.

If he had known this earlier, he would have taken out all the spiritual materials. Now if he wants to place an order again, he will have to wait in line.

However, after seeing Li Yuzhi, Zhong Yuanfang suddenly felt a sense of superiority. At least he was much luckier than this guy. The pills in his hand were enough for him to use for a while, so he could just wait in line.

"Miss Yuwei, is there any way to cut in line?" Li Yuzhi politely asked the young cultivator in the Qi Refining Stage in front of him. From the finished elixir in Zhong Yuanfang's hand, Li Yuzhi saw the great immortal's attainments in alchemy. Under such circumstances, Li Yuzhi became more and more eager to ask the great immortal to help him refine the elixir.

It was just a normal queue. It was a waste of time. As a monk, you need to fight for every minute and every second. Any behavior of wasting time is shameful. "Senior, please wait a moment!"

Shi Yuwei obviously couldn't make the decision on this matter and needed to ask Gu Mo for instructions.

"Want to cut in line?"

Gu Mo, who was refining the elixir, raised his eyebrows when he heard what Shi Yuwei said. However, he did not refuse. He just wanted to cut in line and pay some extra price for it, to put it simply.

You can cut in line, but you have to pay extra.

The cultivators in those sea areas are all extremely wealthy. This kind of wealth comes from spiritual materials and treasure mines. Although the vast ocean is full of dangers, it also contains many treasures.

Therefore, those sea area monks, as long as they have some strength, can save up some wealth over the years. Of course, when it comes to elixirs, talismans, and magic weapons, those sea area monks are relatively poor.

"Add money, no problem!"

After learning about the conditions for queue-jumping, Li Yuzhi agreed without hesitation. Then, he took out all the spiritual materials on his body, ready to turn them all into pills.

As for the payment method, Li Yuzhi also chose to pay extra. After all, he had to pay extra money for cutting in line. If he chose to take a commission from the pills, the number of pills he could get in the end would be greatly reduced.

He just chose to pay extra for the alchemy fee. The cost of refining so many pills was additional, and it was still an extra fee. If Li Yuzhi couldn't take out some valuable treasures, it would probably not be enough to pay for the refining fee for so many pills.

However, Li Yuzhi was not worried at all. After all, he had been in the sea for so many years and naturally had some rare treasures on hand.

Different treasures have different values ​​in the hands of different people. Li Yuzhi now has to choose a treasure that is most valuable to the great immortal.

Finally, Li Yuzhi took out a crystal stone that exuded an extremely cold aura, and inside that crystal stone was sealed a ball of light blue flame. The cold air came from that light blue flame.

This fire was found by Li Yuzhi in a deep sea. Different from ordinary flames that emit a hot breath, this is a cluster of ice flames, a strange fire from heaven and earth.

However, this kind of strange fire from heaven and earth cannot be contained by ordinary objects. Li Yuzhi found this crystal stone that is not afraid of ice flames near the ice flames, and then he sealed it and brought it out.

When Li Yuzhi tried to make elixirs before, he had thought of using this ice flame. It is said that strange fire has special bonuses for making elixirs and refining tools. However, after several alchemy furnaces were cracked by the ice flame, Li Yuzhi gave up.

The strange fire cannot be contained by ordinary objects. In addition, the strange fire will continue to be consumed after leaving the place of birth. After Li Yuzhi's last attempt, the ice flame in the crystal stone had already shrunk. If it happens a few more times, it will probably go out directly.

If you want to keep the strange fire burning continuously, you need to use very precious treasures as fuel. It can be said that every minute the strange fire burns, it is burning money, literally burning money.

Even though the strange fire has many shortcomings, it still has unique special effects and powerful power. If the top alchemists and weapon refiners can use the strange fire to assist them in refining and forging high-level elixirs and powerful magic weapons, their success rate will be greatly improved.

Li Yuzhi couldn't afford the strange fire, but he felt that the great master should be able to do it. As an alchemist, he would definitely be interested in the strange fire and could definitely use it as a reward for alchemy.

Indeed, after Gu Mo saw the strange fire that Li Yuzhi took out, he accepted the reward without hesitation. No one would refuse such a rare treasure as the strange fire.

Of course, Gu Mo also knew about some of the characteristics of the strange fire. If he wanted to use this strange fire to refine pills, Gu Mo needed an object that could carry the strange fire.

And these kinds of objects that can carry strange fire are all extremely precious, and Gu Mo does not have such treasures in his hands.

But when Gu Mo's eyes swept over the torch tree stump, a thought popped up in his mind: Can this torch tree stump carry the strange fire?
At this moment, the power of the flame in the third-grade top-quality torch tree stump is no weaker than the elixir fire of a Jindan cultivator. The torch tree stump has played an indispensable role in Gu Mo's rapid improvement in alchemy skills. Since the torch tree stump can carry third-grade flames, can it also carry strange fire?

"How about giving it a try?"

Gu Mo was somewhat tempted. If this worked, it would mean that he had mastered a strange fire, which would greatly improve his future alchemy and combat skills.

Of course, if failed, the precious exotic fire and a top-quality level 3 torch tree stump might be lost, which is a heavy price to pay.

"Done!"

Finally, Gu Mo chose to give it a try. Although the torch tree stump was lost, Gu Mo could upgrade again. At this moment, he had prepared several torch tree stumps. As long as there was enough solar essence, they could be upgraded quickly.

Although it was a pity that the strange fire was lost, Gu Mo would not be able to use it if he did not try. But if it succeeded, it would be a big profit.

Thinking of this, Gu Mo stopped all the work at hand, took out the crystal stone that sealed the strange fire, then took out the ice flame that emitted cold air, and threw it directly into the torch tree stump.

Although Gu Mo had suppressed the flame in the torch stump to the lowest level, he didn't know whether there would be any problems when the two flames met.

Under Gu Mo's gaze, the light blue ice flame fell into the torch tree stump and met the original flame. Then, the ice flame quickly swallowed up the original flame and successfully occupied the core of the torch tree stump.

Looking at the icy flame burning quietly in the torch tree stump, Gu Mo's face was full of astonishment. This seemed to be going too smoothly. None of the many emergency plans that Gu Mo had made before were used.

Gu Mo also discovered that after the strange fire occupied the torch tree stump, it actually absorbed the spiritual energy absorbed by the torch tree stump to strengthen itself. The spiritual energy could maintain the burning of the strange fire and make it stronger. If those monks who possessed the strange fire knew about this, they would definitely go crazy.

In order to maintain the strange fire, they all used precious treasures as fuel, but Gu Mo's torch stump only needed to absorb spiritual energy.

"It's worthy of being a high-end product priced at 200 units of sun essence." At this moment, Gu Mo couldn't help but sigh. A torch stump solved all the pain points of using strange fire.

At this moment, it should no longer be called a torch stump, but should be called an ice flame stump. I just don't know if this mutated torch stump can still cooperate with the Pea Shooter.

If it is possible, then the bullets fired by the Pea Shooter could cause incidental fire damage.

At this moment, this ice flame tree stump is a brand new plant to Gu Mo. If he wants to understand the situation of this ice flame tree stump, Gu Mo obviously needs to explore it carefully.

(End of this chapter)