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Chapter 149 [Automated Alchemy Furnace]

"Add a little Nine Heavens Star Grass and a little Jasper Condensed Fragrance Wood Powder."

Under the cave in the mountains, in an underground fire alchemy room, Lin Heng was trying to refine a furnace of pills to improve his cultivation.

With the addition of the last medicinal ingredient, there was no explosion reaction, which meant that this time the alchemy was successful, and a new alchemy formula was discovered by Lin Heng.

Next, it is the process of condensing the pill using the water-grinding technique.

The elixir in the alchemy furnace absorbs the Dao rhyme and spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and after being nurtured, it forms a round and full elixir.

When a Nascent Soul cultivator swallows this pill, he can increase his own vitality to a certain extent, which can be used to nourish the small world of the cave heaven, and can save about one month of cultivation time.

Although the effect is not particularly strong, fortunately the cost and time required to refine this kind of medicine are relatively low, which is much more cost-effective than practicing hard on your own.

"Right now, I am considered a qualified fifth-level alchemist."

Looking at the pill slowly taking shape in the furnace, Lin Heng was thinking in his heart.

The classification of the hundred arts of immortal cultivation is very simple and rough. If it is useful for the Qi Refining Stage, it is the first level; if it is useful for the Foundation Establishment Stage, it is the second level; and so on. The elixir for improving cultivation refined by Lin Heng is now effective for Yuanying Stage cultivators, so he is a fifth-level alchemist.

In the past five years, Lin Heng studied alchemy and refining skills together, spending two and a half years on each skill.

Although he has just raised his alchemist level to the fifth level, his weapon refining level had already reached the fifth level two and a half years ago. He has successfully upgraded from the fourth-level Yin-Yang Five Elements Sword to the fifth-level Hunyuan Yiqi Sword, which is a clear proof of Lin Heng's current weapon refining level.

However, after reaching the fifth level, it becomes difficult to make further progress.

After all, Lin Heng's level of cultivation is limited. He is only at the Nascent Soul stage, but he can quickly improve his level of alchemy and weapon refining to the fifth stage. This is all thanks to his amazing comprehension and talent.

"Then, the next step is to start monetizing my skills."

Lin Heng was thinking.

After finishing the alchemy, Lin Heng walked out of the cave after a long absence and began to wander around Lingyun City and investigate the market.

The fifth level of alchemy and weapon refining can produce elixirs and magic weapons that are useful to Nascent Soul cultivators, but it does not mean that the higher the quality of the product, the easier it is to sell and the higher the profit.

It is precisely because of this that Lin Heng wants to study what everyone lacks most.

"First and foremost, the best-selling items are, of course, elixirs that increase cultivation. This is a necessity for all cultivators. Secondly, the best-selling elixirs are those that increase lifespan. There are always cultivators who are unable to break through or have lost their essence in battle, and therefore have no choice but to use elixirs to prolong their lifespan."

"Then there are various functional pills, such as those that increase combat power, speed, and defense during battle."

"The hardest-selling items are the various elixirs that restore Qi, blood, and mana."

"That's quite normal. The immortal cultivation techniques passed down from the Universal Immortal Dynasty to the present day prioritize survival and recovery. Unless a cultivator has a flawed foundation, their health and mana bars are longer than their lives. Most cultivators are killed by attacks, not by exhaustion."

"After the battle, I took a few breaths and the energy and mana I had consumed were restored."

"Buy some healing pills and mana pills and keep them on you. You probably won't need them for years, and most of the time the battles are too intense, so you won't have the chance to use them."

Lin Heng first observed the market for elixirs and soon discovered many tricks.

If he wanted to enter the alchemy market, it would be best to choose a cultivation-enhancing elixir as his flagship product that had a fast refining speed, easy to collect materials, low cost, and good effects.

"First-, second-, and third-level elixirs are hard to come by, and materials for fifth-level elixirs are difficult to collect. It would be best to make a fourth-level elixir suitable for Jindan cultivators to improve their cultivation."

"With my level, I'm still confident that I can develop a useful fourth-level elixir."

Lin Heng was thinking.

It is too easy to refine first, second and third level pills.

Among slightly larger forces, they can all refine in batches and produce on assembly lines, which is both low-cost and fast.

Only elixirs above the fourth level cannot be refined on a mass production line because they involve the rules of heaven and earth, many high-dimensional energies, and even changes in spiritual will. They require the unique personal skills of many alchemists to create.

Therefore, in the market of Lingyun City, first, second and third-level elixirs cannot be sold at a high price. The prices are basically the same, and the shops only make a basic profit.

Take the most commonly used second-level elixir, the Foundation Establishment Pill, as an example. This thing can be mass-produced in sects like the Wushen Sect, which are not good at alchemy. There is a magic array in the Chunyang Blessed Land that is specifically used for the automated production of Foundation Establishment Pills.

From collecting raw materials to refining finished products, the entire process is fully automated and requires no human intervention.

In Lingyun City, the raw material cost of the Foundation Establishment Pill is about 5,000 spirit stones, the wholesale price is at most 5,500, and the retail price does not exceed 6,000 spirit stones.

In this situation, one needs a large enough force and a sufficient industrial scale to make money, but these are not the conditions that Lin Heng has at the moment.

After studying the medicine market, Lin Heng immediately went to study the equipment refining market.

"Attack, defense, mobility, and functionality—magic weapons can be roughly divided into these four categories."

"Mobility magic weapons are the flagship product of the Feiyun Alliance. I can't compete with them. Offense and defense magic weapons have been developed for so many years, and I can't innovate and create a technological gap in a short period of time. I can only put some effort into functional magic weapons."

Lin Heng was thinking about what kind of functional magic weapon would sell well.

But after thinking for a long time, Lin Heng still had no inspiration.

"Find someone to do a questionnaire survey."

Finally, Lin Heng decided to ask someone, and stopped a young cultivator who had just reached the seventh level of Qi training at the gate of Lingyun City.

Lin Heng has been practicing smoothly since then, and has never been at the bottom of the Yixing cultivation world.

The same was true for the cultivators whose souls he searched. They either came from remote places or were from large sects. Naturally, they had no idea what these low-level cultivators of Yixing needed.

"senior."

The young monk, considering Lin Heng's completely unfathomable cultivation level, politely greeted him and prepared to slip away.

He had been busy for several days and now that he had finally returned to the city to rest, he had to hurry to buy some resources for cultivation, and then go to a brothel to listen to music and relax. He couldn't waste his time on a strange man.

This is Lingyun City, and even cultivators at higher levels cannot act recklessly, so just be polite and don't offend them.

No matter how high Lin Heng's cultivation level is, he won't give him spirit stones.

But the next moment, he stopped in his tracks, because Lin Hengzhen gave him a crystal clear, water-attributed, low-grade spirit stone with a water-blue luster.

Immediately, the young monk's attitude changed 180 degrees.

A smile appeared on his face and he asked Lin Heng, "I wonder if senior has any instructions?" He worked hard for a month and only earned a few spirit stones, and at most only a dozen. It was already a lot for Lin Heng to give him one spirit stone.

"If you were to buy a magic weapon right now, what type would you buy?"

Lin Heng asked.

"That must be a magic weapon that can kill fire bugs instantly. Senior, you don't know that I work in the Medicine Mountain outside the city, responsible for growing spiritual herbs. Every time these fire bugs appear, my salary is deducted. Unfortunately, my spiritual sense is not accurate enough, so I can't do anything about them."

The young monk spoke.

Fire microworms are extremely tiny spiritual insects that like to eat spiritual herbs. However, because their own fire attribute will destroy spiritual herbs other than fire attributes, they are mostly pests.

If precious spiritual herbs encounter fire bugs, it is usually the formation master who sets up the formation, or the high-level cultivator who deals with it.

This young monk was obviously not responsible for any precious spiritual herbs, so he needed to keep an eye on and drive away the insects at all times. If any problems arose due to his failure to drive them away in time, he would be blamed.

"It's okay if you need insecticide."

Lin Heng nodded, indicating that he understood, and signaled that he could leave.

Then, he turned his attention to the next young cultivator who was in the foundation-building stage.

This young monk works as a miner, because mining is a dangerous job that requires resistance to the invasion of earth energy, so only monks who have established their foundation can do it.

After a period of questionnaire survey, Lin Heng not only gained a better understanding of the low-level cultivators in Yixing, but also learned that cultivators in the Qi Refining Stage usually farm, cultivators in the Foundation Establishment Stage usually work as miners, and cultivators in the Sea of ​​​​God Stage have enough combat power and are usually responsible for the breeding of monsters.

Because Jindan cultivators can cross the starry sky, they usually collect some unique cultivation resources in the starry sky, perform combat missions, and exchange them for what they need for cultivation.

The rest, nothing.

Yixing has existed for too long, and has produced many generations of clever weapon-refining monks. They have developed and refined almost all the functional magic weapons that people need in production and life, leaving no room for future generations to play.

There are many things that Lin Heng can think of, but Yi Xing doesn’t have. The reason why he doesn’t have them is because he doesn’t have the conditions to realize them in reality, not because he hasn’t thought of them.

If Lin Heng wants to cash in on his fifth-level refining technology, the only thing he can do is to earn processing fees.

That is, the monks in need provide the materials themselves, and he charges a fee to help them refine them into finished magic weapons.

"I should go back to research elixirs, and then use my refining skills to make a magical furnace that can automatically refine elixirs. That way, I can just sit back and collect money."

Finally, Lin Heng shook his head and returned to his cave.

He didn't hesitate at all and started to act immediately.

The first thing is to determine the raw materials that you can use. There are a total of 1,723,507 types. These natural treasures can be purchased quickly and in bulk in Lingyun City.

After determining the raw materials, Lin Heng began to analyze the medicinal properties.

After completing this step, Lin Heng began to determine the effect of the finished product and began to combine the medicinal materials.

All of his brain's computing power and comprehension were mobilized, and the entire small world of the cave was running at high speed to deduce the pill formula. In addition, many of Lin Heng's golden elixirs were also mobilized to carry out this task.

With Lin Heng's great wisdom and talent, everything went smoothly.

As time passed, in just over a month, the medicine had gradually taken shape.

In the end, Lin Heng integrated all his knowledge of cultivation and obtained a pill suitable for all Jindan cultivators.

This pill has all the characteristics that Lin Heng needs. It has low cost, the medicinal materials can be found everywhere, and the refining time is short, but the effect is good.

No matter what kind of cultivation technique a Jindan cultivator practices, he can rely on this pill to increase his cultivation speed, which ensures that the number of potential customers for this pill is maximized.

"This kind of medicine is neutral and peaceful, suitable for all Jindan cultivators, so let's call it Lingyuan Pill."

Things are not over yet. Next, Lin Heng began to study the alchemy furnace.

He wanted to refine a set of furnaces that could automatically refine pills, only then would he have completed all the arrangements.

The formation that automatically refines foundation-building pills in the Chunyang Blessed Land became Lin Heng's reference template. Based on this, he began to deduce a formation that could automatically refine Lingyuan pills.

This is not difficult. After all, the recipe for Lingyuan Pill was created by Lin Heng, and Lin Heng knows exactly what effect each step of the alchemy should achieve.

After completing the deduction of the formation, Lin Heng began to refine it into a finished alchemy furnace magic weapon.

Lin Heng took out many refining materials, refined them with the spiritual fire of heaven and earth, and turned them into material solutions. He then engraved the formation on them, and then began to condense them into a complete alchemy furnace.

At this point, the Lingyuan furnace specially used to refine Lingyuan pills was formed.

"Try the effect."

Lin Heng started the alchemy furnace and saw that it began to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth on its own.

It took a long time for the alchemy furnace to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to charge itself. Then, the materials for refining Lingyuan Pills were absorbed into the alchemy furnace one by one, and they were refined and nourished according to the steps and classified, and finally condensed into a complete pill.

This pill is full of spiritual energy and is not much different from the pills that Lin Heng made himself.

He took it out and tasted it, and found that this pill not only looked good, but its actual effect also met expectations.

If a Jindan stage cultivator takes this pill, one pill can speed up his cultivation by one month.

"Yes, it worked!"

Seeing this scene, Lin Heng smiled.

The current alchemy furnace is still very slow in refining pills, but this can be improved. We can design an alchemy furnace that can refine pills faster and is directly and efficiently powered by the spiritual energy of the spiritual veins.

After doing this, Lin Heng only needs to refine enough alchemy furnaces and prepare enough raw materials to obtain an endless supply of Lingyuan Pills.

As long as these Lingyuan Pills are sold, they can be exchanged for endless profits.

As for how to sell pills and how to purchase and collect materials for alchemy, these are all small matters. Compared with researching the pill formula and the alchemy furnace itself, there is no difficulty at all.

In the foreseeable future, Lin Heng will obtain a lot of spirit stones.

With these huge profits in exchange for cultivation resources, Lin Heng's strength can grow at a rapid speed like a rocket.

(End of this chapter)