Immortality and Cultivation: I Have Too Many Talents

Chapter 391 A Loud Slap (Seeking Subscriptions)

From the very beginning, Shen Xuan harbored doubts.

Judging from the situation, Li Ruyi's circumstances are probably not good.

The disciples of Lingdan Hall said she had been refining pills all along.

It is very likely not a Spirit Gathering Pill or True Essence Pill, which are commonly used spiritual pills for Foundation Establishment.

Commonly used elixirs have mediocre efficacy, are simple to refine, and have controllable costs.

Shen Xuan used a giant furnace to refine pills, thus industrializing these commonly used foundation-building elixirs in the most primitive way.

The Qingyun Sect relies on its giant furnace to refine pills, enabling it to achieve self-sufficiency in the spiritual pills commonly used by its Foundation Establishment disciples.

They also seized market share from the Medicine God Valley for Song Kingdom's Gathering Spirit Pill, Yellow Dragon Pill, and Nourishing Essence Pill, opening up a new path to wealth.

The profits generated from this source of wealth are equivalent to several third-tier spiritual veins.

The efficiency of alchemy has increased dramatically, delivering a devastating blow to individual alchemists.

Previously, a master alchemist could make a profit if their success rate in producing pills reached 30%.

Nowadays, with rising prices of medicinal herbs and falling prices of elixirs, a success rate of 40% is needed to guarantee profitability.

As a result, many alchemists were unable to make a profit and were forced to change professions.

The number of alchemists decreased, but their status actually rose.

If it weren't for his meditation practice, a mid-grade second-tier alchemist like Li Ruyi would be highly sought after wherever he went.

Moreover, Li Ruyi's mastery of alchemy was far more profound than it appeared on the surface.

She was once a third-tier alchemist and had successfully refined third-tier spiritual pills.

Even the extremely rare second-tier special elixir, the Pure Foundation Pill, was refined by Li Ruyi through improved formulas.

Shen Xuan originally thought that after his master, Master Gufeng, introduced Li Ruyi into the sect...

With Li Ruyi becoming a guest retainer, she gained a reliable identity, making her cultivation safer and more stable.

Never imagined.

Lingdan Hall treated Li Ruyi like a servant.

He completely disregarded her feelings.

They've been exploiting her all along.

According to Shen Xuan's plan.

At this time, Li Ruyi broke through to the late stage of Soul Foundation.

Only after the soul body is solidified can one better and more accurately control the alchemical fire and personally refine spiritual pills.

At present, Li Ruyi is still in the mid-stage of Soul Foundation.

Moreover, compared to what he had seen before, the soul had not solidified; instead, it had become thinner.

This disrupted Shen Xuan's plans.

In the process of breaking through to the Core Formation stage, the Pure Foundation Pill is a crucial component.

It directly determines the quality of the foundation.

Shen Xuan could not let this go unchecked.

At this moment, Li Ruyi's alchemy had reached the crucial stage of condensing the elixir.

She cast spells repeatedly, doing her utmost to control the elixir fire.

Shen Xuan could tell at a glance that Li Ruyi's fire control was extremely weak.

Despite seemingly putting in a lot of effort, the desired results were not achieved.

The medicinal fragrance in the alchemy furnace was too strong, mixed and impure.

Clearly, the elixir was not forming well and could fail at any time.

Zhao Shun, who was standing nearby, saw Shen Xuan enter and snorted coldly.

Li Ruyi was already flustered and confused.

Seeing Zhao Shun's dissatisfaction, and then seeing Shen Xuan's worried expression.

My mind went blank.

The fire control technique went wrong.

The flames beneath the alchemy furnace went out of control and suddenly surged.

There was a loud "bang" sound.

The entire alchemy furnace suddenly exploded.

The sound of the furnace exploding echoed throughout the alchemy room.

Li Ruyi was stunned.

His face was pale, his spirit was growing weaker, and he was on the verge of collapse.

"Shen Xuan, how many times have I told you, Alchemist Li is refining pills and we can't disturb him. But you just wouldn't listen and insisted on coming in to bother him!"

"This is terrible! A whole batch of Taiqing Pills is gone, and even the pill furnace exploded!"

"You are fully responsible for this!"

Zhao Shun was furious and stepped forward, pointing his finger at Shen Xuan and cursing.

Shen Xuan ignored him, seemingly having no regard for Zhao Shun at all.

He approached Li Ruyi.

"Fellow Daoist Li, are you alright?"

Seeing Shen Xuan's inquiry, Li Ruyi forced a smile: "Fellow Daoist Shen, you've arrived! I'm fine."

"Why did you start refining the Taiqing Pill?"

The Taiqing Pill is a breakthrough pill for those in the early stages of Foundation Establishment.

Some cultivators who force themselves to establish their foundation have poor-quality Dao foundation and spiritual roots. Relying solely on their own efforts, they may only reach the early stage of Foundation Establishment in their entire lives.

If one has a breakthrough pill like the Taiqing Pill, plus some luck, there is a two or three chance that one can break through to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.

Therefore, the Taiqing Pill is extremely expensive, costing as much as 50,000 spirit stones per pill.

The cost of ingredients for a single batch of Taiqing Pills is at least tens of thousands of spirit stones.

Only major sects have the capacity to collect them all.

Ordinary small and medium-sized sects can only purchase from Medicine God Valley at a high price.

"I……"

Li Ruyi glanced at Zhao Shun, hesitated for a moment, but ultimately didn't say anything.

At this moment, Zhao Shun, filled with rage, charged towards Shen Xuan.

"Shen Xuan, I'm talking to you, are you deaf?"

"You insisted on coming in, which distracted Master Li, causing the alchemy furnace to explode and destroy this batch of Taiqing Pills!"

"You're not leaving here without compensation for your losses!"

Zhao Shun's finger pointed and gestured, almost poking Shen Xuan's face.

Shen Xuan stared coldly at Zhao Shun.

He suppressed his anger.

She said one word to him.

"roll!"

Zhao Shun was furious.

"What did you say!"

He instinctively slapped at me.

Huang Yuan's voice came from behind.

"Fifth Junior Brother, don't make a move! Talk to Senior Brother Shen properly!"

However, it was too late.

There was a "pop" sound.

Shen Xuan stood still, his gaze icy.

Zhao Shun's face was swollen high.

A trickle of blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.

Just now, Shen Xuan's figure swayed slightly.

He easily dodged Zhao Shun's palm.

Then, he struck back with his palm.

It hit Zhao Shun squarely in the face.

Although no spiritual power was used.

This still left Zhao Shun completely stunned.

Just now, Zhao Shun lost his temper and mistook Shen Xuan for a steward or ordinary disciple of the Spirit Pill Hall.

He instinctively wanted to teach Shen Xuan a lesson and slap him.

This has happened many times before.

Whenever he is unhappy, he takes it out on others.

Especially the deacons and ordinary disciples of the Lingdan Hall who have no background.

They were all angry but dared not speak out, and after taking several solid slaps from him, they admitted their mistakes and begged for forgiveness.

Never before has anything like this happened.

The other person not only dodged his slap.

She even slapped him back, leaving his face swollen and blood trickling from his mouth.

Zhao Shun had never suffered such humiliation.

He was stunned for a long time.

Coming to his senses, he flew into a rage.

He channeled his spiritual energy and directly summoned his natal flying sword.

Before he could even unleash his flying sword to attack...

A flash before his eyes.

Another slap.

The other side of her face was also swollen.

This time, it was noticeably heavier than last time.

The blows were so severe that Zhao Shun saw stars and nearly lost his footing.

"Very good. Show your sword to your fellow disciple."

"I had no choice but to defend myself in order to protect myself. Even if I see Uncle-Master Lingxiao, I will have something to say."

Shen Xuan said in a cold voice.

At this moment, Huang Yuan quickly stepped forward and blocked Zhao Shun's path.

"Please calm down, Senior Brother Shen!"

"The alchemy furnace exploded. Fifth Junior Brother was heartbroken and acted rashly. Senior Brother Shen, please don't hold it against him."

Behind him, Zhao Shun called out, "Third Senior Brother, you're still taking his side at a time like this!"

"Shut up!"

Huang Yuan turned around and cursed Zhao Shun viciously.

With a slight movement of the lips, the Daoist magic was transmitted.

"Fifth Junior Brother, don't you even consider who Shen Xuan is!"

"Two direct disciples, the top scorer in the sect's minor competition, do you think you can beat him?"

"Even if the two of us join forces, we are no match for them!"

Zhao Shun then calmed down.

Quickly put away the flying sword.

"hiss--"

I gasped, breaking out in a cold sweat.

Until then.

He only then realized it.

The Shen Xuan standing in front of him was not the usual Lingdan Hall steward or ordinary disciple who could be bullied at will.

If they really start fighting...

Even if I get crippled.

Shen Xuan might not even be in any danger.

"What happened!"

A dignified and steady voice suddenly rang out.

Ge Chengming, dressed in a purple Taoist robe and with white hair and a youthful face, walked into the alchemy room with a stern expression.

Zhao Shun's eyes lit up.

"Big brother."

Huang Yuan also breathed a sigh of relief.

He stood before Shen Xuan, his hair standing on end, as if facing an extremely terrifying being.

Full of oppression.

Fortunately, the eldest brother, Ge Chengming, arrived.

He was the actual person in charge of Lingdan Hall.

Huang Yuan briefly relayed the events to Ge Chengming via telepathy.

After listening, Ge Chengming looked at Shen Xuan.

"You must be Shen Xuan. What urgent matter requires your urgent meeting with Master Li?"

Shen Xuan clasped his hands in a gesture of respect.

"Senior Brother Ge, Junior Brother and Master Li have agreed to work together to develop a special elixir."

"This concerns my junior brother's path to enlightenment, and I am extremely anxious. There is no time to delay. Please forgive me, Senior Brother Ge."

Ge Chengming nodded.

He turned to look at Zhao Shun.

"Fifth Brother, if you don't rein in your temper, you'll suffer a great loss!"

"Do you even know who Junior Brother Shen is?!"

"He is a direct descendant of two lineages and ranked first in the sect's preliminary group competition. Even I, his senior brother, have to give Junior Brother Shen some leeway."

"You're really something, so arrogant and disrespectful in front of Junior Brother Shen!"

"It's just a mere batch of Taiqing Pills! Those who don't know any better will think our Lingdan Hall can't afford to pay for it!"

Upon hearing Ge Chengming's reprimand of Zhao Shun, Shen Xuan knew perfectly well that he was making veiled criticisms.

He was subtly mocking himself for being ignorant and unruly in the Lingdan Hall.

However, Shen Xuan has always been thick-skinned.

He was only subtly mocked by Ge Chengming, which wouldn't hurt him much, so he didn't take it to heart at all.

"Senior Brother Ge, Junior Brother Zhao is still young, he won't hold it against him."

"Master Hanyu, we are waiting for Alchemist Li to come and pay his respects. Junior brother and Alchemist Li, please take your leave first."

Shen Xuan directly invoked the name of his master, Han Yu Zhenren.

After saying that, Shen Xuan gestured for Li Ruyi to leave with him.

Li Ruyi bowed slightly to Ge Chengming and the others in a gesture of respect.

He silently followed behind Shen Xuan.

Ge Chengming watched Shen Xuan leave without stopping him.

Previously, Lingdan Hall used the pretext of alchemy to prevent Shen Xuan and Li Ruyi from meeting.

Now, the alchemy furnace has exploded.

Then stop Li Ruyi from leaving with Shen Xuan.

This confirmed Shen Xuan's claim that Li Ruyi was imprisoned.

Li Ruyi was, after all, a guest retainer of the sect.

Shen Xuan even brought out Han Yu Zhenren.

From both a moral and logical standpoint, Lingdantang should no longer obstruct them.

"Senior Brother, Shen Xuan is so presumptuous, humiliating us like this in the Spirit Pill Hall. I cannot swallow this insult!"

Zhao Shun covered his face and said angrily.

"Humph!"

Ge Chengming glared at Zhao Shun angrily, then turned and left.

"Third Senior Brother!"

Zhao Shun looked at Huang Yuan pitifully.

"Oh dear, what a mess this has become!"

Huang Yuan also had a headache.

In his own mind, he did not want to become enemies with Shen Xuan.

However, Shen Xuan's actions at the Spirit Pill Hall were indeed excessive.

They completely disregarded the direct disciples of their Lingdan Hall.

Moreover, they also took Li Ruyi with them.

Others don't know.

They knew the immense value that Li Ruyi possessed.

Third-tier alchemist!

Even though he has lost some of his memories and his cultivation level has dropped, he is now only a mid-stage Soul Foundation cultivator.

Li Ruyi's alchemy skills were far beyond what these second-tier alchemists could compare to.

Take the Taiqing Pill for example.

In the entire Lingdan Hall, apart from the eldest brother Ge Chengming, no one else was able to successfully refine it.

They forced Li Ruyi to refine the Taiqing Pill.

It's not just about earning spirit stones.

There was also an element of secretly learning from others.

It's because Li Ruyi values ​​the Daoist alchemy lineage so highly that he's unwilling to share it all.

Zhao Shun's suppression of Li Ruyi was tacitly approved by all the true masters of Lingdan Hall.

(End of this chapter)