Douluo Dalu II: The Peerless Tang Sect

Chapter 50 The Juyuan Pill is completed!

A brilliant sunrise painted the sky, and a new day quietly dawned.

Inside the dormitory, Zhu Ziyang, beaming with joy, withdrew his soul power, extinguished the flames of the alchemy furnace, and then eagerly reached out to remove the lid. The furnace was extremely hot, but Zhu Ziyang paid no heed. A layer of frost formed on his hands, instantly freezing the furnace and lowering the temperature in an instant.

The ultimate ice, absolute zero!

The moment the alchemy furnace was opened, a delicate fragrance wafted out, filling the entire dormitory. This immediately invigorated Zhu Ziyang, who hadn't slept all night, and filled his eyes with uncontainable joy.

Danxiang!

Zhu Ziyang turned the alchemy furnace upside down, and a series of blue pills mixed with a few black ones poured out and landed on the furnace lid.

Zhu Ziyang was overjoyed, unable to contain his excitement as he looked at the dozens of pills.

"One, two, three... eleven!" Zhu Ziyang counted softly, his voice growing increasingly excited. "Eleven finished products! With such a success rate, it seems I really am a genius at alchemy! Hahaha!"

This batch of Gathering Yuan Pills yielded eleven finished pills and ten failed pills, resulting in a success rate exceeding fifty percent! As a novice, achieving a success rate of over fifty percent on his first attempt at pill refining, Zhu Ziyang's self-proclaimed genius status is well-deserved.

"Haha, let's test the effect first!" Zhu Ziyang put the eleven Gathering Yuan Pills into the jade bottle, placed the ten waste pills at the bottom of the pill furnace as fuel, then took out a Gathering Yuan Pill, swallowed it, and then sat cross-legged on the bed to begin cultivation.

As soon as the pill entered his stomach, Zhu Ziyang felt his soul power tremble joyfully. As his soul power circulated, the surrounding天地元气 (heaven and earth energy) was continuously absorbed into his body.

He immediately entered a meditative state.

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By the time Zhu Ziyang finished his cultivation, it was almost noon. Luckily, it was a day off; otherwise, he would have been punished for skipping class. However, he didn't care about these trivial matters. Instead, he laughed excitedly—he had broken through!

That's right, after taking a Gathering Yuan Pill, he successfully broke through to level 36. Although his soul power had already reached the critical point, the effect of the Gathering Yuan Pill was still indispensable. After all, without the aid of the Gathering Yuan Pill, it would have taken him at least another week to break through to level 36.

"Excellent! This effect is far superior to what's recorded in the formula! At least we didn't waste so many high-quality materials!" Zhu Ziyang said excitedly, glancing at the remaining materials. "In that case, let's refine the rest into Gathering Yuan Pills!"

"Crunch~"

Just as Zhu Ziyang was about to begin refining the second batch of pills, his dormitory door opened, and Jiang Nannan walked in from outside.

"Oh! Brother, you've finished your cultivation!" Jiang Nannan was overjoyed to see Zhu Ziyang standing in front of the alchemy furnace. She quickly walked over and said.

"It's Nannan! You've come at the perfect time! Come and see the pills I've refined!" Zhu Ziyang wasn't surprised to see Jiang Nannan, because the dormitory key in her hand was the one he had given her. He said to Jiang Nannan and took out the Gathering Yuan Pill, handing it to her.

"Is this the Gathering Yuan Pill?" Jiang Nannan's eyes lit up when she saw the bluish-green pills emitting a delicate fragrance, as if they were shimmering with golden light. "So many of them," she exclaimed, "they should fetch a good price!"

Zhu Ziyang did not hide his idea of ​​making money through alchemy from Jiang Nannan, so Jiang Nannan knew about Zhu Ziyang's plan from the beginning and was very supportive of it.

"Of course!" Zhu Ziyang said with a smile.

"That's great!" Jiang Nannan said happily, then placed the lunchbox she had brought on the table and said, "Let's eat first, brother."

"Okay." Zhu Ziyang smiled knowingly as he looked at the food Jiang Nannan had brought back, and then began to eat.

Jiang Nannan sat to the side, quietly watching Zhu Ziyang wolf down his food, a faint look of satisfaction on her face.

Soon, Zhu Ziyang finished his meal. While Jiang Nannan was tidying up the lunchbox, he took out five Gathering Yuan Pills and put them into a new bottle.

"Nannan, here are five Gathering Yuan Pills for you." Zhu Ziyang handed them to Jiang Nannan and instructed her, "Remember, the effect of one Gathering Yuan Pill lasts for a week. Take one at a time, one pill for one week. Don't take more than one, understand?"

"Yes, I understand!" Jiang Nannan didn't mince words, directly accepting the Gathering Yuan Pill and smiling in agreement. Her relationship with Zhu Ziyang had long since transcended the distinction between "you" and "me," so there was no need for any false refusals.

"Okay, you go back to your dorm first. I need to continue refining pills," Zhu Ziyang said. "I'll try to refine as many as possible, and then send some back to my parents before we go to the Chamber of Commerce to sell them."

"Okay!" Jiang Nannan nodded with anticipation, picked up her lunchbox, and said, "Then, brother, I'll go back first. I'll come back for dinner."

"Go!" Zhu Ziyang said.

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A week later.

"Phew~ I've finally refined all the materials into pills." Zhu Ziyang breathed a sigh of relief, a relaxed and happy smile appearing on his face as he spoke.

He turned his gaze to the empty beds in the dormitory, where more than twenty jade bottles were placed, all filled with Gathering Yuan Pills. In one week, Zhu Ziyang had refined a total of one hundred and thirty-seven Gathering Yuan Pills. Apart from the first time when he refined eleven, the second time when he refined fourteen, and the third time when he refined eighteen, the success rate of refining pills every time after that was one hundred percent.

He separated the 137 Gathering Yuan Pills, taking out 100 to sell and keeping the remaining 37 for his cultivation. He planned to send 20 to Zhu Changhe and Liang Ying. He would decide what to do with the remaining 17 after meeting Xia Yu.

Anyway, he will continue to refine pills.

Zhu Ziyang put the 120 pills into his jade bracelet and the other 17 pills into Xia Yu's soul guide ring, then prepared to go find Xia Yu.

Coincidentally, Jiang Nannan also arrived at his dormitory at that time.

"Brother, where are you going?" Jiang Nannan asked, somewhat surprised to see Zhu Ziyang preparing to leave.

"Let's go find Brother Yu," Zhu Ziyang replied with a smile, stroking Jiang Nannan's hair.

"Oh! Then I'll go with you." Jiang Nannan said, quickly stepped forward, put Zhu Ziyang's school uniform on his bed, then turned around and affectionately hugged Zhu Ziyang's arm.

"Okay," Zhu Ziyang replied.

The two walked towards the teaching building.

The new student teaching building, the teachers' office.

"...This is the pill you refined?" Xia Yu held a Gathering Yuan Pill in his hand, his expression quite complex, showing surprise, astonishment, and joy. He said, "Good lad, you've really opened my eyes!"

"Hehe!" Zhu Ziyang said with a smug smile, "That's for sure."

"From what I can tell, this Gathering Yuan Pill should be a kind of pill that increases the efficiency of soul power cultivation. As for its quality, it should be a low-grade pill, am I right?" Xia Yu observed the Gathering Yuan Pill in his hand, smelled it, and deduced the effects and quality of the Gathering Yuan Pill.

"That's right, Brother Yu has a good eye!" Zhu Ziyang wasn't surprised at all and said without any pretense, "In your opinion, Brother Yu, what's the value of this Gathering Yuan Pill?"

"Oh?" Xia Yu raised an eyebrow, thought carefully for a moment, and said, "I'm not a professional appraiser, but I think that judging from the efficacy of this Gathering Yuan Pill, it far surpasses other pills of the same quality on the market. Moreover, it's a long-lost pill. But in terms of price, I think it should be at least 30,000 gold soul coins!"

"Really!" Upon hearing this, Zhu Ziyang's eyes lit up, and he immediately beamed with joy.

"Actually..." Xia Yu raised an eyebrow upon seeing this and said, "If you trust me, I can represent the Liuyun Chamber of Commerce to purchase your batch of Gathering Yuan Pills. As for the price, considering you're my student, I'll give you 50,000 gold soul coins per pill!"

"!" Zhu Ziyang was stunned upon hearing this, staring wide-eyed at Xia Yu as if confirming he wasn't joking. Fifty thousand gold soul coins—this was a price never seen before on the market! He calmed down and asked, "Why? At this price, no matter what, you're definitely losing money! What's your purpose in doing this?"

"Hehe!" Xia Yu laughed and said, "You can treat it as an investment."

"I see." Zhu Ziyang understood instantly and felt relieved. He then said, "In that case, it's decided. This is the Gathering Yuan Pill I refined."

"This!" Xia Yu's eyes widened in surprise when she saw the numerous jade bottles Zhu Ziyang had taken out. "My goodness, how many are there?"

Seeking investment! Seeking monthly votes!

(End of this chapter)