The Grand Array Hall occupies a mountain top alone, and the entire mountain is filled with the dense fragrance of purple-dew medicine for all year round. Just by smelling the fragrance, one feels as if they are floating in the clouds, as if they are about to transcend to immortality.
However, Lu Jin'an who has arrived here does not inhale deeply the fragrance mixed with countless amounts of dantian and herbs in the air.
As the saying goes, medicine and poison are inseparable; not everything that emits a fragrance is herbs, it could also be poison.
In Lu Jin'an's eyes, the mountain where the Dantang Hall is located can be described by the four words "black smoke and murky air".
"Hello, Master Brother." Several disciples of the Dantang Hall, who were resting, bowed to Lu Jin'an who had just arrived.
After Lu Jin'an smiled and returned the greeting, he asked, "Is Ji Jin here?"
"The elder ZHANG is in his refining hall."
After saying thank you, Lu Jin'an did not go directly, but first went to the apothecary garden behind the Dantang Hall to find the materials he needed.
Although the required herbs were rather uncommon, they were certainly available for the Wandao Zong, the number one celestial cultivation sect in the world. Although these rare materials may be hard to find, they must exist somewhere.
After collecting the materials and paying with contribution points, Lu Jin'an went directly to the refining hall of ZJiang Ji Jin, the chief disciple of Dantang Hall. After confirming that it would not disturb him at this time, he entered.
The spacious refining hall, though filled with fragrance, was like an oven, making it quite uncomfortable to stay in.
Lu Jin'an glanced at the neatly arranged porcelain bottles and materials on different shelves, and then looked at ZJiang Ji Jin, who was sitting on a woven mat and carefully staring at the cauldron.
He also sat down without a word on the side and began to refine the medicinal liquid from the materials.
When he finished bottling the refined medicinal liquid, the flame in the cauldron dimmed some, and he saw ZJiang Ji Jin's eyes brighten as he quickly stood up and opened the cauldron——
Boom! Boom! Boom!
In just one moment, a batch of milky white pills jumped out of the cauldron, bounced a few times on the ground before stopping, but they still vibrated violently like they were shivering.
"Success!" ZJiang Ji Jin looked at the pills on the ground, excitedly slapping his left palm with his right fist: "It's still a bit challenging."
"What kind of pill is this?" Lu Jin'an picked up a pill, watching the tiny round ball trembling ceaselessly between his fingers, feeling his fingers tingle.
"Master Brother!" Only then did ZJiang Ji Jin see Lu Jin'an and immediately bow: "When did you come?"
"Just arrived." Lu Jin'an smiled slightly: "What is this medicinal?"
"Jumping pill!"
"What is jumping?" Lu Jin'an's expression froze, thinking to himself that this shouldn't be the kind of pill he had expected after all.
"Jumping pill," ZJiang Ji Jin said, rubbing his hands. "I recently took on a business from the Union Sect. I don't know why they asked me to refine this kind of pill that is similar to the Fasting Pill but can be slowly dissolved in water, but they offered a very high price."
ZJiang Ji Jin raised one index finger, chuckling and said, "One jumping pill costs 500 high-quality spiritual crystals. Those men must have been repeatedly practicing vital energy gathering for so long that their brains have become dull."
Lu Jin'an stared at the pill in his fingertips and twitched his lips. It seems that the cultivators from the Union Sect truly conform to the "Adversity is the first driving force of development" principle.
"How do you refine this pill?" Lu Jin'an asked curiously.
"Simple, I'll teach you." ZJiang Ji Jin was obviously unaware of the intended use of this pill, so he introduced its refining method with an expression of delight about his passion for alchemy.
Lu Jin'an memorized each word and sentence in his heart, thinking that it might come in handy... one day, perhaps?
"Sell less." After listening, Lu Jin'an said to ZJiang Ji Jin, "Since it's a rare item, you don't need to sell too many. The cultivators from the Union Sect will naturally increase the price, right?"
"Why?" ZJiang Ji Jin looked puzzled at his elder brother: "It's just a fasting pill that can jump and dissolve slowly……"
"Listen to me," Lu Jin'an patted ZJiang Ji Jin on the shoulder: " Produce one hundred pills a month, and I guarantee you'll make more money."
ZJiang Ji Jin nodded, seeming to understand but not quite: "I'll listen to the master."
After ending this topic, Lu Jin'an explained his origin: "I want to ask younger brother to help me refine a fifth-grade pill."
Upon hearing this, ZJiang Ji Jin perked up and turned to look at the medicinal liquid already refined by his elder brother, raising an eyebrow: "Dragon Scale Grass, Sky Blue Flower, Phoenix Blood Coagulant, Repairing Heaven Fungus, and Mystic Ginseng..."
He looked at Lu Jin'an's eyes and asked, "Master Brother, do you want to refine a pill for cultivation body connection with nine Heavenly Stars?"
"Yes," Lu Jin'an took out the pre-refined Seven Star Vessel Body bloodline: "This pill is urgent for me, and I can't refine it myself. Can I entrust it to you?"
Lu Jin'an knew that his talent for alchemy was only sufficient for himself, and could not match the talent of the head of the Dantang Hall, Zhang Ji Jin. Moreover, he needed it urgently, so he came to find Zhang Ji Jin directly.
"Let me have it." ZJiang Ji Jin licked his lips: "To be honest, I've been wanting to challenge more five-grade body refining pills for a while now. Since body cultivation is no longer promising, there's also nobody interested in buying this level of pills."
Master Brother, are you not worried that I have little experience in refining body-refining pills? Should I go ask the sect master...
"Alchemy isn't about fighting." Lu Jin'an smiled: "You can even refine a six-grade pill, how difficult can a five-grade pill be for you?"
"It will take two and a half hours." ZJiang Ji Jin spoke in a deep voice: "The pill will definitely be done."
"Trouble," Lu Jin'an bowed: "I will pay according to the price..."
"Master Brother, you treat me like an outsider with this sentence," ZJiang Ji Jin said as he lit the furnace: "As the head of the Wandao Zong, we Daoists under its protection have all lived and thrived safely. We should work together and help each other, money is not important."
ZJiang Ji Jin smiled: "Moreover, it's Master Brother you personally asked for help. Tomorrow, I will show off to my younger brothers and sisters, I am the first Dantang Hall disciple who has helped Master Brother you refine a pill."
Watching ZJiang Ji Jin begin to refine the pill, Lu Jin'an did not say more and walked out without peeping at ZJiang Ji Jin's refining process.
For a Daoist cultivator with ZJiang Ji Jin's talent in alchemy, they all have their own unique methods of refining pills. Peeping is an extremely evil behavior.
But Lu Jin'an did not leave the Dantang Hall. Instead, he borrowed a refining hall at the back to try making Jumping Pill.
There's more of a sense of achievement when you refine the Jumping Pill yourself.
Lu Jin'an, recalling the method taught by ZJiang Ji Jin, lit the furnace, started the fire, and prepared the materials.
While refining, he suddenly thought, why not make different flavors like the Fasting Pill? That way, if you have to eat it, the taste could also be wonderful.
Thinking of it, Lu Jin'an stopped the fire and went outside to pick some fruits to add a taste to the Jumping Pill.
"I'm really a gentleman and a beast…"
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