Chapter 30: Strength Advancement
Time flies, and half a month has passed in a flash.
Li Yu has been very busy in the past half month.
Every day he is either making elixirs or on his way to make elixirs.
Ever since he promised Senior Brother Zhao to make elixirs, people have been visiting Li Yu's courtyard every day.
In addition to the dozens of new disciples who have just joined Elder Han, there are also some old disciples who joined the sect a long time ago . They have alchemy tasks every month. If they cannot complete them on time and in high quality, Elder Han will deduct spirit coins.
Old disciples like Senior Brother Zhao have been exploring alchemy for many years. Although their success rate is much higher than that of new disciples, Elder Han’s requirements are high, and it is difficult for them to complete their monthly tasks successfully.
These people, introduced by Senior Brother Zhao, came to ask Li Yu for help in refining pills.
With alchemy materials delivered to his doorstep and spirit coins to earn, Li Yu certainly would not refuse, and he basically agreed to every offer. He had three spirit veins that were most suitable for alchemy, and he had so many materials to practice with. His alchemy level also improved by leaps and bounds. Up to now, he could basically make ten pills in one furnace of these low-level pills, with more than half of them being super-quality pills.
He even refined two top-grade elixirs by himself.
When it comes to alchemy, talent accounts for half and experience accounts for half. Practice makes perfect, and your ability will naturally improve as you practice more.
In a small courtyard somewhere, Li Yu handed a bottle of elixir to a senior sister. The senior sister held his hand and thanked him, "Junior Brother Li, thank you so much. How about coming in and having a cup of tea..."
Li Yu withdrew his hand without leaving a trace. In the past half month, he had become familiar with the old disciples under Elder Han. Some of the senior sisters would also reach out to take advantage of him when he was delivering pills, and some even gave further hints.
Of course Li Yu rejected them all.
These senior sisters are not even a little bit inferior to Senior Sister Zhou. Apart from the alchemy transaction, he has no other ideas.
He didn't know how Senior Sister Zhou was doing at Biyun Peak. He had been so busy over the past month that he had no time to visit her.
However, after today, Li Yu will have some free time, because all the pills that his senior brothers and sisters were supposed to refine this month have been refined by him. If he wants to take on more work, he will have to wait until next month.
"Junior Brother Li..."
"Good afternoon, Junior Brother Li."
"Junior Brother Li, would you like to come in and sit down?"
On the way back to his residence, people greeted Li Yu from time to time, and Li Yu responded with a smile.
Now, he has a wide network of contacts among the disciples under Elder Han, not to mention the entire Danding Peak. Even those disciples who have been in the sect for ten years are polite to him when they see him.
Not only that, the elixirs he refined had already become famous on the Feilai Peak’s low-level disciple trading platform.
After all, his pills were the same price as the genuine pills sold by the sect, but their quality was much higher, and he already had many repeat customers.
After returning to his residence, Li Yu took the elixir he had prepared for Elder Han and came to the hall where he lived.
Elder Han opened the pill bottle and said with a smile: "Ten pills, four of which are super-grade. The three spiritual veins are indeed against the sky. Even I am not as good as you in refining low-grade pills..."
Li Yu smiled embarrassedly and said, "Senior Han, you can't say that. No matter how good the low-level pills are, they are still low-level pills. I can't compare with you."
Han Tiancheng felt comfortable with these words. He laughed and said, "You don't have to underestimate yourself. You are much more talented than me. For example, when it comes to low-level elixirs, most first-grade alchemists, let alone alchemy apprentices, are probably not as good as you..."
He saw Li Yu's progress. After laughing, Han Tiancheng said, "How about this, starting from next month, all the low-level pills here will be handed over to you to refine. Anyway, they will come to you in the end..."
He obviously knew that Li Yu was helping his old disciple refine pills, but he didn't blame him at all. He smiled and said, "I won't let you help me for nothing. I will give you an extra 200 spirit coins every month."
More than a month ago, two hundred spirit coins was an astronomical figure for Li Yu, which he and Jiang Li could not save in two years.
But now, Li Yu helps a senior brother or sister to refine the elixir. Not counting the remuneration, the saved materials can earn him 400 spirit coins.
Of course, this matter could not be told to Elder Han. Li Yu just smiled and said, "Junior is happy to serve Senior Han."
Han Tiancheng added: "With your current success rate in alchemy, you should be able to refine one furnace with two materials, right?"
Li Yu secretly sighed in his heart, it was a pity, it was indeed impossible for him to always take such a big advantage, with his current attainments in alchemy, it was impossible for Elder Han to let him only produce one out of five materials.
He did not hesitate for long and replied, "It depends on luck. When luck is good, two furnaces are enough. When luck is bad, three furnaces are needed."
Han Tiancheng had no doubts. In fact, it was basically the default standard in the alchemy world to refine one pill using three portions of materials. He said to Li Yu, "Then I'll give you three portions of materials. Those useless can't be refined even if I give them five portions. It's a waste of the sect's resources..."
Li Yu calculated that he could earn two hundred spirit coins from the three sets of materials. Elder Han needed about fifteen bottles of medicine every month, so he could earn about three thousand spirit coins in exchange for three Tongmai Pills.
On average, there is one spirit vein for each of them. If everything goes well, he will be able to cultivate all three spirit veins to the peak of Qi Refining in five or six years.
Even among the low-level disciples in Kunlun, this speed of cultivation is quite explosive.
The resources for cultivation are limited. Except for those talented disciples, the sect will not pour so many resources into one person. Li Yu does not have a powerful master behind him, nor does he have a wealthy Taoist partner. He can only rely on himself for cultivation.
Returning to his residence, Li Yu smiled as he felt the surging magic power in his body.
In the past half month, he has been frantically refining pills. While his attainments in alchemy have improved, he has also earned thousands of spirit coins.
The largest number of disciples in Kunlun Sect are in the Qi Refining Stage, and low-level elixirs are in short supply, especially the elixirs refined by Li Yu. The worst ones are of top quality, and basically every bottle of elixir contains more than two super-quality ones, which are extremely popular among low-level disciples.
His pills are basically sold out as soon as they are put on the market, and the average selling price is even slightly higher than that of the genuine shops in the sect.
Li Yu used the spirit coins he earned in half a month to exchange for seven Tongmai Pills, which also made his strength improve by leaps and bounds in this half month.
Now, he has opened thirteen acupuncture points in his body.
Li Yu's current cultivation level is...
Major in the Fire Spiritual Vein, opening up acupoint four.
Assist in cultivating the water spirit meridian and opening up four acupoints.
Assist in cultivating the Wood Spiritual Vein and opening up the fifth acupoint.
The Wood Spiritual Vein is a little bit biased, but it doesn't matter. Every Tongmai Pill is fair. The Wood Spiritual Vein has one more acupoint this time, and the next time it is opened, it must be one of the Water Spiritual Vein and the Fire Spiritual Vein. Li Yu already has rich experience in this kind of thing.
If he only cultivated one spiritual vein, he would have already reached the second level of Qi Refining and was about to reach the third level. Now he could only watch the Tongmai Pills being used up, and naturally, the foundation-building process would be a long way off...
This month's alchemy task has been completed, and Li Yu finally has some free time.
He planned to go to Biyun Peak to find Zhou Zixuan. He hadn't seen her for more than a month and missed her a lot.
Cultivation also requires a balance between tension and relaxation. In the past month, he has been too busy and mentally stressed, so he needs to look at some beautiful women to refresh his eyes.
Just as he walked out of the courtyard, someone came towards him. Senior Brother Zhao greeted Li Yu enthusiastically and said, "Junior Brother Li, are you going out..."
Li Yu smiled and said, "Let's go to Biyun Peak."
"Biyun Peak?" Senior Brother Zhao was stunned when he heard that. He happily put his arm around Li Yu's shoulders and said, "That's great. I want to go to Biyun Peak too. Let's go together..."
Danding Peak and Biyun Peak are dozens of miles apart. The two chatted while flying in the air.
Senior Brother Zhao went to Biyun Peak to get medicinal herbs on the orders of Elder Han. Biyun Peak and Danding Peak, one cultivates medicinal herbs, and the other refines medicinal herbs, so they have very close contact on a daily basis.
Li Yu also learned that Senior Brother Zhao had a lover at Biyun Peak and they planned to officially become a dual cultivation couple in a few years.
Free love is allowed and encouraged among the disciples of Kunlun Sect. Among ordinary people, there are not many people who have the qualifications to practice cultivation, and finding one is like panning for gold in the sand. However, the offspring of practitioners are very likely to have the qualifications to practice cultivation. They have grown up in the sect since childhood, and after gathering Qi, they can be directly accepted into the sect. Those with good talents can become core disciples, and those with poor talents can also find a job in the sect and live a worry-free life.
Senior Brother Zhao sighed, “With my talent, I may only be able to build my foundation in this life. After a few years, Junior Sister Zhang and I will have a child. If the child is talented, maybe we can benefit from it . If we can form a golden elixir by chance, we will have no regrets in this life…”
After that, he looked at Li Yu again and said, "Junior Brother Li, with your looks and alchemy attainments, it would be easy for you to find a Taoist partner in the sect. Do you want me to help you? My Junior Sister Zhang has many young and beautiful new disciples. I'll ask her to help you make some connections..."
Li Yu smiled and said, "Thank you, Senior Brother Zhao, but I'm still young, so I'm not in a hurry..."
Senior Brother Zhao heard this and said, "That's right. With your talent, you might be able to become a first-class alchemist in the Qi Refining Stage. By then, who knows how many young and beautiful sisters will throw themselves at you. You can take your time to choose, or you can choose all of them. Let me tell you, some alchemists in the sect have seven or eight dual cultivation partners alone. That's really enviable..."
