Please, Young Master, Slay the Demon!
Chapter 345 - 29: This child has a promising future [Request for monthly tickets!]_1

Chapter 345: Chapter 29: This child has a promising future [Request for monthly tickets!]_1

"I call this method the Rong Dan Technique."

In Dan Lingzi’s shabby little courtyard, he set up an ancient, protruding bronze furnace, which was totally out of place in the entire courtyard.

An alchemy furnace represents the dignity of an alchemist. A pure alchemist can live in a doghouse and eat hard bread, but the alchemy furnace must be the best within one’s ability.

Apparently, Dan Lingzi was such a pure alchemist...though he could only refine Spirit Gathering Pills and Spirit Gathering Pills.

When he set up the alchemy furnace, and prepared the alchemy materials, his demeanor suddenly became stern, his gaze condensed, and he spoke slowly, "Watch closely, I will only demonstrate once..."

Seeing his sudden air of superiority, Chu Liang couldn’t help but focus his attention.

Dan Lingzi continued, "If you want a second time, you have to wait until tomorrow because I don’t have enough True Qi!"

Oh, so that’s it.

It turns out it’s because his cultivation is too weak.

Then you shouldn’t put on this stern face to pretend to be a master.

Again, someone like Dan Lingzi who is an unconventional Fourth Realm practitioner, is far behind, compared even to an ordinary mainstream cultivator of Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, let alone Chu Liang, who possesses dual top-grade Golden Cores.

Even Lin Bei, Henchman A, and Henchman B who are just average attendants from the Shu Mountain Sect, are able to completely dominate their peers from the same realm who are unconventional practitioners.

For Chu Liang, his True Qi is almost infinite, even if depleted he can recover fully within a short while. But for these non-mainstream cultivators, the consumption of True Qi is quite a luxury.

Once depleted, to restore to full state, either slowly wait for the Qi Sea to be filled, or use Spirit Gathering Pills or Spirit Gathering Pills to top up, the latter being expensive.

Their Qi Sea itself is not very wide. It’s normal for Dan Lingzi to exhaust all his True Qi in refining a furnace of pills by using the Profound Yang Divine Fire, which he should not possess at his realm.

Whoosh—

As he spoke, he arranged four pieces of Lingtan, and in an instant, ignited a fiery blue-black flame! The flame burned silently, with no sparks or crackling sound.

Nevertheless, Chu Liang sensed a hint of danger from the quiet flame.

In terms of power, Profound Yang Divine Fire is slightly inferior to Phoenix Spirit Divine Fire, but both contain extremely terrifying energy. Such a divine fire isn’t just ignited and left alone, the alchemist must control the heat throughout the process, it requires a lot of concentration.

Sizzling—

As soon as the materials for the Spirit Gathering Pills fell into the furnace, a sizzling sound was immediately heard.

Dan Lingzi continued: "Because it needs to be refined with a very high temperature divine fire, the process of refining the elixir must be extremely meticulous. The slightest mistake can ruin the materials. For example, as you can see now, I have ruined the materials. I must start over."

With an indifferent expression, he wiped his sweat, cleared the charred waste materials inside the furnace, and took out a new set of Spirit Gathering Pill materials.

It was as if the previous mistake was just to demonstrate a failure for Chu Liang’s learning.

It was not until now that Chu Liang understood why his Spirit Gathering Pills were so expensive.

The cost of the materials plus a fruit probably wasn’t worth much, but considering his failure rate...double the price was already quite reasonable.

"At the moment when the elixir is about to take shape, put the object you want to incorporate into it. At present, I can only put in fruit because if I put in a spirit plant, it would definitely affect the properties of the elixir, and I don’t dare to try it rashly. Please note that you must not toss it in directly."

As Dan Lingzi’s refining gradually got on track, he threw a prepared apple into the furnace.

"You have to use your True Qi to perform a Fire Dispelling Technique to wrap it, and control the strength well. Wait until the moment it enters the elixir and the elixir forms, all its aroma and flavors will be absorbed by the elixir. If you don’t handle the strength well, whether it’s a bit early or a bit late, the fruit will turn into a cloud of gas and disappear."

After a long time, he finally refines a furnace of Spirit Gathering Pills.

Usually, a furnace can produce twenty or thirty Spirit Gathering Pills, but the Rong Dan Technique requires more meticulous control, so fearing failure, he only put in enough materials to produce fifteen pills.

Looking at Dan Lingzi, who was overjoyed as he took out the furnace’s Spirit Gathering Pills, Chu Liang thought of the thousand fruit-flavored Spirit Gathering Pills he had.

Thinking that he could only refine fifteen pills a day, minus those he used, Chu Liang didn’t know how long these thousand pills took him to accumulate.

He worked so hard to save up, hoping to make a small fortune by the surge in the price of Spirit Gathering Pills in the city, yet he was laughed at by so many people. If it wasn’t for himself buying his Spirit Gathering Pills with two thousand sword coins, Dan Lingzi would have been so heartbroken.

"Do you understand now?" Dan Lingzi asked.

"Hmmm, I think I’ve got it," Chu Liang nodded, "Let me give it a try."

"Fine, try it a few times in front of me. I will point out your mistakes," Dan Lingzi said, standing by with his hands behind his back, a relaxed look on his face.

Finally, it was his turn to be the spectator.

And so, he watched as Chu Liang set up the alchemy furnace, lit the Phoenix Spirit Divine Fire, and began to add ingredients into the furnace.

With the heat of the Phoenix Spirit Divine Fire, he carefully manipulated the forming elixir and precisely used the Fire Dispelling Technique when placing the fruit. Then, using the extreme heat of the Phoenix Spirit Divine Fire, swiftly refined it while perfectly hiding its presence.

Shortly after, a batch of twenty perfectly made, fruit-flavored Spirit Gathering Pills were completed.

Even though it was his first time refining in this way, his process seemed more natural than Dan Lingzi’s. This was mainly because his superior cultivation made control of the fire seem effortless.

Chu Liang breathed a sigh of relief and turned to Dan Lingzi. "Did I do anything wrong, elder?"

"Um..." Dan Lingzi’s gaze faltered momentarily, and he cleared his throat before lifting his head and saying, "No, you made no significant mistakes. Your procedure is approximately 70% as effective as mine."

Chu Liang smiled faintly, nodded, and replied, "Having 70% of your skill is more than enough for me to get by in this world."

Dan Lingzi also revealed a smile.

In his heart, he couldn’t help but sigh. Alchemy was indeed a talent-dependent craft. It took him many years of study before he could be as proficient at the Rong Dan Technique as he was now. This disciple of Shu Mountain, on the other hand, was able to master it on his first try... It was really hard to compare people.

Especially considering not just his high talent in alchemy, but also his good people skills.

Yep.

This youngster had a promising future.

...

After leaving Dan Lingzi’s home, Chu Liang went to Xianyuan Pavilion. It was reported that they had connected with a cultivator who could capture a Human-faced Mandrill, so he arranged to meet there.

After Chu Liang arrived early, Xianyuan Pavilion sent a message to the other party, asking him to wait in a quiet room.

Not long after, someone pushed the quiet room’s door open with a bang.

Chu Liang looked up to see a girl wearing a yellow short shirt and green skirt, about sixteen or seventeen years old, with two skyward ponytails. With fair skin, sparkling eyes as bright as silver bells, she was posing at the door with hands on her hips.

By her side was a large black dog, free of any hair, with a shiny black coat and deep ink-colored pupils, just a bit of gray in them.

"Are you the one who wants the Human-faced Mandrill?" The girl asked in a clear voice, coming straight to the point.

"Yes," Chu Liang replied.

"One thousand Vermilion Bird Coins, non-negotiable!" she said: "If you agree, I’ll deliver the Human-faced Mandrill to you tomorrow."

He recalled that the price for a Human-faced Mandrill was only eight hundred Vermilion Bird Coins at the Ten Thousand Beasts Hall, and that was somewhat inflated. But considering the custom order to catch a particular beast, the price was reasonable.

So he asked, "Actually, you could tell me the location of the Human-faced Mandrill, and I can go and capture it myself. Could the price be lowered then?"

"No," the girl shook her head, "It’s one thousand, not a coin less."

"Then you can still tell me the location, and I’ll go capture it myself, and the one thousand Vermilion Bird Coins still stand," Chu Liang said.

His insistence on capturing the beast himself was not to save money. He was worried about any accidents that might occur during the capture process. What if she accidentally killed the Human-faced Mandrill?

A live Human-faced Mandrill was invaluable to Chu Liang, but a dead one was worthless.

"No," the girl shook her head again, "I do as I am paid. Since I am getting a thousand, I must personally deliver it."

At her words, Chu Liang could only smile.

What a character.