Chapter 21: Refining Dan Medicine First Watch

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  In the blink of an eye, three days have passed, and the small courtyard is as quiet as ever.

  "Failed again?" Yang Lei opened his eyes and stared at the dan furnace in front of him.

  For three days, Yang Lei has been continuously trying to refine the elixir, and many of the yellow-level six-grade or lower elixirs have succeeded, with better quality than those sold outside. However, the key is that refining elixirs above the sixth grade has failed repeatedly, without a single success.

  Could it be that Danfeng was wrong? Otherwise, it's impossible to fail every time. Although he said he was a primary alchemist, the success rate of refining Huang Jie's sixth-grade elixir should be at least one in ten. That is, if he refined it ten times, he would have succeeded once. However, he had already refined more than twenty times and consumed a lot of materials without succeeding even once. His proficiency had increased significantly, though.

  In that case, let's try another pill. What kind of pill? After reviewing the prescription, Huang Jie Qi Pin, Tong Mai Dan. This Tong Mai Dan is mainly made from Tong Mai Cao, assisted by Chi Shao and Du Zhong etc. This is a good choice, let's go with it.

  "Ding, is it refining Tong Mai Dan?"

  Refining.

  About a moment later, the system's voice sounded again.

  "Ding! Congratulations, player successfully refined Tong Mai Dan. Experience +5000, Qi Gong value +50, points +50, proficiency increased."

  Yang Lei was overjoyed, he had finally successfully refined a Seventh Grade Yellow Tier Dan medicine after all. This really wasn't easy.

  When flipping through the alchemy recipes, I found another recipe for a second-grade Xuanjie pill, the Earth Yuan Pill. This Earth Yuan Pill would be of great use to me if I had it, and with it, I should be able to break through the fifth layer of the Xuan Yuan Technique. Once I enter the sixth layer, my Qi value will double, and my strength will increase greatly.

  Refining, must refine, the benefits of this Earth Yuan Dan are so great, how can you not refine it for yourself. That's the opportunity to break through the fifth layer of the Xuan Yuan Secret and enter the sixth layer.

  However, refining Di Yuandan requires a large amount of spiritual energy contained in spiritual grass, and ordinary medicinal materials are not feasible.

  Yang Lei frowned, none of the medicinal materials here were suitable as the main medicine.

  It looks like I have to go out and buy it now, fortunately, I have money. When escorting Zhao Yuan at that time, he gave me a Changfeng Commercial Bank silver card and a Tongyuan Card with 10,000 taels of white silver inside, which can alleviate the current urgent need.

  …………

  Half an hour later, the first floor of Changfeng Business House.

  "Sir, may I ask if there's anything I can help you with?" The waiter looked at Yang Lei with a sweet smile.

  "Could you help me find Zhao Yuan, Old Man Zhao?" Yang Lei said politely.

  "Looking for Zhao, please wait a moment, I'll go call him." The waiter said, then turned around and walked inside.

  Five minutes later, Zhao Yuan walked over with big strides.

  "Yang Xiao Di, you've finally arrived! I've been waiting for you for quite a few days now." Zhao Yuan said with a bright smile.

  "Mr. Zhao, I've come to trouble you with something," said Yang Lei.

  Zhao Yuan's eyes widened, and he said somewhat discontentedly: "Calling me Old Zhao is too distant. If you don't mind, just call me Brother Zhao or Old Zhao, it's all right. As for what's troublesome or not, as long as I, Zhao Yuan, can do it, I'll definitely help."

  "Older brother Zhao."

  "That's right." Hearing this sentence, Zhao Yuan smiled and said, "Come on, let's go in and sit down. It's not convenient to stay here for long."

  Two people came to a room, and the servant presented tea.

  "Come have some tea, this is good stuff, I went to great lengths to get just a few ounces." Zhao Yuan lifted his cup and took a delicate sip, completely enchanted.

  "It's indeed a good tea, refreshing and pleasant to drink. After drinking it, I feel refreshed all over my body, which is very helpful for cultivation. Is this the legendary Biyu Tea?" Yang Wei knew that this kind of tea was not easy to get, anything that could help with cultivation and calm one's mind was extremely precious.

  "Yang Xiao's brother indeed has a good eye for this, it is indeed Biyu tea."

  Bi Yu tea is cultivated with the spiritual energy of superior jade stones, made into tea leaves, which are worth thousands of dollars and are priceless.

  "I'm really lucky with food."

  After drinking a cup of tea, Yang Lei felt that his own Xuan Yuan Secret's fifth layer barrier had somehow loosened slightly.

  After finishing his tea, Zhao Yuan looked at Yang Wei and said: "Brother Yang, what brings you here?"

  "Buy elixir."

  "Trivial matters. What kind of spiritual medicine and what year's?" For Zhao Yuan, this was indeed a trivial matter. As the largest merchant house on the mainland, Changfeng Merchant House buying and selling spiritual medicines was a normal thing.

  "Anything will do, as long as it's over 500 years old and can be used as a local tonic." Yang Wei said.

  "Local Dan, Yang brothers you will still refine Dan, is Dan master?" Zhao Yuan was shocked, this Dan master on the mainland is absolutely popular, and local Dan is a mysterious second-class elixir, Yang Lei can refine it, which means he is a mysterious Dan master, that's a great thing. If a family has a mysterious Dan master, its development will be much faster than ordinary families without a Dan master. Zhao Yuan felt lucky to have pulled in close relationship with Yang Lei, and he was still young, only around twenty years old, his growth was absolute, a twenty-year-old mysterious Dan master, that's infinite potential. Pulling him in is equivalent to pulling in a great Dan master in the future.

  Yang Lei didn't have the mind to guess what Zhao Yuan was thinking at this moment, he cared about the spiritual medicine needed for refining Diyuan Dan.

  "I'm still learning, don't laugh at me, brother. As a beginner, I've wasted quite a bit of medicine."

  "Yang brothers, you are really too modest. You can refine the Di Yuan Dan and still call it a beginner's work? This Di Yuan Dan is actually a second-grade elixir of the Xuan stage. If this is considered a beginner's work, then those alchemists will be ashamed." Zhao Yuan smiled and said.

  Yang Lei was speechless, he himself was indeed a novice who had just started learning. He had only learned how to refine pills for a few days and had actually only started practicing three days ago. As for refining the Earth Origin Pill, if it weren't for the family's grand competition, he wouldn't have risked refining it for the generous reward. After all, the failure rate of refining the Earth Origin Pill was too high, it couldn't withstand the waste.

  But Yang Lei was clear that even if he explained himself, Zhao Yuan might not believe him.

  "Zhao brother, how much can you help me prepare? To be honest, I don't have a lot of money," Yang Lei said.

  "Brother, saying that would be too much. If you don't mind, consider these medicinal materials a gift from me to you. I only hope that in the future when you sell your Dan medicine, you'll think of Changfeng Commercial House first." Zhao Yuan had made up his mind to win Yang Lei over, so how could he possibly want his money? Although the spiritual medicine needed to refine the Diyuan Dan was precious, it couldn't compare to a future great Dan master.

  "It's still not good, even close brothers are clear about accounts." Yang Lei shook his head and said.

  Seeing Yang Lei disagree, Zhao Yuan thought for a moment and said: "Then, younger brother, how about this? I'll provide the medicinal materials, you refine the elixir, and we'll split the refined elixirs 50/50. What do you think?"

  Yang Lei thought for a moment, this way is also feasible, after all, the medicinal materials needed for his own alchemy are really too many.

  "However, Brother Zhao, I must say this upfront, I really have no confidence in refining the Earth Origin Pill. This time, it's for the sake of the family's grand competition that I've made up my mind to try and refine the Earth Origin Pill, but the success rate is less than 10%."

  "Ten percent is already a high success rate," Zhao Yuan said. "In that case, I have two things here that can greatly increase your chances of successfully refining the pill."

  Yang Lei looked at him and said, "There are two things that can increase the success rate of alchemy. One is flame, the earth's vein fire, which can greatly improve the success rate of alchemy. The other is the alchemy furnace. If you have a top-notch alchemy furnace, the success rate will also increase significantly."

  "Could it be that Big Brother has the Earth Vein Flame and a top-grade Dan Furnace?"

  "The Earth Vein Fire, I'm sure it's not here, but if you want to use it, you can go to the Zhao family. The Zhao family is a Dan-making family, so they must have the Earth Vein Fire." Zhao Yuan smiled and said, "Although I don't have the Earth Vein Fire, I do have an alchemy furnace."

  As Zhao Yuan took out a purple, very delicate furnace, Yang Lei's eyes lit up.

  Appraisal technique, use.

  "Ding, appraisal successful, Purple Dragon Cauldron, top-grade spiritual instrument, can be used for alchemy, equipment refinement, success rate +10%."

  Yang Lei took a deep breath, this was indeed top-grade furnace tripod, even compared to the best spiritual instruments it wasn't much worse. The success rate of refining elixirs with this Purple Dragon Tripod would be 20%, which was simply too against the heavens.

  "Older brother, this thing..." Yang Lei looked at Zhao Yuan.

  "Consider this a gift from your big brother to you, little brother." Zhao Yuan patted Yang Lei's shoulder and said.

  "Older brother, this... how can this be, this thing is too valuable." Yang Lei's heart desired it, but the purple dragon tripod was indeed too precious. His relationship with Zhao Yuan wasn't familiar to that extent yet.

  "Little brother, you're being unreasonable. Not accepting it is the same as looking down on me, Zhao Yuan." Seeing Yang Lei refuse, Zhao Yuan became somewhat angry and his voice suddenly grew louder, "It's as if I've never known you before."

  Seeing Zhao Yuan like this, Yang Lei had no choice but to take over the purple dragon tripod and said: "Since big brother thinks so highly of me, then I'll accept big brother's kind intentions."

  "That's right." Zhao Yuan nodded happily and said, "Come on, little brother, take a look at this one too."

  Zhao Yuan took out another box and gently opened it. Inside, there were four purple fruits that were slightly dry, obviously having been stored for some time.

  Appraisal technique.

  "Ding, appraisal successful. Zi Jiang Guo, when refining the pill, adding Zi Jiang Guo can increase the success rate by 15%."

  Yang Lei couldn't help but take a deep breath after appraising it, this purple liquid was incredibly precious, and could actually increase the success rate of Dan medicine by fifteen percent, it was too abnormal.

  "Older brother, is this... is this a purple mangosteen?"

  "Little brother indeed has vision, this is indeed the Zi Jiang fruit, which can increase the success rate of Dan Master's alchemy by 15%." Zhao Yuan said with a smile, this Zi Jiang fruit was obtained unintentionally and had been collected for a long time. If it weren't for trying to win over Yang Lei, he wouldn't have taken it out either.