Longevity begins with an old woman

Chapter 14 Breaking Through the Fourth Floor
"It takes [-] proficiency points to get started?!"

Xu Mu's face was a little ugly.

He realized that the difficulty of refining the second-order elixir would increase, but he didn't expect it to increase so much.

But there is nothing he can do if he doesn't want to, the system is only responsible for displaying the data, there is no way to adjust it, and he will not ask him to bargain.

Frowning and thinking for a while, he could only admit it.

No matter how much proficiency the jade marrow pill needs, he will have to learn it sooner or later.

Although the skills have been shown, Xu Mu did not add points immediately, but spent two days first, memorizing the alchemy steps and practicing alchemy formulas until he knew them by heart.

At this time, open the system to check, the familiarity of chalcedony pill has reached the entry level; 22/200.

Then he dug out Sun Daocheng's refining experience and pondered it carefully until he fully understood it.

Chalcedony pill proficiency has risen to entry level; 30/200.

At this time, no matter what he tried again, the proficiency of the jade marrow pill was not improving at all.

At this time, Xu Mu began to add points.

[Chalcedony Pill +10]!
[Chalcedony Pill +10]!
[Chalcedony Pill +10]!
……

[Chalcedony Pill Mastery; 200/800]

It took another day, and Xu Mu consumed 770 luck points to raise the Chalcedony Pill to the level of proficiency, and then stopped improving.

The main reason is that the luck value is almost gone, and there are only more than 200 left, which he plans to save to improve the fire control technique after breaking through the fourth level of Qi training.

After the points were added, Xu Mu did not immediately start refining chalcedony pills, but first refined two batches of Qi Gathering Pills.

On the one hand, it is to warm up, and on the other hand, it is worried that the spiritual power in the body will not be enough during the process of refining the chalcedony pill, so the two furnaces of Qi Gathering Pill are kept for backup.

After all, chalcedony pill is also a second-order pill, and its refining difficulty is far more difficult than Qi Gathering Pill.It would be a pity if it failed due to insufficient spiritual power in the body.

Although Qi Gathering Pill is not a elixir specially used to replenish spiritual power, it has more or less effect.

If taken in large quantities, it can also replenish spiritual energy.

After refining the Qi Gathering Pill, he rested for another day to adjust his condition to the best, and then began to refine the Chalcedony Pill.

Raw bone flower, yellow lotus essence, blood lotus essence, ice spirit flame grass, purple blue leaf, white spirit ginseng fruit, snow lotus seed, red spirit fruit...

Carefully count the herbs.

ignition!

warm up!

In Xu Mu's hands, the flame is already like spirituality.

The fire control technique, which is close to the extraordinary realm, has already made the flame his arm, and he doesn't even need to pinch the magic formula, and all kinds of changes can be produced with a flick of his fingers.

There are dots of fluorescence emitting from the pill furnace, and mysterious runes one after another, colluding with wonderful lines, covering the whole pill furnace.

After sensing that the temperature was sufficient, Xu Mu put the medicinal materials into it one by one in order, controlled the flame, and stabilized the medicinal properties of the medicinal materials.

Time passed continuously during the refining process, except for taking a few Qi Gathering Pills to replenish spiritual power halfway through, Xu Mu stared at the pill furnace without blinking.

Finally, after two days and one night of hard refining, the chalcedony pill was finally released.

There is a strong medicinal fragrance in the air, and it makes people feel comfortable after taking a sip.

"With the third level of Qi training, it is indeed a little bit difficult to refine the second-level elixir, but fortunately, my refining technique has reached proficiency!" Xu Mu sighed.

In order to avoid accidents, he also added [-] more proficiency, otherwise it may not be successful the first time.

It's just the refined quality!

Three middle grades, seven low grades, not even one top grade.

But if he can refine it successfully, he is already satisfied.

If you want to refine the top-grade chalcedony pill, I am afraid that you have to upgrade to the level of perfection.

But even if it is a low-grade chalcedony elixir, it is still a second-tier elixir, and the price is ten times higher than that of the energy-gathering elixir.

If he sold this batch of pills, he could earn more than 80 low-grade spirit stones, which was worth half a month of refining Qi Gathering Pills.

He can only smelt one batch of Qi Gathering Pill a day, and he has to rest for a day after refining. He can refine at most fifteen batches a month.

According to the calculation of ten pills per furnace, there are only 150 pills. After deducting the cost of two spirit stones per furnace (initial price), there is only a profit of 120 spirit stones.

As for the chalcedony pill, it is calculated as one furnace every three days, even if there is a three-day rest in the middle, five furnaces can be refined, and if ten pills are produced in one furnace, it is fifty.

After deducting the cost of 20 yuan per furnace of spirit stones, there is still a profit of up to 400 yuan for low-grade spirit stones.

If you work harder, rest for two days, or even one day, and start the next furnace, the profit can even exceed a thousand.

Compared with before there was no system, it was directly improved by a hundred times.

After all, this is a second-order elixir!

In the entire Baishifang City, there are not many Tier [-] pills that can be refined, so it is not surprising that there are such exaggerated profits.

"Recently, the price of goods has risen sharply, and the price of Chalcedony Pill must have also increased a lot. Maybe my income can easily exceed a thousand!"

Xu Mu was in a very happy mood, and felt that he was doing the right thing by adding so much luck to the Chalcedony Pill.

"However, chalcedony pills are expensive, so you should be more cautious when selling them!"

The Li brothers haven't solved it yet, and he doesn't want to be targeted by others.

After Xu Mu had a day off, he was going to take the refined chalcedony pill to see if it could help him break through the fourth level of Qi training.

Boom!

Suddenly there was a knock on the door.

Through the crack of the door, Xu Mu saw a chubby figure.

"Jia Daoyou, what's the matter?"

Xu Mu opened the door and asked Jia An, who was frowning and thinking.

"Fellow Daoist Xu, you really can hold your breath! Don't you know that the rent has risen again?" Jia An looked up at Xu Mu and smiled wryly.

"It's increased again? By how much?" Xu Mu frowned slightly.

Recently, he was either refining alchemy or improving his cultivation. He didn't pay much attention to the situation in the shanty town.

"Five low-grade spirit stones!"

Jia An stretched out five short and thick fingers, and said weakly.

To be honest, this price has completely exceeded his tolerance limit.

If it wasn't for the recent rise in prices, which made his income soar, he might have already moved away.

"So much? I remember it was only raised to three spirit stones last month!" Xu Mu said in surprise.

Five spirit stones are nothing to him now, but to the low-level monks living in shantytowns, they are enough to kill him.

After all, their monthly income may not even be five spirit stones, and after paying the rent, they will hardly be able to afford food.

"Who says it's not? It looks like the Chi family is determined to force us away!" Jia An sighed.

"The Chi family? Have we changed the management here?" Xu Mu asked in surprise.

He remembered that the entire Baishifang City should be under the control of the Song family.

"Don't you know yet?"

Jia An was puzzled.

After confirming that Xu Mu really didn't know, he opened his mouth to explain.

It turned out that during the recent period, in addition to a lot of casual cultivators who fled, there were also a few families from the foundation establishment period, and this Chi family was among them.

The Chi family had an edict from the Qinghe Sword Sect, so the Song family had to give up part of the land for them to resettle.

And this area where they are located is one of them.

During the period of his retreat, the power of the entire Baishifang City has long been re-divided.

"No wonder the person who collected the rent changed last time!"

Xu Mu suddenly realized.

"Fellow Daoist Jia came to look for me, isn't it just to talk about this?"

"of course not!"

Jia An looked around, and said in a low voice, "I discussed it with fellow Taoists in a few nearby alleys, and I think it's not an option to continue to go up like this, so I want to join everyone to go to Chi's house to ask for an explanation. I came here to ask You, would you like to go together!"

Xu Mu said in astonishment: "Friend Jia, are you kidding me? The other party is from the Zhuji family. If we just go there, isn't that courting death?"

It's not enough to kill someone, but based on Xu Mu's guess, the other party probably wouldn't pay him any attention.

The main reason is that the status gap between the two is too great!
Those living in the shantytowns are all low-level monks, and there are not many in the middle stage of Qi training. How can they bargain with others?

"Don't worry, Fellow Daoist Xu, when the time comes, there will naturally be monks in the late stage of Qi training. We just need to stand behind and show our attitude!" Jia An said confidently.

Xu Mu hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

He originally didn't want to get involved in this kind of thing for a few spirit stones.

But if a tree is beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy it!
If he behaves too out of gregariousness, it is likely to cause rejection from others.

Seeing Xu Mu agreeing, Jia An showed a smile on his face, and after talking about the agreed time, he hurried to the next house.

Xu Mu went back to the house, talked to Ye Yingying, and went to Chi's house to discuss the matter.

"Sir, our family doesn't lack spirit stones for the time being, otherwise you'd better not go!"

Ye Yingying was obviously a little worried.

A group of low-level casual cultivators went to the Zhuji family to discuss an explanation, obviously feeling like a mayfly shaking a big tree.

"Don't worry, I'm not a fool. If I see something wrong, I will naturally retreat behind everyone!"

Xu Mu squeezed her hand, reassuring her.

After hugging his daughter again, Xu Mu went back to the utility room, took out the refined chalcedony pill, and prepared to take it to see the effect.

The time agreed with Jia An is tomorrow, and there will be no delay in taking the medicine.

I just hope that there will be no accidents tomorrow!
Xu Mu prayed in his heart.

Put the chalcedony pill into the mouth, exuding a faint sweet smell.

Xu Mu swallowed without chewing.

The elixir fell into the abdomen, and immediately emitted a fiery medicinal power, which spread to all limbs and bones.

Xu Mu's skin turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if the whole person had entered a steam room, and white mist was steaming on his body.

In such a state, Xu Mu didn't feel uncomfortable, but felt comfortable all over, as if soaking in a hot spring.

He didn't run his kung fu to absorb the power of the medicine, but let the power of the medicine be released in his body to slowly remove the impurities in his body.

After the medicine was fully released and the heat gradually receded, Xu Mu rubbed his hands and found a thin layer of dead skin on them.

He took off his clothes and performed a cleansing technique to clean all the dead skin and sweat off his body.

The originally rough and dark skin became much fairer as the dead skin was wiped off, as if a layer of liquid foundation had been applied.

Xu Mu tried to meditate cross-legged and practice the exercises.

It was found that the speed of spiritual power was much faster, and there were faint signs of a breakthrough in cultivation.

"Jade Marrow Pill really has the effect of transforming the body and improving the physique!"

Xu Mu was overjoyed.

Then he ate all the remaining nine chalcedony pills.

After it was fully absorbed and digested, Xu Mu's physique improved a lot, his skin became fairer, and he looked much younger. His gray hair had also turned black obviously.

Opening the system panel, the lifespan column unexpectedly increased by three years, becoming [-] years old.

This was something Xu Mu never expected!

At this time, he was running the exercises again, and he did not encounter any bottlenecks at all. It was almost a matter of course. His cultivation base easily broke through the fourth level of Qi training, and his spiritual power increased by a full [-]% in a short period of time.

(End of this chapter)