Chapter 1968: Chapter 189: Wang Shouzhe vs. the Yincha Demonic God
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After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Yuwen Nianjing learned that Dongfang Yuxi was dispatched by the Alchemy Department to the Profound Pill Island to handle the work of spiritual medicine picking and processing. He immediately said, "Brother Yuxi’s knowledge of pharmacology is quite solid. I believe your arrival can speed up the progress considerably."
"Nianjing, you give me too much credit." Dongfang Yuxi hurriedly responded humbly, "In the past, my perspective was narrow and I was stuck in my ways. It wasn’t until I joined the Alchemy Department that I realized there are always others more talented than me, as numerous as carps in the river. Especially you, Nianjing, your current strength makes me look up to you."
"Brother Yuxi, don’t say that. As a Tianren Realm Cultivator, you’re still young, with many opportunities ahead." Yuwen Nianjing smiled and shook his head, then turned his attention to Dongfang Mingxu and Dongfang Lingrou. He smiled and said, "Are these children Mingxu and Lingrou? I heard Shou Ye mention them, they are both outstanding kids."
Dongfang Yuxi quickly had the two children come forward to pay respects, and introduced them: "Mingxu, I intend to keep him by my side for careful guidance so that he can support the Tianjin Port Dongfang family in the future. Lingrou has better qualifications and is very clever. I plan to have her continue her studies at [Changning Academy], following the Academic Palace path, and serve the country after she completes her studies."
"That’s very good." Yuwen Nianjing nodded in approval and took out some Dan medicine and Qian Gold Notes as meeting gifts to give to the two children, "Do not refuse, cultivate well and learn alchemy skills, and you can contribute to Da Qian and the human race as soon as possible."
The two children felt a bit embarrassed and looked towards their Old Ancestor.
Nowadays, Dongfang Yuxi had grown thicker-skinned, nodding to signal the two children to accept: "You must not fail Nianjing Old Ancestor’s trust and remember her kindness."
"Thank you, Nianjing Old Ancestor, for the gifts." Both Mingxu and Lingrou gratefully accepted the gifts.
Afterward, the three were led by the staff to the designated location for registration and accommodation arrangements.
Currently, all affairs on the Profound Pill Island are managed by Wang Zongwen, ranked eleventh among the ’Zong’ generation.
He is Wang Shouye’s eldest son. Thanks to his father, the first alchemist of the Wang family, he has never lacked Dan medicine since childhood, and in terms of resource allocation, he’s also among the forefront of the Wang family direct vessel. Blood Refining Pill, Bone Marrow Cleansing Pill, Bridal Clothes Blood Gu... all kinds of resources for talent enhancement have been used extensively, and his qualifications have now reached the Great Heavenly Pride Level, which is considered the fourth echelon within the Wang family.
Currently, at just one hundred sixty or seventy years old, his cultivation base has already reached the seventh layer of the Heavenly Human Realm. Such strength isn’t prominent within the Wang family but outside, he’s definitely a young elite.
However, he isn’t skilled in alchemy, primarily following the management route.
Under his management, Profound Pill Island has been operating smoothly, with spiritual medicine picking, processing, storage, and the planning and planting of new spiritual medicines, all requiring meticulous calculation and planning.
However, Queen Lan Xin from the Immortal Dynasty, while leading a group of girls to help with the work, showed great interest in the "Jade Stone Lotus" batch in the Herb Garden of the Profound Pill Island.
The Jade Stone Lotus, once its age exceeds ten thousand years, becomes the "Ten Thousand Year Jade Stone Lotus," which is one of the main materials for crafting [Reborn Immortal Pill].
In the Hundred Herb Garden of the Immortal Dynasty, there are naturally Jade Stone Lotuses, and several have even reached the necessary age, processed, and stored.
However, due to some historical reasons, the potency of the Hundred Herb Garden’s Jade Stone Lotus is weakened, making its medicinal properties much inferior to the "Ten Thousand Year Jade Stone Lotus" of Profound Pill Island.
The difference in medicinal properties affects the pill formation rate.
And the Reborn Immortal Pill belongs to the [Eighth-grade Immortal Pill] level, with a brewing cost per batch roughly one million Immortal Crystals. Forming four pills is barely breaking even, and forming five pills is considered profitable.
But in reality, there are only a few alchemists in the Immortal Dynasty capable of crafting Reborn Immortal Pills. Due to the scarcity of materials, practice opportunities are naturally rare, and pill formation rates are not high, just barely breaking even.
Nowadays, the Immortal Dynasty insists on crafting Reborn Immortal Pills purely for talent cultivation.
The Immortal Emperor has already stated that even at a loss, Reborn Immortal Pills must be crafted.
After all, if a Reborn Immortal Pill is well-utilized, it might nurture an Unparalleled Heavenly Child qualified to ascend to the Transcendent Void Realm. Of course, this refers to those reaching unparalleled qualifications after inheriting the Codex.
Even if unable to ascend to the Void Realm, nurturing several Great Heavenly Prides capable of reaching the mid-late stage of Divine Power Territory would be beneficial.
The number of high-level cultivators is essential to the Immortal Dynasty.
If the medicinal properties of the main material [Ten Thousand Year Jade Stone Lotus] are stronger, the pill formation rate when crafting a batch of medicine naturally improves, increasing the likelihood of forming five, six, or even seven pills, with better pill quality.
The benefits to the Immortal Dynasty from this are self-evident.
This is why Queen Lan Xin wishes to introduce cultivation from Profound Pill Island.
Profound Pill Island has quite a few Jade Stone Lotuses, three to five reaching a few thousand years old, and even more under a thousand years, with abundant plant quantity. With her ability, bringing up seeds is indeed not difficult.
Profound Pill Island, under the Alchemy Department name of the Wang family, is an asset, and Queen Lan Xin needs to obtain agreement from the Wang family’s Alchemy Department for introduction.
Thus, negotiations between both parties naturally commenced.
Because she’s not good at negotiations herself, Queen Lan Xin even specially wrote a letter back to the Immortal Dynasty, bringing in a negotiation team for detailed discussions.