Chapter 48: Success without blowing up the furnace
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After listening to City Lord Li Dong's words, Shen Xisheng felt his scalp was a little numb.
No wonder no one can use it. It’s very difficult to create a pill. If you fail, it’s easy to blow up the furnace and kill the person. Who dares to try it after hearing this?
No matter how good the conditions are, you still have to live to endure it. I don’t know what happened to the Taoist friend who blew up the furnace.
"Don't worry about my situation. Fellow Daoist Li, just go ahead and tell me what you want. As long as I have it, I won't be stingy.
If not, I can use my connections to find some channels for Fellow Daoist Li."
City Lord Li Dong naturally knew the risks of refining the Root Restore Pill, so he did not ask Shen Xisheng to try refining the Root Restore Pill.
He didn't give any benefits to others, and still let others take care of things for him. As the lord of a city, he couldn't be so unreasonable.
However, when Shen Xisheng looked at the [Introduction to Alchemy] on his screen, he had some other ideas.
After all, this is an alchemy talent that can be exchanged for three thousand causal points. Even though it is written as an introduction, it is for the entire alchemy system.
In addition, the description said that at least the furnace would not explode, and Shen Xisheng felt that his heart was about to move.
Seeking death is scary, but a guaranteed death is not so scary. He can even dance on the edge of danger.
For others, this is a matter of high risk and high reward, but for Shen Xisheng, the risk is not that high, and the rewards are still there.
After making up his mind to give it a try, Shen Xisheng said to City Lord Li Dong:
"Since this Complex Root Pill is what the Lord of the City needs now, I am also preparing to regain the way of pills, so I might as well give it a try."
City Lord Li Dong's eyes straightened out when he heard this, his eyes filled with eager desire for the elixir.
He quickly offered his conditions, fearing that Shen Xisheng would regret it:
"If Fellow Daoist Li is willing, I will naturally provide you with the required pill furnace and the medicinal materials for the Root-Repairing Pill unconditionally. Needless to say, I need to say more.
It doesn't matter if the refining fails. Everything is based on the safety of Fellow Daoist Li. If Fellow Daoist Li wants to give up, he just needs to say hello. I will never force you.
If the refining is successful, as long as it is within my ability, as long as fellow Taoist Li, including me, wants it, feel free to take it!"
Tsk tsk tsk, this is the desire of cultivators for realm strength. In order to repair the damaged foundation and ensure that future cultivation will not be hindered, Lord Li Dong made a desperate move.
Shen Xisheng couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart, but he could also understand the other party's mood. After all, in the world of immortal cultivation, the weak and the strong prey on the weak, and a decline in strength is a taboo.
So, after quickly sorting out his thoughts, Shen Xisheng responded:
"The Lord of the City should also know that alchemy is not something that can be accomplished overnight. I have not been able to make alchemy for a long time, so I must have become unfamiliar with it.
Can the city lord let me refine other elixirs first to familiarize myself with them? It would be better if I can provide elixirs with properties similar to those of the Complex Root Pill.
Once I am confident enough, I can officially refine the root-repairing elixir for the Lord of the City, and it will probably be easier to make it into a elixir."
Master Li Dongcheng saw that Shen Xisheng was already interested in taking on such an important task, so he naturally responded to requests and agreed without saying a word:
"It's easy to talk, everything is arranged by fellow Taoist Li, then I will find someone to arrange the elixir furnace and medicinal materials.
Fellow Daoist Li, do you plan to refine it at your residence, or do you want me to arrange a quiet place for you?"
Shen Xisheng thought for a while and replied:
"It's better to trouble the city lord to arrange a place for me."
The inn where I stayed was definitely not suitable for alchemy, and there were two little girls there.
Although Shen Xisheng is somewhat confident that he will not blow up the furnace, he still wants to be on the safe side and not let children come into contact with it easily.
"Okay, then it's settled. Fellow Daoist Li, I'll find someone to tell you after I've settled the place."
"No problem."
The matter was settled quickly, and after the two chatted for a while, Shen Xisheng resigned.
As soon as he walked out of the city lord's mansion, he saw many people staying nearby, seemingly waiting for his gossip.
Sure enough, when they saw Shen Xisheng coming out, the monks all gathered around and asked curiously:
"How do you feel, Fellow Daoist Li, when you went to the City Lord's Mansion to interview the City Lord this time? Did you get any benefits?"
Hearing this, Shen Xisheng just shook his head slightly and said calmly:
"The benefits need to be realized later. I have to refine the root-repairing elixir for the city lord. I will be very busy in the next few days."
This news undoubtedly detonated the entire crowd, and all the monks started talking:
"What, it's actually a complex root pill that can repair damaged foundations?"
"The Lord of the City has given this important task to Senior Li. It seems that Senior Li's alchemy attainments far exceed our imagination."
"Congratulations to Fellow Daoist Li!"
Hearing these words, Shen Xisheng didn't say anything on the surface, but he started to complain in his heart.
It’s just that you don’t know the consequences of failure to refine the Root-Repairing Pill, otherwise you wouldn’t say congratulations, but condolences.
However, he did take this opportunity to achieve his goal. The medicinal materials for the alchemy furnace and some of the elixir recipes are now available for him to request at will.
Is there anything more profitable than taking it for free?
And after refining other elixirs to get familiar with it, it is estimated that it will not be difficult to win this complex root elixir.
If the alchemy furnace is not refined and exploded, it is your own victory!
In this way, Shen Xisheng returned to the inn room after chatting with everyone for a while. As soon as he entered, Yin Xianli and Chen Xiaoxiao came over.
When they saw that Shen Xisheng didn't come up with anything new, they just said out of curiosity:
"Teacher, did you get anything good from the city lord's mansion today? Isn't that city lord a stingy person?"
Shen Xisheng showed a gentle smile, he hugged the girls together, and showed off to them:
"The Lord of the City is extremely rich, but the teacher has asked for a lot of good things, and they are too much to fit in this room."
"So many!?"
Chen Xiaoxiao looked at the entire inn room seriously, imagining how many things would fill the entire room.
Yin Xianli poked Chen Xiaoxiao's shoulder helplessly and said:
"It must be the teacher's exaggeration. Xiaoxiao, don't take it too seriously."
When Shen Xisheng heard this, he laughed evilly and denied:
"Hehe, the teacher is not exaggerating this time. As long as the teacher wants to, this room will definitely not be able to accommodate it."
Yin Xianli's eyes widened immediately after hearing this, and he said with a look of disbelief:
"Teacher, are you going to rob the treasury of the city lord? This is not good."
Shen Xisheng's face suddenly became full of black lines. He leaned his face in front of the other party, bared his teeth and said angrily:
"Xiao Xianli, how can you say that about the teacher? Is the teacher like this in your heart?"
Yin Xianli stuck out his pink tongue and made a face, retorting:
"Teacher, Xian Li has heard about how you led everyone to beat the sap. Teacher obviously taught us to be upright and aboveboard!"
Chapter completed!