Emerging from Seclusion
Mid- October.
Su Bai's Second Tier of secluded alchemy cultivation, guided by True Man He, lasted for more than a month before ending.
Over the course of about a year, Su Bai's alchemy skills underwent a dramatic transformation under the tutelage of True Man He.
Previously, he could only be considered a mediocre person who forcibly integrated into the Alchemy Street by relying on his Yellow Tier Talent.
Now, Su Bai is a Foundation Establishment Realm Alchemy Grandmaster who is capable of refining the Second Tier Upper Grade- grade Spirit Pills, the Spirit Soothing Pill, and has abundant basic alchemy experience and excellent alchemy skills.
Now, even a brand new Second-tier Pill Recipe would be placed in front of Su Bai.
Su Bai was confident that, with his experience and after spending some time studying the Pill Formula, he would be able to successfully refine it on his first attempt.
This is the change in Su Bai over the past year.
Su Bai was inferior to Lan Yan, another genius on the Alchemy Street, only in the number of Second-tier Pill Recipe he had come across and the number of times he had practiced alchemy.
Thus, True Man He's first training session with Su Bai officially came to an end.
True Man He said he would refine a certain pill next, and then expelled Su Bai from the Pill Pavilion Secret Realm.
With a Teleportation Ripple, Su Bai appeared in the main hall of the Star Luo Pill Pavilion.
"I originally planned to wait another ten days or so until [Immortal Talent Reflection] recovered before going to Survey Copy my Master's Talent."
"It seems that this matter can only be put on hold for now."
"I wonder what kind of pill Master is refining? He seems quite cautious."
"Spirit Pills that even Master would treat with caution must be at least Third-tier High-grade Spirit Pill, and possibly even Fourth Tier Spirit Pills."
Su Bai snapped out of his thoughts, stepped off the Teleportation Array, and did not leave the Star Luo Pill Pavilion.
Su Bai strode towards the window on one side of the Pill Pavilion.
"Alchemist Lu Jiu!" A council member of the Pill Pavilion was sitting at the window. Upon seeing Su Bai, he immediately greeted him warmly.
Now, in the entire Star Luo Pill Pavilion, there is no Alchemist who is unaware of Su Bai's existence.
Su Bai nodded slightly, took out the miniature Token furnace, a Pill Pavilion Pill Furnace, and handed it over.
"I'd like to adjust the main products sold in the shop, specifically Spirit Pills. Could you please adjust the supply of spirit medicine for me starting today?" Su Bai said.
After leaving the pass, Su Bai was no longer satisfied with refining Golden Marrow Pill to make money, but instead planned to change his main Spirit Pills to Primordial Chaos Pill.
The combined monthly income from refining Golden Marrow Pill is only between 18,000 and 20,000.
If we switch our main Spirit Pills to Primordial Chaos Pill, the cost of the Spirit Medicine Ingredients is 4,500 Spirit Stone per serving, and the average market price of each bottle of Primordial Chaos Pill is 600 Spirit Stone.
Refining one batch each day, after deducting costs, the monthly income is roughly 40,000 Spirit Stone, more than double the previous amount.
After joining Star Luo Pill Pavilion, Su Bai switched to receiving all his spirit medicine from the Pill Pavilion, as they were more affordable and had a more stable supply.
Simply register the change of information at this window.
"Alright, Alchemist Lu Jiu, which type of main Spirit Pills would you like to switch to?" the manager at the window asked.
"The Primordial Chaos Pill," Su Bai announced the name of the Spirit Pills.
"The Primordial Chaos Pill! It's a top-quality Second-tier Low-grade Cultivation Spirit Pill. No wonder Alchemist Lu Jiu has mastered the Primordial Chaos Pill!" The manager first praised it.
Then, in a serious tone, he said, "Because the Primordial Chaos Pill is very difficult to refine, there are only four Pill Shop selling it on Alchemy Street."
"With you included, there will now be five Pill Shop for sale."
"According to the internal investigation of the Star Luo Pill Pavilion, Primordial Chaos Pill are currently in short supply. Therefore, choosing Primordial Chaos Pill as your main Spirit Pills is an excellent choice, Alchemist Lu Jiu."
This wasn't some extra information given by the council members because of Su Bai's special status.
Instead, when each member of the Star Luo Pill Pavilion changes their main Spirit Pills business, the window will provide corresponding information for reference.
To prevent conflicts of interest from arising among members of the Star Luo Pill Pavilion on the Alchemy Street.
"Thank you for the reminder, Director," Su Bai said.
"It's nothing, it's nothing."
"Looking at the records here, Alchemist Lu Jiu, you stopped refining pills for quite some time. When will you resume the supply of spirit medicine?" the director asked again.
Su Bai pondered for a moment and then said, "Let's start tomorrow."
"No problem, it's been updated." After updating Su Bai's information, the director returned the Pill Pavilion Token to Su Bai.
Su Bai cupped his hands in farewell and took his leave.
Stepping out of the Star Luo Pill Pavilion.
Su Bai walked into a secluded alley and took out the jade Identity Jade Talisman Azure Fish Hall assassin.
Since Azure Fish Hall had no information carrier within the Pill Pavilion Secret Realm, Su Bai was unable to receive any messages from the Azure Fish Hall's Identity Jade Talisman during his year in the Secret Realm.
Upon opening it this time, I was surprised to find four messages.
The task was posted and then failed; the task was posted and then failed again... This process was repeated a total of twice.
The last message was sent three months ago.
Su Bai's Assassin rank remains at the "Great Fish" level.
However, because there has been no progress in three consecutive missions, it is currently considered to be in a "hanging" state. Unless Su Bai goes to Azure Fish Island and Azure Fish Talisman himself, Azure Fish Hall will stop assigning Assassin missions to Su Bai.
This is not surprising.
Assassin often need to go into seclusion to break through their limits or cultivate certain Spell Divine Ability, thus missing out on mission information.
If the mission fails, the result won't be a "cheater" rating, but rather a direct demotion in Assassin rank.
Su Bai pondered for a moment, then decided that refining the Primordial Chaos Pill would bring in a monthly income of 40,000 Spirit Stone.
For the time being, there is no need to accept Assassin missions anymore, so there are no plans to go to Azure Fish Island to activate the Azure Fish Talisman.
After carefully putting away the Azure Fish Talisman, Su Bai continued straight ahead.
They soon returned to the Number Nine Pill Shop.
"Boss!"
"Teacher!"
As soon as they stepped into the shop, Zhang Ying siblings came out to greet them with joy.
Since Su Bai stopped refining Golden Marrow Pill, Zhang Ying cut costs and laid off several shop assistants. Zhang Haoran could also help out occasionally, and since there wasn't much to do in the shop, the two of them were enough to keep things busy.
During Su Bai's absence, the Number Nine Pill Shop, under Zhang Ying's management, continued to operate quite well.
"Yes, let's close for a while and chat in the tea room upstairs," Su Bai said with a faint smile.
Before long, the three of them were seated in the tea room.
Zhang Ying took out the account book. Although they hadn't focused on Golden Marrow Pill like Su Bai had, they had still made a considerable profit selling other shops' Spirit Pills over the past year.
After paying around 10,000 in shop rent, Su Bai was quite surprised to still have around 20,000 Spirit Stone in income.
After reviewing the ledger and accepting the Spirit Stone, Su Bai generously sent Zhang Ying a red envelope containing 300 Spirit Stone.
The total number of Spirit Stone in Su Bai's Storage Bag has reached 365,000.
"I have gained a great deal from this retreat."
"Next, the main Spirit Pills sold at Number Nine Pill Shop will be changed to Second-tier Low-grade Cultivation Spirit Pill — the Primordial Chaos Pill."
"The tentative price is 600 Spirit Stone per bottle."
Su Bai's mastery of the Primordial Chaos Pill is not yet perfect.
However, since Primordial Chaos Pill are scarce, Su Bai still intends to sell them at the normal price.