Crimson Blood Pill Pavilion Opens

Since the Yellow Heaven Cult's disturbance in Jin'an Prefecture half a year ago, another event that shook the entire Great Gan occurred in Jin'an Prefecture.

Divine Fist Sect's Supreme Elder Fang Yaoyang, along with Demon Extermination Society Leader Ying Tianqing and the court's rebel Long Hanwen, attacked Jin'an City, which had already been occupied by the Yellow Heaven Cult.

It is worth mentioning that Long Hanwen, who reappeared in Jin'an Prefecture, had already broken through from the early stage of the Condensing Gang Realm to the middle stage of the Condensing Gang Realm.

And within Jin'an Prefecture, there were actually four Condensing Gang Realm experts from the Yellow Heaven Cult: the Left and Right Protectors, the Vermilion Bird Envoy, and the Azure Dragon Envoy. Among them, the Left and Right Protectors were at the middle stage of the Condensing Gang Realm, while the Vermilion Bird Envoy and the Azure Dragon Envoy were at the early stage of the Condensing Gang Realm.

Despite having the advantage in numbers, Fang Yaoyang and Ying Tianqing were both apex martial artists at the late stage of the Condensing Gang Realm, so the result was predictable.

The Yellow Heaven Cult's four were forcefully defeated by Fang Yaoyang and the others. The Vermilion Bird Envoy was even forced to self-detonate by Fang Yaoyang, while the other three were also seriously injured and fled. The Yellow Heaven Cult's rule in Jin'an Prefecture collapsed overnight.

This incident, because it gathered seven Condensing Gang Realm experts, and because the Yellow Heaven Cult's Vermilion Bird Envoy, a Condensing Gang Realm expert, perished in it, immediately alarmed the entire Great Gan like a prairie fire.

Bi Changsheng naturally heard this news. Although he was surprised by the Divine Fist Sect's grand move, he didn't take it too seriously and proceeded with his cultivation plan in an orderly manner.

Arriving at the empty room specifically set aside for alchemy, Bi Changsheng prepared to attempt his first pill refinement.

On the way to Ningyun City, Bi Changsheng had basically mastered the Alchemy Legacy left by Cen Xiuqi. All that was lacking was practical experience. So, after making all the preparations, Bi Changsheng officially began.

With a wave of his hand, a tripod-shaped Alchemy Furnace as tall as a person appeared on top of the pile of firewood that had been prepared in advance. This Alchemy Furnace was also left by Cen Xiuqi. It was crafted by Cen Xiuqi using several special metals, and its quality was top-notch among martial artists' Alchemy Furnaces. It could save the alchemist's energy and increase the chances of success in pill formation in various stages such as fire control, extraction, and pill condensation.

Although martial artists' alchemy techniques were derived from Cultivator alchemy techniques, there were many differences between the two. One was that Cultivators used Spirit Fire for alchemy, while martial artists used Mortal Fire. Therefore, martial artists could not refine Cultivator pills, but Cultivators could refine martial artist pills.

Another difference was that martial artist pills, unlike Cultivator pills, did not have such clear rank divisions.

After taking out the Alchemy Furnace, Bi Changsheng began to start the fire. After igniting the flames, Bi Changsheng began to use True Qi to control the fire, urging the flames to heat up. Otherwise, relying on pure Mortal Fire would not be able to meet the requirements for pill refinement.

This step also raised the threshold for martial artists' alchemy to the Qi and Blood Realm level. Only by reaching the Qi and Blood Realm could one begin to release energy externally and achieve the requirement of controlling fire.

When the temperature of the flames continued to rise and reached the demand for pill refinement, Bi Changsheng used True Qi to open the lid of the Alchemy Furnace. With another thought, the prepared medicinal herbs were taken out from the Storage Ring and flew into the Alchemy Furnace, and then the lid was closed again.

This time, Bi Changsheng prepared to refine a pill that was considered relatively low in difficulty among martial artist pills: the Bone Forging Pill. Just hearing the name, one would know that it was a pill to assist Bone Forging Realm martial artists in their cultivation, which could effectively increase the cultivation speed of Bone Forging Realm martial artists.

In his Storage Ring, there were many Bone Forging Pills plundered from the three major forces in Lin'an City.

Next was the most difficult step in the entire pill refinement process: extraction. This was because the optimal temperature required for extracting each medicinal herb was different. If it was too low, it would affect the extracted medicinal properties, resulting in low-quality pills. If the temperature was too high, it could directly burn the medicinal herbs, leading to failure.

Therefore, Bi Changsheng became more careful. Fortunately, there were no major incidents. Under Bi Changsheng's meticulous control, the medicinal herbs completed the extraction step one by one.

Finally, it was pill formation. Although the difficulty of this stage was reduced, it did not allow for any distraction. This stage required Bi Changsheng to mix the extracted medicinal properties together in a certain order and proportion, and then condense them into a pill.

Although there were some accidents during the whole process, Bi Changsheng still successfully completed all the steps of pill refinement.

When Bi Changsheng opened the Alchemy Furnace again, a pill that was still emitting a bit of pill fragrance was being held up by True Qi and suspended in it. With a wave of Bi Changsheng's hand, the pill flew into Bi Changsheng's hand.

"It's done!"

Looking at the pill in his hand, Bi Changsheng secretly rejoiced in his heart.

Although the Bone Forging Pill in Bi Changsheng's hand did not look of good quality, it was indeed a real pill.

Bi Changsheng was able to succeed in his first pill refinement, which even surprised himself. Although Bi Changsheng had always been confident in his talent and comprehension, he still underestimated himself. He originally thought that he would fail several times before he could succeed, but he did not expect that he could succeed in one fell swoop.

It should be known that in the legacy left by Cen Xiuqi, it was mentioned that even a genius like him had to go through more than half a year of experimentation before he successfully refined a pill for the first time. And even if Bi Changsheng calculated from the time he obtained Cen Xiuqi's Alchemy Legacy, it would only be a little over a month at most.

Now that he had become an alchemist, Bi Changsheng did not plan to open his shop now. One was that his alchemy skills were not yet proficient, and the other was that Bi Changsheng's positioning for the pill shop he was going to open next was a mid-to-high-end shop.

Because low-end often meant small profits but quick turnover. With only Bi Changsheng as an alchemist, pill refinement would inevitably take up a lot of his time, which would be a bit putting the cart before the horse.

Therefore, after some consideration, Bi Changsheng set the main customer group on Qi and Blood Realm martial artists. On the one hand, there were not many True Qi Realm martial artists in Ningyun City, let alone Condensing Gang Realm, currently there were none.

On the other hand, Bi Changsheng discovered an improved pill formula for the Qi and Blood Realm in Cen Xiuqi's Alchemy Legacy, the "Crimson Blood Pill". Compared to the "Qi and Blood Pill", a common cultivation pill for the Qi and Blood Realm on the market, the Crimson Blood Pill was nearly three times more effective, but the cost of the medicinal herbs for refining it was about the same.

The only drawback was that the Crimson Blood Pill was a bit difficult to refine, and ordinary alchemists could hardly refine it, but this was not difficult for Bi Changsheng.

After discovering the Crimson Blood Pill, Bi Changsheng made the decision to target Qi and Blood Realm martial artists as the main customer group.

In an instant, two months passed. At this time, it had been half a year since Bi Changsheng came to this world.

During these two months, Bi Changsheng had been cultivating step by step. After these two months of life-risking cultivation, Bi Changsheng's cultivation had reached the middle stage of the True Qi Realm, and he was about to break through to the late stage of the True Qi Realm.

The Killing Sword Art had also continuously broken through from Minor Accomplishment to Great Accomplishment. This was because he had focused his main energy on alchemy during this period. Otherwise, his Killing Sword Art might have already broken through to the Perfect Realm.

And the alchemy harvest that Bi Changsheng had devoted his main energy to during this period was naturally not bad. Now, except for special pills like the Condensing Gang Pill that Bi Changsheng could not refine, Bi Changsheng had completely mastered the other pills.

In particular, the Crimson Blood Pill, which Bi Changsheng planned to promote in the shop, he had put in a lot of effort, and he was now able to achieve an almost 100% success rate.

The only thing that made Bi Changsheng feel distressed was that after the Foundation Nurturing Pills were used up during this period, he went to Dan Cao Hall to buy ten more, and also purchased a batch of medicinal herbs for alchemy, which cost him a total of 200,000 taels. Now he only had 660,000 taels of silver left.

But fortunately, Bi Changsheng could now refine Foundation Nurturing Pills himself, which would save him a lot of silver in the future.

With all the preparations ready, Bi Changsheng did not delay. After tidying up and arranging the front shop, his pill shop officially opened.

Bi Changsheng also gave the shop a very simple and crude name, called Crimson Blood Pill Pavilion.