Refining Golden-Core Formation Pills, A Surge in Industry
Although he had never refined a Tier 4 pill on his own, after refining pills with Jiang Linglong for so many years, his Alchemy Art were actually no different from those of Tier 4 Alchemist, and he saw the root cause at a glance.
This Golden Lion Mastiff's cultivation level was only at the First-layer Golden Core stage, and its bloodline was far inferior to that of the Black Flood Dragon Demon King. It was already quite good that it could refine three Golden-Core Formation Pill.
No matter how you calculate it, exchanging a Demon King Core at the early Golden Core stage, plus a Heart of Heaven Grass Golden-Core Formation Pill, for three Golden Cores that increase the success rate by 20% gives you almost a 70% chance of gaining a Golden Core realm cultivator. It's definitely a worthwhile trade.
After all, it's quite rare to fail to break through to the Golden Core realm realm three times in a row, even with such precious items.
After resting for a while and recovering some of their Law Power, the two took out the inner core of the Savage Bull Demon King.
That Savage Bull Demon King was a cultivator in the Golden Core Middle Stage, and theoretically, he could refine five or six Golden-Core Formation Pill.
However, refining more than five Golden-Core Formation Pill requires two Heart of Heaven Grass, and with Jiang Linglong's current Alchemy Art, she is not confident that she can refine five.
In fact, even Tier 4 High-Grade Alchemist, when using the inner core of late Golden Core stage Demon Beast, can generally only refine five or six Golden-Core Formation Pill.
The main reason is insufficient Alchemy Art, not insufficient Power of Creation. Only Alchemist of the Tier 5 or above can refine seven or eight Golden-Core Formation Pill in one batch.
Jiang Linglong's Alchemy Art are now close to the Tier 4 High-Grade, but she has not yet reached the Tier 4 High-Grade and is not confident in refining a fifth Golden-Core Formation Pill.
So they settled for second best, feeling there was no need to wait for the Heart of Heaven Grass any longer; they would be satisfied with four pieces refined in one batch.
As expected, the two spent two months refining four Golden-Core Formation Pill.
It's done.
Chen Nianzhi and Jiang Linglong were both delighted that they had refined seven Golden-Core Formation Pill using only two Demon King Core.
As for the Earth Lion Demon King's inner core, since the Heart of Heaven Grass was no longer available, Jiang Linglong stored it away in a jade box.
She planned to wait until she had collected two Heart of Heaven Grass and her Alchemy Art had broken through to the Tier 4 High-Grade before dealing with this extremely precious Demon King Core.
Putting away the demon king's inner core, Jiang Linglong smiled and said, "As agreed beforehand, we will give one inner core each to the Ziyuan Sect and the Lin family of Qi Kingdom."
"Besides that, the Azuregreen Immortal Sect will also take two, leaving us with three."
Chen Nianzhi nodded. In the battle of Earth Lion Ridge, both the Purple Abyss Sect and the Lin Clan contributed to help them restrain the Demon Ape Mountain and the Azure Sparrow Demon King.
The only Golden Core True Person in the Azuregreen Immortal Sect, Taiwu True Person, risked his life to personally participate in the battle, all because of the two Golden-Core Formation Pill he had promised.
The Azuregreen Immortal Sect is simply too poor right now, and he is eager to cultivate another Golden Core realm cultivator for the sect, even at the cost of participating in battles at the Golden Core realm level.
After all, this kind of battle is no small matter; if something goes wrong during the battle, there is a risk of death.
Thinking of this, Chen Nianzhi smiled and said, "Now that the Golden-Core Formation Pill been successfully refined, they will probably all be rushing to collect it."
"Of the remaining three Golden-Core Formation Pill, apart from the Xu Clan who can purchase one at half price, I'm afraid no other immortal clan in the Heavenly Ruins Alliance has the capacity to buy them."
"Keep it. With the Heavenly Star Jade Bottle extending the storage period, it's natural to prioritize keeping it for our own people."
Jiang Linglong smiled and said, "Now that we've conquered three Tier 4 Spirit Mountain in succession, their combined wealth is probably among the top in the Golden Core Immortal Clan."
If you look closely, they occupy two Tier 4 Mid-Grade Spirit Vein: Deng Clan Island and Earth Lion Ridge.
There are also four Tier 4 Low-Grade: Azure Sun Mountain, Spirit Isle Lake, Six Star Island, and Heavenly Ruins Lake. So, they already occupy six Tier 4 Spirit Vein.
When Peaceful Sun City and Qingyuan Mountain are promoted in twenty years, there will be a total of eight Tier 4 Spirit Vein.
With a total of eight Tier 4 Spirit Vein, plus four Earth Vein, the resources are enough to support more than a dozen Golden Core realm cultivators. If the minimum salary is paid, it would even be enough to support twenty or thirty Golden Core realm cultivators.
This is vastly different from when Jiang Linglong first broke through to the Golden Core realm a hundred years ago, when she didn't even have a Tier 4 Spirit Mountain.
Back then, Jiang Linglong had to sell several Golden-Core Formation Pill because she lacked the resources to aid her cultivation and upgrade her Law Treasure. Now, she no longer needs to resort to selling Golden-Core Formation Pill.
A century has passed, and this is why there have been such great changes.
The main reasons for this are the benefits of war and the importance of Heaven-and-Earth Spirit Root.
Logically speaking, even though Chen Nianzhi and Jiang Linglong's strength was comparable to the late Golden Core stage, they only had three Golden Core realm cultivators, which was not enough to protect so many Spirit Mountain.
Fortunately, the Yan Kingdom is located in the heartland, and with True Lord stationed there, it is not afraid of demonic calamities. Furthermore, the local bully Yuan Xuyang and his wife have been subdued by Chen Nianzhi. This allows Xu Ganyang to temporarily stabilize the situation and protect the two Tier 4 Spirit Vein.
Azure Sun Mountain, Heavenly Ruins Lake, Earth Lion Ridge, and Spirit Isle Lake are connected by a Teleportation Array array, greatly reducing the pressure on defense.
The Firmament Sword Sect within the Chu Kingdom suffered heavy losses, and the Purple Abyss Sect is Jiang Linglong's close friend, so there won't be too much trouble for the time being.
This is the benefit of having many friends. Not only do the two have extensive connections, but they are also incredibly powerful. They are clearly Nascent Soul cultivators, and apart from their enemies, most people wouldn't dare to take advantage of them.
Once Qingyuan Mountain and Peaceful Sun City are upgraded to Tier 4 Spirit Vein, the safety issue is not actually that big, because the two Spirit Vein are no more than six thousand miles away from Spirit Isle Lake.
With Chen Nianzhi's cultivation level, he can now fly 200,000 li in a single day. A distance of 6,000 li is nothing more than under his nose, and he can reach it in the time it takes to drink a cup of tea if he flies at full speed.
Therefore, at least for a certain period of time, there are no security issues.
Of course, the resources brought by so many Tier 4 Spirit Mountain are enough to make even the most elite Golden Core Immortal Clan envious, and more Golden Core realm cultivators need to be trained as soon as possible to guard them.
Only with six or seven Golden Core realm cultivators can one be considered truly safe and secure.
Moreover, to utilize the resources of Spirit Mountain and truly put them into operation, at least a hundred Purple Mansion cultivators and over fifty thousand cultivators would be needed.
The Chen Clan currently has just over 10,000 cultivators, with only a little over ten at the Purple Mansion level. Even including Jiang Linglong's disciples and grand-disciples, there are still less than twenty. To reach 100 Purple Mansion cultivators and have 50,000 cultivators, it will take at least one or two hundred years to accumulate experience.
In fact, the Chen Clan is short of manpower everywhere. They need to cultivate Spirit Field, guard Marketplace, develop mines, refine pills and weapons, run shops, teach disciples, and have Treasure Ship all over the country. It can be said that they need manpower everywhere.
The Great Elder of the Lineage wished they could do the work of five people, and they had to outsource many tasks to the immortal clans they were on good terms with, such as the Wei Clan, Xu Clan, and Pan Clan.
Regardless, with so much profit in hand, the revenue from these industries has gradually increased Jiang Linglong and Chen Nianzhi's wealth. If they can accumulate enough at this rate for a hundred years, they might be able to afford the Nascent Soul Formation Pill.
Even the legendary Earth Mother Qi has a price; if the right opportunity arises, it might be possible to buy it.
As their wealth increased, the pockets of the Chen Immortal Clan cultivators and Jiang Linglong's disciples and grand-disciples also bulged. When they Golden-Core Formation Pill, it would be much better to sell it to their own people at an internal price of one million merit points than to sell it to outsiders.