Seeing Lin An's smiling face, Qin Shao fell silent.
However, he knew in his heart that Lin An was deliberately testing them.
If they think Lin An's pill refining is easy and therefore deliberately lower the reward, then when Lin An refines the remaining two types of pills, he will certainly not put in his best effort.
"Brother Lin, I must admit that even though I am Immortal powerhouse, I still felt a surge of greed just now."
Qin Shao looked at the sky full of pills with a wry smile, "Brother Lin, what you've shown is truly too astonishing."
But then Qin Shao's expression turned serious. "However, Brother Lin, rest assured, we will definitely not let you suffer any losses. Being able to refine so many pills so quickly and with such strong effects is your skill, and we will certainly pay you the full amount due."
"How about this, Brother Lin, for every batch of materials you refine, you take two batches? This is the normal price given to Immortal alchemists in ancient times and the chaotic era."
Qin Shao said, "Of course, Brother Lin, the pills you've refined are so potent. If you're not satisfied with the price, we can discuss it further."
In ancient times and during chaotic periods, if someone wanted to refine a certain elixir, they needed to bring three sets of materials to the alchemist.
Sometimes, even with three sets of ingredients, some special pills may fail to be refined.
Normally, it's considered good if a batch of pills yields two or three finished pills.
"This price is fine."
Lin An said that after all, he still needed to survive in the Domain, and Qin Shao had promised him that he would give him an Immortal Pearl.
"Brother Lin, rest assured, when the Sin Banquet begins, you will be allowed to use all the Immortal Pearl you obtain until you break through to the Immortal Realm."
Qin Shao then revealed a hint of regret, "It's a pity Brother Lin isn't a Battle Formation Master, otherwise I could have sent him to the Battle Formation Origin Sea."
Lin An's eyes lit up. This was a good idea. If he could enter the Battle Formation Origin Sea, his Battle Formation Master could also reach the Immortal Rank.
"If I have the opportunity in the future, I might study battle formation masters. At that time, I may need Brother Qin's help," Lin An said with a smile.
"Haha, no problem, Brother Lin, just ask if you need anything." Qin Shao laughed loudly, though he secretly thought Lin An was joking.
After all, the other party is already Immortal Array Master and Immortal Alchemist. If he were to become Immortal Battle Array Master as well, it would be too monstrous.
Lin An was thinking that Qin Shao was a battle formation master, and the other domain lords also had Immortal Rank secondary professions, so he could try to take advantage of them later.
"Battle Formation Master, Heavenly Diviner, Weapon Refiner, Spirit Musician, and Brewer—these are the five Immortal secondary professions."
Lin An thought to himself, "If I can obtain them all, my Immortal secondary professions will increase from the current two to seven. Only six secondary professions will remain that I need to find other ways to upgrade to the Immortal Rank."
Qin Shao left quickly and informed the other four domain lords about Lin An's reward; none of them had any objections.
Especially after hearing Qin Shao say that the pills Lin An refined were more than ten times more effective than ordinary Immortal pills, and even had additional beneficial effects, they felt that the reward was too low.
"I have already promised Brother Lin that he will have priority to use the Immortal Pearl he obtains, to help him break through to the Immortal Realm."
Qin Shao smiled and said, "Furthermore, if Brother Lin wants to study battle formation mastery in the future, I can help him enter the Sea of Origin."
Upon hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement.
"It's fine for Brother Lin to use the Immortal Pearl first. Anyway, with Brother Lin here, we won't lack pills in the future, so the Immortal Pearl isn't that essential."
"I can also help Brother Lin enter the Artifact Dao Origin Sea."
Me too.
"..."
Everyone chimed in, their faces beaming with smiles. They were eager to consume the pills Lin An had refined and then proceed to brutally beat up the Immortal Realm Sin Beast.
Time continued to pass, and soon another twenty days had gone by.
Lin An refined another 4,500 Nine-Transformation Life-Restoring Pill and 4,500 Yin-Yang Origin-Burning Pill.
After refining a full nine thousand pills, two-thirds of the medicinal materials were still left.
All these medicinal herbs now belong to him.
"These medicinal herbs could indeed be used to refine the Black-Yellow Immortal Pill."
The Black-Yellow Immortal Pill is a cultivation pill used by those in the Immortal Realm; consuming it can enhance one's cultivation level.
Lin An counted the medicinal herbs; they were enough to refine about a hundred batches, equivalent to more than nine hundred pills.
The main problem is that there isn't a large quantity of a spiritual herb called Black-Yellow Root; otherwise, we could refine even more.
It takes three days to complete one batch of the Black-Yellow Immortal Pill, but with a time flow rate a hundred times faster, one hundred batches would actually only take three days.
Lin An spent three days refining the hundred batches of Black-Yellow Immortal Pill.
"There's still almost a month left before the Sin Banquet begins; we can't afford to waste this month."
Lin An planned to start refining the array formation, at least to refine the array flags first.
Lin An to Qin Shao, firstly asking him to come and collect the refined pills, and secondly asking him to prepare the materials for refining the formation.
When Qin Shao, an Immortal Realm expert, saw a full nine thousand pills appear before him, he found it difficult to control the expression on his face.
"So many pills! On average, each person can get more than two hundred of each type of pill, so that's about seven hundred of the three types."
What Immortal Realm expert would carry seven hundred Immortal Rank pills in a battle? They could wear down their enemy just by taking those pills.
In all these years, they have never fought such a costly war!
"Brother Qin, there's only one month left, so I'd like to refine some array flags in advance. That way, once we enter the Sin Banquet Secret Realm, we can set up the array as quickly as possible. Therefore, I need you to provide me with some materials," Lin An said.
Qin Shao nodded and opened a space without saying a word. The space was divided into five areas, each of which was densely packed with all kinds of rare and precious materials.
"Brother Lin, the materials for refining the array have been prepared long ago. I thought two months would be enough for you to refine some pills, but since there's still plenty of time, I'll leave these materials to you."
Qin Shao said, "The reward remains the same as before."
Lin An smiled and accepted the space. "Brother Qin, what kind of formation do you need to refine? If you don't have any ideas, I did obtain some ancient formations before, and they can be combined to produce a stronger effect."
Qin Shao's eyes lit up; ancient formations were all extremely powerful.
"Let's use Brother Lin's ancient formation. We also prepared an offensive formation, but it certainly can't compare to the ancient formation," Qin Shao said immediately.
Lin An nodded. He also wanted to try to refine these nine ancient formations and then fuse them into the Nine Tribulations Myriad Phenomena Formation to see just how powerful it would be.