What is the effect of Qingchen Dan? These days, on the streets and alleys of Tianshui Fangshicheng, you can hear people asking this question everywhere. Qingchen Dan and Guyao undoubtedly became the hottest topic.
"Qingchen Dan? It's good! Of course, it's good! I only took one pill and felt that the spiritual power in my body became much purer. When the spiritual power is pure, I feel that the spells I cast when fighting against sea beasts are also more powerful. If I take another pill during the Moon's ascent, the effect will definitely be even better. Unfortunately, I have to wait a few more days to take the second pill."
"Yeah, after taking the Qingchen Pill, I clearly felt impurities being eliminated. People with deeper pill poison should feel more touched."
"The ancient alchemist is truly incredible. Among the things that can remove pill poison that we know of, which one can we afford? Those treasures from heaven and earth are even rarer, and we have no chance to fight over them."
"Yes, the price of the Qingchen Pill is not too high. It's slightly higher than intermediate pills, but still not as expensive as high-level pills. The most valuable thing about the ancient alchemist is that he doesn't consider himself extraordinary. We ordinary cultivators can afford it as well."
As long as you take the Qingchen Pill a few times a year, and you don't need to take it often, it's completely within the range of ordinary cultivators. This is what makes many cultivators happy. Otherwise, even if Gu Yao sets a higher price, I believe there will still be a large number of cultivators who will rush to buy it.
"The Tianfu Academy is not that bad either. I have to go and ask if they would accept scatter cultivators like us who join midway, or maybe I'll let my younger siblings try during the next Ascension Conference. If they can get into the Tianfu Academy, they will have a good start."
"Yes, it would be even better if they have the talent to become alchemists. I heard that the ancient alchemist often gives guidance to the alchemists in the academy."
With Gu Yao's fame, the Tianfu Academy has also gained a lot of attention. This time, the attention is completely different from before.
Before, it was always associated with "garbage dumping grounds" and such, but this time, many people want to send their children to the Tianfu Academy.
The reputation of the Qingchen Pill quickly spread from the Tianshui Market to the outside world. All the forces on the continent with connections to the Tianshui Market received the news. Many high-ranking members of these forces hurriedly brought their disciples to the Tianshui Market. In the face of the increasingly scarce cultivation resources, the significance of the Qingchen Pill became even more important.
City Lord's Mansion.
Elder He instructed someone to call Ruan Xinhui over and to remove any traces she left outside. "Girl, don't do anything anymore, especially at a crucial time like this. Otherwise, it won't be handled as smoothly as last time," Elder He said seriously.
Ruan Xinhui was shocked and angry, "Are you the one who stopped my people from leaving, Elder He? Why? Just because I got some pill? Maybe it was made by Master Hu Gu, or maybe it was obtained from some secret place or ancient ruins. A little cultivator from such a small place, can they have such ability? And our City Lord's Mansion, do we really have to accommodate him?"
Elder He's face became dark. He wouldn't treat Ruan Xinhui the same way others did. Unpleasantly, he said, "This is the message that came from the City Lord's Mansion. If Miss Ruan is not satisfied, then I'm afraid I'll have to ask Miss Ruan to leave!"
Ruan Xinhui's face turned pale and red. Her father had a high position in the Duobao Pavilion, but he couldn't surpass the status of the Elder in the City Lord's Mansion, especially when the City Lord spoke. However, being defeated by a cultivator whom she looked down upon made her extremely angry. She couldn't swallow this anger, but compared to being sent back, she couldn't afford to lose face either. She had no choice but to say, "I'll listen to Elder He. Xinhui takes her leave."
Ruan Xinhui left angrily, Elder He still had people watching her, not daring to act rashly, otherwise it would anger the entire power alliance of the Tianlin continent against the Lord's Mansion. He never imagined that a small alchemist could research such a pill. Even within the Changxian Sect, he hadn't heard of such a genius. With just a small pill, it could likely change the situation of this continent.
Especially after discovering that the long token actually came from the hands of this little alchemist, used to exchange freedom from the family, Elder He believed that the Lord would be even more infuriated by this news. If this news were to spread back to the Changxian Sect, the disciple who entered the sect with the token would surely not have a good outcome.
Ruan Xinhui returned to her room, furious and smashed everything she saw in her sight.
And it didn't stop there. Just after smashing everything, she received a message from her father asking if there was a chance to get close to the alchemist who created the Qingchen Pill. If she could bring him into the Lord's Mansion, it would be a great achievement for their family lineage. At the very least, they must obtain the prescription for the pill. After reading the message, Ruan Xinhui directly spat out blood in anger.
The attendant was startled. "Miss, are you okay?"
"Get out!"
Gu Yao had no idea that his pill had made a young lady so angry that she vomited blood. Being able to make a cultivator vomit blood would bring him great joy if he knew. But now, he couldn't even leave the temporary residence. Lu Qiusheng and Tian Feirong had told him that as soon as he showed himself, he would be surrounded by a large number of cultivators. Just thinking about that scene made his scalp tingle, so he stayed obediently in the pill refining room, and the little cat beside him seemed to mock him with a mocking sound.
Tian Feiyang came running over with excitement. "Good news! Great news!"
"Brother, what is it?" Tian Feirong asked curiously.
Tian Feiyang happily said, "Because of the Qingchen Pill, many cultivators from different forces are rushing here. This time, we don't have to worry about the sea beast tide anymore. The Sect Master and the elders said that the credit for this goes to Gu Yao. If it wasn't for him creating the Qingchen Pill and spreading the news in the Tian water market, we wouldn't have so many forces coming here."
Regardless of their intentions, as long as the effect they brought was real, he didn't believe that they would come and just watch the sea beast invasion without doing anything. The damage to the Tianhai Sect would also be minimized.
"Really?" Gu Yao didn't expect such a chain reaction to occur. Was this considered unintentional?
Seeing Gu Yao's reaction, Tian Feiyang's smile grew even stronger. The elders even asked him if Gu Yao intentionally released the news about the Qingchen Pill at this time to attract cultivators to come and resist the beast tide. Tian Feiyang initially had a hunch that it wasn't the case, and now seeing Gu Yao's current state confirmed it. But it didn't hinder him and everyone in the Tianhai Sect from being grateful to Gu Yao.
"But there's also some bad news." Tian Feiyang thought of another thing that the elder had told him, and his smile diminished slightly.
"What is it? Is someone going to harm Guyao?" Tian Feirong exclaimed.
"No, little brother, where are you thinking?" Tian Feiyang quickly waved his hand. No one dares to harm Guyao now, it would anger everyone. "It's about the recent sea beast rampage. The sect has been investigating and trying to find leads from other sources, but all traces have been wiped clean. It's infuriating!"
The use of those drugs is now forbidden, so the sect tried to start from this aspect, especially after the appearance of the Qingchendan. Tianhaimen wanted to investigate this matter thoroughly, but they were not only obstructed, but also all related clues disappeared. All the cultivators who had come into contact with it also disappeared.
It is normal for cultivators to disappear during this time, as they could die at any moment in the tide of beasts, but this incident clearly involved someone silencing them.
However, Guyao smiled faintly and said, "It doesn't matter. Even if they find any evidence, it probably won't be of much use. Brother Tian, you don't need to bother."
Tian Feiyang could only accept this fact. In fact, he faintly guessed who was behind all this and understood the helplessness and anger that came with it.
"Xiaoyao," Chi Changye walked in, holding a delivery, "Jiang Yan had it sent over, it's from the Lord Mayor's Mansion. Needless to say, the purpose is for the Qingchendan."
Jiang Yan was too busy, so he sent someone over. When he saw it, he took it for himself. According to his temper, he probably wanted to turn it into ashes with his sword aura on the spot.
"The Lord Mayor's Mansion?" Guyao took the delivery and opened it, looking surprised. "They want me and Hu Guzhu to go together? Looks like I can't avoid it."
This time, it was not an invitation for him to stay temporarily at the Lord Mayor's Mansion, but rather a discussion of important matters. Guyao felt a headache coming on. If possible, he would rather stay in the alchemy room and not deal with this person. It would even be more enjoyable to go to the front lines and hunt sea beasts.
"I... Hu Guzhu has to go too?" The chubby boy almost blurted out "my grandpa" but stopped himself at the last moment.
"Yes, with everyone's attention, don't worry, nothing will happen. Hu Guzhu has been there before, and the Manor of Ten Directions has been to the Lord Mayor's Mansion several times." Guyao did not forget the Lord Mayor's previous attitude towards Hu Guzhu. He couldn't afford to be neglectful.
The chubby boy frowned and did not say anything more.
Jiang Yan finally had the chance to come over amidst the busy schedule to discuss what would happen when they went to the Lord Mayor's Mansion and how to deal with it.
"They just want the recipe for the Qingchendan. So be it, with them joining, the medicine will sell more, which is beneficial to all cultivators in the end." He thought about when he had published the formula for the developed drugs on the star network in his previous life and how the same went for the modified aptitude drug. "With our influence and the influence of the Cuiyan Valley, the Lord Mayor's Mansion won't be able to raise the price, and even if we don't provide it now, who knows when the alchemists at the Lord Mayor's Mansion will crack the recipe."
It was just a recipe. He didn't want to keep it a secret forever. There were countless recipes in the alchemy room, and he didn't need more. If it wasn't for fear of causing too much trouble and having the opposite effect, he would have liked to release more recipes, as that was the only way to promote the development and prosperity of alchemy. Always hoarding and not utilizing alchemy for progress was not beneficial.
"But what if the Lord Mayor's Mansion sends the recipe to Changxianmen? What if your achievements are replaced by someone else?" Jiang Yan asked. This was highly likely. Changxianmen would not openly say that the recipe was developed by a small cultivator from the wild.