Lu Yuan pretended not to see the senior brother who was gloating at his misfortune.
He went to the sinks outside the pill refinement rooms and quickly washed his face clean.
Suddenly, a familiar voice sounded from behind Lu Yuan.
"What's wrong, Junior Brother Lu? Did you fail in your pill refinement? "
Lu Yuan turned around and found that Bai Dafei had appeared behind him.
Looking at the smiling chubby face, Lu Yuan did not know why he had the urge to punch it.
Don't take him wrong. He didn't have any ill intentions toward Bai Dafei, he was just feeling a little mean.
"Senior Brother Bai, why are you free to come to the pill refinement rooms today? Don't you have to deal with the outer sect disciple assessments?"
"Junior Brother, you're thinking too much," Bai Dafei said with a smile, "No matter what, I'm still a disciple of the Pharmacist Valley. Being an examiner is only one of the missions I received. Now that my mission is completed, it's a given I don't have to continue staying there."
"I see."
Bai Dafei looked at the current Lu Yuan and seemed to have thought of something. He said very kindly, "Junior Brother Lu, you must be trying to refine a new pill, right? It's not that I'm bragging, but in the field of pill refinement, although I'm not as talented as you, I have more experience. Tell me what problems you've encountered. Maybe I can help you solve them."
Upon hearing this, Lu Yuan's eyes lit up.
"Senior brother, when you were refining the marrow-cleansing pill, how did you control the temperature when you were refining the medicinal ingredients?" He asked, "And how did they not reject each other and fuse? In the final condensing stage, how did you ensure that the medicinal properties after fusion are stable?"
Bai Dafei was stumped by Lu Yuan's series of questions.
"Junior Brother, were you refining marrow-cleansing pills just now?" He asked, dumbfounded.
"Yeah, what's wrong?"
"What do you mean what's wrong? Something huge is wrong! Wait... Don't tell me you used your precious opportunity to exchange for a Foundation Establishment Stage pill recipe on the marrow-cleansing pill!"
Seeing Bai Dafei's reaction, Lu Yuan was even more confused.
"I did exchange for the recipe of the marrow-cleansing pill. Is there a problem?"
Pa!
Bai Dafei smacked his forehead, speechless.
"How is it not a problem? Let me put it this way. Although the marrow-cleansing pill is not as precious as the foundation establishment pill, the most precious pill in the Foundation Establishment Stage, in terms of the difficulty of refining, the marrow-cleansing pill and the foundation establishment pill are actually about the same. Of course, if the effect of the marrow-cleansing pill was similar to that of the foundation establishment pill, then it would've been fine. The key is that this marrow-cleansing pill is publicly acknowledged as a useless pill by all disciples!"
"A useless pill?"
"Yes, it's a useless pill. Did you choose the recipe because you saw on its description that it had a small chance of increasing the user's spiritual root aptitude?"
Lu Yuan nodded. This was indeed one of the key reasons why he chose the marrow-cleansing pill.
"Junior Brother Lu, you've been tricked! You're not a direct disciple, so you might not know how small the probability of triggering the marrow-cleansing pill's spiritual root aptitude improvement effect is."
"I'll put it this way, even if you eat a hundred marrow-cleansing pills, you might not be able to trigger the effect of spiritual root aptitude improvement. If you remove the part about improving the spiritual root aptitude, then the marrow-cleansing pill is not much different from an ordinary cultivation pill. Rather, if one takes a few more cultivation pills, it'll be almost equivalent to eating a marrow-cleansing pill."
"Therefore, apart from the inner sect direct disciples who can receive a marrow-cleansing pill every month, not many pharmacists in the Pharmacist Valley refine this pill. The reason is that the price-performance ratio of refining marrow-cleansing pills is too low. The difficulty of refining is high, and the medicinal ingredients are precious, yet the effect is not obvious. It's obvious that whoever refines it is stupid!"
Uh...
After hearing this, Lu Yuan was at a loss for words.
It turned out that it was so difficult to trigger the effect of improving one's spiritual root aptitude...
Why did he feel that it was quite simple back then?
On top of that, what he took back then was not a marrow-cleansing pill, but a perfect cultivation pill.
Thinking about it carefully, he was only able to trigger the special effect of the perfect cultivation pill so easily thanks to his luck talent, Destined Lucky Star.
If he didn't have the luck talent, Destined Lucky Star, it wouldn't have been so easy for him to improve his spiritual root aptitude so easily.
However, Lu Yuan would naturally not tell anyone about his luck talent.
At this moment, Bai Dafei did not seem to want to continue making Lu Yuan depressed.
He sighed and said, "Junior Brother Lu. I won't say anything more. Just think of it as buying a lesson. In the future, if you encounter this kind of thing again, remember to come and ask me more questions. I promise to help you take fewer detours."
With that, Bai Dafei shook his head and left.
Lu Yuan looked at Bai Dafei's back, deep in thought.
To be honest, if it were anyone else, the price-performance ratio of the marrow-cleansing pill would not be very high.
But if it was him, it didn't seem to be the case at all.
Did the direct disciples not want the marrow-cleansing pill?
From these words, Lu Yuan sensed an opportunity.
If the inner sect disciples didn't like the marrow-cleansing pill, then he might have a chance to exchange it from them.
One had to know that in regards to the effect of increasing one's cultivation speed, ten elementary cultivation pills were almost comparable to one marrow-cleansing pill.
If he offered more than 10 elementary cultivation pills, there should be many direct disciples who would be willing to trade with him.
After all, compared to the marrow-cleansing pill's illusionary effect of spiritual root aptitude improvement, most people placed more importance on the aspect of increasing their cultivation speed.
The cultivation pill could perfectly do this, and the difference wouldn't be too big.
If there was a chance, the direct disciples would probably be more willing to use the marrow-cleansing pill to exchange for more cultivation pills.
The more he thought about it, the more Lu Yuan felt that this plan was feasible.
Furthermore, there was a huge benefit to trading for marrow-cleansing pills with the direct disciples.
It was the perfect excuse for the improvement of his spiritual root aptitude.
Lu Yuan had been worried about a problem, and that was how he would answer when demoness Meng Ruyan returned and discovered that his spiritual roots had improved.
With this, wasn't this problem solved?
Of course, the main reason why Lu Yuan wanted to exchange for the marrow-cleansing pill was that he had a way to use the pill to increase his spiritual root aptitude.
The marrow-cleansing pill, which was useless to others but a waste to throw away, was a supreme-grade pill for him!
At the thought of this, Lu Yuan turned around and returned to the pill refinement room.
There was no rush to exchange for the marrow-cleansing pill. He could take it slowly.
Right now, the most important thing for him was still to refine the cultivation pill, increase his skill proficiency, and learn how to refine the marrow-cleansing pill.
[You have seriously performed pill refinement. Metaphysical Pill Refinement Technique proficiency +5]
[You have seriously performed fire control once. Fire Wielding Technique proficiency +3]
[You have cast the green flame once. Green Flame Technique proficiency +10]
...
Half a year later, Qingyun Sect, Legacy Valley.
In the dead of the night, the moon was bright and the stars were few, two sneaky figures arrived at the foot of Legacy Valley.
Not many would come here, not to mention at this hour.
The two who appeared here at this time were surprisingly similarly dressed.
They were both dressed in black, with their faces and noses covered, obviously afraid of being recognized.
The two of them stood in the forest, sizing each other up.
After a while, one of the men in black said, "Enough nonsense. Where are the goods I want?"
The other man in black opened his storage bag and took out a pill bottle which he threw over.
After getting the medicine bottle, the man in black opened it and sniffed.
"Not bad, these are all top-quality cultivation pills. It seems that you're not lying."
As he spoke, he put away the cultivation pills and took out a bottle of marrow-cleansing pills from his storage bag, and threw it to the other party.
Lu Yuan caught the bottle and opened it carefully to confirm.
That's right, one of the two men in black was Lu Yuan and the other was a direct disciple of the Qingyun Sect.
What they were doing right now was a medicinal pill trade!
After Lu Yuan saw the three marrow-cleansing pills in the bottle, he said with satisfaction, "The amount is correct. The deal is done. We'll part ways here."
With that, Lu Yuan and that unknown senior brother left Legacy Valley.
The whole process was like a celestial world version of the underground trade. It was extremely mysterious.
When Lu Yuan returned to his pill refinement room, he could not help but open his storage bag.
Not long after, three bottles of marrow-cleansing pills appeared on the table.
Among the three bottles, the smallest had two pills, and the largest had five.
Including the bottle that he had just obtained from trade, he now had a total of ten marrow-cleansing pills.
Lu Yuan looked at the marrow-cleansing pill in front of him and his eyes narrowed.
Calculating the time, demoness Meng Ruyan, who had said that she would return in two years at most, should be back soon.
With these marrow-cleansing pills, even if she discovered that his spiritual roots had improved, he would have a perfect explanation.
Don't ask him why he was so cautious.
When facing someone like demoness Meng Ruyan, he could never be too careful.
Lu Yuan didn't want to become the first transmigrator to be sucked dry by a demoness one day and be nailed to the pillar of shame.
Therefore, he had to be extremely careful to avoid being detected by the demoness that he might be out of her control.
After all, it was not time for him to face off against the demoness yet.
At the thought of this, Lu Yuan kept all the marrow-cleansing pills on the table.
This was because he did not have the conditions to take the marrow-cleansing pills yet.
[Marrow-cleansing Pill (normal)]
[Effects: ...]
[Remarks: When the user's luck value reaches 1000 points, consuming it will definitely improve the user's spiritual root aptitude.]