Hearing Ye Fan's words, Li Qian was very excited, secretly praising himself for recognizing a good talent.
"Master Ye, I wonder if you would ever consider becoming a true benefactor to our Duobao Pavilion in the future."
A true benefactor to the Duobao Pavilion would either be very powerful or have a remarkable skill.
Alchemists and Artifact Refiners could both become benefactors of the Duobao Pavilion.
And naturally, the benefits for a true benefactor would not be the same as those previously given to Ye Fan.
High-priced recovery of elixirs, 30% discount on herbs, and even the ability to delegate some tasks to the Duobao Pavilion.
Most importantly, alchemists are under the protection of the Duobao Pavilion.
Every alchemist is extremely precious.
Being able to obtain the selling rights of an alchemist's elixirs is very important to the Duobao Pavilion.
But winning over an alchemist is not so easy.
Without providing something in return, how can one get an alchemist willing to cooperate with the Duobao Pavilion?
Ye Fan didn't hesitate for long and quickly made up his mind.
Three days later, Li Qian returned to Changhe Town with the herbs and an identity token.
"Master Ye, this token symbolizes your status. In the Duobao Pavilion branch in Wanlu County, you can enjoy many benefits."
Li Qian's tone was very excited. Discovering an alchemist like Ye Fan brought him many benefits as well.
Suddenly, Ye Fan remembered his own issue and asked: "Shopkeeper Li, I want to ask, I can now refine the Hundred Ginseng Elixir, but I can't improve the quality. Why is that?"
Li Qian paused for a moment, then said: "This requires experience. There are many alchemy techniques that can improve the quality of elixirs. Of course, the quality of the pill furnace is also very important. The better the pill furnace, the greater the improvement."
"Pill furnaces have levels?"
"You don't know about the levels of pill furnaces? Wait, this Hundred Ginseng Elixir, you didn't refine it with the pill furnace I gave you, did you?"
Li Qian was completely taken aback.
Li Qian couldn't help but be shocked. That pill furnace was not intended for refining elixirs but for apprentice practice.
Li Qian's gaze towards Ye Fan changed again.
Shock, surprise!
A 40-year-old self-taught alchemist refining real elixirs using a beginners' furnace, if this isn't genius, then what is?
Fortunately, Li Qian didn't know that Ye Fan was able to refine elixirs by his techniques when he was just at the Body Forging Realm, otherwise, he would have been utterly terrified!
Knowing that Ye Fan's foundation in alchemy is weak, Li Qian again took out a book and handed it to Ye Fan.
Compared to the last coarse explanation of alchemy, this book was quite voluminous.
Four big words, "Introduction to Alchemy".
After flipping through it once, Ye Fan finally understood why he couldn't improve the quality of his elixirs.
The main reason was the pill furnace.
Only now did Ye Fan realize that pill furnaces and weapons had a system of levels.
Weapons are categorized into Common, Renowned, and Treasured.
For example, Ye Xiao's Zhan Nan Knife is a top-tier Common weapon.
A top-tier Common weapon can withstand a force of a thousand catties without breaking, and thus it is suitable for Martial Artists in the Body Forging Realm.
Once you reach the Postnatal Realm, Common weapons cannot supplement True Qi, thus requiring special materials to forged Renowned weapons.
As for Treasured weapons, they are used by Martial Artists in the Innate Realm.
These materials are precious, and most people simply can't afford them.
As for pill furnaces, they are the same as weapons.
The reason Ye Fan felt that the true Qi was not smooth was because the material of the pill furnace was not good enough.
Only when refining using materials like Cold Iron that can guide True Qi fluently, commands will be as natural as moving one's arm, and the medicinal properties can be better integrated.
Finally, Ye Fan had the answer to the question that had been troubling him for so long, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
Although he did not know where to obtain a renowned pill furnace, at least he had a direction, didn't he?
But through this, Ye Fan also found another problem.
In the town, even though he can be high-profile and domineering, his ceiling is too low, and the information he can come into contact with is too limited.
If it wasn't for the Duobao Pavilion this time, Ye Fan wouldn't know when he would be able to solve the problem of alchemy quality.
Ye Fan had ideas in mind about venturing into a more expansive world.
Of course, the most urgent task was still for the Ye Family to maintain their current state for a while longer.
They still needed time to make use of the plentiful resources they had gathered.
With the exploitation of Red Iron Mine, Ye Fan had enough resources to refine Body Tempering Elixirs.
He decided to go all-out, supplying the elixirs for his family's cultivation.
"Daddy, I want to learn martial arts."
Ye Jinqiu hopped and skipped her way to Ye Fan, expressing her will.
Ye Jinqiu was now three years old, and it was not impossible for her to want to start training in martial arts.
All she needed was some special elixirs, like the Body Protecting Elixir, to avoid the harm premature training could cause.
"What do you want to learn?" Ye Fan was very patient with his younger daughter.
"I want to learn boxing, the kind where one punch can send a person flying."
Upon hearing this, Ye Fan's expression suddenly froze.
Was his daughter destined to become a violence enthusiast?
The image of Nezha from Journey to the West suddenly popped up in Ye Fan's mind, causing him to shudder. He didn't dare to think further.
"Dear, I think you could choose something else. Why don't you learn the Mysterious Yuan Jue with daddy? In the future, you'll be able to travel at will, soaring through the sky and diving under the ground. It'll be very cool."
Ye Fan tried to persuade her gently, not wanting his daughter to go astray.
"No, I don't want to. Second Brother said you have a manual on practicing the Nine Forges Golden Body. If I train in it, I can punch people flying."
Ye Jinhai, anger surged up within Ye Fan unwillingly.
"Ye Jinhai, come here!"
Shortly after, wails of torment resonated from the courtyard.
In the end, Ye Fan failed to persuade Ye Jinqiu.
Ye Jinqiu's determination to practice body forging remained steadfast.
Facing Ye Jinqiu's hopeful, glittering golden eyes, Ye Fan had no choice but to agree.
'My daughter, if you turn into a muscle girl in the future, you can't blame me.'
To facilitate his daughter's training, Ye Fan began to research the prescription for the Body Protecting Elixir.
The Body Protecting Elixir, as the name suggests, is used for protecting the body.
Children's bodies are too fragile. Without proper protection, there would be severe repercussions later on.
Body Forging Elixir, Hundred Ginseng Elixir, Body Protecting Elixir.
Unconsciously, the number of elixirs Ye Fan could refine was increasing. He was walking further down the path of an Alchemist.
...
Time passed unknowingly and two years later, Ye Fan was now 42 years old.
Ye Jintian, Ye Jinhai had reached the twelfth layer of the Body Forging Realm.
Ye Xiaoxiao, Su Yan had reached the eleventh layer of the Body Forging Realm.
Ye Jinfeng, Ye Jinlong and Jia Lu had reached the tenth layer of the Body Forging Realm.
Ye Jinqiu had reached the sixth layer of the Body Forging Realm.
Ye Shenxing, had not started cultivating yet.
In two years, the Ye Family's strength had soared dramatically.
Ye Fan's cultivation level had also successfully purified his second meridian.
However, three months ago, after Ye Jintian and Ye Jinhai's cultivation reached the Peak of Body Forging, the entire family hit a bottleneck.
A breakthrough in the smaller realm could be made rapidly with the help of elixirs.
However, for a breakthrough in the larger realm, talent became the greatest restriction.
The family's increased talent was completely insufficient to support people like Ye Jintian to break through to the Postnatal Realm.
The bottleneck of the Postnatal Realm was like a chasm, stopping all Ye Family members dead in their tracks.
It seemed that they had exhausted the potential of Changhe Town; it was time to explore new territories.
After informing his family, Ye Fan set off for Wanlu County.