Chapter 625: Fire Pill

The elixir Zhang Zhixuan wanted to refine was called Huozhidan, which was already of the fifth-grade middle grade, and was an elixir that enhanced mana.

After reaching the Golden Core Stage, the improvement of mana often relied on the perception and hard work on the path. Elixirs that could enhance mana were already very rare. Among the nine fifth-grade elixir recipes obtained from the Tianyuan Sect, only two elixirs could enhance mana.

"I want to take this red blood ganoderma away. What conditions do I need?"

The shopkeeper of Baicaotang saw that Zhang Zhixuan had found a suitable spiritual medicine, and his face was a little complacent. He said: "We sell high-level spiritual medicines in Baicaotang, mostly through small-scale trade fairs, usually by barter. If the senior is willing to offer the recipe, you can not only take this red blood ganoderma away, but also take two fifth-level spiritual medicines from Baicaotang. In addition, you can also exchange it with fifth-level spiritual medicines of similar value. You need to compensate us for the price difference of 3,000 spiritual stones when exchanging spiritual medicines.

In addition, high-level magic tools, spiritual talismans, or skills and classics above the golden elixir level can be used to exchange spiritual medicines. We have good discounts here."

After hearing this person say this, Zhang Zhixuan knew in his heart that it would be difficult to buy spiritual medicines from Baicaotang simply by using spiritual stones. Unless you use high-quality spiritual stones, it can be called barter.

Although Zhang Zhixuan has accumulated seven or eight high-quality spiritual stones in his hand, he needs to use them at a critical moment.

The underground cave's teleportation array requires high-grade spirit stones to activate, and the three fifth-level puppet beasts also need to be equipped with high-grade spirit stones before they can be used.

These high-grade spirit stones in his hand are the accumulation of the three people's cultivation for many years, and Zhang Zhixuan does not want to use them at this time. He said with a stiff face: "The high-level spiritual medicines are not mature yet, will you accept the low-level spiritual medicines?"

The old shopkeeper smiled and said: "If it is a first or second-level spiritual medicine, our Baicaotang has a sufficient supply, so obviously we will not accept it. Spiritual medicines above the third and fourth levels are also very useful to us, but there will be a certain discount when exchanging low-level spiritual medicines for high-level spiritual medicines. If you want to exchange this red blood ganoderma, you need to take out thirteen fourth-level medium-grade spiritual medicines."

Zhang Zhixuan said with a smile: "The market price of red cloud ganoderma is about 30,000 spiritual stones, which is roughly equivalent to ten fourth-level medium-grade spiritual medicines. If I want to exchange this red cloud ganoderma, the loss I will bear is about 10,000 spiritual stones."

"Senior is right!"

Although he had to suffer a little loss, Zhang Zhixuan nodded very happily.

There are many fourth-level spiritual medicines that have matured in the underground caves of Lingjing Mountain in recent years. Some of these mature fourth-level spiritual medicines were refined into spiritual pills by him, and most of the rest were kept in his hands.

Zhang Zhixuan took out thirteen fourth-level spiritual medicines from the storage bag, exchanged them for the red blood ganoderma, and then casually said: "What's your name? We will deal with each other in the future. Do you have any spiritual medicine seeds for sale in Baicaotang?"

The old shopkeeper of Baicaotang said respectfully: "I'm Gu Zizhou, the junior. Planting spiritual medicine is the most powerful advantage of our Shenmu Sect. No matter what spiritual medicine seeds, we only take in and never give out."

Although Zhang Zhixuan wanted to bring some rare spiritual medicine seeds back to Yu State and let Qingxuan Sect plant them. Unfortunately, Shenmu Sect has been able to survive for tens of thousands of years, so it is naturally not a fool. People see their core advantages very clearly.

Although he was rejected by Gu Zizhou, Zhang Zhixuan was not angry. He politely left Baicaotang and collected all the auxiliary spiritual medicines by the way, preparing to return to Yu State to improve his alchemy skills.

The way here was very smooth, and there were no twists and turns on the way back.

In less than three months, the two returned to the underground cave in Lingjing Mountain.

The underground cave in Lingjing Mountain was built by Liu Xuanyan with great effort. Although she was not good at alchemy, she also opened a high-level fire eye, and all kinds of training facilities were available.

Zhang Zhixuan did not need to go out at all, he could refine high-level elixirs in the cave.

A few decades ago, Zhang Zhixuan bought the Fire Stork Furnace from Qi State. This alchemy furnace was made by the master of the Qinlong Sect, and its grade was already the fifth-level middle grade.

Even if Zhang Zhixuan advanced to the sixth-level alchemist in the future, this alchemy furnace could barely be used.

In the entire Yu State, the Fire Stork Furnace was already the best alchemy furnace.

If the Qinlong Sect and the Wanfa Sect had not had a conflict, Zhang Zhixuan might not have been able to get a bargain. He only spent a low price of twelve to fifteen thousand spirit stones to get this excellent alchemy furnace.

The Fire Stork Furnace melted a trace of the blood of the Vermillion Bird, which could release a trace of the Southern Ming Fire, and was especially good at refining fire-based elixirs.

The nature of the red blood ganoderma belongs to fire, so the fire ganoderma pill that was decided to be refined this time is naturally a fire-type elixir.

Because of various favorable conditions, Zhang Zhixuan decided to open the furnace and improve his alchemy skills.

After Zhang Zhixuan broke through to the fifth-level alchemist, he was limited by the spiritual medicine and only refined two furnaces of fifth-level spiritual pills.

However, his alchemy skills did not stagnate. As his cultivation level improved, he continued to improve slowly.

Since Zhang Zhixuan began to learn alchemy, except for the guidance of Uncle Jiu in the first few years, he had to explore and dig everything out by himself in the remaining years, and the hard work he put in was far more than the alchemists trained by the sect.

After he joined the sect, his alchemy skills were already higher than Luo Ziyan, and no one in Qingxuan Sect could help him with alchemy.

The reason why Zhang Zhixuan's alchemy skills improved so quickly was mainly because he laid a good foundation when he was a teenager.

In order to train him to be an alchemist, the Zhang family at that time did not care about the cost, and with the support of the old patriarch, invested a lot of resources for him to practice.

Zhang Zhixuan found many deficiencies in the practice of refining a large number of low-level elixirs.

Moreover, with the memory of his previous life, Zhang Zhixuan himself was also good at summarizing experience.

He stumbled along the way and found his own way.

Now, Zhang Zhixuan has become the most brilliant alchemist in the history of Qingxuan Sect. A few years ago, Patriarch Jin even sent a letter, hoping that he would record his experience and insights of alchemy into jade slips and pass them on to the low-level alchemists trained by the sect for their understanding.

Zhang Zhixuan placed seven medium-grade spirit stones on the fire stork furnace, opened the fire cave at the same time, cast a set of fire control spells, and began to warm the furnace.

This time, with the auxiliary spiritual medicine, he invested more than 70,000 spirit stones.

If the alchemy fails, although he has no shortage of spirit stones, it is difficult to find the fifth-level spiritual medicine, and the next time he refines the fifth-level spiritual medicine, it may take a long time.

Zhang Zhixuan carefully controlled the temperature and put the spiritual medicines into the furnace in the order recorded in the recipe.

His alchemy skills are already very good, and his magic power and spiritual consciousness are extremely strong. He can easily split his attention to do two things, controlling the temperature of the flame while experiencing the changes in the properties of the spiritual herbs.

Refining high-level elixirs often takes a long time, and half a year passed quickly.

Zhang Zhixuan stared at the Fire Stork Furnace with some fatigue, and finally waited for the critical moment of condensing the elixir.

His face became serious, and under the perception of his spiritual sense, the medicinal properties of the Red Blood Ganoderma had been fully stimulated, melting into a red elixir liquid, and wisps of strange fragrance floated out of the Fire Stork Furnace.