Chapter 492 - 188: Foundation Condensation Pill Success, Foundation Establishment Elder, Kunpeng Daoist_3
"Success!
Failed three times before.
I’ve finally managed to successfully refine this Foundation Condensation Pill."
A trace of joy immediately appeared on Zhou Changwang’s face as he carefully examined the Foundation Condensation Pill inside the jade bottle.
"The pill is of lower grade.
Lower Grade Foundation Condensation Pill.
Although it has a slightly high impurity content, reaching sixty-five percent, it is still below seventy percent, making it a genuine lower-grade spirit pill, a Lower Grade Foundation Condensation Pill."
Zhou Changwang quickly sealed this spirit pill with a sealing talisman.
Even just one Lower Grade Foundation Condensation Pill is priced at over fifty thousand Lower-Grade Spirit Stones.
"I remember at an auction in the black market, a Foundation Condensation Pill appeared.
The auction price at that time seemed to be fifty-seven thousand Lower-Grade Spirit Stones.
If judged by quality, the quality of that Foundation Condensation Pill was not as good as mine.
The impurity content reached sixty-seven percent."
Zhou Changwang mumbled, finally taking a long breath of relief.
As long as there is one success, it means he will succeed every time after.
Although quality may be hard to guarantee,
at least with each refining session, he can successfully produce at least one spirit pill.
One Lower Grade Foundation Condensation Pill, valued at fifty thousand Lower-Grade Spirit Stones, with a cost of only twenty thousand Lower-Grade Spirit Stones,
equating to a net profit of thirty thousand Lower-Grade Spirit Stones for each refining.
How could he not be excited and happy?
However, he did not immediately start another refining session.
Instead, he reflected and contemplated on his previous shortcomings.
Especially the final fusion of medicinal power; upon careful consideration, he realized he could have used a gentler method that would not only increase the success rate but also avoid wasting a substantial amount of medicinal power,
resulting in the production of only one pill.
"Continue!"
Half an hour later, Zhou Changwang began alchemy again.
This time, Zhou Changwang appeared much more confident; his techniques were gentler, and his execution of pill formulas was as smooth as flowing water.
After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn,
as the medicinal power continued to merge, Zhou Changwang smoothly executed the Split Pill and Pill Collection Techniques.
In an instant, three Foundation Condensation Pills swirled out of the pill furnace.
"Two lower-grade spirit pills, one wasted pill.
Not bad.
A net gain of eighty thousand Lower-Grade Spirit Stones."
The third batch.
Four pills were successfully refined.
Unfortunately, only two resulted in lower-grade spirit pills, while the remaining two were wasted pills.
The fourth batch yielded four pills.
Three were lower-grade Foundation Condensation Pills.
The fifth batch produced five pills.
Yet again, only three ended as lower-grade spirit pills.
The sixth batch yielded five pills.
Small progress, with four lower-grade Foundation Condensation Pills.
The seventh batch yielded six pills.
Five were lower-grade Foundation Condensation Pills.
The eighth batch, being the last one,
yielded seven pills, including one mid-grade spirit pill and five lower-grade spirit pills, with only one being a wasted pill.
"Mid-grade Foundation Condensation Pill!
Unexpectedly, a mid-grade spirit pill was refined in this batch,"
Zhou Changwang solemnly collected it.
He intended to keep this spirit pill for his own use.
After all, spiritual materials are hard to find, and without sufficient materials, he wouldn’t be able to continue refining Foundation Condensation Pills.
"Considering this, out of eleven sets of Foundation Condensation Pill materials, I failed three times, succeeding on the fourth.
Ultimately, I refined eight batches, producing a total of twenty-six Foundation Condensation Pills.
Among them, one was a mid-grade Foundation Condensation Pill... If this batch of Foundation Condensation Pills were all sold, they would be worth a million Lower-Grade Spirit Stones.
However, Foundation Condensation Pills, although easy to sell, cannot be released all at once.
Steady and gradual.
If sold in large quantities, their price would drop."
Zhou Changwang naturally understood this principle.
He pondered in his mind the ways to liquidate.
Though spirit pills are good, if they cannot be sold quickly, they cannot be converted into spirit stones.
"Relying solely on the black market cannot exhaust this batch of spirit pills,"
Zhou Changwang contemplated silently, especially since he pre-ordered a large batch of Demon Pills from Chen Xiao’Er for cultivating Foundation Establishment Spiritual Objects.
He estimated them to be worth at least a million Lower-Grade Spirit Stones.
Nonetheless, there was still a large gap.
...
Several days later.
Fairy Lianyu routinely came to collect Qingyun Grass and Spirit Charm Flower from Zhou Changwang.
"Fellow Daoist Zhou, you seem quite at ease, only needing to spend time in the Spirit Land to cultivate enough spiritual materials. Unlike us, running around for acquisitions and managing business in the shop.
But the most laborious job falls to the Pavilion Master.
Recently, the Pavilion Master has been having a difficult time."
Hao Lianyu looked at Zhou Changwang, leisurely sitting by the courtyard gate, and couldn’t help but sigh.
"How is Sister Shen?"
Zhou Changwang was startled and couldn’t help but ask.
"Isn’t it all because of that Lai Family? Historically hostile to our Shuiyun Pavilion, they’ve been pressing hard on us recently.
The situation for our Shuiyun Pavilion hasn’t been easy.
Some, unwilling to bear it, have even left directly."
Hao Lianyu said with a face of indignation.
"The Lai Family?
Didn’t they suffer significant losses in Divine Wind Valley? I heard a Foundation Establishment Realm Cultivator perished in there.
How do they have the strength to disturb our Shuiyun Pavilion?"
Zhou Changwang couldn’t help but express his surprise.
The Lai Family, although one of the few Foundation Establishment Cultivation Clans in the Divine Wind Valley Marketplace, only had two Foundation Establishment Realm Cultivators.
One of them was Lai Yongsheng, who led the team into Divine Wind Valley.
The other was the Lai Family patriarch, Lai Changsheng, a mid-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator.
However, Lai Yongsheng was slain by Zhou Changwang’s own hands during the Divine Wind Valley hunt, and the other members of the Lai Family were also killed in that battle.