Take the elixir
But the situation is urgent. Those who can refine this pill are either unsure or are in seclusion. Otherwise, the Xiao family would not come here to ask for the pill.
"Okay!" the manager replied, fearing the other party would go back on his word. "Just do as the owner says!"
"Come and get the pill at this time tomorrow." Zhong Ling waved her hand, indicating that he could leave.
The middle-aged manager bowed and left the alchemy shop. He didn't come to his senses until he got on the animal cart.
He...he just handed over the Xiao family's last hope to this young woman of unknown origin and strange behavior?
He felt a little scared, but when he thought of the woman's calm eyes and confidence, he felt a little bit of anticipation.
Perhaps, this time, the Xiao family really made the right bet!
The animal cart drove away and the shop returned to peace.
Zhong Ling picked up the jade box, weighed it, and a satisfied smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.
"Good luck with the grand opening."
She stood up, hung up the "Temporarily Closed" sign, and walked into the back hall.
The next morning, before a pill shop opened, the Xiao family's manager had already arrived. He stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the closed shop door with an anxious look on his face.
“Squeak—”
The wooden door was opened from the inside, revealing Zhong Ling, wearing a simple, solid-colored long dress, with her hair loosely tied up with a wooden hairpin, looking lazy.
"Shopkeeper!" Manager Xiao was startled and hurriedly walked into the store to ask, "Pills...pills..."
Before he could finish his question, Zhong Ling casually threw out a white jade bottle.
"Yes, it's yours."
Manager Xiao took the jade bottle with both hands, carefully pulled out the cork, and probed his spiritual sense into it.
Two in total!
And it is a top-grade Nine-Turns Resurrection Pill with nine elixir patterns on its surface!
Not only did one set of materials turn into pills, but four pills were also refined, and the quality was top-notch!
"This...this...Master, you are so kind!" Manager Xiao knelt on the ground, his words incoherent with excitement. "The Patriarch is saved! The Xiao family...the Xiao family will never forget the Master's kindness!"
Zhong Ling dodged his bow and waved her hand, "It's just a deal, no need to be like this."
After she finished speaking, she turned around and went back to the store without paying any attention to Manager Xiao who was lying on the ground with tears in his eyes. She hung a wooden sign that read "Closed Today" on the door and closed the store again.
Outside the door, Manager Xiao waited until Zhong Ling left before putting away the jade bottle and leaving.
In a quiet room in the inner courtyard of the Xiao family, almost all the members of the Xiao family were present, and everyone had a gloomy look on their faces.
"Bang!"
The door was suddenly opened, and Manager Xiao rushed in with a jade bottle, a happy look on his face.
"Master! Medicine! The medicine is here!" He shouted, holding the white jade bottle in his hand.
Everyone in the room looked over.
"Quick, bring it here!" The second elder of the Xiao family took the jade bottle, pulled out the cork, and poured out the pills.
Two pills fell into his palm, and nine dan patterns were clearly visible on the surface of the pills.
"The...the best grade Nine-Turn Resurrection Pill! And two of them!" The second elder exclaimed with his eyes wide open.
With one piece of material, not only did he not fail, but he also produced more than one, and the quality was top-notch!
I have never seen such incredible alchemy skills before!
On the sickbed, Xiao Yuanshan, the weak head of the Xiao family, moved with difficulty, with desire in his eyes.
"Hurry! Give it to the head of the family!" The eldest elder of the Xiao family was the first to react.
A pill was put into Xiao Yuanshan's mouth, and then Xiao Yuanshan's pale face began to turn rosy.
The dry skin gradually regained its elasticity and luster, and the dry hair began to turn black.
The originally weak heartbeat became steady and strong.
“Ahem…”
Xiao Yuanshan opened his eyes and sat up suddenly. He felt the tremendous vitality in his body and his cultivation in the late Mahayana stage, and his face was filled with ecstasy.
Not only did he not die, but he turned a disaster into a blessing and his foundation of Taoism became even more solid.
"Which expert came to help?" Xiao Yuanshan asked.
Manager Xiao immediately reported the entire incident in detail.
After hearing this, Xiao Yuanshan's heart was filled with shock.
In his opinion, a master alchemist who can refine a top-grade eighth-grade elixir with 100% confidence is worth more than an entire sect!
"Pass on my orders!" Xiao Yuanshan ordered, "First, take out the three best treasures in the treasury. I want to personally come and thank the master!"
"Secondly, block all news. From today onwards, anyone who dares to leak information about the alchemy shop will be killed without mercy, no matter who it is!"
However, there is no impenetrable wall in the world.
The head of the Xiao family is critically ill, and even Dan Pavilion dares not take action rashly. This has long been no secret.
But within a few days, Xiao Yuanshan recovered, and there were even rumors that his cultivation had improved a lot.
Such an abnormal thing immediately attracted the attention of those who were interested.
In a teahouse in the south of the city, several monks were talking in low voices.
"Have you heard? The Xiao family's patriarch is not dead."
"This is bizarre! I heard from my friends at Dan Pavilion that he had one foot in the grave at that time. Who saved him?"
"You probably don't know this," a well-informed cultivator said mysteriously in a low voice, "I have a distant cousin who's a guard for the Xiao family. He said that a few days ago, their steward went crazy and brought back a jade bottle from a newly opened shop on Danqi Avenue. Then the head of the family got better. That shop... I think it's called... Youyi Danpu."
"There's a pill shop? I know, that little shabby shop with a tattered wooden board hanging on it?"
"Shh! Keep your voice down! That place is extremely sinister. How could it be an ordinary place that could save the Xiao family's Patriarch?"
At the same time, in the Central Region Dan Pavilion.
"Elder Gu Xuan, this is what happened." A Dan Pavilion manager stood respectfully in front of the old man in the moon-white alchemist robe.
"Our people have repeatedly confirmed that Xiao Yuanshan was indeed cured by the elixir, and the source of the elixir, according to reliable sources, points to a elixir shop on Danqi Avenue - there is a elixir shop."
Elder Gu Xuan is an eighth-grade master of alchemy. He twirled his beard lightly and frowned.
"One ingredient, 100% sure, half of it can be made into a pill..." He muttered to himself, "Arrogant! Absolutely too arrogant! But if Xiao Yuanshan recovered because of that shop owner, then this person's alchemy attainments are probably..."
He didn't dare think about it anymore.
"Send someone to invite him. No, I'll go visit the shop owner myself. I want to see with my own eyes who he is and whether he really has such great abilities."
The next day, when Zhong Ling slept until noon and opened the wooden door, she found that the entrance of her shop was blocked by people.
There were a long line of various spirit beasts and mounts parked there, each one more grand than the last.
There were many cultivators with powerful auras standing at the door of the shop. At this moment, they were all holding jade boxes in their hands and staring at the door of the medicine shop eagerly.
After seeing Zhong Ling come out, the crowd became excited:
"Master, I am an elder of the Tianxing Sect. I would like to ask for the seventh-grade Yunshen Pill!"
"Master! I, the junior leader of the Xuanhuo Sect, have brought with me the thousand-year-old fire marrow of our sect and beg you to help me refine the Lihuo Xuandan!"
"Senior! This is all our Li family's wealth. We only ask for a sixth-grade meridian-reinforcing elixir that can help my son rebuild his meridians!"
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