Hearing this name, Chen Hao had some memories. After thinking hard for a while, he suddenly remembered that a good friend told him that there was an alchemist in Taihang Market who made pills for Qigong monks at a low price.
So he was shocked and said, "Could it be that you are the famous Qingxiu Alchemist?"
Hearing this, Lu Xuanping's smile froze instantly, but he recovered in a moment. Although he didn't know how he came to this conclusion, he couldn't admit it. After all, he was not doing a one-time deal. If someone recognized it in the future, it would be a serious blow to his reputation.
Lu Xuanping regained his smile and said to Chen Hao, "Fellow Daoist, you have misunderstood. I am not a pure alchemist. It's just that the alchemy I practice has a lot in common with his."
"Also, something happened to Master Qingxiu before and he has passed away, so he handed this shop over to me and hoped that I could inherit his ideas and give some discounts to independent cultivators."
“Of course, if you don’t believe me, I can use the reputation of the Lu family as a guarantee. After all, the Lu family of Chongming Island is also quite famous.
When Chen Hao heard that the Chongming Lu family hesitated for a moment, he asked directly, "Senior, shouldn't the Chongming Lu family have a store in Neifang City? Why is it in Waifang City?"
After hearing him ask this question, Lu Xuanping knew that something was wrong. It seemed that he had personally come forward to reduce his own mystery. However, mystery was nothing when it came to business, so he explained, "There are three pill shops in Neifang City, all of which belong to Jindan families, and my Lu family is only a foundation-building family, although my Lu family has nine foundation-building cultivators."
Hearing this, the casual cultivator was thinking something and said, "I see."
Lu Xuanping smiled secretly. This had been Lu Xuanping's idea for many days. He first said that the Lu family had nine foundation-building cultivators, and then pointed out other Jindan families. This made those people think that the Lu family was being suppressed, so they came to Waifang City to develop business.
On the other hand, he was vague about his relationship with Master Qingxiu, only saying that his alchemy skills had some origins, without mentioning that he was Master Qingxiu's apprentice.
The reason why he didn't say this was naturally because if he said that he was Master Qingxiu's disciple, then these people would definitely think that his alchemy skills would be weaker than Master Qingxiu's, and he was just doing it out of kindness for the sake of business.
Besides, he didn't say anything panicking, and just let the monk guess everything.
"I see. Then I'll leave my elixir to you, senior." Chen Hao then took out twenty spiritual herbs from his storage bag and handed them to Lu Xuanping. They were exactly the herbs for refining the Huang Ling Dan.
As soon as he finished speaking, a panel popped up on the system.
Mission: Refining Huangling Pills Content: Use the medicinal materials provided by the casual cultivator Chen Hao to refine two Huangling Pills (0/2)
Reward: Magical medicine, Yellow Magic Pill
Lu Xuanping looked at the information on the panel and was momentarily surprised. He was not surprised at the occurrence of the mission, but at the reward for this mission.
Although he knew that the mission would be triggered when the commission was rewarded and both parties were willing, he did not expect that even the alchemy would be triggered. You know, his previous missions were all about killing. It seems that his understanding of the mission is not enough.
What surprised him even more was that the rewards for this mission were elixir and [Yellow Spiritual Pill]. No matter how much the system's reward was, there was at least one Yellow Spiritual Pill and a elixir.
However, the task information showed that the medicinal materials he used were successfully refined, which means that if the refining failed, then Lu Xuanping himself would most likely not get the reward for the task.
However, Lu Xuanping suddenly thought of another thing. If he commissioned the alchemy, he could get another reward from the system. In this way, he could lower the price even more. However, all the information was just speculation, and he would have to wait until the order was successful before he could get the information.
Thinking of this, Lu Xuanping's smile became brighter, and then he said to Lu Rou: "Quick, quick, serve tea to this cultivator. I will go to make the elixir now. Brother Chen, please wait here for a while."
After hearing this, Chen Hao also sat down calmly. After all, the fact that this alchemist was in the foundation-building stage would not change. If a foundation-building cultivator was willing to lie to him, he would just accept it.
However, this alchemist did not seem to use the earth fire to make pills. He had some questions at first, but he did not ask them because he was a senior. But on second thought, it made sense. If the other party only used the earth fire to make pills, the rental fee for the earth fire room alone would cost five spirit stones. In this case, the other party would actually lose money for making pills once.
Few people would do that. So the only way was to use the real fire to refine the elixir, which might earn him some mana money. Thinking of this, he felt relieved.
After Lu Xuanping entered the alchemy room, he opened the forbidden method he had set up again, and then began to process the medicinal materials. Twenty first-grade spiritual herbs could make a total of six portions of Huangling Pills, and then he continued to stimulate the true fire to prepare the Huangling Pills.
[Huang Ling Dan] is a relatively difficult first-grade elixir to refine. But he estimated the difficulty of refining [Melting Snow Dan] and felt that it was still possible. As for the single recipe of Huang Ling Dan, he also had it when Master Qing Xiu passed it to him, so he started to refine the elixir.
It was almost evening, and Lu Xuanping finally successfully refined three [Huang Ling Dan], [Alchemy Apprentice Lv1 (1065/2000)]
However, the efficacy of two of them was intact, but one had some loss of effect. It was naturally not okay to give such pills to customers. Apart from those that were intercepted by Dafeng Pharmacy, there were many other people who delivered pills with the efficacy lost.
For the sake of long-term business, Lu Xuanping would naturally not damage his reputation, but these pills could be given to other members of the Lu family instead of to customers.
After Lu Xuanping walked out of the alchemy room, he placed the two [Huang Ling Dan] into two jade boxes respectively. The jade boxes were just ordinary objects and not valuable, but the pills looked much more valuable after being packaged like this.
When he arrived at the front shop, he placed the two jade boxes on the table and opened them one by one for Chen Hao to come forward and take a look.
Although Chen Hao is not an alchemist and cannot tell whether the medicine is good or bad, he can find out if the effect is not satisfactory after taking the medicine.
However, not everyone has the courage to approach a foundation-building cultivator.
At this time, Lu Xuanping began to introduce the pills in the jade box to Chen Hao, "These two pills are the [Huang Ling Dan]. Have we completed your request?"
Chen Hao put away the pill and said, "It is naturally completed."
As soon as the voice fell Mission: Refining the elixir
Completion status: Completed
Rewards: Distribution completed
Seeing that the system's task rewards were being distributed, Lu Xuanping was eager to check, and without stopping Chen Hao, he said:
"Brother Chen, if you have any more requests for elixirs, you can come to our store. Of course, if you are satisfied with the commissions from our store, please spread the word."
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"Of course, of course."
Seeing the guests leave, Lu Xuanping looked at the system space and found three first-grade spiritual medicines and a [Yellow Spirit Pill] inside. Seeing that his guess was successful, Lu Xuanping became excited.
In this case, with the extra reward from the system task, he could definitely start a price war, but the original price war was just a minor one and did not affect the business in the inner market, so those Jindan families would not care, after all, they might not have enough alchemists. These people in the outer market could not get in his way, and if they wanted to cause trouble for him, they would be afraid of his family and cultivation.
But if he follows his current thoughts, he might even take away the business of Neifang City. This might be a little dangerous. He needs to discuss it with the clan leader. It would be fine if he does it alone, but he comes from a family, and if something happens, it will easily affect the family.
However, Lu Xuanping was really envious of the profits. After all, the value of three first-grade spiritual herbs and one [Yellow Spiritual Pill] was close to one hundred spiritual stones. If he worked hard, he might be able to buy a "Talisman Treasure" in a year.
The system's task only then attracted Lu Xuanping's attention.
Finally, Lu Xuanping thought about it and decided to offer a limited-time discount. He thought that a small amount for a period of time would not affect them.
So he said to Lu Rou, "You did a great job today." Then he handed the [Huang Ling Dan] which had lost half of its efficacy to Lu Rou.
"I am very satisfied with what you have done in the past few days. The effect of this pill has been reduced by half, but it can still improve your cultivation, so I will give it to you."
When Lu Rou saw the [Huang Ling Dan], her eyes lit up a little. After a little hesitation, she finally couldn't resist the temptation and took it. "Thank you, Brother Xuanping."
"Well, but your current promotional strategy needs to change. For example, in the next three months, Qingfeng Dan Shop will have a big discount, and the Lu family's foundation-building alchemist will be refining pills. Then the store will have a limited-time discount."
"The commissions for refining first-grade elixirs have been reduced to half, and there is still no handling fee. If you fail, you can still compensate with spiritual stones of the same price as the elixir. You can promote it as much as you want."
Hearing this, Lu Rou was dumbfounded. You know, even the alchemists in Neifang City only had a 50-50 success rate in making pills.
Brother Xuanping also wants a half-and-half split. If we fail, won’t we lose a lot?
When she hesitated, she smelled a fragrance in her nose. It was the fragrance of the [Huang Ling Dan]. Thinking of the pill in her hand just now, she had a bold guess in her heart.
"Could it be that Brother Xuanping's alchemy skills have reached a half success rate? Looking at the pill in her hand, Lu Rou became more and more certain.
This speculation made her even more excited, because if it was true, then the leg she was holding on to was too thick. Working under such an alchemist, elixirs would definitely be indispensable. Even if she was delayed a lot by worldly affairs, she could speed up her practice by taking elixirs, and she might even have the possibility of building a foundation.
So he quickly agreed, "Yes."
"Well, if someone else comes, you can receive one or two people first and explain the matter clearly. Then come back to me. You must create a sense of mystery about me. Do you understand?"
"I see."
Just as Lu Xuanping was explaining to Lu Rou how to promote herself, Uncle Jiu came back.