After returning to Chongming Island and taking a look around, Lu Xuanping went to Taihang Market.

He was ready to start practicing. As for the business of Qingfeng Pill Shop, if he was free, he would be the one to make the pills. If he was not free, guest Lu Rou would lead him to Lu's Pill Shop to make the pills.

Before he went into seclusion, he went to Wang Ruoqing to buy a bottle of pills that can speed up his cultivation. This [Yi Qi Pill] can just increase the cultivation of cultivators in the middle stage of foundation building, which is just right for Lu Xuanping.

While taking the pill, something happened that surprised Lu Xuanping greatly. After he took this [Yi Qi Pill].

Lu Xuanping discovered that the [Yi Qi Dan] had little effect on improving his cultivation. It was like taking the Huang Ling Dan after he had broken through the foundation building stage. However, his cultivation level was only the middle stage of the foundation building stage. How could the [Yi Qi Dan] become ineffective? He became depressed.

Afterwards, Lu Xuanping used the remaining two [Yi Qi Dan] separately, and the same phenomenon occurred.

Lu Xuanping made a guess based on the medical books and alchemy books he got from the Wang family. That is, Lu Xuanping's mana exceeded the purity of the mana in the late stage of foundation building, and the effect of this [Yi Qi Pill] can only act on the mana quality of the middle stage of foundation building. Lu Xuanping's mana quality is too high and can no longer have a strong effect on his cultivation.

If this is the idea, then it would become extremely troublesome for him to take the pills.

So the next day, Lu Xuanping went to the Lu family's alchemy room to find Wang Ruoqing, "Master Wang, do you have any elixirs that can increase the cultivation level of the late foundation building stage?"

Wang Ruoqing was also stunned when he heard this, "What's wrong, Master Lu, didn't you just buy a bottle of [Yi Qi Pill]? That [Yi Qi Pill] can increase your cultivation to the middle stage of foundation building, which should be enough for you."

After hearing this, Lu Xuanping was a little embarrassed. "Oh, I felt the powerful effect of [Yi Qi Dan] after taking the pill. I was just curious about how strong the effect of the pill would be if it was taken by a late-stage cultivator, so I asked."

Wang Ruoqing did not continue to ask but explained, "In that case, I don't have it here. The most I can do is to refine this [Yi Qi Pill] or pills of the same quality. And I'm afraid no one in the entire Taihang Market can refine a pill that can increase the cultivation level of the late Foundation Establishment stage. If you want to buy this pill, you'll probably have to go to the Feiyu Sect's territory, which is the Whirlpool Market. Only there are pills that can increase the cultivation level of the late Foundation Establishment stage for sale."

Hearing this, Lu Xuanping frowned slightly and asked again, "Then is there no other way to obtain it in Taihang Market?"

Lu Xuanping didn't dare to go to Feiyumen's territory. He had some unpleasantness with people from Feiyumen before. What if he disappeared if he went there?

"There is no third-grade alchemist in my Taihang Market. The cultivation requirement for a third-grade alchemist is that he must be at the Golden Core Stage. Only a third-grade alchemist can refine pills that can improve the cultivation level of the late Foundation Establishment Stage. Even if I force myself to refine these pills, the success rate is extremely low. Instead of doing this, it is better to directly exchange spiritual medicine for pills from the Dan Tower."

After saying that, Wang Ruoqing glanced at Lu Xuanping and continued, "Master Lu should have inherited Master Qingxiu's alchemy shop, so I think he has some connection with it. He should know about the Alchemy Tower. The high-level elixirs in our Whirlpool Sea are all exchanged for the Alchemy Tower by alchemists like us."

After hearing this, Lu Xuanping frowned slightly and said, "It should be difficult for Danta members even if they are on the periphery, right?"

Wang Ruoqing nodded. "Although it is extremely difficult to become a formal member, it is not very difficult to become a peripheral member of a branch like Taihang Market. Besides, as a second-grade alchemist, I know a lot about pharmacology, and it is not difficult to research new common elixirs. I can be considered a peripheral member of that branch."

"Master Lu, if you want a stronger pill, I can exchange one or two for you."

Lu Xuanping shook his head after hearing this. In his current situation, it is very likely that the late stage of foundation building pills will have little effect on him. Only the third-grade pills will be effective. However, according to the rules of the Pill Tower, herbs of the same grade can be exchanged for pills of the same grade. He only has 20 third-grade herbs in his hand.

He couldn't help but sigh in his heart that the quality of his magic power had improved, but now the increase in quantity had stumped him.

After Lu Xuanping returned to Qingfeng Danpu, he did not ask Wang Ruqing to help him with the exchange. He now had two ways to solve this problem.

The first one is to improve his alchemy skills to the second level. After his alchemy skills are improved to the second level, he may be able to refine pills. After all, in the foundation-building stage, theoretically, it is possible to refine pills that can improve the cultivation level of the late foundation-building stage. However, most alchemists focus on alchemy and their cultivation level is not outstanding, so the success rate of pills is low.

But he is different. His mana is of extremely high quality, his spiritual awareness is extremely broad, and his mana is deep. Even if he can't compare with the Golden Core Stage, the gap is not big. By then, maybe he can refine it himself, and even earn a lot of zero spirit stones from it.

The second option is to slowly hone his magic power. However, after getting used to the rapid improvement in his cultivation speed after taking the elixir, the speed of honing his magic power honestly is so slow that it is really unbearable, not to mention that he needs to double his magic power.

After that, Lu Xuanping began his journey of refining elixirs day and night.

If there is a commission, he will accept it. If Qingfeng Danpu doesn’t have a commission, he will take it from Lujia Danpu. After all, his last name is Lu.

When he had no commissions, Lu Xuanping practiced swordsmanship and studied the power of the four symbols.

Three years later Lu Xuanping's reputation had spread widely. He became the fourth alchemist in Taihangfang City who could refine second-grade elixirs. He could be called a second-grade alchemist.

[Alchemist Lv2 (2155/10000)]

Lu Xuanping looked at his proficiency in alchemy and couldn't help but sigh with emotion. To improve it again, he actually needed a proficiency of up to 10,000 points. But what made Lu Xuanping more acceptable was that when he was refining a first-grade pill, his proficiency could still be improved.

After reaching the level of a second-grade alchemist, his success rate in refining first-grade pills has reached 70%. After his proficiency reaches 2,000, as long as he is in good condition, his success rate can even be close to 80%.

Lu Xuanping was able to refine so quickly thanks to his price reduction measures.

He and others must have grabbed too many orders without even charging any handling fees.

The fact that they did not charge any handling fees for first-grade elixirs did not cause any waves in the Lin family. After all, the profit from refining first-grade elixirs was just a fee for their hard work, and it was not enough to offend Lu Xuanping, a cultivator deeply loved by the Lin family's ancestor.

There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!

But if he continues to lower the price, then all the first-grade elixirs in the entire Taihang Market will be refined by Lu Xuanping. The Lin family will absolutely not accept such a result. Even if they are now busy preparing for the Lin family ancestor to break through to the Nascent Soul stage, they will definitely make a big move.

Another aspect is the re-planning of the Taihang Market. There are two alchemy shops here, one is the Lin family and the other is the Lu family. Lu Xuanping's surname is Lu. He just robbed the business of the first-class alchemist of the Lu family, and they couldn't say anything. These first-class alchemists hired from outside still have to look at the face of the Lu family.

The refining of some of the more rare elixirs in the Lu family's alchemy shop was given to Lu Xuanping, because these rare elixirs were often very beneficial to the improvement of alchemy skills. First-grade alchemists all wanted to rush to refine these, but all these commissions were given to Lu Xuanping.

There were some complaints at first, after all, the Lu family's foundation was not stable. However, after Lu Xuanping was able to refine second-grade elixirs, such complaints disappeared. After all, there were only three people who could refine second-grade elixirs, and now there was one more, Lu Xuanping.

Lu Xuanping is so young and has a bright future, he must not be offended.

When it comes to refining second-grade pills, Lu Xuanping's success rate is not high. Before his proficiency level reaches 1,000, the success rate is only one-third.

After reaching two thousand proficiency levels, the success rate of refining second-grade pills is close to four in ten.

This success rate of pill making is similar to that of the alchemist Wang Ruoqing.

The reason why Lu Xuanping’s alchemy skills improved so rapidly in the last two years was thanks to the elixirs he brought out from the secret realm.

There were no first-grade elixirs in the secret realm, so when he had no commissions, he had to practice swordsmanship and hone his skills. But since he could refine second-grade elixirs, the herbs he brought out from the secret realm could provide him with sufficient materials to practice.

When refining a first-grade elixir, each successful elixir will provide him with one point of proficiency, while a second-grade elixir will provide him with five points of proficiency.

[You refine a Yiqi Pill, gain something, proficiency increased by 5] [Alchemist Lv2 (2160/10000)]

Watching his last second-grade herb disappear, Lu Ping came out of the alchemy room.