Finally, there is an idea for improving the Qi-restoring pill

In the meeting room, Qin Deming and the third elder sat opposite each other, each with a cup of spiritual tea in front of them, slowly steaming. Judging from their faces, the atmosphere was not relaxed.

The third elder was in charge of the Qin family's medicine business. She usually patrolled the medicine shop and was very busy. She rarely showed up at the Qin family.

But don't underestimate her because she is mysterious and low-key. The Qin family is a family of medicine. The third elder can manage the medicine business, which shows that she is a powerful elder.

Just like Qin Deming, at this time, facing the third elder, he sat very properly and did not dare to overstep the line. On the one hand, it was because the third elder's position was important, and on the other hand, it was because the third elder's face was really majestic.

She has a gentle and delicate appearance, and was a beautiful fairy when she was young, but she never smiles. Because she always has a stern face, there is even a faint "chuan"-shaped expression wrinkle between her eyebrows. Whenever the third elder returns to report on the affairs of the pharmacy, the people who talk to her always sit upright and wait in a serious manner.

Not for anything else, just because the aura of the third elder is really too strong!

At this time, Qin Deming put on a serious face and asked seriously: "Is the third elder coming back for the pharmacy this time?"

The third elder hummed solemnly and said straight to the point: "The Zhang family's improved Qi-recovering pills are selling well, which has affected the business of Qin's pharmacy. The income has been reduced by more than three levels."

Qin Deming paused silently for a moment. He was not surprised about the improvement of the Qi-recovering Pill. He had heard about it before. He was choked by the Third Elder's attitude of getting straight to the point without beating around the bush.

However, the Third Elder always spoke like this. He would get used to it.

Qin Deming nodded, "I already know about this."

Some time ago, the Zhang family invited a high-level alchemist from somewhere and improved the formula of the Qi-recovering Pill.

The Qi-recovering Pill is a basic medicine with a large demand. Normally, it would be fine if everyone had the same price and similar quality. But now the Zhang family has launched a lower price and better quality.

Apart from anything else, the Qin family is a family of pills, and the majority of the family's income depends on the sale of pills. The impact of the Zhang family's introduction of the improved Qi-recovering Pill on the Qin family cannot be said to be small.

The signal sent by the Zhang family was very obvious, that is, they wanted to challenge the Qin family.

Qin Deming sighed, "I'm afraid that the Zhang family misunderstood the Qin family's sale of the marrow cleansing spirit liquid before, otherwise they would not launch the improved Qi-restoring pill at this time."

The third elder heard the regret hidden in Qin Deming's words, raised his eyes and looked at him, and said coldly: "If the Qin family doesn't sell the marrow cleansing spirit liquid, will the Zhang family not go against the Qin family? As long as the Qin family wants to develop, it will be a matter of time before they go against the Zhang family!"

This is almost a reprimand. Even the ancestors never used this tone to talk to him, the patriarch. Qin Deming sighed in his heart, but he was not angry. The

third elder, always like this... She is such a serious person, and she can't stand others showing the slightest sign of retreat.

Qin Deming said nothing, picked up the teacup and took a sip, trying to cover up the embarrassment on his face.

The third elder paused, realizing that his tone was a bit harsh, and then he softened his expression and continued, "The clan must find a way, otherwise, this month's income will be reduced by 30%, and next month it will be more than that."

Qin Deming also adjusted himself. Originally, as clan leaders, they had the elders (ancestors) above them and the younger ones (juniors) below them, and it was common for them to swallow their anger. If they did not cultivate the way of "forbearance" to the highest level, how could they coordinate such a large family.

Qin Deming nodded and said, "We have asked people to study their improved Qi-recovering pill, but there is no result yet."

The third elder frowned and commented, "It's difficult! The alchemist hired by the Zhang family was able to improve the formula of the Qi-recovering pill. I'm afraid it's not talent, but luck."

As the alchemist with the most superb alchemy skills in the Qin family besides the ancestor, the third elder has a say in this. According to her experience, the demand for basic pills like Qi-recovering pills is large, which also means that its formula is stable and there is little room for improvement.

The guest alchemist of the Zhang family was most likely lucky.

Qin Deming pondered for a while, and then came up with an idea, "I don't know what the background of this alchemist is. Since the Zhang family can invite him as a guest, so can we. Or we can contact him privately and find out what benefits the Zhang family has promised him, and then we can promise him double the money." Anyway,

the Qin family is not short of money now.

The third elder was not very optimistic, "Since he has chosen the Zhang family, how can he change his family easily? Moreover, such an important alchemy formula has been handed over. I am afraid that the Zhang family has already given enough benefits. If we go again, we can't come up with anything new."

Doesn't that mean that all roads are blocked? Qin Deming said helplessly: "This is also a solution that is not a solution. Contact him and see if it doesn't work, then forget it."

The third elder did not object this time. She drank the already cold tea, stood up and said, "I will stay in the clan during this period and lead people to study the improved Qi-restoring pill. If we can crack the pill formula, it would be the best." "

However, the hope is not great, you still need to make plans early."

The third elder meant that I only take care of the pill, and you have to figure out other things yourself.

The third elder left in a hurry, leaving Qin Deming full of sorrow, and his hair seemed to have turned a few white.

At night, Qin Deming's frown was still not relaxed. Luo Xian was annoyed when she saw him like this, and complained, "I've told you so many times, don't bring clan affairs home!"

Qin Deming pursed his lips and slowly retorted, "Our family, our courtyard, aren't they also clan affairs?"

Luo Xian clearly understood the difference and concept between a small family and a large family, but Qin Deming, as the clan leader, often didn't care. This was also where the two often quarreled.

Qin Ruqing counted the spiritual rice in her bowl one by one, eating like taking medicine. If it were normal, Luo Xian would definitely scold her, but today she didn't care.

Qin Ruqing counted out ten pills and swallowed them with difficulty. Then he said casually, "It looks serious, Dad, what's the matter?"

This question touched Qin Deming's heart. He also wanted to find someone to talk to about his depression, so he said after thinking for a while, "The third elder came back today..."

After hearing the whole story, Luo Xian also realized the seriousness of the matter. She temporarily put aside the "small family and big family" and frowned, saying, "Even the third elder can't crack the pill formula?"

"It's not easy to crack the recipe. Even if it goes smoothly, it will take at least a year, or even several years. By then, the market will be taken over by the Zhang family, and there will be nothing for me to do."

Luo Xian sighed: "It would be great if the ancestor came out of retreat, she might have a way."

Qin Deming shook his head. As the patriarch, he was still stubborn. "The ancestor is at a critical stage of refining chalcedony. We can't disturb him easily. Besides, if we bother the ancestor for everything, what else can we do?"

Luo Xian rolled her eyes and muttered, "You're only as good as a fool."

Qin Deming pretended not to hear and turned to look at Qin Ruqing who was counting the spiritual rice. "Qingqing, do you have any ideas?"

Qin Ruqing put down the bowl and curled her lips. "Dad, do you think too highly of me? I'm not a god, how can I have ideas for everything?"

With her talent for alchemy, she could only refine the most basic Qi-restoring pill, which was just barely enough. If she wanted to crack the formula, that was wishful thinking. It would be better to rely on her third sister Lu Wei, at least her talent for alchemy was much better than hers.

Qin Deming thought so too. His daughter's talent in cultivation was beyond doubt. Her talent in making pills...

He had once asked the ancestor with hope. At that time, the ancestor's face showed an expression that he would never forget in his life. Qin Deming understood at that time, and never asked a single question about his daughter's alchemy again.

Qin Ruqing was exposed, and she went to school the next day in a depressed mood. However, she could not escape the problem of pills in school.

Because the third sister Qin Luwei heard about the business competition between the family and Zhang from somewhere, she was thinking about studying the Qi-replenishing pill in the hope of helping the family.

Qin Luwei had an alchemy furnace in front of her. She was flipping through a thick book of alchemy recipes, occasionally writing something on a piece of paper.

Qin Ruqing held her chin up and watched Qin Luwei's movements with boredom. She could still understand it, after all, she had learned the art of alchemy, but Qirong was completely confused. At this time, he was holding a large cauldron and standing behind them in a horse stance, practicing while listening to their conversation.

Qin Luwei had a small jade bottle resting on her legs, which contained the Qi-restoring pills she had recently refined. Qin Ruqing took the small jade bottle in her hand and played with it with boredom, occasionally pulling open the cork and taking a whiff.

"Third sister, are you also trying to crack the formula of the improved Qi-recovering pill?"

Qin Luwei said bluntly without even looking up, "No, I'm not cracking the formula, I'm improving the Qi-recovering pill. The alchemist of the Zhang family can find a way to improve the Qi-recovering pill, there's no reason why we can't."

Wow, her third sister is still ambitious! The Qin family is now busy cracking the formula, but the third sister is thinking about improving the Qi-recovering pill with her own method.

The two seem to be similar, but in fact, one is cracking based on others' foundation, and the other is innovating from her own perspective.

The third sister was not frightened by the difficulty of improving the Qi-recovering pill, which shows that she has talent and pursuit in this area.

Qin Ruqing nodded supportively, "Have you got any inspiration now?"

Qin Luwei said seriously, "The materials needed for ordinary Qi-recovering pills are: Lingtong grass, Qiangwu, and at least a thousand-year-old Dangshen, as well as some other miscellaneous auxiliary medicines. Among them, Lingtong grass is the main medicine, which determines the existence of the medicinal properties of the Qi-recovering pill and must not be changed. If you want to improve it, either replace the other two auxiliary medicines, or change their dosage..."

Qin Ruqing could not express any opinions on this and could only nod. She casually poured out the pills in the bottle and played with them in her hand.

Normal Qi-recovering pills are earthy brown in color, and there is not a trace of pattern on the surface of the pills, which looks plain and unpredictable, but Qin Ruqing felt a little weird just by looking at it.

Last time when she was drawing a lottery, she was unlucky and drew three Qi-recovering pills from the mall, which made her feel upset for a long time. Later, these three Qi-recovering pills were kept in her storage bag and never used.

But today, when she compared this pill with this one, why did she feel that the Qi-recovering pill produced by the system was a little different from this one?

She asked: "Third sister, is the Qi-recovering pill in here the one you have tried to improve?"

Qin Luwei said: "No, this is a normal Qi-recovering pill, I refined it for comparison and research."

Next to her, the fat ball holding the tripod also said: "That is an ordinary Qi-recovering pill, I have eaten it, it is grayish brown, and it smells like ginseng."

This is strange, did she remember it wrong? But her memory is very good. She clearly remembers that the Qi-recovering pills produced by the system are pure black? And it seems that there is no smell of ginseng.

Qin Ruqing calmly grasped the pill in her hand, and said to the back: "How can you smell the smell of ginseng from such a distance?"

The little fat ball smiled, raised the tripod higher, and said nothing.

Qin Ruqing turned to Qin Luwei who was reading a book with her head down and said: "Third sister, can you give me one of the Qi-recovering pills in the jade bottle? I will take it back to study it." Qin Luwei nodded and agreed

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When it was evening, when Qin Ruqing found a chance to be alone, she quickly took out the Qi-recovering pills in the storage bag for inspection.

Comparing the two rooms, the Qi-recovering pills she asked her third sister for today were brown, while the Qi-recovering pills produced by the system were black. They are

really different!

Smelling the scent again, the Qi-recovering pill refined by the third sister was just as Qi Rong said, with a faint bitterness and ginseng flavor, but the Qi-recovering pill produced by the system smelled of a fresh fragrance.

Qin Ruqing frowned and pondered, was it just the difference in color and smell, or was the effect also different?

After thinking about it, Qin Ruqing walked to the courtyard and used many magic techniques in one breath to consume all the spiritual energy in her body.

To be honest, it was really difficult for Qin Ruqing to empty the spiritual energy in her body - it was not that she couldn't empty it, but that she recovered too quickly, and the speed of consumption often couldn't keep up with the speed of recovery...

With the bonus of the Qinglian Dao body and the innate great perfection realm, Qin Ruqing didn't need the Qi-recovering pill at all. If she had time to eat a pill, her blue bar would be restored by half.

Therefore, in order to detect the difference in the medicinal properties of these two Qi-Restoring Pills, Qin Ruqing had to work very hard.

However, although the process was tortuous, at least the result was obtained. Qin Ruqing's face was serious. She had just experimented and found that the medicinal effects of the two Qi-Restoring Pills were indeed different!

After taking one Qi-Restoring Pill refined by her third sister... to be honest, Qin Ruqing didn't feel anything. The spiritual energy in her body was recovering rapidly, but Qin Ruqing couldn't tell whether it was her own Taoist body that was working or this pill.

But the Qi-Restoring Pill produced by the system was different after taking it. How can I describe that feeling... It was like the spiritual energy progress bar in her body jumped forward a lot. One Qi-Restoring Pill restored her spiritual energy by a quarter.

Don't underestimate this quarter of spiritual energy recovery. In the battle, this is related to whether you can release one or two more magic and sword moves. These extra magic and sword moves may be the key to victory.

Qin Ruqing's heart was in turmoil because of the two pills. She stood in her yard, and her mind began to think about how to use the pills produced by the system to do tricks (not

"Qingqing, why are you not sleeping in the middle of the night? What are you blowing up in the yard?" Qin Deming stood at the gate of the yard, staring at the several large pits under Qin Ruqing's feet that were still smoking.

Qin Ruqing was stunned, and her thoughts were retracted. She subconsciously glanced at her feet. The bluestone floor was blown into pits and pits with charred marks.

Two of the four Taiping jars placed in the courtyard were also broken. These Taiping jars were not used for decoration, but were the four eyes of the formation. Qin Deming and his wife doted on their children. After the family became rich, they installed a spirit gathering formation in the courtyards of Qin Ruqing and Qin Ruyu.

At this time, the Taiping jar was broken, which meant that half of the spirit formation was also destroyed and needed to be repaired.

Qin Ruqing awkwardly retracted his foot that was stepping on the hole, and after thinking for a while, he explained: "Haha, Dad, I am practicing martial arts, and there is a Taoist magic that has troubled Qingqing for a long time. Just now, I suddenly had an inspiration, and I couldn't help but experiment in the yard... Dad, I was wrong!"

In this case, it is better to apologize in time.

After apologizing, Qin Ruqing quickly changed the subject. She trotted to Qin Deming, grabbed his sleeve and shook him, "Dad, you're still blaming me,

but you didn't sleep either." Qin Deming was not angry at all, but it was just a yard bombing, which was nothing. However, he still pretended to be serious, glanced at Qin Ruqing, and said lightly: "According to your movements of wanting to blow up the Qin residence, you should wake up even if you are sleeping soundly."

Qin Ruqing smiled and exposed her father's lie without any ambiguity, "Dad, I see you didn't sleep at all... After all, the Qin family has been troubled recently, and you, the head of the clan, must be anxious and angry?"

Qin Deming glared at Qin Ruqing unhappily. This devilish girl even dared to tease her father.

However, the little devil had sharp eyes. He was indeed not asleep. He was standing in the courtyard next door, thinking about the moon (……). When he turned around, he heard a series of crackling sounds coming from the Qingqing courtyard. When he came over, he saw such a "grand scene" in the courtyard.

Qin Ruqing naturally knew what his father was worried about. Thinking of the results of the experiment just now, Qin Ruqing rolled his eyes and comforted him, "Dad, there will be a way when the time comes. Maybe someone in our family can improve the one better than the one in the Zhang family." What about a better Qi-restoring pill? "

Qin Deming smiled, his expression softened, "Who are you talking about? Is it our Qingqing? I think your alchemy skills are not good enough to say that they were taught by the ancestor himself."

Qin Ruqing stamped her feet, "Dad! I comforted you, but you teased me!" She pushed Qin Deming out, showing an unwelcome attitude, "Just worry about it, and pretend I didn't say anything!"

Qin Deming followed her push and walked out happily. After teasing his daughter, he felt better.

Thinking about what Qingqing said, the boat will naturally straighten itself out when the time comes. Thinking about their Qin family's inheritance of elixirs, is there anyone who can crack the elixir formula made by an unknown alchemist?

He walked out refreshed, and the door behind him slammed shut. This girl has such a bad temper. She was spoiled by him and her mother.

It seems that when Qingqing gets married in the future, she still needs to "find a son" and find a virtuous son-in-law who is obedient and gentle, so that Qingqing will not be wronged.

Thinking that Qingqing is still young, it is too early to think about these things, so he shook his head and left slowly.

Qin Ruqing locked the door of her courtyard, her eyes rolling. Humph, it's a joke that she is not good at refining pills, and the ancestor who taught her personally didn't say anything.

However, her terrible alchemy skills have almost become a joke in the Qin family. Therefore, if she said that this Qi-rejuvenating pill was improved by her, everyone in the Qin family would be confused.

Because alchemy is a profession that requires understanding, it is rare that someone with poor alchemy talent can accidentally improve a very rare and precious recipe.

So this matter still needs to be manipulated. For Qin Ruqing, it doesn't matter who improves the recipe. Anyway, when the matter is over, she will get the benefits when the system settles. Now it's just a little more trouble to find a suitable candidate for improving the Qi-recovering Pill.

Who is suitable to be this person? Qin Ruqing hardly thought about it, and a person popped up in her mind.

Isn't her third sister Lu Wei a ready-made candidate?

She is the "assistant" of her team. If she is rewarded by the family in the future, it will also enhance the strength of their team. In addition, if the third sister becomes famous for this, the branch line of the system [Excellent Descendants] can be pushed forward.

This is another wave of points, plus the reward points for helping the family improve the Qi-recovering Pill...

After counting, this wave, she has won everything!

Qin Ruqing did not hesitate any more, and happily returned to the room, called up the system, and exchanged the points for a Qi-recovering Pill recipe produced by the system. She

quickly browsed the recipe first and found that it was indeed different from the Qi-recovering Pill recipe here.

Qin Ruqing asked the system: "System, why are the Qi-rejuvenating pills sold in the mall completely different from the Qi-rejuvenating pills we have here?"

The system replied after a while: [The system mall has gone through more than a dozen generations of hosts and has traveled through countless high and low-level immortal cultivation planes. Isn't it normal to be different from the world you are in?]

That's right. Qin Ruqing thought of something and said with bright eyes: "Doesn't that mean that, in addition to the Qi-rejuvenating pills, the other pills in the mall are also better in quality than ours?"

If so, then the system will be able to take advantage of you.

However, this time, I'm afraid Qin Ruqing will be disappointed. The system said coldly: [Some of the things stored in the system mall come from high-level planes, and some planes are even lower than the host's world. Therefore, it cannot be guaranteed that the quality of all pills must be higher than that of this world. 】

Qin Ruqing uttered a disappointed "oh", but soon cheered up again. Not all, then isn't there still a part?

It seems that the fat sheep of the system still has great development potential.

Let's not talk about this matter. On the second day, Qin Ruqing was already thinking about how to "operate" her third sister.

For example, at this moment, Qin Luwei was still studying how to improve the pill formula. Qin Ruqing sat beside her and watched her movements, while Qirong was still practicing.

The same scene, Qin Ruqing's state of mind was completely different.

Her eyes swept over the elixir spread on the clean cloth. Lingling grass, Qiangwu, thousand-year-old Lingdang ginseng, and the rest of the miscellaneous auxiliary medicines are not very effective, so let's not talk about them for now. Only the three main medicines are somewhat different from the pill formula produced by the system.

While helping Qin Luwei, Qin Ruqing asked curiously, "Third sister, I know that the function of the spiritual grass is to communicate spiritual energy, but what are the other two spiritual medicines used for? Qiangwu is easy to deal with, but the thousand-year-old Dangshen is just for refining the Qi-restoring Pill. Is it necessary to use such a good tonic?"

Luwei tucked the scattered hair behind her ears and explained softly, "The spiritual energy absorbed by the spiritual grass is too chaotic, so it needs to be channeled with spiritual medicine. Dangshen and Qiangwu are added to calm the spiritual energy and prevent it from rioting. Otherwise, after taking a Qi-restoring pill, the spiritual energy will not be restored much, but will cause the spiritual energy in the body to flow backwards, which is a disaster rather than a blessing. "

Qin Ruqing said, "Oh" as if she understood it, and then said, "But I saw that the spiritual energy in the place where the spiritual grass grows

is very stable. I don't know why..." Qin Ruqing's black grape-like eyes reflected Qin Luwei's slender and quiet figure... Third sister, think about the principle quickly, why is the spiritual grass so capable of attracting spiritual energy, and the spiritual energy around the spiritual grass is very stable?

Is it possible that the spiritual grass is accompanied by something that soothes the spiritual energy it attracts?

Qin Ruqing recited the answer in her mind: Broken Star Flower. The companion of the spiritual grass. It cannot be said to be a companion, but in the environment where the spiritual grass grows, there must be Broken Star Flower.

The pill formula she redeemed from the system with points last night was actually very simple, so simple that Qin Ruqing couldn't believe it.

It said that there are only two main ingredients for the Qi Recovery Pill: the necessary spiritual grass and the Broken Star Flower that accompanies the spiritual grass.

Broken Star Flower, as the name suggests, has golden petals that look like broken stars. It is unremarkable and is not used in any pill in the world of immortal cultivation. Because this flower has no spirituality at all. It is just an ordinary companion flower.

But it is such an ordinary flower that can soothe the spiritual energy attracted by the spiritual grass. The two complement each other and are indispensable.

This is what Qin Ruqing thought about for a long time last night before she figured it out: there is no need to use any expensive auxiliary medicines to artificially harmonize the spiritual energy. This is simplifying the complex. Nature has a better arrangement.

The Broken Star Flower, which grows with the spiritual grass, has no spiritual energy and is so cheap that it is not worth mentioning.

It is conceivable that the cost of the Qi-restoring Pill made with this recipe will be so low.

Qin Ruqing looked at Qin Luwei with bright eyes: Third sister, I saw the answer and reversed the result, so it is not worth mentioning. You are so talented in alchemy, you should be able to think of it, right?

Qin Luwei didn't notice Qin Ruqing's eyes. To be honest, after Qin Ruqing raised that question just now, it felt like a layer of fine rain and mist had poured over her heart.

It seems clear and bright, but also confused.

Yes, why is the aura of the environment where psychic grass grows so stable? No one around here uses Qiangwu and Codonopsis pilosula to blend spiritual energy.

Qin Luwei's eyes slowly moved down to the psychic grass spread on the cloth. She had just picked these psychic herbs from the Qin family medicine garden in the early morning, and they were still filled with moisture.

Among these dark green grass, I suddenly saw a touch of golden color. Qin Luwei hesitantly reached out and twisted the golden color.

Broken Star Flowers... She was in a hurry to pull weeds in the morning, so she also took a few bunches of Broken Star Flowers and put them in the grass.

Where there is psychic grass, there must be broken star flower... Why must there be broken star flower?

There seemed to be a flash of light in his mind, Qin Luwei's hand holding the golden flower suddenly tightened, and the flower juice filled her fingers.

She seemed shocked and suddenly said: "Xiaowu, I seem to know..."