Chapter 457 A Passerby in a Fallen Immortal Family (9)
However, according to Manager Wang, it's unclear how long it will be before the next flying boat arrives. At his current rate of earning money, five thousand immortal coins would be enough to last him several decades.
"Excuse me, are you an alchemist, fellow Daoist?"
"Oh? How did you know, fellow Daoist?"
"Haha, the herbs and medicinal fragrance on you are too strong, fellow Daoist. I have a suggestion, fellow Daoist, would you like to hear it?"
"Please speak."
“Fellow Daoist, our Wang family is one of the managers of the market on Sanshan Island. While you are waiting for the flying boat, would you like to come and serve as a guest elder in our Wang family? We offer very good benefits. Alchemists who can refine first-tier pills at levels 1 to 3 will receive 10 Immortal Yuan Coins per year. Alchemists who can refine pills at levels 4 to 6 will receive 50 Immortal Yuan Coins per year.”
"If you can refine pills of grade 7 or above, we offer a base salary of 100 Immortal Yuan Coins plus 20% of the profits."
Jiang Yue nodded after listening. The pill grades that Manager Wang mentioned corresponded to the early, middle and late stages of True Immortal. She could now refine pills for True Immortals, of course, she had the pill formulas. Jiang Yue considered it and decided to make a large batch, but she still needed to ask about the specifics.
Afterwards, Jiang Yue asked about the details, and after discussing them, she followed Manager Wang to the alchemy room, because they needed to assess Jiang Yue's skill level before determining her compensation.
"Fellow Daoist, what kind of pill do you wish to refine? I will arrange for someone to prepare the materials."
"The Soul-Enhancing Pill".
"What? Fellow Daoist isn't joking, is he? We can provide the medicinal materials for low-level pills for free, but for a top-tier first-order pill like the Bright Soul Pill, you'll have to be responsible for the spiritual herbs needed if it fails."
“I know, I have all the main materials here, fellow Daoist just needs to prepare the auxiliary materials for me.”
Seeing that Jiang Yue was saying this, the steward didn't say much. Soon the materials were delivered, and Jiang Yue checked them for a while to make sure there were no problems before preparing to start refining.
While Jiang Yue was preparing, the steward called over another person. Jiang Yue nodded to him, put down the alchemy furnace, and began refining. The two onlookers, knowing the rules, concealed their auras and retreated to the side.
Jiang Yue has refined pills for the True Immortal stage many times. Although she has refined the Bright Soul Pill fewer times, the success rate is as high as 80%, which is only because the materials are too scarce.
Jiang Yue's smooth and effortless movements made the two people beside her widen their eyes. When it came to the final step of condensing the pill, the two were even more nervous than Jiang Yue. Only when Jiang Yue put the pill into the porcelain bottle did they feel relieved.
"Fellow Daoist Li, you are truly a hidden master. Welcome to the Wang family. Your reward will be increased to 300 Immortal Yuan Coins plus 30% of the profits, effective immediately."
"Thank you very much."
"By the way, Fellow Daoist Li, this is Fellow Daoist Deng, who is also an alchemist. You two can exchange ideas more often in the future."
After leaving the alchemy room, Steward Wang arranged accommodation for Jiang Yue and updated her identity card. Then, Fellow Daoist Deng, who was also an alchemist, introduced Jiang Yue to the alchemists of the Wang family.
Over the next few days, Jiang Yue strolled around the market, especially the restaurants. She ate at every one of them, buying many portions of the delicious food. At the same time, she went to the place where tasks were posted and posted a task to purchase various herbs and ores.
After finishing her work, she started working on her annual tasks. The Wang family hadn't invited her here for nothing. Jiang Yue looked at her workload; it was quite heavy for an average person's success rate. Although Jiang Yue's success rate was high, she hadn't stood out. Who would reveal their true success rate? How could they embezzle if they did?
For example, the success rate of obtaining Soul-Clearing Pills is generally 20%-70%. Even if successful, the number of pills produced is not fixed. A normal person can produce 5-8 pills in one batch, which is considered very good. However, Jiang Yue can produce about 10 pills each time, so she can greedily get three or four pills in one batch. Occasionally, she "fails" once, and then she can pocket the whole batch.
However, the Wang family isn't stupid. They have detection methods, so alchemists only take one or two pills at a time and use them for cultivation in the alchemy room. If you say you'll take a few pills for your apprentices or descendants every now and then, they won't care. These are unspoken rules, and as long as it's not excessive, they tacitly approve. Of course, this rule only applies to those non-precious pills; it doesn't apply to precious ones.
Jiang Yue wasn't worried about this because she had a spatial ability. In less than fifty years, she had saved enough money to buy a ship ticket. Her spatial ability also contained a large number of pills. Although they were all True Immortal level pills, they were all top-grade first-tier pills, and their value was no less than that of low-grade second-tier pills.
Fifty years have passed, and Jiang Yue's fame has spread far and wide. Now, she has to pretend even when she goes out for a meal, otherwise too many people will try to get close to her.
After finishing her meal, Jiang Yue packed up a lot of food. On her way home, she ran into Manager Wang. When he saw Jiang Yue, Manager Wang's eyes lit up: "Brother, I've got a three-colored sika deer. When you have time, go to Wangjiang Tower and have someone cook it for us."
"Alright! But with your habit of only coming to our temple when you have a reason, I won't dare to eat there unless you clearly state what it is."
Master Wang looked around mysteriously and handed her a pill formula. Jiang Yue took it and saw that the formula was called "Shengzi Dan" (生子丹). Jiang Yue was speechless. Looking at the name, she thought she was in a palace intrigue world.
“Brother Wang, don’t you already have several children? Why are you refining these kinds of pills? Besides, based on this pill formula, I’ve deduced that at your cultivation level, the pills will only have a negligible effect.”
"Alas, I have many children, but none of them are of good aptitude. My eldest son is considered good, but he has only reached the Tribulation Transcending stage after thousands of years. It is basically impossible for him to break through to the True Immortal stage. Not to mention the other children."
"Then you can just take your time to give birth. You and your sister-in-law are both at the True Immortal stage, and you have a long life ahead of you. Why are you in such a hurry to take medicine? Besides, why don't you let your son give birth? What are you rushing for?"
“Hey, you know that a child’s aptitude is related to their parents. If their aptitude is just so-so, how can we expect anything from their offspring? Plus, your sister-in-law is about to break through, and the higher the realm, the greater the gap and the more difficult it is to conceive a child. That’s why I’m in a hurry.”
"Alright, this is my first time practicing this. Prepare more materials for me, and I'll try my best to get you a high-quality one."
"Hey! I'm sorry to trouble you, brother. I've given you all ten documents. I knew you were reliable. But you have to keep this a secret, it's not good if word gets out."
"Don't worry, don't you know what kind of person I am? By the way, when are we going to eat the sika deer? I can only concentrate on refining pills if you let me eat it, otherwise I'll always be thinking about it."
"Haha, let's go tomorrow. I've already made an appointment with Chef Wei from Wangjianglou. He'll personally cook for us, and I guarantee you'll have a great time."
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