Chapter 519
The news that Yuan Jing successfully refined two kinds of elixirs spread in the Zhai family. Xiaoliu and Xiaoqi were the first to run over to be happy for him. In their opinion, Xiaoba was an alchemist apprentice today and would become a yellow-level alchemist tomorrow, and then bring down that arrogant guy named Qi.
Yuan Jing almost burst out laughing. His two brothers had so much confidence in him that he would be able to become a yellow-level alchemist tomorrow. Of course, as long as he showed a little bit of his skills, people would believe that he had become a yellow-level alchemist overnight, but he still wanted to take it slow. Now he just showed that he was a good talent in learning alchemy.
Brother Zhai and his friends who were in the Royal Academy also sent back letters, which described in detail the life in the Royal Academy. They also described how powerful warriors guided them in their training and how they learned various knowledge. Just by looking at the text, it was clear that they were very happy in the Royal Academy and their lives were very fulfilling. This inspired the younger generation of the Zhai family to make entering the Royal Academy their goal.
Compared to a genius like Zhai Yuanhao, the goal of entering the Royal Academy is more realistic, and there is a certain chance of achieving it through hard work.
Even though Yuan Jing intentionally slowed down the speed of improving his alchemy skills, in the eyes of others, it was still very fast. In the next two months, he not only refined all the elixirs below the yellow level that he could refine, but also successfully refined yellow-level elixirs, which meant that he had successfully advanced to a yellow-level alchemist.
Zhai Quxiang has a happy face all day long, not only to people in his clan, but also to people outside the Zhai family. Although his son is not the most talented in cultivation, when it comes to the talent in alchemy, no one can compare to his son. After a while, he will be able to eat the pills made by his son. Who is as lucky as him?
I don't know how many people secretly want to beat that smug face of his.
Everyone was amazed, and slowly accepted Yuan Jing's amazing talent in alchemy. When he finally refined the yellow-grade elixir and Zhai Quxiang showed off again, everyone said in a caring tone: "Oh, it's worked, we get it." Then they turned around and went about their own business.
Zhai Quxiang felt a little uncomfortable. What was wrong with these guys? That was a yellow-level alchemist! The alchemist Qi worshipped by the Zhai family was only a yellow-level alchemist. Although he knew a few more kinds of elixirs than Yuan Jing, Yuan Jing would surpass him sooner or later.
These people wiped their sweat while carrying Zhai Qunxiang on their backs. It was not easy to keep such a calm expression. Although they accepted Yuan Jing's amazing talent in alchemy, they were still happy. Perhaps they could look forward to it. The Zhai family would not only have a yellow-level alchemist, but also a black-level alchemist. Then the status of the Zhai family would be greatly different.
Some are happy and some are unhappy. The unhappy one is naturally the Zhai family's attendant Master Qi Dan. At first he didn't believe that he would be surpassed by a kid who had not learned alchemy from a proper master for only a few months. But he didn't expect that after such a short time, he could refine yellow-level pills.
But no matter how angry he was, he couldn't do anything, because he was a worshiper, and that kid was the grandson of the patriarch. Before the Zhai family had a second yellow-level alchemist, he was of course flattered by these people, but now that there was a second yellow-level alchemist, his position became precarious.
What the man surnamed Qi was thinking had nothing to do with Yuan Jing. He had always disliked him. Both his original self and Zhai Yuanhao had been troubled by this man surnamed Qi. Now, the man surnamed Qi had to either stay in the Zhai family and make pills honestly, or get out. With him around, the Zhai family would never have to worry about not having a yellow-level alchemist in the future.
The happiest person was the patriarch of the Zhai family. He felt that he could wake up with a smile even when he was asleep. When these younger generations of the Zhai family grew up, the overall strength of the Zhai family would surely double.
All the pills refined by Yuan Jing were handed over to the clan for processing. Since these pills did not use the clan's Yuan plants, they were exchanged for Yuan stones and sent to Yuan Jing. Yuan Jing did not refuse. There is a saying that goes "A little bit of kindness is repaid with a big bit of resentment". He cannot let the Zhai family's appetite be too big. In the future, they will take it for granted that he will refine pills for the Zhai family and regard him as the alchemist of the Zhai family. Therefore, he did not refuse the remuneration. Compared with the man with the surname Qi, this was considered too little.
If there is the first kind of yellow-grade pill, there will be the second and third kinds. The Zhai family members who are younger than Yuan Jing looked at him with respect and admiration. Yuan Jing also took the opportunity to ask the grandfather, the head of the family, to train his own alchemist in the family.
The head of the family was surprised and asked, "Yuan Jing, are you willing to teach the children of the clan? Does the Thirteenth Prince agree?"
This is because Patriarch Zhai knows that a lot of the alchemy knowledge and recipes in Yuan Jing's hands were obtained from the royal family through the Thirteenth Prince. Could they be passed on privately without the royal family's permission?
Yuan Jing said: "As long as there are people who are willing to learn, I am willing to teach. I can't be the only one refining pills. My personal strength is limited. I can't meet the needs of the tribe if I refine pills day and night. Besides, I also need to practice."
As for the problem with Duan Linzhi, it was not the point at all. Besides, the place he went with Duan Linzhi that day was not Emperor Duan's private vault, and the things he saw were not prohibited from being passed on to others.
The patriarch then paid attention to Yuan Jing's cultivation. His hands trembled again when he saw it: "Yuan Jing, are you a fifth-level warrior?"
Yuan Jing smiled and nodded: "When I get tired of refining pills, I practice, and when I get tired of practicing, I refine pills again. I have been very diligent during this period. Besides, I will be the first person to test the yellow-level pills I have refined, so of course my strength will improve quickly."
How could it be fast? In fact, the fifth-level warrior was just what he showed to others. His real cultivation level was already the ninth-level warrior. One more step would allow him to become a martial artist. There was no bottleneck in cultivation for him. As long as he had enough vitality, he could keep on cultivating.
If the Zhai family wasn't in any crisis, he could calmly improve slowly, but with Zhai Yuanhao as a time bomb, he didn't know when the crisis would come. Yuan Jing didn't dare to be careless in his cultivation, for fear that he would not be prepared when the crisis really came, and the Zhai family would suffer.
Because his soul power was strong enough, he concealed his true level of cultivation. Even the head of the family with the cultivation of a martial artist could only see that he was a fifth-level warrior and would not have any doubts.
Not only did he not doubt it, he was also worried that he was being too aggressive: "Let Grandpa see if your foundation is solid. You can't take too many pills. After taking one, you have to wait for a while before taking another. Otherwise, it will leave poison in your body. The long-term accumulation of poison will affect your future promotion."
The head of the family now treats his grandson as a treasure and does not want him to have any problems in cultivation that would affect his future prospects.
He pulled his precious grandson to him and checked him carefully. He found that there was no problem he was worried about. He felt relieved and reminded him to remember what he had just said. Yuan Jing nodded with a smile: "Grandpa, don't worry, I won't ruin my future."
"That's good, that's good. Thanks to you and Yuan Hao, everyone in the Zhai family has made rapid progress in the past few months. This way, next year, more people from our Zhai family will be able to enter the Royal Academy."
"Grandpa, have you ever thought about moving the Zhai family to the imperial capital?" Yuan Jing suggested. The land deed that Duan Linzhi gave him was still on him and had not been used.
"This... Xiao Ba, you don't know. The imperial capital is good, but it is not easy to survive in the imperial capital. How can the Zhai family get those resources in the imperial capital? I'm afraid that life in the imperial capital will be worse than in Linyang City. After all, in Linyang City, our Zhai family still occupies a Yuanshi mine and several other mines, and we also have large tracts of Yuan fields to plant Yuan plants. But will we have these in the imperial capital?" The head of the Zhai family did not perfunctorily answer Yuan Jing, but told him the real reason. It was not that the Zhai family did not want to go, but that they could not go.
It was easy to settle down in the imperial capital, even if you rented a house, but where would the resources for cultivation come from? They couldn't just fall from the sky, could they?
Yuan Jing understood: "This means that the Zhai family needs a way to earn Yuanshi, right?"
"Yes," Patriarch Zhai touched Yuan Jing's head, "Xiao Ba, you alone can't make pills, unless you can become a Xuan-level pill master, then the Zhai family can strive for it. For the Zhai family, you can only eat as much as you can. Exceeding your ability may not necessarily lead to good results."
Yuan Jing also found that he had thought things too simply. The Zhai family was not just a few people who could go wherever they wanted. If they wanted to move out, they had to consider the livelihoods and cultivation of these hundreds of people.
In Linyang City, the Zhai family is not weak, so they can divide the resources around Linyang City with other families and forces in Linyang City, including shops in the city, which the Zhai family also occupies a part of. These are the economic sources of the Zhai family, which are exchanged for the resources needed for the cultivation of the Zhai family's children. And every warrior is equivalent to a huge gold-eating beast, with no bottom line to its demand for resources, and its appetite will only grow bigger and bigger.
But we can also compromise. Yuan Jing made another suggestion: "Grandpa, before Brother Duan left, he left me two shops to manage. I think we can let the Zhai family run one shop and sell our Linyang City's specialty products to the imperial capital. We can also buy the supplies we need from the imperial capital."
Patriarch Zhai was shocked: "Did the Thirteenth Prince really give you a shop?"
Yuan Jingzhi nodded. Was there any need for him to lie about this?
Patriarch Zhai touched his grandson's head. Why was the Thirteenth Prince so generous to his grandson? The bag of Yuanzhi was fine, after all, Yuanshi was limited, but what did the shop represent? The location of the shop in the imperial capital given by the prince must be good, which means a treasure pot with a steady stream of income, and the suggestion made by the grandson this time was very good.
He said thoughtfully, "Just now you said that the Zhai family moved to the imperial capital. Did the Thirteenth Prince also make arrangements?"
Yuan Jing smiled. Well, the head of the Zhai family knew that this was true. He sighed and laughed, "Now the Zhai family owes the Thirteenth Prince a big favor."
"Don't worry, Grandpa. This is between me and Brother Duan."
How could he not be worried? He was worried about what exactly the Thirteenth Prince was thinking about Xiao Ba, and why he was so generous? From what he knew about the Thirteenth Prince, he was not a very enthusiastic person, but rather a cold-hearted person, so he couldn't help but think too much.
Yuan Jing didn't care what his grandfather was thinking. He took out a deed to a shop and threw it to his grandfather: "Grandpa, leave this shop to you. I don't care about it. I'm going to make pills."
"Okay, go ahead."
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