Chapter 144 Wishful Thinking

"I bought you a three-legged copper alchemy furnace, a second-level mid-grade furnace, worth five thousand spirit stones. It will be enough for you even if you have established your foundation."

Zhu Qinnan led Gao Xian to the east wing, where there was a spacious alchemy room. A three-legged copper alchemy furnace more than four feet high was placed on a pedestal.

Normally, a second-level alchemy furnace does not need to use charcoal fire. Designing a charcoal-burning pedestal also takes into account the need for heating and can save spirit stones.

Gao Xian fiddled with the three-legged copper alchemy furnace for a while. It was similar in structure to his original alchemy furnace, but more sophisticated.

The alchemy furnace contains a five-element magic array, which can be activated by the five-element magic power, no longer limited to the two elements of water and fire.

In other words, through the five elements of magic power, it can be combined into tens of millions of changes and tens of millions of elixirs can be refined.

Yuan Tong is extremely friendly to spiritual energy, allowing alchemists to control the temperature of the furnace more accurately and refine higher-grade elixirs.

There are holes on the three legs for embedding spirit stones. The higher the grade of the alchemy furnace, the more spirit stones it consumes.

If you want to activate it entirely with spirit stones, you need to invest at least nine low-grade spirit stones at a time.

Gao Xian was very satisfied with the new furnace. He went to the next room for a look. Qiniang had already prepared a large amount of medicinal materials.

There was only one bedroom and half a living room, and the furniture inside was very ordinary.

"The place I live in is a bit shabby." Gao Xian felt that the bedroom was similar to his home in Pegasus, which made him a little disappointed.

Zhu Qiniang glanced at Gao Xian and said, "This bedroom is for Daniu. You and I will live in the main room.

"Uh, not so good."

Gao Xian was a little hesitant. Feimaji was a small place, and it didn't matter how he and Qiniang lived.

There are so many people in the Zhu family, and it is inevitable that he will cause gossip if he lives with Qiniang.

Zhu Qiniang said calmly: "I am a great cultivator who has established his foundation. Who dares to laugh at me? At most, they will laugh at you in private."

She then asked, "You don't care about other people's gossip, do you?"

Gao Xian said indifferently: "Anyway, no one dares to talk nonsense in front of me."

Seeing Gao Xian's expression was a bit strange, Zhu Qiniang couldn't help but smile. She took the initiative to hold Gao Xian's hand and said, "The subordinates don't know the rules, you just deal with them. In this family, you are the master!"

Gao Xian was in a good mood. He chuckled in Qi Niang's ear in a somewhat obscene way and said, "I am the master, and you are the maid in black silk stockings?"

Zhu Qinnan rolled her eyes at Gao Xian. Although she didn't quite understand, she knew that this was definitely not a serious statement.

However, she was already used to Gao Xian being like this. If Gao Xian was always serious, she would find it boring.

Zhu Qiniang called the housekeeper Li Niang over and pointed at Gao Xian and said, "This is my best friend Gao Xian. He will live here permanently. His words are the same as mine."

Li Niang hurriedly bowed respectfully and said, "I greet Master Gao."

Li Niang was in her fifties, and was in the middle stage of Qi training. She was tall, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and looked a bit ugly, but her words and actions were full of capable spirit.

Gao Xian nodded: "I'll have to trouble you more in the future."

"Mr. Gao is too polite. Just tell me what you need."

Li Niang hurriedly apologized with a smile, and her attitude was very humble.

She didn't dare to stay any longer, so she bowed and walked out of the main hall.

Li Niang knew that Zhu Qiniang was cold-blooded and cruel, and she was extremely respectful to her.

She didn't expect Zhu Qinnan to be so intimate with a young man. She said they were close friends, but it was obvious that something was wrong between them.

However, since Zhu Qiniang attached so much importance to her, she must not offend Gao Xian.

Li Niang summoned all the servants and guards again and told them about Gao Xian again. She asked everyone to respect Gao Xian and not discuss him in private.

There were fifty or sixty people in the courtyard, and most of them couldn't keep a secret. Especially the affair between a man and a woman involving Zhu Qiniang, which spread very quickly.

What these people don’t know is that Gao Xian would use his Shadowless Robe to wander around when he had nothing to do at night.

There were a few guards and maids who liked to gossip and slander Gao Xian in private, and Gao Xian wrote them down in a small notebook.

Gao Xian was not joking. He wrote down the names of these people and the contents of their conversations in a book and gave it to Zhu Qiniang.

Zhu Qinniang cleaned these people out without any hesitation.

Although no one was punished, being removed from the Zhu family meant that they could no longer obtain any resources from the Zhu family.

Without the protection of the Zhu family, they were not even able to continue living in Lianyun City.

For low-level cultivators, this was a devastating blow.

Zhu Qinnan's thundering methods also made others realize how much Qinnan valued Gao Xian, and everyone in the Zhu family was shocked.

From then on, the name Gao Xian even became a taboo, and no one dared to mention this name.

Gao Xian was quite satisfied with the result. In his previous life, he couldn't cure the online bullshitters. In this life, he wanted to punish those who were so mean! Other people's gossip was a small matter, but the sale of Lujiaosan and Tianguidan was a big deal.

Lianyun City is different from Feimaji. There are many pharmacies here, such as Sanyuantang owned by his master, Lingyuntang owned by Xu Lingyun, etc., all of which are qualified to sell elixirs.

For cultivators, elixirs are a necessity, and they also bring the highest profits. The existence of many pharmacies also makes the elixir industry very competitive.

The reason why Changsheng Hall can stand firm is that Zhu Changsheng is a master of alchemy and can refine the elixir of immortality. This elixir is very effective and is of great benefit to foundation builders.

After Zhu Changsheng's death, although Zhu Qinnan rose to power, she was not an alchemist, and the business of Changshengtang was greatly affected.

During this period, Zhu Qinnan also mainly promoted Tiangui Dan and Lujiao San.

For Lianyun City, Tiangui Dan and Lujiao San are both low-level elixirs that are not considered good enough, and no one cares about them.

After a period of promotion, the special features of the two elixirs, Tiangui Dan and Lujiao San, refined by Gao Xian gradually emerged.

The business of Changshengtang is booming, which makes Zhu Qiniang feel relieved. With Gao Xian around, the business of Changshengtang can be sustained.

Because the cultivators who come to buy Tiangui Dan and Lujiao San will also buy some other elixirs by the way.

Please...collect 6...9...books...!

For a shop, a lot of popularity itself is a huge fortune.

The competition among several pharmacies in Lianyun City is very fierce. Changshengtang's business is not good, and the other pharmacies are happy to see it happen.

As a result, they were not happy for two days before Changshengtang's business quickly picked up again.

Several pharmacies originally looked down upon low-level elixirs such as Lujiaosan and Tianguidan. No one could have imagined that these things would sell so well and become more and more popular.

Xu Lingyun's Lingyun Hall was also greatly affected. He was busy tracking down the murderer during this period, but found no useful clues.

The main thing is that all of Xu Shengye and his group died, and other people don’t know what Xu Shengye and his group were doing or who they offended.

He also heard that Sanyuan Hall was disbanded and Xu Mingyuan's disciples had a commotion. But he didn't think that these had anything to do with Xu Shengye's murder. He focused his main energy on investigating the situation of other great foundation-building cultivators.

At this time, the sales of low-level elixirs were getting worse and worse. The pharmacy was his most profitable business, and he had no intention of tracking down the murderer.

In order to solve the problem, Xu Lingyun summoned several alchemists from the pharmacy to study Tianguidan and Lujiaosan together.

After a few days of hard work, he cut and crushed the pills, trying to reverse engineer the recipes of the two pills.

The problem was that the two kinds of elixirs did not contain any special medicinal materials, which stumped several alchemists. Xu Lingyun was also watching from the side, which put several alchemists under great pressure.

After a few days, several alchemists looked haggard.

Seeing Xu Lingyun coming in, several alchemists turned pale and lowered their heads, not daring to look at Xu Lingyun.

Xu Lingyun frowned slightly: "What's going on?"

The leading alchemist Bai Yanping said tremblingly: "Sir, we didn't find any special herbs."

"That's it?" Xu Lingyun was a little impatient. These alchemy masters under him had been working hard for several days but had not found anything. They were really useless!

Bai Yanping was intimidated by the powerful magic power emanating from the great monk who had established his foundation, and he trembled uncontrollably all over.

He said hurriedly: "Sir, the two pills are so effective, we think it is because the alchemist has superb skills and has brought the medicinal properties of the pills to the extreme..."

Xu Lingyun waved his hand: "Okay, you guys go down and have a rest."

After sending away the alchemists, Xu Lingyun's face darkened. He was proficient in alchemy and had already seen that the two elixirs used traditional recipes without adding any other medicinal materials.

But he didn't give up, so he asked a few alchemists to take another look.

Xu Lingyun was silent for a long time, then he called a subordinate and ordered: "Go to the Zhu family and bribe a few people to find out who refined the Deer Horn Powder and Tiangui Pills..."

Money makes the world go round.

There were so many people in the Zhu family, and many of them had been disciplined by Gao Xian, so they had a lot of resentment towards him. It didn't take long for Xu Lingyun to find out that the alchemist who made Lujiaosan and Tianguidan was called Gao Xian, and he had a close relationship with Zhu Qiniang.

Moreover, Gao Xian was actually Xu Mingyuan's apprentice, which aroused Xu Lingyun's strong interest.

Xu Mingyuan was his cousin. Although they were not close, they were real relatives. Xu Mingyuan's disciple was his disciple! Xu Lingyun's heart suddenly became lively when he thought of this. As long as he could get Gao Xian, he could earn tens of thousands of spirit stones every year! For a great cultivator who was building a foundation, this was also a huge sum of money.

As for Zhu Qiniang, she was a bit tricky. However, how could she, who had just advanced to the foundation building stage, fight against an inner sect elder like him?

But you can't just go to the Zhu family and snatch someone away. That would be too unreasonable.

Xu Lingyun's eyes turned, and he suddenly had an idea. Since Gao Xian was Xu Mingyuan's apprentice, it would be the same to find Bai Yurong.

Gao Xian became his apprentice, who dared to compete with him for her? Even if Zhu Qiniang was not convinced, what could she do? (End of this chapter)