Chapter 409

Chapter 409: Little Origin Pill

Translator: Henyee Translations  Editor: Henyee Translations

Wang Lan really stayed in Li Yuanqing’s medicinal garden just like that.

Every day, the old man would squat in the medicinal field and study something. When he was tired, he would lean against the ridge of the field and drink wine soup from the greasy gourd.

The old fellow did not seem to have much thoughts about Li Yuanqing. The two sides lived in harmony. Li Yuanqing took care of his herbs every day as usual, while Wang Lan was busy with his own matters every day.

What troubled Li Yuanqing was that not only was Wang Lan extravagant when he ate those medicinal herbs and spiritual fruits, but he also destroyed a lot of those things.

In just a short while, Li Yuanqing heard another muffled sound. When he looked over, he happened to see thick smoke rising from the medicinal field.

The thick smoke was gradually blown away by a gust of wind. A pile of flames had been ignited a moment ago, but now it was suppressed.

This was not the first time Wang Lan had done something strange. Every time he used too much medicine, there would be an explosion in a small area, destroying several pieces of Li Yuanqing’s medicinal field.

Although Zhao Baoyun had previously instructed that the things Wang Lan destroyed should be borne by the sect,

Li Yuanqing was still a little worried about the speed of his destruction.

Outside the valley, a visitor arrived.

Wang Lin stood mysteriously at the entrance of the valley and waited. He checked left and right, as if he was afraid that he would be targeted.

After seeing Li Yuanqing come out, Wang Lin hurriedly wanted to walk into the valley, but Li Yuanqing stopped him.

“Senior Brother, you can’t go in.”

Wang Lin looked at Li Yuanqing unhappily. “Why? Are you going back on your word?”

“Of course not. It’s just that it’s not convenient in my valley now. I have a special guest.”

“What special guest made you so careful?”

“I wonder if you had heard of Wang Lan’s reputation?”

“Madman Wang?” Wang Lin’s expression immediately changed when he heard this name. His suspicious expression disappeared. “Why is he here?”

Li Yuanqing pretended to be helpless and replied, “I don’t know either. This old senior said that he encountered a strange thing, so he wants to stay here for a few days and study it thoroughly. However, I haven’t found anything yet.”

“Strange thing?”

As Wang Lin spoke, he rubbed his chin. “Speaking of which, I heard some news when I went to the black market yesterday. It seems that a very strange thing has appeared on the market recently. I wonder who produced a huge Fire Spirit Fruit. I really don’t know how it was planted.”

“Is that so? What is this huge fire spirit fruit?” Li Yuanqing pretended to be curious.

Wang Lin waved his hand and looked at him. “It’s useless for you to know this. However, it seems to be related to Madman Wang. I didn’t expect this crazy old man to come to you. Could it be that he still hopes that he has the ability to plant such a huge Fire Spirit Fruit?”

Li Yuanqing looked at Wang Lin deeply and heaved a sigh of relief.

He saw that his disguise was still on point.

“I think this old senior is muttering something about the Fire Spirit Fruit. Moreover, he’s been squatting in the field of the Fire Spirit Fruit every day. He’d already destroyed quite a bit.”

Wang Lin thought for a moment, curled his lips, and shook his head. “This old fellow is old. Whether it’s his cultivation or alchemy, it’s difficult for him to improve. Now, he’s thinking of relying on some crooked methods to improve. I don’t think his method will work.”

Although that’s what Wang Lin said, he could not help but look behind Li Yuanqing, afraid that others would hear his words.

Li Yuanqing looked at him and reminded him, “Senior Brother, I wonder why you’re here this time. Did you already have a conclusion to the matter we discussed?”

Wang Lin glanced behind him again, then quickly took out a storage bag and stuffed it into Li Yunqing’s hand.

“Brother, I have a thousand mature fire spirit fruits here. I wonder if you have the appetite to eat them.”

“A thousand?”

Li Yuanqing pretended to be very surprised, but he was actually a little disappointed. He thought that he could get more.

“Senior Brother, you actually have so much stock. I think it should be enough on my side. Moreover, in the past few days, Apothecary Wang has destroyed many fire spirit fruit fields. I’m afraid the gap here is bigger than I imagined. It would be best if Senior Brother had more.”

Wang Lin widened his eyes and looked at Li Yuanqing in confusion. “But ordinary sects won’t fuss too much about what this Madman Wang did. Could it be that Zhao Baoyun said that you will pay for all these compensation?”

“Senior Zhao didn’t say anything, but I’m a little worried.”

“What’s there to worry about? The sect treats Madman Wang well. The sect will clear all the shit he shits for him. You don’t have to worry about it. These are enough for you.”

With that, Wang Lin stretched out a hand and waited.

Li Yuanqing took out another storage bag and stuffed it into his hand.

“Senior Brother, there are forty-five spirit stones inside. Coupled with the deposit I paid in advance, this should be enough, right?”

Wang Lin had given Li Yuanqing some instructions in advance. In front of such a huge business and with such a generous price, it did not matter if he treated the previous ones as gifts.

He was overjoyed to have obtained these fifty spirit stones just like that.

“Junior Brother, feel free to look for me if you need anything in the future! As long as I can do it, I will definitely not refuse. Then I’ll take my leave today!”

On Wang Lin’s side, he had to think of a way to sell the extra Fire Spirit Fruits after selling these thousand Fire Spirit Fruits. Since he had already completely released the array formation this time and did not intend to pretend anymore, he might as well sell everything.

Just as he was about to leave, Li Yuanqing stopped him.

“Senior Brother, I wonder if you have more?”

Wang Lin’s expression suddenly froze as he looked at Li Yuanqing in confusion.

“Junior Brother, if you want to support the distribution of precious herbs, you can’t underestimate their effects. These thousand fruits are enough for you to use for a long time.”

“Thank you for your guidance, Senior Brother. I naturally know the profundity. However, since you have more and I have needs, why don’t you sell them all to me? Wouldn’t that be wonderful?”

“But where did you get so many spirit stones?”

“Senior Brother, you don’t have to worry about that.” Li Yuanqing patted his chest confidently and promised, “Before my master passed away, he left behind a large sum of wealth. Senior Brother, you know that my master is an alchemist, so I’m quite rich.”

Wang Lin’s eyes suddenly lit up as he looked at Li Yuanqing.

“Then what do you mean?”

“If Senior Brother has other herbs, I’m interested in taking some.”

“I have some, but it’s about the spirit stones.”

“Senior Brother, don’t be anxious. I’ll go get the spirit stones and send them to your residence in the next few days.”

“No problem, no problem. We’re fellow disciples. We shouldn’t let the good stuff go to outsiders. Of course I have to keep it for you!”

Although Wang Lin had been in the black market for so many years and knew that it was very dangerous to sell these goods to the same person, Li Yuanqing was really too fat. This little guy looked young, but he was rich and generous. He was really a fat sheep that people could not help but cut.

“Thank you, Senior Brother!”

“It’s fine, it’s fine! We’re fellow disciples, so it’s only right for us to help each other. Also, although Madman Wang is crazy, he more or less has some strength. The herbs he destroyed are nothing in the eyes of the sect. You don’t have to take it to heart.”

“I understand.”

After sending Wang Lin off, Li Yuanqing discovered in confusion that Wang Lan, who had been lying in the medicinal field all day long, had suddenly disappeared.

He hurriedly went to look and found Wang Lan in a cave abode on the hill.

There was originally no such cave abode here. However, the old man had dug a pit here himself. There was a large pile of soil and stones outside, destroying a large area of the medicinal field.

Li Yuanqing looked at the strange deep pit and walked in.

In the deepest part of the cave, the venue was much wider than the passageway outside. Wang Lan had dug an especially spacious place inside. He had erected a silver alchemy furnace here.

The alchemy furnace was in the center. The three legs of the alchemy furnace were standing on the three fulcrums of the array formation below.

Although this old man’s clothes were usually sloppy, his alchemy furnace was abnormally clean and bright. The silver alchemy furnace was not stained at all. Under the illumination of the night pearl hanging on the four corners, the alchemy furnace looked even brighter.

At this moment, there was a raging fire under the furnace. This fire was not produced by burning dry wood, but by the fire-gathering array formation below.

The area outside the array formation was very flat, but the inner layer had a depression with many small rings tightening inward.

Each ring was a jet of flames that spewed ferocious flames up from the lines of the rings.

Moreover, the flames that shot out were very different in color.

The color of the flames at the periphery was very light. It was a bright yellow color that erected a wall outside and surrounded the entire alchemy furnace.

As it went further in, the color gradually deepened, and the deepest part was like a blue-purple color.

Li Yuanqing stood carefully at the side. Wang Lan, that old man, was sitting in front of the alchemy furnace with his back facing Li Yuanqing. He had placed the wine gourd that never left his side and was leaning against the wall.

At this moment, Wang Lan’s withered palm suddenly stretched out, as if an invisible hand had pressed on the alchemy furnace.

A white vapor spewed out from the side.

The temperature on the side that had almost changed had decreased slightly, and the color had become calmer.

When the temperature of the furnace was not high enough, Wang Lan would activate the array formation under his feet. The flames would flare up even more, increasing the temperature of the furnace to a suitable heat.

A huge amount of water vapor filled the entire cave, slowly blurring everything.

Fortunately, Li Yuanqing was strong enough to withstand the intense heat.

It was unknown what kind of flame was spat out by the array formation under the old man’s feet. The temperature was much higher than the flames used by Li Yuanqing to refine pills.

Under the enhancement of this powerful flame, the process was relatively smooth. Not long after, the flames below gradually calmed down.

The silver alchemy furnace gradually quietened down and stopped spitting out water.

Wang Lan sat quietly in front of the pill furnace to recover his vitality.

Refining such a pill consumed a lot of divine sense. Although it might look very calm on the surface, there was actually a storm.

Li Yuanqing did not disturb him. He sat quietly at the side and waited for a rich medicinal fragrance to gradually spread out from the pill furnace.

The fragrance gradually filled the entire cave and spread out.

Not long after, Wang Lan slowly exhaled. He waved his hand and the lid of the alchemy furnace soared into the sky with a clang. It fell to the top and did not move.

More than ten pills flew out of the alchemy furnace like pure white jade.

The round, white, and flawless pills were still steaming hot. The medicinal fragrance kept spreading out. Just a whiff of it could clear one’s meridians.

Li Yuanqing looked at Wang Lan in surprise. He did not expect that this old man, who usually looked sloppy and did not do anything serious, would seem to be a different person when he touched the alchemy furnace.

The purity of the pill refined was far from what Li Yuanqing could compare to. As expected of an experienced alchemist.

“Little Origin Pill, refined from forty-nine materials. It contains abundant spiritual energy. One pill can restore ten percent of the strength of a peak Formation Arrangement Realm cultivator.”

Wang Lan took out the bottle that he had prepared long ago. The dozen or so pills also lined up and landed in his bottle. In the end, he left one behind. Wang Lan gently pinched it between her fingertips, just in a place that Li Yuanqing could see very clearly.

“The price of this Little Origin Pill varies according to the quality. The worst one can only be sold for one spirit stone. However, the purest one can be sold for ten spirit stones.”

Li Yuanqing felt that Wang Lan’s words were specially said for him to hear, but he did not understand why this old man would do this.

Li Yuanqing gently clapped his hands and said respectfully, “Senior, your skills are superb. I’ve really broadened my horizons!”

When Wang Lan heard this, he shook his head and turned around. His old eyes were shining as he stared at Li Yuanqing.

“No matter how proficient I am in alchemy, I can only refine such a pill with these herbs.”

“Senior, why are you saying this? Your skills are extraordinary. They are difficult for ordinary people to reach.”

“Although I’m old, I’m still competitive. I wonder if you can fulfill my wish?”