Chapter 24 Wang Tao

After a rough understanding, Lu Hongwen then took Lu Qingfeng and six new recruits of the day toward the Guild's residence.

The residence was on a small hill outside Sishui Town.

The hill had no name originally, but it was called Yuan Yi Mountain since the Yuan Yi Guild was stationed there.

Leaving Sishui Town and after about a half-hour's journey, they finally reached Yuan Yi Mountain. Among the seven new recruits Lu Hongwen had brought in this time, only Lu Qingfeng was a player. The other six were natives with decent Root Bones.

One of them, named Qi Hai, had a Root Bone value of 4, considered a moderate talent.

After all, as long as one's Root Bone reached 2 points, one could join the Guild.

If someone's Root Bone reached 4 points, they could go directly to the Spirit Mechanism Institute! Who knows why Qi Hai, with such a good choice, joined the Yuan Yi Guild instead.

Entering Yuan Yi Mountain.

Lu Hongwen handed the other six over to the Deacon in charge of newcomers, while he took Lu Qingfeng to the mountain's peak.

Yuan Yi Mountain had many buildings from its midsection to the peak.

Among them, two were clearly Alchemy Rooms, located at the edge.

"Old Wang!"

"Old Yue!"

"Come out to greet the guests!"

Lu Hongwen stood in front of the two Alchemy Rooms and shouted at the top of his lungs.

"Elder Lu, please keep it down! The master is refining a batch of Qi Movement Powder and can't come out to meet anyone right now," a Disciple quickly stepped out from the left Alchemy Room and bowed to Lu Hongwen.

"I didn't expect Brother Lu to be an Elder of the Guild, my apologies!"

Lu Qingfeng couldn't help but speak from the side.

This was not teasing, but genuinely unexpected.

Lu Hongwen, who seemed lazy and inconspicuous, actually had a rather high status in the Yuan Yi Guild. The position of an Elder was just below the Guild Leader and Vice-Leaders.

"Don't joke around, you'll be an elder soon too."

Lu Hongwen winked at Lu Qingfeng, the words he said, however, made Lu Qingfeng start.

Seeing his reaction, Lu Hongwen waved his hand at the Disciple, signaling him to go back.

Then he smiled at Lu Qingfeng and said, "In Yuan Yi Guild, apart from the Guild Leader and two Vice-Leaders, there are only three people with our status, and they are all Elders. Although you just joined, you're already Yuan Yi Guild's seventh player, more than qualified to be an Elder!"

"This—"

Lu Qingfeng started to grasp it upon hearing this.

So it turned out that including him, Yuan Yi Guild only had seven players, no wonder Lu Hongwen was so enthusiastic after learning of his player status.

"That's also normal."

Considering the vast Bingling Realm, there were still fewer than three thousand players in total.

For a small Yuan Yi Guild to have seven slots was already pretty good.

It was just that being an Elder right after joining the Guild was somewhat amusing and awkward for Lu Qingfeng.

After Lu Hongwen explained to Lu Qingfeng, it wasn't long before several people came out of the Alchemy Room on the right. The one in the lead was a refined-looking young man in a black and white Daoist robe, followed by several teenagers who appeared young and of suitable age.

"Old Lu, you really need to do something about that loud voice of yours! I was barely refining a batch of Golden Marrow Pills, and you nearly ruined it!"

The refined young man might look genteel, but he spoke with a roughness that caught people off guard.

Lu Hongwen was unfazed, merely grinning.

After the refined young man yelled at Lu Hongwen without waiting for a response, he turned to look at Lu Qingfeng and started talking, "Old Lu personally brought you here, so you must be the newcomer. I'm Wang Tao, what's your name?"

"Lu Qingfeng."

Lu Qingfeng replied.

This guy seemed fairly easy to get along with.

Hearing the two strike up a conversation, Lu Hongwen chimed in, "Old Wang, Old Lu just arrived and hasn't started Cultivation. He knows Alchemy, so you guide him. As for Old Yue, after he finishes his pill refining, introduce him."

"I got it, go ahead."

Wang Tao waved his hand and replied casually.

Seeing this, Lu Hongwen turned his head to look at Lao Lu, "Old Lu, you should get familiar with Yuan Yi Mountain with Old Wang first. I need to go back to Sishui Town to recruit more people."

"Thank you so much, Brother Lu!"

Lu Qingfeng quickly expressed his gratitude.

Lu Hongwen grinned and left with a smile.

"Just got here and already knows Alchemy; looks like you haven't slacked off all these years outside!"

Wang Tao's voice was loud, he smiled at Lu Qingfeng and said, "Come in and show a few tricks, let me see what level you're at."

Lu Qingfeng understood what Wang Tao meant and followed without explanation.

He knew both Wang Tao and Lu Hongwen could tell he had no cultivation and had just entered "Primordial". However, Lu Qingfeng claimed he knew Alchemy, which obviously means he learned the art of alchemy before entering "Primordial".

Little did Wang Tao know that the man he was addressing casually had been through two lifetimes in "Primordial" and was an old monster!

Inside the Alchemy Room.

Lu Qingfeng looked around.

He saw that besides him and Wang Tao, there were quite a few apprentices, all of whom looked at Wang Tao with great respect.

The Alchemy Room was quite large, with nine Alchemy Furnaces set up, each with its own space, isolated from the others.

At this moment, in front of the other eight Pill Furnaces, there was one Alchemist concentrating on refining pills.

Around the Alchemy Room were the herb processing stations, more sophisticated than the basic herb processing platforms that Lu Qingfeng often used in the Green Stone Talisman in his previous life.

Dozens of apprentices were non-stop processing the herbs.

Wang Tao pointed to a nearby herb processing station and said, "You have no cultivation, so you can't use the Alchemy Furnace. Start with processing herbs and refining Elixir Pills here to see. As long as you can produce pills, I'll ask the Guild Leader to build a separate Alchemy Room for you."

Wang Tao understood that each player did not want to be inferior to others, so he proactively put the offer out first. Conversely, if unable to produce pills, one would have to obediently work as his assistant in the Alchemy Room.

"Alright!"

Lu Qingfeng had no objection!

He had refined thousands, tens of thousands of Elixir Pills with the basic herb processing platform in the Green Stone Talisman in his previous life. This place had even more complete equipment, naturally, it was no challenge for him.

Selecting herbs!

Processing herbs!

Controlling the fire!

Beginning Alchemy!

...

Wang Tao crossed his arms and watched with interest, nodding from time to time with a slight smile on his face.

Half an hour later, the fragrance of the pills permeated the Alchemy Room, attracting many apprentices to glance over. Lu Qingfeng stored the Elixir Pills in a nearby Jade Bottle.

He had refined Yellow Dragon Pills, a total of twelve, each full and well-formed, maintaining the usual high quality!

"Not bad, not bad!"

"Very skilled, must have practiced a lot outside."

Wang Tao took the Yellow Dragon Pills refined by Lu Qingfeng, picked up a few to check in his palm while praising.

Lu Qingfeng simply smiled without saying anything.

"Your Yellow Dragon Pills seem to have——" Wang Tao, being a Top-level Alchemy Apprentice, merely by looking and smelling, noticed that the efficacy of the Yellow Dragon Pills refined by Lu Qingfeng was stronger.

"A unique method! It can increase the efficacy of the Yellow Dragon Pills by fifty percent!"

Lu Qingfeng replied.

The Yellow Dragon Pill Recipe after five times enhancement boosts the efficacy by fifty percent. However, that was the limit; further enhancement would require different ingredients, making it less cost-effective.

"You're really hiding some deep tricks, young man!"

Wang Tao listened and couldn't help but take note with admiration.