Chapter 7: Huang Pin Top Qualifications 1

Zhong Caile pulled Wu Shaoqian and walked up to the base of the altar together. Then they climbed up the small steps next to it to the stone platform and sat on the stone seat side by side.

Wu Shaoqian asked with a smile: "Why did you ask me to come here?"

Zhong Cai said with a smile: "I'll give you a pass."

Wu Shaoqian didn't understand: "What?"

After seeing his buddy's confused look for a long time, Zhong Cai explained, "I invited you to sit here with me. I just marked you so that you can enter and exit the altar at will without being blocked."

Wu Shaoqian was touched by Zhong Cai's lack of defense towards him, but he still reminded him softly: "Your companion treasure is extraordinary. It would be too rash to give me this power."

Zhong Cai said nonchalantly, "Oh! This power can only be given to one person. If I give it to you first, then others can forget about it, right? It's also a guarantee for me."

Wu Shaoqian was helpless. Whether he could exercise his power or not depended on Zhong Cai himself. What kind of guarantee could he give to Zhong Cai? He only had this much strength and he couldn't practice anymore. What kind of guarantee could he give to Zhong Cai?

Zhong Cai leaned towards Wu Shaoqian, his expression becoming slightly serious.

"No kidding, Lao Wu, if you encounter any danger, just hide in the altar."

Wu Shaoqian was stunned for a moment, then reacted and said in surprise: "Is this a companion treasure of the Sumeru mustard seed type?" Then he overturned this statement, "Not entirely, you can also offer sacrifices."

Zhong Cai nodded and said, "My altar is quite complicated. In addition to being able to offer sacrifices, it also has a certain degree of defensive power. No secret treasure cultivator at the Xuanzhao realm or below can break it. In addition, it also has some abilities similar to the Sumeru mustard seed, such as being able to store both dead and living things. Moreover, when I am not using it, it will turn into a speck of dust and hide in my hair. If I go in, the speck of dust will hide nearby."

Wu Shaoqian breathed slowly and his heart beat a little faster.

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Only when a secret treasure cultivator reaches the Pi Palace realm can he store the companion treasure into the Dao Palace. Those who have already opened the secret treasure of their soul before reaching this realm can only carry the companion treasure with them, or conceal what it is and cover it up with other things, or find a safe place to protect it.

After reaching the Pi Palace realm, even if there is a companion treasure that can hold living creatures, after the treasure is put into the Dao Palace, the cultivator cannot enter; if the cultivator enters it, the treasure can only stay where it is.

However, there is a kind of companion treasure that is very special, which is the Sumeru mustard seed.

It can allow people to hide in it, and it itself can become extremely small and difficult to detect - you must know that only the secret treasure cultivators who have reached the peak of the palace-building realm can enter the Taoist Palace themselves and turn the Taoist Palace into dust.

Moreover, most of the Sumeru mustard seeds can only hide people, and those with other abilities are extremely rare and have only appeared in legends. It is said that there is a medicinal spring in the Sumeru mustard seed that can cleanse the bones and marrow and cure all diseases.

And what Zhong Cai has now is even more special.

Wu Shaoqian asked in a low voice: "What grade is this altar?"

Zhong Cai also replied in a low voice: "It should be a fifth-grade top-grade one at the moment, which is equivalent to my qualifications being at the top of the yellow grade. But as my strength improves and I invest more and more spiritual energy, the altar may become larger. At that time, the grade will probably improve, and my qualifications will also improve."

Wu Shaoqian narrowed his eyes. "A companion treasure that can improve oneself... I have never heard of it before. Ah Cai, you must remember, from now on, except when you are alone or in front of me, do not let anyone see your altar. No matter how much you trust them."

Zhong Cai put his arm around his shoulders and agreed readily: "Don't worry, I'm not stupid. To be honest with you, if we weren't tied together now, I might not be able to tell you so early."

Wu Shaoqian rubbed his forehead, thinking that it would be right not to tell him at all, but Zhong Cai just told him "not so early". But it must be said that it was precisely because Zhong Cai always gave him the greatest trust that supported his rapid breakthrough in the past and his rapid recovery of emotions now.

After sighing, Wu Shaoqian said, "It's good that you know what's going on."

Zhong Cai put his arm around Wu Shaoqian's shoulders, his eyes rolling around: "I have an idea. You see, I need an alchemy furnace to make the elixir. You have many ways, can you help me think of a way to get one? It should be a little more secretive, so I can tell others that the alchemy furnace is the companion treasure I summoned, how about that?"

Wu Shaoqian was stunned for a moment, then praised: "This is a good idea." He pointed at the blue mustard bag on Zhong Cai's waist and smiled mysteriously, "Take a closer look at our assets."

Zhong Cai was startled, picked up the mustard bag and checked, and found a small, stove-like object in a compartment on the shelf where the sundries were placed. When he was taking inventory of the house before, he thought it was an incense burner, but now, could it be an alchemy furnace?

With a thought, the thing fell at Zhong Cai's feet. He circled it a few times and found that it was really a furnace.

No one knows what material it is made of. There are three stable legs at the bottom. Careful observation reveals that the round furnace is actually divided into two layers. The lower layer has openings on all four sides, which should be the furnace for burning fire. The upper layer is the closed furnace body, which is used to put in medicinal materials for refining.

"It's pretty good, it looks like a level 2 one?" Zhong Cai asked curiously, "Where did you get it from? Will other people know its origin?"

Wu Shaoqian said, "It was also a coincidence." He said in a light tone, "My eldest brother has a legitimate daughter named Wu Zhaohong. Her aptitude is only of the middle yellow grade. The ability of her companion treasure vase is only to insert the first or second grade precious medicine into it to make it more fresh for ten days. Perhaps because of this, she became interested in alchemy. My eldest sister-in-law was also very supportive and found a first-grade alchemist to teach her. Now, after learning for almost ten years, she can also make ordinary first-grade pills. She is very considerate to me on weekdays. Even after she got married, she often sent people to greet me. I thought about finding a better alchemy furnace for her, and found a second-grade instrument master with good craftsmanship."

"The master was about to die, and he hadn't taken orders for a long time. But when I asked him, he agreed to do it for my sake. He just asked for some rare refining materials, hoping to refine it to the best quality. It took me two years to find the refining materials, and he spent another half a year polishing it. In the end, he lived up to my expectations and refined this second-level top-grade alchemy furnace at the end of last year, which was enough for Wu Zhaohong to use for a long time. Then the master passed away. He was a loner and had no descendants or relatives, so I sent someone to take care of his funeral."

Wu Shaoqian said, "I originally wanted to give Wu Zhaohong a surprise on her birthday this year, so no one else knew about it except me. Even Xiang Lin only knew that I asked someone to refine a weapon, but he didn't know what it was. It's just right for you to use it now."

Zhong Cai frowned as he listened, and said, "I guess, it's because Wu Zhaohong always flatters you, and you're generous, so you've given her a lot of benefits in the past. Also, is she married in this city? In the past, even if you got a little scratched, she would immediately send someone to ask, and then you gave away a lot of things? And this time you were unconscious for most of the day, not only did she not show up, but she didn't send any gifts when we got married, right?" He knew Wu Shaoqian so well that he didn't doubt his own judgment at all. He sneered and mocked, "She's really smart, but she doesn't deserve your kindness."

Seeing his friend getting angry for him, Wu Shaoqian didn't mind at all. He smiled and said, "This means that this furnace should have belonged to you. Only you are worthy of it."

Zhong Cai thought about it and said straightforwardly, "You are right." He touched the alchemy furnace and continued, "The companion treasure is a second-level alchemy furnace, so I will tell others that it is a lower-level yellow-grade qualification."

Then the two looked at each other and laughed.

As for that spoiler Wu Zhaohong? Who still remembers her?

Wu Shaoqian smiled and said, "Put away the altar later, make a few more lists, and have someone buy you some more precious medicines so that you can start learning alchemy earlier."

Zhong Cai nodded in agreement, counting on his fingers, and said to Wu Shaoqian: "I have to start with the first-grade pills now. It is said in the inheritance that each low-grade first-grade pill can have one strand of pill spirit, the middle-grade pill has two strands, the high-grade pill has three strands, and the top-grade pill has five strands. For a beginner like me, it is good enough to produce pills, and don't even think about the perfect appearance. What if I can only produce one or two low-grade pills at a time? I need to make several furnaces to get ten strands of pill spirit, so that I can make the lowest-grade sacrifice! If it is a high-grade one, such as a hundred strands of sacrifice once, a thousand strands once... How many precious medicines and gold will be used in this process? It really makes my scalp numb just thinking about it. The low-grade first-grade pills can't be sold for much money. If the luck is bad during the sacrifice, it will cost more than the income. Alas!"

Wu Shaoqian couldn't help laughing: "You don't have to think too badly. If you are a genius in alchemy, and you can make twelve perfect pills in each furnace, and they can all be top-grade pills, then wouldn't there be sixty traces of alchemy rhyme in one furnace?"

Zhong Cai rolled his eyes.

He has obtained the inheritance. Doesn't he know that he could be a genius in alchemy?

Zhong Cai's gaze unconsciously fell on the pit where white flames were still burning, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

To be honest, he really felt that this thing was very similar to the card drawing he played in games in his previous life. Not only were there different levels of sacrifice, but the even more outrageous thing was that no matter which level it was, as long as he sacrificed ten times in a row, there would actually be guaranteed resources!

And isn't this pit like a card pool?

"First-class precious medicines, Gastrodia elata, White Snail Root, Seven Fingers Flower... Among them, Gastrodia elata is one of the three main ingredients of Baicao Pill, White Snail Root is one of the two main ingredients of Blood Replenishing Pill, and Seven Fingers Flower is one of the two main ingredients of Bone Tempering Pill... The market price of Gastrodia elata is three silver and five cents, the market price of White Snail Root is five silver and two cents, and the value of Seven Fingers Flower is one silver and three cents... The market price of the low-grade Baicao Pill is one hundred and twenty silver, and it is a medicine for healing... The low-grade one is used at most for cultivators in the fourth level of Tianyin Realm; the middle-grade one hundred and fifty is used at most for cultivators in the sixth level of Tianyin Realm; the high-grade one hundred and fifty is used at most for cultivators in the eleventh level; the best-grade one hundred and fifty is used at most for cultivators in the twelfth level; the best-grade one hundred and twelve is used at most for cultivators in the twelfth level... The market price of Blood Replenishing Pill... The market price of Seven Fingers Flower..."

Zhong Cai sat on a stone bench, his fingers moving back and forth on several kinds of precious medicines placed on the stone table.

Gastrodia elata is green all over, with serrated leaves that emit a faint spicy smell; white snail root is a rare medicine whose stems and leaves wither when mature, leaving only the white snail-shaped root, which has no odor; seven-finger flower, as the name suggests, is shaped like a palm with seven fingers, and has a very sweet fragrance.

Zhong Cai was picking at the paper while muttering to himself.