Chapter 44: Gathering

After more than half a year in Black Mountain, Zhang Zhixuan's cultivation level has not increased, but his knowledge has increased a lot.

For more than half a year, he has been refining pills for Baibao Pavilion. Although Zhang Zhixuan's alchemy skills have not improved, his success rate has increased a little.

During this period, he also learned a new pill recipe, which is rare, and even the Zhang family does not have it.

This pill recipe is not from Baibao Pavilion.

In Baibao Pavilion, Zhang Zhixuan is only responsible for refining low-level elixirs such as hemostatic powder and bone-setting pills of the first and second levels.

The more precious elixirs in Baibao Pavilion are all given to Wang Lianke to refine, and the pill recipes and refining process are not allowed to be viewed by others.

Sometimes in Baibao Pavilion, elixirs are used to pay off debts because of insufficient circulation of spiritual stones.

And some casual cultivators often take out the good things in their hands and exchange resources with cultivators in the shops in the market.

This kind of private exchange is often cheaper than the price in the market.

A month ago, Zhang Zhixuan exchanged a bottle of the second-level medium-quality Peiyuan Pill for a pill recipe in the hands of a casual cultivator through the introduction of a friend in the market.

A bottle of the second-level medium-quality Peiyuan Pill costs more than thirty spirit stones, which is already a considerable price for a casual cultivator.

Although the recipe of the Youhuan Pill in the hands of the casual cultivator is more valuable, it is a second-level high-quality pill recipe, which costs at least one hundred spirit stones.

But firstly, this kind of pill recipe is very rare. It is the first time Zhang Zhixuan has heard of it. It is estimated that it is the first time it has appeared in the Southern Wilderness. It is unknown whether there are any hidden dangers after taking it.

Secondly, there are very few casual cultivators who are proficient in alchemy. Large stores often lower prices very severely, and it may not be possible to exchange for a bottle of Peiyuan Pill.

Thirdly, this pill recipe has a big flaw. The main ingredient of the Youhuan Pill recipe, Xuanyou Grass, is unknown from where the spiritual grass comes from. No one has ever heard of it near the Southern Wilderness.

Even some knowledgeable foundation-building cultivators have never seen what the Xuanyou Grass marked on the pill recipe looks like.

In this way, the price of this recipe has been reduced by more than half.

Except for some alchemists who are interested in learning alchemy and take it back for special research, this recipe is basically useless.

The reason why Zhang Zhixuan bought it is to see if there is any spiritual medicine that can replace Xuanyou grass, and then modify this recipe to expand his knowledge.

Now Zhang Zhixuan and his partner have the Shuiling Pot, and they are not short of immortal cultivation resources for the time being.

After a few years, they also have some rich spiritual stones, so they spent a lot of money to buy this recipe and train Qingchan to learn the art of making talismans.

Zhang Zhixuan has read the recipe of Youhuan Dan hundreds of times. There are many words in this recipe, more than 100,000 words, and each spiritual medicine has a detailed explanation, which introduces the medicinal properties, shapes, and even cultivation methods of various spiritual medicines in detail.

It was precisely because of this that Zhang Zhixuan was willing to spend a high price to buy this recipe.

"Xuanyou herbs have peculiar properties. Except for some high-level spiritual medicines, there is no spiritual medicine that can replace them. Moreover, once the main medicine is replaced, the effect of Youhuan Dan will be completely different. In this way, it is equivalent to creating a new recipe. I am afraid that countless experiments will be done. Relying on my current financial ability, I can't do this at all. It seems that I should put it aside for a while."

Zhang Zhixuan had just put away the recipe when a communication talisman flew into the cave. Zhang Zhixuan opened it and pointed at Qingchan and said, "Fellow Daoist Xu asked us to participate in the exchange meeting again."

Recently, because Zhang Zhixuan met many cultivators in the market, most of these cultivators who settled in the market were hopeless people, but they were very keen to organize various gatherings.

This kind of gathering not only exchanges the experience of cultivators' cultivation, but also trades some useless immortal cultivation resources in their hands.

Zhang Zhixuan participated in it several times before, but most of them didn't get anything good. The best one was to exchange this useless recipe.

The cultivators who participated in the exchange fair were all casual cultivators who had been in the market for many years. They were all cunning and treacherous. How could they give others a chance to exploit them?

Most of the things in their hands were useless.

Because Zhang Zhixuan had just participated and didn't understand the market, he spent a lot of spirit stones to buy a pill recipe that was not helpful for cultivation for the time being.

This move made him a fat sheep in the hearts of many casual cultivators. Therefore, whenever there was such a gathering recently, the casual cultivators nearby would invite Zhang Zhixuan.

In order to investigate the whereabouts of the Wu brothers, Zhang Zhixuan also had the idea of ​​gradually expanding his social circle. He would also actively participate in various exchange fairs to get to know some casual cultivators and gain some experience.

Zhang Zhixuan took Qingchan with him, walked out of the cave, and then walked down the mountain. After a few turns, he entered a lively courtyard.

"Fellow Daoist Zhou is here. Brother Boyong, how are you?" Although the person who spoke looked young, he already had a hint of oldness in his expression.

This person is the host of this exchange meeting, named Xu Xingyuan.

After Zhang Zhixuan came to Black Mountain, in order to avoid being discovered by others, he did not use his real name in this life, but used the name of his previous life.

"Thank you for your concern, Fellow Daoist Xu. This is what I have been doing during this period. I have been practicing except for refining pills."

"Fellow Daoist has already achieved extraordinary cultivation at a young age. It is possible to build a foundation. This is very different from us." Xu Xingyuan said enviously.

Zhang Zhixuan laughed at himself and said, "Without the foundation-building pill, the probability of building a foundation is only one in thirty. I dare not gamble my life. And the price of a foundation-building pill is fully known by all the fellow Daoists. Even if I peel off my skin and bones and boil it into pills, I can't exchange it for a foundation-building pill."

"Fellow Daoist Zhou is too modest. Fellow Daoist Zhou is an alchemist. As long as he improves his alchemy skills by a small level, he can exchange for more immortal cultivation resources. Fellow Daoist is still young. It is not impossible to save enough spirit stones to buy foundation-building pills after accumulating for decades." A white-haired old cultivator took over.

"Fellow Daoist Ma is cunning. He sold me a useless recipe last time. I don't know what he is up to this time. It seems that he wants me to spend a lot of money."

"Fellow Daoist Zhou guessed right this time. I'm afraid you will have to spend money later. I don't know if you have enough spiritual stones with you." The old monk smiled mysteriously.

Zhang Zhixuan cupped his hands and said, "Then we will see what Fellow Daoist Ma can do."

After a few pleasantries, Xu Xingyuan saw that all the invited monks had arrived, so he stepped forward and said, "Everything will be the same as before this exchange. Let's exchange some experiences first, and then start exchanging various resources."