Eternal Life: Talent Grows with Age-Chapter 262 - 172: Someone Can Refine This Pill!

Who would send a healer to charge at the front lines during a legion battle?

Besides, even though White Cloud Cave Mansion can’t compare to the Supreme Profound Sect, it’s still a major force in the region around Platinum Immortal City—it has protection, and safety there is pretty much guaranteed.

That’s why Lin Yan could feel so much more at ease.

"Take care of yourself, Teacher."

After Lin Yan left, Lu Chang’sheng devoted himself to cultivation once again.

He occasionally communicated with Nangua and Chang’an via Sound Transmission Shell.

Things hadn’t changed much over there. Ever since the previous failed attempt to collect the art learning fee, there hadn’t been any further conflicts.

Nangua’s so-called master seemed content to just keep her confined within the bounds of Fuyun Mountain.

"Give it another five years. I’ll come pick you both up myself." Lu Chang’sheng said quietly.

He then told them about their mother’s lifespan running out.

The two were saddened, but recovered quickly.

Death from natural causes, dying of old age—if not for this business with cultivation, in the Mayfly World, that could even be considered a fortunate passing.

So, they felt more a sense of reflection than sorrow.

After a while, Lu Chang’sheng cut the link to the Sound Transmission Shell, returned to the Alchemy Room, and took out the Everlasting Pill formula that Qu Feng had given him to study.

The pill formula was inscribed within a Jade Scroll and had to be read with one’s Essence, Qi, and Spirit.

Because of this, it took him over a full day to thoroughly read through the formula.

Then, he began to prepare the ingredients.

The reason Qu Feng hadn’t gone straight to those other alchemists wasn’t just because of the high cost—another factor was a lack of ingredients.

This was a new pill formula, and there were two main medicinal ingredients he hadn’t managed to obtain.

At White Cloud Pharmacy, these two key ingredients were rather expensive.

There’s no way he’d be the one paying for them.

"I’ll ask Qu Feng for reimbursement once there’s a result."

Lu Chang’sheng began his alchemy work.

Five days later, he walked out of the Alchemy Room with a satisfied look, glanced at the Light Curtain Panel, and saw the information for a new pill had appeared.

"Alchemy: Everlasting Pill (First Grade, Superior):

Entry Time Required: 0.3 years (Entry).

Minor Achievement: 3.5 years (Minor Achievement).

Great Success: 12 years (Great Success).

Perfection: 22 years (Perfection).

"Master Lin’s Jade Scroll on the Alchemy Dao is truly invaluable. Now, even a first grade superior pill formula like this feels almost as easy to me as the previous first grade inferior ones."

"If only I could have a few more Jade Scrolls—" Lu Chang’sheng’s eyes shone with anticipation.

Still, that would be extremely difficult. A Jade Scroll contained all the hard-won experience of an alchemist’s lifetime—only direct descendants ever get them easily.

But—

"Knowledge can have a price, or be priceless. Maybe getting a Jade Scroll from White Cloud Cave Mansion’s alchemists is out of reach, but in the marketplace, there are plenty of down-and-out alchemists. If I can buy up all their alchemy Jade Scrolls, it’ll be a huge stroke of fortune for me."

Lu Chang’sheng was never one for indecision—once he thought of something, he did it.

"I’ll need to make more investments," he muttered.

Because right now, he was already running low on cash.

Most of the Spirit Stones provided by the great families were pretty much gone—he’d already put every single one of them to good use. Otherwise, he never could have reached Great Success with the Qi Storage Pill.

If you can master one pill to Great Success, it proves you have a truly profound understanding of alchemy’s principles. When it comes to learning to refine other pills, the wealth of experience makes it far easier.

This was the result of him investing huge resources in arduous practice.

"It’s about time to give the great families a taste of success, too. Let’s start with this Everlasting Pill." Lu Chang’sheng thought to himself.

Soon after, at the Lu Family.

Sitting nervously in a chair, Qu Feng suddenly saw Lu Chang’sheng coming and hurriedly stood up to ask, "Chang’sheng, how did it go?"

Lu Chang’sheng shook his head.

"All the alchemists have been summoned to Purple Ice Lake—right now, it’s absolutely impossible to ask them to refine any pills."

Qu Feng’s face instantly turned pale.

Because he was only at the sixth level of Qi Cultivation, he hadn’t been called up for this round of conscription.

But—

If no one could help with the pill refining, their family’s elder was probably not going to last much longer.

"No other option. We’ll have to turn to the Supreme Profound Sect." Wan Yu gritted his teeth.

But chances weren’t good—it’s not that the Supreme Profound Sect didn’t want to help, the timing just wasn’t right.

If they’d had other options, they wouldn’t have come looking for Lu Chang’sheng in the first place.

Right at that moment, however, Lu Chang’sheng gave a small smile and said, "Actually, I do know someone who can refine this pill."