The Journey of Immortal Cultivation-Chapter 441 - 260 Elixir
"Hmm, indeed it is a fully mature white flower snake tongue grass, Chief Li was diligent. This thing is too rare, I couldn’t find it through so much effort." She composedly took the Jade Box, yet did not give him money. Because yesterday they had agreed that Ning Xiaoxian would use it to refine two elixirs for Duobao Pavilion, in exchange, she could take part of its buds for her own cultivation.
Just two elixirs, isn’t that too stingy? Sorry, neither Duobao Pavilion nor Ning Xiaoxian herself would think so. Because the elixir she is going to refine with the white flower snake tongue grass is the God Transformation Pill, which helps Great Perfection Cultivators at the Nascent Soul Stage to break through to the Divinity Transformation Stage! If one consumes this elixir, the chances of a breakthrough could increase by 30 percent.
If refining Golden Core Pills and Nascent Soul Pills is difficult, then Pill Masters capable of refining God Transformation Pills are one in a hundred thousand. The control over alchemy fire, technique, and timing for this kind of elixir is extremely demanding, almost to a perverse extent. Technique and timing can be practiced and mastered repeatedly. However, to refine God Transformation Pills, at the very least, one must use Samadhi True Fire or higher-grade True Fires, where do most people find such luck to kindle high-quality Innate True Fire to use as alchemy fire?
This first strict requirement already eliminates seven or eight out of ten Pill Masters, coupled with the fact that the ingredients for refining are very rare and precious, the cost of the medicinal herbs for each God Transformation Pill is at least 200,000 Spirit Stones, who has the courage and daring to repeatedly practice refining such pills?
Therefore, the price of any single God Transformation Pill will not be less than 800,000 Spirit Stones! Friends who have played domestic online games know that the chance of forging a top-tier item is frustratingly low, but once successful, its value is astonishingly high. Refining God Transformation Pills is extremely difficult, yet once successful, it can suddenly make a Pill Master extremely rich, provided that you meet all the conditions mentioned above.
The materials in Ning Xiaoxian’s hands were basically complete, and with this white flower snake tongue grass, she was ready to start refining anytime.
The white flower snake tongue grass is very delicate, picky not only about air temperature, soil temperature, even demanding precise temperatures for water. It prefers shaded and moist environments, ventilated and breathable, detests hot and dry climes, waterlogged and saline-alkaline soil, and at the same time requires substantial nutrients in the soil. This snake tongue grass was nurtured by a professional in Duobao Pavilion for many years with great care, and must be planted on decomposing leaf soil made primarily from tanoak and pine leaves. Most importantly, snake tongue grass is not entirely herbivorous; it delights in the blood from freshly slaughtered chickens and cows, best mixed at a ratio of three to two; for it to grow robust, even the free-range chickens raised on the back mountain were fed Century-old Ginseng for fifty days before being killed to collect their blood.
By the way, this plant also likes companion plants; to keep it happy and thriving, it is essential to rear a type of Fine-legged Giant Mandible Black Ant beneath the roots of the snake tongue grass, but this type of ant is now practically extinct...
Therefore, every single white flower snake tongue grass is valued at over 700,000 Spirit Stones, and the one that Li Jianming presented being fully mature, is even more valuable.
However, compared to the God Transformation Pill, such a cost is entirely worth it. Even for Guangcheng Palace, being able to offer God Transformation Pills for sale is also a proof of strength—among the Great Sects, such an item is not merely a luxury that can be sold, at most, it is barely enough to be provided for personal use by a few proud disciples of the leaders. Li Jianming didn’t say it, but the look in his eyes when he saw Ning Xiaoxian could ignite a fire.
Luckily, she knew that this man had no particular thoughts about her, but rather, he hoped she could refine the God Transformation Pills within these few days to earn some respect for Duobao Pavilion and Guangcheng Palace in front of all the cultivators. He didn’t dare to hope for this initially, but after being trapped in the Reincarnation Dilemma for decades, returning to Guangcheng Palace less than half a month ago, even if someone up top could let him directly return to his post at Duobao Pavilion, the voices of criticism within the sect were still very strong.
At this very moment, he needed to produce results, and attending the grand ceremony with Ning Xiaoxian was undoubtedly his best opportunity. Li Jianming knew, rather than burning slowly, building a good reputation over years, it’s better to gamble once and make a beautiful deal.
Ning Xiaoxian had straightforwardly told him yesterday, at the latest by tomorrow morning, she would be able to deliver the finished God Transformation Pills to him!
His cultivation might not be high, but his nature is indeed decisively resolute, he pushed through against opinions and brought out this snake tongue grass, this was indeed a burst of determination, and somehow he strangely had quite some confidence in Ning Xiaoxian, even though he himself didn’t know where this confidence came from.
