"Brother Du, don't forget us when you get rich."
After Mr. Li from the Heaven Realm left, the responsibility of managing Eight Immortals City fell on Du Feng's shoulders. As expected, Uncle Lion Man and Bewitching Young Man became hands-off managers, but they each took one-third of the remaining profits. The remaining one-third was supposed to be left for Du Feng, but he still had the Demon Emperor and the Dragon Emperor with him.
The Dragon Emperor had been very attentive lately, and would try to get close to Du Feng whenever he had time. He just wanted some benefits. No matter how little profit there was left in Eight Immortals City, it was more than what they could earn by robbing others. Battles between dragons and phoenixes like the last time did not happen very often. Therefore, Dragon Gold and Phoenix Diamond were not something that could be obtained easily.
In order to increase the profits of Eight Immortals City, Du Feng had put in a lot of effort. He used all the experience he had gained from being the boss of a shop. He even found a few smart warriors and taught them how to manage the city. He didn't dare to count on the Demon Emperor and the Dragon Emperor.
Because the Demon Emperor was powerful, he was the hero in the eyes of all the demon cultivators in the Northern Continent. Therefore, his management was very easy. All he had to do was show off his strength and let everyone worship him. The rest of the matters could be taken care of by his subordinates.
As for the Dragon Emperor, there was no need to mention him. He had inherited the throne, so he didn't have to worry about anything. With a trident in his hand, all the Dragons had to listen to him. He had no management experience at all.
No matter how powerful a person was, his energy was limited. Therefore, Du Feng didn't hesitate to teach many useful things to the warriors of Eight Immortals City so that they could manage themselves. There were some benefits to being the temporary city lord. For example, Du Feng gathered all the herbs needed for the immortal pill recipe.
As the city lord of Eight Immortals City, he naturally had to interact with the city lords of other immortal cities. Moreover, with the support of Uncle Lion Man and Bewitching Young Man, it wasn't difficult to get many things. He had no shortage of pill furnaces. Back in the Hellfire Crucible in the Realm of Chaos, he had acquired a high-level Medicine King Cauldron.
"Old Demon, help me keep an eye on them."
After Du Feng arranged everything in the city, he asked the Demon Emperor to temporarily manage the matters of the City Lord's Mansion for him. Then, he found a secret chamber and began to refine pills in seclusion. Although his talent in alchemy was very high, it was still his first time concocting an immortal pill. The amount of medicinal herbs collected was not very large, so he had to be extra careful.
In order to make sure that the amount was accurate enough, Du Feng ground more than thirty kinds of medicinal herbs that he needed. After weighing them one by one, they mixed them together according to the proportion. He used the Second Essence Heavy Water from the Black Dragon River to moisten the powder and then kneaded it into a ball.
If it was to refine an ordinary pill, there would be no need to put in so much effort. He only needed to throw the herbs into the pill furnace according to the proportion, and during the heating process, he would enter the pill technique. This was because as long as one had the right pill technique, those medicinal herbs would automatically fuse together and turn into pills.
However, it was different this time. Du Feng needed to concoct a type of immortal pill. The specific name of this elixir was the Spirit-Cultivating Elixir. It was only one word different from the Essence Cultivating Elixir, but the effects were vastly different. The Peiyuan Pill was a pill used by martial artists of the Qi and Martial Condensation realms in the lower realms. However, the Spirit Cultivating Pill was indeed a pill that the Heavenly Realm's Spirit Immortals and Earth Immortals needed to cultivate.
Cultivation at the Spirit Immortal Realm was at the Heaven Realm, so it was suitable for Du Feng and the others to use. It was too wasteful to rely solely on immortal stones for cultivation. Today, he was going to concoct the Spirit Cultivating Pill. He could either use it himself or sell it for money. Even if he brought it to the Heaven Realm in the future, he believed that it wouldn't be too embarrassing.
Although Du Feng had been very careful and mixed the medicinal powder very evenly, it was still very difficult for him to use it. However, the first batch of pills still turned into ashes with a puchi sound. Fortunately, they only turned into ashes and did not explode. After all, it was a high-grade Medicine King Tripod, so it still had a certain auxiliary effect.
Sure enough, geniuses also needed to work hard. Du Feng's talent in alchemy was already ridiculously high, but he still failed to concoct the Spirit-Cultivating Pill for the first time. But it didn't matter. He just took three pills to do an experiment. After the medicinal materials were crushed, a total of 191 rudimentary pills were made. After failing three, there were still 188 that could be used.
Du Feng was more careful this time and only took out a rudimentary pill. As long as the fire was right, the pill technique was powerful enough, and he was careful enough when taking out the pill, he could succeed. The ideal was very rich, but the reality was very harsh.
The second test consumed a lot of Du Feng's elemental energy, and his face was covered in sweat. Unfortunately, he only managed to concoct a useless pill. Looking at the black useless pill in his hand, Du Feng fell into deep thought again. He was only at the first level of the Heaven Realm. Many alchemists who really concocted immortal pills were at the eighth or ninth level of the Heaven Realm, or even the Earth Immortal Realm. Only after years of training could the success rate of concocting pills be increased.
No matter what, Du Feng still improved a little. The useless pill was not a waste. It was just that there was a problem in the refining process that caused the ratio of the effective ingredients to be less than 50%. He observed for a while and found that the effective ingredients of this useless pill were about 30%.
In other words, the remaining 70% was very likely to have toxic side effects. Normal martial artists would not eat this kind of useless pill. The replenishment of elemental energy after eating was not as great as the toxic side effects of the pill itself. But Du Feng was not afraid. He was immune to all poisons anyway.
Du Feng picked up the black useless pill and smelled the burnt stench on it. Then, he put it into his mouth and swallowed it. In order to understand the reason for the failure of refining pills, he really worked hard.
After swallowing the useless pill, the 30% effective ingredients in it first took effect. Du Feng felt a warm current rising from his stomach and quickly rose to his chest. Then, it spread out in his chest and warmed his five viscera and six bowels.
Yes, the Spirit Cultivating Pill was indeed good stuff. No wonder it was so expensive in the Minorcosm World. Because there were very few alchemists in the Minorcosm World, the pills were especially expensive. But relying on immortal stones to cultivate was slow, so martial artists were still willing to spend a lot of money to buy the Spirit Cultivating Pill.
"Uh …" Du Feng had only been pleased for a while when he felt a chill run up his abdomen. It was probably the toxic side effects of the useless pill starting to take effect. He felt a cramping pain in his stomach. If this continued, not only would the replenishment of elemental energy be wasted, but Cultivation would also be damaged.
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