Sima Youyue began her crazy days of practicing alchemy. During the day, she would practice alchemy in her Soul Pearl, and at night, she would come out to recover her mental strength. At the same time, she would replenish the Golden Snake Fruit Tree's energy.
In order to be able to help the Sima Clan, Sima You Yue mostly refined the pills that she usually used when refining pills. Blood Clotting Pills, Qi Recovery Powder, these were all pills that mercenaries and Spirit Masters usually prepared. The reason why the Nalan family was favored by the mercenaries was because their prices were lower than the Sima family's.
Speaking of this, the Sima family felt helpless. Because they didn't have an alchemist, their shops originally didn't sell medicinal pills, but because of this, their performance in other aspects was affected. Helpless, they could only go to other shops to buy pills at a slightly lower price. Then, they would sell them at the normal price.
It was also because of this that the price of their medicinal pills couldn't be too low. Seeing the Nalan Clan use this to suppress them, they could only watch helplessly.
The Sima family did not have an alchemist, and this was the crux of the problem. Sima Lie had also thought of recruiting an alchemist, but the arrogant attitude of those guys made him unable to succeed in the end.
Sima Youyue also understood that when concocting pills, she would concoct more commonly used pills. Furthermore, these pills were easy to concoct, and the ingredients in her soul pearl were also complete. After a month, she had a few hundred bottles of pills in her hands.
On this day, after she took the pills out of the furnace, Mo Sha appeared in front of her again.
"You can try refining a second tier pill now." Mo Sha said.
"It's done?"
Sima Youyue looked at Mo Sha. Previously, he said that if he didn't say anything, she would continue concocting Tier 1 pills.
She had always listened to him. Although she felt that she could already concoct level two pills a few days ago, she still continued to concoct level one pills.
Mo Sha nodded his head and said, "Although you've been refining first ranked pills for a long time, it's still the same saying, practice makes perfect. Practicing more first ranked pills can increase your chances of becoming a second ranked alchemist."
"I understand." Sima Youyue said.
With a thought from Mo Sha, a piece of paper appeared in front of them.
"This is the pill formula for the second grade pill that I found in the study. Recover your mental strength now, and then memorize this pill formula. Take a look at what you need to pay attention to first, and then I'll tell you when I'm refining. "
"Okay." Sima Youyue picked up the prescription and sat down on the floor to study it.
Mo Sha watched as she focused on studying the pill recipe, and his eyes flickered.
During this period of time, it could be said that he was together with her day and night. He saw with his own eyes that her alchemy level had increased from a low first level to a high first level. Her success rate had increased from 60% to over 90%, and the number of pills she could concoct had increased from two to three pills per furnace to nearly ten pills!
He had never seen such a talented and hardworking person before. Her tenacity and perseverance moved him.
Back then, he was just as talented as she was, but before his life changed, he didn't work as hard as she did.
In order not to disturb Sima Youyue's research, he left the alchemy room.
Sima Youyue had a photographic memory, so she was able to memorize the pill formula after reading it once. However, she didn't immediately start concocting the pill. Instead, she repeatedly pondered over the pill formula. Only after she had thoroughly understood the pill formula did she stand up and prepare to begin.
She stood up. She didn't know when the ingredients for the White Lotus Pill had been placed on the table. She smiled knowingly and closed her eyes to recall the pill formula. Then, she started to refine them.
Sima Youyue was already very familiar with the steps of refining, so there weren't any big problems. When she finished refining the last ingredient, Mo Sha appeared behind her.
"The White Lotus Pill is one of the easier second level pills. The process is also simpler than the others. However, compared to the first level pills, it's slightly more complicated. But just this point alone requires a higher level of mental strength. "
Just like what he said before, mental strength was very important to a cultivator. No matter what, whether or not one could walk further depended on it.
"Begin, I'll watch from the side."
Sima Youyue nodded and began to place the refined ingredients in the order of the pill formula.
The first time, she failed without any surprises. However, she wasn't discouraged. The difference between a first level pill and a second level pill wasn't small. It was normal for her to fail the first time.
She let out a long sigh and concluded the reason for her failure. She picked up the ingredients and started to refine them again.
Mo Sha looked at Sima Youyue with satisfaction. If it was in the past, he might have taken her under his wing. He believed that in time, she would definitely stand at the top of the world.
The first failure was during the fusion. The second failure was during the condensation. On the third try, she successfully refined a White Lotus Pill. Although this pill was as ugly as the one she refined when she first learned how to refine pills, it meant that she had stepped into the ranks of a second level alchemist.
"Not bad, you can grasp the requirements of refining a second level pill after three tries." Mo Sha said, "Once you feel the difference between a first level pill and a second level pill, it will be easy for you to refine other second level pills."
"Mm." Sima Youyue looked at the pill in her hand and smiled happily.
"Recover your mental strength, then continue …"
Just as Sima Youyue was in seclusion to refine pills, the Sima family was once again in danger.
In the study of the General's residence, Sima Lie, Sima You Ming, Sima You Qi and the steward were all frowning.
"Grandfather, those shops are no longer willing to provide us with pills." Sima You Ming said, "Once we sell all our pills, those mercenaries and spirit masters will no longer come to our shops. Our other businesses will also be affected."
Sima You Qi slapped the table beside him and said angrily, "They said before that they would continue to provide us with pills, but now they're going back on their word. It must be that the Nalan Clan gave those shops some benefits! "
"Now is not the time to find out the reason." Sima Lie said with furrowed eyebrows, "How long can our pills last?"
"There should be another half a month." Sima You Ming said, "Because the price of the Nalan Clan's pills is lower than ours, the number of people who come to our shop has decreased by quite a bit. All of our sales have decreased by a third to half."
"There's only half a month left?"
"Grandfather, we have to find a new shop within this half a month and get them to provide us with pills." Sima You Qi said.
"Without an alchemist of our own, this is going to be troublesome." Sima Lie said, "Steward, send someone to recruit an alchemist. No matter what the other party asks, as long as it is within the limits of the General's residence, we will accept it."
"Yes, General." The steward bowed and retreated.
Based on the relationship between the General's residence and those alchemists, it would not be easy to find an alchemist as soon as possible!
"Looks like we can only go outside and find an alchemist who has no grudges with us." The steward sighed and went to arrange it.
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