Chapter 72 Kyorindo

(Three more.)

"With decades of perseverance, the boy has become a young man, his cultivation has reached the foundation establishment stage, and he has gained everyone's approval.

He settled down on an ordinary small hill in Xingchang County, Fangniu Mountain, and began to study what he had learned, write books, and began to treat diseases and save lives.

If the person he rescued was a poor person, he would not charge any money, but let the person plant an apricot tree on the mountain.

However, the good times didn't last long, and within half a year, he discovered that the Foundation Establishment Pill he had refined was actually poisonous. Some cultivators who took the Foundation Establishment Pill developed severe erysipelas one after another.

In mild cases, the true energy is unstable, making it difficult to sustain cultivation; in severe cases, the meridians are blocked; in even more serious cases, the meridians and acupoints begin to shrink, and many people go crazy.

Everyone condemned.

In order to appease public anger, he killed himself three times in accordance with the rules of the world. It is the so-called three knives and six holes.

Later, after repeated research, it was discovered that the problem was in the alchemy furnace.

To be more precise, it is the material of the alchemy furnace.

The inferior alchemy furnace polluted the elixir.

He had to buy expensive spiritual materials for alchemy. But the cash is too shy to afford expensive red copper, fine gold, etc., so they can only look for relatively cheap black iron.

However, the high-purity, non-toxic black iron suitable for alchemy furnaces has always been controlled by Dongfang. For a catty of black iron with a purity of 99%, a merchant from the East offered a sky-high price of 100 to 500 high-grade spirit stones! "

"Pfft... five hundred high-grade spirit stones!" Zhang Hao was dumbfounded. Five hundred high-grade spirit stones are five million low-grade spirit stones! That is a thousand tons of spirit stones, which can be piled up into a hill!

Zhou Jue sighed leisurely, "This kind of black iron specially used for alchemy is said to come from the Kunlun Continent, and even the Kingdom of Canglan and the Kingdom of Taihua cannot produce it.

The cheapest is one hundred high-grade spirit stones, and the best is five hundred. Buy it now, no room for bargaining. "

After listening to Zhou Jue's little story, Zhang Hao was very distressed. He suddenly realized that it was a bit shocking for him to say that he could produce more than ten tons of black iron for alchemy in a month.

Obviously I have been very careful~~~

However, Zhou Jue was still telling his own story: "If you want to refine the smallest and simplest alchemy furnace, you need ten catties of black iron. Then you need a thousand high-grade spirit stones.

He couldn't get it out.

At this time, the surrounding people came, some of them sent three or five low-grade spirit stones, and some sent more than a dozen low-grade spirit stones. Everyone didn't give much, but it only took three days to gather a wealth of more than a thousand high-grade spirit stones.

After that, he spent a month building a brand new alchemy furnace. Since then, there have been no erysipelas incidents.

But the good times didn't last long, and something went wrong with the alchemy furnace.

After long-time alchemy and long-time roasting, the alchemy furnace is no longer pure. Must be replaced. "

"Wait, I heard that a good alchemy furnace can be used all the time, right?" Zhang Hao interrupted Zhou Bo's story.

"That is an alchemy furnace made of pure gold. Generally speaking, an alchemy furnace made of black iron can be used for one year, at most three years. A furnace made of red copper can be used for more than ten years. A furnace made of mithril can be used About fifty years. It is made of pure gold and can be passed down."

"I see. Thank you."

Zhou Jue nodded and continued to tell the story: "Fortunately, at this time, he has already gained fame and some savings, so he started to study abroad. He communicated with all parties, and even spent a lot of money to borrow books from the collections of Nine Yang Sect and various families.

He has traveled all over the country of Qixia, he has been to the country of Canglan, the country of Taihua, and even more eastern countries.

After traveling for more than 50 years, he returned to Fangniu Mountain at the peak of Jindan stage.

It was summer. At this time, there were apricot trees in Fangniu Mountain, and the mountain was full of apricot fragrance. Many children were playing in the forest.

For more than 50 years, the surrounding people have used the money from selling apricots to build a Taoist temple that has begun to take shape. Nominated:

Xinglin Hall.

From that moment on, there was Xinglin Hall in Fangniu Mountain, and Xinglin Hall in Qixia Country.

He is my father, Zhou Shuhai.

From that day on, my father settled in Fangniu Mountain, and married a female disciple of Jiuyangzong a few years later. Until today, a hundred years have passed in a hurry.

Now, my father will provide free support to anyone who is interested in alchemy.

Every year, many people come to Xinglin Hall admiringly, some from western countries, and some from the east.

There are hundreds of alchemy masters living in Xinglin Hall. This place is already the country of Qixia, and even the largest holy place for alchemy in the whole west.

But my father knew very well that 'there are many gossips in front of celebrities', so he deliberately kept a low profile, so that he could practice alchemy with peace of mind. "

Zhang Hao listened and was in awe. Although I haven't seen this Zhou Shuhai yet, I already feel yearning for him.

The reason why the world can continue to improve is that there are always people who are silently dedicating and considering for the whole group.

With a faint sigh, Zhou Jue turned his head to look at Zhang Hao: "Brother Shi, do you know that if you are refining Peiyuan Pill, even if you use the most common alchemy furnace, according to 20 furnaces per day, an average of 100 per furnace, three years Calculated over 1,000 days, the cost of the alchemy furnace for each Peiyuan Dan would be 5 low-level spirit stones.

If the failure rate, spirit stones and medicinal materials used to generate flames are included, the cost of one Peiyuan Pill is as high as more than 15 low-grade spirit stones. If the alchemist's income and consumption are included, the cost price is as high as 16 spirit stones! "

Zhang Hao exclaimed: "I heard that the price of Peiyuan Dan in the Eastern countries is even only three or two spirit stones."

"Yes, there is even a spirit stone." Zhou Jue looked angry, "But we have no choice, we lack medicinal materials, and we don't have black iron for alchemy, everything can only be purchased from the East; and Cang Lan The Kingdom of Heaven and the Kingdom of Taihua once again monopolized the trade routes.

We can only stretch our necks and let others slaughter us! "

Zhang Hao didn't answer immediately, but asked after thinking for a while: "How much black iron for alchemy does Xinglin Hall need in a year?"

"For those with a purity of 99.1% to 99.3%, 500 ordinary pill furnaces are needed every year. There are different sizes of pill furnaces, and the cost is almost 2,500 stones. It is close to 10 tons.

For those with a purity of 99.3% to 99.5%, 100 pill furnaces are needed, which is almost 2 tons.

If the purity is higher than 99.5%, there must be more than 20 pieces, which look like 0.4 tons.

We spend more than 3 million high-grade spirit stones every year to purchase black iron for alchemy.

If you count the medicinal materials, in Xinglintang alone, the high-grade spirit stones that flow out every year are as high as tens of millions.

Today, 60% of the Lingshi deposits in Xingchang County... have been exhausted; most of the rest are over-mined.

It is estimated that in a hundred years at most, we will have no spirit stones to use!

At that time, the western countries may no longer be able to train a cultivator above the foundation stage! "

Zhang Hao was shocked by these astronomical figures. Compared to these, the Zhang family's current achievements are really insignificant.

After a while, Zhang Hao asked: "How much black iron for alchemy do we need every year for the whole country, and even the entire western countries?"