Chapter 210: Pie in the Sky
"What are you thinking about? Foundation-building pills are rare. One pill can be sold at an auction for a sky-high price of 50,000 or 60,000 spirit stones. The spirit medicines needed for refining are often thousands of years old. Where can I get a large number of foundation-building pills..." Gu Shan smiled and shook his head.
"Then the foundation-building opportunity you mentioned is not for me to build my own foundation... No, no, no... I haven't lived enough. If I build my own foundation, the success rate is still too low..." Chen Changsheng shook his head directly.
"Of course not, didn't I say before that the second leader is a second-level alchemist? Do you know what pill he demonstrated in front of us that day?" Gu Shan asked.
"What pill?"
Although Chen Changsheng had already guessed it in his heart, he still cooperated with Gu Shan...
"Foundation-building pill!" Gu Shan slowly uttered three words.
"Foundation-building pill? Is it really a foundation-building pill?"
"Did the second leader really refine a furnace of foundation-building pills?" Chen Changsheng was surprised.
He had also refined the foundation-building pill...
The process was just too sad...
Basically, the three thousand-year-old spiritual medicines were wasted in vain...
"Of course, and a furnace refined seven foundation-building pills!" Gu Shan nodded heavily.
"What? Seven? How is that possible?"
"I heard that the foundation-building pill can be refined along the way, with at least three pills and at most five... Seven pills... It's equivalent to an ordinary alchemy master who can successfully refine two furnaces!"
This time, Chen Changsheng was really shocked...
This alchemy technique...
It's a bit strong!
It's not that Chen Changsheng can't refine seven pills in one furnace, but that can basically only be done with first-level pills. For second-level pills, even if it is the purest rhubarb pill, at most six pills can be refined at a time, and in most cases, only four or five pills can be made...
The number of pills in a furnace is a great test of the alchemist's level, and it can also greatly save spiritual medicine!
It is necessary to make every step almost perfect, and minimize the loss of medicinal properties during the alchemy process, so that the number of pills can be greater when they are completed.
Of course, these are things that only alchemy masters will pursue. For ordinary alchemists, it is good enough to succeed in refining. Whether it is three or five pills, it is worth being happy.
"So, those alchemists just now, one by one, wanted to get the guidance of the second leader!" Gu Shan said with a smile.
"Such alchemy is really amazing. The alchemy technology of the second leader is probably not as simple as the ordinary second level..." Chen Changsheng said.
"That's not clear. We have only seen him refine pills once. A glimpse of the whole picture shows that the second leader's alchemy technology must be very powerful!"
"And, do you know how the third leader of our alliance appeared?" Gu Shan said.
"Could it be... that it was the foundation-building pill refined by the second leader..." Chen Changsheng said.
"Yes, that's right!"
"After the second leader succeeded in refining, he gave one of the foundation-building pills to Gu Yunqi, the head of my Gu family. The head's strength had already reached the peak of Qi training, but he had never found the opportunity to build a foundation. After getting the foundation-building pill, he also broke through to the foundation-building realm in one go, and then became the third leader of the Seventy-two Islands Alliance!" Gu Shan said proudly.
It is indeed a proud thing to have a foundation-building master in the family, especially in the Dragon Lake.
Generally speaking, if someone in a family successfully advances to the foundation-building stage, they will often hold a banquet and invite guests to celebrate!
And why did the second leader choose their Gu family instead of other families?
Is it because other families do not have the peak of Qi training?
Of course not!
In the Seventy-two Islands Alliance, there are at least five or six people who are at the peak of Qi training and under the age of sixty who are qualified to take the foundation-building pill!
But the Gu family was one of the strongest families in the Seventy-two Island Alliance, and they were highly conscious and actively moved closer to the leader, so they received this reward...
Therefore, the Seventy-two Island Alliance, which was originally just a loose alliance, was firmly controlled by the Grand Alliance Leader and the Second Alliance Leader...
There was no other way, the Third Alliance Leader was trained by others, and the other island leaders also wanted the foundation-building pill. With the strength of the Grand Alliance Leader and the Second Alliance Leader, who dared not to obey?
"Congratulations to Fellow Daoist Gu, the family can prosper for 150 years with the foundation-building master!" Chen Changsheng bowed.
Yes, 150 years!
The life span of a foundation-building master is about 200 years. Generally, those who succeed in building a foundation are before the age of 60. If they cannot advance to the stage of forming a pill in the future, they can basically live for about 140 to 50 years. Therefore, when a family has a foundation-building master, others will congratulate them like this!
"It's really great, so, Xiaoye, I have to remind you to perform well and strive to get the appreciation of the second leader. He still has the foundation-building pill in his hand!" Gu Shan said with a smile.
"I understand, thank you for your reminder, fellow Daoist Gu!" Chen Changsheng bowed.
He didn't care about the second leader's foundation-building pill, but he was very interested in the second leader's alchemy skills...
I don't know what kind of last wish task will be given if the second leader is killed, and whether there is a chance to complete it...
If Gu Shan knew that after he told Chen Changsheng about the second leader's alchemy skills, the first thought that came to Chen Changsheng's mind was to kill him and get the last wish task, I wonder what his expression would be...
"Haha, you're welcome, I'm very optimistic about you, keep up the good work!"
"Oh, by the way, the second leader will come to us once every year. The last time he came was half a year ago. You still have half a year to prepare. You must perform well in front of the second leader!"
"Foundation building pills and the like may be a bit far away, but it is also very good to get the second leader to teach you how to make pills!" Gu Shan said.
"Half a year? Okay, I know, I will prepare well!" Chen Changsheng nodded.
"Okay, there is nothing else, I will leave first, remember to complete the tasks assigned by the alliance!" Gu Shan smiled and left the hall with his hands behind his back...
Haha, another silly boy...
Alchemy techniques can be taught, after all, the higher the alchemy skills, the more benefits the alliance will get...
As for the foundation building pill?
It's just talk. A foundation building pill can be worth 50,000 or 60,000 spirit stones at the auction. Just give it to you?
You are really whimsical...
The Gu family paid a lot for that foundation building pill!
Chen Changsheng in the hall naturally didn't expect that the Taoist friend Gu, who he thought was quite good to him, was actually plotting against him and making empty promises for him...
However, even if he knew, he wouldn't care.
He didn't really come here to learn alchemy, but for Luo Li's daughter...
It's a pity that after joining the Seventy-two Islands Alliance for so long, he still hasn't heard any news about Luo Qing...
However, Chen Changsheng was not in a hurry. People have been kidnapped for more than ten years. If something happened, it would have happened earlier. It doesn't make any difference if it happened earlier or later...
For some reason, the various formations arranged in the headquarters of the Seventy-two Islands Alliance made Chen Changsheng a little puzzled...
Or rather, it's not puzzled, but familiar to the point of being familiar...