Chapter 243: Alchemy (2)

"This method doesn't work, it's a waste of materials." After the fire was completely controlled, Zhao Wu became Ye Yan's follower, and he was always at Ye Yan's side. He could guess some clues about Ye Yan's idea. He didn't think this method could refine pills. You know, the alchemist has always been respected because of its scarcity. The former sect leader spent a lot of manpower and material resources to build the Riven Valley into a large-scale pill house, and mobilized all the alchemy disciples of the sect. After many years of hard work, he still couldn't refine a few decent pills. Instead, he threw a mess. If these prisoners could refine pills, is there any law in this world?

This kind of attempt is not only a waste of time, but also a waste of resources! Although the low-end herbs for refining Qi-Burning Pills are not valuable, they can't resist such squandering! Thirty-eight prisoners are busy all the time, which is equivalent to thirty-eight alchemists refining alchemy at the same time, and their efficiency is even higher. The problem is that their alchemy does not have the possibility of success. The current situation is that the speed of waste materials is extremely high!

"This method has been verified in my hometown and will definitely work. A temporary failure can only mean that I can't get the point." Ye Yan did not order to stop refining alchemy, and considered solutions while observing the prisoners' process of refining alchemy.

"What, in Warden Xing's hometown, someone uses this method to refine elixirs?" Zhao Wu's face was filled with an incredible expression. If this is true, Warden Xing's hometown would be too powerful!

"Some people in my hometown use this method, but it's not alchemy, and some people use this method to make bagels." In fact, in Ye Yan's previous life, the way of division of labor and cooperation was not only used to make hamburgers, but was widely used in all fields.

"What is a bagel?" Zhao Wu asked anxiously.

Ye Yan thought, "Is this? The bagel is almost the same as the cooked cakes that mortals eat."

…………Zhao Wu was very dull for a while and said seriously, “Warner Xing was joking. How can cook cakes and elixirs be compared?”

"Those who are difficult cannot, and those who are good at it are not difficult. In fact, the principles are similar." Ye Yan, the alchemy craftsman, doesn't know how to make cooked cakes.

Ye Yan was talking while thinking. These prisoners did not make any mistakes when refining elixirs. They were not alchemists, they did not know the medicinal properties of each medicinal material, what kind of heat should be used in the year of medicinal materials, and they did not know how to use the steps of dispensing medicine to adjust it. If they were separated, they would be just a plate of loose sand.

The advantage of the method of division of labor and cooperation is to divide the complex alchemy process into many simple processes, which greatly reduces the difficulty of alchemy, so that monks with no experience in alchemy can also refine alchemy. The difficulty is that different processes cannot cooperate with each other.

There are two solutions. The first is simple and direct. Find a monk who understands pharmacology and medicinal properties to monitor the alchemy process throughout the process and make timely guidance and adjustments. However, this solution is contrary to Ye Yan's principle. He needs to use prisoners to refine elixirs, so that he can refine elixirs on a large scale. If you find someone who knows how to guide the alchemy, the scale of the alchemy will inevitably be limited, because each group of prisoners who refine elixirs need one person to guide, and this kind of talent is not easy to find.

If a monk wants to be familiar with the basic pharmacology and medicinal properties, it takes at least decades of study and study. A monk who reaches that level can almost refine low-level elixirs. If he is a person who can be familiar with the top sects, how can he easily recruit?

Ye Yan decisively adopted the second method and formulated a set of strict standards. First, he limited the year of each medicinal material to the minimum requirement of three years. Since the medicinal materials used are uniform in specifications, the process of alchemy has become patterned and easier to copy and implement. The work of dispensing medicine has become very easy. There is no need to consider the year of medicinal materials, but only need to pay attention to the variety of medicinal materials. Since the years of medicinal materials used are equivalent and the time for refining is almost the same, Ye Yan can ask the prisoners who refine the alchemy to accurately determine the time of alchemy to within one stick of incense!

The essence of this alchemy method lies in division of labor and cooperation, so the division of labor must be meticulous, and each process must be simple. The original thirty-eight processes were subdivided again to reach forty-one processes. For this reason, Ye Yan had to teach the prisoners who refine alchemy again.

Two days later, the first furnace of Qi-nourishing Pill was finally refined, with thirty-six Qi-nourishing Pills, each of which was the size of a longan, exuding a black and shiny luster.

Zhao Wu's eyes were wider and rounder than the Qi-nourishing Pill! He originally thought that Ye Yan was whimsical, but he really didn't expect that Ye Yan really used prisoners to refine the elixir! You must know that cultivators who can refine the Qi-nourishing Pill are already very rare in the sect, but Ye Yan used the prisoners' hands to refine the Qi-nourishing Pill, which was equivalent to turning forty-one prisoners into alchemists!

Although Zhao Wu's mind was not very smart, he realized the amazing benefits brought by this method. He calculated: "Using this method to refine pills, you can refine two furnaces of Qi training pills every day, that is, seventy-two Qi cultivation pills. Even if you sell them to the ancestors of the sect, each Qi cultivation pill can be sold for the price of one low-grade spirit stone. Calculated, there will be at least two thousand low-grade spirit stones every month."

Ye Yan shook his head, "This account is not your algorithm."

Zhao Wu felt that he was not wrong. "Warner Xing means..."

"Didn't you find that the most time-lapse of refining elixirs is the refining process. The previous process can be completed quickly, but the refining process takes five hours, which seriously slows down the speed of refining." Ye Yan pointed to the side of the alchemy furnace.

Zhao Wu looked up and saw that there were many medicinal materials waiting to be refined by the alchemy furnace. The medicinal materials had been processed into the shape of pills, with about 300 pills. "This..."

"At least ten alchemy furnaces need to be started at the same time to match the speed in the early stage. Therefore, the daily output is not seventy Qi-nourishing Pills, but seven hundred and twenty Qi-nourishing Pills, and the monthly income is more than 20,000 spirits. Moreover, these people are not proficient enough when they are just here to work, and the efficiency can be improved when they become proficient. It is estimated that at least thirteen alchemy furnaces will be barely enough. In this way, the monthly income will be at least 30,000 spirits." When Ye Yan arranged the manpower, he deliberately arranged only one person in each process, considering that alchemy was the most time-lapse link.

"Thirty thousand spirits earned." Zhao Wu gasped on the spot, and his eyes almost rolled out. The 30,000 spirits earned every month was also very shocking for law enforcement disciples like him.

Ye Yan was amused when he saw him, and joked with him: "Is the law enforcement disciples of the sect so poor? The number of 30,000 spirits sounds scary. Isn't it just thirty medium-grade spirit stones after being exchanged?"

You should know that once these prisoners work together to refine alchemy, each of them is equivalent to an early-level alchemist. Fifty early-level alchemists work without interruption and earn thirty medium-grade spirit stones every month. Is it a lot? If you just refine Qi training pills and earn so many spirit stones, Ye Yan is too lazy to waste time.

Zhao Wu smiled wryly with an awkward smile: "If the benefits of the sect are sufficient, there will not be many disciples of this sect going to hunt dangerous places such as the Death Shahai. The income of law enforcement disciples is only more than that of ordinary disciples, and it is far from enough. Elder Ye has just advanced to the Golden Pill stage, and he will know that it will be difficult after a while."

"What a difficult method?" Ye Yan asked casually considering that he was now a person in the Golden Pill Stage.

Zhao Wu was originally a straightforward person, and he was full of bitterness. He immediately complained, "When he first arrived at the Foundation Establishment Period, he always envied the rich offerings of the Golden Elixir Stage. When he reached the Golden Elixir Stage, he realized that the offerings of the Golden Elixir Stage disciples were not enough, and they were pitiful."

"Continue, how pitiful is it?" Ye Yan didn't care about his difficulties, it was just to satisfy his curiosity, and it was also to inquire about the news. Since he decided to refine alchemy on a large scale, he naturally had to inquire about the market first.

Zhao Wu sighed and continued to say, "As long as you are a disciple with a talent that is acceptable, the elixir is just an auxiliary before the Golden Elixir stage. Even if you don't use elixirs, you can break through to the Golden Elixir stage. It will be different after you advance to the Golden Elixir stage. Except for a very small number of geniuses, 99% of the disciples must use elixir to practice. The elixirs in the Golden Elixir stage are very precious. Where can I find it? Not to mention that the disciples of our Law Enforcement Hall, all disciples who join the Law Enforcement Hall are at least the cultivation of the Golden Elixir stage. However, the offerings sent by the sect to law enforcement disciples are still elixirs used in the Foundation Establishment stage. Even if we law enforcement disciples are like this, the life of ordinary sect disciples will be even more difficult..."

Ye Yan only received the benefits of law enforcement disciples once. At that time, he was still at the second level of Qi Refining. He really felt that the benefits were quite tempting! Looking back now, the real law enforcement disciples are at least at the Golden Pill stage, and using the elixir in the Foundation Establishment stage does not seem to have any effect...

Once Zhao Wu complained, it was like a surging river, and it was endless. "It is still good to receive elixirs in the foundation-building stage, but sometimes, you can't even receive elixirs in the foundation-building stage."

"It's not so miserable, right?" Ye Yan always thought that the Netherworld Sect was rich and powerful as the top immortal cultivator. If he couldn't even pay out the benefits, wouldn't it be too cold? It seems that the master of the training sect is not very competent.

"What's wrong? The benefits of the sect have always been given priority to the war hall and law enforcement hall. Even our law enforcement hall often cannot give out benefits. It is common for ordinary disciples of the sect to not give out benefits. All alchemists in the sect are half-baked, and at most they can refine elixirs in the Qi refining stage, and it's not enough. After entering the foundation-building stage, all elixirs are purchased from Liuyun Sect. How can one buy elixirs be accurate? Sometimes you can buy it, and sometimes you can't buy it, and you can't get it out if you can't buy it. If you can't buy it, you can't get it out." If Zhao Wu's heartfelt words are heard by the sect leader, he can destroy him on the spot. The charge is to shake the morale of the army! In the Qizhou realm, except for Liuyun Sect, which other immortal cultivation force can refine it? Which immortal cultivation force is not purchased from Liuyun Sect?

As the top immortal cultivation force in Qizhou, the Netherworld Sect has signed a long-term agreement with Liuyun Sect to purchase low-level elixirs refined by Liuyun Sect, and the price of purchasing elixirs is more affordable than other sects of small sects. However, the elixir strength of Liuyun Sect is also limited and cannot meet all the needs of Qizhou. Pills above the Golden Pill stage will be left to auction, so it is naturally impossible to meet the real needs of Netherworld Sect for elixirs. At most, the Netherworld Sect is more guaranteed than other sects and has the power to purchase low-level elixirs first.

Since the sect itself cannot refine high-level pills, the demand cannot be truly met for a long time. Under this situation, it is impossible to have stock pills, and once a special situation occurs, there will be no benefits. This is also a real situation, but it is definitely not as miserable as Zhao Wu said!

"Oh, it turns out that it's not that the sect is so poor that it can't afford elixirs, but that there are spirit stones that can't buy high-level elixirs." Ye Yan patted his heart. He knew that the scarcity of high-level elixirs was, but he couldn't imagine that it was so scarce.

"Not only are high-level elixirs rare, low-level elixirs are not enough. Although the sect can refine some low-level elixirs, the number is very limited and far from meeting the needs of low-level disciples. Why do those Qi Refining Disciples and Foundation Building Disciples line up to receive benefits? That's because sometimes you can get benefits, and sometimes you can't get benefits. The disciples who arrive first can usually get elixirs, but it's hard to say if they go too late." No matter how you complain, Zhao Wu is still objective.

I comforted me, "Actually, other immortal cultivation forces are similar to our situation. Low-level elixirs can be refined by themselves, but they are never enough. High-level elixirs are generally used as rewards and are rewarded by the sects. Or they are reserved for disciples who are mainly trained by the sect. No sect dares to use high-level elixirs as benefits. Even refining Liuyun Sect is not enough for this capital! It is said that the number of high-level elixirs refined by Liuyun Sect every year does not exceed 100, and 70% of them must be auctioned."

Based on this, Ye Yan concluded that no matter what kind of elixirs it refines in his small workshop or how many elixirs it refines, there is no need to worry about sales. Just sell them to the sect directly.

"How Warden Xing plans to deal with the remaining materials." Zhao Wu felt distressed again for the wasted materials in a blink of an eye. Since the year of the medicinal materials is stuck in the minimum year, the error must not exceed three years, which greatly limits the use of materials. At most one-third of the materials can be used, and two-thirds of the medicinal materials are left. In fact, all medicinal materials that reach the minimum year can be used for alchemy, and the higher the year, the better the medicinal materials.

How could Ye Yan care about wasting this material? However, after learning about the elixir market, his ambitions quickly expanded. Only fifty-one prisoners refining elixirs for him, the scale was too small!

Those remaining medicinal materials can also be used to refine elixirs, and the years are not much different. At most, less than ten years have passed. As long as two more groups of prisoners are found to refine elixirs, they can use 90% of the medicinal materials. As for the remaining 10%, they won’t feel distressed if they deal with it casually. Ye Yan waved his hand and explained to Zhao Wu, "You go find Elder Iron and let him transfer two groups of people according to the size of this group of people. It doesn’t matter if your cultivation is lower. People must be smart. There are a few stupid people in this group, and I have to replace them."

"Warman Xing wants to find two more groups of people to refine pills?" Zhao Wu's monthly income of 30,000 spirits had already made Zhao Wu feel trembling. He transferred two more groups of people, and the monthly income of 90,000 spirits!

"Yes, just follow the size of this group of people, and then transfer two groups of people to refine the alchemy. Go quickly." Ye Yan really didn't dare to tell Zhao Wu that the Qi-raising pill is just for practicing. Then he wanted to refine the Hunyuan pill used in the high-level Qi refining. He broke through to the foundation-building stage and even the elixir used in the foundation-building stage. He was afraid of scaring Zhao Wu out of trouble. Now it was the time to use people.

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