Shen Yuan Ring

Chapter 164 The Elixir is Completed, A Strong Medicine is Administered

The power of the exploding alchemy furnace was like the full-force attack of a Nascent Soul Realm expert, earth-shattering. If Ji Daoyi hadn't been a seasoned veteran with an instinctive ability to defend against and resist danger, the explosion would likely have brought him face-to-face with his ancestor.

"Phew... I've never heard of a furnace exploding during alchemy." Ji Daoyi thought to himself. He was like a young woman on her wedding day—this was the first time he had ever encountered a furnace exploding during alchemy.

If his master, Dan Chenzi, were here, he would surely tell him that Heavenly Fire Alchemy is like a double-edged sword. It allows alchemists to refine pills anytime, anywhere, and at the same time, they can use fire to fight enemies. The only drawback is that it is too wasteful of alchemy furnaces. The lower the grade of the alchemy furnace, the more fragile it is, like a piece of porcelain, and it is very easy for the furnace to explode.

Moreover, there is a major taboo regarding Heavenly Fire alchemy: it cannot be used continuously for alchemy!

However, Dan Chenzi never expected that Ji Daoyi would so quickly make the Azure Wood Yang Fire grow strong enough to reach the level of refining pills, and he never expected that his disciple could refine pills continuously without getting tired.

Normally, after refining two or three batches of pills, an alchemist will stop and rest like an exhausted old ox. After all, alchemy is not only a laborious and energy-consuming task, but also the alchemist's vital energy is like a flowing stream, which is difficult to sustain.

However, Ji Daoyi was an exception. His Yuan power was like a surging river, flowing endlessly, and was several times greater than that of other cultivators at the same level.

At the same time, refining first-grade pills was incredibly easy for him, as if taking something out of a bag, so refining pills continuously didn't require much effort.

Ji Daoyi never thought about this in depth, after all, his master only taught him the knowledge of alchemy, but did not mention the basic common sense of alchemy or the taboos of using heavenly fire to refine pills.

At the same time, he had only followed the family alchemists in alchemy for a period of time, and now his achievements had surpassed most alchemists, so he no longer asked the family alchemists any questions about alchemy.

"That despicable Qi Wei actually bought some counterfeit and shoddy alchemy furnaces, which broke down after only a few attempts at refining pills. If it weren't for my good fortune, I would probably be meeting the King of Hell by now."

Ji Daoyi kept cursing Qi Wei.

Perhaps it was destined that he would lose a second-grade spiritual herb, only in an unexpected way.

Immediately afterwards, he took out a high-grade yellow-level alchemy furnace, then tossed it back into his storage bag as if it were a worn-out shoe.

"Forget it, let's auction off these inferior alchemy furnaces. If they explode a few more times, I really can't afford it! I still need to use the Eight-Aperture Exquisite Furnace that my master gave me. This furnace has been nourishing in my dantian, and now it's time for it to show its true power."

Ji Daoyi took out the Eight-Aperture Exquisite Furnace that his master had given him.

Two days later,

Ji Daoyi has already refined several batches of Peiyuan Pills. Except for the first batch, which was not good, all the other Peiyuan Pills were able to produce more than six pills, and the percentage of high-grade pills was more than 50%. The only thing that satisfied him was that not a single Peiyuan Pill was of low quality.

Shortly after Ji Daoyi emerged from seclusion, he was greeted by Pei Buxing and others.

"Brother Dao Yi, two days ago, I came looking for you, but your door was closed. I thought you had gone back to your family." Pei Buxing quickly stepped forward, showing concern and care. Those who knew him would think he was still attached to Ji Dao Yi, while those who didn't would really think he was Ji Dao Yi's creditor.

Ji Daoyi didn't pay much attention to his words, only raising the corners of his mouth slightly to reveal a faint smile: "Not at all, it was just that a flash of inspiration that day, like a sudden enlightenment, so I immediately went into seclusion to break through."

Upon hearing this, Pei Buxing quickly cupped his hands in congratulations and said, "Congratulations, young brother, you're about to surpass me."

Upon hearing Pei Buxing's congratulations, the others, like weather vanes, hurriedly offered their own verbal congratulations.

Ji Daoyi felt contempt for the people in front of him, because their eyes were full of cunning smiles, like foxes seeing their prey, clearly wanting Ji Daoyi to hand over his cultivation resources.

"By the way, Brother Bu Xing. How long will it take to see a return on that investment you mentioned a few months ago? I've already invested half of my life savings in you, you can't let me lose everything."

Ji Daoyi's expression, as if he still had many resources to cherish, made the eyes of these people light up.

"How could that be? If it weren't for the fact that you're our brother, I wouldn't have brought you in. The returns are dozens of times the initial investment. It's just that it takes a long time. I'm not lying to you, it will take two years. If you don't want to invest now, I can return your principal, but I can only return one-tenth of it now. I'll make up the rest later."

Seeing that Ji Daoyi's expression was not good, Pei Buxing quickly said, "It's not that I embezzled your resources, but that I also invested my entire fortune in them."

“Brother Pei is right, and we brothers have also invested. Even if you don’t trust Brother Pei, you should trust us.”

"We are willing to vouch for him!"

"Big Brother helped us make a lot of money before, so I trust him. If you don't want to, we can scrape together your share now and give it back to you. Just don't regret it when Brother Pei distributes the profits."

Ji Daoyi pretended to struggle internally for a while before forcing a smile and saying, "You're all joking. How could I possibly doubt Brother Bu Xing? If you wanted to lie to me, you would have run away long ago, and you wouldn't still be here with me now."

"I just wanted to ask if it's too late to add more funds now?"

"What! You want to invest more?" Pei Buxing exclaimed in surprise, "Of course you can, but the returns on investment will be halved now, but you'll definitely make a profit! Are you sure you want to invest more?"

To convince Ji Daoyi, he deliberately said that the profits would be halved. Ji Daoyi thought to himself, "He's putting on quite a show. If it weren't for the fact that the resources I give you are always divided up by you for cultivation, I would really believe it."

“I’m sure. I plan to invest half of my assets. I don’t need those right now anyway, so I might as well invest in the project you mentioned.” Ji Daoyi even took out his Body Tempering Pills, including a bottle of high-grade Body Tempering Pills.

"Brother Bu Xing, this bottle of Body Tempering Pills is a high-quality medicine. I believe you know its value without me having to say anything."

Pei Buxing's eyes widened upon hearing this, eager to use it immediately. "I know, Brother Daoyi, don't worry, I definitely won't let you suffer any losses. Even if my investment loses money, I won't let you have any problems."

"I believe you!"

"Brother Daoyi, we'll take care of this matter right away, so we won't stay any longer!" Before Ji Daoyi could speak, he quickly left with the things Ji Daoyi had given him.

Ji Daoyi did not stop them. Watching their backs, he murmured to himself, "I hope you break through soon and don't keep me waiting too long."