Chapter 123: Alchemy Methods
The Elixir was finally sold for 112,500 spirit stones, a considerable sum. But for many cultivators, this was definitely worth it!
Worst case, if they didn’t get injured, they could sell it to another cultivator during or after a Beast Tide, which would even earn them some spirit stones.
No cultivator present was stupid, they simply knew what was worth more spirit stones and what was worth less.
For Fengyu, the biggest surprise was that there were so many high-earners present... then again, this was the eastern gate region, where most people had some talent and knew how to earn money! Even if there were few people, the average income was quite high.
Comparably, if it was in the north, the average income would likely plummet since there would be countless cultivators who are living at the edge of barely making ends meet... even worse would be the western region, because most cultivators there were servants working in the various shops... though Fengyu didn’t know the financial situation of the beasts, so he couldn’t say for sure which among the two regions had a lower income.
The southern gate region was naturally the wealthiest, though the number of cultivators living there might not be as high as those in the eastern gate region!
As the final auction item, it had to be grand or of extremely high worth. And it was - a protective amulet that could protect the user from three normal hits or one full attack from a second-stage beast!
The price spiked and even Fengyu wanted to get it, bidding initially 50,000 spirit stones, intending to borrow a bit from the twins.
Unfortunately, he was quickly outbid. The final bid was 165,000 spirit stones, the highest bid so far!
Naturally it was understandable - all the previous items mainly aimed at protecting you against the attacks of first-stage beasts. The robe had a great protection against that, which was why it was valued so highly!
If worst came to worst, the robe might still protect you against a normal hit of a second-stage beast - but after that, it would be destroyed!
Compared to robes, the best one-time use items were auxiliary items. By maxing out its explosive use, the weapon refiner was able to create an item that was useless against all attacks of the first stage, only protecting you in that extreme case of danger!
This item was valued extremely highly by many cultivators and was finally bought by an older cultivator at the peak stage who had several younger cultivators sitting at the same table with him.
Everyone could guess this was likely the final gift of an old cultivator to the juniors of his family, hoping they would survive the several Beast Tides to come.
After this item was sold, the atmosphere changed.
Most cultivators on the first floor became quiet, not daring to chat and bid as loudly as they did before!
The first item of the second stage... was a Foundation Building pill!
Although it wasn’t worth as much as the last items of the first stage, it was a pill that everyone with a foundation behind them wanted more than anything else!
It was a normal pill, so the final price was 50,000 spirit stones!
The next three items were all single Foundation Building pills, each one at least 50,000 spirit stones!
Among them, only one pill, the fourth, was bought by a cultivator of the first stage. The rest were bought by those in the second stage.
And the fifth item of the second stage...
"As all fellow daoists know, in alchemy, Fire Alchemy is the most dominant in business, but the true inheritance and the highest effectiveness was always Water Alchemy!
The potions have one large benefit, the reason it is the true inheritance: there is no alchemy poison!
No matter how many you take, you won’t get poisoned. You might develop some resistance after some time, but for single potions like this, this doesn’t matter at all!
As everyone knows, even the so-called top-quality pill can only ensure all poisons are removed, but even this normal potion has already removed all poisons.
Using it, your Foundation Building will be exceptionally smooth and you won’t suffer when the poison is released into your dantian, your foundation will be of the best quality!"
"Let’s not delay - starting bid is 10,000 spirit stones, each bid has to be 5,000 spirit stones higher!" the cultivator said, looking at the bids that rapidly came in.
Fengyu was shocked at the large uptake, as for the talk before, he had known it already.
But comparing a top-quality pill with a normal potion was a bit much.
After all, while the main goal is to remove poison, a top-quality pill also has a much stronger effect than a normal potion.
Essentially, a top-quality pill is as good as a high-quality potion, while a top-quality potion is definitely the best in purity and effect, only lacking in refinement time.
Comparably, there is only one alchemy method that achieves the same and is even better at the top-quality - the Earth Alchemy Method!
Instead of refining pills or potions, it refines marrow!
Unfortunately this method is not only rare, it is also extremely difficult to practice and has the longest refinement time.
So, while the effect is stronger, it isn’t the true inheritance.
The other two methods have their own strengths - Wind Alchemy Method refines ’Breaths’, it has the fastest refinement time, able to be refined in just a few seconds, but the resulting poison is also the strongest.
Wood Alchemy is the alchemy that directly refines the fruits of plants instead of plucking them. The result is that nothing is wasted and that the effect of this is the strongest, but its refinement time lies between the water and earth method, and it still has a small degree of poison.
So among all methods, the water method has the best effects at the lowest cost, just being a bit slower than others.
For those big forces, funding a few water alchemists was easy and a lot better than fire alchemists, who are more focused on fast income.