Page: Leveling Up with Business

Two days have passed since the event of the poison fly antidote. Right now, Long Bai is busy creating a commissioned pill by the alchemy tower. This time, Long Bai is making a grade 2 pill, the Berserk pill. From its name, anyone can tell its effects, to increase the physical strength of a cultivator to some extent. The pill he is now required to make was of the middle grade as it was the quality he made during the grade 2 test. He was just at the last pills for that commission when Senior Mo entered the pill room.

That's right. Senior Mo had became the business partner of Bai in the alchemy tower. He was managing the requests while Bai creates the pills for him to level up. It was Bai's idea to put up a free request stand limited to five a day as long as they have the materials. Because of this scheme, Bai was able to increase the efficiency of his pill making. Of course the extent of what he is capable was kept secret as he plans to use it for even greater gain.

Yesterday, Long Bai heard that there is such a thing called auction and anyone can put up a product as long as it was verified to be genuine. This was his target to earn lots of essence crystals. From what he learned, the person who puts up an auction item can decide the material he wants to be exchanged with. For Bai, this is his chance to gather higher rank crystals.

Senior Mo collected the last commissioned pills and went out immediately, not disturbing Long Bai. Since the last day, many people tried to avail the "No charge request" on his stall. Because of that, many came to buy his pills and it is always being sold out early. Now that everything is gone, he has jmn choice but to close the stall early. After a minute, Long Bai came out.

"Senior Mo, I will be going back to the residence. I have a list of herbs here. Can you get them for me? Remember, tey to be discreet as possible when you purcahse them. When you're done collecting them, please deliver it yourself to my residence. I will be requiring your help."

"Yes young master."

Long Bai went out from the backdoor and went straight to his residence. Now that he became a disciple of elder Wei, he was given a personal abode and a personal alchemy house. Since then, he was able to practice on his own without being watched. On the other hand, senior Mo started living on his residence and became his right hand man, a helper in every aspect. Because of that, he also started calling him his 'young master'.

Upon Long Bai's return in his residence, he checked his current progress.

"Hmm.. It is high time that I increase my cultivation. I've been stuck at the seventh layer for a week now, and since there is this auction, I would be able to not just increase my cultivation but form this incomplete core. Although I want to learn the sect's basic cultivation technique, I'm more curious on my cultivation base that seemed to be connected with my core. Does this mean that when I totally forge my core that a cultivation technique catered for me will be formed? Ahh. there's no use of thinking over it. My alchemy skills have also improved a lot."

[STATUS

Alchemy level: Beginner

~grade 1 pills (10 pills at most)

-low (100%)

-middle( 98%)

-high(95%)

-mystic(90%)

~grade 2 pills (7 pills at most)

-low (97%)

-middle( 93%)

-high(85%)

-mystic(71%)

~grade 3 pills (3 at most)

-low (50%)

-middle( 24%)

-high(10%)

-mystic(1%)

~grade 4 pills (no data) ]

While waiting for the ingredients, Long Bai went to his open courtyard and began practicing his movement skills and martial skills. With the fight he had last time back at the herb mountain, the initial success that was back then now has reached its pinnacle and almost to the intermediate success. With the current pace, he will be able to open another level in less than a year. Long Bai thought that he will enter the interschool competition thru alchemy and support Ling Tian and the rest with his pills.

An hour later, senior Mo carrying the ingredients arrived. He immediately laid the materials at the pill room before Long Bai came. Senior Mo had been skeptic at first about Bai's skills but after two days of watching him, he had seen things that are seldom at the city. Just yesterday, he witnessed Bai creating a grade 1high quality pills which is even difficult for him to do. Today, senior Mo can tell that this young master he swore to serve will again make a shocking masterpiece.

"Young Master Bai, I found all the ingredients you requested. Looking at the the list, it seems these are for making the essence gathering pill. Am I wrong?" The curiousity in his eyes were apparent as it was glistening with expectations but upon hearing Bai's reply, it immediately died down.

"Haha. Senior Mo, were you expecting something else? It is indeed for the essence gathering pill but today, I'm going to create something that would require outmost secrecy. Senior Mo, right here right now, promise me that whatever you'll witness, never in your life divulge about it to anyone without my permission. This will be our secret. Will you do it?"

"Yes, master Bai." Senior Mo has already pledged himself to serve Long Bai so everything he asks will be his will. Although he became such, he was learning much also from him and in addition, he was able to experience things he never imagined to have from the past.

"Alright, please stay at the door and guard me. Just in case something will happen, don't let anyone in. I'm going to start."

Senior Mo stayed at the back and guarded the door as commanded. Watching Bai starting up the extraction, he can feel himself start to sweat and nervous. 'What's going on? I've never felt anything like this before. This bad feeling, its like something scary is bound to happen.' Senior Mo was watching the process taking place in front of him but the feeling of oppression is not going away.

Just above merchant city, the seemingly bright day started to become dark. It is happening at a fast rate that the people started to worry. It was their first time experiencing the weather change dramatically fast. Some people started to pack their products and close their stalls as it look like a heavy rain is approaching.

At the sect's highest residence, the elders started to congregate. Witnessing the abnormal phenomenon, the elders, together with the sect leader started to give their own speculation.

"Sect elders, did anyone of you saw something like this before? This rapid change of weather seemed to be abnormal."

"Sect master, this elder has not experienced seeing it but I once read a book stating that when this kind of phenomena happens, it is the omen of a treasure's birth. Maybe a treasure is forming in our city? What are the odds."

"Hmm. We can't really say that's true. All we can do is wait and see."

Long Bai who was clueless of what was happening outside continued with his work. Right now, he is already at the condensing step. Outside, sound of thunder can be heard while inside the room, small clouds are starting to form above the furnace. Although he doesn't know what is going on, he did not stop as he is almost done with the process. Utilizing the 71% efficiency, 5 pills started to form inside the furnace. However, Bai noticed something peculiar about the pills. The golden surface of the pill had marks on them, the presence of pill vein. It was the birth of a mystic grade pill. Upon its completion, the small clouds that formed above the pill furnace gave off 5 small lightning strikes towards the pills until it subsided. Outside the house, the skies slowly returned to its normal bright state.

Senior mo who was watching the whole scene was cemented on the spot. Upon recalling the texts he read from the past, he was sure that he had just witnessed the pinnacle of a pill refining. Although it is just a grade 2 pill, creating a mystic grade quality can only be reached by alchemist who had a full understanding of the heavens laws. 'Could it be that this kid was enlightened? That must be the case or else how can a young child achieve such feat?' This question plague Senior Mo's mind for minutes before he came back to his senses. In front, he saw Bai taking out five exquisite pills that gave off a royal aura. This was a treasure that the heavens won't allow. That was the reason why there was a pill cloud that formed upon completion. 'If it was a grade 5 or higher, I wonder how strong the pill cloud would be?' Senior Ko thought before getting close to Bai's position.

"Senior Mo, find us a robe that would be able to disguise us. We're going to an auction."