Chapter 10

The Jiang family rules were strict, and many descendants had been beaten to death for violating them. Jiang Yi was preoccupied with the alchemy room matters and momentarily forgot about the token, but now he could only feign composure and turn to say apologetically, "Steward Rong, I’m sorry, I left it at home and forgot to bring it..."

To Jiang Yi’s surprise, Steward Rong waved his hand magnanimously and said, "It’s fine, just remember to bring it over in the next couple of days. Jiang Yi, go quickly, so Elder Liu doesn’t have to wait. Work hard in the alchemy room and remember not to upset Elder Liu!"

Jiang Yi hurriedly agreed and quickly left the steward’s office, heading toward his own small courtyard. However, he was inwardly troubled. If Steward Rong came to ask for the token in a couple of days or even went to his house to get it, he would be exposed immediately...

"Whatever, let’s just drag it out, one day at a time!"

When Jiang Yi returned to his small courtyard with a worried expression, Jiang Xiaonu had already prepared breakfast and was sitting on the steps, chin in hand, her delicate face filled with worry. Seeing Jiang Yi walk in, she quickly said anxiously, "Young Master, where did you go? I was so worried. Chunya heard that early this morning, Jiang Ruhu led people to intercept you on West Mountain. You mustn’t go to West Mountain..."

"Oh? Indeed!"

Jiang Yi’s face darkened, thinking to himself that if he had the Second Level of the Cauldron Formation Realm and black primordial energy, he would definitely beat those people to a pulp. Unfortunately, the black primordial energy had many mysterious functions but could not assist in cultivation...

"Mysterious functions, right. Let’s eat quickly, and continue experimenting. Yesterday, I discovered a function that can enhance the efficacy of medicines. Perhaps the black primordial energy has other functions as well."

Jiang Yi became secretly excited, comforted Xiaonu a few times, and told her that he didn’t need to go to West Mountain now and would be working in the alchemy room. As long as he didn’t leave the Jiang family compound, Jiang Ruhu and others wouldn’t be able to intercept him. Jiang Ruhu would be somewhat cautious since he was now working in the alchemy room and wouldn’t dare to cause trouble openly in the Jiang family compound, right?

After quickly finishing breakfast, Jiang Yi checked Xiaonu’s injuries and found that they had improved significantly after applying medicine, so he left her alone. He returned to his room, took out the Yellow Ginseng Pill he had obtained from the alchemy room, and swallowed it. He waited for the medicine to take effect and then circulated the black primordial energy to assist in healing.

For the entire day, he did not leave the house, healing and studying the black primordial energy. The results were somewhat disappointing. Although the black primordial energy had two new functions—enhancing hearing and smell—no matter how he tried, the maximum amount he could extract was only ten strands!

Enhancing hearing and smell were not very useful. When he circulated the black primordial energy to his ears, it became noisy, and the loud noise made him very uncomfortable. When his sense of smell was enhanced, he could clearly smell the stench from the nearby latrine, which made him feel nauseous. So, he didn’t pay much attention to these two new functions.

Apart from these, he did not discover any other functions of the black primordial energy. He analyzed that the black primordial energy was a very unique form of energy with an amplification function—it could amplify the power of his blue primordial energy, enhance the sensitivity of his senses, and amplify the efficacy of medicines.

"Why can’t it amplify my cultivation speed? My cultivation speed is still as slow as a snail, and the black primordial energy can only be extracted in ten strands, which is too little. Even if the black primordial energy is extremely powerful, I can only deal with Second or Third Level of the Cauldron Formation Realm warriors, which still makes me a waste..."

Studying until midnight, Jiang Yi’s injuries were completely healed. Determining that he could not discover any other functions, he fell into a deep sleep with deep regret. He hadn’t slept all night the previous night and finally couldn’t hold out any longer.

The next day, before dawn, Jiang Yi woke up, practiced the Jiang Water Technique for an hour, and after breakfast, he instructed Jiang Xiaonu to stay at Chunya’s house for a few days to avoid trouble from Jiang Ruhu. Then he hurriedly headed to the alchemy room.

Thinking about how he could use the black primordial energy to secretly refine high-quality medicines and sell them to repay the debt to the Fengyue Tower, his mood improved. As long as he could make money quickly, he could buy all kinds of high-level medicines to assist in his cultivation and quickly advance to the Second Level of the Cauldron Formation Realm, so he wouldn’t fear Jiang Ruhu and others!

The alchemy room was quiet, and Elder Liu was not there? Jiang Yi secretly rejoiced and immediately thought of secretly starting to refine medicines. If Elder Liu returned, he could say he was trying to learn alchemy, and such a studious attitude should not be criticized, right?

Seeking wealth involves taking risks!

Steward Rong might come to demand the token at any time, and Jiang Yi was short on time. He couldn’t afford to be too cautious and began to wander around, thinking about refining medicines.

After wandering around, he suddenly remembered something, slapped his head in frustration, and said, "What am I refining? I don’t even know how to refine medicines..."

The alchemy tools were ready, with several large and small alchemy furnaces in the main hall. The alchemy materials were also ready, with a room full of medicinal herbs. But Jiang Yi knew nothing about it. Could he just throw the herbs into the furnace like cooking a stew?

"It seems I need to observe Elder Liu refining medicines for a few days and learn the techniques first..."

Jiang Yi made up his mind and, with nothing to do, took a broom to clean. Just as he finished cleaning the entire alchemy room inside and out, he saw a tall figure rush in, with grayish-white hair like weeds and bulging eyes full of bloodshot. As he walked, he muttered, "No reason, no reason. What is that mysterious component in the Earth Rank medicine? What is it? Could it be white芷powder? Or turmeric..."

"Ah?"

Jiang Yi was bent over cleaning and suddenly looked up, startled by this person. After a moment, he hurriedly bowed and greeted, "Elder Liu, good morning."

"Oh, it’s you!"

Elder Liu was also startled by Jiang Yi, scanned him with his eyes, and nodded slightly, saying, "Not bad, much more diligent than that waste Jiang Song. By the way... what’s your name again?"

Jiang Yi replied, "Elder Liu, my name is Jiang Yi."

"Oh, Jiang Yi!" Elder Liu nodded and waved his hand, saying, "Go immediately and prepare twenty grams of poria, thirty grams of alum, fifteen grams of plantain, forty grams... I need to refine medicines immediately and must refine an Earth Rank medicine today!"

After saying this, Elder Liu rushed into the side hall. Jiang Yi was dumbfounded. He didn’t know what poria was or what alum was. He didn’t dare to ask too many questions and could only awkwardly enter the room where the medicinal herbs were stored.

Looking at the room full of medicinal herbs, Jiang Yi helplessly came out and entered the side hall to ask Elder Liu how to distinguish the herbs. However, he saw that Elder Liu was fully focused on mixing the medicine powder and didn’t even look at him for a long time...

"Hey? There are some books over there?"

His eyes scanned the side hall and saw many books on the bookshelf by the left wall. He quickly went over to check. Soon, he found a book about the introduction of medicinal herbs, which even had simple illustrations. He was delighted and held the book to the herb room to match the herbs Elder Liu needed.

"This young man is teachable. This Jiang family descendant is indeed smarter than Jiang Song..."

Elder Liu, who had ignored Jiang Yi earlier, now turned his head and nodded in approval as Jiang Yi left, continuing to mix the medicine powder.

"Hmm, this is poria, twenty grams..."

Jiang Yi, with the book, carefully identified the herbs. It took him almost half an hour to find the eight or nine herbs Elder Liu needed and accurately weighed them with a small scale.

"Phew, should be right, I guess?"

After preparing all the herbs, Jiang Yi wiped the sweat from his forehead and stood up to leave. However, he saw a disheveled old man standing behind him, staring at him. This feeling was as terrifying as discovering a ghost beside you while sleeping...

Scaring someone can scare them to death!

Jiang Yi’s body trembled. Before he could speak, Elder Liu, who had appeared out of nowhere, scowled and said, "It took you so long to get some herbs? Don’t just stand there, bring them out! Humph... waste!"

Jiang Yi’s face turned into a bitter gourd. After a moment, he thought that since Elder Liu was watching, the herbs he had picked must be correct.

"Idiot, go get the black stone, start the fire!"

"Moron, too much black stone..."

"Quickly inject primordial energy, back to the furnace..."

"Stupid! All because of you, this batch of medicine is wasted. Go get the same herbs again and continue refining..."

"Waste, hurry up!"

"Another batch wasted, all because of you, stupid pig..."

For the entire morning, Jiang Yi was busy running back and forth under Elder Liu’s command and was scolded for the entire morning. Elder Liu had clearly not slept all night, but when he started refining medicines, he was like a madman. It was already noon, and Jiang Yi’s stomach was growling, but there was no sign of stopping.

Moreover, after multiple attempts, his primordial energy was depleted by one-tenth. However, he didn’t dare to use the black primordial energy, fearing that Elder Liu would notice...

After observing for the morning, Jiang Yi roughly understood the steps of refining medicines. Refining medicines involved three steps: melting, forming, and back to the furnace. What made him despair was that the first step of melting the herbs and the third step of back to the furnace were relatively easy, but the second step of forming the medicine was completely incomprehensible to him.

Each time Elder Liu personally handled the forming step, using powerful red primordial energy to divide and melt the medicine juice into pills. Seeing Elder Liu sweat profusely from refining a batch of medicine, Jiang Yi knew that with his current strength, he shouldn’t even think about it...

If he couldn’t refine medicines, how could he inject the black primordial energy into the medicines?

His plan to get rich seemed to be ruined, and his stomach was so hungry it was stuck to his back. Jiang Yi was extremely disheartened.

"Wrong color, another batch wasted, no more refining... What’s the problem? Could it be the wrong medicine? What did I accidentally add yesterday to refine the Earth Rank medicine?"

The last batch of medicine was refined, and Elder Liu took out a pill to examine it. His face immediately showed disappointment and fatigue. He muttered a few curses and strode out of the alchemy room. Just as he reached the door, he suddenly remembered and turned to look at Jiang Yi, instructing, "Jiang... what? Throw away all the wasted pills, go eat first, and in the afternoon, read the book on medicinal herbs a few times. Don’t take so long to find the herbs next time... Also, if someone comes to collect the medicine, don’t give it to them... Damn, what’s the problem?"

"The problem is... my black primordial energy! Hmph, if I don’t inject black primordial energy when back to the furnace, you’ll never refine an Earth Rank medicine in your life!"

Jiang Yi muttered to himself, weakly started collecting the wasted pills, and prepared to throw them away.

"Wasted pills?"

Looking at the few white-yellow pills in the furnace, Jiang Yi’s eyes suddenly lit up. He couldn’t refine medicines now, but there were already ready-made medicines in front of him. Although they were wasted, if he back to the furnace and inject black primordial energy, he might turn the wasted pills into good ones...

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