Yan Mingchao didn't want to disturb Zhang Xiaozu's alchemy, so he wanted to wait until Zhang Xiaozu finished refining the pill before inviting him over. Unexpectedly, he waited until late at night and Zhang Xiaozu didn't stop.
The number of onlookers and people who came to Zhang Xiaozu to make alchemy not only did not decrease because of the late night, but actually increased several times.
The queue of alchemy seekers has reached ten miles away.
Mainly because the remuneration charged by Zhang Xiaozu was very low and the quality of the elixir he produced was very high. Many people had no need to refine elixirs, but after seeing these two points, they went to the medicine shop to buy the elixir, and then queue.
There were even some profit-seeking businessmen who hired a large number of people to queue up and wanted to pay Zhang Xiaozu a very low remuneration to make the elixir, and then sell the elixir to earn a huge price difference.
boom! boom! boom!
In the middle of the night, Zhang Xiaozu suddenly started to blow up the furnace frequently.
"He had been practicing for almost ten hours continuously. His energy was severely depleted and his concentration could not be as high as before, so he started to explode the furnace."
"That's pretty powerful. Refining five furnaces together for ten hours would be too much for even a great master of alchemy."
"really."
The crowd of onlookers whispered about Zhang Xiaopou's frequent furnace explosions.
"What's the matter with you? You can even explode the furnace with the Broken Star Pill? If you can't refine it, then stop practicing it!"
A middle-aged man with a bulbous nose glared at Zhang Xiaozu and accused him angrily because the Star-Breaking Pill he asked Zhang Xiaozu to refine had just exploded.
To be precise, he has exploded eight furnaces of Star Pills and nine furnaces of Broken Star Pills. The seventeen people in front of him were all hired by him, and the dozen people behind him were also hired by him.
He is a businessman who smells profit.
I thought I could make a lot of money, but ended up losing so much that I almost lost my pants, so I got angry and pointed at Zhang Xiaopeng and scolded him.
Zhang Xiaozu glanced at the man with the garlic nose coldly.
The garlic-nosed man felt that Zhang Xiaopou's gaze was like a sharp dagger, piercing into his soul, making him feel like he was being killed for a moment.
"Yes... I'm sorry. I'm rude and offended. Please forgive me, Master Alchemist."
The man with the garlic nose was so frightened that he broke into cold sweat and quickly bowed respectfully to Zhang Xiaopeng to apologize.
Zhang Xiaozu ignored him and looked at the team asking for alchemy and said: "Those who want to practice come forward, those who don't want to practice get out. If anyone dares to speak rudely again, I will throw him into the alchemy furnace to practice."
The man in line behind the man with the garlic nose was intimidated by Zhang Xiaozu's momentum. He was so frightened that he hurried forward and handed the alchemy materials to Zhang Xiaozu, and then cautiously put a primitive golden elixir into the bucket.
What he wanted to refine was the Star Pill, but he only paid for one primitive Golden Pill. The normal reward for refining a furnace of Star Pills is at least five Star Pills. In Tianwaitian, one Star Pill can be exchanged for two to three hundred. Original golden elixir.
To put it bluntly, this primitive golden elixir is simply an insult to the alchemist. It would be better not to pay.
This man actually wanted to pay more, but the garlic-nosed man only gave him so much. The seventeen people in front of him and the garlic-nosed man also only paid the price of one primitive golden elixir.
Zhang Xiaozhu saw it, but like before, he didn't say anything or show any displeasure.
"***, he must be dissatisfied with me for not paying me enough, so he blew up the furnace on purpose."
"Damn it, I'm going to lose another batch of star pills."
The man with the garlic nose suddenly reacted.
Then he quickly winked at the people behind him and asked them to leave the team.
The dozen or so people received the instructions from the man with the garlic nose and left the team with a huff.
The alchemy seekers who were lined up behind them couldn't help but panic when they saw this. They didn't know whether to take their place and move forward, or to leave the line with the people in front to avoid exploding the furnace and losing a batch of elixirs.
"Is there no one left?"
Zhang Xiaozu looked at the team and asked, because the other four alchemy furnaces had been cleaned.
"I...I won't practice anymore."
The man responded with a blushing face and hurriedly walked to the side and left the team.
It wasn't that he didn't have his own opinion. When he saw the people in front of him leaving the team, he also left. It was because Zhang Xiaopou had already exploded more than ten furnaces in a row, which put too much pressure on him.
He really didn't dare to gamble his savings for several years.
"What are you afraid of?" A person from behind stepped forward, walked quickly to Zhang Xiaopou, handed over the elixir and spiritual materials, bowed and said: "Master Alchemist, please help me refine a furnace of Tongxuan Dan, please." Already."
Then he put three Tongxuan Pills into the bucket as reward.
From morning to now, Zhang Xiaozu's bucket has been filled twelve times, and he has gained a lot.
Zhang Xiaozu nodded and said nothing.
Under the leadership of this person, three more people came up from the back of the team. When paying, they obviously paid a little more.
Obviously, they all suspected that Zhang Xiaozu had just blown up the furnaces one after another, probably because the previous alchemy seekers paid too little.
On the balcony not far away, Yan Mingchao was staring at Zhang Xiaopou with a serious expression, a look of sullenness in his eyes.
He had already seen why Zhang Xiaozu exploded the furnace. It was because Zhang Xiaozu was experimenting on the dozen or so furnaces of elixirs that he had taught him during the day, but he failed to control them well, so the furnace exploded.
He was not angry that the pawn took his method as his own without saying hello, but he was angry that the pawn should not conduct experiments when helping others to make elixirs. This behavior not only violated the spirit of the contract with the person who asked for the elixir, but also lowered the morale of the person. The principles of life will also have a bad impact on the reputation of the alchemist.
In Yan Mingchao's view, Zhang Xiaozu's behavior was an insult to the identity of the alchemist and was extremely bad.
"Haha, it's done!"
"Very good!"
The garlic-nosed man shouted happily.
This last furnace of Star Pill did not explode as he imagined, but became a pill smoothly.
Not only did the elixir become successful, but it also became a lot more.
There are twenty-eight in total.
Three are low-grade, nine are medium-grade, and sixteen are high-grade.
There are still two broken pills left at the bottom of the furnace.
When the onlookers counted the number of Cheng Dan, they suddenly burst into incredible exclamations.
A satisfied smile appeared on Zhang Xiaozu's face, and he turned around and saluted Yan Mingchao, thanking him for teaching him the alchemy techniques and helping his alchemy skills to a higher level.
However, Yan Mingchao nodded and smiled at first, but then immediately turned serious and showed an angry expression.
Zhang Xiaozhu thought that Yan Mingchao was blaming him for using the alchemy he taught without permission, so he immediately bowed apologetically, feeling that he should say hello first and ask for the other person's consent. This is the most basic respect.
There was no explosion in the other four furnaces, all of them successfully produced elixirs, and the number of elixirs produced was also normal.
Next, Zhang Xiaozu resumed normal alchemy.
Yan Mingchao discovered that Zhang Xiaozu had not tested his alchemy techniques again. Although he felt that Zhang Xiaozu was teachable, he also felt a little disappointed in his heart because Zhang Xiaozu's batch of star pills just now completely shocked him and he still wanted to see Zhang Xiaozu. Can we also make breakthroughs when refining other elixirs?
But about half an hour later, Zhang Xiaopou suddenly started blowing up the furnace again.
boom! boom! boom!
Nine furnaces were blown up in succession, and it seemed that the momentum was unabated and they would continue to blow up.
"Why do I think he did it on purpose?"
Yan Mingchao frowned and said.
He found that Zhang Xiaozu suddenly began to experiment with new alchemy techniques.
"Senior, he did it on purpose."
Liu Zhihuan responded.
"Why?"
Yan Mingchao was surprised.
Shang Susu also showed a surprised and puzzled expression, not understanding why Zhang Xiaozu blew up the furnace on purpose, and asked: "Why did he blow up the furnace on purpose? Aren't he afraid that if the furnace explodes too much, it will have a bad impact on his own reputation?" ?」
"Is it because the remuneration given by those people was too small and he was dissatisfied?" Yan Mingchao guessed.
Liu Zhihuan shook his head and said: "The reason why he deliberately blew up the furnace is because none of these people are real seekers of elixirs, but recipients."
Hired to queue up for pills. "
"Hired by someone?" Yan Mingchao looked confused.
Liu Zhihuan explained: "Some business-minded people sensed the benefits and wanted to let him refine the elixir for a very low remuneration, and then sell the elixir to earn the price difference.
Not only the quantity of the elixirs used by Zhang Day is large, but the quality is also greatly guaranteed. One batch of elixirs can make a lot of money.
So these people bought a large amount of alchemy materials and hired some people to line up the alchemy.
Zhang Dayong must have discovered the intentions of these people, didn't want them to succeed, and wanted to teach them a lesson, so he borrowed their materials to practice alchemy.
When he finished refining the elixir, he only needed to give a few simple explanations. Not only would his reputation not be affected, but he would gain enthusiastic support from those who truly sought the elixir. "
"That's it." Yan Mingchao suddenly understood. He couldn't help but feel very embarrassed when he thought that he had wrongly blamed Zhang Xiaopou before.
Things were just as Liu Zhihuan said. Although Zhang Xiaozhu had been refining elixirs, he had a subtle state of mind and looked at the whole scene, so he knew all the businessmen who had sneaked into the team.
"This kid can still think about all these messy things while refining the elixir. It shows that refining five furnaces at the same time is not his upper limit." Shang Susu exclaimed.
Then he looked at Liu Zhihuan and said worriedly: "Zhihuan, it may be difficult for you to win the first place in the alchemy competition."
The words were directed at Liu Zhihuan, but she was secretly observing Yan Mingchao's reaction and wanted to test his attitude.
Yan Mingchao looked at Shang Susu with a smile and said, "The number one in the Dan competition is determined by the two heavenly beings. We have no right to interfere. You guys can think of a way."
The implication is to let Shang Susu find a way to ensure that Liu Zhihuan can take first place.
Shang Susu smiled knowingly when he heard this.
However, Liu Zhihuan frowned and was very repelled by cheating to get the first place. He felt that this was an insult to his alchemy.
But he didn't say anything, knowing that even Yan Mingchao couldn't change things, and he was even less likely to change anything. He could only say secretly in his heart: "Zhang Dayong, see you on the field, I will try my best to compete with you."
As for rejecting the first place in the competition with just words, that is absolutely impossible. Although he is deeply valued in the Liu family, if he dares to be arrogant and openly rebel against his ancestor, it will be bad. If you follow his old man's plan, you will definitely die miserably without even thinking about it.
He would not do such a stupid thing that would destroy his future.
