Chapter 325: Alchemy Conspiracy (Part 2)
Chapter 325: Alchemy Conspiracy (Part 2)
(This chapter is a bit off topic. But it can be considered as explaining the development in other aspects without being nonsense.)
Because those precious materials are all collected and accumulated by the ancestors of the demon clan through hard work, only those with truly high cultivation and good skills can avoid wasting them.
Since only Yun Canghai and Jian Zhen have the highest cultivation level, the most profound knowledge, and the highest reputation in Haizhou, they usually deal with any issues that cannot be solved by the senior officials of Haizhou Council. And Yun Canghai and Jian Zhen are also happy to be able to help others and be kind to others, and they can also receive rewards to maintain their influence in Haizhou. Why not do it? So once there are any precious materials that need to be processed, those who have the materials will use the Haizhou Council Yun Canghai and Jianzhen to make the best use of these precious materials.
The proficiency of Yun Canghai and Jian Zhen also gradually increased in this process. From relying solely on their superb cultivation to forcibly refine weapons and alchemy, they gradually improved their level and entered the realm of masters of weapon and alchemy.
Later, Jianzhen gradually focused on spiritual practice. His share of the reduced number of shots was gradually taken over by Yun Canghai. This is not because the level of Jianzhen is insufficient or because he is excluded by Yun Canghai, but because the two have different cultivation concepts.
The most important thing in Jianzhen's Buddhist practice is to cultivate the mind and pay attention to "seeing through everything and achieving perfect enlightenment." The deeper the cultivation, the less dependent on external things, and gradually one can be self-sufficient and finally reach the Buddha's status of achieving perfect enlightenment. Therefore, for those with low cultivation level, Buddhist treasures, elixirs and the like are still useful and can be used as external objects to carry around and improve the system. However, once the cultivation level reaches a high level, the effect of these things on oneself will be greatly weakened. Only the cultivation of "heart" can truly improve one's cultivation. This is why there are many more Buddhist monks than Taoist cultivators, because there is less demand for resources.
Jianzhen's cultivation has really reached a state where he is "not attached to objects and his mind is as spotless as a bright mirror." At this state, even his physical body can be regarded as a stinker and he can just throw it away. How can he possibly care about those external objects? When you reach this state, it is best to concentrate on cultivation. Sit quietly and meditate, and travel around the world to enter the mysterious realm of meditation; unless it is the survival of the Taoism or the treasure of acquired spiritual treasures, nothing can tempt him. Therefore, those matters of refining magical elixirs would only distract him and increase his irritability, but they would not have any good effect on his cultivation. Therefore, Jianzhen would gradually let go.
But Yun Canghai is different. He belongs to the dual cultivation of demons and Taoists. To put it nicely, it means "learning from nature", using nature as a teacher to understand the way of heaven and its rules, and then transcend everything. In vernacular, it requires a lot of resources to steadily improve the cultivation of Taoists. "Wealth, love, law, land" are indispensable, which means that magic weapons, elixirs, spiritual energy, and exercises are all needed, and the more you have, the easier it is to improve your cultivation. It is not as extreme as Buddhism, but it is possible to cultivate both mind and body.
Therefore, the resources needed for Yun Canghai's cultivation will only become larger and larger, not less. After monopolizing the entire high-level weapon refining and alchemy market in Haizhou, Yuncanghai truly entered a state of "rapid accumulation of capital." (Haizhou at this time was a hundred times larger than Japan in later generations, and it was also very rich in resources. The materials accumulated by the monsters who had lived in Haizhou for generations for thousands of years could be said to be enough to support one person in one state in a day. Weird.)
However, since the tempers of the demon clan are all very weird, it is inevitable that some demon clan with bad tempers will look down upon Yun Canghai and say that his behavior of monopolizing the high-end weapon refining and alchemy market is "abusing power for personal gain, bullying the weak, and discriminating against the demon clan." "And there are quite a few demon clans in this part. Objectively speaking, Yun Canghai is indeed harsher on the demon clan than on the human clan. Comparing the treatment of the two clans:
The human race can join the Yin-Yang Sect. Those with good qualifications can be accepted as inner disciples and true disciples as the elite of the Yin-Yang Sect; those with pious beliefs can become priests and priests to serve the gods, and their status is also superhuman. They are all able to study the cultivation classics compiled by Yun Canghai. He has a systematic cultivation method. Sometimes when Yun Canghai is interested, he will visit some dojos to give lectures and mentor some particularly outstanding disciples. In such an environment, the human cultivation world naturally developed rapidly.
On the other hand, although the demon clan no longer suffers from the hatred of the human race, only those who are willing to join the Yin-Yang Sect, and they must have a conscience, that is, a good nature, good character, and have not made any big mistakes can become Yin-Yang Sect disciples, and they must also Starting from an outer sect disciple, one can be promoted to an inner sect disciple and a true disciple through various assessments. As for those monsters with devout beliefs, they can only become the most common guardian spirit beasts and low-level shikigami by making meritorious service or improving their cultivation and being valued by others to become the guardian spirit beasts, the guardian holy beasts, the guardian beasts and the intermediate shikigami. , advanced shikigami, top shikigami.
From this point of view, the treatment of the demon clan is indeed much lower than that of the human clan. Yun Canghai did not treat everyone equally.
However, there is a reason for this. It should be noted that due to different bloodlines, the demon race is inherently stronger than humans, physically stronger than the human race, and has higher mental power than the human race. They have special skills and can inherit some bloodline magic and family skills. In addition to the fact that most monsters have lower brains, understanding and reproductive capacity than humans, monsters are far superior to ordinary humans. Under such conditions, if we really treat everyone equally, the power of the Thousand-Year Monster Clan will far exceed that of the human race and become the largest force in Haizhou.
This is what Yun Canghai doesn't want to see'
It's not because Yun Canghai really discriminates against the demon clan, but because it will break the inherent balance of Haizhou and cause unnecessary conflicts. All life is like this. Once their power increases, they will demand a status commensurate with their power, which will cause friction with the old forces. Once the demon clan's strength grows, it will inevitably put forward requirements for the distribution of interests in Haizhou. How should Yun Canghai deal with himself at that time? If corresponding benefits are allocated to the demon clan, it will inevitably infringe on the interests of the human clan, reduce his reputation in the human clan and cause the anger of the human clan. Next, the two human-monster clans will have frictions and disputes again and again, and the conflicts between them will continue to grow like a snowball until both sides are unable to restrain themselves, which will eventually lead to another war between the two human-monster clans.
By then, the Yin Yang Sect and the Vinaya Sect will inevitably be involved, so what should Yun Canghai do? At that time, no matter which party Yun Canghai helped, he would offend the other party, or he would no longer be able to detach himself from the world and could only join in this meaningless fight. This will not only destroy the peace of Haizhou, destroy the construction achievements over the years, but also intensify the human-male conflict that has been finally bridged, and the painstaking efforts of many years will be in vain. To put it more seriously, it means that Yun Canghai's approach is wrong, which will damage his own confidence, weaken his merits, and cause his Taoist mind to become unstable and his cultivation to regress.
Even at that time, the chaotic situation in Haizhou would attract the intervention of external forces. We must know that Haizhou has developed increasingly prosperous since Jianzhen's eastward journey. Just a few of the cities and towns that were spontaneously established have earned a lot of wealth from the exchanges with mainland and sea cultivators. The prosperous population, huge wealth, The rich sea resources can be said to be a piece of fat just because there are two top experts, Yun Canghai and Jianzhen, sitting in the Haizhou Council and they are relatively united to the outside world. Therefore, we can ensure our own detachment and peace. If this environment is broken, the surrounding wolf-like forces that have been coveting Haizhou for a long time will definitely take advantage of it and try to take a bite of this fat!
Don't think that Yun Canghai and Jian Zhen can stop all enemies. Those small, medium and even large sects will be more or less scrupulous about the face of these two immortal-level powerhouses and dare not break up; and those who are arrogant and arrogant However, it is completely possible for the top sects to ignore the threats of the two immortals and invade Haizhou under various excuses. At that time, even if Yun Canghai and all the authenticity verification methods are used, they may not be able to win;
Taking a step back, even if we win, the ones who will suffer the most in the local battle will definitely be the local forces. If they are defeated, they can leave with a pat on the back. The mess left behind will have to be cleaned up by Yun Canghai and Jianzhen. Moreover, this will inevitably lead to a break between Haizhou and the mainland cultivation world. The political impact and economic losses caused by this are immeasurable. Haizhou is definitely not an opponent of the mainland. Even if it is just a long-term confrontation, the vitality will be severely damaged.
These results derived from the "equal treatment" approach are all possible under the derivation of the godhead that is comparable to a super computer. Yun Canghai was naturally shocked when he knew such a result. These consequences were definitely not what Yun Canghai wanted to bear. So even if there is a slight possibility, he will not let such consequences happen. Therefore, there is only one way to avoid such things from happening to the greatest extent, and that is
balance!
Only the balance of power can keep the leaders of both sides calm and see the general trend clearly, and no dispute will be caused by the hot-headedness of the bottom; only the balance of the attitudes of both sides can he be able to maintain neutrality; only the balance of overall strength can make the human and demon clans unable to do anything. Suppressing each other will stimulate their competitive psychology and promote common progress; only a balanced situation in Haizhou can allow various forces to remain monolithic and jointly bear external pressure.
With so many reasons, does Yun Canghai have any other choice? Therefore, he strongly supports the naturally weak human race but restrains them from discriminating and harming the demon race; he has strict requirements for the naturally powerful demon race, but promotes outstanding talents who are thoughtful, conscientious and rational and let them go to the demon race. leadership; in the process, he quietly conveyed his ideas so that all walks of life in Haizhou gradually accepted his ideas and turned them into reality.
Under Yun Canghai's painstaking management, the situation in Haizhou was developing rapidly and running well as he expected. Although the two tribes of humans and monsters occasionally conflict, they will not seriously cause major conflicts. They will only work together to eliminate conflicts and strengthen their own internal cultivation in order to become stronger and surpass the other's momentum. The strength of the Yin Yang Sect has also become more powerful driven by the improvement of Haizhou's overall strength, extending its tentacles to other places to provide strong support for Yunlong and his various clones.
However, just like the universality of contradictions, complete unity is a kind of perfection and perfection absolutely does not exist; among the demon clan, there are always those who are naturally bloodthirsty and warlike, or whose demonic nature has not been tainted by Yamata no Orochi. He has a serious tendency towards violence, with negative emotions such as jealousy, resentment, cruelty, bloodthirsty, sinisterness, cunning, etc. He is dissatisfied with peace and dislikes Yun Canghai's actions. Although they cannot confront Yun Canghai head-on, they can secretly spread rumors and distort Yun Canghai's image. Due to their large number and deep-rooted influence in the demon clan, they have really affected some demon clan who are unstable and dissatisfied with the status quo.
These people dare not do anything to Yun Canghai, but they can cause him to suffer losses - for example, by criticizing some of his techniques when he is refining weapons or elixirs, or by secretly accusing Yun Canghai of embezzling materials and cutting corners. This has indeed confused some demon clans, who either started to wait and see or handed some less rare materials to the more intelligent and talented races and forces within the demon clan who are good at refining weapons and alchemy. To be honest, the peaceful situation can indeed drive the rapid development of all industries. The level of weapon refining and alchemy in all walks of life in Haizhou has indeed been greatly improved, and the success rate is much higher than before. With the efforts of these weapon refiners and alchemists, these not-so-rare materials were quickly transformed into good magic weapons and elixirs, and brought benefits to the forces to which they belonged.
Li Ling Zhihuang, who had tasted the sweetness driven by profit, also began to secretly promote dissatisfaction with Yun Canghai's monopoly on the high-end weapon and elixir refining market. As a result, many fewer people came to Yun Canghai for help in refining weapons and elixirs. In the first period of time, The income that affected Yun Canghai initially achieved the goals of those demon clans.
But who is Yun Canghai? How could he suffer such a dumb loss? After discovering the problem, the powerful intelligence system and amazing calculation ability quickly identified the masterminds behind the scenes. However, those forces are indeed deeply rooted in the demon clan. They will also break the balance within the demon clan and lead to the imbalance between the human and demon clans. Therefore, Yun Canghai did not directly destroy those demon clan forces but used a soft knife to cut the flesh.
Don’t you think I’m a monopoly? Well, then I won’t monopolize it and I’ll give you the entire market to see if you will be crushed to death! Yun Canghai thought and did so. Soon he spread the news that because he wanted to practice in seclusion, he would no longer accept commissions from others for weapon refining and elixir refining.
This caused an uproar. You must know that magic weapons and elixirs are always more valuable the higher they are. A single magic weapon can be worth a hundred low-grade magic weapons, and a top-quality magic weapon can increase the user's power dozens of times. It can be said that it is a treasure. Priceless treasure! This is especially true for pills. A thousand low-level "Qi-Building Pills" that can restore mana are not as good as one "Foundation-Building Pill" that can reshape cultivators in the weapon-refining stage and wash away their essence and marrow; and the Foundation-Building Pill is nothing more than It's just a low-grade elixir; there are also the mid-grade elixir "Qingxin Dan" that can calm the mind, suppress inner demons and help users successfully survive the tribulation of inner demons; and the high-grade elixir "Broken Heart Pill" that can purify cultivation and help users break through bottlenecks. "Obstacle Pill"; even the legendary elixir "Transcending Tribulation Pill" that is only available in top sects and can enhance the chance of overcoming the tribulation and help users successfully survive the tribulation. Each pill is equivalent to a priceless treasure. Even if it is used in thousands of pills, It is a treasure that cannot be exchanged for lower elixirs.
No force has too much of such treasures. Therefore, those monster clan forces with stocks would do everything possible to entrust Yun Canghai to refine weapons and elixirs for them and were willing to pay a high price. Therefore, Yuncanghai's products are always in short supply.
Now that Yun Canghai has quit, the forces that have long coveted the high-end weapon refining and alchemy market have naturally taken over the market and begun accepting commissions. And those demon clan forces in need also put forward some commissions with the mentality of giving it a try. "Since we can refine those medium and low-level magic weapons and elixirs, these high-level ones should not be much different. Anyway, they are all the same price. If they can do it, then entrust them to them. The money will not go to others." Those who have This is what the demon clan forces in demand think. Of course, they have also made psychological preparations. After all, Yun Canghai's cultivation and level are there. Apart from Jianzhen Quanhaizhou, there is no one who can compare with him. These demon clan forces have just accepted the commission and are not yet familiar with the technology. It is understandable that the success rate is lower. of.
But the cruel reality surprised them.
The success rate of 70% is their tolerance limit, which is also very low. Because Yun Canghai's success rate is almost 10%. After all, it makes everyone feel bad to lose so much of these precious materials that are difficult to collect. However, the success rate of those monsters who accepted the commission was appallingly low.
Not even a cent! No matter how they improve or carefully mix how many materials they add, the finished product is still very few and most of the materials are wasted.
When these entrusters quit, the losses far exceeded their psychological expectations and the harm to others would not be so harmful. So after demanding a large amount of compensation, those in need withdrew their entrustment and went to Yun Canghai again. As for those demon forces that tried to occupy the high-end weapon refining and alchemy market, they lost everything. Not only did they not make any profit, they even lost their capital.
After being "harassed" several times by the trustees, Yun Canghai, who was in "retreat", finally issued a statement: High-end magic weapons and elixirs are treasures in the world without sufficient cultivation and understanding of the rules. It is almost impossible to succeed in refining them hastily. I advise those who are interested in this path to take it one step at a time. When you have enough cultivation, things will come naturally.
Only then did the demon clan understand the truth and honestly entrusted Yun Canghai to refine weapons and elixirs. Those clamoring and greedy forces also honestly went back to entrust Yun Canghai when they needed to refine high-end magic weapons and elixirs. And Yun Canghai also added a hidden space in the "Red Copper Bagua Furnace". Whenever these guys who have caused him trouble come to entrust them, he will take the opportunity to withhold some materials and shirk the inevitable loss.
It happened like this once, twice, ten times, eight times, and dozens of times. After experiencing it dozens of times, those demon forces that had troubled him finally understood that Yun Canghai was just trying to amuse them. But it's useless to be angry. If you want to avoid being widened by other demon clan forces, you must lack high-end magic weapons and elixirs. So they were commissioned and slaughtered again and again. Finally, those forces couldn't bear the "accidents" again and again and began to restrain their actions and stopped taking actions against Yun Canghai. Only then did Yun Canghai let them go.
However, this deceptive setting is still preserved in the "Red Copper Bagua Furnace" and is used today.
