Jia Ren found a courtyard in a back alley on Tianma Street. It boasted a good environment and location, renting for one thousand Abyss Coins per year.

This was nothing for a Golden Core Cultivator, but it was a significant sum for a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

Living in Lingyuan City was not easy; one had to pay an 'entrance fee' after making a wish.

Many cultivators were firmly bound to Lingyuan City, unable to leave.

To continue staying in Lingyuan City, they could only accept various forms of exploitation.

Jia Ren paid a year's rent, took out Spirit Stones, and set up a Formation and an Absolute Spirit Array.

The Absolute Spirit Array was to prevent the absorption of Lingyuan City's nature's spiritual energy and its influence on him.

The Insect External Incarnation had conducted experiments before leaving.

The nature's spiritual energy within Lingyuan City was also 'false.' Any spiritual energy absorbed and any increase in cultivation level achieved there would vanish upon leaving Lingyuan City.

The solution was not difficult. He only needed to set up a Formation to extract Spiritual Power from Spirit Stones to fuel his cultivation.

Once the Formation was complete, Jia Ren visited the surrounding shops.

This was a place he had carefully selected, not far from several bustling large stores.

The Baoguang Pavilion of Seven Seas Tower was located here.

Elixirs and Magic Artifacts sold by the Great Sects were more likely to be treasures refined by cultivators, rather than wish-granted items.

"Seven-hundred-year Yellow Dragon Grass, five-hundred-year Red Essence Mushroom, five-hundred-year Flowerless Serpent Fruit..."

Lingyuan City had no shortage of Thousand-Year Spiritual Medicines, which could be easily purchased, let alone those under a thousand years.

He spent a large sum of Abyss Coins, and before even leaving Tianma Street, he had acquired all the Spiritual Medicines needed for the Golden Core Mid-Stage Yellow Dragon Spirit Pill.

In the Alchemy Room, the Elixir Fire blazed. Flames surged, hot and high, as he fed Spiritual Medicines into the furnace one by one, refining them into Elixirs.

"Dragging Pill Technique!"

He cast a spell, and the number of Spirit Pills within the Five Spirits Elixir Furnace rapidly increased, eventually exceeding thirty.

To maximize profits, using the Dragging Pill Technique was essential. This technique allowed him to pull out a number of Elixirs corresponding to their quality.

His Elixirs were slightly better quality than those on the market. Selling them at the same price, he had no worries about finding buyers.

Selling them cheaper wasn't a problem either. With his Alchemy Skills, he could turn a profit even if he sold them at only one-fifth of the normal price.

Jia Ren's sole aim was to improve his Alchemy Proficiency Level; Abyss Coins were merely a tool to achieve this, nothing more.

「Three months later, Baoguang Pavilion.」

"The purchase price for Yellow Dragon Spirit Pills is far lower than the selling price. The quality of the Elixirs you've refined is not bad; we can offer 1,600 Abyss Coins each."

The selling price of Yellow Dragon Spirit Pills fluctuated, normally ranging between 2,500 and 3,000 Abyss Coins per pill. Thus, an acquisition price of 1,600 Abyss Coins was too low.

A standard batch of Yellow Dragon Spirit Pills yielded a maximum of nine pills, with the Spiritual Medicine cost around 15,000 Abyss Coins. At this purchase price, the profit margin wouldn't be substantial.

If he spent time setting up a stall, a Yellow Dragon Spirit Pill could fetch 2,500 Abyss Coins.

The downside was needing to set up a stall or rent a shop, which would slow down cash flow.

However, using the Dragging Pill Technique to refine Yellow Dragon Spirit Pills, each batch could yield up to forty-five pills, guaranteeing a profit.

"That's too low. Two thousand Abyss Coins for each Yellow Dragon Spirit Pill."

Although the city had many Golden Core Mid-Stage Cultivators, the sheer number of shops selling Elixirs made competition fierce.

Most shops were unwilling to buy Elixirs, as the alchemists from various Sects already supplied more than enough.

"Baoguang Pavilion also stands to make a sizable profit. If you're unwilling, I can only sell to the Fourth Passage Commerce Association."

The Fourth Passage Commerce Association was an enterprise of the Profound Heaven Sword Sect, which had always been at odds with Seven Seas Tower.

"Deal!"

Two thousand Abyss Coins per pill still yielded a profit, and it was certainly better than giving any advantage to the Profound Heaven Sword Sect.

The only surprise was... the sheer quantity of Elixirs Jia Ren produced.

"I need to consult with my superior first."

The shopkeeper stared at the 500 Yellow Dragon Spirit Pills Jia Ren presented, his eyes wide in disbelief. He couldn't recover his senses for a long moment.

He hadn't expected the quantity to be so... immense.

Shortly after, the shopkeeper returned, smiling, and handed over the Abyss Coins. "A total of one million Abyss Coins."

"Sir, if you have other Elixirs, our shop would be interested in purchasing those as well."

Jia Ren didn't immediately take the Abyss Coins. He smiled and asked, "Does your shop have any Break Infant Pills?"

Abyss Coins were a form of credit currency without inherent value; they only became valuable when exchanged for treasures.

"Senior, please inspect the quality of the Elixirs. Products from Baoguang Pavilion are guaranteed to be of the finest quality."

One high-quality Break Infant Pill after another was presented. Indeed, the shop's Elixirs were quite good.

"Do you have any Break Infant Pills of lower quality?" Jia Ren asked, glancing over them, clearly unsatisfied.

It was difficult to discern which Break Infant Pills were crafted by alchemists and which were wish-granted items.

His criterion was... to purchase lower-quality Elixirs.

It was hard to tell if standard Elixirs were refined by Cultivators or were products of wishes.

Substandard Break Infant Pills were most likely the product of an alchemist's refinement...

No one would wish for inferior-quality Break Infant Pills.

Inferior Break Infant Pills were slightly more difficult to replicate, but the advantage was preventing himself from going down the 'wrong path.' What if the replicated Alchemy Recipe could only be used in Lingyuan City?

Inferior-quality Break Infant Pills had to come from alchemists, which was precisely what he wanted.

The shopkeeper was baffled. I've never seen such a peculiar person! With the same price, why buy inferior Elixirs when better ones are available? It makes no sense!

After a thorough search, the shopkeeper finally found some substandard Break Infant Pills that had been gathering dust for many years.

These were the early attempts of Seven Seas Tower's alchemists, whose skills were still lacking at the time. The pills hadn't sold in a century.

"The Elixir quality is a bit subpar. Nine hundred thousand Abyss Coins."

"Let me be clear upfront: if you fail to form a Nascent Soul, Baoguang Pavilion takes no responsibility."

"No need for you to worry, Shopkeeper."

Satisfied, Jia Ren left with the Abyss Coins and the inferior-quality Break Infant Pill.

He continuously altered his appearance and gradually sold all of his Yellow Dragon Spirit Pills.

The price for his Yellow Dragon Spirit Pills fluctuated slightly, fetching between 1,800 and 2,000 Abyss Coins each.

After selling all the Elixirs, he had amassed over four million Abyss Coins and one Break Infant Pill.

Considering he had spent less than one million Abyss Coins on Spiritual Medicine materials, the profit was astonishing.

Now I can purchase more Break Infant Pills and replicate them, Jia Ren thought.

Jia Ren was confident that as long as his research direction was correct, replicating a true Break Infant Pill would be no problem.

He returned to his cave dwelling, carefully studied the Break Infant Pill's Alchemy Recipe, and tasted a small piece of the pill to confirm its medicinal properties.

The Alchemist's skills weren't perfect, somewhat lacking, he mused. I can roughly determine that the medicinal ingredients are extremely precious: at least 1,500-year-old Profound Bone Ghost Grass, Thousand-Year Purple Sky Flower...

These ingredients are difficult to collect...

Lingyuan City didn't lack the alchemical materials for the Break Infant Pill, so raising his Proficiency Level wouldn't be hard here.

However, after leaving Lingyuan City, creating a true Break Infant Pill wouldn't be so simple.

The Town Demon League...

Jia Ren took out the Town Demon League Command Token from the Xuan Shui Sect and checked the exchange list. It indeed listed 1,500-year-old Profound Bone Ghost Grass, but the Thousand-Year Purple Sky Flower was absent.

Profound Bone Ghost Grass, given its age requirement, simply needed the right conditions to mature.

The Purple Sky Flower must reach a thousand years of medicinal potency before it blooms as a true Thousand-Year Purple Sky Flower.

It bloomed for only two hours; once that time passed, the petals would wither and disperse into nature's spiritual energy.

This item could only be preserved through a few special methods.

Due to its required age and difficult harvesting, the Thousand-Year Purple Sky Flower was extremely rare.

The Town Demon League's Thousand-Year Purple Sky Flowers were used for making Break Infant Pills, with no surplus available for the market.

Moreover... if any true Thousand-Year Purple Sky Flowers did reach the market, the Great Sects would have snapped them up long ago.

The art of the Medicine Man... seems very compatible with the Thousand-Year Purple Sky Flower!

I could use cultivation to control its maturation time.

If I could use the Medicine Man technique to grow Thousand-Year Purple Sky Flowers in the outside world...

One step at a time. First, I need to restore the Break Infant Pill's Alchemy Recipe and raise my Proficiency Level.

High-quality Break Infant Pills, combined with the Xuanling Cha Infant Secret Array, will significantly increase the probability of forming a Nascent Soul.

Jia Ren recorded all the medicinal ingredients he had identified through his initial tests.

He conducted a second round of tests for confirmation, continually refining the list of ingredients until he neared the most authentic version of the Alchemy Recipe.

After analyzing the ingredients, he adjusted their proportions based on their medicinal properties.

Elixirs sold by the Great Sects often included misleading Spiritual Medicines to increase the difficulty of replication.

Adding a few useless ingredients, or slight errors in combination and refinement, could greatly increase the difficulty of deducing the true Alchemy Recipe.

Alchemy was a meticulous task; a single small mistake could ruin valuable Spiritual Medicines.

Jia Ren was not new to replicating Alchemy Recipes; he had abundant experience.

To replicate an Elixir, one must identify the core Spiritual Medicine—the Sovereign Elixir. With this as the foundation, supplemented by minister and assistant medicines, a complete synergistic cycle is formed.

By eliminating useless Spiritual Medicines and continually refining the process, he would form his own unique Alchemy Recipe.

For others, creating an Elixir from scratch was incredibly difficult, the result of countless years of refinement.

However, Jia Ren stood on the shoulders of giants. With his superior Alchemy skills and pharmacological knowledge, restoring the original Alchemy Recipe was much easier for him.

The Alchemy Recipe underwent numerous revisions and optimizations in his quest for perfection.

He analyzed and improved the Alchemy Recipe repeatedly, aiming to reduce losses from refinement failures.

After more than half a month of optimization and adjustments, the Break Infant Pill's Alchemy Recipe had taken shape.

Time to stock up on ingredients!

As Jia Ren had predicted, the medicinal ingredients for the Break Infant Pill were expensive; the Spiritual Medicines alone cost over one million Abyss Coins.

A successful refinement would yield three Break Infant Pills per furnace load, ensuring a profit.

Failure, however, meant a million Abyss Coins up in smoke—truly burning money.

He began. "Rise!"

The first batch of Break Infant Pills was refined with surprising smoothness, without a single hitch.

Two months later, three pills were successfully crafted. Their quality surpassed even those commonly found on the market.

He then exchanged his remaining four million-plus Abyss Coins for more ingredients, all of which were refined into Break Infant Pills.

Continuing to use the Dragging Pill Technique, the yield of Break Infant Pills increased with each furnace load. By the fifth successful batch, he produced fifteen pills at once.

Time to convert these into Abyss Coins, he thought.

Jia Ren changed his appearance again and went to Tianma Street to sell the Break Infant Pills.

"I'm sorry, our shop doesn't accept Break Infant Pills."

After visiting thirty shops, he met with rejection at every turn.

Most shops refused to buy Break Infant Pills. The few that were willing to purchase them quoted very low prices—only 400,000 Abyss Coins per pill.

Why is the purchase price so low? Jia Ren wondered.

"Senior, you may not know, but there's an oversupply of Break Infant Pills, and capital turnover is slow."

"There are thousands of Golden Core Cultivators in the city, a seemingly staggering number. However, in reality, only three to five manage to form a Nascent Soul each year. Consequently, the demand for Break Infant Pills is limited, and competition among shops is too fierce."

"If it weren't for the superior quality of your Break Infant Pills, we wouldn't even consider buying them."

A treasure so coveted it was unobtainable elsewhere, even by begging, yet Lingyuan City had accumulated a large inventory, and now, all the shops were reluctant to buy...

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