"Go to hell with your harmful ideas." Lin Yao laughed and cursed, feeling both amused and exasperated by Xiao Cao's logic. Her analysis at the beginning was quite reasonable, but the last sentence was simply nonsensical.
Having received the general principles of mental cultivation from Shi Nian, Lin Yao should now be in the stage of acting spontaneously. This means acting according to one's own nature, neither deliberately suppressing it nor exaggerating or intensifying one's desires. If, as Xiao Cao said, harming others leads to success, wouldn't murderous demons be the most suitable for cultivation?!
I'm not going to think about it anymore. Let's refine pills. Now that my abilities have improved, I'll refine more pills and also explore how to infuse them with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. I guess the "Life-Giving Pill" I refine will help the disabled members of the Yi family recover faster.
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Chapter 206 Life Movement No. 1
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One snow lotus flower after another was thrown into the alchemy furnace. As soon as these dried snow lotus flowers entered the furnace, they were quickly burned by the incandescent alchemical fire, and the whole flower disappeared, leaving only a tiny, barely perceptible residue.
Add more ingredients, keep adding more ingredients...
Lin Yao numbly stuffed the snow lotus flowers into the alchemy furnace, carefully controlling the pseudo-alchemy fire inside. At first, he added the snow lotus flowers one by one, but seeing that the furnace was almost a bottomless pit and the added herbs disappeared instantly, Lin Yao increased the speed and scale of adding the ingredients, stuffing handfuls of snow lotus flowers into the furnace.
After emptying the last sack, Lin Yao was suddenly dumbfounded. Several sacks of wild snow lotus flowers had been stuffed into the small alchemy furnace, but there wasn't much inside. There was only a three-centimeter-thick layer of semi-transparent, yellowish-brown viscous substance covering the bottom of the furnace.
This snow lotus is worth 250,000?! How could it be gone in less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea? Could it be a counterfeit product?!
Regarding the last question, Lin Yao himself thought it impossible, because he had carefully examined this batch of snow lotus from the Kunlun Mountains, and without exception, they were all wild varieties, and the medicinal properties they contained far exceeded those of wild snow lotus sold in pharmacies. Zhaduo and Ciren, these two Tibetan brothers, were of good character and didn't resort to those underhanded tactics of substituting artificially cultivated snow lotus for wild products. Keep in mind that the price Lin Yao offered was already far higher than the retail price of artificially cultivated snow lotus; one has to admire the honesty of these ethnic brothers.
"What are you thinking about? Yao Yao, hurry up and refine the pills!" Xiao Cao's tone was a little impatient. This was the first time Lin Yao had refined pills for her, and she had been nervously accompanying him from the beginning. Seeing Lin Yao in a daze, she couldn't help but urge him on.
Lin Yao woke up, put his questions aside, and activated his healing true energy. Using the mental cultivation method and hand seals given by Xiao Cao, he continuously poured the healing true energy into the alchemy furnace.
The pseudo-elixir fire in the furnace began to leap violently, emitting an extremely dazzling white light. A mysterious phenomenon appeared in the furnace: the pseudo-elixir fire seemed to come alive, changing according to Lin Yao's hand seals along a specific trajectory. The spiritual energy between heaven and earth gathered at an astonishing speed, surging into the furnace and rapidly seeping into the elixir liquid that was already suspended in the center of the furnace.
Even Lin Yao, who had experienced spiritual energy before, couldn't help but be amazed. The thin spiritual energy that he usually sensed could actually gather so densely under the magical hand seals. The pseudo-elixir fire, like a joyful elf, leaped and danced in the alchemy furnace, changing with the healing true energy controlled by Lin Yao's hand seals and mental techniques. The dazzling scene made Lin Yao feel slightly distracted; it was just too beautiful.
After an unknown amount of time, Lin Yao had repeatedly performed the set of thirty-six hand seals with corresponding mental techniques countless times. The volume of the liquid in the alchemy furnace had also noticeably decreased, emitting a milky white light instead of the previous yellowish-brown. A rich fragrance filled the air, no longer the light, slightly sour scent of snow lotus, but a pure, refreshing fragrance that even Lin Yao found invigorating.
"Alright, alright, use the Elixir Gathering Seal Technique." Little Grass's tone was filled with excitement, and her speech was much faster.
"Finally finished! I was about to collapse from exhaustion if it didn't go well." Lin Yao thought to himself, and quickly roused his spirits, urging the last of his true energy to begin operating according to the mental techniques and hand seals for collecting the pill. This was his first time doing this, so he was extremely careful. However, after a long time of pill refining, his true energy was almost depleted, and his spirit had reached the point of extreme fatigue.
"OK, all done!" With Xiaocao's voice, countless bright and shiny pills surged out. These pills, some larger than sesame seeds and some smaller than mung beans, were like little sprites rushing towards Lin Yao's hands.
With a whoosh, all the pills disappeared, caught by the tendrils that quickly burst out of the little grass's body, and then pulled into Lin Yao's body.
"Done!" Lin Yao was exhausted and saved the energy to speak. He thought to himself, "Finally done," and collapsed to the ground, not wanting to move a single finger.
"Get up quickly, this is the time to cultivate, don't be lazy." Xiao Cao was still very excited and obviously in a good mood. She even took the time to care about Lin Yao instead of directly "eating" her pills.
"What a miserable life!" Lin Yao muttered to himself, struggling to sit up, and began practicing his martial arts again, sitting cross-legged.
After a long while, Lin Yao, having regained his strength, let out a heavy sigh and stood up from the ground. He was in a good mood. The condensation of his true qi had obviously improved, and he also felt that the total amount had increased slightly. Most importantly, through the mental techniques and hand seals of alchemy, his control over medical true qi had become more refined. It seemed that he had gained a lot tonight and that he had not simply worked for Xiaocao for free.
After stretching his body a bit, Lin Yao began tidying up the pharmacy, piling seven or eight empty sacks near the entrance, and then preparing to clean the alchemy furnace. The alchemy process was quite environmentally friendly; the residue was burned away completely by the pseudo-alchemy fire, leaving no need for cleaning.
This is……
Looking at the layer of milky white powder accumulated at the bottom of the alchemy furnace, Lin Yao felt a little strange. In the past, when refining pills, there was only one result: a viscous liquid pill that he would then knead into a powder, leaving no residue. But this time, the result was different. Through the pill-collecting hand seal, the pill automatically formed and flew out of the furnace. What was left at the bottom of the furnace now? It looked pretty good.
"This is the residue left over from alchemy, it's not very useful." Little Grass was a good teacher and explained in time, "However, this residue is quite good for ordinary people. It still contains a little bit of spiritual energy from heaven and earth, and its medicinal effect is better than the pill mud you refined before. Give it a try."
"Dan Ni? What I refined before was just Dan Ni?" Lin Yao suddenly heard a new term and felt a little frustrated. Did that mean that what he refined before was not considered alchemy, but just mud?
"Of course, do you think alchemy involves rubbing pills out one by one with your fingers? That's just pill mud, it's useless." Xiao Cao never stopped teasing Lin Yao. "Alchemy requires using the Pill-Gathering Seal Technique, and the pills will automatically be generated. Unlike you, you can mold them into whatever size or shape you want. Do you think you're playing with mud?"
Lin Yao felt ashamed, thinking that this little grass was too much. She had never told him before, which made him practice his pill-making skills with dough. After he became proficient, he was even proud of himself for making pills that were all the same size and perfectly round. But he never expected that in the little grass's eyes, he was just playing with mud.
"Don't scold me, I heard everything." Little Grass immediately retorted, "Your pseudo-elixir fire was useless before, so why would I tell you these things? It would only discourage you more. But Yao Yao, you're really amazing! The pills you made were perfectly round. You could work in a food processing factory and make glutinous rice balls."
Lin Yao wanted to roll his eyes, but couldn't find anyone to roll them at, so he gave up. He picked up a tiny bit of the milky white, crystalline powder from the alchemy furnace with his fingers and put it in his mouth to taste it. The little grass also quickly controlled its tendrils, preventing them from touching Lin Yao's digestive system and other parts of his body. It knew that Lin Yao wanted to experience the medicinal properties of these powders.
"Aha, I'm rich!" Lin Yao couldn't help but exclaim. He discovered that the dregs these little grasses were talking about were actually a miraculous medicine. He had only tasted a little bit and he could clearly feel his liver and kidneys being warmed and nourished. The effect was also very strong. This was exactly the luxury medicine that he had been looking for, which was the flagship product of Longcheng Group and was used to make huge profits.
Snow lotus itself has the effects of promoting blood circulation, warming the uterus and dispersing blood stasis, dispelling cold and dampness, strengthening muscles and boosting yang, stopping bleeding, and reducing swelling. After being refined by pseudo-elixir fire and seal techniques, the remaining "dregs" essence has extremely strong kidney-tonifying and yang-strengthening effects, suitable for both men and women. Of course, Lin Yao only intends to sell it to men, because this stuff is a holy medicine for some people. It is not like Viagra, which only temporarily controls male function by stimulating the nervous system. Instead, it is a real warming and yang-strengthening medicine, and the efficiency of this yang-strengthening medicine is extremely significant, just like those temporary stimulant aphrodisiacs on the market, which take effect instantly.
"No wonder when I read posts before, I saw some middle-aged women buying snow lotus to make tea, saying it dispels rheumatism, strengthens the waist and kidneys, and also has beauty benefits. I used to think that it had to be used in medicine to be effective, and that making tea was too slow. But I never thought that ordinary people could get cumulative benefits just by drinking it as a tea." Lin Yao secretly summarized his experience.
In the past, Lin Yao only used snow lotus through prescriptions. He had only used single medicinal herbs by extracting their medicinal properties from small plants. He never expected that single medicinal herbs could also be used to make pills. This was a newly discovered method that he could use to make money in the future.
After carefully estimating the efficacy of the medicine, Lin Yao calculated that the effect of warming and nourishing the liver and kidneys could be controlled within three months. He figured that the remaining half a pound of "dregs" in the alchemy furnace could be diluted into 10,000 portions for sale. If each portion sold for 1,000 yuan, that would be 10 million yuan in revenue. The cost of 250,000 yuan would increase 40 times in the blink of an eye. Given Long Cheng's principle of exorbitant profits, this barely met the requirements.
The only problem is that this "residue," whose composition is estimated to be undetectable by testing, is unlikely to pass the drug administration's approval process and therefore cannot be sold as an over-the-counter drug. It seems that it can only be sold as a traditional Chinese medicine preparation through Minhong's hospitals and clinics across the country. However, this means that a low-profit Minhong and a highly profitable Longcheng are now closely linked, a situation that seems very strange. I wonder if the public will have any questions, and we'll have to find an excuse to justify it.
This "dregs" medicine was named "Life Movement No. 1" by Lin Yao. It was as vulgar as it could be, and most importantly, it was expensive, very expensive.
The pharmacy was a closed room with no windows except for a door. Opening the door, a rich, pleasant fragrance wafted through the entire garment factory, making the already pervasive scent even more pronounced. It was already early morning; this night was destined to be sleepless for all the Yi family members.
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Chapter 207 Restoring the Truth
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"Sir." Yi Fei had been standing guard outside the door. When he saw Lin Yao come out and smelled the increasingly rich fragrance, he was very excited. He thought that Lin Yao had refined another elixir that would be useful to the Yi family.