Seeing Li Feng drain the bowl in one gulp, Ge Feng and Ge Ying watched him nervously. Ge Feng even took out a detoxification pill.
After drinking the medicinal liquid, Li Feng closed his eyes. It was not until three minutes later that he opened them again.
“How is it?” Ge Feng and Ge Ying asked eagerly.
“The effect is not great.” Li Feng thought for a moment and said, “I brewed this according to the Foundation Solidifying Pill formula, but the potency is less than a quarter of a real Foundation Solidifying Pill.”
Li Feng felt a little disappointed. He had followed the standard formula exactly. According to Alchemy Fundamentals, one batch should yield at least seven pills.
Although there was plenty of liquid in the pot, it amounted to only five or six bowls. In terms of potency, it was worth just one or two Foundation Solidifying Pills.
However, thinking of the value of a Foundation Solidifying Pill at auction, Li Feng felt this was already very good. Such pills were rare and hard to find, but now that he had succeeded once, as long as he had materials, he could brew anytime.
“What?”
Ge Feng and Ge Ying were stunned. Then Ge Ying asked in disbelief, “Li Feng, are you saying you succeeded?”
“Yes, though the effect is a bit weaker.” Li Feng nodded.
“How is that possible?” Ge Feng and Ge Ying looked at each other. They had never imagined Li Feng would succeed. They had even been thinking about how to console him after failure.
“You can try it yourselves and see.” Li Feng smiled.
“I’ll go.” Before Ge Feng could speak, Ge Ying took a bowl, ladled some liquid, and drank it.
As soon as it entered her mouth, Ge Ying’s expression changed. She sat down on the ground and began circulating her energy.
“This…” Ge Feng was stunned.
“I didn’t expect Ge Ying to break through at this moment.” Li Feng smiled. Ge Ying had already been at Postnatal Fourth Layer peak, with residual potency from the thousand-year ice dew in her body. The liquid had given her the trigger to break through.
“Break through?” Ge Feng sensed the increasingly powerful aura bursting from Ge Ying and looked delighted.
Boom!
At that moment, an even stronger aura erupted from her.
“I’ve finally broken through.” Ge Ying opened her eyes, a hint of joy in them. “Li Feng, the liquid you brewed is excellent. Although far inferior to a real Foundation Solidifying Pill, it is hugely useful for us.”
“Then let’s continue brewing.” Li Feng said.
“Good.”
Everyone used jade bottles to store the liquid, then continued brewing. With experience from the first time, it became much easier.
They only stopped when Li Feng’s divine sense could take no more.
“Five pots of liquid, a full thirty bowls. Li Feng, this will last us quite a while.” Ge Feng said.
“Enough?” Li Feng shook his head. If he could not brew, he would have no other ideas, but now that he could, his thoughts became active. The Black Eagle team, the inner guards, Hu Yuanyuan and the others all needed this Foundation Solidifying liquid for cultivation. Only then could their cultivation improve rapidly.
Seeing Li Feng shake his head, Ge Feng immediately guessed his intention and said incredulously, “Li Feng, if you want to give this liquid to your subordinates, isn’t that too extravagant?”
“No. In my view, it’s not extravagant; it’s saving money. One pot costs only about two million in materials and yields six bowls for six people. That’s roughly three or four hundred thousand per person. Right now, I give the Black Eagle team over a million daily in cultivation resources. Switching to this liquid would save half.” Li Feng shook his head.
“But brewing is difficult. Only you can do it. Can you handle it?” Ge Feng recalled Ge Ying trying earlier and wasting a whole pot. It showed brewing was not as easy as thought.
“Then let’s try a bigger pot.” A sharp glint flashed in Li Feng’s eyes. A bold idea formed in his mind.
“A bigger pot? You mean…” Shock flashed in Ge Feng’s eyes.
“Tian Lang, prepare a pot ten times larger than this one.” Li Feng felt brewing differed from pill refining. It mainly required heat control. A ten-times-larger pot, if successful, would yield ten times the liquid in one go.
“Young Master Feng, a pot that big probably can’t be bought in Tianhai City.” Tian Lang smiled bitterly.
“If it can’t be bought, make one.” Li Feng glared.
“Yes.” Tian Lang hurried off.
“Li Feng, will this work?” Ge Feng asked doubtfully.
“I don’t know, but I want to try. If it works, we’ll strike it rich. If not, we only lose some materials.” Li Feng’s eyes gleamed.
“That’s true.” Ge Feng nodded. This time he supported it, because Li Feng had succeeded before.
“But I don’t have many materials left for Foundation Solidifying liquid. Ge Feng, I need to recover now, so go to the Ancient Martial Artists Association branch and buy some. By the way, do you have money? I’m out. Lend me some first.” Li Feng said.
“Li Feng, why be polite with me? I’ll pay for the materials. Later, just give me some Foundation Solidifying liquid.” Ge Feng shook his head. He had tasted it and knew its effects. With long-term use, he believed he could break through soon.
“Don’t worry, you’ll get plenty.” Li Feng smiled, then added, “Oh, and buy materials for a Blood Circulation Pill too.”
“Blood Circulation Pill?” Ge Feng was stunned.
“Yes. It’s a basic healing pill. I can’t refine pills, only brew liquid, so I want to brew Blood Circulation liquid to treat my injuries.” Li Feng nodded.
“Good.”
Ge Feng and Ge Ying left the training base.
After they left, Li Feng returned to the secret chamber to cultivate the Divine Control Technique and recover his divine sense.
An hour later, Li Feng opened his eyes, a sharp glint bursting forth.
He discovered that cultivating the Divine Control Technique after exhausting divine sense during brewing caused it to grow, though only slightly. This delighted him greatly. Now he no longer worried about his divine sense not progressing.
After recovering, Li Feng took out Alchemy Fundamentals again.
Although he could brew according to formulas now, pills were far more potent than liquids. If he could refine pills, it would be even better.
However, pill refining differed from brewing. It required pill fire and a pill furnace, neither of which he had.
“It seems I need to find pill fire and a furnace when I get the chance.”
Li Feng resolved that if possible, he would obtain them. He had checked redeemable resources at the association, but neither was available. He needed another way.
“If not outside, they should be in ruins.” A glint flashed in Li Feng’s eyes. He thought of the Earth Martial realm ruins in the Hundred Thousand Mountains. He knew Huaxia had many such ruins. If he got the chance, he would explore them. He refused to believe no alchemist inheritance remained.
The next day, Li Feng set up the huge pot in the training ground and began brewing.
Since it was his first time with such a large pot, heat control was crucial. Li Feng dared not be careless. Ge Feng and Ge Ying beside him waited solemnly for his instructions.
But with yesterday’s experience, everything proceeded smoothly.
Set the pot, light the fire, add herbs.
Half an hour later, drenched in sweat, Li Feng sat down heavily on the ground. Smelling the refreshing fragrance in the air, he smiled joyfully.
“We succeeded. We really succeeded.” Ge Feng and Ge Ying were overjoyed. Ten times the Foundation Solidifying liquid meant a full sixty bowls. Even if each bowl had only a quarter the potency of a pill, sixty bowls equalled fifteen Foundation Solidifying Pills.
Remembering how excited they had been over just a few pills from the Hundred Thousand Mountains, now with this liquid, below Innate realm, they need never worry about cultivation resources again.
Most importantly, materials for ten batches cost only twenty million. At the last auction, one pill sold for ten billion. These sixty bowls, equivalent to fifteen pills, were worth one hundred and fifty billion.
Something worth twenty million, after passing through Li Feng’s hands, became worth one hundred and fifty billion. That was roughly eight hundred times profit.
Thinking of this, Ge Feng and Ge Ying were horrified.
Li Feng wiped his sweat. This brewing had consumed far more divine sense than any yesterday, but he sensed he had used only a third. That meant he could brew three times a day like this.
Though only three times, it was enough for Li Feng. Twenty-five Black Eagle members, ten inner guards, plus Hu Yuanyuan, Zhong Shuhui, Mu Jiajia, Ge Feng, and Ge Ying totalled forty people. One bowl per person daily meant forty bowls. Three brewings yielded one hundred and eighty bowls, enough for four and a half days.
As for himself, the Foundation Solidifying liquid had little effect now. He did not need it.
If his divine sense broke through again, he could brew more daily, fully meeting his subordinates’ needs.
“Li Feng, if you auctioned this Foundation Solidifying liquid…” Ge Ying came to his side and said, “One pot would be worth at least one hundred and fifty billion. You’d make a fortune. You could buy anything from the Ancient Martial Artists Association.”
“Auction?”
Li Feng smiled bitterly. “Ge Ying, do you think this liquid could be auctioned?”
“Why not?” Ge Ying was puzzled.
“An innocent man gets into trouble because of his wealth.”
Li Feng smiled. “If it were actual Foundation Solidifying Pills, people would think we got them from some ruin or cave abode. Few would suspect us. But how to explain this liquid? Tell others we brewed it ourselves?”
