Chapter 1300: The Medicinal Properties of Divine-Grade Herbs

"We do accept divine pills, but it depends on the grade of the Divine Essence Pill you've refined. Our Ten Thousand Treasures Tower guarantees quality; we don't accept Divine Essence Pills below medium grade."

Hong Yin was shocked inwardly, but her face remained calm.

Moreover, she was very puzzled—this young man seemed to be in dire need of money.

But if he really knew array alchemy, how could he be so poor that he couldn't even afford a Yellow-level cultivation room?

Ye Yuan, however, paid no attention to Hong Yin's words and asked, "May I ask what your purchase price is?"

Hong Yin was not impatient and replied, "Medium-grade Divine Essence Pills: twenty-five low-grade divine essence stones; high-grade: eighty; top-grade: four hundred."

The selling price for medium-grade Divine Essence Pills was thirty low-grade divine essence stones, high-grade was one hundred, and top-grade was five hundred.

Since the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower purchased pills, they naturally had to make a profit from the差价.

This price was already very fair.

In fact, the most commonly sold were still low-grade Divine Essence Pills.

Most martial artists could only afford low-grade ones.

Because Divine Essence Pills were a common medicine for cultivation, medium-grade was somewhat better, but high-grade ones often cost hundreds of divine essence stones, which ordinary martial artists truly couldn't afford.

As for top-grade Divine Essence Pills, they were truly sky-high in price.

However, the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower followed a premium route, so they didn't sell low-grade Divine Essence Pills that were beneath their standards.

Ye Yuan nodded and cupped his hands to Hong Yin, saying, "Thank you, miss."

Watching Ye Yuan's departing figure, Hong Yin's beautiful eyes flickered.

Although she didn't think Ye Yuan could refine Divine Essence Pills, she had taken an interest in him.

After entering the cultivation room, Ye Yuan followed Wuchen's instructions and directly submerged his divine sense into the Town Boundary Stele. Suddenly, his vision blurred, and he entered a milky-white space.

Ye Yuan found that the flow of time here was indeed much faster than outside.

"Senior, let's begin!" Ye Yuan took a deep breath, his gaze firm.

He only had ten days, which meant one hundred days in the Town Boundary Stele!

One hundred days to master array alchemy—this was an extremely arduous challenge, and he had no time to waste.

This was almost an impossible task!

Wuchen said, "Compared to mortal-grade pills, the threshold for refining divine pills is much higher! You once refined the Inverse Dao Pill, which was impressive, but it still fell within the category of mortal-grade pills! Divine-grade herbs, even the lowest-grade ones, have medicinal properties that are ten thousand, even a hundred thousand or a million times more complex than mortal-grade herbs! Therefore, to refine divine pills, you must first familiarize yourself with the medicinal properties of divine-grade herbs! This is a long process, but you only have ten chances!"

The herbs Ye Yuan purchased were enough for ten batches of Divine Essence Pills!

That is to say, he not only had to use these ten batches to familiarize himself with the medicinal properties but also to attempt refining pills.

Moreover, he had to succeed in refining medium-grade Divine Essence Pills.

The difficulty was too great.

Wuchen sighed, "Kid, even the Celestial Lin Heavenly Lord couldn't accomplish such a refinement. This is truly a challenge for you!"

Ye Yuan smiled and said, "Senior, save these lamentations for after I fail."

Wuchen's gaze sharpened, and he nodded, "Now I will explain the medicinal properties of these divine-grade herbs. How much you comprehend is up to you! First, Divine Rain Silk..."

Wuchen spoke eloquently, clearly having long mastered the properties of these low-grade herbs.

However, Wuchen's familiarity was his own affair.

When it came to alchemy, only the alchemist's own understanding could lead to successful refinement.

Saying and mastering are two completely different things.

There is a saying: 'What you get on paper is ultimately shallow; you must personally practice to truly understand.' That's exactly what it means.

Alchemy has always been a skill refined through countless trials. No matter how thoroughly the master explains, you still need to explore bit by bit on your own.

At most, it just shortens the process.

Ye Yuan was unprecedentedly focused. Every word Wu Chen spoke was firmly imprinted in his mind.

He didn't have many opportunities to repeatedly experience the properties of these spiritual medicines, so what Wu Chen said was crucial.

When it came to refining divine pills, Ye Yuan was an absolute novice. But in terms of alchemy experience, few could match him.

Even if all he had refined were mortal-grade pills!

This lecture lasted ten days and ten nights!

A hundred days, and a tenth of it was gone in the blink of an eye!

Although Wu Chen had warned him earlier, Ye Yuan still hadn't expected that just five of the lowest-grade divine spiritual medicines could be so incredibly complex.

Over these ten days, the sheer volume of information Wu Chen imparted was so vast that even Ye Yuan felt a urge to back away.

It was no exaggeration to say that each spiritual medicine was an encyclopedia!

At that moment, he finally understood why Wu Chen had been so pessimistic about him.

The difficulty of refining the Divine Origin Pill was something the Inverse Dao Pill could never catch up to!

Wu Chen had only covered the medicinal properties; the actual process of alchemy was many times more complicated than this.

A hundred days was indeed too tight.

"Hey, kid, now you know how hard it is to refine divine pills? Still so confident?" Wu Chen saw Ye Yuan's expression and couldn't help teasing him.

Ye Yuan smiled bitterly at this and said, "It is indeed much harder than I imagined! But as I said, I have no way back. Since that's the case, I'll face the difficulties head-on!"

With that, Ye Yuan slowly closed his eyes and began to digest what he had learned over the past ten days.

The vast amount of information needed to be digested bit by bit.

He didn't have the conditions for repeated experiments; he had to do his homework thoroughly upfront.

Two days later, Ye Yuan slowly opened his eyes.

Wu Chen said in surprise, "You've fully digested it all in just two days?"

Ye Yuan smiled and said, "I wouldn't say fully digested, but I've understood some of it. What you've said, Senior, always needs to be experienced personally. Otherwise, it's all just empty talk."

Wu Chen frowned and said, "Kid, I advise you to spend more time contemplating. Your divine sea is damaged; after consuming these spiritual medicines, their properties will dissipate quickly. The time you have is only a tenth or even a hundredth of that of ordinary martial artists!"

Ye Yuan nodded and said, "Of course I know that, but to verify the medicinal properties, personal experience is still best."

With that, Ye Yuan didn't hesitate and directly took out a portion of Divine Rain Silk, chewing it bit by bit.

...

At this moment, outside the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion, Zhang Shun and another Liang family retainer had long grown impatient.

"That kid, why hasn't he come out of the pavilion yet?" the retainer said.

Zhang Shun pondered for a moment and said, "Could he have... entered a cultivation room?"

The retainer was taken aback and sneered, "A cultivation room? What would a waste do in a cultivation room? Isn't that like taking off your pants to fart—completely unnecessary?"

Zhang Shun also thought it unlikely, but if Ye Yuan had stayed until now, what else could it be but entering a cultivation room?

"This kid is very strange; we can't let our guard down! No matter what, let's keep a close watch. If he doesn't come out, we'll wait until he does!" Zhang Shun said.