Chapter 462: Reward
Chapter 462: Reward
There it was. In his hands lay a perfect pill with three shining runes on it. There was no mistake that these weren’t fake runes, as sensing the potency of the spirit qi inside it was enough to tell the difference.
"H-How?"
This was a question not only the burly man but all the onlookers wanted to know, especially when this alchemist threw all the herbs together.
They all looked at Lin Feng with fervent gazes as if he was some hidden alchemy elder who was just playing with them for fun, but no matter how much they stared, they only found him ordinary early stage Intiation Realm cultivator, other than his appearance, which was beyond normal.
Alas, appearance mattered less to cultivators, since at their realm everyone was somewhat beautiful or handsome. Talent was the only thing they cared about.
Lin Feng acted oblivious to their gazes and started clearing the cauldron slightly to remove the impurities and some leftover refined spirit powder which wasn’t suitable to create another pill.
Once he was done, he looked at the burly man, who was still standing in front of him with an unbelievable expression.
"Where are my spirit stones?"
Lin Feng raised his voice slightly, making the burly man tremble in fear.
"Y-Yes, Senior..." The burly man immediately took out 200 high-grade spirit stones along with another set of herbs he had collected for a similar pill and passed them towards Lin Feng.
He got a three-rune pill. That would be enough for him to not need another pill for a long time. Not to mention, the price of pill refinement increased exponentially with every rune. A three-rune pill could cost him a fortune, so how could he only pay 150 spirit stones for such a quality pill?
Lin Feng raised his eyebrows slightly before taking only the 150 spirit stones, "The reason I asked for 150 spirit stones is because you were brave enough to come for refinement, so in a sense it was your reward. Now take these back and leave."
Burly man’s eye shone and he nodded hurriedly,"As you wish senior.."
Before he could take his things back and leave, multiple cultivators with myriad cultivation realms came for pill refinement and surrounded the whole area.
"Senior, please refine my pill..."
"Senior..."
They felt immense pity for not going first to test the waters themselves. If they had, they would have been the ones holding a three-rune pill.
They didn’t know if Lin Feng would be able to refine another three-rune pill or not, but they were certain that he could definitely refine a two-rune pill.
They didn’t even care about his method. They didn’t know how he did it, but the results spoke for themselves.
The burly man immediately picked up his herbs and spirit stones before bowing towards Lin Feng and leaving. He was excited, as he was certain that he could break through easily. This would give him a chance to join a better sect.
Looking at the crowd, which wasn’t much since there weren’t many cultivators in this part of the town, Lin Feng spoke slowly, "Come one by one or I am leaving..."
The crowd went silent immediately. None of them wanted that to happen, but who among them should yield?
They didn’t know how many pills Lin Feng could refine before his spiritual energy was depleted, so if their turn came later, then wouldn’t they miss this golden opportunity?
As for coming tomorrow, forget about the presence of Lin Feng on this spot. Once the word spread, it would be a miracle if they were even able to see him.
Lin Feng sighed when he saw all of them still not moving. He would have left if it were any other time, but right now he wanted to refine pills, so he would stay. Nevertheless, since they couldn’t make up their minds, he would help them, "You come first..."
He pointed towards a woman who was at the Early Stage Initiation Realm but seemed afraid to come forward due to a few Mid and Late Stage Realm cultivators surrounding the front area.
The woman was surprised but immediately moved forward in excitement.
"As for the others, move away.."
The stronger cultivators felt reluctant but didn’t have the courage to refute Lin Feng. In the end, they moved away some distance.
The woman was about to take out the herbs when Lin Feng reminded her of something.
"I will charge 300 high-grade spirit stones for an Early Stage Initiation Realm pill..."
The woman faltered slightly but nodded. She had heard the conversation between Lin Feng and the burly man, so she knew that 150 spirit stones was a one-time thing.
However, 300 spirit stones were still a very good bargain even for a two-rune pill with only one set of spirit herbs.
She took out the spirit herbs with slightly trembling hands, "I want a healing pill..."
Lin Feng nodded and looked at the spirit herbs, "Ohh..." He was slightly surprised upon seeing a rare herb which he recognized very well, a Verdant Blood Vine Fruit. No wonder her hands were a little shaky, she still didn’t trust him completely.
It was understandable, since there was a chance that most of them thought he had just been fortunate in creating that earlier pill.
Well, it didn’t matter. He began his refinement and again tossed all the spirit herbs together inside the cauldron, making the woman flinch slightly.
Although she had seen him create a three-rune pill while doing the same, she was still afraid. She had only this single set of spirit herbs, and if it got ruined, then she might not get another Verdant Blood Vine Fruit for a long time.
She had no plans for pill refinement for the time being, but seeing Lin Feng work with only one set of herbs to refine a pill gave her hope. If this refinement succeeded, then her old wound might get healed, if not, then she would have to live with this pain for many years to come.
"Done..."
Her thoughts were broken as Lin Feng took out the pill and tossed it towards her.
"Heavens, another three-rune pill," one of the cultivators couldn’t help but speak out loud.