Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

Chapter 1212: Chapter 801: Jade Marrow Pill Success Rate Soars (Part 2)

Now, this mountain has been named Flame Mountain by Yang Zhenshan, and there’s also a large hall and some houses on it.

"Luckily, the hall was built high enough during construction, otherwise this Pill Furnace wouldn’t fit!"

Yang Zhenshan placed the Pill Furnace on the ground fire, "Can you refine the Jade Marrow Pill?"

"Master, you just need to tell me the fire control steps, I guarantee there won’t be a single mistake!" the Golden Crow said arrogantly.

"Alright!"

Yang Zhenshan didn’t hesitate and immediately detailed the fire control steps for refining the Jade Marrow Pill to the Golden Crow.

Then, Yang Zhenshan began preparing the herbs, cleaning the Pill Furnace, and had the Golden Crow practice once. Seeing no issues, he then started the refining process.

As the Golden Crow said, it had very strong control over fire.

With its help, Yang Zhenshan succeeded on the first batch, producing thirty-two pills, with twelve of them being first-rank top-grade Jade Marrow Pills.

Looking at the top-grade Jade Marrow Pills on the Jade Plate, Yang Zhenshan was finally astonished by the capabilities of the Furnace of Eight Trigrams.

You should know that his previous pill success rate was just over forty percent, and the rate for mid-grade Jade Marrow Pills was less than twenty percent, never mind refining top-grade Jade Marrow Pills directly.

But now, with just the first attempt, he actually refined top-grade Jade Marrow Pills, and produced as many as thirty-two pills!

This was like having a cheat code.

"Actually, Master can refine more in one go, it’s just a first-order pill, the Furnace of Eight Trigrams can easily refine hundreds at once!" the Golden Crow said.

Yang Zhenshan nodded slightly, with such a large Pill Furnace, naturally, it could refine more pills at once.

"Did your previous master ever refine Foundation Establishment Pills?"

"Of course, Foundation Establishment Pills are second-order pills, my previous master refined them many times for the Sect’s juniors!" the Golden Crow said.

Yang Zhenshan was overjoyed, "Do you know the fire control steps for Foundation Establishment Pills?"

"It’s been too long, somewhat forgotten, but if I think carefully, I should recall!" The Golden Crow tilted its head, trying to remember.

"Wonderful!" Yang Zhenshan laughed heartily.

Compared to the Jade Marrow Pill, the Foundation Establishment Pill was what was most needed.

With the Golden Crow’s assistance, his success rate in refining Foundation Establishment Pills would undoubtedly be higher.

Of course, the Golden Crow wasn’t omnipotent; it could only increase the success rate and quality of the pills through fire control, the rest still depended on Yang Zhenshan himself.

But this was enough to make Yang Zhenshan pleasantly surprised.

Then Yang Zhenshan refined two more batches of Jade Marrow Pills, the first batch yielding 180 pills, and the second 312 pills.

One batch was equivalent to ten of his previous ones, and none of them failed.

This meant his success rate for refining Jade Marrow Pills had reached eighty percent, with top-grade Jade Marrow Pills reaching a forty percent success rate.

This nearly doubled the success rate.

Moreover, he could refine ten sets of materials at once, greatly reducing his time spent on alchemy.

"As expected of a Spiritual Treasure, truly remarkable!" Yang Zhenshan looked at the Golden Crow with joy and exclaimed.

"Naturally, I am a mid-grade Spiritual Artifact!" the Golden Crow said proudly.

After the joy, Yang Zhenshan began thinking about Lu Fusheng.

This was indeed a Spiritual Treasure!

Lu Fusheng had truly given him a great gift.

Though he could only use this Spiritual Treasure for alchemy now, it was already a formidable aid for him.

At this moment, Yang Zhenshan truly believed in the concept of fate.

A treasure belongs to those it’s destined for!

The time Lu Fusheng had the Furnace of Eight Trigrams shouldn’t have been short, at least thirty or forty years, yet in his hands, it was like a mere stone.

So Yang Zhenshan didn’t feel he had taken advantage of Lu Fusheng, but he was grateful for this opportunity given by Lu Fusheng.

"Seems like I should help the Lu family more in the future, to count it as my compensation!" Yang Zhenshan thought to himself.

After refining another batch of Jade Marrow Pills, Yang Zhenshan returned to the Spiritual Spring Mountain Plateau.

The Furnace of Eight Trigrams was left at Flame Mountain, but the Golden Crow followed Yang Zhenshan to the Spiritual Spring Mountain Plateau.

The Golden Crow, as an Artifact Spirit, could leave its main body but not too far, within a thousand miles only.

To it, a thousand miles wasn’t far at all.

Of course, if Yang Zhenshan didn’t take the Furnace of Eight Trigrams out, it couldn’t go outside.

Yang Zhenshan had already allowed it to roam freely in the Spirit Source Land, so long as it didn’t cause trouble for everyone.

Returning to the Spiritual Spring Mountain Plateau, Yang Zhenshan immediately shared this good news with Yu Qingyi, who was both shocked and thrilled upon hearing it.

"Does that mean I can take Jade Marrow Pills in the future too!"

Yang Zhenshan, holding her arm, smiled and said, "Of course, not just you, in the future, everyone can take Jade Marrow Pills!"

For a martial artist at the Heavenly Gang Stage, taking Jade Marrow Pills wasn’t wasteful; of course, Yang Zhenshan couldn’t provide Jade Marrow Pills for free, after all, the materials for refining Jade Marrow Pills were quite valuable.

But he could open up the redemption of Jade Marrow Pills for everyone, using merit points for exchange.

Previously, Yang Zhenshan didn’t want to spend time refining Jade Marrow Pills, so even Yu Qingyi didn’t have enough Jade Marrow Pills to take.

Now Yang Zhenshan could refine over 300 Jade Marrow Pills in one batch, so even if he opened merit point exchanges, it wouldn’t take much of his time.

"This way, I’m confident I can attempt a breakthrough within ten years!" Yu Qingyi said happily.

Yang Zhenshan exhaled deeply, "With top-grade Jade Marrow Pills, your chances of breakthrough will also be greater!"

Top-grade Jade Marrow Pills and lower-grade ones had a significant difference in effect.

Firstly, in terms of Pill Poison, the top-grade Jade Marrow Pill’s pill poison was almost negligible.

Secondly, in terms of medicinal properties, the top-grade Jade Marrow Pill was over ten times that of the lower-grade one.

Finally, in terms of efficacy, top-grade Jade Marrow Pills also had the effect of stabilizing one’s foundation.

Now Yu Qingyi had almost entirely the conditions to establish a Spirit Base and shape a Golden Body.

In terms of Spiritual Objects, there was a Phoenix Tree that was thousands of years old; for Elixirs, there were top-grade Jade Marrow Pills; and for Cultivation Technique, there was the Green Wood Longevity Skill and Wood Transformation Nourishing Body Skill.

It couldn’t be said for sure that Yu Qingyi could definitely break through, but there was at least an eighty percent chance.

Now Yu Qingyi just needed to refine her True Yuan to Great Perfection.

After celebrating with Yu Qingyi, Yang Zhenshan gave some guidance to his two disciples before returning to the Lan family.

Lan Peng had returned.

Looking at the tired face of Lan Peng, Yang Zhenshan sighed silently.

Lan Peng wasn’t having an easy time either.

Although Lu Fusheng valued him highly, he was still a retainer of the Lu family, dependent on them.

So in many matters, he had to obey the Lu family’s orders.

He had fought for the Lu family at Yu Mountain Town for years, but his own family had almost been wiped out.

Of course, this wasn’t entirely the Lu family’s fault; he depended on the Lu family and benefited from them, so it’s a matter of gain and loss.

Since Lan Peng was back, Yang Zhenshan no longer needed to stay at the Lan family and returned to the Lu Mansion.

The Lu family had arranged a quiet courtyard for him, and as he didn’t meddle in matters of the Lu family or the county, he lived reclusively in his courtyard.

The attack on Ancient County by the Nether Prison Sect and the Soul-breaking Blade had a significant impact on the Sea of Spirit.

The Three Sects and Twelve Families were all very tense, afraid that the Nether Prison Sect and Soul-breaking Blade would cause chaos in their territories.

Yet, for some unknown reason, the war between the Nether Prison Sect and the Three Sects of Spirit Sea had significantly calmed down.

Instead of being as fierce as before, a standoff had emerged.

Yang Zhenshan wasn’t very clear on the specifics, nor was he interested.

After waiting in the county for three months, Yang Zhenshan bade farewell to Lu Fusheng.

Returning to Lingxi Mountain, Yang Zhenshan continued his secluded cultivation.

His retreat involved cultivating at the Lingxi Mountain Plateau.

On the Lingxi Mountain Plateau, those withered Spiritual Fruit Trees had been removed, and some saplings had been transplanted; as for the Spiritual Energy taken by the Furnace of Eight Trigrams, Yang Zhenshan crushed ten thousand Spirit Stones to supplement it.

The Furnace of Eight Trigrams was of great assistance to Yang Zhenshan but was also a huge consumer of Spirit Stones.

More than thirty thousand Spirit Stones almost depleted the reserves of the Clan Hall.

Moreover, each time it refined pills, it needed to consume Spiritual Energy. It could absorb the Spiritual Energy from the air on its own, but for Yang Zhenshan, the air’s Spiritual Energy also belonged to the Spirit Source Land.

To ensure the concentration of Spiritual Energy in the Spirit Source Land, Yang Zhenshan had set rules for replenishing Spiritual Energy before.

The Furnace of Eight Trigrams consumes the Spiritual Energy of hundreds of Spirit Stones each time it refines pills, which had to be included in the cost of the pills.

Yet compared to the success rate of Jade Marrow Pills, this amount of Spiritual Energy consumption was negligible.