Chapter 52: Chapter 52: An All-Night Battle

As for Jiang Chen.

After leaving the family’s main hall, he made a special trip to a place that sold Alchemy Materials.

He purchased quite a few things.

He had already looked at the list his father gave him. A single glance was all it took to commit it to memory.

The list, as it turned out, contained only some very common, ordinary Elixirs.

They were nothing more than Healing Pills; there weren’t even any Elixirs for improving one’s Cultivation.

After all, Healing Pills were the most common and relatively easy to refine.

Elixirs that improved Cultivation were not only more difficult to refine, but the success rate for an average Alchemist was very low, making it easy to waste materials.

Jiang Chen was now quite wealthy, possessing 500,000 yuan crystals he had obtained from Ximen Gong, the Patriarch of the Ximen Family, in exchange for a Golden Healing Pill.

So, he took the opportunity to purchase a large batch of materials.

Once he returned and made his preparations, he shut his door and refused all visitors.

He was now inside his room.

He sat quietly in a cross-legged position.

He hadn’t started the Alchemy yet.

He was well aware of the commotion outside.

His clansmen definitely didn’t believe in him.

’Heh, it seems if I don’t show them my true abilities, they’ll think I, Jiang Chen, am just an empty boaster.’

He smiled knowingly.

He was completely relaxed.

He could easily resolve the Jiang Family’s troubles with a single move.

Moreover, he hadn’t gone to the Alchemy Room, simply because there was no need.

With his Alchemy Skill, he needed no assistants, nor any miscellaneous equipment.

A brazier, a Pill Furnace, and a complete set of materials were all he needed.

As a generational Pill Emperor, Alchemy was his forte.

Especially now, when the Jiang Family only needed First-Grade Elixirs, and the quality requirements weren’t even high.

’Tomorrow, I will give you all a surprise.’

’Clansmen, rest assured.’

He grinned.

He wouldn’t just refine Elixirs; he would refine high-quality Elixirs and revitalize the Jiang Family’s elixir industry.

Under his guidance, the Jiang Family would soar.

This was the confidence of a generational Pill Emperor.

It was also confidence in his own Alchemy Skill.

WHOOSH!

He contemplated for a moment. He still spent every day thinking about his Alchemy Skill, pondering how to improve his techniques and methods.

To simplify the complex and refine the simple.

To achieve perfection.

Although his research from his past life was already quite complete, achieving true perfection still required deeper study.

’Healing Pills.’

’Let’s begin!’

He set up the brazier, and with his Soul Power, he controlled the Pill Furnace, making it appear above the flames to slowly rotate and preheat.

Everything was done with incredible skill and natural ease.

His movements were as smooth as flowing water.

The current Jiang Chen was fully capable of mass-refining Elixirs.

The Jiang Family needed about two to three hundred Elixirs per day.

Each Elixir sold for anywhere between several dozen to several hundred yuan crystals.

That was because the Elixirs refined by Ling Xuan were of relatively low quality.

The quality of Elixirs was divided into four Levels: Black Iron, Silver, Gold, and Purple Gold.

The ones the Jiang Family usually sold were merely Black Iron Level.

Jiang Chen truly looked down on them. In his eyes, he would just toss such Elixirs into a garbage pit.

In his pursuit of perfection, Jiang Chen believed that anything less than Gold Quality was not even presentable.

Perhaps his standards were just too high.

But now, if he were to refine Gold Quality Elixirs, he estimated it would frighten his clansmen and might even bring him trouble.

’Do I really have to go against my conscience and refine Silver Quality Elixirs?’

He was a little frustrated.

With his Alchemy Skill, refining even Gold Quality was a breeze.

But now he was being forced to refine Elixirs that even he found unsatisfactory. It was a bitter pill to swallow.

’In a small place like Hanwu City, I probably can’t even refine Elixirs that are one hundred percent Silver Quality.’

’It would still scare people.’

He felt that even if he refined high-purity Silver Quality Elixirs, it would still bring him trouble.

Although Martial Cultivators would love such Elixirs.

However, he would be exposed.

It was a classic case of attracting trouble by possessing a treasure.

’Damn it, if Silver Quality is no good, do I have to refine Black Iron Quality Elixirs?’

Jiang Chen’s heart went cold.

For a Pill Emperor, the lower the quality of the Elixir he had to refine, the worse he felt.

An Elixir that might leave others speechless with awe, to him, felt as suffocating as holding his breath.

He couldn’t accept refining Elixirs of Black Iron Level, or even Silver Level.

Only Gold Quality was worthy of his status.

But reality forced him to compromise for the time being.

’Fine, I’ll just refine Silver Quality Elixirs.’

He had already lowered his standards for himself again and again.

It almost made him want to cough up blood.

It couldn’t be helped. His Cultivation wasn’t high enough yet, and being too conspicuous would inevitably lead to fatal disaster.

He had to keep a low profile.

Besides, he could refine low-quality Elixirs in massive batches.

’One hundred at a time.’

He decisively took out the materials to refine Healing Pills.

Soon, Jiang Chen was refining with fiery enthusiasm.

「Half an hour later.」

Jiang Chen’s face was a mask of grievance.

’I can only stop at Silver Quality.’

Right now, the one hundred Hemostatic Pills in the Pill Furnace were emitting faint wisps of silver light.

That’s right, Silver Quality—and a low-purity Silver Quality at that.

He had to stop here; he couldn’t continue refining them.

In truth, raising them to Gold Quality would have only taken another ten minutes.

Unfortunately, he couldn’t refine the Elixirs to be too pure.

"Collect!"

He immediately collected the Elixirs.

A moment later, one hundred Hemostatic Pills flew into his Qiankun Bag.

Jiang Chen caught one as it flew by and held it in his hand.

He gave a faint, bitter smile.

’Refining this kind of Elixir is a grave insult to my status.’

But he had no choice. He could only present these Elixirs that made him want to cough up blood.

Others, however, would probably be shocked beyond belief.

Such was the gap in perspective and experience.

He was the kind of person who wouldn’t even flinch at the sight of a Ninth-Grade Elixir.

In Hanwu City, few people had even seen a Second-Grade Elixir.

Therefore, at his speed, Jiang Chen finished refining all the Elixirs the family would need for tomorrow in less than two hours.

It was as easy as drinking water.

Of course, he didn’t stop there, refining some extra batches as reserves.

He spent a full five hours, working until the early hours of the morning.

’This is so frustrating! I can’t even use my full abilities!’

Jiang Chen had refined a total of 1,300 Elixirs.

Enough to supply the Jiang Family for about four days.

Only after finishing did he let loose and begin refining Elixirs to his own satisfaction.

One Gold Quality Elixir after another appeared in his Pill Furnace.

Moreover, as Jiang Chen practiced, the purity of the Gold Quality grew higher and higher.

He knew that with a period of practice, he would be able to refine Purple Gold Quality Elixirs.

He spent almost the entire night engrossed in Alchemy.

Once Jiang Chen started refining, he was completely unstoppable.

In fact, the more he refined, the more passionate he became.

Of course, this state was also the best opportunity for an Alchemist to improve their skills.

After he was done, Jiang Chen looked up.

’The sky is getting bright. Time to sleep.’

He wasn’t a god, after all. He still needed some sleep to replenish his energy.