Chapter 116: Joyful Union Sect Demon Person? Abstract Alchemy!
（You all stop talking. If you keep going, I feel like I am going to die!）
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The other party had already shown proper courtesy and full sincerity, so Chen Han smiled and said, “Since this is Mr. Wang’s first visit and he can already resonate with the Daoist teachings, it seems he truly has a connection with the Heavenly Lord. I can ask an elder of the Heavenly Lord of Demon Subjugation Hall to offer blessings for your father.”
“Many thanks, Chen Family Head.” Wang Xinhe let out a sigh of relief, knowing the matter was settled. He chatted a bit more with the Chen Family Head, then hurried back to the city, planning to bring his father to the Chen Clan tomorrow.
Not long after, Chen Han received a message in his courtyard that ten million had been transferred to his bank account.
This surprised him.
Normally, even for donations, people wait to see the effect before giving. Rich people are not fools. If there is no cure yet, why pay before seeing the rabbit?
But this Mr. Wang handled things without delay. If he ended up not curing the man’s father’s eyes, even he would feel awkward.
As this thought arose, he suddenly smiled.
Being able to make him feel that way might be exactly what Mr. Wang was aiming for.
Before coming, the man had likely investigated everything clearly, especially Xiao Ni’s eye problem. Uncle Shuisheng’s daughter and son-in-law had taken her to many hospitals with no method found.
None of that would be difficult to learn.
Impressive.
This was a psychological attack you cannot guard against.
The key was that this kind of psychological attack did not provoke rejection.
However, the remark on the Moon Gazing Sand stated that it could treat eye diseases, so there should be no problem.
Now he just had to wait for Mr. Wang to bring his father over tomorrow.
As Chen Han was thinking this, a task completion prompt suddenly appeared in his mind, leaving him momentarily stunned:
【Demon Subduing Hall has been established. Family task completed. For a cultivation family to grow stronger, besides needing elders with formidable strength and terrifying spirit beasts, it also needs sufficient nurturing of its young juniors so they can lay a solid foundation. Congratulations, you have obtained the method for refining Body Tempering Pills.】
The family task had finally shown as complete. It should be that Uncle Dagou’s Demon Subduing Hall had reached the required number of people.
Meanwhile, Chen Dagou had also brought four clan members who had returned to join the Demon Subduing Hall into that ten-mu plot of land and likewise arranged for them to plant peach trees.
Seeing the reward from the family task, Chen Han was very surprised. From the prompt and the name “Body Tempering Pill,” he could roughly guess its effect.
There was already a jade slip added to the warehouse. When he saw the remark information, he thought to himself, as expected:
【Body Tempering Pill Refinement Method: this is a pill refinement method very suitable for tempering the physiques of the younger generation. After using it, you can obtain the corresponding alchemy method and materials formula.
Prompt: the better the medicinal herbs used to refine the Body Tempering Pill, the higher the quality of the pill!】
As expected, it was meant for tempering the body.
However, the remark also said it was for juniors. He did not know how its effect would compare to medicinal cuisine.
The key issue was that these alchemy materials belonged to the cultivation world, and he did not know if they existed in reality. Still, since the game system had given this reward, it should not be trapping him on materials, right?
Anyway, as a cultivator, he was indeed curious about the art of alchemy.
So he chose to use the jade slip without hesitation.
As the jade slip in the warehouse turned into starlight, a stream of information about the Body Tempering Pill refinement method instantly appeared in his mind.
First came the formula.
When he saw the list of names, his face broke into a smile. They were all medicinal herbs that existed in reality:
Ginseng, astragalus, angelica, eucommia bark…
In that case, there was nothing to worry about. They could all be obtained in the real world.
In the end, the system was not cheating him in that regard.
But he soon realized he had been happy too early, because besides the materials, the information said that refining the Body Tempering Pill required an alchemy furnace with excellent sealing to prevent the loss of spiritual energy, that could form a high-pressure environment under high temperature to speed the fusion of medicinal properties.
It also required uninterrupted true fire.
Chen Han was dumbfounded.
Where was he supposed to get an alchemy furnace?
More importantly, true fire was not something he could possess with his current strength.
In that case, wasn’t this reward as good as not given?
At that moment, another game prompt sounded, leaving his face full of astonishment:
【Due to various reasons, you are temporarily unable to wield true fire to refine the Body Tempering Pill, which makes you once again set your sights on the Hall Elder. You remember that the Hall Elder’s residence is equipped with a Spirit Fire Stove and Spirit Pressure Cauldron, which can be used for alchemy!】
Chen Han felt the system was being considerate. His strength was clearly insufficient and he had no true fire, yet it used “various reasons” as an excuse.
But when he saw the Spirit Fire Stove and Spirit Pressure Cauldron in the Hall Elder’s house, his expression turned very strange.
Abstract materials again, huh?
With that in mind, he went straight to Uncle’s Kitchen.
Besides the firewood stove, Uncle’s Kitchen also had a gas stove and a pressure cooker, though they were not used often.
The Spirit Fire Stove and Spirit Pressure Alchemy Furnace mentioned by the game system should be these two items, right?
It was just that the gas stove had not been used recently, so he did not know if it still worked.
He immediately went to check.
He turned on the switch and the flame of the gas stove shot up.
As he adjusted the knob, the flame grew and shrank accordingly.
For alchemy, the control of gentle and fierce fire was quite flexible with this gas stove.
Usable.
The game system prompt appeared again:
【You are refining pills with external aid for the first time. After carefully inspecting the Hall Elder’s Spirit Fire Stove and Spirit Pressure Cauldron and finding everything normal, now as long as you prepare the materials and refine on the Hall Elder’s Spirit Fire Stove and Spirit Pressure Cauldron, you can obtain Body Tempering Pills!】
Chen Han was taken aback by this prompt.
This meant not every gas stove and pressure cooker would work? Only this gas stove and pressure cooker at his uncle’s house would?
Just like the Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea before, where only frying with the system-recognized furnace granted special attributes.
Now alchemy had the same restriction. This gas stove and pressure cooker of his uncle’s were recognized by the system?
Thinking this, he tried to store the pressure cooker in the warehouse and checked its remark information:
【Spirit Pressure Cauldron: this is a cauldron used exclusively by the Chen Clan Hall Elder to refine pills. Through this cauldron, Body Tempering Pills can be refined.】
Fine. System, you are very good.
Chen Han took out the pressure cooker—no, the Spirit Pressure Cauldron—put it back on the Spirit Fire Stove, then took out his mobile phone without hesitation and called his junior sister.
He did not have enough materials now and could only go to a Chinese medicine shop in the county to buy them. His junior sister had a car, so having her be the driver was perfect.
As soon as the call connected, he said, “Junior sister, I need to go to the county to buy some medicinal herbs and need a female driver.”
“On my way, senior brother. Wait for me!” his junior sister’s sweet voice came through. Before long she appeared in front of him, and they walked together toward the parking lot.
When they reached her car, he saw something unusual tucked under her wiper.
It was a small card, and it seemed that the wipers of the nearby cars also had small cards clipped under them.
He did not know what advertisement it was.
He picked it up for a look and was dumbfounded.
Black stockings, mature lady… long legs, maid… dragon…
It was actually an advertisement for a chicken farm.
“Oh no, why are there such advertisement cards?” Xiao Yu had also picked one up, her face full of speechless disbelief.
The Chen Clan was just a scenic spot.
Seeing her senior brother staring blankly at those cards, she hurriedly rushed forward, snatched the cards from his hand, and tore them up. “Senior brother, you are not allowed to look at these cards. They have viruses!”
Chen Han came back to his senses and said helplessly, “Junior sister, what do you mean by that? Do you think your senior brother is starving?”
“You are single. Who knows if you are starving or not…” She snorted softly and looked him over with blatant scrutiny.
A man who stays single too long is either having issues in that respect, or…
Not only that, her senior brother was ignoring good food right in front of him.
If he took the initiative even a little, he could be eating very well.
Chen Han felt even more helpless at her mistrust.
His attention was not on the cards at all. It was the game system that had suddenly popped up with a prompt: new traces of demonic forces had appeared.
【Because you need to refine pills, you and your junior sister are traveling a long distance by car to purchase the required medicinal herbs. A hundred miles from the family, you discover traces of a demonic cult rogue. From the marks left behind, they appear to be from the Joyful Union Sect.
The Joyful Union Sect rogues are notorious among the demonic forces, committing countless crimes. They not only plunder money, but also drain people’s vital essence to cultivate.
This makes you even more vigilant. It seems that after dealing with those demonic cult rogues last time, while the demonic forces continue to grow, your family cannot gain peace. It appears to be very necessary to refine pills to strengthen your clan members.】
Chen Han read the game system prompt, glanced at the Chen Clan that was right in front of him, and silently cursed at the “hundred miles.”
Even so, this was something to keep an eye on. He did not want the Chen Clan ending up with a lingering smell of chicken droppings.
Once in the car, his junior sister started the engine and headed straight for the county. As they neared the county, Xiao Yu curiously asked, “Senior brother, what are you going to buy at the Chinese medicine shop? Are you making a new medicinal cuisine?”
Faced with that question, Chen Han casually made something up. “I found a body tempering pill in the Daoist sect pill records of the clan. I noticed all its herbs can be bought at a Chinese medicine shop, so I am going to try refining it.”
The moment Xiao Yu heard “alchemy,” she was instantly interested. “Alchemy? Senior brother, can you teach me then?”
“You are my junior sister. Why wouldn’t I teach you?” Chen Han replied firmly and pleasantly, though in his mind he was thinking:
Junior sister is absolutely an excellent tool.
If the Body Tempering Pill works well, it will take time to refine. He could let her handle the refinement, then see how to administer the pills based on their effects.
While they chatted, Chen Han remembered he needed footage, so he took out his phone to film the approaching Linhe County while saying, “As the threat of demonic forces grows, the family needs to cultivate more experts, so my junior sister and I are heading to Tianhe City, built ten thousand miles away by the Immortal Alliance to resist demonic forces, to purchase spirit grasses and spiritual medicine for pill refinement.”
Calling it ten thousand miles away was not wrong, right?
After all, in the game system, the distance from the Chen Clan Main Entrance to the parking lot was already one hundred miles. He was not being more exaggerated than the system.
Soon, the two arrived at the Chinese medicine shop and started looking at medicinal herbs. Chen Han did not forget to keep filming. “We have arrived at Tianhe City. My junior sister and I have come to Tianyi Building, which specializes in selling spirit grasses and spiritual medicine, to purchase spiritual medicine…”
“This is actually a century-old spirit ginseng… This is also century-old Cloud-returning Grass… And this one is also a century-old Si Zhong Root…”
Inside the shop, the elderly shopkeeper watched Chen Han with clear wariness, as if he were looking at a lunatic, his hand unconsciously resting on the knife used for cutting herbs.
After all, someone had walked in filming with a phone, calling this Tianyi Building and that herb a hundred years old.
If the herbs were truly that old, would he still be running this shabby shop?
Only when they had chosen the herbs, weighed them, paid, and left did the old man finally breathe a sigh of relief.
After leaving the shop, Xiao Yu could not hold back. “Senior brother, that boss definitely thinks you are crazy.”
“…” Chen Han stayed silent.
It was just for footage. Since he had chosen to be abstract, he had to be prepared that he would not feel awkward; only others would. Besides, he had captured the boss’s expression, even noticing the hand on the knife. That was eye-catching material.
With the herbs purchased, he and his junior sister returned to the Chen Clan.
As soon as they entered Uncle’s Courtyard, he took out his phone again to film while walking toward the kitchen, saying, “After traveling ten thousand miles, we finally return to the Chen Clan. This time, we have purchased many century-old spiritual medicines. Next, we will refine these medicinal herbs into pills.”
Hearing this, Xiao Yu once more asked curiously, “Senior brother, you need an alchemy furnace for alchemy, right? Does our Chen Clan have such a thing?”
Chen Han had been about to bring that up and was still thinking about how to transition when his junior sister set him up perfectly. Without hesitation, he smiled and said, “Junior sister, how could our Chen Clan, a dignified cultivation family, possibly lack an alchemy furnace? I already prepared the Fire Spirit Stove and Spirit Pressure Cauldron.”
Upon hearing the names Fire Spirit Stove and Spirit Pressure Cauldron, Xiao Yu, already used to her senior brother’s endless absurdity, was not surprised.
But when she saw him head toward the gas stove and pressure cooker in Uncle’s Kitchen, she could not hold back. “Senior brother, even if you want to be abstract, don’t go too far.”
