"Haha, I was wondering which mosquito was yawning here, turns out it’s this waste who doesn’t even have sword meridians!"
A voice full of sarcasm rang out, and behind Chu Feng appeared two people, a man and a woman, both very young. The man had eyes like those of a fighting cock, always looking like he’s ready to pick a fight with anyone.
The woman, however, was cool, beautiful, and delicately pretty.
It was none other than Lin Yuan and He Ruoshui, who had joined the Sect with Chu Feng.
Perhaps Chu Feng’s ’show off and flaunting wealth’ had attracted He Ruoshui a bit. Her beautiful eyes were looking at Chu Feng. Compared to before, there was less disdain and coldness, and instead, more curiosity.
Lately, Chu Feng was like a dark horse, rising rapidly to fame.
He fiercely seized two big spotlights.
Especially by rescuing the True Disciple Pu Fazheng, his fame and fortune soared instantly, greatly increasing his status within the Sect.
As a result, the other ’genius’ disciples who joined the Sect at the same time were all left behind. Chu Feng’s current momentum was only slightly weaker than that of Shangguan Bei.
Some people are naturally envious.
They consider themselves better than others and naturally think that they can only be stronger than others, unable to stand seeing others more glamorous than themselves.
Lin Yuan was precisely a representative of this kind of person.
At this moment, Chu Feng’s strong momentum and limitless glory were like a salted fish turning over. Meanwhile, this once-better ’genius’ than Chu Feng remained mediocre without any achievements.
Thus, when facing Chu Feng, he naturally felt a bit inferior.
This made him very unconfident.
It also made Lin Yuan feel greatly threatened, fearing that his girlfriend would be attracted by Chu Feng’s aura and turn to embrace Chu Feng instead.
Lin Yuan chose to be a giant in words and a dwarf in actions. He used the most vicious language to mock Chu Feng, in order to highlight his own excellence and extraordinariness.
"Chu Feng, this brother who guards the Alchemy Field, you may not know your own background. I joined the Sect with you and am very clear about it. You are just like a blind cat that ran into a dead rat and happened to rescue Brother Pu Fazheng not long ago. Only then could you stand up straight and talk."
"To say you are wealthy, that’s nonsense! I heard that Sword King Mansion can’t even afford meals, and you renting a low-grade Alchemy Room is already making you tighten your belt. Still here playing big, wanting to choose the expensive and good ones, can you afford a high-grade Alchemy Room?"
Lin Yuan was not from the Jianyun Dynasty, he probably also heard some information about Chu Feng through others.
After all, the Jianyun Dynasty has no shortage of people, and also some geniuses who were lucky enough to enter the Ten Thousand Sword Sect.
Whether as ordinary disciples or Sword Slaves.
For Lin Yuan to inquire about Chu Feng’s situation was not difficult.
"So his family can’t even afford meals! He really is quite pitiful!" said He Ruoshui, covering her mouth with a small hand, full of surprise.
The brother guarding the Alchemy Field also looked at Chu Feng with disdain and mockery.
A guy who can’t even afford meals, yet pretends to be a big spender in front of me.
"Haha, these things, I also had a hard time finding out! You can’t judge a book by its cover, you can’t just look at appearances!" Lin Yuan successfully demeaned Chu Feng, making the people around start to look down on Chu Feng, and he couldn’t help but laugh proudly.
"Hehe, have you laughed enough? The next part of ’don’t judge a book by its cover’, you a person of low cultural level, probably don’t know, right!"
"Then let me tell you, it’s called ’the sea is immeasurable!’"
Chu Feng also had a face full of mockery, then in the gaze of Lin Yuan and others, he easily pulled out a gold note worth a thousand taels.
You should know, this is equivalent to ten thousand silver taels.
For those superbly wealthy dudes, this might not mean much. But among the ordinary disciples, those who can produce ten thousand silver taels at once, are definitely few.
"Senior brother, may I ask if this money is enough to rent a high-level Alchemy room?"
"If it’s not enough, I’ll add another one!"
While speaking, Chu Feng, under the astonished and jealous gazes of Lin Yuan and others, pulled out another gold note.
Everyone couldn’t help but gasp in surprise, this isn’t about not affording a meal. Even living a life of luxury, eating deliciously and drinking spicy every day wouldn’t be a problem.
"Oh my, Junior Brother Chu, you’re really so wealthy! I admire you so much!" He Ruoshui directly threw a flirtatious look at Chu Feng, her face even revealing a sweet smile.
"Ruoshui, I guarantee, in the near future, I will be ten times wealthier than Chu Feng!" Lin Yuan, sensing something unfavorable, quickly made his stance clear to He Ruoshui.
"Hmph, other than boasting, what else can you do? Don’t talk about being ten times wealthier than Junior Brother Chu. Even if you had to produce a thousand silver taels right now, you couldn’t do it." He Ruoshui rebutted Lin Yuan coldly, without any mercy.
"I, I... not having money now doesn’t mean I won’t have money in the future! If the production of the Sword Qi Elixir succeeds this time, it can definitely sell for a lot of silver." Lin Yuan’s face turned red.
He pinned all his hopes on this alchemy attempt.
But alchemy isn’t as easy as he thought. Preheating the furnace, controlling the fire, timing and sequence of adding various medicinal herbs, igniting the furnace... Missing any detail could lead to failure.
If alchemy was that easy, everyone could do it themselves.
Elixirs wouldn’t be so expensive then.
The time of Chu Feng is extremely precious, he has no time to dawdle with petty figures like Lin Yuan. After revealing the gold notes, the Senior Brother guarding the door no longer just looked at him with surprise, but also with a bit of flattery and appeasement.
"Junior Brother Chu, with so much money, renting a high-level Alchemy Room is absolutely no problem."
"The flame in the high-level Alchemy Room not only reaches temperatures above thousand degrees, but is also extremely pure. Having undergone three purification treatments, it finally burns on the Pill Furnace. Besides, some commonly used auxiliary medicines are prepared inside. Most of which can be used for free, and a minor part can be used first and bought later, settling the costs together when leaving..."
Most Pill Masters use Earth fire or Charcoal fire for alchemy.
Those possessing Abnormal Fire are too few.
Perhaps out of a million Pill Masters, there’s a good chance that only one possesses Abnormal Fire.
Using Earth fire for alchemy has its flaws.
For instance, the distribution of Earth fire, which only occurs in special locations. Triggering Earth fire involves colossal projects and a tremendous cost, which ordinary Pill Masters cannot afford.
Only some major forces can invest huge amounts of money and hire specialized technical talent to harness Earth fire.
It’s not easy to harness Earth fire, and that’s just one aspect.
Earth fire contains many impurities, which also causes the flame to become unstable. The temperature and fire intensity frequently fluctuate, and it often jumps about, which is a common occurrence.
Not everyone has Chu Feng’s exquisite technique of Fire Control and rich experience. Many fail in alchemy, and over sixty percent of those failures are due to inadequate control of the flame.