"Yes, it's very tiring, don't deceive me, I know the market price. One Ling Huang Dan is equivalent to one hundred Ju Yuan Dan, and there's a three percent handling fee for exchange, which means at least ninety-seven Ju Yuan Dan." Zhang said weakly.

  The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Don't worry, Huichun Gate is all over the nine territories, old brand big signboard, won't cheat people. Your elixir is a bit special, I want to appraise it more."

  Then, the shopkeeper took out some special treasures used to test Dan medicine and verified them one by one. Finally, the shopkeeper was surprised in his heart, unexpectedly, the Ling Huang Dan provided by this guy had far exceeded the standard, reaching 85 times the medicinal power of Ju Yuan Dan. Although there was a slight "bitter" taste, after being in contact with Dan medicine for so many years, the shopkeeper dared to confirm that this bitter taste would not harm the cultivator, but only bring benefits.

  After layers of testing, the breath of malicious gas and other harmful impurities is far below standard. From any perspective, this is a top-quality Ling Huang Dan.

  Just as Zhang Ye couldn't wait any longer, the shopkeeper said: "I'll take the Ling Huang Dan, and I won't charge you a handling fee either. Here are 200 Aggregated Yuan Dan."

  The shopkeeper handed over a total of four jars of Yuanyuan Dan, with 50 pills in each jar.

  Hehe~

  Zhang Ye lost a hundred yesterday and made two hundred today. Left the pharmacy...

  Back in the small courtyard, after checking, the land occupied by Jinyu still has empty space, currently occupying about 7 mu of land. There is still about 1 mu and 3 points left.

  Calculating the time, it should be just in time to plant a batch of Ling Huang grass. At this moment, Zhang Ye went into the Seven Treasures Gourd and planted all 100 seeds of the Ling Huang grass he had obtained last time.

  There are currently 120 Ling Huang Grass. The 20 from last time that Zhang Ye didn't cut off at the roots will sprout again.

  For the next period of time, Zhang Ye once again immersed himself in his cultivation, practicing meditation and thinking about ways to merge the Mahāyāna Hand. The rest of the time was spent researching techniques for refining the Spirit Emperor Dan.

  During this time, Zhang Ye didn't dare to waste any medicinal materials and only started refining the elixir when Jinyu had enough energy. As a result, in order not to put too much burden on Jinyu, he basically refined two furnaces of Linghuang Dan every three days.

  Up to now, Zhang Ye's understanding of medicinal materials and his grasp of the firing process have progressed at an incredibly fast pace, reaching a stunning level. It's just that he himself doesn't feel it. All these purple-robed people are looking at him with admiration, they just don't want to show their surprise.

  Zhang Ye's ability to make up for his deficiencies is also perfectly reflected in his alchemy. Zi Yi didn't even need to think about it, and he knew that Zhang Ye's current success rate in refining pills, even without the help of Jin Ya, far surpassed that of others.

  If you enter a state of distraction during the night, apply the Five-Piece Elixir Furnace. With Purple Robe's guarantee, even without Golden Germ, it is basically possible to achieve a success rate of at least 90%.

  During this time, Zhang Ye's alchemy insights were always innovative and his understanding was unique. Whenever he had an idea, he would enter the sea of consciousness to consult with Purple Robe. Purple Robe would always close her eyes and ignore him.

  But it can be seen that every time, the proud look on Ziyi's face faded a lot. Because she was really embarrassed to ask someone who was better at alchemy than herself for advice...

  Under Zhang Ye's meticulous care, the quality of the medicine field has been improved again in a short period of time.

  This was thanks to the growth of the golden buds and the feedback from the twenty matured Four-Petal Spirit Emperor Grasses last time.

  At this time, the spiritual energy of the eight mu field was even more intense, and the soil was also more fragrant. In Zhang Ye's view, this was still a third-rate field, but it had already reached the highest state of the third-rate, at the critical point of breaking through.

  Ling Tian's breakthrough is like a cultivator's breakthrough, it's a turning point.

  At this critical juncture, a large area of high-quality plants must be matured to greatly replenish the spiritual energy for the medicine field, in order to succeed.

  The last time Er Gen broke through to 3rd Pin, it was with the help of Jin Yu's successful sprouting.

  Jīn Yū has been working hard recently, but she still conforms to a certain universal law. Just like when people exhaust their energy and come back to cultivate, they often bring back increased strength, which is the very meaning of "cultivation".

  Constantly exhausting and recovering, this is also a test for Jin Ya. Recently, countless battles and multiple alchemy sessions have caused Jin Ya to expend a great deal of energy. Now it seems that Little Jin Ya has become much stronger, although she hasn't sprouted new buds, her height has increased by almost twice as much. It looks like the little one is about to level up soon, and when she does, the quality of the medicine field will likely break through...

  January has passed in the blink of an eye.

  Zhang Ye worked very hard and didn't look like he was on vacation by the sea at all. Every day, he sat in meditation, refined his elixirs, and studied diligently. Now, the twenty sets of medicinal materials he had prepared last time have all been refined.

  Except for one failure, all the others were successfully refined with Jin Ya's help. He had a total of seventeen Ling Huang Dan and over three hundred Ju Yuan Dan on him, making Zhang Ye feel like a nouveau riche.

  The Ling Huang grass planted last time grew extremely fast. It's only been a month, and it's already close to maturity, which surprised Zhang Ye greatly.

  At the same time, he also saw another way out.

  Cultivating four-star medicinal herbs in a three-star field is challenging and requires too much sweat and energy. However, conversely, after the medicinal field is upgraded to four-star, cultivating three-star medicinal herbs will result in rapid growth and can be supplied in large quantities without interruption.

  Using the rapidly growing San Pin Ling Huang Cao, with a 4th grade Dan furnace, to refine the San Pin Hui Xiang Dan would not only make it much easier but also eliminate concerns about success rates.

  "Heh heh!" Thinking of something delightful, Zhang Ye hid in a gourd and stifled a laugh.

  "Idiot! The medicinal materials' spiritual energy is fluctuating, the Golden Bud's spiritual energy is bursting out, they're about to break through, and you're still settling accounts?" A reminder echoed from the Purple Robe in the sea of consciousness.

  Zhang Ye quickly went to check and indeed entered a critical moment.

  At this time Zhang Ye did not dare to slack off, pouring his heart and soul into Jin Ya and Yao Tian's bodies, carefully turning over the soil and communicating with them.

  Finally, after Zhang Ye's last drop of sweat was absorbed by the golden bud, it emitted a warm and auspicious golden light. With a swish of its waist, a new petal emerged, making a total of four petals now.

  At the same time, the golden light emitted by the Jin Ya scattered out was all absorbed by the medicine field. A fragrance similar to that of a finished elixir wafted out from the medicine field.

  Breakthrough! Fourth-rank field!

  The small landlord was delightedly holding a handful of soil.

  Thanks to the breakthrough of Yao Tian, those more than 100 Ling Huang grasses also matured several days in advance and were all ripe at this time. When harvesting the Ling Huang grass, Zhang Ye felt a little sad.

  After this golden tooth broke through, it occupied more fields, and those bitter auras invaded the territory of these Ling Huang grasses. It almost occupied all eight acres, leaving only a tiny fraction of land behind.

  In this way, these Ling Huang Cao must be pulled out by the roots. Otherwise, either the roots of Ling Huang Cao will die or the golden buds will be affected and die.

  Helpless, Zhang Ye could only sacrifice the roots of Ling Huang Cao and pull them all out to give Jinyu enough soil.