An alchemy furnace fell from the sky

Chapter 588 Talent

"what!"

The burly man suddenly screamed in pain.

The scream was extremely pitiful, drawing the attention of everyone around.

The burly man was rolling around on the ground in pain, with a chopstick stuck in his calf and the sole of his foot.

"Chopsticks?"

Some people thought they had just woken up and were seeing things, so they rubbed their eyes hard and found that they really were two chopsticks.

To be able to use chopsticks as darts, that must take a lot of strength!

Everyone who saw this was so shocked that they gasped.

Of course! The most surprised was the middle-aged man selling pancakes. He had turned his back to protect his daughter and only turned around after hearing that scream.

He recognized those chopsticks all too well; they were the bamboo chopsticks from his stall, and also the cheapest chopsticks on the market.

The middle-aged man looked gratefully at his stall and found two people staring at each other, seemingly oblivious to the piercing howl.

"Young friend, you're quite skilled!" a man in blue robes wearing a bamboo hat that covered his face praised in a low voice.

"You're not bad either!"

Xu Fu smiled nonchalantly.

The man in blue didn't seem to intend to continue the conversation. He picked up another chopstick and continued eating his pancake.

Xu Fu found this person quite strange. People wearing face-covering hats are common, but this was the first time he had ever seen someone who didn't even take it off while eating.

Li Wuji went to appease Mianhua.

Although Mianhua's eyes were filled with tears, she did not cry, which shows that she is a very strong girl.

Seeing Mianhua's appearance, Li Wuji felt even more hateful towards the burly man, and immediately kicked him three zhang away.

The burly man also "happily" passed out.

The middle-aged man thanked Li Wuji with a complicated expression, and then told his wife to pack up the stall.

As for the customers who didn't finish their food, in addition to apologizing, they were also given a refund for the cakes.

Even those who were unwilling dared not say anything when they thought of those two chopsticks that looked like darts, and obediently got up to find other stalls.

Xu Fu knew that the stall owner was afraid of retaliation from the strong man's accomplices, and there was nothing he could do about it, since he couldn't stay there forever.

Xu Fu secretly slipped a gold note into Mianhua's pocket and then beckoned Li Wuji to leave.

Before leaving, Xu Fu looked back one last time and found that the man in blue had disappeared.

After leaving the stall, the two were drawn to a teahouse.

It wasn't that the tea in this teahouse was particularly fragrant, but rather that it was chaotic inside, with people loudly complaining.

"I don't know who's so stingy! Instead of sending spirit pills, they could have sent something better. These Iron Skin Pills are somewhat useful for body cultivators, but what do we magic cultivators need them for? Do they expect us to charge into battle?"

"It is! It is!"

Several people immediately echoed in the teahouse.

"Do you know which elixirs are selling like hotcakes right now? Qi-replenishing pills and Qi-boosting pills! They're selling like hotcakes in Donghai City, the price has at least quadrupled!"

"real or fake?"

The entire teahouse erupted in excitement once again.

Xu Fu wanted to go in and listen, but Li Wuji stopped him.

"Did you hear that?" Li Wuji asked in a low voice.

"What did you hear?"

Xu Fu was puzzled.

"Qi-replenishing pills and Qi-boosting pills!"

"I heard you! Now is not the time to make money."

Xu Fu thought Li Wuji had discovered something, but was slightly disappointed when he heard that it was about alchemy.

"Just imagine, what if we added some seasoning to these pills..."

Li Wuji revealed his plan with a sly look on his face.

"Adding random things when refining pills can cause the furnace to explode!"

"Most of the time it will explode, but there are exceptions!"

Xu Fu was skeptical of Li Wuji's words. He had read many books on alchemy and memorized many formulas, but he had never heard of mixing other things into elixirs.

Suddenly, Xu Fu thought of a magical elixir.

Gu Pill!

If it's possible to mix Gu worms and their eggs into elixirs, then it should be possible to mix other things as well!

Thinking of this, Xu Fu immediately perked up and began a "frenzied" shopping spree with Li Wuji in Donghai City.

They worked until noon before finally acquiring a sufficient quantity of medicinal herbs.

The prices of these medicinal herbs had risen so drastically that Xu Fu had almost spent all his savings, even exchanging the box of jewels he had just taken from Yaqingshan for medicinal herbs.

In addition to medicinal herbs, Xu Fu also went to Yi Bao Hang to buy a Ling Huo Zhe (a type of fire-making talisman).

Fortunately, the price of the Linghuo Zhe (a type of fire coin) didn't increase much, otherwise Xu Fu would have had to go "rob the rich to help the poor" again.

To avoid attracting attention, the two left the city and ran for over a hundred miles before finding a secluded, deserted forest.

"Did we forget to buy an alchemy furnace?"

Li Wuji suddenly realized that they were trying to refine pills, but they seemed to be missing the most important thing.

The next moment, Xu Fu, as if by magic, shouted something at his own hand.

"big!"

Suddenly, a small alchemy furnace appeared.

"what is this?"

Li Wuji's eyes were wide open, making him look quite adorable.

Xu Fu chuckled, placed the alchemy furnace on the ground, and called out a few more times. The alchemy furnace then grew to be as tall as him.

"This is the alchemy furnace I found," Xu Fu said with a smile.

"Found it?"

Li Wuji's eyes were filled with disbelief. She was well-read and naturally knew how rare such a treasure that could change size was.

"In fact, it was this that led me out of the village..."

Xu Fu suddenly realized that the alchemy furnace was his biggest secret, which he had never told anyone, including his master Li Danxin.

However, Xu Fu did not want to hide anything from Li Wuji.

Upon first hearing of Xu Fu's extraordinary experiences, Li Wuji was both surprised and delighted. It turned out that this young man, who had repeatedly brought her surprises, was also blessed by heaven.

"what is this?"

While examining the alchemy furnace, Li Wuji discovered a bead inside.

“This is… the Fire Gathering Pearl,” Xu Fu said truthfully.

Looking at the gleaming red pearl, Xu Fu couldn't help but think of the phrase "Never forget, never lose," and wondered how Mu Bing was doing in the Stone Tribe.

"A gift from your sweetheart?"

Seeing that Xu Fu's expression was strange, Li Wuji suddenly asked with a smile.

"No, no!"

Xu Fu immediately tensed up and vehemently denied it.

Li Wuji did not press further; she could already guess what was going on from Xu Fu's appearance.

Xu Fu used his newly purchased spirit fire tamper to ignite the fire-gathering pearl. Watching the alchemy furnace slowly heat up, Xu Fu suddenly realized a very important issue.

He can't refine pills!

The spiritual power is still sealed!

"Don't worry, I'm here!"

Li Wuji, however, looked confident of victory.

"You're not..."

Xu Fu hesitated, remembering that this senior sister hadn't learned much about alchemy because of her frail health.

"Even if you've never eaten pork, haven't you at least seen a pig run?"

As Li Wuji spoke, he opened the alchemy furnace.

The first batch of pills, unsurprisingly, was ruined.

Alchemy cannot be learned simply by reading alchemical texts a few times!

Xu Fu was just about to explain the difficulties of alchemy to Li Wuji when Li Wuji had already started refining the second batch of pills.

As a rich aroma of elixir wafted out, the second batch of pills had been successfully refined.

Looking at this batch of perfectly round pills, Xu Fu realized once again that effort was utterly worthless in the face of talent!