In My Head There is an Alchemy Emperor
Chapter 30: Purifying Medicinal Pills Maniacally
If Lu Qingxuan was skeptical of Chu Yunfan's abilities at first, she no longer doubted him now.
So, they started discussing the price so that he could start working.
“I researched the price on the black market before, and the Body Refining Pill cost around 100,000 coins. You want a hundred, so I'm going to chalk it up to you. How about a million coins?” Chu Yun Fan asked.
It cost half of the cost to get an ordinary alchemist to refine a pill.
That's the price offered on the black market. Those looking for an alchemist on the black market were like Lu Qingxuan, who had no other choice, or they wanted to refine some rather unique medicinal pills. They basically want a lower price.
The black market would not be so tempting if it was expensive. After all, legal alchemists were more reliable as the Alchemist Association supported them.
Most alchemists who seek business on the black market of talent do not have a license. Besides making money, they want to practice.
Even if one was talented, there was no way they would master the medicinal pill refinement technique without experience.
In turn, alchemy training cost a lot of money. Unless one joined a large group or faction and made them pay for their training, they needed to find a way to pay for it themselves.
Although the Body Refining Pill was not considered an advanced medicinal pill, the potion would cost tens of thousands of coins. One needed to invest at least a few million to be able to master its refining.
If one wanted to take the test to become an official alchemist, then they would have to master more than just Body Refining Pills. Investing is scary when one thinks about it.
That was the real reason why so many alchemists went to the black market of talent.
The initial stage for an alchemist was purely the consumption of ingredients, but it increased as they became more proficient.
When one became an alchemy trainee, they could handle the grueling process, and they could even sell medicinal pills they refined.
Although the chances of making money increased significantly when one became an alchemy trainee, they needed to purchase more potions to practice refining other medicinal pills if they wanted to improve further. That would be another huge amount of money.
When an alchemy trainee became an official alchemist, that was when things really benefited.
It was a piece of cake for official alchemists to have a net worth of tens of millions of coins. Although their expenditure on ordinary alchemy was huge, they could still profit from their profession.
Therefore, Chu Yunfan was not worried about his sister Chu Qingxuan's illness. For someone with a normal job, it was an impossible mission to pay the ten million coins needed to treat an innate gene defect.
However, with the memories of the Alchemy Emperor, it was not a difficult goal for Chu Yunfan.
Once he managed to seal this deal, he would have the money to refine the Qi Nutrition Pill.
However, Lu Qingxuan's expression looked somewhat embarrassed as soon as Chu Yunfan finished speaking.
“M-Master, I'm sure you can say that my company is not doing well. We used all the company's capital to buy this batch of herbs. The deadline is tomorrow. To be honest, if I hadn't met you today, I might have gone broke by then! Lu Qingxuan could no longer be refined as she talked about this.
In reality, all the company's funds are invested in this.
Indeed, Chu Yunfan had a feeling that he was being tricked. He considered leaving immediately, but after thinking about it for a moment, he chose not to in the end. If he did not make a deal with Lu Qingxuan, were there anyone who would give her a chance, such a big sale would rarely happen again.
It could be worth up to a million coins to him.
“It's okay if you can't pay me cash now, but we need a contract!” Chu Yunfan stated.
If they do business on the black market, they usually do not sign contracts, as they will deal in cash.
However, if one cannot pay cash immediately, they definitely need to make a contract.
“Sure no problem. Thank you very much, sir!”
Lu Qingxuan felt as if she was on an emotional rollercoaster. He was at the bottom and then thrown right to the top.
If Chu Yunfan did not agree, he would absolutely have to file for bankruptcy. There was nothing more he could do.
It could be said that the success or failure of the company that his father founded would depend on Chu Yunfan's decision.
“We have to send the Body Refining Pill tomorrow. According to the contract, the company that ordered the pills will transfer three million coins tomorrow. At that time, paying you a million coins won't be a problem for me!” Lu Qingxuan said immediately.
At that moment, Chu Yunfan was his only hope, so he wanted to give all the details.
Chu Yunfan could feel how uncomfortable it was to not have his own alchemy lab. That's very troublesome. If he did not borrow his lab, then he would have to go to the Alchemist Association again.
“Sure! Please help yourself, sir! ” Lu Qingxuan said immediately. At that moment, he was eager to smear this master before him. No matter how young he looks.
Given that his company was engaged in the business of medicinal pills and herbs, they were eager to flatter the alchemists.
With their skills, even if they were at odds with the company, there would be other companies willing to accept them. Conversely, if his company were to clash with alchemists, the consequences would be severe.
Now that Chu Yunfan had shown his value, the price was only lending him their alchemy lab. It's nothing. He might need his help again in the future.
Although Lu Qingxuan had guessed that Chu Yunfan was young, she was still shocked when they showed their IDs during the contract signing.
“Master, you really are a high school kid!” Lu Qingxuan could not help but exclaim in shock.
However, he did not look down on Chu Yunfan even though he was still in high school. Instead, he paid more attention to it. For a high school student to be able to purify a Body Refining Pill was a miracle.
He has seen many talented people. He found those who had alchemy talent were also attractive, not just those who were experts in Martial Dao. Since he was in this industry, he would definitely pay attention to people like him. He had never heard of anyone named Chu Yunfan, let alone someone who could easily refine a Body Refining Pill when he was very young.
Obviously, he didn't improve because of mistakes or luck and was completely capable.
He was clearly a talented young alchemist.
One could only say that there were too many pent-up talents in the world. Not only are they the center of attention that is talented.
“Do you have any questions about this?” Chu Yunfan asked as he read the words in the digital contract.
After making sure everything is fine, a copy of the contract will be uploaded to the virtual network as a copy.
If it was a more important contract, it would even be printed to be signed on paper. However, it was not an ordinary paper used in the Common Era, but a special paper that would not rot even hundreds of years later if one wanted to preserve it properly.
It was the advantage of the explosion of technological progress after the disaster.
“No no!” Lu Qingxuan immediately said as she shook her head, worried that Chu Yunfan would retreat.
After the two of them signed the contract, Chu Yunfan started refining medicinal pills.
Refining a hundred medicinal pills was undoubtedly a huge project. It was huge even with the memories of an Alchemy Emperor.
He had to guarantee that he would not make a mistake every time. If he made a mistake, he would waste his time and energy for one to two hours.
The biggest reason modern medicinal pills are expensive is because they cannot be mass produced. An ordinary intermediate level alchemy trainee could only purify one Body Refining Pill at most every time.
Even if they had a perfect success rate, it would take several days to refine a hundred of them.
Including time for rest, failure, and other factors, even two intermediate level alchemy trainees would need at least a month to refine a hundred Body Refining Pills.
Therefore, Chu Yunfan impressed Lu Qingxuan with what she did next. He was shocked because ordinary intermediate level alchemy trainees could only purify one Body Refining Pill at the same time.
On the other hand, Chu Yunfan could refine five simultaneously. When he did that at first, he thought he had gone crazy, but he soon realized he was wrong. Just because he thought it was impossible, did not mean Chu Yunfan could not do it.
He was the opposite of what was expected, as if he existed only to change his perception completely.
The first time, Chu Yunfan was worried that he would fail if he refined some Body Refining Pills. He only limited himself because he was worried that he would waste time and herbs. Otherwise, he could refine even more at the same time.
After all, he had the memories of an Alchemy Emperor. If the Alchemy Emperor was there himself, it was a piece of cake for him to refine 50 at once, let it be five alone. There is still a big difference between them. Experience is not the only problem.
By the time Chu Yunfan had refined a hundred Body Refining Pills, the next day was already afternoon.
In order to refine a hundred Body Refining Pills, he asked Liu Yushu for leave. He also called home to explain himself before he started to focus on pill refinement.
It took 20 hours and he did not dare to rest all the time and was exhausted in the end. He had completed the pill refinement, so he would let Lu Qingxuan do the rest. All he had to do now was receive money for pill refinement.
He doesn't need to rest too long. He meditated for a while. When he recovered some of his strength, he headed to Liu's residence to give tips on the cultivation of the Demon Tiger Punch to Liu Yushu.
Meanwhile, the next morning his bank reminded him that 700,000 coins had been transferred to his account.. Lu Qingxuan transferred him the money as promised.