BLOODLINE TEMPERING: Transforming From Worm To Dragon

Chapter 53: Inexperienced

Since everyone here was meticulously picked by the elder in person, was there any point for them to fight amongst each other? Wouldn't that go against the elder's intention in the first place, then?

Most importantly, the elder wasn't blind or a fool!

"Xiao Tu, what about you tell this teacher what creative idea you had earlier? Let me see if there's anywhere to improve." said the elder.

"Disciple obeys!" Chen Tu nodded and straightened himself. Using the same way he explained things earlier to the other two, Chen Tu discussed his idea with their teacher. At the same time, he added a few risque factors he found out from their first failure.

In the meantime, Qin Lei handed the money from delivering the pills yesterday to the teacher. Out of delight, they were given ten Contribution Tokens in return. After all, no teacher would treat their own disciple miserably.

If their stinginess was exposed to the outsider, won't that ruin the elder's reputation?

The elder then revealed a delighted expression after Chen Tu ended his explanation. At the same time, he found out the problem in between.

Honestly speaking, Chen Tu is indeed praiseworthy for discovering a different method to process the ingredient. But his inexperience also put him onto a stump. And to make it harder to swallow, they weren't the first in this discovery.

A few recipes utilize the same refinement process, but different ingredients exist. And the issue between all these pill formulas was the number of components.

Although the version from Elder Wei Xuan is neither high-level nor precious, it at least promises a stable output of between three to seven successful pills from each cauldron. Of course, they had to compensate for this with more precious material.

Hence, the four kinds of Spiritual Herbs used in the recipe were grown in the Outer Grotto.

If they were to purchase the material elsewhere, the cost alone would empty the Blood Refining Grotto's coffer in less than ten years.

"Do you know why the formula we used insisted on using Crimson Marble Fruit, Spirit Calming Grass, Highland Flower, and Burial Root?" asked the elder. He was curious about what answer they'll give him.

Of course, the question wasn't directed to Tang Yun Long. As his first disciple, Tang Yun Long was naturally taught about this early on.

"Could it be due to the higher success rate and yield per cauldron?" Qin Lei answered. Through his experience working in the Spiritual Garden, Qin Lei had somewhat memorized the frequency of Spiritual Herbs getting harvested.

From what he can see, the number of ripened Spiritual Herbs is enough to provide the Blood Refining Grotto with close to two hundred fifty sets weekly. That means their output was a little over a thousand per month.

If that amount of raw materials were converted into pills, their output would be between three to seven thousand Spiritual Replenishing Pills a month. And even this amount is barely half the Outer Grotto's monthly expenses.

Therefore, the rest of the costs were covered by other departments. Although it doesn't look profitable, that's due to numerous other factors that weren't included in the calculation.

After all, this output was only accounted for through their yield from the small Spiritual Garden.

"En... What about you, Xiao Tu?" the elder nodded at Qin Lei's answer. The answer was considered satisfactory to the elder financially.

"Emm... Was it not because our Spiritual Garden was more suitable for planting these Spiritual Herbs? I think it'll be harder to maintain if we change them to something else. Perhaps, it would yield lesser herbs than now." Chen Tu answered.

His answer made Tang Yun Long and the elder turn their eyes to him. It was difficult to believe that Chen Tu could answer this question so accurately.

As per Chen Tu's answer, this recipe was chosen after studying their soil fertility. And this was also the reason why it was so difficult to reclaim a piece of land. It wasn't due to the reclamation process but by fertilizing the soil to the required level.

This was the Blood Refining Grotto's biggest regret.

This challenge gave them a harder time standing alongside the other two leading factions in this county, known as Golden Staff Abode and Meteor Fist Academy.

Suppose it wasn't due to the powerful physique of Blood Refining Grotto's cultivators. In that case, the other two could have annexed this faction in their occasional frontal confrontation.

"I had to say that Xiao Tu's answer is more accurate." the elder smiled and revealed a satisfied look towards Chen Tu. There's nothing else to add except a nod of approval toward the junior.

"Our land was only good to plant these few Spiritual Herbs. Even if there are cheaper options, we could hardly utilize them, let alone risk the possibility of increasing our total expenses." the elder added.

"Also, while refining the Spiritual Herb individually was a great idea, it made things harder to estimate. An optimal precision in material quantity is crucial to successfully refine a cauldron of pills from this method." the elder then shifted his attention to the refinement method itself.

"Unless you had a large reserve of material, it is very challenging to produce a positive result. Furthermore, you'll have to consider the following matter..."

"How would you adjust the Medicinal Extract from the pair of Crimson Marble Fruit? This was your first challenge. From there, you'll have to measure the amount of condensed Medicinal Essence from Spirit Calming Grass and Highland Flower."

"Needless to say... The matter with Burial Root is also another matter to be considered." the elder deduces the important matter one after another to Chen Tu. Of course, it was considered a teaching class for the trio.

All the explanations made Chen Tu agree that he was too inexperienced for now. It also explains why his suggestion could not obtain a positive opinion from others. Only Tang Yun Long and Qin Lei were willing to fool around with him, which was considered part of their kindness.

Of course, this was too early to say that Chen Tu had given up.

If it was the experience he lacked, he simply needed to learn about alchemy more dilligently. Won't that solve the problem in the long run?

"Alright, you three. It was quite late now. Can't you hear that your stomach was starting to growl already?" the elder knocked their head gently and told them to leave.