The Sword God of the Universe

Chapter 210: Chapter 210 Pill Tower Completion Chapter 210: Chapter 210 Pill Tower Completion “Hu!”

Jing Yan once again opened his eyes and exhaled a breath of turbid air.

His eyes were sparkling with vitality and divine light shimmering.

He gently clenched his fist, his Primordial Energy circulating, generating astonishing waves of energy that surged wildly through the surrounding space.

“What tremendous power!”

“My strength has increased several times over compared to when I was at the Early Innate Realm,” Jing Yan felt the explosive, surging energy within his body.

Now, Jing Yan’s strength had indeed improved significantly.

To understand just how strong Jing Yan had become, one only needed to make a slight comparison.

Back when Jing Yan was in Duyang City at the Wei Family, Elder Qian Feng of the Qian Family, with his Peak of Innate cultivation, had attempted to kill Jing Yan, who was completely unable to resist and had to be saved by the intervention of the Bai Xue City Lord.

If Jing Yan had possessed his current strength at that time, Elder Qian Feng would definitely have been unable to kill Jing Yan and might have even been counter-killed by him.

This meant that Jing Yan’s current strength was almost comparable to that of an average Innate Peak Expert.

Of course, even among experts of the Peak Innate Realm, there were significant differences.

Most martial artists were relatively average, with only a few being exceptionally powerful.

Just like when Jing Yan, even before reaching the Innate Middle Stage, could slay some martial artists in the Late Innate Realm.

Jing Yan was an anomaly; his combat power could not be measured by ordinary standards.

It was precisely because of this that so many people were astonished and unable to comprehend.

Jing Yan felt that if he possessed even stronger martial arts and cultivated secret techniques, then even some top-tier Innate Peak Martial Artists would have a hard time dealing with him.

He needed to find a way to obtain these martial arts and techniques as soon as possible.

Currently, Jing Yan’s strongest martial arts technique was still the Upper Grade Martial Arts, Condensed Moon Three Waves, which in his hands could almost surpass Top-grade Martial Arts in power.

However, it was ultimately of too low a grade and somewhat mismatched with Jing Yan’s personal strength.

“It’s time to go check on the situation at the Pill Tower,” Jing Yan’s gaze flickered slightly, and with a movement of his feet, his figure had already left the room.

In the South District Market, the Splendid Pill Tower had been completely constructed.

The Splendid Pill Tower, with its five levels, had a total construction cost of eighteen thousand Spirit Stones.

A Pill Tower constructed with nearly twenty thousand Spirit Stones commanded awe in both scale and luxury, naturally without need for further discussion.

The materials used in the Pill Tower were all top-notch and extremely expensive.

Its defensive capabilities were also astonishingly impressive!

Martial artists below the Innate Realm would find it extremely difficult to damage the Pill Tower.

“That is the Splendid Pill Tower!”

“Yes, I heard it is a Pill Tower personally constructed by Jing Yan of the Jing Family, and it has nothing to do with his family.”

“Jing Yan really has a big appetite!

How many Spirit Stones must such a Pill Tower cost?”

“He has plenty of Spirit Stones and doesn’t care about the expense.

I heard that just the construction cost nearly twenty thousand Spirit Stones.”

“Wow, that’s a lot of wealth.

Twenty thousand Spirit Stones!

If I had that many, why would I need to risk my life hunting spiritual beasts in the Black Stone Mountain Range?”

“…”

Today, there were numerous martial artists and adventurers in the South District Market because today was the day the Splendid Pill Tower was completed.

As soon as construction of the Splendid Pill Tower began, its fame had already spread.

Everyone in Donglin City knew that a Pill Tower was being constructed in the South District Market.

“Hmph, what use is a grand scale if there’s no substance?

Who would buy potions there if they are not of high quality?” Some people with a sour tone doubted the business prospects of the Splendid Pill Tower.

Indeed, no matter how large the scale was, if there were no high-quality potions, it wouldn’t be appreciated.

In Donglin City, the most numerous were adventurers, who might not be very strong, but they valued the quality of potions extremely.

They constantly walked on the edge of death, and many times, the quality of the potions could mean the difference between life and death.

Especially healing potions, which were undoubtedly some of the most valued by adventurers and essential for them when hunting spiritual beasts.

These adventurers were extremely sensitive to the quality of potions and mostly didn’t have a lot of Spirit Stones, mainly using Low-level Potions.

The incredibly effective potions were too expensive and beyond their reach.

Jing Yan had come from the Jing Family Mansion to the Splendid Pill Tower in the South District Market.

“Not bad!”

Standing outside the building, Jing Yan was quite pleased with the Pill Tower.

Although it was costly, this scale of Pill Tower in Donglin City would be sufficient for a very, very long time without needing to be rebuilt.

“Jing Yan, the Pill Tower is built, when do we open for business?

I’ve already helped contact some sources of potions,” Fourth Elder Jing Tianying asked Jing Yan.

In the midst of their talk, Jing Yan and a few others entered the Pill Tower.

At that moment, the interior of the Pill Tower was still quite empty.

“Fourth Elder, there’s no need to worry about the source of potions.

I don’t plan to use outside potions,” Jing Yan said, shaking his head.

Since the day Jing Yan killed Long Chenyu, he had been in seclusion, leaving many issues that neither Jing Tianying nor Jing Chenxing could discuss directly with him, so they had to make decisions on their own.

Jing Tianying had a wide network of connections in Donglin City, so he contacted numerous business institutions and pharmacists, hoping they could provide medicines.

However, since Jing Yan was the owner of Splendid Pill Tower, Jing Tianying was not able to finalize any details with the providers, and could only wait for Jing Yan to finish his seclusion before discussing details with them.

“Hmm?” Jing Tianying was taken aback.

What did Jing Yan mean by this?

Not use external medicines?

Then from where would they use medicines?

If such a large pill tower had only a few medicines for sale, wouldn’t it be a laughing stock?

If the quantity of medicines was so small, there was no need to construct such a large pill tower; a small shop would have sufficed.

Among the Four Major Markets of Donglin City, each market’s medicine shops were numerous.

These shops typically did not have a wide variety or quantity of medicines and were most frequented by Intermediate Martial Artists.

“However, we really do need to recruit some pharmacists now,” Jing Yan said with a smile, adding.

Hearing Jing Yan’s remarks, Jing Tianying’s face darkened immediately.

Even Jing Chenxing couldn’t help but roll his eyes.

Recruit pharmacists?

Were pharmacists that easy to recruit?

The Jing Family in Donglin City was about to surpass the Lin Family and become the second-largest family.

Yet, the Jing Family’s team of pharmacists included only about twenty to thirty people.

About half of them were just Pharmacist Apprentices who could at most prepare low-level potions, and even these wouldn’t be of very high quality.

Recruiting pharmacists wasn’t just about offering high salaries.

Many larger families trained pharmacists from the very beginning.

When many pharmacists looked for an employer, the first thing they considered wasn’t the salary but whether they could improve themselves.

Almost all of Jing Family’s pharmacists were trained slowly by the family themselves; only about one fifth were externally hired.

It wasn’t that the Jing Family didn’t want to hire more pharmacists; they simply couldn’t find them.

In the pharmaceutical field, having a highly skilled master was crucial as they could quickly improve the abilities of their apprentices in potion preparation.

Thus, many Pharmacist Apprentices didn’t even need salaries; as long as they could have a highly skilled master teach them, they would willingly work for you.

“Fourth Elder, I have a plan!” Jing Yan smiled at Jing Tianying.

Seeing Jing Yan’s attitude, Jing Tianying could only force a chuckle and said no more.

In his opinion, Jing Yan was being too idealistic now, but in time, Jing Yan would understand that the industry was not as easy as he thought.

Jing Tianying was sure that Jing Yan was a very intelligent person.

Once Jing Yan understood the essence of the industry, it wouldn’t be too late to make adjustments.

“Uncle Chenxing, has Brother Qing Yan arrived in Donglin City yet?” Jing Yan then turned and inquired from Jing Chenxing.

“He has been here for a few days.

I already sent someone to notify him just now,” replied Jing Chenxing.

“Good!” Jing Yan nodded.

The Radiant Weapon Shop had five layers.

Jing Yan’s plan was to use the lower three layers for selling medicines and elixirs.

The fourth layer would be for his own use, so he wouldn’t need to travel between the Pill Tower and the Jing Family Mansion.

The fifth layer would be used as a workshop for potion preparation.

For the pill tower to operate perfectly, having around ten to twenty pharmacists should suffice.

As for the elixirs, Jing Yan would have to handle their refinement himself for now.

Pill Masters were too scarce, and finding one to work exclusively for him was even more impossible.

Even the leading Zhao Family did not have their own Pill Master.

Of course, Jing Yan was not in a hurry; he believed that in the future, he would be able to train his own Pill Masters.

Rome wasn’t built in a day, and one must eat one bite at a time.

“Uncle Chenxing, please send out the news that the Splendid Pill Tower is recruiting pharmacists.

I will personally conduct the interviews in three days,” Jing Yan said further.

Jing Chenxing’s forehead immediately creased with worry.

Although he had little experience in this industry, he knew how difficult it was to recruit pharmacists.

But since Jing Yan had said so, he would follow through.

Jing Qingyan, from the West District Market to the South District Market.

He was called back by his father Jing Chenxing.

Honestly, he was indifferent to his father’s decision.

Deep down, he was somewhat reluctant to return.

Previously, his work had been difficult and no one truly guided him, but he had also learned a great deal.

He believed that as time passed, he would be able to go far as a pharmacist.

But now, his father wanted him to return to Donglin City to help Jing Yan manage the pill tower.

Jing Qingyan knew that Jing Yan had an astonishing talent in martial arts and was destined to shine brightly.

However, martial arts were martial arts, and alchemy was alchemy; hearing that Jing Yan also had knowledge in pharmaceuticals sounded unbelievable to Jing Qingyan.

If Jing Yan was making such rapid progress in martial arts, that indicated his focus was on martial arts.

How could he possibly have a profound understanding of pharmaceuticals then?