The Romance of the Immortal Cauldron

Matthew found the method, and after several more failures, he finally succeeded in refining a batch of Bigu Pills.

The elixirs in this furnace look very good, and eight of them were produced.

Looking at these eight Bigu Pills that he had refined by himself, Matthew also had a thick smile on his face.

Originally, Matthew thought that he could keep producing elixirs since he figured out how to control the flames.

But the reality is that even if he understands the method, something slightly different happens during the alchemy process, and the batch of elixirs will fail.

Only now did he truly understand why there were so few alchemists among casual cultivators.

The consumption of medicinal materials required for hand training alone is simply beyond what an ordinary casual cultivator can bear.

He consumed all the Bigu Pill materials before refining four furnaces.

After a simple calculation of the spiritual stones spent on buying the materials and the dozens of Bigu Pills, Matthew knew that he had made a loss this time.

However, fortunately, he was just practicing martial arts and had no intention of making money by refining alchemy, so there was not much difference.

After tidying up at home, Matthew went out to buy some more materials to continue making alchemy.

His current elixir formation rate is less than [-]%, and he needs more materials to practice.

While buying medicinal materials, Matthew also sold some middle-grade Bigu Pills and Rejuvenation Pills.

For these two kinds of elixirs, the lower-grade ones are generally not expensive, but the middle-grade pills can be several times more expensive, which is an unexpected gain for Matthew.

After walking around the city and purchasing all the things he needed, Matthew planned to go back and continue refining alchemy.

While passing through a street, he saw many people running in one direction.

Confused, Matthew also followed the crowd.

He also wanted to see what was going on that made so many people rush there at the same time.

The direction Matthew was walking was towards the center of the city, where there was a square used by monks to set up stalls. He had often passed by there before.

When he arrived at the square, it was already crowded.

Moreover, Matthew noticed that all the people who came here were monks, not a single mortal.

Once here, Matthew doesn't need to walk by himself, the people behind him will push him forward.

There was not a single stall in the square at this time, and everyone's eyes were looking forward.

"It's been almost thirty years, and the four major sects have finally come here to recruit disciples."

"Yes, I was still a young boy the last time I saw the announcement about recruiting disciples."

"What's written on the announcement? Get out of the way and let me see it."

Being squeezed in the crowd, all kinds of miscellaneous sounds came to my ears.

"The four major factions...announcement?"

It was the first time Matthew heard these things, and he immediately became interested and started to squeeze in.

After a lot of effort, Matthew finally squeezed into the innermost part of the crowd.

In front of him was a notice board about two feet wide.

There are four sheets of paper with writing on them.

"Qingyu Valley...Xuanwu Gate...Nine Star Sect,...Hundred Beasts Mountain."

These are the names of the four sects written on the sign.

They are here to recruit casual cultivators, but each sect has its own conditions for recruiting disciples.

Except for those with single spiritual roots, different spiritual roots, double spiritual roots and three spiritual roots who are all unified in the four sects, they can be directly selected without meeting the conditions. The other spiritual roots need to pay specific items before they can be selected.

For example, Qingyu Valley requires ten elixirs that are over a hundred years old before they can be added.

The Nine Star Sect asked for some ores that Matthew had never heard of.

The Xuanwu Sect also wanted elixirs, but the Hundred Beasts Mountain was the strangest. It actually wanted to provide information about potential monster cubs or rare monsters.

For casual cultivators, being able to join a large sect is a rare opportunity.

With a large sect to rely on, both cultivation and status will be better than those of casual cultivators.

Although Matthew didn't know the strength of these four major sects, he already thought about joining one of them.

However, he could not meet the conditions required by these four major sects.

After writing down everything on the notice, Matthew walked outside.

It would take more than a year for the four major sects to come to Wangxian City, and he still had some time to prepare.

With a change of thought, Matthew separated from the crowd and walked towards Baibao Tower.

Currently, the requirements of Qingyu Valley and Xuanwu Sect were the easiest to meet. He wanted to see if the required elixirs were sold in the city.

If there were any, he could risk selling more elixirs and buy them.

When he arrived at Baibao Tower, he was stunned.

The place was already crowded, and he only stood at the door for a while before leaving.

These people are all here to buy things needed by the four major sects. Even if he squeezes in, he will definitely not be able to grab them.

Baibaolou is not the only store in the city.

After leaving Baobao Building, Matthew immediately walked towards other shops.

Late at night, Matthew returned home with a depressed face.

On this day, he visited all the shops in the city.

But I didn't even buy anything.

In addition to the fact that many people have the same idea as him, the more important point is that the things the four major sects want are not ordinary things, and few shops in the city have them.

In desperation, Matthew could only spend some spiritual stones to buy a few ancient books.

These ancient books specifically record elixirs, monsters, and various ores.

Except for some medicinal materials that he had a little contact with before, he knew nothing about them. It is also time to make up for the vacancies in this area.

Ever since the four major sects issued the announcement, Wangxian City has become extremely lively.

Some casual cultivators from other places also rushed to Wangxian City after hearing the news.

As a result, the number of monks in the city increased rapidly.

Matthew did not stay at home to practice in the next few days, but went out every day.

Although the casual cultivators from other places were attracted by the announcements from the four major sects, many of them did not want to join any of the sects.

Matthew would often hear the discussions of casual cultivators on the street, and he also knew more or less about the sect.

In the eyes of those large sects, the status of casual cultivators is very low, and they are only remembered when they are used. Normally, they are basically in a state of secret suppression.

Especially some older casual cultivators, every time they talk about a certain sect, there is more or less hostility in their words.

Matthew has nothing to do with the affairs between casual cultivators and sects.

What he cares about is that after so many casual cultivators came to the city, the prices of all kinds of goods in the city dropped.

This is mainly because many casual cultivators come with the purpose of selling their own items.

The price reduction of various items is a good thing for Matthew. He can also trade some middle-grade elixirs that are temporarily unused in exchange for spiritual stones.

Then use these spirit stones to buy more elixirs for your own cultivation.