Chapter 80

Chapter 80: Disciple's Alchemy Harvest When Xia Changge returned home, he recruited over a hundred servants according to his own requirements. He demolished hundreds of ordinary houses and rebuilt them as the initial facilities for the Xia Changge Academy. Xia Changge also went to the Immortal City and purchased ten bottles of spiritual essence powder. Unfortunately, even with ten bottles, it wouldn't be enough for nearly fifty disciples for long, maybe only around half a month. But Xia Changge had no other choice. This was the biggest expense he could afford. He could only hope for some gains after using it! "Master, I have a suggestion. I don't know if I should say it or not." During this period, Xia Changge frequently visited his plantation, enjoying the leisurely atmosphere he had at the beginning. Of course, he spent most of his time with his daughter, Xia Yijiao. After all, in less than two months, his daughter would probably leave him. Xia Changge had been thinking about what kind of gift would be best for his daughter. However, he hadn't found any inspiration yet. He also didn't know if, after his daughter experienced the prosperity of the sect, she would forget about her father, who had no family inheritance and wasn't her biological father. During a few idle days, An Ruoshui suddenly came to Xia Changge's side in a mysterious manner. The Xiao family was completely swollen now; not only the spiritual field was lost, even the pill industry was cut off. There was no longer a demand for medicine from Xia Changge's side. Therefore, An Ruoshui was even more idle recently and could do her own thing. But it seemed like she wasn't very interested in cultivation. Until now, An Ruoshui was still at the Qi Refining stage. Xia Changge looked somewhat anxious when he saw his disciple, who had not yet fully matured. “What's the matter? Speak up!” An Ruoshui puffed up her chest and said, "Master, I found that there seems to be a possibility of reducing the difficulty of refining Qi Gathering Pills!" An Ruoshui's words immediately made Xia Changge serious, and he quickly said, "Water, you're not teasing your master, are you? If you're joking, I will spank your butt until it's sore." An Ruoshui shifted her little butt, sat next to Xia Changge, took out the prescription, and pointed to the steps as she explained, "Master, the difficulty in refining Qi Gathering Pills lies in the steps of placing the medicinal materials, purification, controlling the heat, and finally invoking spiritual energy when forming the pills. For placing the medicinal materials, you can find someone to help you; then you can focus on the final step." An Ruoshui's proposal was to separate these processes. Xia Changge smiled and said, "You also know that the purification of medicinal materials needs to correspond to the heat. The difficulty is not lower than the later steps. Who do you suggest to help me with this process? Could it be you?" In theory, this was feasible. However, it would be difficult to succeed because the separation would require high coordination. Obviously, finding someone with a high level of coordination to help would perhaps mean finding twins. But where would Xia Changge find a twin brother? Furthermore, those who were capable enough to complete the first two steps would most likely be able to practice alchemy alone. An Ruoshui's idea was naive, but... Xia Changge felt that it was practically impossible now. "As for me, I and Mother will help you with the previous procedures. Master only needs to focus on the final step," An Ruoshui volunteered confidently. Xia Changge became even more puzzled. It was already difficult for one person to help him with this step. Now they wanted two people to help? Wouldn't that make it more challenging? Seeing that Xia Changge seemed to understand his doubts, An Ruoshui hurriedly explained, "Master, you don't know, Mother and I have been working together in medicine since I was young. We have a great understanding. As long as... as long as we practice a little, I believe there won't be any problem!" Xia Changge looked at An Ruoshui and, seeing the hope in her eyes, reluctantly nodded and agreed, "Okay, let Mrs. Xu no longer be responsible for the spiritual field and find someone capable to manage it. In the future, let her train with you. When you feel that it's almost time, come find me and we'll try it together." After some thought, Xia Changge realized that this wouldn't really affect him. If An Ruoshui and Xu Baicha, this mother-daughter pair, could really cooperate closely, they would indeed help him a lot in refining pills. Therefore, there was no problem in letting them try. The only small trouble was that after bringing Xu Baicha over, there might not be a reliable manager for the spiritual field. Several hundred mu of spiritual land couldn't be ignored by Xia Changge at the moment. It would be distressing for Xia Changge if he didn't have a trustworthy person to help him and part of the benefits were stolen. Tan Qier's focus was probably on cultivating her Qi now. After all, in Xia Changge's opinion, Tan Qier was the second or maybe the third candidate in his family to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage. He didn't want her youth to be wasted. And as for his sister-in-law... Xia Changge couldn't bear to let her keep running around outside. After some consideration, Xia Changge thought of someone else: Lin Meishan! Although she didn't have much experience in this field, she had managed the public order of an ordinary town, and helping him manage a hundred or so ordinary mortals should be more than enough. "Forget it, let's bring her here!" Xia Changge's initial plan was to handle his eldest daughter going to the sect first, and then go to Mocheng to bring Lin Meishan over. But now it seemed that this timetable had to be advanced. That was fine; Xia Changge's family had already settled down completely. It was indeed time to bring his second son and... concubine back home. With Xia Changge's current cultivation base, going back and forth to Mocheng would only take about six days, so it wouldn't delay anything related to his daughter's birthday. After making up his mind, Xia Changge began to take action. Before leaving, he called Zhang Miaoyi and Tan Qier over. Zhang Miaoyi understood the situation, and she could even be considered as someone who had worked hard to make it happen. As for Tan Qier, although she had heard about Xia Changge having another child before, it wouldn't be a problem for her to make some preparations in advance. "Uncle, you should have brought the child and Lin Meimei here long ago," Zhang Miaoyi naturally had no objections. Her eldest daughter was about to leave, so it would be great to have another mortal sister accompanying her. Tan Qier couldn't possibly have any objections at this time, but deep in her heart, she still had a small longing for Xia Changge to have a daughter as his second child. It would be even better if it were a boy... (End of this chapter)