The Journey of Immortal Cultivation
Chapter 79 - 69: A Career with a Promising Financial Future

Chapter 79: Chapter 69: A Career with a Promising Financial Future

She carefully scraped the ointment into each little box with a spoon and stored them away.

These boxes were custom-made by her in the county, each shaped like a matchbox, and used in the same way. The injured only needed to push it open from the side when using it, and could even operate it with one hand alone; the thumb and ring finger holding the box, the middle finger or index finger gently pushes, and the ointment would come out automatically, very convenient, much more scientific than other methods of packaging golden sore medicine.

Medicine shops originally sell various boxes, cases, and bottles for storing medicine, but she did not use any of them. Changtian could not understand why she would even bother about the details of packaging for medicine. However, Ning Xiaoxian had her own persistence.

"Only by paying extreme attention to detail can one touch people’s hearts and leave the deepest impression." She had the injured in mind. Ning, a student from an open and highly liberalized society, knew well that doing the unexpected and handling the undone is the true essence of service. If she went through the trouble of refining these medicines, then why not give them the best packaging possible?

She did not possess the saintly realm; instead, she advocated for the principle of no profit, no early rising; naturally, the medicine she refined was meant to be sold. Humans are all worldly; take White Liquor for instance, whether it is gifted in a plastic container or a gold-embellished brocade case, can the realm and sentiment be the same? Even though you clearly know that the quality of these two bottles of liquor might not be any different at all.

Changtian knew he couldn’t win against her. Some of the phrases that suddenly popped out of her mouth sometimes did seem quite reasonable.

Ning Xiaoxian always found it strange. Wasn’t this guy embodied as a Divine Beast? He did not even use Magic Artifacts against enemies, yet he knew Alchemy, which was truly odd! It was like a national-level athlete who, aside from training and bringing glory to the country, was also able to moonlight in a pharmaceutical factory producing antispasmodic drugs, giving a profound sense of incongruity.

He explained it like this: He originally did not know Alchemy, but during the ancient times, he had Daoist friends who fought alongside him and were very proficient in it. Later, that friend was also captured into the God Demon Prison, and while they were imprisoned together, they could share their feelings behind iron bars and talk about Alchemy and Medicine Skill. Eventually, the old friend couldn’t withstand the passage of time and turned to dust right there; he then inherited his legacy.

There were no shortages of God Demon remains in the God Demon Prison. Being a Divine Beast, Changtian was never indoctrinated with the Human Clan’s moral perspective of "do not lightly disturb the remains of others." Of course, he unceremoniously practiced with the possessions left by others. After many years, even if his Alchemy Technique could not match that friend’s, it had steadily improved and reached a high standard.

Upon hearing this, Ning Xiaoxian felt a wave of emotions inside. She held back for two or three days before asking about this matter, which means she had already been smoked by the furnace ash for that long before Changtian told her he knew Alchemy, and of a very high standard at that.

"You’re pretending to be a water nymph despite holding an onion! Being a Pill Master yourself, you still can’t get out of the God Demon Prison, and when missing any kind of medicine, you could just help me, Miss Ning, to refine it. Why do you have to torture me over and over again?" She roared in her heart like a lion but still had to respectfully ask, "Then why do you still teach me Alchemy Skills?"

Changtian glanced at her lightly. This man had phoenix eyes and light pupils, with very long eyelashes. Although his glances were not as enchanting as Zhang Sheng’s, they were still very eye-catching. But his look made Ning Xiaoxian understand that he had seen through her little thoughts again.

"In your future practice of Immortal Techniques, the mastery of heat and measurement is of utmost importance. Although Alchemy Skill is but a minor technique, it is quite demanding on a Cultivator’s control of power and Heart Power," Changtian said slowly, "Many Cultivators are also Pill Masters; they do not hesitate to devote time to Alchemy while deeply studying Daoist Skills for this very reason."

He was seeking truth from facts, "You have not yet initiated your Innate True Fire and cannot use alchemy fire to activate the Pill Furnace to produce Immortal Pills. However, there are many nuances in mortals’ alchemy, and you might as well start building a solid foundation from now. Once your Innate True Fire is achieved, you won’t need to practice these basic skills anymore."

He knew her too well, so the next reason he gave was what could truly move her, "Besides, since leaving Shallow Water Village, haven’t you always been keen on making money? Elixirs yield a lucrative profit and do not require farming labor; why not make some along the way to supplement your needs?"