The Headmaster of the Dan Dao Sect is just a shrimp. Chapter 1: The Miss's Surprise

"Qin Yichen!"

"Qin Yichen!"

Qin Yichen dazedly opened his eyes, wanting to see who the bold fool was who dared to speak to him, a Dan Sheng, in such a manner, but instead saw a slightly angry pretty face.

The melon-seed face before me was as smooth and white as jade, with curved willow eyebrows, eyes like black gemstones, a pert nose, rosy lips, and pearly teeth. Her long hair cascaded down like silk.

"Miaohan?"

Looking at this face hidden deep in his memory, Qin Yichen was stunned for a moment before subconsciously letting out a gasp.

"Humph!"

Lin Miaohan glared at him, letting out a cold snort. “Make you watch the fire burn; see what good deeds you’ve done.”

"Huh?"

Qin Yichen swept his gaze around and saw the extinguished pill furnace before him, along with rows of medicine shelves beside it.

The sight, the people, awakened a memory that had been buried deep in his mind for so long, almost forgotten.

Suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind, "Could it be that I've gone back to when I was sixteen, over thirteen thousand years ago?"

He remembered that his parents had taken him to live in the Lin family, where his father worked as a guard and his mother did needlework with other women. He was quite clever, so he managed to become a little attendant.

But the one before him now was the god in his heart at that time, and also Lin Miaohan, the youngest daughter of Lin Aotien, the head of the Lin family.

However, Qin Yichen was very self-deprecating at that time and didn't have the courage to confess. After all, his status was low, while the other party was a family miss. The gap between the two was enormous.

A year later, the Lin family was unable to gain a foothold in Yuxi City. During their evacuation, they were attacked by enemies, and almost the entire clan was wiped out. His parents also died during the process. He was thrown into the river by his father, crossing the stream of water, and witnessed one after another person dying tragically before him.

After escaping this catastrophe, Qin Yichen's talent in alchemy gradually allowed him to shine brightly. Through various experiences and adventures, he finally became the highest-ranking Dan Saint on this continent!

"Do you know how much money you lost because of your negligence?"

Lin Miaohan, still angry, roared, waking Qin Yichen who was lost in his memories.

Normally, I am very caring towards this intelligent and sensible younger brother. However, recently the Zhuang's pharmacy across from Lin's pharmacy launched a medicine with better effects, which put Lin's pharmacy in a very unfavorable position, with almost all their products going unsold. Therefore, I became irritable and angry because Qin Yichen wasted a furnace of medicinal herbs due to his carelessness.

Qin Yichen endured the urge to tightly hug her, opened the pill furnace, and looked at the medicinal residue at the bottom. He picked up a small piece and smelled it at his nose.

It should be refining the primordial essence...

Although the Lin family is a renowned alchemy family, no one has been able to refine genuine elixirs. They can only produce some of the most basic medicines on the continent.

...but those who can truly refine pills are revered as... Alchemists.

However, those kinds of existences are scarce even in the entire Yuxi City. Furthermore, they are all existences served by prestigious families.

“This batch of herbs is worth seven silver coins. It could have been used to brew ten bottles of Huiguandan, which would sell for ten silver coins. You know, ten silver coins is almost the entire day's earnings for our Lin family pharmacy. What’s more, that landowner is being so unreasonable now, our medicine is hardly selling anymore…” Looking at the burnt residue at the bottom of the cauldron, Lin Miaohan felt heartbroken and tears welled up in her eyes.

Dealer!

Qin Yichen's eyes flashed a cold light.

The Lin family, driven to desperation by the Zhuang family's relentless persecution, was ultimately met with tragedy.

"Wait, don't pour it out."

When it came time to discard the pill residue, Qin Yichen stopped her, saying with a mischievous grin, "Sister Miaohan, this stuff is money, isn't it? It's a shame to waste it."

These burnt medicinal dregs were useless in Lin Miaohan's eyes, but to Qin Yichen, they were still the raw materials for alchemy. Although it was only a small amount this time, if it was only for refining medicine, it would be more than enough.

Alchemical concoction, also known as alchemy in its simplest form, is the most basic and straightforward process. One simply needs to understand the properties of medicinal herbs, extract their essence using a clear fire, and that's it.

Although these medicinal herbs have been burned and most of their essence has been lost, a small portion still remains in the ashes. While refining them into pills would affect the quality of the medicine, simply extracting the remaining medicinal properties for pharmaceutical purposes would be effortless for Qin Yichen.

Then, he scraped off the charred residue layer by layer. After thinking for a moment, he selected several different herbs from the shelf beside him, weighed them gently in his hand, and threw them into the alchemy furnace along with the residue.

How can you add other herbs?

Lin Miao Han wanted to stop him, but it was too late. She glared at him angrily.

You need to know that fixed-efficacy medicines are made from a specific combination of herbs. Adding other different herbs will have very serious consequences. At the very least, it will weaken the medicinal effect. In severe cases, it can cause conflict between the medicines, leading to an explosion in the pill furnace!

A crucible, even an ordinary one of poor quality, is extremely valuable, costing hundreds of silver coins!

And this cauldron before us, while it's merely a low-grade alchemy furnace for mortals, was purchased by the Lin family at a high price, reportedly costing over a thousand silver coins.

A high-quality alchemy furnace brings about an increase in quality. With the same medicinal herbs, if refined in an ordinary, low-grade furnace, the maximum yield would be a first or second-grade elixir. However, if placed in a superior-rank furnace, the elixir's quality would be at least second-grade, and could even reach third-grade.

Medications of different qualities will naturally have different prices.

At the third rank, the price is incomparable to that of the second rank.

It can be said that the Lin family's greatest source of income comes from this Dan furnace. If the Dan furnace were to shatter, it would bring a devastating disaster to the Lin family.

"Don't worry, Miao Han. I met a master yesterday, and he taught me that adding these herbs can enhance the effectiveness of the returning potion."

Qin Yichen, while speaking, added charcoal and lit a fire, beginning to refine it.

The alchemy and pharmacology of this world are vastly different from what they will be in thirteen thousand years from now. That is the true difference between heaven and earth.

Over ten thousand years of development, the configuration of spiritual medicines has become more diversified, and the efficacy and quality have been greatly improved in all aspects.

As for the current Huiguanyuan on the market, it takes five minutes after ingestion to take effect and slowly recovers a martial artist's internal energy. However, if these few herbs are added, they will harmonize the overall effect of the medicine. It only takes one minute, or even less than one minute, to exert the effects of Huiguanyuan, and it will greatly enhance the speed of recovering internal energy.

Think about it, this would be a huge opportunity for those warriors who are fighting for survival out there!

Then, Qin Yichen's palm unintentionally rested on the side of the cauldron, silently running the Ling Shen Jue. In an instant, the divine power that had been still in his mind spread out, permeating the cauldron. In the next moment, the clear water inside the cauldron boiled instantly.

About a minute later, Qin Yichen suddenly lifted the alchemy furnace and picked up a small bottle that had been prepared beside him. He filled the bottle with almost all the medicine, filling fifteen bottles in total, then placed them neatly before Lin Miaohan.

"This..."

Looking at the bottles filled with almost luminous medicine, Lin Miaohan was so shocked that she couldn't speak.

The purity of a drug refers to whether the impurities have been removed thoroughly. The clearer the drug, the purer it is.

And the dozen or so bottles of medicine in front of me, it's almost impossible to see any impurities with the naked eye.

That is to say, what lies before us is medicine of the five qualities!

Even at the largest Dan Medicine Hall in Yuxian City, I've never seen medicine of this quality.