Chapter 545: Fourth-Tier Alchemist

Old Man had a good impression of Wang Hong and wanted to offer him some advice.

"King's City is recruiting new soldiers. You should give it a try. The treatment is good, and most importantly, there are opportunities for meritorious service, which will lead to a promising future."

"Alright, I'll go check out the new recruits' camp when I get back," Wang Hong replied. He indeed intended to visit the camp and see his own soldiers.

"My son used to be in the Demon Subduing Army and is now a Hundred-Man Commander, leading a hundred new soldiers. If you decide to join the new recruits, you can join under my son. I'll ask him to take good care of you!"

"Ah! So your son is from the Demon Subduing Army!" Wang Hong was surprised to learn that he had a colleague from the Demon Subduing Army.

"Yes! My son joined the army when he was just a teenager, and later he was incorporated into the Demon Subduing Army. Over the years, he has fought countless battles alongside the monarch and has achieved numerous significant accomplishments."

As Old Man spoke about his son, he was filled with pride, recounting his son's achievements over the years.

Wang Hong patiently listened. He knew that a child's success was the greatest honor for parents. If he couldn't show off a little in front of others, he would feel uncomfortable.

The Flying Boat took three days to reach King's City. Upon disembarking, Old Man gave Wang Hong an address, telling him to seek help there if he encountered any difficulties.

Upon returning to King's City, Wang Hong noticed that in just over two years, the city had become much more prosperous, likely due to a significant increase in population.

After entering the city, he no longer concealed his presence and was soon spotted by the various spies lurking throughout King's City, who promptly reported to their superiors.

As he approached the gates of the Royal Palace, a large group of officials from King's City came out to greet him, bowing in unison.

"Welcome back, Your Majesty!"

"No need for formalities."

After returning the gesture, Wang Hong led the officials into the Royal Palace. Not far from the palace gates, Old Man, who had accompanied Wang Hong, was astonished to witness the scene, nearly biting his tongue in shock.

The young man he had been advising and guiding all along the way turned out to be the king of the Great Chu Immortal Nation, leaving him unable to calm down for a long time.

He couldn't believe that he had been teaching etiquette and manners to the king of the Great Chu Immortal Nation and had done so for three whole days.

At that moment, Wang Hong paid no attention to these trivial matters. He had already entered the main hall and was discussing matters with his subordinates.

"We wish Your Majesty a safe return!"

After the commotion at the gate, everyone began to congratulate Wang Hong.

"I have gained a lot from this trip. I appreciate your hard work over the past two years."

"Xu Lun, I've noticed a significant increase in the population of the various cities. Where are these people coming from? Even if the Great Chu Immortal Nation is working at full capacity, it couldn't have grown this quickly in just two years."

"Your Majesty, over the past two years, we have sent people to infiltrate the Demon Clan's territory and quietly bring back some Human Clan members who were in hiding. As a result, the population is still steadily increasing. Over the past two years, the population of the Great Chu Immortal Nation has increased by fifty percent."

"Excellent! Well done! This initiative can continue."

The most significant issue currently affecting the development of the Great Chu Immortal Nation is its population. The military is understaffed, and there is a shortage of personnel in various cities and spiritual sites.

"Luo Zhongjie, with the population increasing, how is the recruitment of new soldiers progressing?"

With the population growing, there should be more recruits available.

"Your Majesty, we have recruited a total of fifty thousand new soldiers."

After further discussions, Wang Hong left, and everything in the country continued to operate normally. Apart from the population increase, there were developments in all aspects. With abundant resources, everyone's strength was rapidly increasing, and the resources obtained from major battles could sustain this rapid growth for about ten years.

"Of course, Wang Hong has once again brought back all the resources of the Winged Tiger Clan, allowing this kind of consumption to be extended.

After the dispersal of the Wang Hong meeting, he returned alone to the cave mansion. Most of the resources he retrieved this time were placed in the warehouse, leaving only a few rare Spiritual Objects on his person.

In the Space, the Spiritual Herb for Refinement Nascent Formation Pill has already been planted by him, and there are a few mature Spirit Herbs, which together can make up a furnace of Medicinal Herbs for the Nascent Formation Pill.

However, Wang Hong has not yet planned to Refine it temporarily. He has not been promoted to the Nascent Soul for long, and he has not yet Refined the four-tier Pill.

The Nascent Formation Pill already belongs to the four-tier Pill, and he only has one set of materials. He doesn't want to waste it.

He needs to practice Refinement of the four-tier Pill in advance, as he will need the assistance of the four-tier Pill in the future.

However, he has never had the opportunity to obtain the variety of the four-tier Spiritual Herb before, and he cannot even gather the ingredients for a furnace of Pill.

He does have ready-made four-tier Spiritual Herbs, as there are many Spiritual Herbs in the Space that have been growing for thousands of years, and their medicinal properties have reached the level of the four-tier.

These Spiritual Herbs were originally low-tier Spiritual Herbs, but they mutated over time in the Space.

Naturally, he cannot have the Pill Recipe for these mutated Spiritual Herbs, so he can only develop a new Pill Recipe himself.

After picking some four-tier Spiritual Herbs from the Space, he returned to the cave mansion to start researching the Pill Recipe.

After repeated experiments and failures, three months later.

In the Alchemy room, Wang Hong condensed a set of Pills and used the Technique to collect the Pills. These Techniques are all composed of individual Runes, which are then integrated into the Alchemy Furnace.

Previously, the fragrance of the Pills had been emanating from the Alchemy Furnace, but after absorbing these Techniques, the fragrance no longer wafted out, achieving the effect of containing the Spirit Qi.

He quickly collected the Spirit Fire under the Alchemy Furnace and opened the lid, revealing three golden Pills the size of thumbs inside.

Wang Hong picked up the Pills, and there were still a lot of gray-black residue left in the Alchemy Furnace.

These gray-black residues are the wasted materials from the Alchemy, and this kind of Alchemy waste contains chaotic Spirit Qi and cannot be used, but it can be scattered into the spirit fields as fertilizer due to its high Spirit Qi content.

After continuous experiments and the consumption of a large number of high-tier Spiritual Herbs, he finally designed a stable Pill Recipe. Wang Hong also tried Refining the Pill, and he was very satisfied with its effectiveness, as it greatly assisted the cultivation level of the Nascent Soul Cultivator.

For the average Nascent Soul Cultivator, it is already very difficult to have the opportunity to take Pills. They often rely on luck to obtain a Spirit Herb and consume it directly.

Because four-tier Spiritual Herbs are rarely seen, it often takes a lot of effort and wits to obtain one or two Spirit Herbs from the same tier Cultivator.

It is very difficult to gather enough Spirit Herbs to make a furnace of Pill Recipe, and even if one wants to save them up, it is unknown how long it will take to gather enough.

Moreover, even if one manages to gather the materials, it is very difficult to Refine them, as four-tier Alchemists are even rarer than four-tier Spiritual Herbs.

Due to the lack of Refinement experience, the Pill Success Rate of the very few lucky ones who break through to become four-tier Alchemists is also very low.

For someone like Wang Hong, who can produce three Pills in one furnace, that is already a high level.

As far as Wang Hong knows, in the previous East Zhou Cultivation Realm, there was only one four-tier Alchemist, who belonged to the Qingxu Sect.

Now that he has become a four-tier Alchemist, he can finally start Refining the Nascent Formation Pill.

Sorry, I fell asleep while writing and only just finished typing the second chapter now."

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