Ju Ling Dan.
This was another type of medicinal pill for increasing cultivation speed, inherited from the ancestors.
Although its name was similar to Ju Qi Wan, their effects were worlds apart.
To give a simple example, if Ju Qi Wan was like an ordinary person riding a bicycle, then Ju Ling Dan was like driving a car.
The acceleration it brought was earth-shattering.
Of course, as a pill one level higher than Ju Qi Wan, Ju Ling Dan also required significantly more in terms of medicinal ingredients and refinement difficulty.
Therefore, even though Du Fei had obtained the materials for Ju Ling Dan from Situ Guang, he was not in a hurry to start refining it immediately.
Instead, he focused his mind and diligently studied the alchemy techniques in the ancestral inheritance, occasionally practicing with ordinary medicinal pills.
After half a month of study and practice, Du Fei felt ready to refine Ju Ling Dan.
First, he placed several bitter bamboo leaves into the pre-prepared alchemy furnace. After a few minutes, he added the second medicinal ingredient.
Subsequently, he added another ingredient to the alchemy furnace every few minutes.
An hour later, all the medicinal ingredients had been added.
At this point, Du Fei detected a faint medicinal fragrance emanating from the alchemy furnace before him.
Over a dozen medicinal ingredients were mixed together and continuously steamed at high temperatures.
Fortunately, Du Fei had already entered the Xiantian realm; otherwise, being so close to the alchemy furnace would have made him sweat profusely.
However, at this moment, no matter how hot it was, Du Fei would not have noticed, as all his attention was focused on the alchemy furnace.
*Poof.*
A soft sound came from the alchemy furnace.
Du Fei instinctively reached out and opened the alchemy furnace in front of him.
Inside, it was a mess of blackness, looking quite dismal.
The first refinement attempt ended in failure.
However, this failure did not dampen Du Fei's enthusiasm in the slightest.
He had known from the beginning that refining Ju Ling Dan would not be as easy as Ju Qi Wan, and the reality proved him right.
Du Fei, undeterred, quickly resumed his efforts in refining medicine.
Once, twice, thrice.
Du Fei failed repeatedly, but in the process of failure, he accumulated a wealth of valuable experience.
Through trial and error, Du Fei gradually gained some insights.
Finally, during the tenth refinement attempt, Du Fei suddenly had a flash of inspiration, feeling that this time would be successful.
Indeed, when the time came, Du Fei opened the alchemy furnace to reveal five lustrous, jade-like pills radiating a strong medicinal aroma.
Success!
He had finally succeeded!
After enduring nine failures, Du Fei had finally refined Ju Ling Dan.
At this moment, Du Fei had the urge to let out a roar.
However, reason in his mind told him not to, as doing so would surely earn him a torrent of curses from those he would wake from their sleep.
After the excitement subsided, Du Fei took out a pre-prepared porcelain bottle and stored the refined Ju Ling Dan.
Seizing the moment, Du Fei continued to refine more pills.
This time, he did not stop until all the prepared medicinal ingredients were used up.
Ten porcelain bottles were neatly arranged before Du Fei.
They contained a total of one hundred Ju Ling Dan.
This was Du Fei's entire haul.
Before he began refining, Du Fei had never envisioned obtaining so many Ju Ling Dan.
At a consumption rate of one Ju Ling Dan per day, these pills would last him over three months.
With Du Fei's current cultivation level, he could only consume one Ju Ling Dan at a time; any more would cause injury due to his inability to withstand the potent medicinal effects.
After gazing at the ten porcelain bottles for several minutes, Du Fei carefully put them away.
...
"Mom, why aren't you coming with us to collect the property?"
Today was the scheduled day to pick up the house from Pinggao Huafu. However, Wu Chunmei had said she had something to do and wouldn't be going with Du Fei and the others.
As for Liu Shishi, she was so busy these days that the Du family members were still asleep when she left in the morning, and by the time she returned at night, everyone was already asleep.
Seeing Liu Shishi working so hard, Du Fei had tried to persuade her to slow down, suggesting they could take their time.
But Liu Shishi was a workaholic by nature, and with such a great entrepreneurial opportunity, she naturally wanted to give it her all to achieve the best results.
After his persuasion proved ineffective, Du Fei could only resort to giving Liu Shishi massages every couple of days to help her relax and providing her with all sorts of health-boosting items.
Therefore, Du Fei had only briefly mentioned the property viewing to Liu Shishi.
However, he hadn't expected that Wu Chunmei also wouldn't be going.
"Well, I plan to go with your uncle and the others to see your cousin."
Wu Chunmei thought for a moment before deciding to tell Du Yunyun and Du Fei.
Upon hearing that Wu Chunmei wanted to see Du Guobing, Du Yunyun immediately voiced her displeasure, "Mom, what's there to see about that kind of person? His current predicament is his own doing, no one forced him."
Last time, because Du Fei had called the police, Brother Qiang and the others were arrested and sentenced to prison for periods ranging from one to over ten years.
As for Du Guobing, since he wasn't involved in drug trafficking, only drug use, his sentence was lighter, only six months.
Wu Chunmei felt that Du Fei was responsible for Du Guobing going to jail, and felt a sense of guilt about it.
However, she knew she couldn't voice these thoughts to her son and daughter.
"It's okay, little sister. Since Mom wants to go, let her go," Du Fei, who had noticed Wu Chunmei's predicament, said to Du Yunyun, trying to placate her.
After a while, Du Fei reminded Wu Chunmei to drive safely, and then he drove Du Yunyun to Pinggao Huafu.
This time, when Du Fei and Du Yunyun arrived at Pinggao Huafu, their treatment was completely different.
The sales manager, upon learning that Du Fei was coming, was already waiting at the entrance personally.
As soon as Du Fei parked his car, the manager scurried over to open the doors for Du Fei and Du Yunyun, acting like a doorman.
"Mr. Du, Miss Du, Villa Number Three has undergone a thorough deep cleaning. Shall we go and take a look now?"
The sales manager's flattery was undisguised as he spoke to Du Fei.
Du Yunyun, standing beside Du Fei, felt that if she weren't there, the manager would have practically clung to Du Fei.
"Yes, let's go take a look," Du Fei nodded.
To be honest, up until now, apart from the time Fang Chao gifted him the villa and he had briefly glanced at Villa Number Three, he hadn't been back. Since he was here to collect the property today, he naturally wanted to inspect it thoroughly.
The sales manager trotted ahead to lead the way, while Du Fei walked behind, holding Du Yunyun's hand.
The three of them, two in front and one behind, soon arrived at the villa area of Pinggao Huafu.