Chapter 536 Longevity Hall Grand Opening
Unexpectedly, beneath the furnace, there was a facility for activating the earth fire. Although it was ancient, it was still functioning properly.
Chu Feng, the old ancestor of playing and controlling fire, tried to manipulate the fire-inducing device under the furnace.
Boom!
A red flame burst out from the ground.
The intense heat instantly caused the temperature inside the entire furnace to rise sharply.
"Such powerful earth fire! With such high-quality earth fire, the temperature could reach at least a thousand degrees." Chu Feng, with his vast experience, immediately judged that the earth fire here was excellent.
This place is Vermilion Bird City, and to ensure the everlasting prosperity of the Vermilion Bird Heavenly Country, the Royal Family deliberately set up magical devices like the Divine Fire Pillar and Bathing Fire Pool.
Therefore, it's not surprising that the quality of the earth fire beneath the Imperial City is exceptionally high.
"It's a pity there's no Pill Furnace; otherwise, I could have tried my hand at crafting some elixirs for fun!" Chu Feng looked around but did not find a Pill Furnace.
Forging weapons is much simpler than alchemy.
It almost doesn't require any talent. As long as you have enough strength and diligently follow your master, almost anyone can become a Forging Master.
However, to become a legendary artisan like Ou Tiangong, one needs exceptionally high talent and great opportunity.
"Later, I will have someone clean up the useless things here. The furnace can be kept, and by setting up a Pill Furnace over it, we can start alchemy. However, considering the business will boom in the future, it will definitely not just be one Pill Master crafting elixirs, so we need to prepare several more earth fire spots."
Chu Feng has already decided to transform this place into an Alchemy Field.
Having a ready-to-use earth fire available could save a significant amount of expenses, and its effect is very satisfactory.
After determining the construction location of the Alchemy Field, Chu Feng continued to inspect the entire estate. He also determined the location of the warehouse and even discovered a mechanism leading to the basement.
Although he didn't find any treasures inside, transforming it into an underground warehouse was also an excellent idea.
It could store some important items.
The backyard is quite spacious, covering more than ten acres. It is already comparable to the common Prince Manor's backyard.
Late, some medicinal herbs can be planted here to create a medicinal herb garden.
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The capabilities of people like the Beixie National Master are indeed excellent. They quickly purchased the first batch of urgently needed materials, including two large Pill Furnaces.
The Northern Domain Three Evils also returned with craftsmen and laborers.
Thus, the once desolate Evil House suddenly became bustling. Everyone worked together to clean up the estate.
Money, truly a wonderful thing.
It easily gathers people together, making them serve you.
Chu Feng must prepare the elixirs in advance, otherwise, there would be no elixirs to sell when opening. Therefore, the Alchemy Field must be transformed ahead of time.
With the efforts of all the laborers and craftsmen, and under the personal supervision of Chu Feng, it took less than two days to complete the transformation of the Alchemy Field. The original large hall was divided by Chu Feng into eleven Alchemy Rooms.
Each room had earth fire drawn into it.
Currently, due to limited financial resources, only two Pill Furnaces were purchased. Later, as Chu Feng has more Pill Masters working under him, more Pill Furnaces could be added at any time.
After the Alchemy Field was fully remodeled, Chu Feng stopped managing other affairs and devoted himself entirely to alchemy in the Alchemy Room.
For this new opening, he naturally wouldn't be selling shockingly priced Advanced Level Elixirs.
Crafting a batch of Fourth-grade Elixirs might take more than a day. If crafting First-grade Elixirs, it's possible to produce more than ten batches a day.
Chu Feng's idea was simple. Start by crafting large quantities of First-grade Elixirs. As long as the quality is ensured, it will definitely make a good reputation. As for Second Grade Elixirs, he would also produce some appropriately.
Beyond third-grade, it is temporarily not considered.
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The Evil House was bustling with renovations, and the store was being decorated and arranged simultaneously. The streets and alleys of Vermilion Bird Imperial City were already buzzing with rumors about the upcoming opening of Longevity Hall.
However, this kind of discussion was, for the moment, merely based on curiosity and anticipation.
Once Longevity Hall actually opened, customers would certainly not rush to purchase in haste. They would stay rational, first assessing the quality of the Elixirs, as well as waiting for others to testify their effects. Only then would they consider buying one to try themselves.
Even for a First-grade Elixir, to ordinary people, it was still a luxury.
No less impressive than gold and silver jewelry.
What if they ended up buying a useless Elixir? Wouldn't they cry fainting in the restroom?
Some shops from the Elixir Medicine World were also quietly paying attention to Chu Feng's Longevity Hall. However, they all watched with a mentality akin to watching a monkey play, waiting to see Longevity Hall shut down and close.
Because each year, new Elixir stores open.
At the beginning, isn't every store extremely proud, as if stepping on the entire Elixir Medicine World under their feet?
However, after opening, they soon find out that Imperial City is filled with hidden dragons and crouching tigers, with fierce competition. In less than two months, those new stores without real capability would vanish without a trace, shutting down and closing.
Out of a hundred new Elixir stores, if two manage to survive, that's considered quite impressive.
After all, every longstanding store that continues to operate has some tricks up its sleeve.
To compete with those old stores and take away their customers, one must be stronger than them.
Ten days passed in the blink of an eye.
Chu Feng wore a newly tailored Alchemist Robe, appearing elegant and extraordinary. Li Shishi also deliberately wore makeup, dressed in beautiful colorful clothes, looking as beautiful as a Fairy descending to the mortal world.
The Northern Domain Three Evils wore uniform black close-fitting clothes.
This kind of outfit was almost a standard for guards.
By exposing their muscular and intimidating appearance, they deterred people from causing trouble. Everyone obediently complied with the store's regulations.
Beixie National Master wore the luxurious brocade clothes of a landlord.
For now, his role was that of the Shopkeeper of Longevity Hall.
"Open the store doors!"
Chu Feng commanded the two temporarily hired helpers.
These two helpers were selected from the laborers hired for the mansion renovation. Quick-witted and diligent, Chu Feng promised them that as long as they worked hard, each would receive a monthly salary of two taels of silver.
This was definitely a high salary.
Becoming a laborer, they would only earn up to one tael of silver from exhausting work in a month.
Sometimes, when there was no work or the weather was bad with constant heavy rain, their income for that month could be even less.
Now working as helpers in the Medicine Hall for Chu Feng, not only were they sheltered from wind and rain, their meals and accommodations were covered, and they even received a monthly salary of two taels of silver, which made them enormously happy. Both were highly motivated, thinking of selling more Elixirs and Medicinal Herbs.
Hoping that Chu Feng's Longevity Hall would stay open longer.
Otherwise, they would soon be unemployed and return to their old job as laborers.
The newly painted dark red store door was pushed open, and the shop's signboard was already hung outside, covered with a red silk cloth.
"Fire the cannon! Reveal the signboard!"
Chu Feng called out again. After the door opened, many people who had come to watch the excitement had already gathered outside.
"Hold on!"
A commanding voice sounded. Chu Feng and Beixie National Master both frowned, thinking that someone here was about to cause trouble.