Mo Wuji's guess was right. He was allowed to use spiritual herbs to exchange for spiritual herbs. Moreover, the pharmacy disciple was very afraid of him, so it was easy for him to exchange for the spiritual herbs he needed. In addition to the ones he already had, he had collected a total of eleven batches of Spirit Strengthening Pills.
With 11 batches of Spirit Strengthening Pills in hand, Mo Wuji was not in a hurry to start concocting pills. Instead, he accepted a large number of Tier 2 Mortal Pill concocting missions. He was only a Tier 2 Mortal Pill Refiner now, and he did not concoct many Tier 2 Mortal Pills. No matter how desperate he was to become a Tier 3 Mortal Pill Refiner, he had to take it step by step. Only by concocting more Tier 2 Mortal Pills would he be able to raise his pill refining skills in the shortest time possible.
Yan Qianyin had told him that the Five Elements Desolate Domain Pill Competition would be held half a year later. As long as he could advance to become a Tier 3 Mortal Pill Refiner within this half a year, he would have the opportunity to participate in the Five Elements Desolate Domain Pill Competition and meet Granny Linglong.
Previously, Mo Wuji was focused on cultivating and opening his meridians. Even though he had the obligation to concoct pills for the sect, he was not very enthusiastic about it.
Now that he had accepted so many alchemy tasks, he realized how popular an alchemist was. There was no risk at all in concocting pills for the sect, and the sect's contribution points were high instead. However, this was not what surprised him the most. What surprised him the most was that out of the ten batches of medicinal pellets, he could receive thirteen batches of medicinal ingredients. At the same time, he only needed to pay 80% of the medicinal ingredients to the sect.
Generally, a pill would have a full pill size of twelve, nine, or six pills. There were also a few pills that had a full pill size of eighteen pills.
No matter how many there were, under such treatment, it was hard not to be rich.
If he knew that there were so many benefits to concocting pills for the sect, Mo Wuji would have joined long ago. In this way, not only could he obtain all kinds of pills, but he could also obtain a pile of spiritual herbs and sect contribution points. At this moment, Mo Wuji finally understood why Yan Qianyin wanted him to take on some pill refining tasks when he was free. So the reason was for his own good.
This was especially true for sect contribution points. They could be used to exchange for all sorts of things. Even the large amount of Tier 3 spiritual herbs that Mo Wuji needed could be exchanged with sect contribution points.
Actually, this was Mo Wuji's misunderstanding. An average pill refiner's success rate of 80% was already considered very high. However, it was impossible for the completed pill to have a 100% success rate. Therefore, according to the rules of the sect, there wouldn't be many elixirs and spirit herbs left for guest pill refiners.
Mo Wuji did not know. He had the wordless pill manual, and concocted pills using hand techniques and pill techniques. Back at the Formless Blade Mountain, he had a 100% success rate in concocting Tier 1 Mortal Pills. In reality, how many alchemists had such a success rate in alchemy?
After receiving so many tasks, Mo Wuji still went to Pill Concoction Room 19. It was rumoured that Pill Refinement Room 19 had a low success rate, but Mo Wuji did not mind. His first priority was to concoct Tier 2 Mortal Pills. He was already capable of concocting Tier 2 Mortal Pills, and using a more difficult pill furnace would allow him to raise his standards.
Mo Wuji did not call Fei Bingzhu. Instead, he asked Wu Kai to arrange an ingredient boy for him.
For an entire month, other than visiting Yan 'Er every day, Mo Wuji spent the rest of his time concocting pills.
In this month, Mo Wuji did not even know how many Tier 2 Mortal Pills he had concocted, and he had accumulated piles of pills on him. Towards the end, Mo Wuji did not even need to clean the pill furnace. Whenever he purified the spiritual herbs, he would directly remove the dregs from the pill furnace. Every batch of pills was as smooth as flowing water, without a single bit of sluggishness. Not only that, the pills he concocted were all of high quality.
Mo Wuji exchanged the excess spiritual herbs and abundant pills for Tier 3 spiritual herbs, and prepared to start concocting Tier 3 Mortal Pills.
He only had 11 batches of Spirit Strengthening Pills, and even if he wanted to exchange for more, he could not do so. Almost all of the sect's Spirit Strengthening Pills had been exchanged by him alone. Exchanging for more would be a waste of time, and this was not what Mo Wuji wanted. Time was of the essence to him.
Mo Wuji did not mind, as he only had one motive for wanting Spirit Strengthening Pills. Another more important motive was to become a Tier 3 Mortal Pill Refiner.
Mo Wuji first concocted the Tier 3 Mortal Pill Transcending Mortality Pill. This was a pill that could increase the chances of a Spirit Building Stage cultivator stepping into the Transcending Mortality Stage. The method of concocting it was relatively ordinary, but it was not cheap.
Mo Wuji started to concoct the Tier 3 Mortal Pill. He was no longer as casual as when he concocted the Tier 2 Mortal Pill. Carefully lighting up the earth fire, he started to clean the pill furnace.
After cleaning the pill furnace thrice, he sent in the spiritual herbs to start the purification process. There were a total of 20 types of spiritual herbs for the Transcending Mortality Pill. There were 8 types of Tier 3 spiritual herbs, which was more than the Spirit Strengthening Pill, and the rest were Tier 1 and Tier 2 spiritual herbs.
Mo Wuji spent close to two hours before he finished purifying the spiritual herbs. Most of the time was spent on purifying the Tier 3 spiritual herbs. Tier 3 spiritual herbs looked like they were only one grade higher than Tier 2 spiritual herbs, but the difficulty was many times higher.
Just a few stalks of Tier 3 spiritual herbs required so much effort. Mo Wuji could only imagine how difficult it was to advance to become an Earth Pill Refiner.
Extracting the Spirit Grass was only the first step of alchemy. The real highlight of alchemy was to fuse the medicinal liquid, separate the pill, and condense the pill.
Just as Mo Wuji started to fuse the medicinal essences, he felt the pill furnace rumble, followed by a burnt smell.
Mo Wuji's heart sank; he knew that the fusion had failed. The first batch of Tier 3 Mortal Pills had just started, but it had already failed.
Mo Wuji did not continue with the second batch. He was very clear that this was not a problem with his pill concoction technique, but his lack of elemental energy to control the fusion of the Tier 3 spiritual pills.
Perhaps if he refined a few more furnaces, the fusion time would be extended, but in the end, he would still fail. If he did not raise his cultivation level and only relied on pill concocting to advance to a Tier 3 Mortal Pill Refiner, that would probably take many years. This also required him to have countless third grade spirit herbs to practice with.
Yan Qianyin wasn't lying to him. If he couldn't raise his cultivation level, he could only be a Tier 2 Mortal Pill Refiner. No matter how talented he was in alchemy, it was still the same.
If he wanted to become a Tier 3 Mortal Pill Refiner in the shortest time possible, he could only increase his cultivation. To increase his cultivation level, he needed to continue opening his meridians.
Mo Wuji sighed dispiritedly, packed up his spiritual herbs, and decided to temporarily stop concocting pills.
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"Big sister Xiong, where's Bingzhu?" After returning to the Lotus Sword Summit, the first thing Mo Wuji did was to find Fei Bingzhu. Previously, because he was focused on concocting pills, he did not pay attention to Fei Bingzhu's progress in finding the Treasured Blood Lotus.
Now that he could not raise his cultivation level, he had to first ask Fei Bingzhu about the chances of finding the Treasured Blood Lotus. If he really could not find the Treasured Blood Lotus, he could not continue wasting his time here.
"Deacon Fei went to the Blood Lotus Lake. He told me to look for him the moment you return," Xiong Xiuzhu hurried to answer.
Hearing this, Mo Wuji's spirits rose. He did not even have time to reply as he rushed towards the Blood Lotus Lake.
"Pill Master Meng, Brother Fei is a friend of the Lotus Sword Summit's Summit Lord, Pill Master Mo. Since you've already obtained the lotus, please let him off this once." Before reaching the Blood Lotus Lake, Mo Wuji could already hear Wu Kai's pleading voice.
"What's the matter with Bingzhu?" Mo Wuji took a few steps and landed beside Fei Bingzhu, who was lying in a pool of blood.
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