It was noon and the sun was blazing high in the sky.
The air was hot and dry, and it was easy to get sleepy.
However, Ji Tianxing, Nie Hao, and the others couldn't go back to their rooms to rest. They all stood in the meeting hall and listened to Han Qiusheng's teachings.
Han Qiusheng sat at the head of the hall and spoke with a solemn expression, "The cultivation of the martial way is mainly based on martial skills and cultivation methods, but it also needs to be supplemented by the dao of pills, the dao of formations, and the dao of forging."
"This is very similar to alchemy. It's also very particular about a ruler, a minister, and an assistant. There must be a main ingredient and auxiliary ingredient complementing each other in order to successfully refine an elixir."
"Therefore, your mission this month is to learn how to refine elixirs!"
"I don't expect all of you to be proficient in alchemy and become alchemy masters in the future. However, you must know how to refine elixirs, which will be very helpful to your martial cultivation in the future. "
"Your mission this month is to refine the Spirit Nourishing Elixir, Green Jade Elixir, and Heart Nourishing Elixir with your own hands. These three elixirs are all top grade Origin Level elixirs."
"When the time comes, whoever can refine the highest grade elixir will receive an extra reward."
Hearing these two sentences, Ji Tianxing, Nie Hao, and the others all showed a difficult expression and felt a great deal of pressure.
They had never learned alchemy and only had a superficial understanding of alchemy.
Top grade Origin Level elixirs could only be refined by experts above the seventh level of the True Energy Realm. Moreover, it would take at least a year of study and experimentation to refine them.
Even if they were martial geniuses, to learn alchemy and refine the three top grade Origin Level elixirs in a month was as difficult as ascending to the heavens.
However, among the ten, there were two disciples who smiled confidently and seemed to have a card up their sleeves.
One of them was skinny and short, and his age was similar to Ji Tianxing's.
This person was called Shi Jingcheng, born in a family of alchemy in the Spiritual Mountain Country. At a young age, he had great attainments in alchemy and had refined several top grade Origin Level elixirs.
The other person was tall and sturdy, with skin as dark as charcoal. A pair of bell-sized eyes flashed with a fierce light.
This person was called Yi Mo, from the imperial family of the Black Water Country. He had been interested in alchemy since childhood and had a certain foundation in alchemy.
Han Qiaosheng's eyes were like torches. Of course, Shi Jingcheng and Yi Mo's faces couldn't escape his eyes.
He glanced at the two of them and said with a smile, "Shi Jingcheng, Yi Mo, it seems that both of you have a foundation in alchemy, so you don't feel any pressure from this task."
"However, I want to tell you that the Spirit Nourishing Pill, Azure Jade Pill, and Heart Nourishing Pill that you want to refine are all secret pills of my Sky Bearing Sect. They are different from the pills of the mortal kingdoms."
"Even if the two of you have a foundation in alchemy and have a higher chance of winning than the others, you still have to study and comprehend diligently!"
Shi Jingcheng and Yi Mo restrained their complacent expressions, hurriedly cupped their fists and saluted, saying, "We will follow Deacon Han's instructions!"
Subsequently, Han Qiaosheng had Du Wu take out ten thick ancient books and distributed them to Ji Tianxing and the others.
The black ancient book was very heavy. It was as thick as a brick, and the words "Thousand Medicine Collection" were written on the cover.
Han Qiusheng said in a deep voice, "If you want to learn alchemy, you must first learn how to recognize herbs. Your first week's task is to memorize the three thousand herbs in this Thousand Medicine Collection. "
"There is a Spirit Medicine Garden in the back mountain. If you want to quickly recognize herbs, you can use your identity token to go to the Spirit Medicine Garden to study."
"However, you must not pick a single blade of grass or flower. Otherwise, you will be punished by the sect's rules!"
After saying this, Han Qiusheng had everyone withdraw and do their own things.
The rules of the Tempest Courtyard were as such. Other than when the two Deacons were teaching or when there was an announcement, everyone had to gather in the main hall.
At other times, the disciples could do as they pleased. As long as they didn't violate the sect's rules or barge into forbidden areas, no one would interfere.
Of course, Han Qiusheng had just announced this month's goal and this week's learning content.
Everyone knew that the task was difficult and felt heavy pressure. How could they dare to waste time?
Ji Tianxing and Nie Hao walked out of the main hall side by side. After exchanging a few words in the courtyard, they returned to their rooms to study.
Ji Ling was the last to walk out of the main hall. As he walked, he asked Han Qiusheng about his experience in alchemy.
Han Qiusheng's attitude towards him was very amiable and answered all his questions.
After Ji Ling obtained a satisfactory answer, he cupped his hands and thanked Han Qiusheng before returning to his room.
After Ji Tianxing returned to his room, he didn't pay attention to what was happening outside. He held the Thousand Medicine Collection and earnestly read it.
The afternoon unknowingly passed by.
At dusk, several odd job disciples carried food boxes into the Tempest Courtyard to deliver dinner to the ten disciples.
The Tempest Courtyard's disciples were treated well. This could be seen from the ingredients for dinner.
Although there wasn't much for dinner, there was only a bowl of rice, a bowl of meat dishes, and a can of meat soup.
However, these ingredients were very precious. They were spirit rice produced in the Sky Pillar Sect's spirit fields and the meat of Monster Beasts raised in the Beast Garden.
Eating these meals every day that contained Origin Qi could quickly strengthen a cultivator's physique and imperceptibly increase their strength.
The odd job disciple that delivered the food to Ji Tianxing was a twelve or thirteen year old boy. He was thin and pale, but he looked quite clever.
The boy's name was Xiao Feng. When he first met Ji Tianxing, he was somewhat reserved, as if he was afraid of this genius disciple of the Tempest Courtyard.
Ji Tianxing had a friendly look on his face as he chatted with him for a while. Only then did he know what was going on.
It turned out that odd job disciples had a very low status in the Sky Pillar Sect. They were all treated as servants by the official disciples.
In particular, some genius disciples looked down on the odd job disciples. They would scold and beat them up if they felt the slightest disrespect.
Xiao Feng once delivered food to a certain Tempest Courtyard disciple. He only coughed a few times while eating and was beaten half to death by that disciple. He was bedridden for half a month.
If odd job disciples wanted to have dignity and freedom, there were only two paths they could take.
They could either reach the fifth level of the True Element Realm and pass the outer disciple exam to become an outer disciple.
Or they could do ten years of hard labor. When the ten years were up, they would be expelled from the Sky Pillar Sect and return to the mortal world.
In short, there were many rules in the Sky Pillar Sect. The strong and the weak could be seen everywhere.
The strong were respected and the weak were lowly.
After eating dinner, Ji Tianxing felt that his Essence Qi was abundant. There was surging Origin Qi in his body.
He entered the secret cultivation room, activated the Spirit Gathering Array in the secret cultivation room, and began to cultivate.
After a night of cultivation, he felt that his cultivation had increased by a bit the next morning. The sword embryo in his body had also grown a bit stronger.
"The treatment at the Tempest Courtyard is really good. The ingredients are of a higher grade than what I ate at the Ji Residence. The effects are also several times stronger!
"Although I'm only at the fifth level of the True Element Realm, at this speed, I might be able to reach the Profound Comprehension Realm within half a year!"
After Ji Tianxing finished cultivating, he calculated in his mind. He was filled with confidence and anticipation for the next half a year of cultivation.
"Yesterday, I looked through the Thousand Medicine Collection. Although I memorized several hundred types of herbs, I didn't see the real thing. In the end, my memory isn't deep.
"Today, I'm going to the Spirit Herb Garden. I need to compare the herbs to deepen my memory!"
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