In the Super Ancient Civilization, being an alchemist was a very rare profession. It required a complete inheritance and a large amount of resources to support it. Normally, only big powers and sects could afford to support alchemists.
This was because even the most talented alchemist could not quickly master alchemy at the beginning. They had to become more and more proficient in the process of alchemy, and become more and more powerful.
Every time a pill was concocted, it would cost a huge sum of money, including alchemy furnaces, alchemy rooms, pill recipes, medicinal ingredients, and all kinds of secret techniques. Every single one of them would cost a huge sum of money. It was not something an ordinary force could afford.
In modern society, it was the same. Although medicinal herbs could be cultivated on a large scale and could even be mass-produced, and alchemy furnaces could also be mass-produced with modern technology, the number of alchemists was actually less than the number of alchemists in Alchemy Emperor's memory.
This was because the modern society did not have a complete inheritance for alchemists. In fact, it was not only alchemists, but the inheritance of martial arts was also incomplete. This was because the ruins of the super ancient civilization that humans had excavated were still limited. The level of martial arts of the super ancient civilization that they had deciphered could not be compared to the grand scene in Chu Yunfan's mind where the emperors of the super ancient civilization fought for hegemony.
However, the current level of human martial arts could not be said to be completely useless. On the contrary, they were improving with every passing moment. They were excavating new ruins and deciphering more information about the ancient civilization.
Therefore, the top experts of the human race were also improving at an astonishing speed. Often, every few decades or even a century, there would be a new realm that would be broken through by the top experts of the human race. Moreover, they would soon discover a suitable cultivation method to break through to that realm.
At the beginning of the Kunlun Era, the Qi Hai realm was a realm that only the experts in the army could reach. Now, the Qi Hai realm was common to all people. As long as they trained seriously for a few decades, even the most untalented person could break through to the Qi Hai realm.
Compared to the martial arts system, the alchemist system was discovered much later. It was only in the last two hundred years that the system started to be organized. Therefore, although the Federation government supported the research, the level of development was still relatively low. At least, in the eyes of Chu Yunfan who had Danhuang's memory, the level of the alchemist system was still quite low. It was still far from the peak of the ancient civilization.
There was no way he could compare to the Alchemy Sovereign in Chu Yunfan's memory, who was a genius in the Alchemy Dao.
The Alchemist Association was the association that was in charge of many affairs regarding alchemists in the entire Federation. It could be considered as a semi-official association. Although it was funded by the Federation government, the president of the association was the legendary number one alchemist, Du Qingtao, who was known as the King of Pills.
Du Qingtao, on the other hand, was a free man among the people and did not belong to the Federation Government. Furthermore, Du Qingtao's alchemy level was unparalleled among humans. If any of the pills he refined were to be leaked, it would cause countless rich people to fight for it.
The pills he made had helped countless strong people. Because of this, many strong people owed him favors. No one dared to offend him. Otherwise, they would offend a large number of strong people behind him.
Not to mention that he was also a martial arts expert. Therefore, although Du Qingtao was not a top expert, he would definitely be one of the top ten influential people in the Federation who were voted by the Federation government every year.
The Alchemist Association that was led by him was something that even the Federation government was afraid of. They did not dare to interfere too much.
Alchemists who joined the association would often be able to enjoy great benefits, including the support of various medicinal ingredients for alchemy, and many ancient pill formulas were in the hands of the Alchemist Association. In addition to its huge influence, many Alchemists flocked to it like ducks.
Of course, not all alchemists would join the Alchemist Association. Because there were many benefits, there were also many restrictions. Some alchemists would open their own companies and earn a lot of money. There were also some who worked for the Federation government, various Holy Lands, various large groups, and so on.
However, regardless of whether they chose to join the Alchemist Association, if they wanted to obtain the qualifications to be an alchemist, they would have to pass the assessment of the Alchemist Association.
If they did not pass the assessment of the Alchemist Association, they would not be able to borrow an alchemy furnace even if they wanted to!
Of course, if they worked for private forces, the Federation government, or large companies, even if they did not obtain the certification of the Alchemist Association, they would still be able to have an alchemy furnace and enough medicinal herbs to refine pills.
Today, on the way back, Chu Yunfan checked the information. According to the information provided by the Alchemist Association, they could basically be divided into alchemist apprentice, alchemist apprentice, alchemist master, and great alchemist master. Among these levels, each of them was further divided into beginner, intermediate, and advanced stages. In addition, there was also the Pill King level that only Du Qingtao had reached.
There were actually quite a number of alchemist apprentices on the register. This was because the requirements for an alchemist apprentice were relatively simple. They only needed to master the refining of a few simple pills, one of which was the Body Forging Pill.
Of course, although the pill formula could be said to be very widespread, the success rate of refining was different. For an Pill King like Du Qingtao, the success rate of refining a Body Forging Pill was naturally 100%. However, an alchemist who learned martial arts to refine a Body Forging Pill might not even have a 10% success rate. It could be said that the success rate was very low.
In order for an alchemist apprentice to be promoted to an alchemist apprentice, they would have to go through at least a hundred times, and at most a few hundred times of refining pills. At the very least, it would cost a few million. An ordinary person would not be able to afford it.
Even if they wanted to reach the 10% success rate of an alchemist apprentice, they would need to go through many practical refining opportunities.
In Chu Yunfan's No.13 Middle School, there were only three to five students who had passed the alchemist apprentice exam.
These three to five students all came from wealthy families!
For example, his best friend Gao Hongzhi's family actually had enough financial resources to support him in refining pills. However, his ambition did not lie in this. Not everyone had the talent for alchemy. Therefore, not only a miscellaneous school like No.13 Middle School, but even a top school like Jinghai City No.1 High School only had a small number of people who had passed the alchemist apprentice exam. It was just that the number was much higher than No.13 Middle School, and the quality was also higher.
All the students who could pass the alchemist apprentice exam in high school were the treasures of their respective schools. Nowadays, every university had an alchemy department that specialized in nurturing talents in alchemy. Once one graduated from the alchemy department, he would be a highly sought after talent wherever he went. The federal government, the army, the big groups, and the Nine Holy Lands all needed such talents.
And these students who could pass the alchemist apprentice exam in high school could basically be guaranteed admission to the alchemy department of these ordinary universities. Even if they applied for the top ten universities, they would still get extra points.
And it was said that in the famous universities in Donghua City, there were also some students who had passed the alchemist apprentice exam in high school. If these people applied for the alchemy department of the top ten universities, they would basically pass. They belonged to the professional special talents, and the federal government would pay attention to them.
And alchemists were basically rich people. In other words, even if they were very poor in the past, after becoming an alchemist, they would often quickly become rich. If an ordinary person wanted to become an alchemist, it was not impossible. It was just that compared to those who came from wealthy families, it was obviously much more difficult.
Du Qingtao was one of the best. He came from a poor family. Later, by chance, he obtained the inheritance of a super ancient civilization. He embarked on this path and finally became the famous King of Elixirs.
After he established the Alchemist Association, he promoted a lot of reforms in the alchemy world, so that many ordinary alchemists also had the opportunity to climb up. Now, although alchemists who came from wealthy families still occupied the mainstream, the number of ordinary alchemists was gradually increasing, and they could not be underestimated.
One of the most important things was the introduction of virtual alchemy software on the current virtual network. By simulating various alchemy environments and situations on the Internet, even ordinary people could learn the basics of alchemy.
After all, it was only virtual, and it could not improve as quickly as practicing in reality. However, it was enough to see whether a person had talent or not. If they were very talented, even if they were very poor, they would still attract the attention of the Alchemist Association. If they were really talented, they might even be taken away by the Alchemist Association for training. Even many big companies and groups would also recruit such people.
Although these people were not considered much now, these big forces were willing to provide them with enough resources to let them grow. However, the price was that they had to sign an employment contract. In the future, when they graduated, they would have to serve these forces.
This was also the only chance for ordinary people to make a name for themselves!
Although this was obviously not fair, to be able to have such an opportunity, for ordinary people, was already the greatest fairness.
Because of this virtual alchemy software, the alchemist apprentice assessment could also be carried out on the virtual network, and there was no need to personally go to the Alchemist Association.
And if he wanted to not be restricted in alchemy in the future, he would at least have to become an alchemist apprentice. Those who did not obtain a license were all unregistered residents, and would not be protected by the federal government.
And when it came to the alchemist apprentice assessment, he would have to go to the Alchemist Association for the assessment, because alchemist apprentices were already considered official alchemists, not like alchemist apprentices, in the end, they were just apprentices.
Chu Yunfan found the virtual glasses used in the Kunlun Calendar era to go to the virtual network. This thing was already a device for everyone in modern society, just like the personal computer in the Gregorian Calendar era.
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