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Seventy portions of Qi-nourishing elixirs, eighteen low-grade spirit stones, two bottles of low-grade fasting pills, half a bottle of medium-grade fasting pills, and eight high-grade fasting pills, these are all Shi Chen's belongings.

Oh, by the way, he also has ten acres of spiritual rice that he is planting.

After refining seventy furnaces of Qi-nourishing Pills, Shi Chen realized that his low success rate was due to his lack of spiritual awareness. Many first-level alchemists were at or above the late Qi Refining stage, and already had spiritual awareness to aid in alchemy. They could precisely control the purification of medicinal liquids, adjust dosages, and perform various techniques requiring spiritual awareness.

However, Shi Chen has no spiritual awareness, so his success rate in making pills is much lower.

He has already mastered the techniques of purifying, operating and mixing elixirs, and his spiritual fire technique has also reached a high level, and he can control the temperature with ease. The only difference is that he does not have spiritual consciousness to assist in refining the elixir.

I remember once, the alchemist Wu Xin mentioned a technique called "multitasking" that could compensate for the lack of spiritual awareness in alchemy. While its effects couldn't rival those of spiritual awareness, skilled use could increase the success rate by 20%. Few alchemists practiced this technique.

This multitasking reminded Shi Chen of the "double-handed fighting" technique from Earthly martial arts novels: draw a circle with your left hand, a square with your right, then switch between them until each hand doesn't affect the other.

So, Shi Chen put aside the matter of refining the Qi-nourishing Pill and began to practice multitasking.

Circle, square, circle, everything started so accidentally. Whether it was eating, drawing on the sand, practicing magic, or taking care of the spiritual field, Shi Chen tried his best to keep his left and right hands separate, doing their own things at the same time.

On the first day, he injured ten spiritual rice plants and broke three porcelain bowls, neither square nor round.

A week later, he had begun to adapt to the complementary influences of the left and right hands. He used the golden sword technique with his left hand to kill the pests of the spiritual rice, and the rain technique with his right hand to irrigate the spiritual fields.

Time flew by, and after a full month, Shi Chen's multitasking practice had finally reached a state of mastery. The next step was to begin refining the Qi-nourishing Pill. This time, he was confident that by multitasking, he could make up for his lack of spiritual awareness and greatly increase his chances of success.

Before he knew it, another month had passed, and another year had come to an end. Last month, he had spent all his time refining pills, four furnaces a day, two furnaces of fasting pills to ensure his income from spirit stones, and two furnaces of nourishing qi pills to accumulate refining experience.

By using the method of multitasking, the quality of the Qigong pill was greatly improved.

Sixty furnaces of fasting pills yielded eighteen low-grade fasting pills, four hundred and ninety-two mid-grade fasting pills, and two hundred and ten high-grade fasting pills, worth two hundred and twenty-eight low-grade spirit stones. Shi Chen didn't sell these fasting pills, but instead kept them. If he failed the assessment and stayed in the sect, and was sent out, these pills would at least provide an immediate solution.

The sixty furnaces of Qi-nourishing Pills were also quite impressive, with a significant increase in the success rate and the number of full pills. A total of 386 low-grade Qi-nourishing Pills were refined. Thirty-eight furnaces yielded successful pills, eight full pills, and thirty furnaces yielded between six and ten pills.

This success rate is already comparable to that of a first-level alchemist. If he hadn't made the leap from Qi-nourishing Pills to a first-level alchemist, his success rate might not even be comparable to Shi Chen's.

The Qi-nourishing Pill has started to make a profit. One hundred and forty low-grade spirit stones of spiritual medicine can be refined into a pill worth one hundred and ninety low-grade spirit stones, with six pills left over.

Go to Chenjia Market outside the sect to sell twenty bottles of Qi-nourishing Pills and collect one hundred and twenty low-grade spirit stones.

The price of elixirs in the market outside the sect is slightly higher than that in the sect. Sect-produced elixirs are always in high demand because they have a uniform standard of potency, unlike the elixirs made by independent alchemists, which vary in quality.

After carefully cooking five side dishes, pouring a pot of spirit wine, and bringing ten bottles of low-grade Qi-nourishing pills, Shi Chen came to the Xiu Shi Hall.

After asking about Senior Brother Huang Qi's whereabouts, he came to Senior Brother Huang Qi's cave with a food box.

Huang Qi gently knocked on the door restriction, and soon he opened the door to the cave.

"I wonder why Junior Brother Shi came here to see me?" Huang Qi asked after seeing that the person who pressed the cave restriction was Shi Chen.

"Brother Huang, I hope you are well. I came here mainly to thank you. Since I entered the sect, I have been fortunate to have received your guidance and care. Now that I have achieved some success, I have come here to express my gratitude."

"Junior brother, why do you say that? I was just following the sect's rules at the beginning, so how can I say I'm taking care of you? Since you're here, I'd like to express my gratitude. Please come into the mansion and have a chat."

After entering Huang Qi's cave, Shi Chen placed the side dishes and spiritual wine he brought on the table.

"Junior brother, I will cook a few dishes and have a few drinks with you to thank you for your support."

"I appreciate your kindness," Huang Qi said after picking up his chopsticks and tasting a few dishes. "I regret letting you go. You should have stayed in our Xiu Shi Hall. With your cooking skills, you will definitely be rated as a top-grade chef."

"I appreciate your kindness, senior brother. My heart is not in cooking. Seeking the path to immortality is my most important thing. Please, senior brother." Shi Chen and Huang Qi raised their glasses and drank together.

After three rounds of wine and five kinds of dishes, both of them were very happy.

"Junior brother, you came here not just to have a drink and a meal with me, you must have something else, right?" After they had almost finished eating and drinking, Huang Qi looked at Shi Chen and said.

"Brother, you have a keen eye. I do have something to discuss with you."

"Brother, please feel free to speak up. I will definitely help you with all my strength. If my ability is limited, please don't mind."

"Brother, what are you talking about? I don't have anything to be upset about. This is my own business. You are already looking up to me by listening to me. Whether this matter succeeds or not, I don't blame you."

"Brother, what's the matter?"

"The thing is like this..."

Shi Chen took out ten bottles of Qi-nourishing Pills from his storage bag and placed them neatly on the table. He then told Huang Qi that he was planning to get certified as a first-level Alchemist next month and expressed his desire to collaborate with Huang Qi's family.

He said that in the future, he would give priority to selling the Qi-nourishing Pills he refined to the Huang family, and the transaction would be conducted according to the price stipulated by the sect. At the same time, he would also refine ten furnaces of Qi-nourishing Pills for the Huang family every month at the price of one low-grade spirit stone.

As long as the Huang family protects Shi Chen, they will not be plotted against by other families.

When asked about Shi Chen's success rate in making pills, Shi Chen replied that it was 60%.

Huang Qi excitedly grabbed Shi Chen's hand and agreed readily.

Shi Chen took the contract and returned to his spiritual farm. The contract was simple: the Huang family would protect Shi Chen and ensure his safety from threats from other families. Shi Chen also had to refine ten furnaces of Qi-nourishing Pills for the Huang family every month and give priority to selling the refined Qi-nourishing Pills to them.

When the head of the Huang family saw Shi Chen, he was very excited. They knew that the Huang family finally had a guest alchemist, and the family's strength had been further improved.

Both parties win, so cooperation is easy to achieve.

He bought another twenty Qi-nourishing pills from the medicine cabinet. Together with the remaining ten, Shi Chen planned to refine one furnace of Qi-nourishing pills every day in the last month of this year, resume normal cultivation, look after the spiritual fields, practice magic, and accumulate his experience in alchemy to prepare for the big assessment at the end of the year and the first-level alchemist certification.

In the blink of an eye, a month passed quickly, and Shi Chen had already reported to the sect in advance, requesting to be certified as a first-level alchemist.