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In the world of cultivation, Alchemist certification is a crucial matter. First-level Alchemist certification involves three main assessments: first, knowledge of spiritual medicines. The assessment requires listing 150 commonly used first-level spiritual medicines and their corresponding properties and characteristics. Second, a theoretical discussion of the pharmacology, properties, and characteristics of the spiritual medicines in a first-level recipe. Third, the assessment requires refining ten furnaces of first-level elixirs within five days, with at least three furnaces producing successful pills and each furnace producing at least six pills.

The difficulty of obtaining the certification of an alchemist is quite high, especially the third level. When many alchemists are refining ten furnaces of first-level pills, many can only make three furnaces of pills successfully, but it is rare to achieve the goal of making six pills out of three furnaces.

In the world of cultivation, alchemists are rare, so they are very popular. If a family has an alchemist, they will definitely become the overlord of this place within a hundred years.

Many people participated in the first-level alchemist certification process. Some were brought in by their families, some were independent cultivators from outside, and the majority were Qingxuan Sect's own alchemy disciples. Over three hundred people took their seats and began the first stage of the assessment and certification.

The questions in this level are very simple. The time limit is three hours, and you are required to write down 150 commonly used first-level spiritual medicines and their relative medicinal properties and attributes.

Cultivators who choose the alchemist skill must be familiar with more than 300 kinds of first-level spiritual medicines, and some second-level spiritual medicines are basic requirements, so the alchemists are full of confidence in the first level.

The second day was a relatively short discussion of the medicinal properties, pharmacology, and medicinal properties of elixirs. This stage eliminated a number of alchemy practitioners.

From the third to the seventh day, it was the third round of assessment. The alchemist was required to choose a first-level elixir recipe and refine ten furnaces of elixirs within five days, with at least three furnaces of elixir and at least six pills in each furnace.

For Shi Chen, this was no longer a problem; he simply needed to control the number of pills he could produce. He deliberately stopped refining on the first and second days, wasting three batches of pills on the first and second days. On the third day, he successfully produced two batches of pills, one with six pills and the other with eight. On the fourth day, he failed to produce one batch, but the second batch produced eight pills. On the last day, he produced eight pills in the first batch, but the rest were wasted.

In the end, during the five-day assessment, he refined ten furnaces of pills, and succeeded in four of them, with each furnace containing six to eight pills.

On the eighth day, the results of the first-level alchemist certification were announced. Shi Chen looked at the list and found that his name was not on the list. His name was not on any of the three levels.

The Zhu family actually covered up everything and concealed all his achievements.

The next step was the three-year assessment, and Shi Chen was sure to fail. His application to cultivate thirty acres of spiritual fields was just a buffer. Within the sect, without a strong backing, he would eventually be recruited by the Zhu family and become their exploited alchemist.

Shi Chen felt helpless that a second-grade alchemist could deceive his superiors and subordinates. He could only act normal, not revealing any abnormality. Even when he was forced to sign a contract with the Zhu family, he could not show any resentment. For a menial disciple with no foundation, the sect would not pay attention to such matters.

Shi Chen disposed of some of the Qi-nourishing Pills and did not sell the Qi-nourishing Pills. He had less than two hundred low-grade spirit stones left in his possession. He prepared for the worst and was sent to the edge of the territory by the sect to do odd jobs.

There was no news from the Huang family, and it seemed that they had nothing to do with Shi Chen.

Once the grand assessment was over, Shi Chen was dispatched by the sect to Qisha Market, a market on the edge of the territory. He served as a handyman for the sect, responsible for purchasing local specialties from the Mingsha River, producing a thousand kilograms of Mingsha each year.

Shi Chen learned from the sect that this place was thirty-five thousand miles away, located on the edge of the Qingxuan Sect, near the Mingsha River, and adjacent to the Liehuo Sect and Qianjue Sect. Within a hundred miles, this area was a chaotic intersection of these three sects. The Qisha Market was controlled by the Qingxuan Sect, and the stationed deacon was a branch of the Zhu family named Zhu Qinglang, who had reached the fifth level of Qi training.

This was obviously a tactic used by the Zhu family to force Shi Chen to go to the Zhu family and submit.

Shi Chen feigned ignorance of the Zhu family's actions and purchased the Earth Wall Technique, Fire Dragon Technique, and Vine Thorn Technique at the Sutra Library, spending ninety low-grade spirit stones. He then went to the Medicine Pavilion and bought forty doses of Qi-Nourishing Pills. Then, he returned to the Spiritual Field Hut to await notification from the sect.

On the last night in Qingxuan Sect, Huang Qi brought a female cultivator to Shi Chen's Lingtian hut.

"Junior Brother Shi, I'm really sorry. For the sake of profit, our family has broken the contract with you. Huang Qi would like to apologize to you here." Huang Qi said with a fist salute.

"Brother Huang, you are too kind. It was my fault that I did not tell the Zhu family about my dispute at that time. Forget it. I have ordinary qualifications. The Huang family should not offend the Zhu family because of me." Shi Chen said.

"I know your potential, junior brother. You can be certified as a first-level alchemist in just three years. There are few people like you in my Qingxuan Sect, so the Zhu family is willing to give up their interests in order to get your submission. This time, it was my Huang family that was unfair. I hope you won't hold a grudge against me." Huang Qi said apologetically.

"Senior Brother Huang, I am just a menial disciple, like a rootless duckweed. It's normal for me to be manipulated by others. Today it's the Zhu family, tomorrow it's the Li family, and the day after tomorrow it's the Zhou family. This is a common thing in the cultivation world. It's just that I don't accept my fate." Shi Chen said helplessly.

"Let's not talk about this. This time, I am going to Qisha Market with my sister and junior brother. We can support each other in the future. Let me introduce you. This is my sister, Huang Ziying." Huang Qi said, pointing to the female cultivator next to him.

"Hello, Senior Sister! Senior Brother Huang, are you giving up your position as the sect's deacon for me? There is no need to do this." Shi Chen said in surprise.

"I'll just be frank with Junior Brother Shi. First, the family doesn't see your potential, and I feel sorry for you. I want to use my personal support to help you reach an alliance. Second, my sister and I are just side branches of the Huang family, and we're at the mercy of the family here, so we have no choice but to find another way out. Third, I'm already at the sixth level of Qi training, and I don't see any hope of breaking through to the later stages of Qi training in the sect. I can only rely on your luck to try and get a chance at a better future," Huang Qi said frankly.

Shi Chen considered for ten breaths before saying, "Since Senior Brother Huang thinks highly of me, please rest assured. Within three years, I will be able to refine elixirs for the Qi Refining Stage. By then, we will have sufficient resources, and after ten or eight years, Foundation Establishment will be a piece of cake."

"Okay, I'll wait for my junior brother to rise to prominence. Now we are going to the border of the sect. What resources does my junior brother need? My sister and I have accumulated some wealth over the years and can help him get some resources." Huang Qi said happily.

"Since we will be relying on each other in the future, I won't be polite. If you trust me, I'll exchange all the spirit stones for spiritual medicines. You can exchange some for spiritual medicines for refining Qi-nourishing Pills and some for refining Soul-Nourishing Pills. I'll also give you a recipe for Soul-Nourishing Pills." Shi Chen said.

"Junior brother, can you refine the Soul-Nourishing Pill?" Huang Qi asked in surprise.

"Brother, you also know that with my current alchemy skills, I am already a first-level alchemist. I am proficient in refining first-level nourishing qi pills. The next step is to prepare for refining soul-enriching pills and prepare for the middle stage of qi training. Moreover, the profit of soul-enriching pills is greater. As long as I can refine soul-enriching pills, the three of us will not be short of resources for cultivation." Shi Chen analyzed.

"Based on your estimation, how many spiritual herbs are needed to refine the Soul-Nourishing Pill?" Huang Qi asked.

"It's hard to say, but if you have enough spirit stones, just keep some for backup, and use the rest to buy spirit pills and spiritual medicines. Now that we are still in the sect, the price of spiritual medicines is not high. If we leave the sect, the price will be much higher than in the sect, and the profit from refining pills will be lower." Shi Chen said.

"Since you are so confident, listen to your advice and buy more spiritual medicines for the Soul-Enriching Pill," Huang Qi said.