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"Alchemists can choose to calculate by the number of days or the number of pills they hand in. Their military duty is to refine one pill per day, depending on the grade, or two pills of the next lower grade. The daily ratio is one pill for every five furnaces. If the alchemist requests, they can also hand in a ten-day or a month's supply of spiritual medicine, as long as the required number of pills is delivered within the agreed-upon number of days. If the alchemist fails to refine a single pill within the five furnaces of spiritual medicine provided by the military, they must purchase the spiritual medicine themselves. Conversely, if the alchemist exceeds the military duty requirement, they can receive a corresponding military merit reward for the extra pills they hand in, or they can keep them for themselves. This counts as the alchemist's fee for refining the pills on their behalf. Some special pills have separate military merit calculations, such as the Foundation Establishment Pill. For example, if three pills are produced from five furnaces of spiritual medicine, they receive ninety military merits, or thirty military merits per pill. The exchange of military merits and the military regulations of Dongzhizhou are detailed in this jade slip, so alchemists can learn more about it." Deacon Liao took out a jade slip and handed it to Shi Chen.

Dongfang Bai brought Shi Chen to a cave and saw a wooden sign hanging on the wooden door, which read Ding belongs to Jia twelve.

"Master Alchemist, this cave is your residence. It has an alchemy room, a practice room, a lounge, and a small garden pavilion. This is my sound transmission note. If you have any needs, you can send a message to me and I will do my best." Dongfang Bai handed over a sound transmission note and said.

"Okay," Shi Chen put away the sound transmission talisman and said, "I won't be refining the elixir today. Go get me three months' supply of military elixirs tomorrow. I want all second-grade elixirs. Here's the list."

"Okay, Master Alchemist, I will deliver the elixirs on the list at noon tomorrow. See you tomorrow, Master Alchemist." Dongfang Bai said as he took the jade slip.

After entering the cave and coming to the training room, he checked the jade slips given by Deacon Liao and understood many of the military rules and regulations of Dongzhizhou.

Dongzhizhou implements a legion management system, and everything is carried out according to military regulations and laws. If the military merit reaches a certain amount, even the lord of the fairy city can be appointed.

Military merits can be exchanged for everything that Dongzhizhou has. Dongzhizhou is the front line of Dayu Continent against the sea beasts in the Demon Sea. Many resources are supplied by the other four states of Dayu Continent. Whether it is cultivators, spirit stones, spirit medicines, talismans, etc., Dongzhizhou produces relatively little on its own.

The military merit system is also very complete. Ordinary cultivators patrolling along the front line can earn fifty military merits a month, while cultivators from other immortal cities can earn thirty military merits a month. The higher the rank, the more military merits one can earn each month.

For alchemists like Shi Chen, the state government provides spiritual medicine for refining, and one bottle of first-level elixir can earn one military merit.

Handing over a bottle of first-grade elixir will earn you three military merits.

A bottle of second-level elixir is worth ten military merits, and you can get thirty military merits if you refine and hand in your own elixir.

One military merit can normally be exchanged for three low-grade spirit stones.

One thousand military merits can be exchanged for a low-grade foundation-building pill.

Dongzhizhou has a rationing system. Each person has a corresponding ration every month, and then there is the military merit exchange. Various resources can be exchanged at the military merit exchange office. As long as you have enough military merits, you can exchange them for spiritual treasures.

After understanding the implementation system of Dongzhizhou, Shi Chen put away the jade slip and began to practice.

The night was peaceful. As soon as the morning hour arrived, Dongfang Bai brought the elixir that Shi Chen would need for the next three months.

Five portions of spiritual medicine a day, four hundred and fifty portions of spiritual medicine in three months. With Shi Chen's alchemy skills, as long as his spiritual consciousness is not overworked, the success rate of the pills is guaranteed to be 90%.

He planned to refine 450 furnaces of pills within a month, practice in seclusion in the cave for two months, and then come out to hand in the pills at the appointed time.

Shi Chen's spiritual power can withstand refining fifteen furnaces of pills a day. From the time he practiced the Soul Forging Technique until now, his spiritual power has reached the level of a perfect golden elixir. He can refine twenty furnaces of familiar pills a day. If he continues to refine after twenty furnaces, it will affect the quality and yield of the pills.

Two months passed very quickly. I got up at the hour of Mao every day, practiced the magic for an hour, and then started to make pills. After making fifteen furnaces of pills, it was already the hour of Shen in the afternoon. From the hour of Shen to the hour of You, I studied pill books, pharmacopoeia, or talismans and formations. I started to practice at the hour of Xu and ended at the hour of Zi.

The fifth level of foundation building was in sight, but unfortunately the peaceful training was always short-lived. Only three days into the third month, the cave's warning restriction was triggered.

Looking at Shi Chen, who looked gloomy, Dongfang Bai clasped his hands and bowed, then whispered, "My apologies, Master Shi, the capital has issued a military order to mobilize all cultivators to the front lines. The assembly time is three days. Those who fail to arrive after three days will be subject to military law. Master Shi, please report to your assigned deployment before noon three days later."

"Has there been any change in the Demon Sea on the front line? Hasn't there been any major demon beast riots in the Demon Sea for decades?" Shi Chen asked doubtfully.

"I don't know either, but there's news from the city that the demon tribe has been active in recent years. The Sirens haven't started a war for a hundred years, so a war might break out in the next few years. We still have to wait for news from above. Master Alchemist, check the military registration card, which will show the assignment." Dongfang Bai said after a little thought.

"If you have any accurate news, please send me a message. I will definitely arrive before noon three days later." Shi Chen said in a deep voice with a serious expression.

As soon as Dongfang Bai left, Shi Chen opened the cave's restrictions and returned to the training room.

It's really bad luck. Originally, as long as I finished the three months of military service, I could leave for the west. Once I left Dongzhizhou, I would not be forced to serve in the military. I could leave Dayu Continent from Laizhou, Yezhou or Xiqiongzhou. Unfortunately, the war between humans and the sirens broke out at this time.

Not in the mood to practice, Shi Chen packed up his things, walked out of the cave, and came to a restaurant in the fairy city where news was more widely circulated.

The restaurant lobby was full, and Shi Chen finally found an empty seat and shared a table.

It was already midnight when Shi Chen returned to the cave. He looked very unhappy because most of the news he heard were negative.

The news from the coastal front was that the Sirens had gathered millions of monsters and were approaching from all sides, while the nine immortal cities where the human cultivators were located had less than 100,000 cultivators.

Half a month ago, a group of monks who were detained for committing crimes in various states were mobilized to the front line, but the front line was too long and tens of thousands of detained monks could not make any waves at all.

Dongzhizhou is gathering the first batch of supporting monks, and Shi Chen is included in them. The other four states are gathering the second batch of monks, and I don’t know if there will be a third batch.

On June 13, in the summer of the year 11353 in the spiritual world, the nine frontier immortal cities of Dongzhizhou, the northernmost Haibei Immortal City and the southernmost Nanhai Immortal City, were landed by sea monsters hundreds of miles away and were in imminent danger.

On June 20th, in the summer of the year 11353 in the spiritual world calendar, Peng Xuanbo, the lord of Dongzhizhou, fought against the Sea Monster King, and the two were evenly matched.

On July 2, in the autumn of the year 11353 in the spiritual world calendar, the Sirens advanced their front line from the coastline of the Sea of Demons. The farthest point was 300 miles from the coast, and the closest point was over 100 miles away.

On July 13, in the autumn of the year 11353 in the spiritual world, the palace lord Peng Xuanbo issued a call for assistance.

On July 15th in the autumn of the year 11353 in the spiritual world calendar, the other four states of Dayu Continent began to transport the monks detained in various places to the battlefield, with a total of more than 50,000.

On August 2, in the autumn of the year 11353 in the spiritual world calendar, Dongzhizhou gathered the first batch of supporting monks, totaling more than 80,000.