Immortality and cultivation begin with alchemy and accounting.

Bai Jingming continued, "Your Autumn Maple Island is a Ding-class island. Apart from a low-grade first-level fire vein, it's completely barren."

"But besides the first-grade mid-level earth fire vein, the No. 8 fire vein also has a low-grade companion spiritual vein. In addition to alchemy, it is also beneficial for cultivation."

"After hearing about this, Xuan Gu bought a scroll of notes on first-grade mid-level pills and asked me to deliver it to you. He asked me to tell you to cultivate the Dao of Pills diligently and strive to break through to become a first-grade mid-level alchemist so that you can compete for the Bing-eighth Earth Fire Vein."

Upon hearing this, Bai Xuanjing began to ponder.

For a family like the Bai family, enclave islands are one of their fundamental means of survival.

If information about the island were to fall into the hands of enemies, it could at best cripple the Bai family, and at worst lead to their extermination.

Therefore, information about each enclave island is closely guarded secrets, even for resource islands of low rank.

For example, information such as the location of Autumn Maple Island was only known to Bai Xuanjing, who was stationed there, Bai Jingming, who was in charge of the handover, and a few elders of the Bai family who were specifically responsible for alchemy and overseas affairs.

For the rest of the Bai family, Qiufeng Island was known by only one name: Ding Twelve Fire Vein.

Therefore, Bai Jingming only mentioned the side benefits of Island No. 8, without mentioning the location of the island.

If what Bai Jingming said is true, then this mid-grade fire vein is indeed a good place.

Besides the accompanying spiritual veins...

Bai Xuanjing's alchemy calculations included the grade of the Earth Fire Vein as a scoring criterion.

It is conceivable that if higher-grade earth fire veins and higher-grade spiritual materials are used to refine higher-grade pills, the settlement rewards will also increase accordingly.

However, judging from Bai Jingming's words, this No. 8 Fire Vein seemed to be involved in the family's factional struggles, which made Bai Xuanjing somewhat worried.

But Bai Jingming also seemed to encourage Bai Xuanjing to compete for the No. 8 Fire Vein, so it probably wasn't a big deal.

Bai Xuanjing took the medicine manual and began to read it.

The pill manual records a first-grade, mid-level pill called Azure Water Pill.

It is also a Qi-refining pill that the Bai family cultivators are skilled at making.

Although it is the Bai family's pill formula, ordinary disciples have to exchange contribution points to learn from it.

This alchemy manual contains not only the formulas but also the alchemy insights of some alchemists from the Bai family, making it even more valuable.

If it weren't for the subsidies allocated by the Third Branch Elder, it would probably have sold for nearly 250 contribution points.

If you buy it from the market, the price will be higher.

That's equivalent to about two years' worth of Baek Hyun-kyung's salary!

Even with family subsidies, the price won't be too low.

Holding the Bishui Dan Notebook, Bai Xuanjing felt its weight.

In the memories of her predecessor, Bai Xuangu was a respected elder brother.

Looking back now, it seems this person truly cared for Baek Hyun-kyung.

This amount of spirit stones is not something Bai Xuangu can easily produce.

"Please trouble you, Second Uncle, to thank my elder brother on my behalf!" Bai Xuanjing bowed respectfully.

Bai Jingming waved his hand, "It's nothing!"

Since he was interested in vying for the No. 8 Fire Vein, Bai Xuanjing asked one more question.

"When will the assessment for ownership of the No. 8 Fire Vein begin? In other words, by what point must I reach the level of a mid-grade first-tier alchemist to have a chance to seize the No. 8 Fire Vein?"

"This is no secret," Bai Jingming said. "The family's alchemists are all cultivators who have been sent out to work. It would be inappropriate to call them all back at once."

The current decision is to determine the ownership of Fire Vein No. 8 during next year's clan assembly, when everyone is home.

The Bai family holds a clan gathering every three years.

The clan council will gather Bai family cultivators scattered throughout the seas for large-scale events such as ancestor worship, which can be considered a festival to enhance family cohesion.

It also feels somewhat like celebrating the Lunar New Year in a past life.

It has both the atmosphere of the Chinese New Year and the holiday experience of the Chinese New Year.

During the clan gathering, cultivators like Bai Xuanjing who are stationed outside the clan do not need to refine pills.

Bai Xuanjing nodded, setting a small goal in her heart.

In the past, breaking through to the first-level mid-grade alchemist within a year might have been a distant dream.

But for him right now, it's definitely not a difficult task.

The rewards for alchemy include an improvement in alchemy skills.

After explaining the matter of the pill manual, the topic turned to the pill quota for the coming year.

"Here is white jade spirit rice, enough for you to eat for a year, along with some other daily necessities."

Bai Jingming first took out a bag of spirit rice and some other items.

Looking at these items, Bai Xuanjing nodded.

His cultivation level was only at the Qi Refining stage, so naturally he needed to eat.

White Jade Spirit Rice contains abundant spiritual energy, and consuming it over a long period of time is beneficial for cultivation.

As a cultivator sent to the outpost, one of the perks is that all this white jade spirit rice is provided free of charge by the family.

"These are the medicinal herbs for next year. This year, we will not refine the Azure Scale Pill, but instead refine the Yellow Jade Pill."

Immediately afterwards, Bai Jingming's fingertips flashed with spiritual energy again as he took out many brocade boxes and bottles from his storage bag.

Upon hearing this, Bai Xuanjing was somewhat surprised.

For a large family like the Bai family, Qi-refining pills are a necessity. In addition to supporting their own disciples, they are also sold in specialized shops outside the family.

Therefore, the family has the most alchemists who refine the Azure Scale Pill, and the first lesson for disciples of the Pill Hall is to identify the medicinal properties of spiritual herbs related to the Azure Scale Pill.

Huang Yudan, on the other hand, is a healing pill.

The main ingredient of this elixir also comes from a demonic beast, an essence-based gelatin made from the shell of a tortoise called the Yellow Jade Tortoise, known as Yellow Jade Tortoise Glue.

"This... Second Uncle, although I can refine Yellow Jade Pills, I mainly refine Azure Scale Pills. If I switch to refining Yellow Jade Pills, I'm afraid the success rate will be lower." Bai Jingming's expression changed slightly.

A bad thought arose in his mind.

Under what circumstances would a large number of healing pills be needed?

Without a doubt, war is about to break out in the family!

However, Bai Xuanjing was not surprised by this.

The Bai family was originally a pioneering family under the Liuyun Sect, and war was a frequent occurrence for them.

But even a low-level alchemist like Bai Xuanjing has been sent to refine healing pills, so the Bai family is likely to face a tough battle.

Although she had her suspicions, Bai Xuanjing knew that this was a family secret, so she didn't ask any further questions.

However, he suddenly became a little worried about Bai Xuangu.

My elder brother is a cultivator who specializes in killing and warfare. He also commands ten people in the clan's guard hall and is the leader of a squad.

If there is a war, Bai Xuanjing can refine pills in the rear.

Bai Xuan Gu is going to the battlefield!

"There are a total of 230 pill materials here. The family has also taken into consideration that you alchemists who mainly refine Azure Scale Pills are not familiar with Yellow Jade Pills, so the quota has been reduced a bit."

"Next year, you only need to hand over 350 Yellow Jade Pills to the family, but the condition is that all 230 portions of pills must be refined."

"The extra pills are yours personally, or you can sell them to the family. The family will buy them all at the market price," Bai Jingming said.