What's more, some Tier Two Alchemists, to guarantee the quality of the pills they produce, would deliberately sacrifice two potential pills to focus on refining just one. This practice damaged their reputations, making material providers all the more cautious and forcing them to heavily vet an Alchemist's credibility.
Moreover, the Foundation Establishment Pill was precious and its materials scarce. No Alchemist could afford to practice with them repeatedly, making it impossible to accumulate experience and thereby increase the success rate...
More importantly, for Qi Cultivation Loose Cultivators, the most skilled Tier Two Alchemists were completely out of reach. Those seeking pills couldn't even get through the door.
This was because such Alchemists associated exclusively with Foundation Establishment Cultivators, or even Fake Core Cultivators. The status of a Qi Cultivation Loose Cultivator was simply too low, and the prices they could pay were not enough to sway them.
