"Li Dage!"
"Good morning, Li Dage."
As soon as Li Chen stepped into the Divine Pill Pavilion, several attendants enthusiastically greeted him, each with a fawning smile.
Li Chen nodded and smiled in response, then went to report to Alchemist Chen.
"Little Li, I heard that yesterday the Pavilion Master bestowed upon you a bottle of Qi Cultivation Pill?"
Li Chen saw Alchemist Chen.
Alchemist Chen's face was full of amiable smiles, and his attitude towards him was not as cold as before; it was clearly much more concerned.
His change in attitude was undoubtedly because of Linglong Fairy.
Meeting Alchemist Chen's concerned gaze, Li Chen nodded and respectfully replied, "Thanks to the Pavilion Master's great kindness, I was bestowed a bottle of Qi Cultivation Pill."
Alchemist Chen's eyes subtly moved. "Little Li, did you have any complaints about me making you chop firewood for half a year?"
Li Chen immediately shook his head. "I wouldn't dare."
"This junior had not entered the Dao before and had no cultivation. Senior making this junior chop firewood was also a form of tempering for this junior. How could this junior harbor resentment for Senior's painstaking efforts?"
A satisfied smile appeared on Alchemist Chen's gaunt face.
"Little Li, since you have already entered the Dao, you don't need to do things like chopping firewood anymore."
"Today, follow this old man to the medicinal garden. This old man will first teach you to identify Spirit Medicine and familiarize yourself with their medicinal properties."
"Yes."
"Thank you, Senior!"
Li Chen bowed deeply to Alchemist Chen, his face filled with excitement.
To be truly excited was false; it was just that being too calm did not fit his identity as an apprentice.
Alchemist Chen stroked his beard, his smile becoming even more amiable.
"Little Li, you are this old man's apprentice. Don't always call me 'Senior' repeatedly; it makes us seem distant."
"From now on, just call this old man Pill Refiner Chen."
Li Chen was overjoyed and became even more excited, quickly opening his mouth and shouting, "Disciple greets Pill Refiner Chen."
Alchemist Chen chuckled and nodded.
"Come, follow this old man to the medicinal garden."
As the largest Alchemy pavilion in Yin Mountain Market, the Divine Pill Pavilion naturally had a dedicated medicinal garden, and even specialized medicine farmers to look after the Spirit Medicine.
In the medicinal garden, there were two medicine farmers looking after the Spirit Medicine.
One of them was an old man with dark, rough skin, and the other was a delicate and quiet young woman.
Upon seeing Alchemist Chen, the old man quickly came forward, revealing a mouthful of black and yellow teeth with a grin.
"Old Chen, what medicine do you need Today?"
The woman stood quietly to the side and respectfully said, "Yun Zhi greets Alchemist Chen."
Alchemist Chen nodded lightly to the two, saying calmly, "You don't need to mind this old man. This old man is just bringing his Disciple Today to identify Spirit Medicine and recognize their medicinal properties. You two go about your business."
"Is this young man the new Disciple Old Chen has taken in?"
The old man turned his gaze to Li Chen, a fawning smile on his face.
The woman beside him also looked at Li Chen, her clear eyes showing a hint of surprise.
Li Chen returned their gaze with a polite smile.
Alchemist Chen did not pay much attention to the two, leading Li Chen into the medicinal garden, explaining as they walked, "These two are a pair of grandparents."
"The old one is named Yun Feng, and the young one is named Yun Zhi. These grandparents are skilled at looking after Spirit Medicine."
"A few years ago, the Pavilion Master saved the lives of these grandparents. To repay the Pavilion Master's life-saving grace, they stayed in the Divine Pill Pavilion to look after Spirit Medicine for the Pavilion Master."
"It is said that Yun Zhi even has a fifth-grade Spiritual Root. Though she is only in her early twenties, she is already at Qi Refining sixth-layer cultivation. In the future, she has hopes of breaking through to Foundation Establishment. That old fellow Yun Feng dotes on his granddaughter; he doesn't allow any men to approach her."
Li Chen listened quietly, glancing back at the quiet, orchid-like woman behind him.
The woman sensed his gaze and looked up, meeting Li Chen's eyes.
Their gazes met and then parted instantly.
Alchemist Chen led Li Chen to the edge of the medicinal field, pointing to the vast expanse of golden Spirit Plant and saying, "This is Golden Bone Grass. Its medicinal properties are mild, and it has the ability to satiate hunger. It is the main ingredient for refining Pigu Pill."
"This is Azure Spirit Fruit, the main ingredient for refining Qi Cultivation Pill."
"Snake Saliva Grass, combined with the whip of a first-order Yao Beast, the Black Fire Hound, can refine the All Wonders Pill. The Medicinal Pill this old man is most skilled at refining is the All Wonders Pill. In the Yan Country Cultivation World, many Cultivator use the All Wonders Pill refined by this old man."
When speaking of the All Wonders Pill, Alchemist Chen's gaunt face flushed, and his eyes were full of pride and self-satisfaction.
Li Chen knew that the All Wonders Pill was Alchemist Chen's unique Pill Formula, a Medicinal Pill he had developed through fortunate Opportunity. It was the only one of its kind in the entire Yan Country Cultivation World. Even the second-order Alchemy Legacy Li Chen had obtained did not include the method for refining the All Wonders Pill.
The so-called All Wonders Pill, to put it plainly, was a type of aphrodisiac, but its effects were remarkably good and it was extremely popular in the Cultivation World.
Most of the Cultivator who purchased the All Wonders Pill were older male Cultivator.
Throughout the entire morning, Li Chen followed Alchemist Chen, touring most of the medicinal garden and learning to identify dozens of first-order Spirit Plant and Spirit Medicine.
As for the second-order Spirit Medicine in the medicinal garden, Alchemist Chen was not authorized to use them, nor was he qualified to bring Li Chen to identify and recognize them.
In the Divine Pill Pavilion, only two people were qualified to use second-order Spirit Medicine: one was Pill Refiner Ge, and the other was Linglong Fairy.
After touring the medicinal garden, Alchemist Chen gave Li Chen a thick book titled 'Compendium of Hundred Herbs' and told him to read and study it carefully when he went back.
In truth, all of this was completely unnecessary for Li Chen.
In the second-order Alchemy Legacy he had obtained, these things were basically all included.
However, Li Chen still planned to follow Alchemist Chen's instructions step by step to learn Alchemy, and then gradually reveal his Alchemy talent.
Currently, he could not expose that he possessed a second-order Alchemy Legacy, otherwise, it would surely attract covetousness.
In the afternoon, Li Chen followed Alchemist Chen to the Pill Refining Room.
Alchemist Chen had over ten apprentices.
The most capable apprentice among them was already able to refine Qi Cultivation Pill, Harmonizing Qi Pill, and Gathering Spirit Pill, basically on the verge of graduating.
In the Pill Refining Room, when the apprentices saw Alchemist Chen appear, those who were not working rushed forward to greet him.
"Greetings, Pill Refiner Chen."
"Pill Refiner Chen, are you going to open the furnace to refine Medicinal Pill?"
Several apprentices gathered around, each with a respectful expression and an extremely docile attitude.
Alchemist Chen's gaze swept over them, his expression serious, and he asked in a deep voice, "Where is Zhou Jian? Why don't I see him?"
"Pill Refiner Chen, Senior Brother Zhou is currently opening the furnace to refine Yellow Sprout Pill."
"Hmph!"
Alchemist Chen snorted coldly, his expression turning gloomy.
"Is Yellow Sprout Pill that easy to refine? Young people don't know the immensity of heaven and earth."
A moment later, Alchemist Chen calmed down again, beckoned an apprentice over, and instructed in a deep voice, "Ink White, you first take this Junior Brother to familiarize him with how to open the furnace and how to warm the furnace."
A short, middle-aged man stepped forward, with two handlebar mustaches on his lip, and a broad smile.
"This must be Junior Brother Li Chen, right?"
"Junior Brother Li, please."
Li Chen nodded, bowed to Alchemist Chen, and then followed the apprentice named Ink White, leaving for another Pill Refining Room.
Zhou Jian was the most talented Alchemy apprentice in the Divine Pill Pavilion. It was said that he could open a furnace to refine first-order Spirit Pill and had the qualification to be promoted to Alchemist, but he had always been suppressed by Alchemist Chen.
Li Chen only learned Today that the relationship between Zhou Jian and Alchemist Chen was somewhat strained.
Zhou Jian was nominally Alchemist Chen's apprentice, but Alchemist Chen could not bear to see Zhou Jian being more excellent than himself. Of course, perhaps there were also reasons related to Zhou Jian's own personality.
Currently, Li Chen dared not draw conclusions, as he did not fully understand Alchemist Chen's personality, nor Zhou Jian's.
Indeed, wherever there are people, there is struggle; wherever there are people, there is Jianghu, and the Cultivation World is no exception.
Li Chen had an epiphany in his heart.
To put it bluntly, the Cultivation World was just another Jianghu.
He had come from the secular Jianghu to the Cultivation World, merely stepping into another, larger Jianghu.
The difference was that the secular Jianghu contended for fame and fortune, while the Cultivation World contended for Cultivation resources and that sliver of Opportunity for Immortal Ascension.
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