CHAPTER 178: CHAPTER 178: NEW ALCHEMY TECHNIQUES

Back in the Supreme Mysterious Martial Academy, he was only using a Tier One Spirit Sword.

What is the concept of a Tier Nine Spiritual Artifact? He couldn’t even imagine, let alone the legendary Treasure Artifact.

The emperor of the Donglan Dynasty seemed to be using just a Tier Nine Spiritual Artifact.

And here he was, on his first day entering, having something better than him?

A million Top-grade Spirit Stones?

He used to only use Lower Grade Spirit Stones, and he had to be thrifty with them.

As for Spirit Pills, in three years at the Supreme Mysterious Martial Academy, he only received three First Grade ones, which he cherished like treasures.

And now, he was directly given 100 bottles of Ninth-grade ones.

If it weren’t for the strong-willed mind of these four, other newcomers might have gone into shock on the spot.

But even they weren’t doing much better.

After realizing the value of the items in the ring, they couldn’t manage their facial expressions anymore.

"Thank you, Sect Leader!"

"Such grace from the Sect Leader, it’s unforgettable in this life..."

"In the next life, even if I were to offer my life in gratitude, I would repay the Sect Leader..."

Jiang Cheng waved his hand, and it was just these four.

The batch of people outside, of course, would not get such a generous greeting gift.

These four were too special, most likely each holding a protagonist’s script.

Isn’t it only natural to give special treatment to the protagonists?

Especially since they’ll eventually be training in the Xuanji Map, at which point resources will be used up quickly.

"Their meridians currently can’t withstand Ninth-grade Spirit Pills, you three masters should keep an eye on them in the future."

Mo Chen, Luo Yuan, and Yin Xuer quickly agreed.

For the next three days, Jiang Cheng enhanced the talent of Miao Ye, Xu Zichuan, and Yi Chen each once.

Meanwhile, the second round of the outside assessment concluded as well.

selected cultivators were brought into the Secret Realm.

During their meeting with the Sect Leader, 45 people didn’t trigger the system’s notification sound and were ruthlessly expelled by Sect Leader Jiang.

Not yet being one of us at entry level doesn’t mean they won’t be loyal in the future.

But Brother Cheng didn’t have that patience.

Including the four from Duan River, this recruitment eventually brought in 955 new disciples.

After all of them took on a master, Sect Leader Jiang entered a busy phase.

Enhancing the talent of one disciple each day.

These disciples were very inexpensive; some had a talent of only seventh or eighth-class.

The first enhancement astonishingly only required 1 point.

Aside from enhancing talent, Jiang Cheng also had another task—Alchemy.

Under the influence of the Tier Eight Spirit Vein, Feixian Sect was rich with Spirit Herbs, Spirit Roots, and Spirit Medicines everywhere.

All these served as materials for Alchemy.

Plus, with various Heavenly and Earthly Treasures from the Nine Great Sacred Lands and those won through drawing lots, he indeed needed to conduct Alchemy now.

After all, many Spirit Herbs and Medicines cannot be directly consumed.

Even the Sect Leader would practice Alchemy?

The second and third generation disciples of Feixian Sect stated it was the first time they’d heard of this.

"When in Feixian Mountain, I remember the Sect Leader saying that doing Alchemy isn’t as fast as raiding others."

"No way, did the Sect Leader really say something like that?"

"Master Qin, aren’t you slandering the Sect Leader? I’m the most loyal disciple of the Sect Leader, and I’m going to report this."

"Gee, you’re ruthless! Did any of you see the Sect Leader doing Alchemy?"

"Never seen it, never even heard of it."

"Then why did he suddenly announce he’d be doing long-term Alchemy?"

"Yeah, given the Sect Leader’s nature, such a boring task as Alchemy, he surely wouldn’t put up with it."

"Could there be another reason?"

"I heard the Sect Leader resists practicing Witchcraft, could he be using this as an excuse to avoid Miss Lan Ti?"

"Oh, Miss Lan Ti, she is sure to become the Sect Leader’s wife, a whole generation above us."

"Ah, Senior Sister Liu, when did you get here?"

"Senior Sister, why are you hitting me?"

Whether the disciples believed it or not, Jiang Cheng indeed moved into Celestial Pill Peak, which had previously been the Alchemy site of Silence Sacred Land.

At the same time, he issued an order for everyone to quickly gather the Spirit Herbs and Elixirs from the various peaks and send them to Celestial Pill Peak.

This only made everyone more suspicious.

Due to the high-level Spirit Vein, there were Spirit Herbs and Elixirs everywhere in the Secret Realm, only differing in quality and tier.

The high-quality ones would naturally be rarer.

But this time, Jiang Cheng didn’t mention anything about the quality, asking for everything, regardless of the type.

That spanned over a hundred thousand miles of mountains, who knows how much there is.

Even if he could do Alchemy, how could one person possibly use up so many Spirit Herbs and Elixirs?

Let alone one person, even if a thousand Pill Masters gathered, they wouldn’t be able to keep up.

The main hall of Celestial Pill Peak was sealed off, and outsiders couldn’t enter.

He only knew that the Pill Fire there was burning every day.

And to everyone’s great surprise, the massive amount of Spirit Herbs and Elixirs sent on the first day were indeed all consumed.

On the second day, countless bottles of various tiers of Spirit Pills appeared in the finished pill Pool at the entrance.

From Third Grade to Ninth Grade, there was everything.

These pills, Brother Cheng specifically arranged for disciples to retrieve and distribute them down.

This left everyone stunned.

This was real, not just talk.

And it wasn’t merely the ability to do Alchemy that was notable.

Even Mo Chen couldn’t figure out how one person could achieve such a high output.

Such a feat, even for the top Alchemists in the Immortal Realm, although they could refine Immortal Pills, could not match such prolific production.

But the Sect Leader ordered that the Alchemy Hall should not be spied upon by anyone.

So everyone could only remain intensely curious.

Each day thereafter, every batch of Spirit Herbs and Elixirs sent would continue to be consumed in the same fashion, and a multitude of finished pills would continue to appear outside as normal.

"The Sect Leader has turned over a new leaf!"

"Unimaginable, to refine so many pills daily, how busy the Sect Leader must be."

"I admit, I feel a little sorry for him."

"Now, I’m worried the Sect Leader might become too engrossed and damage his own spirit."

"Indeed..."

Lying on a soft bed set up in the Alchemy Hall, Brother Cheng, hearing the song of a puppet doll nearby, was quite relaxed.

He hadn’t expected everyone to start worrying about his health at all.

For him, Alchemy didn’t even require a Pill Furnace.

The system’s alchemy skill only needed him to open the interface, select all the hundreds of pills he intended to refine.

Then to include all those Spirit Herbs and Roots from outside as material.

The final step was to click start Alchemy.

Oh, don’t forget to turn on automatic.

Once these steps were completed, he could lie down and take a nap.

The progress bar on the Alchemy interface ran multiple times per second, like it was going crazy with speed.

The success rate was a staggering one hundred percent.

Each bottle of pills would be automatically categorized and neatly organized in the System Warehouse.

All he needed to do was, on the next morning when he woke up, extract some Spirit Pills and place them outside.

As for Treasure Pills and Holy Pills, they were naturally stored in the System Warehouse first.

Oh, and he also had to enhance the talent of one disciple each morning.

That was his so-called busy daily routine.

"Lying down while doing Alchemy, I suppose this could be considered a new posture in the Alchemy Realm!"

"Anyone who can pioneer a new path can be called a great master."

"We’re too modest, not seeking that empty fame, sigh..."

He, sitting with legs crossed, glanced at the corner where the Pill Furnace used to deceive people sat lonely, suddenly feeling a bit sorry for it.

After several months of such Alchemy days, the Spirit Herbs and Elixirs within the Secret Realm had almost been exhausted.

Jiang Cheng himself hadn’t kept track of how many pills he had refined.

Each bottle containing 10 pills, but there should be a billion bottles by now, though the majority were Spirit Pills.

Around two million bottles of Treasure Pills.

And the Holy Pills were the least, only having refined 3000 bottles in total.

On this day, Lan Ti and Qingsuo came together to see him.

"Tomorrow is the scheduled day for the nine divisions of the Immortal Remnant Race to open the Void Immortal Realm!"