Chapter 54

Although Hu Donghan knew his task was to plant the Lu Jie grass, he was not in a hurry. Instead, he directly entered a wooden house near the medicinal field. Liu Yiqing and Lu Jianwen also followed him in. However, Hu Donghan had no intention of talking to them at the moment and asked them to leave first.

After the two left, Hu Donghan touched the storage ring on his hand and took out everything inside it. There wasn't much in the storage ring: only a spirit artifact alchemy furnace, a jade slip, and a flame sealed on top of the alchemy furnace. Apart from these three items, there was nothing else in the large storage ring.

When Hu Donghan took out the clothes and identity jade token of the Earth Fire Hall earlier, he had already marveled at it. The Earth Fire Hall was indeed a famous tycoon! He was just a newly joined disciple, yet he was directly given a storage ring with such a large space. If this storage ring were sold, it would be worth at least 100,000 spirit stones!

As for the storage bag Hu Donghan had when he entered the Yin Soul Sect, it was not comparable to the storage ring at all.

"The spirit artifact alchemy furnace, according to what Senior Elder Bu Yun said, should be a low-grade spirit artifact. The Earth Fire Hall is divided into the Alchemy Department and the Artifact Department. Although the two departments don't usually communicate, it's not a problem to commission the forging of some spirit artifacts. This spirit artifact alchemy furnace is probably just a basic tool for those alchemy disciples."

"As for the flame sealed on top of the alchemy furnace, it should be the offspring flame of the Earth Fire. However, this offspring flame seems to be sealed by some special method and cannot be used at all."

Hu Donghan thought to himself, placed the alchemy furnace aside, and then took out the jade slip, probing it with his spiritual energy to check its contents.

The content of the jade slip was mainly divided into three categories.

The first part was what Hu Donghan most wanted: alchemy formulas, alchemy techniques, and taboos, etc. The second part was the method to control the offspring flame. The third part was the rights and obligations of the Earth Fire Hall's alchemy disciples.

The first and second parts were content used during alchemy, so Hu Donghan skipped them and focused on the rights and obligations of the Earth Fire Hall's alchemy disciples.

The rights of Earth Fire Hall disciples were mainly reflected within the Earth Fire Hall. The main content was about the allocation of spirit herbs. The strength of the alchemy disciples and the level of the alchemy they could perform determined the quality and quantity of the spirit herbs they could use.

As for the obligations of the alchemy disciples, there was only one: to complete their alchemy tasks within the specified time! Of course, from what Hu Donghan had seen, the difficulty of the alchemy tasks was not great for these alchemists. For alchemy disciples at the first level of the Qi Condensation stage, like Hu Donghan, there were no announced alchemy tasks. Only alchemy disciples at the peak of the Qi Condensation stage would be assigned a task to refine one hundred portions of Qi Condensation pills in a month.

In the Earth Fire Hall, alchemy pills are counted in portions. For example, one hundred portions of Qi Condensation pills would be about one thousand Qi Condensation pills.

Qi Condensation pills are the simplest to refine among all alchemy pills. Generally, as long as one becomes an alchemy disciple, they can learn it with a little research. Moreover, the time required to refine Qi Condensation pills is not long, taking about half an hour to complete. Even if refined one portion at a time, refining five times a day would be enough for twenty days.

In fact, in the Earth Fire Hall, there are not only small alchemy furnaces that can hold one portion of spirit herbs but also large shared alchemy furnaces. A large alchemy furnace can hold at least two hundred portions of spirit herbs with just one firing. For alchemy disciples at the peak of the Qi Condensation stage, their task can be completed in one go.

Of course, in reality, such large alchemy furnaces in the Earth Fire Hall are almost always in operation, without a single day of rest. After all, the main source of cultivation pills for the entire Yin Soul Sect comes from the Earth Fire Hall. The refinement of such large alchemy furnaces is naturally indispensable.

After completing these basic task quantities, if one continues to refine alchemy pills, the Earth Fire Hall will calculate contribution points and a 20% commission based on the number and quality of the alchemy pills.

For Qi Condensation pills, one hundred pills count as one contribution point. For Foundation Establishment pills, five pills count as one contribution point. For Golden Core pills, one pill counts as ten contribution points. These are just ordinary cultivation pills. For pills used to break through minor realms, five Qi Condensation pills count as one contribution point, one Foundation Establishment pill counts as twenty contribution points, and one Golden Core pill counts as a thousand contribution points! As for pills used to break through major realms, such as Foundation Establishment pills, Third Transformation Golden Core pills, Sixth Transformation Golden Core pills, and Ninth Transformation Golden Core pills, the contribution points are even more astonishing!

The increase in contribution points also means an increase in status within the Earth Fire Hall. For example, when contribution points reach a certain level, one can become a steward, and with further increases, one can become an elder. An increase in status also means the right to obtain better spirit herbs first. This is the main reason why Wang Rulong showed an envious expression when he heard that Hu Donghan could get one-tenth of the contribution points just by providing Lu Jie grass.

In the Earth Fire Hall, not only formal disciples have contribution points, but even the alchemy apprentices have contribution points.

These alchemy apprentices can also use their contribution points to obtain spirit herbs, refine alchemy pills, and then earn contribution points. The contribution points earned by alchemy apprentices are one-fifth of those earned by alchemy disciples. When an alchemy apprentice's contribution points reach one hundred, they can apply for an assessment in the Earth Fire Hall. If they pass the assessment, they can become an alchemy disciple; if they fail, all contribution points are reset, and they start over.

In fact, this is also one of the main sources of alchemy disciples within the sect.

However, the number of disciples who can pass the Earth Fire Hall's assessment is extremely small. Therefore, the number of alchemists in the Alchemy Department has always been scarce.

After all, even if the number of spirit herbs in the entire sect is large, it is still not enough. To maximize the conservation of spirit herbs, such rules are naturally justified.

In fact, if it weren't for his ability to cultivate Lu Jie grass, Hu Donghan would have to start as an alchemy apprentice and wait for the assessment according to the Earth Fire Hall's rules to learn alchemy. Because of the Spirit Herb Ghost, Hu Donghan can cultivate Lu Jie grass, which is like a shortcut, allowing him to skip the most difficult step.

Next, even if Hu Donghan's alchemy skills are poor, he doesn't have to worry about failing to complete these basic tasks.

This can also be considered a favor from the Earth Fire Hall after Hu Donghan provided the Lu Jie grass!