Top-grade pills, also known as "flawless pills" or "perfect pills," are several times more effective and more than ten times more valuable than ordinary pills.

Every medicine has some degree of toxicity, even pills that assist cultivators in their practice.

Although it may sound exaggerated, consuming too many ordinary-quality pills can lead to a weakened physical body and poor Qi cultivation. Moreover, as one's cultivation level increases in the future, this flaw will be magnified infinitely, thus affecting the breakthrough of cultivation.

However, top-grade pills do not have this flaw.

As long as your physical body is strong enough to accommodate the corresponding medicinal power, you can freely consume pills to strengthen your body and stabilize and improve your cultivation.

However, the probability of obtaining top-grade pills is extremely low.

Even for top-tier alchemists, it's incredibly rare to find one out of ten thousand.

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"Hehehe, senior brother, give it a little more effort and push it higher."

In the courtyard, under the old mulberry tree.

Changsheng made a swing, and Wenqing sat on it while Changsheng pushed her from behind.

"OK"

Changsheng responded with a laugh and pushed the swing.

"Hehehe, let's fly!"

"Haha, is the black rabbit fun?"

"Squeak squeak squeak—squeak squeak squeak—"

A chubby rabbit perched on Wenqing's shoulder, waving its arms and legs happily.

The little rabbit excitedly tried to pat its paws together, but unfortunately, it was too fat now and its paws couldn't touch. The little rabbit cried out in frustration.

"Sister, the swing looks so fun! I want to play on it too!"

"Mmm, I...I want to play too!"

In the spirit pool, two small koi fish surfaced, their carp eyes wide, looking at the black rabbit with envy.

"Hehehe, Little Fatty, Big Beauty, time to eat grapes!"

Wen Qing held a jade bowl in her arms, which contained freshly washed grapes. She ate one herself first, and then threw a few more into the spirit pool.

Thump!

With a flick of its tail, Little Fatty leaped lightly out of the water, opened its mouth, and snatched a purple grape.

Seeing this, Da Mei was not to be outdone. With a splash, she nimbly leaped out of the water and caught several grapes in one go.

Wow! Sister, you're amazing!

Little Fatty looked at Da Mei with an expression of adoration.

<(￣︶￣)>

Da Mei is proud and arrogant.

I don't like eating grapes, I just thought this girl was pretty and I couldn't bear to see her sad.

From inside the bamboo house in the distance, Qin Shou came out and couldn't help but smile when he saw this heartwarming scene.

"Little lover, come here, your master has something good for you."

"Here they come!"

"Senior Uncle, what kind of good stuff is it?"

Wenqing ran up to her, her eyes wide with anticipation.

"Hey"

Qin Shou handed over a Qi Gathering Pill, saying, "This is a top-grade Qi Gathering Pill newly refined by my master. Try it."

"Wow! Senior Uncle, you can even refine pills!"

"My God, Master Uncle, you actually refined the legendary flawless elixir!"

"Ahhh, my little senior uncle, you're so amazing!"

Wen Qing looked at Qin Shou with admiration.

"Well, it's really just so-so. It was my senior uncle's first time refining it, and he succeeded by accident, even accidentally refining a flawless elixir."

"It was all luck, all luck, hahaha..."

Qin Shou's lips involuntarily parted into a smile.

Oh dear, I got carried away just from a couple of compliments from my sweetheart, hahaha...

"Wow! Junior Master, this is your first time refining pills! You're amazing! You succeeded on your first try and even made a flawless pill!"

"I remember my father saying that there are countless alchemists in this world, but only a very, very few peerless alchemy geniuses can refine such a perfect pill."

"Junior Uncle, I really admire you so much!"

Wen Qing jumped up high and kissed Qin Shou on the cheek.

He then swallowed the pills and began refining them.

Splash—

In an instant, powerful medicinal energy surged through Wen Qing's body.

Wen Qing is currently only practicing a second-tier technique, so her absorption speed is still somewhat slow.

During this time, Qin Shou had been thinking about changing her to a more powerful cultivation technique.

There are a few third-tier cultivation techniques in the Lingbao Pavilion that can be cultivated to the Golden Core Realm, but Qin Shou felt that the level was still too low and not worthy of his little lover.

Unfortunately, the Chaos Immortal Scripture is a system-inherited cultivation technique, and Qin Beast was unable to pass it on to Xiao Qing'er.

Let's wait and see. It's not too late to change the cultivation method after Xiaoqing breaks through to the Foundation Establishment Realm.

One day later.

Wen Qing opened her eyes, revealing a hint of excitement.

"Junior Uncle, I...I actually broke through!!!"

Wen Qing is now at the fifth level of Qi Refining.

"Master, I...I want one too."

Seeing this, Changsheng looked on with envy, his big eyes darting around as he gazed longingly at his master.

"No problem, I will refine a few perfect Qi Gathering Pills for you tomorrow."

Qin Shou waved his hand, his heroic spirit soaring to the clouds.

"Thank you, Master."

Chang Sheng smiled happily. Sure enough, his master still loved him.

The next day.

With a loud bang, the alchemy furnace exploded.

Qin Shou walked out of the house looking disheveled.

"Junior Uncle, what's wrong?"

"Master, are you alright?"

"It's nothing, just a mistake."

Qin Shou waved his hand, looking calm.

"Chang Sheng, let me rest for one night. I'll refine a perfect Qi Gathering Pill for you tomorrow."

Day three.

Qin Shou took out another alchemy furnace and began refining.

In less than half an incense stick's time.

With a loud bang, the alchemy furnace exploded again.

Day 4.

The entire house was gone along with it.

Therefore, Qin Shou spent another half a day rebuilding a bamboo house.

"Master, are you failing me?"

"If we can't refine it, then let's just forget about it. We won't force it."

"I'll just cultivate a little slower, that's fine. I don't want you to hurt yourself in the end."

At the dinner table, Changsheng sincerely tried to dissuade him.

"Hmph, what nonsense are you spouting? How could your master possibly be failing?"

"It was just a momentary lapse in judgment."

"Wait, wait until tomorrow. Your master will definitely refine a top-grade Qi Gathering Pill for you."

Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow, how many tomorrows there are!

Chang Sheng waited for dozens of days, but still did not receive his master's perfect Qi Gathering Pill.

Only the daily, still-resonating roars allowed Changsheng to be certain of how deep and unwavering his master's love for him was.

"Master, please, stop refining pills! Your disciple is worried about you!"

"Go away, get out of here (づ￣ 3￣)づ... Your master is about to succeed!"

During this period, Qin Shou seemed to have gone mad, frantically refining pills.

No fewer than thirty alchemy furnaces have already exploded.

Two months later, Qin Shou squatted on the ground, looking at the broken debris all over the ground, his brows furrowed deeply.

"This doesn't make sense!"

"With my unparalleled talent, how could I possibly fail to refine a mere first-tier pill?"

"Then why did I succeed so easily on my first try...???"

Qin Shou frowned and then suddenly remembered the scene of his first time fishing in his previous life.

On his first fishing trip, he used only a broken bamboo pole from the vegetable garden to catch a grass carp weighing over ten kilograms, making the surrounding fishermen extremely envious.

Surprisingly, the five-cent fishing line and bamboo pole did not break.

Later, as his equipment improved, Qin Shou never caught such a big fish again.

Instead, I often see a group of little kids using small bamboo poles to catch big knife fish on the shore, fish that even I envy.

"Damn it, is there some kind of beginner protection period for alchemy?"