An Zhengzheng also knew about this.

On her way to find Master Suotang, she looked down and flipped through the jade slips, becoming more and more satisfied with each page.

This can be considered the feedback results of her first stage. As she expected, when given the corresponding conditions, female cultivators can often unleash amazing power.

In her past life, when she went abroad to study, she discovered that with the changing times, women had surpassed men in university admissions at prestigious universities, and there was even a trend of the gap widening.

And in the country, it goes without saying that the same applies to women who successfully pass the civil service exams.

If given the right resources, women can often unleash tremendous power, which is completely contrary to the prevailing societal notion that "women are inherently weak and delicate."

"Zhengzheng, you've come!"

Master Suotang sat at the entrance of the cave. He had just finished building a very large alchemy furnace, which was so big that it reached An Zhengzheng's brow.

An Zhengzheng composed herself and respectfully bowed to Master Suotang.

"This furnace is newly built, so I can see your luck and the heat level when you're refining pills."

Master Suotang was beaming with pride. This was the furnace he had put the most effort into building in recent years, after all, he was now a master himself.

Just train An Zhengzheng the way his master trained him.

An Zhengzheng circled the furnace, which was a bronze alchemy furnace surrounded by auspicious cloud patterns and guarded by a blue ox.

It is engraved with the mount of Laozi (the Supreme Lord Lao).

"Master, we can begin." An Zhengzheng was ready.

Master Suotang waved his hand, and all the alchemy materials on the ground were there.

He said, "Make all the elixirs you know how to make now."

An Zhengzheng paused for a moment.

"All of them?" she asked, puzzled.

Master Suotang nodded and said, "Yes."

Although he is easygoing in personality, he is extremely serious when it comes to alchemy.

An Zhengzheng took a deep breath and extracted all the pill formulas she had memorized.

Rows of pills were refined and placed in front of Master Suotang.

"You've actually practiced so many kinds of pills?"

It should be noted that An Zhengzheng has only been at the Siyue Sect's Pill Refining Clan for a short time, yet she has already achieved the amount of pill refining that an ordinary disciple has done in four or five years.

An Zhengzheng nodded slightly: "I have opened the Hundred Women's Pavilion and I purchase many materials."

Master Suotang was not stupid; he quickly deduced the answer.

An Zhengzheng only needs to plant some materials to familiarize himself with their habits. When it comes to refining pills, the materials will be inexhaustible.

Compared to other cultivators, she didn't have to wait for the materials to grow or spend money to buy them.

The efficiency of alchemy has been greatly improved.

To some extent, An Zhengzheng is like some sons from wealthy families who are supported by their families; he can have whatever he wants.

And An Zhengzheng has both talent and diligence...

Master Suotang then asked, "But if you don't personally cultivate the materials, can you truly comprehend their characteristics?"

An Zhengzheng took out the recording stone, which contained all the raw materials she had grown. Although she didn't care about quantity, almost every type of material had its own designated place.

It facilitates observation and analysis.

This was because An Zhengzheng benefited from having an aunt in her previous life who had contributed to the development of agricultural science in the country, and she was using modern planting analysis methods.

“I recorded the characteristics and growth cycle of each material. There are also some differences from what is presented in the book…”

An Zhengzheng took out a booklet, which contained detailed records of the growth process of the materials she had planted.

Master Suotang took it, his eyes widening in surprise.

He was puzzled: "You, don't you also cultivate the Path of Ruthlessness? How can you still manage to handle the affairs of the Pill Sect so meticulously?"

“I used to learn some miscellaneous martial arts techniques, which were all skills that the men in my clan used to look down on.”

An Zhengzheng remained calm and nodded slightly: "For example, controlling the soil and promoting germination."

So when An Zhengzheng had no books to read before, she finished reading the books in An Mao's study that served as decorations.

These things are not very useful, and ordinary people, especially scions of noble families, will not learn them. They mostly learn swords, spears, and magic for attacking, capturing demons, and fighting beasts.

After all, they all have family support, so learning miscellaneous things is useless.

"...No wonder you picked it up so quickly." Master Suotang said knowingly.

He then asked, still puzzled, "So you wanted to cultivate the Alchemy Sect from the very beginning?"

After hearing this, An Zhengzheng shook her head: "No, from the beginning I was aiming for the Ruthless Path, which has a 100% success rate in ascending to immortality."

"But as a woman, I have no family support. If I were to go to a sect to cultivate immortality, I doubt my clansmen would be willing to expend resources on me."

Just like in a past life, some girls worked hard to get into university, and their parents still thought that a few hundred yuan a month for food expenses was too much. But if their son goes to university, they're afraid that a few hundred yuan is not enough for him.

"Therefore, I read more books on talismanic arts, alchemy, and even weaponry."

They even dabbled in things like making talismans and cultivating raw materials for elixirs.

She even made talismans and grew raw materials herself when she was a child, all so that she could support herself.

The other children in the clan naturally didn't learn it; they only needed to remember how to draw talismans and recite incantations, since talismans and pills could be bought.

"..." Master Suotang didn't know what to say.

After a long silence, he said, "You really are a lot like Master Kongyu. He worked just as hard back then."

“However, his hard work is due to a lack of talent; he possesses four spiritual roots. You…” Master Suotang glanced at An Zhengzheng, “You have two spiritual roots?”

It's still an earth spirit root and a wood spirit root.

"What an excellent spiritual root for alchemy!"

An Zhengzheng nodded: "Thank you, Master."

Master Suotang composed himself and went to look at the pills she had made.

Each batch yields ten pills, and An Zhengzheng's success rate is around 70%.

That means you can make seven, but three will be useless.

"A success rate of 70%...that's not bad."

However, it's not considered excellent, because the alchemy furnace provided by Master Suotang was of very high quality, and the success rate should have been even higher.

An Zhengzheng's face showed a rare look of shame: "This disciple was indeed distracted, and at one point only pursued quantity."

Because she had to take care of the Hundred Women's Pavilion and also cultivate the Path of Ruthlessness, it was difficult for her to do things as meticulously as before.

Moreover, Zhou Xu had a lot going on recently, and now that he's disappeared, hopefully things will be better than before.

Master Suotang frowned deeply.

He really didn't want anything to go wrong with An Zhengzheng, after all, Siyuemen had high hopes for her.

“Zhengzheng, you know that we True Immortals have transcended the mortal world and try our best to only care for our disciples. If the world is at peace, we will not easily interfere in human affairs.”

He told An Zhengzheng very seriously: "You are the first female champion in the history of Siyue Sect. The sect leader and all of us masters hope that Siyue Sect will be led by a female master again."

They had seen too many female disciples cultivate immortality, only to end up having to return home to get married and immerse themselves in the mundane affairs of family life.

This is something that those who aspire to become immortals would not want to see.

In the world of cultivation, those who have no hope of cultivating immortality form their own faction, and they naturally hope that there are as many female cultivators as possible who can serve as resources.

Those like Master Suotang, who have a chance to become immortals, naturally hope that the cultivation world can return to what it was a thousand years ago.

Those who have no desire to become immortals return to the mortal realm instead of stirring up trouble in the cultivation world. Those who aspire to become immortals cherish the ambition to protect all living beings and become immortals to bless the world.

It's not like the current state of the cultivation world, where people are neither human nor ghost.

Knowing that there was no hope of cultivating immortality, yet still coveting the skills of the cultivation world, they formed their own sect and refused to leave. Using magical artifacts and spiritual energy, they developed their business in the secular world.

"Zhengzheng, why don't you focus your energy on cultivation?"

He's clearly a promising talent; we can't let his potential be wasted.