Qi Zhiheng sarcastically said, "Manager, you certainly know how to do business. Everyone knows that when you ask for pills, you should at least prepare ten sets of pills, and even then, there's no guarantee that you can successfully refine them with ten sets of spiritual herbs. You only gave me three sets and you expect to get the Nascent Soul Breaking Pill?"
The manager smiled somewhat embarrassedly and said, "Senior, you're putting me in a difficult position. The spiritual herbs for the Nascent Soul Pill are really hard to find. Even our trading company has only managed to accumulate five portions of the herbs in the past five years. If it were any other pill, our trading company would certainly be willing to offer ten portions of the spiritual herbs."
Qi Zhiheng naturally knew that these spiritual herbs were hard to find, so he said, "Manager, it's not that I'm making things difficult for you, but alchemists have their own rules. Even as an alchemist, I can't just break those rules at will."
The so-called rules are actually the rules established by the Shenmu Sect. Most of the top alchemists in Nanzhou are in the Shenmu Pavilion, and the Shenmu Pavilion has very strict control over the pills.
Qi Zhiheng's words were actually just meant to put pressure on the person in charge, and to gain some benefits in the process.
"Alas, it seems our business is destined to be without the Nascent Soul Pill!" the manager said with a regretful expression.
Qi Zhiheng feigned comfort, saying, "Manager, don't be discouraged. I didn't say I was unwilling to exchange with your company, but we can try another method."
The steward listened attentively.
Qi Zhiheng said, "Ten doses of pills are essential, but you can use five portions of the herbs for the Nascent Soul Pill plus five portions of the herbs for the other pills." He also mentioned the other two pills, whose value was not much different from that of the Nascent Soul Pill.
The manager was actually quite hesitant, because he didn't know if what he was doing was right or wrong. If those five portions couldn't be refined into Nascent Soul Pills, wouldn't their trading company have lost ten portions of spiritual herbs for nothing? The trading company could afford to compensate for that, but if these things happened, he would definitely be held accountable.
Seeing the steward hesitate, Qi Zhiheng said, "Does the steward not believe in my alchemy skills? Since I can refine top-grade pills, why should I be afraid of a low success rate?"
That's true, but the manager didn't dare to relax just because of that.
Qi Zhiheng said, "You should know that even with fourth-grade pills, I have never produced a low-grade pill. If there are high-grade pills in the pill furnace, I can use them to exchange with your trading company."
After hearing this, the manager gritted his teeth and said, "Then it's a deal!"
Qi Zhiheng soon received the ten kinds of spiritual herbs delivered by the steward, and he asked the steward for a pill-refining room. There were originally a few pill-refining rooms behind the trading company, which were usually used by the pill refiners in the company, so naturally Qi Zhiheng could use them now.
Qi Zhiheng entered the alchemy room and came out after three days. By then, he had refined all the spiritual herbs he had just acquired into pills. His eyes were bright, and he had made a considerable haul this time.
He refined ten Nascent Soul Pills per batch, with three of them being high-grade pills and the rest being top-grade pills. Having obtained so many pills, Qi Zhiheng directly gave the steward a high-grade pill.
When the manager saw the superior-grade Nascent Soul Breaking Pill, his heart, which had been pounding, immediately settled back into his stomach. These past three days had been agonizing for him!
After receiving the benefits, the manager immediately contacted the seller of the spiritual vein and explained that the exchange items were ready to be handed over. If a face-to-face transaction was not required, the trading company would handle the transaction directly.
The other party ultimately did not show up, so Qi Zhiheng directly exchanged items with the merchant guild. In the end, he even went to exchange the two low-grade spiritual veins.
The auction wouldn't start for another two weeks, and Qi Zhiheng didn't plan to stay there for that long. So, after getting the items, he left first. Before leaving, he asked the steward to keep an eye out for any spiritual veins that might be found, and to keep them for him, as he could exchange them for pills.
The manager readily agreed, as both high-grade and top-grade pills were extremely needed by the business.
After obtaining the items, Qi Zhiheng quickly went to the Lushen Sect, changed his clothes, and then entered the sect.
Upon returning to his residence on Panyun Peak, he immediately entered his spatial dimension and took out his spiritual vein. He first implanted a low-grade spiritual vein into the area where the Spirit Devouring Insects were located, instructing the Spirit Devouring Insects not to let their subordinates consume the spiritual vein!
This is very important. These spirit-devouring insects eat anything with spiritual energy, and if they could find a spiritual vein, they would probably devour it all.
Afterwards, Qi Zhiheng went to the Soul Purification Pool and planted a low-grade spiritual vein into the ground.
Qi Zhiheng then placed the remaining low-grade and mid-grade spiritual veins near the pavilion. The area around the pavilion was where he frequently worked, and he also planted the most spiritual herbs around it. To ensure that these spiritual herbs grew well, sufficient spiritual energy was also essential.
After completing these tasks, Yuehua was very satisfied and, for the first time ever, praised Qi Zhiheng.
Qi Zhiheng was flattered. When had the Moon Beast ever praised someone like this?
Yuehua was furious at his ungrateful expression.
Qi Zhiheng left the space feeling embarrassed.
After Qi Zhiheng came outside, he thought of something. Since there were spiritual veins for sale in the shops outside, the sect should also have one or two spiritual veins for sale.
Qi Zhiheng went to the Mission Hall, where there were indeed spiritual veins. These spiritual veins were not for disciples to go out and establish sects, but rather for sect cultivators to open up mountain peaks when they advance to the Nascent Soul stage. What if the spiritual energy in the mountain peak is insufficient? In such cases, the peak master would naturally purchase spiritual veins and implant them into his own mountain peak.
This kind of spiritual vein does not restrict who can buy it; some people even want to buy it and place it in their own homes to make their cultivation places more spiritually rich.
There are seven mountain ranges here: two low-grade, three mid-grade, and two high-grade! Such a large number of spiritual veins is naturally tempting, but Qi Zhiheng doesn't have enough contribution points to exchange for so many spiritual veins.
Qi Zhiheng trusted the sect to a certain extent. If nothing unexpected happened, the Qi family would probably stay in the cultivation world for the rest of their lives in the Slaughtering God Sect. He was not unwilling to contribute some of the things he had.
Moreover, having some skill in alchemy would actually make the sect value him more. So he took out some top-grade level four pills to exchange for some contribution points.
The disciple on duty stared wide-eyed when he saw Qi Zhiheng exchanging top-grade level four pills for contribution points!
"This, this...this is a top-grade level four pill! I'll exchange it for contribution points?"
Qi Zhiheng said calmly, "I am still at the Golden Core stage, so I don't need fourth-level pills yet. It's good to contribute them to the sect."
The disciple helped him earn contribution points, and Qi Zhiheng instructed, "It's fine to report it to the higher-ups, but there's no need to speculate wildly in front of others."
Qi Zhiheng was willing to reveal his abilities to the sect, but he didn't intend to make it public knowledge.
Based on my observations over this period, the Slaughtering God Sect is indeed a good sect. At least most of the people here are of good character, and the sect is fair in its rewards and punishments.
Now that the Qi family has entered the God of Slaughter Sect, they must establish themselves here in the future. It would be impossible to do so without making some contributions. It is time for him to let the sect see his own strength.
Qi Zhiheng used the contribution points in his hand to replace all seven spiritual veins.
After returning to his residence, he instilled a mid-grade spiritual vein beneath their courtyard, instantly making the surrounding spiritual energy more concentrated.
The remaining spiritual veins were once again sent into the space by Qi Zhiheng.
At this time, the news that Qi Zhiheng had exchanged fourth-grade top-quality pills for contribution points also reached the head of the Mission Hall.
The hall master was also very surprised, and then he secretly reported the matter to the sect leader.
A pill refiner capable of producing a fourth-grade top-quality pill is no small matter, and the sect leader immediately summoned several peak masters to speak with him.
The sect leader specifically asked Zuoqiu Man if he knew about Qi Zhiheng's situation.
Zuoqiu Man was somewhat bewildered when he heard that Qi Zhiheng could refine fourth-grade top-quality pills. He had never heard of this before. He only knew that Qi Dong was quite accomplished in alchemy and had been given the right to freely ascend Dan Peak by the peak master of Dan Peak.
As for news about Qi Zhiheng, he knew nothing.
The most surprised person was none other than the peak master of Danfeng. A level four top-grade pill? Even if he was in the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm, he couldn't guarantee that he would get one level four top-grade pill out of a hundred attempts!
Top-grade pills require an immense amount of coincidence to refine. And Qi Zhiheng didn't just offer one; it's said he directly exchanged for thirty top-grade pills!
Therefore, some people present suspected that the pill might be the one Qi Zhiheng found in the tomb last time. Otherwise, with Qi Zhiheng's Golden Core cultivation, could he really refine a level four pill? And a top-grade one at that!
Upon hearing this, everyone agreed that there was some truth to it.
However, someone pointed out something: "You've probably forgotten that there's also a legacy of elixirs within this tomb!"
"Is the lineage of this elixir truly real?" some people wondered.
This time, the sect did send people into that inheritance site and found the place of inheritance, just as Qi Zhiheng had indicated and described. After everyone kowtowed, as Qi Zhiheng had said, white light flashed out. Unfortunately, none of the sixty people in the three groups were able to accept the alchemy inheritance.
Of all those inheritances, only one person received the array formation. The sect is currently organizing manpower to send more people into that tomb.
Then someone said, "Now that Qi Zhiheng has received the inheritance, I wonder if we could have him come out and make a copy of the knowledge contained in the inheritance?"
"That's a good idea, but this inheritance already belongs to Qi Zhiheng. Would it be inappropriate for us to ask him to take it out so rashly?"
"We'll only know if we smell it; how can we know he won't agree if we don't ask?"
Having reached this point in the exchange, the sect leader felt it would be good to have Qi Zhiheng speak with them, and if he was willing, that would be even better.
Not long after Qi Zhiheng returned, someone came to summon him.
Qi Zhiheng thought to himself, "The sect leader is quite fast."
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