Besides Xue Linfeng, the other two were Gu Beiqing and Qiu Zhuo. After Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian bowed, everyone sat down.
Xue Linfeng had originally taken out his treasured fruit wine, only to discover that the evidence of the spirit wine's production was right there.
Xue Linfeng said, "I'm making a fool of myself here. I wonder if Junior Brother Qi still has any wine left after his injury?"
Qi Zhiheng took out a jar of second-grade spirit wine and said, "I'm out of fruit wine, but I do have some other spirit wines here."
"Fill it up." Xue Linfeng praised the taste of the spirit wine, which clearly contained more spiritual energy than fruit wine.
As everyone drank and chatted, the conversation turned to things that would interest the Genseiin disciples.
The theme still revolves around Sheng Mingyue.
"Mingyue, what are your plans for this year's Hall of Fame ranking?" As one of Sheng Mingyue's friends, Gu Beiqing asked him about his next plans.
Sheng Mingyue made no attempt to hide her ambition: "I will participate in the battles on the top leaderboard."
The others were not surprised by his choice. Xue Linfeng said, "You have just advanced, and your cultivation may be somewhat unstable, but I know you have made up your mind, so I will not say anything more. I congratulate you on your successful start."
The group drank a cup together, and Sheng Mingyue looked at the two new junior brothers and said, "You two are unlucky. If you had come two years later, you might have been able to win a place in the first Heroes Ranking. Now, your strength is just too low."
The List of Heroes is a list set up in the inner courtyard.
Yuansheng Academy is both an academy and a faction, so students of Yuansheng Academy are considered candidates within the academy.
To shed the identity of a student and become a true member of the Origin Academy, challenging the Hero Ranking is an essential step.
The Heroes List is held every three years, starting with the preliminary list, then the intermediate list, and finally the advanced list. Each stage of the Heroes List has 300 slots.
Besides showcasing one's strength and status, the "Heroes' List" also serves other purposes.
For example, if an inner court disciple can break into the preliminary list of heroes, they can skip the Class A selection competition held every three months and only need to participate in the selection once every three years.
Regarding the middle ranking, only disciples who have entered the initial ranking are qualified to challenge the middle ranking of the Heroes Ranking.
Those who wish to challenge the top-ranked disciples on the Heroes Ranking must first challenge their way into the middle-ranked category.
Disciples who rank high on the Elite Ranking will participate in an internal competition every three years. Only the top ten can leave the candidate status and officially become internal members of the Source Academy.
Even the weakest among those ranked on the initial Heroes List have already reached the Spirit Master realm. Qi Zhiheng hasn't reached the Spirit Master realm yet, but that might change in a few years.
Qi Zhiheng was somewhat interested in the Heroes Ranking. The challenge, which had to be held every three months, was rather troublesome. What if he were in seclusion to cultivate in the middle of the month? Would he be constantly interrupted and have to stop cultivating?
Therefore, being able to enter the preliminary list of the Heroes Ranking would be good news.
After everyone discussed a few more matters concerning the courtyard, the banquet was drawing to a close.
Qi Zhiheng also made his own request, taking out several spiritual herbs and asking his senior brothers if they had seen them before.
Sheng Mingyue herself didn't know much about medicinal herbs, so she said to Qi Zhiheng, "Keep this list of medicinal herbs for us first. I'll inquire about it for you later, and if I can find it, I'll have someone notify you."
Qi Zhiheng said, "Then thank you very much, Senior Brother Sheng."
Qi Zhiheng presented the prepared gifts. Now that there were three more senior brothers present, Qi Zhiheng also gave them some spirit wine. As for other good things, Qi Zhiheng naturally didn't have any, as he was currently short of spirit stones and couldn't afford them.
After that, Qi Zhiheng took Yang Yitian back.
Qi Zhiheng began researching pills that could remove impurities. Although he could currently only refine level three pills from the Xuanling Continent, the value of level three pills was still somewhat low. Pills that could remove impurities would be a good choice, as they would allow customers to buy them repeatedly and each pill could fetch a good price.
It's not that pills that remove the effects of being in a position don't exist; it's just that these pills belong to the third rank of pills in the cultivation world, which is equivalent to the seventh rank pills in the Xuanling Continent.
Qi Zhiheng's task was to identify the properties of this elixir and modify it into a lower-grade version. Qi Zhiheng flipped through a pile of alchemy books.
After Qi Zhiheng had been busy in the courtyard for a few days, Yang Yitian came over to call him: "Uncle is coming tomorrow, it's time to go down the mountain."
Remembering his father's instructions, Qi Zhiheng stood up and went down the mountain with Yang Yitian.
Upon arriving at the Qi residence at the foot of the mountain, Jiazhong had already prepared a meal.
With everyone gathered together, this was truly a family reunion.
In the past, the Qi family members were always scattered in various places. Now that the Qi family has moved to the capital, they can no longer treat the family members the same way they did in Butterfly Town.
With everyone in the capital, it also avoids the ill intentions of those with ulterior motives.
Even his great-grandfather, Si Yuan, who had been traveling around, stayed in the capital for the time being. The first reason was that the influence of the Yuansheng Academy outside might not be able to reach as far as it did, and it might attract the attention of those with ulterior motives.
Secondly, the Qi family's foundation is relatively shallow, so it is essential to have a powerful expert with high cultivation level in charge.
At the dinner table, Qi Zhiheng asked, "Uncle, when will you finish your studies?"
Although Qi Zhenhao is Qi Zhiheng's uncle, he is only twenty-nine years old this year, essentially twelve years younger than Qi Zhenhao and thirteen years older than Qi Zhiheng.
Qi Zhiheng is not usually too reserved when he sees Qi Zhenhao.
Qi Zhenhao replied, "Next year will be fine." Originally, Qi Zhenhao didn't have many resources, making it very difficult for him to break through. However, after switching to cultivating immortality techniques and receiving the assistance of elixirs, his strength increased by leaps and bounds. Judging from his current rate of growth, it seems that reaching the graduation requirements is just around the corner.
Qi Zhenhao's training academy is located in Chongxi City. It is an affiliated training academy under the Jingtian Tower's influence and is called Jingtian Academy. Jingtian Academy is two cities away from the imperial city, but transportation is relatively convenient.
He originally planned to join Jingtian Tower after completing his studies, but changed his mind because Qi Zhiheng joined Yuansheng Academy. In fact, he had already changed his cultivation method, so staying at Jingtian Academy would not be of much use. However, after studying there for so many years, it would be abrupt to leave the academy. In addition, with so many years of feelings and persistence, it would be a pity to give up his studies that he was about to complete. Therefore, he insisted on waiting until he was qualified to overcome the final hurdle and achieve the final success.
Six months later will be the graduation assessment for Jingtian Academy. After completing this trial, students will be able to graduate and leave the academy.
Qi Zhenhao's family didn't object to his persistence. As long as no one had a major grudge against the Qi family, they wouldn't target them, so the risk wasn't high. They just asked him to be careful, since he was the only one from the family away from home.
The Qi family members all have backups of their blood tokens. As long as the blood tokens are available, everyone can rely on them to find out if anyone in the family is seriously injured or has died, and even to know the location of the other party.
It was precisely because of this double insurance of the blood token that no one objected to Qi Zhenhao studying away from home.
After Qi Zhiheng stayed at the Qi residence at the foot of the mountain for two days, and after Qi Zhenhao returned to Chongxi City, he and Yang Yitian returned to Yuansheng Academy.
After piling up a huge amount of spirit stones for Xueyue Lingzhi once again, Qi Zhiheng felt that his spirit stone bag was really running out of money.
His research into the elixir progressed faster.
With Qi Zhiheng's full concentration, half a month later, he finally refined a pill.
Qi Zhiheng looked at the pill in his hand, swallowed it, and looked inward. He could feel that some of the impurities accumulated in his body had been broken down.
However, the effect was very low, but this did not prove that the pill was ineffective. After all, his physique was something he was born with, unlike those young masters and ladies of the imperial city who cultivated by consuming spiritual objects.
Qi Zhiheng picked up the pill and handed it to Yang Yitian, saying, "Why don't you give it a try?"
After taking it, Yang Yitian smacked his lips and said, "I don't feel anything." Could it be that Qi Zhiheng's research this time has failed?
Qi Zhiheng wondered if there was something wrong with his pills, but he couldn't say for sure. Maybe Yang Yitian's body was originally free of impurities?
Thinking back, Yang Yitian realized that he had never consumed any pills below the highest grade since he began cultivating. Considering this, his guess wasn't impossible. So he said, "Let's go find Jin Yu and give it a try."
Jin Yu is practically a walking garbage dump, his entire body clogged with impurities, making him the perfect person to test medicine on.
Jin Yu was puzzled when he was suddenly approached and asked, "Brother Qi, have you brewed another spirit wine?"
Jin Yu welcomed the people inside.
“It’s not spirit wine. Compared to spirit wine, I think this stuff is more suitable for you.” After Qi Zhiheng sat down, he took out a bottle of pills and poured one for Jin Yu.
Jin Yu assessed the quality of the pill: "A level three pill? What kind of pill is this?"
"..." In his haste to leave, Qi Zhiheng forgot to think about it and, on a whim, came up with a common name: "Cleansing Elixir".
This directly borrows the word "cleansing" from the bone-cleansing soup he used, which is not only convenient but also vivid.
"What a wonderful name!" Jin Yu praised, "You've chosen a name for this pill that is both vivid and elegant; you can tell what it's for just by hearing it."
Qi Zhiheng thought to himself, "Could it be that I'm bad at naming things? I really need to learn from other people's naming strategies."
Yang Yitian asked, "Is it obvious what it does just by its name? Then tell me, what does this do?"
Qi Zhiheng's gaze also turned to him.
Jin Yu was puzzled by the look and said, "Isn't this just for cleansing the intestines and losing weight?"
Qi Zhiheng: "..."
Yang Yitian suddenly burst into laughter: "Now that you mention it, the name actually makes sense! Hahahaha!"
Qi Zhiheng could no longer bear it. He pulled the person who was laughing so hard he was about to go crazy into his arms and covered his mouth with his hands to stop him from laughing.
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