Closed Loop

Qin Jinglan's cheeks flushed slightly as she led Chen Fei to the counter and replaced his waist token.

He was still a Seventh-Rank Alchemist, with no promotion in rank, but the token's design had changed slightly. Even within the Alchemist Alliance, those in the Aperture Refining Realm held a somewhat different status.

"Young Master, you may now accept these alchemy commissions. However, these commissions have extremely strict requirements. Every batch has a required pill yield. If you fail to meet it, the Contribution Value reward will be halved, and you will be barred from accepting the same commission for a year."

Qin Jinglan spread out the commission list for Chen Fei and pointed to several special entries.

Chen Fei glanced over them and found that they were all commissions for refining pills from spiritual herbs. The required number of pills per batch and the quality requirements were clearly detailed in each commission.

The Contribution Value rewards for every commission were extremely generous. Taking the Spirit Snow Pill, which Chen Fei knew best, as an example, refining a batch of Spirit Snow Pills that met the requirements would earn three thousand Contribution Value.

The Alchemist Alliance's Contribution Value was highly useful. It could be exchanged within the alliance for countless things—spiritual herbs, spiritual pills, everything one could want—as well as the Thousand Silk Art that Chen Fei had long coveted.

The Thousand Silk Art had nine layers in total, and the further one went, the more outrageous the exchange price became. Without years upon years of accumulation, it would be difficult to exchange for the later portions of the Thousand Silk Art.

"The Spirit Snow Pill requires three pills per batch. If an alchemist performs well, how many can they produce at most?" A flash of insight crossed Chen Fei's mind