Rights and Obligations

After leaving one Yellow Dragon Pill, Wang Tao returned the remaining eleven Yellow Dragon Pills to Lu Qingfeng and said, "The Guild Leader should be back in the next couple of days. If you want to refine pills, you can use these medicinal ingredient processing stations. However, it's best to cultivate first. Once you have Inner Breath, controlling the alchemy furnace will make refining pills twice as effective."

"I'll do as you say, senior."

Wang Tao had made excellent arrangements, and Lu Qingfeng had no objections.

"Call me Old Wang. The Guild Leader and Old Lu both call me that."

Wang Tao said with great magnanimity, then looked at Lu Qingfeng and asked, "Do you have a cultivation method?"

"Yes," Lu Qingfeng replied.

"That's good. I'll have someone take you down to rest shortly. Spend these next couple of days familiarizing yourself with Yuan Yi Mountain. You can come to my and Old Yue's pill refining room anytime. Once the Guild Leader is back, we'll build a separate pill refining room for you immediately."

"However, there are a few things I need to tell you upfront. I suspect Old Lu definitely didn't mention them."

Wang Tao led Lu Qingfeng to the side to sit down, and Lu Qingfeng naturally listened attentively.

Wang Tao continued, "As you know, there aren't many players in the Yuan Yi Guild. Including you, there are only seven in total. Therefore, the Guild Leader gives preferential treatment to us players. For example, upon entering the guild, you are immediately an Elder. Various guild missions are also not mandatory; participation is entirely voluntary."

"If you have any questions regarding cultivation or alchemy, you can also come to us for advice. All the pill recipes from low-grade to top-grade, and elementary grade cultivation methods within the guild are currently freely available to players."

Lu Qingfeng's heart couldn't help but rejoice upon hearing the latter part.

This was quite good.

He didn't think much of elementary grade cultivation methods, but the low-grade to top-grade pill recipes were of great use to him. They could save him a considerable amount of expenses and also save him the time and effort of collecting recipes.

Furthermore, becoming an Elder of the Yuan Yi Guild and not being forced to undertake guild missions was also a plus.

At least, joining the guild wasn't as restrictive as Lu Qingfeng had imagined.

In Black Sand Town, players and natives were indistinguishable, and there were no such preferential treatments. However, in the Bingling Realm, the total number of players was less than three thousand, and the Yuan Yi Guild was simply recruiting players in this manner during the early stages of development.

As the number of players in the Bingling Realm increased, they would definitely be treated the same as the natives.

Lu Qingfeng listened silently. Seeing that Wang Tao hadn't finished speaking, he didn't interject.

Wang Tao spoke freely and without reservation, "Since we enjoy preferential treatment, there are naturally corresponding obligations. Since you are skilled in alchemy, completing the relevant alchemy tasks each month will suffice. The tasks are not heavy; with your refining speed, you only need to set aside two to three days a month to complete them. The guild will purchase these pills at eighty percent of the market price after deducting the cost."

"If you have any extra energy, you can help the guild by taking on apprentices. Firstly, it can help you with your own tasks, and secondly, there are corresponding benefits if you teach alchemy apprentices."

As he said this, Wang Tao's lips moved, and he used the Sound Transmission Art to say, "I can tell you about the benefits in advance. I've been in the Yuan Yi Guild for twenty-three years and have mentored fourteen low-grade alchemy apprentices and two intermediate-grade alchemy apprentices. The guild purchases the pills they refine at seventy percent of the market price after deducting the cost, and that extra one percent goes to us."

"So, teaching more apprentices yields significant long-term profits."

Lu Qingfeng nodded upon hearing this.

Indeed.

The one percent profit from one or two apprentices might seem insignificant, but with Wang Tao having mentored sixteen alchemy apprentices, the combined profit was quite substantial.

Lu Qingfeng couldn't help but feel a stir of interest.

In his previous life, he had extensive experience taking on apprentices to assist him, and he had taught seven or eight alchemy apprentices. Now that he had joined the Yuan Yi Guild, this experience might come in handy!

After chatting with Lu Qingfeng for a while, Wang Tao called for an apprentice to lead Lu Qingfeng to the prepared residence.

To Lu Qingfeng's surprise, it was a detached courtyard, and there were even dedicated servants attending to it.

These servants had only a sliver of aptitude. While they had the potential to cultivate, they didn't meet the Yuan Yi Guild's recruitment standards, so they could only start as servants. If the master they served was kind and offered a little guidance, they might have a chance to embark on the path of cultivation.

Therefore, Upon seeing Lu Qingfeng arrive, the four servants in the courtyard, two boys and two girls, were all extremely respectful.

"You can all go about your business. Don't come near the cultivation quiet room unless necessary."

Lu Qingfeng waved his hand and walked directly towards the quiet room.

He had refined twelve Yellow Dragon Pills in Wang Tao's pill refining room. Wang Tao took one, and returned the other eleven to Lu Qingfeng. Lu Qingfeng had asked, and Wang Tao had simply said that the material cost for refining these Yellow Dragon Pills was covered by one Yellow Dragon Pill.

Lu Qingfeng had experience.

In his previous life in Black Sand Town, the cost of refining one Yellow Dragon Pill was around twenty portions of basic medicinal ingredients. The market price for an ordinary Yellow Dragon Pill was about fifty portions of basic medicinal ingredients.

Lu Qingfeng's refined Yellow Dragon Pills also cost twenty portions, but their medicinal effects were higher.

Moreover, to increase the same level of cultivation, fewer of Lu Qingfeng's refined Yellow Dragon Pills were needed, resulting in less accumulated Pill Poison. Therefore, their price was around eighty portions.

Calculating this, Lu Qingfeng's twelve refined Yellow Dragon Pills had a material cost of two hundred and forty portions. Even at the market price of eighty portions per Yellow Dragon Pill, there was clearly a shortfall.

Wang Tao must have subsidized it himself!

For a top-tier alchemy apprentice, a hundred or so portions of basic medicinal ingredients was naturally nothing. Wang Tao likely didn't mention it for this reason.

However, Lu Qingfeng couldn't fail to take note of it.

Entering the quiet room, Lu Qingfeng began his cultivation in this life.

The Azure Origin Sword Scripture had been strengthened to Orthodox Level, making it arguably the most top-tier cultivation method in the world. With his decades of cultivation experience from his previous life, Lu Qingfeng was very familiar with the introductory process.

After swallowing one Yellow Dragon Pill, he circulated the Azure Origin Sword Scripture. His body felt like a large grinder, crushing and rapidly absorbing the medicinal power of the Yellow Dragon Pill.

Half an hour later.

Lu Qingfeng's cultivation unknowingly reached the First Layer of the Fetal Respiration Realm as he completely refined the Yellow Dragon Pill's medicinal power.

"Normal Yellow Dragon Pill: 3 experience points."

"The Yellow Dragon Pills I refined have their efficacy increased by fifty percent, granting 4.5 experience points."

Lu Qingfeng glanced at the experience points and continued to refine the Yellow Dragon Pills.

After two hours, Lu Qingfeng had refined three more Yellow Dragon Pills. While his level increased to 2, the meridians in his body, unable to bear the strain, began to throb with sharp pains.

Only then did Lu Qingfeng stop his practice, get up, and leave the quiet room. He casually summoned a servant and had him familiarize him with Yuan Yi Mountain.

For the next three days.

Lu Qingfeng repeated this process.

Every morning, he would cultivate for two hours, then walk around Yuan Yi Mountain to understand the operational mechanisms of the Yuan Yi Guild. In the afternoon, he would go to Wang Tao's Pill Refining Room to refine Yellow Dragon Pills.

During this time.

Lu Qingfeng also met Yue Ran, another top alchemy apprentice on Yuan Yi Mountain.

Yue Ran had a more mature appearance, looking to be around thirty, but was actually younger than Wang Tao, who appeared to be a young man.

Unlike Wang Tao, who was handsome but rugged, this top alchemy apprentice was more steady and spoke little.

His attitude towards Lu Qingfeng was neither warm nor cold.

However, according to Wang Tao, Old Yue was quite indifferent to most people! Lu Qingfeng found this to be true after interacting with him a few times.

Even when with Wang Tao, Yue Ran rarely spoke, with Wang Tao doing most of the talking.

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