"An Heavenly Treasure Alchemist needs to pass an assessment at the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion to become an Attendant. Only an Alchemist who has become an Attendant can openly sell pills inside the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion, and they can also take on some private work!"
"An Academy Alchemist is the same, except that an Academy Alchemist needs to go to... the inner sect's Refining Heaven Island for the assessment!"
Ling Xiang said this indifferently.
Lin Bai frowned and said, "You actually need to pass an assessment just to sell pills?"
Ling Xiang chuckled softly. "Senior Brother, there's something you don't know. What Alchemists compete over is reputation. The greater an Alchemist's fame, the higher the price of the pills they sell!"
"For example, an ordinary Qi Refining Pill might be worth one jin of spirit liquid when refined by an ordinary Alchemist, but if it was refined by a famous Alchemist, it could sell for a hundred jin of spirit liquid!"
"If Senior Brother isn't an Academy Alchemist or an Alchemist of the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion, the pills you refine won't be acknowledged by the martial artists of the Eastern Continent Academy. You can only take them to a black market like Blackrock Island to sell!"
Hearing this, Lin Bai finally understood.
Lin Bai smiled. "So this is essentially certification. Only certified Alchemists can openly sell pills. Without certification, they can only take them to the Black Market to sell, right?"
Ling Xiang nodded lightly. "That's right."
Lin Bai asked, "May I ask where one can obtain certification?"
Ling Xiang said, "Every three months, the Academy Alchemists and Heavenly Treasure Alchemists publicly assess Alchemists on Pill Island in the Heavenly Treasure Islands. Alchemists who pass the assessment can join the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion or enter Refining Heaven Island!"
"Counting the days,