Rank 1 Mid-Grade

Rank 1 Mid-Grade

June.

Late summer.

Li Qianqing was already nineteen this year.

After the Lineage Contribution Points were distributed, he used five thousand Contribution Points to exchange for ten Rank 1 Mid-Grade Qi Gathering Pills to assist his cultivation.

At the Qi Refining Sixth Layer, it took roughly ten days to fully absorb the medicinal power of a Rank 1 Mid-Grade Qi Gathering Pill.

During his closed-door cultivation, he handed his affairs over to Li Xingxin.

As a member of the Li Family's Xing Generation, Li Xingxin greatly admired his Thirteenth Uncle.

He was also happy to work for his Thirteenth Uncle, and the rewards were quite substantial.

Lineage Contribution Points could not be privately traded. For one hundred days of help, Li Qianqing gave him two Low-Grade Spirit Stones.

That was already a great deal for Li Xingxin. With only Four Spiritual Roots, he could earn few Contribution Points from the Lineage each year. Helping his Thirteenth Uncle Li Qianqing was also a way to make some extra money.

The ten Rank 1 Mid-Grade Qi Gathering Pills greatly accelerated Li Qianqing's cultivation. He might be able to break through to the Qi Refining Seventh Layer before turning twenty-two.

This June, the Li Family's alchemists would refine Rank 1 Mid-Grade Qi Replenishing Pills.

Qi Replenishment Pills could quickly restore spiritual power.

Even for Qi Refining Seventh Layer cultivators, Rank 1 Mid-Grade Qi Replenishing Pills had a fine effect in restoring spiritual power. Most Qi Refining Eighth Layer cultivators used them.

Whether in battle, while fleeing, or when rushing desperately along the road, Qi Replenishment Pills were an excellent choice. They were especially important in battle—once a deadlock formed, endurance became particularly crucial.

Qi Replenishment Pills were also valuable when refining complex magical artifacts.

"About time."

Li Qianqing stopped cultivating.

Second Grandfather had told him that more than half of this year's Rank 1 Mid-Grade Qi Replenishing Pill refinement would be entrusted to him.

For Rank 1 Mid-Grade Pills, the Main Spiritual Medicine used in refinement was Rank 1 Mid-Grade. Rank 1 Mid-Grade spiritual medicines required more than ten years before they could be harvested and used. In other words, Li Family alchemists could only refine the same type of Rank 1 Mid-Grade Pill once every dozen or so years.

Among Rank 1 Mid-Grade Pills, aside from Qi Replenishment Pills, the Li Family also refined and sold Qi Gathering Pills and Blood Nourishing Pills.

Rank 1 Mid-Grade spiritual medicines could only be planted in First Grade Middle Rank Spiritual Fields or above. If planted in Rank 1 Low-Grade Spiritual Fields, insufficient spiritual qi would prevent them from growing.

At present, Changle Mountain had twelve mu of Rank 1 Low-Grade Spiritual Fields and two and a half mu of First Grade Middle Rank Spiritual Fields.

Nothing was planted elsewhere. Of the two and a half mu of First Grade Middle Rank Spiritual Fields at Changle Mountain, one and a half mu were planted with Three-Leaf Starflower, the Main Spiritual Medicine for refining Rank 1 Mid-Grade Qi Replenishing Pills.

Most of the Li Family's First Grade Middle Rank Spiritual Fields were planted with the Main Spiritual Medicine for refining Rank 1 Mid-Grade Qi Gathering Pills.

Compared to pills that restored spiritual power, pills that increased cultivation had a better market and sold far more each year.

The amount of pills refined by the Li Family was determined by the sales of its shops.

The spiritual medicines planted were thus affected by the pills being refined.

When Li Qianqing arrived at Li Ditu's residence, Li Ditu had already prepared the spiritual medicines for his refinement of Rank 1 Mid-Grade Qi Replenishing Pills.

"Qianqing, these are the spiritual medicines for sixty batches of Qi Replenishment Pills."

Changle Mountain had only two Micro Spirit Veins. Compared with Changqing Mountain's five Micro Spirit Veins, the number of Spiritual Fields it could open was naturally inferior. The Main Spiritual Medicine for refining Qi Gathering Pills was basically concentrated at Changqing Mountain.

"One batch of medicinal ingredients for Qi Replenishment Pills can yield at most seven pills. After normally completing the refinement of Rank 1 Mid-Grade Qi Replenishing Pills, the Lineage will reward you with three thousand Contribution Points. If you can refine two hundred and forty Qi Replenishment Pills from these sixty batches, you will receive an additional five hundred Contribution Points. At two hundred and seventy pills, another five hundred. If you can reach three hundred pills, you will receive four thousand five hundred Contribution Points."

Li Ditu did not continue.

Li Qianqing's Alchemy Talent was astonishing, but this was his first time refining Qi Replenishment Pills, and also his first time refining Rank 1 Mid-Grade Pills. Being able to refine three hundred Qi Replenishment Pills would already exceed Li Ditu's expectations. If it had been Li Ditu's first time refining Rank 1 Mid-Grade Qi Replenishing Pills, getting one hundred and fifty pills from sixty batches of ingredients would have been remarkably good luck. He would not have dared imagine even one more.

"Alright, Second Grandfather." Li Qianqing nodded and accepted the spiritual medicines for sixty batches of Rank 1 Mid-Grade Qi Replenishing Pills.

If possible, he really wanted to refine Rank 1 Mid-Grade Qi Gathering Pills now.

Unfortunately, the next time the Li Family refined Rank 1 Mid-Grade Qi Gathering Pills would be three years from now, because only then would the spiritual medicines needed for them be ready for harvest.

Compared to helping the Lineage refine Fasting Pills and First Order Low-Grade pills, refining Rank 1 Mid-Grade Pills earned far more Contribution Points.

Apart from refining pills for the Lineage, the Lineage's alchemists could also earn extra money on their own.

Some Qi Refining cultivation families had no alchemists in their households, so they would usually hire alchemists from other families to refine pills.

After Li Ditu's alchemy skills had matured, some Qi Refining cultivation families close to the Li Family had hired him to refine pills, and the compensation was generous.

Li Ditu naturally never turned away anyone who came. Not only could he earn quite a few Spirit Stones, he could also improve his alchemy.

By the time Li Qianqing was thirty or forty, Qi Refining cultivation families would surely come knocking to ask him to refine pills as well.

The information circulating outside was that his Alchemy Talent was even somewhat better than Li Ditu's.

After chatting briefly, Li Qianqing returned to refine Rank 1 Mid-Grade Qi Replenishing Pills. Li Ditu also had a task of refining Qi Replenishment Pills.

Ever since Li Qianqing had refined Rank 1 Low-Grade Qi Gathering Pills that time, Li Ditu had no longer deliberately guided him during alchemy. Li Qianqing would only come to consult him when he encountered difficult points in refinement.

As Li Ditu answered Li Qianqing's questions, he discovered that his experience was becoming increasingly insufficient.

This was a good thing!

It showed that Li Qianqing was growing faster and faster in alchemy.

After returning to his residence, Li Qianqing found himself with a small worry.

"The extra Qi Gathering Pills can be used by me, but the Qi Replenishment Pills..."

Whenever he completed the Lineage's pill-refining tasks, he did so to the greatest extent possible. Yet even so, he would still have many excess pills.

With sixty batches of ingredients for refining Rank 1 Mid-Grade Qi Replenishing Pills, even if he refined two batches per furnace, he could ultimately produce more than four hundred Qi Replenishment Pills. If he handed over around three hundred and ten Qi Replenishment Pills to the Lineage to complete the task, he would still have more than ninety left in hand.

If he were at the Qi Refining Seventh Layer now, Li Qianqing would even want to try refining three batches of Qi Replenishment Pills per furnace. But he was only at the Qi Refining Sixth Layer, so he could only abandon that thought.

When Li Ditu refined Rank 1 Mid-Grade Pills, he always refined one batch per furnace. He did not dare refine two batches per furnace, as that would greatly affect the pill formation rate. Compared with the increased efficiency, it was simply not worth the loss.

Unless Li Ditu's alchemy skills rose another level. At that point, he too could refine two batches of Rank 1 Mid-Grade Qi Replenishing Pills per furnace. Compared with one batch per furnace, the loss would be small while efficiency would greatly increase.

At that time, the value of efficiency would exceed the loss of a tiny number of pills. Moreover, refining two batches per furnace could save on fuel costs.

Sell the Qi Replenishment Pills I refine?

A vague idea began to form in Li Qianqing's heart.

Thanks to Gui Youbai for the 100 Qidian Coins reward! Thank you for the support!