Basic System

Late summer.

In the blink of an eye, five months had passed since Li Qianqing entered Late-Stage Qi Refining.

This September, he would begin taking over the nurturing of the family's younger generation, and the new batch of clansmen found to possess spiritual roots would be placed in his hands.

If no one awakened spiritual roots this year, then that other task of his would have to wait until September of next year, but the overall coordination of the spiritual root testing would still be his responsibility.

A knock sounded from outside.

Li Qianqing opened the door, and the moment he saw who had come, he called out at once.

"Second Grandfather."

Li Ditu was due to return to Changqing Mountain soon, and he knew it, because the Rank 1 Mid-Grade Qi Gathering Pill, refined once every fourteen years, needed to be made again. The fourteen years here naturally referred to the time it took for the Main Spiritual Medicine of the Rank 1 Mid-Grade Qi Gathering Pill to mature and be harvested.

Most of the Li Family's First Grade Middle Rank Spiritual Fields were used to grow spiritual medicines related to refining the Rank 1 Mid-Grade Qi Gathering Pill, and among them, the Main Spiritual Medicine for refining the Rank 1 Mid-Grade Qi Gathering Pill took up the lion's share.

"Qianqing, how have you been lately?" Li Ditu found a place to sit and asked very casually.

Li Qianqing had always been treated by him like his own grandson, which showed his deep affection for this junior.

"Very well." Li Qianqing sat down opposite Li Ditu. "The new environment has a Rank 1 High-Grade Spirit Gathering Array. If I use it long-term, the speed at which I reach Late-Stage Qi Refining Seventh Layer will be much faster."

"Mm."

Li Ditu was very satisfied with Li Qianqing's current situation. This house had originally been allocated to family juniors with great potential. Li Qianqing was only twenty-two now and was also part of the family's core upper echelon, so he was fully qualified to live in this house.

As the two chatted, the topic soon turned to refining the Rank 1 Mid-Grade Qi Gathering Pill.

Li Ditu had returned to Changqing Mountain precisely for this. Unlike the spiritual medicines for refining the Rank 1 Mid-Grade Qi Replenishing Pill, the spiritual medicines for refining the Rank 1 Mid-Grade Qi Gathering Pill were mainly planted on Changqing Mountain.

Li Ditu's return was also meant to create a false impression for the clansmen, showing that most of the Rank 1 Mid-Grade Qi Gathering Pills were being refined by him, the experienced alchemist.

At present, the matter of Li Qianqing's Alchemy Talent was still known only to the family's core upper echelon. Everyone else knew nothing about it.

"Second Grandfather, for this batch of Rank 1 Mid-Grade Qi Gathering Pills, how much do I need to be responsible for?"

"About seventy percent. Leave the rest to me," Li Ditu said without hesitation. He had already thought this through long ago.

When they had previously refined the Rank 1 Mid-Grade Qi Replenishing Pills, what others knew was that Li Qianqing had been responsible for thirty percent of the Qi Replenishing Pills, while Li Ditu had handled the remaining seventy percent. In reality, the two had split it fifty-fifty.

This time, what the outside world would know was still that Li Ditu handled seventy percent and Li Qianqing thirty percent, but in reality, it would be the other way around.

Li Ditu believed that with Li Qianqing's Alchemy Talent, along with his experience refining the Rank 1 Mid-Grade Qi Replenishing Pill, there would definitely be no problem making the actual arrangement produce the result known to the outside world.

At first, Li Ditu had actually wanted Li Qianqing to refine eighty percent and leave the remaining twenty percent to him, but after thinking it over, he decided against it. It was better to be steadier, and this way, Li Qianqing would also spend a little less time.

"All right, no problem." Li Qianqing nodded, also agreeing with Li Ditu's idea.

Ever since Li Qianqing's Alchemy Talent had been revealed, although the Li Family still had another alchemist, the refining of the Li Family's Rank 1 Mid-Grade Pills no longer had any part for him. Usually, only when Qi Refining immortal cultivation families came to him would he get a chance.

But Qi Refining immortal cultivation families basically did not seek him out. Even though his refining fee was relatively cheap, if people were going to look for someone, they were still more willing to find the more experienced Li Ditu.

If not for Li Qianqing, he would have been Li Ditu's successor. Forget refining Rank 1 Mid-Grade Pills, even Rank 1 High-Grade Pills would have had his share.

At present, what he refined were all some Rank 1 Low-Grade Pills, as well as ordinary Fasting Pills. These could also give him a tiny bit of alchemy experience.

"The more you refine, the more Contribution Points you obtain. Of course, Contribution Points are secondary. What matters is accumulating more alchemy experience, and also preparing for refining Rank 1 High-Grade Pills later." Li Ditu lightly stroked his long beard.

"I understand, Second Grandfather."

The distribution of tasks was mainly Li Lilong's responsibility, but as members of the core upper echelon, they could also decide on their own. Moreover, Li Lilong had made it clear that pill refining would be left to the two of them, and as for how to divide it, that was their business.

The family had a complete system for obtaining Contribution Points. Even if they assigned tasks to themselves, they still had to abide by the basic system. Their status as core upper echelon members could not be used to gain an advantage in this regard. Family cultivators with great potential were different, and this was also set based on the family's development.

Family cultivators with high spiritual root talent naturally had fewer duties and more Contribution Points. This was more beneficial to the improvement of their cultivation, and family cultivators basically all acknowledged this point. In the future prosperity and flourishing of the family, every clansman would benefit, and the benefits came in all aspects, not just better protection.

"Based on your situation, after completing the refinement of the Rank 1 Mid-Grade Qi Gathering Pills, you can obtain at least ten thousand Contribution Points. If the final result reaches above sixty percent, another thousand Contribution Points will be added. If it reaches above sixty-five percent, another thousand Contribution Points will be added. If it reaches above seventy percent, you can obtain a total of thirteen thousand Contribution Points."

When he said this, Li Ditu thought of the previous situation when Li Qianqing had refined the Rank 1 Mid-Grade Qi Replenishing Pills.

"Obtaining thirteen thousand Contribution Points won't be difficult for you."

Last time, when refining the Rank 1 Mid-Grade Qi Replenishing Pills, Li Qianqing's final result had exceeded seventy-five percent. In the final five furnaces of Qi Replenishing Pills, his pill success rate had been pressing straight toward ninety percent.

"The Contribution Points obtained from refining Rank 1 Mid-Grade Qi Gathering Pills are somewhat different from refining Qi Replenishing Pills. But if your final refining result reaches above seventy-five percent, two thousand Contribution Points will be added directly. If it exceeds eighty percent, three thousand Contribution Points will be added directly."

Li Ditu's estimate for Li Qianqing was that he would either obtain fifteen thousand Contribution Points or eighteen thousand Contribution Points, and the latter was even more likely.

After all, Li Qianqing already had experience refining other Rank 1 Mid-Grade Pills. This was of some help when refining other Rank 1 Mid-Grade Pills, and the number of furnaces for the Rank 1 Mid-Grade Qi Gathering Pill was much greater than for the Qi Replenishing Pill.

With Li Qianqing's Alchemy Talent, his pill success rate in the early stages of refining would not be very low, and his progress would be extremely fast. It was possible that his final pill success rate might even reach eighty-five percent, in which case the Contribution Points obtained would directly reach twenty-three thousand.

After more than Half an Hour, Li Ditu left.

After Second Grandfather left, he began his daily cultivation.

The next day, all the spiritual medicines for refining the Rank 1 Mid-Grade Qi Gathering Pills had been harvested, and Li Ditu left Changqing Mountain with thirty percent of the spiritual medicines for refining.

It was true that Li Ditu had returned to see Li Qianqing, but it was also an excuse, one that could conceal the amount of spiritual medicines for refining he carried with him when he left.

Although Li Liding, who was responsible for delivery, would not deliberately open it to look, this involved Li Qianqing's Alchemy Talent, the family's most core secret at present, so it was better to be cautious.