Intermediate Pill

According to market rates, three hundred-year-old Fleeceflower Roots can be exchanged for one low-grade Strange Treasure.

If it were a mid-grade Strange Treasure, I fear it would require exhausting all the hundred-year-old Fleeceflower Roots to have any hope of an exchange, and even then, it couldn't be a particularly precious mid-grade Strange Treasure.

However, mid-grade Strange Treasures are far too rare, and Qin Dongcheng had no hope of obtaining one, so he set his sights only on low-grade ones.

He divided the nine hundred-year-old Fleeceflower Roots into three portions, placing them in three different pill shops: one in the Bamboo Forest Black Market and two in the pill shops outside the sect.

He did not place them at those street stalls; even the most reputable stall could not compare to a formal pill shop.

Qin Dongcheng primarily chose pill shops outside the black market, as their reputations were relatively better.

Hundred-year-old Fleeceflower Roots are worth a fortune, let alone three of them; if they were swindled, Qin Dongcheng would feel a pang of heartache.

Having harvested medicinal herbs for several months, he had only obtained a few dozen hundred-year-old Fleeceflower Roots through critical hits, and each one was an extremely precious item.

Using three Fleeceflower Roots to exchange for one low-grade Strange Treasure was already a significant premium, so the probability of a successful trade was quite high.

After dealing with these hundred-year-old Fleeceflower Roots, Qin Dongcheng took the opportunity to buy more herbs, gathering enough for several dozen batches of mid-grade pills.

Pure Blood Pill!

As a mid-grade pill, many of its techniques and methods overlapped with those of the Soul Bewildering Pill and Sun Flame Liquid, and it would be of great help to Qin Dongcheng at this moment. Therefore, after careful selection, he decided that the first mid-grade pill he would refine would be the Pure Blood Pill.

It purifies and boosts blood-qi, and its medicinal properties are relatively mild. Generally, only Martial Artists at or above the Flesh Phase Realm would purchase it. Although Qin Dongcheng's cultivation realm was slightly lower, he was still able to consume it.

Even after stepping into the Tendon Phase Realm later on, he could continue to consume it regularly to purify the blood-qi within his body and raise his cultivation realm.

After preparing sufficient herbs, Qin Dongcheng began attempting to refine the Pure Blood Pill.

The first attempt... ended in failure!

The second attempt... ended in failure!

It wasn't until the thirty-third attempt that it once again ended in failure.

"You have refined a failed Pure Blood Pill. Congratulations on triggering a thousand-fold critical hit. You have received a thousand-fold harvest!"

What Qin Dongcheng did not expect was that although this refinement of the Pure Blood Pill failed, it triggered a thousand-fold critical hit. A massive influx of experience, techniques, and methods regarding the failure of refining Pure Blood Pills surged into his mind, causing Qin Dongcheng to make rapid progress in his refinement of the Pure Blood Pill.

At the same time, his pill refining techniques and skills also saw a tremendous improvement. Qin Dongcheng even had a feeling that in just a few more tries, he would be able to successfully refine a Pure Blood Pill.

Soon, after the thirty-eighth failure, Qin Dongcheng successfully refined a Pure Blood Pill on his thirty-ninth attempt.

Looking at the round, flawless Pure Blood Pill in his hand, Qin Dongcheng nodded with satisfaction. With his first successful refinement of a mid-grade pill, it meant that he had one foot inside the level of an Intermediate Alchemist.

His status and standing were far above those of ordinary Inner Sect Disciples, almost catching up to those of the True Inheritance Disciples.

If this were exposed, he could easily obtain the position of an Outer Sect Elder, and once he advanced to the level of an Intermediate Alchemist, even becoming an Inner Sect Elder would not be impossible.

Within the Five Elements Sect, these were already big shots in the upper-middle tier.

If he were to leave the Five Elements Mountain Range, he could easily manage several counties, or even an entire prefecture.

That evening, Qin Dongcheng consumed this Pure Blood Pill to feel its medicinal power.

The medicinal power of the Pure Blood Pill seemed to carry a hint of flame, tempering his blood-qi in thin, continuous strands, making his blood-qi become increasingly pure and powerful while simultaneously boosting it. Its effects far exceeded those of the Blood-Replenishing Pill, even if the Pure Blood Pill was not known for raising one's cultivation realm.

Feeling his blood-qi and muscles rapidly improving, Qin Dongcheng was extremely satisfied. As expected, being an alchemist is best; not only can he supply what he needs, but he can also exchange for significant silver and other income.

After this period of accumulation, his sect contribution points had exceeded five thousand, and during this time, he had also spent some silver to purchase sect contribution points from others.

Now that his cultivation had reached the late stage of the Flesh Phase Realm and was getting closer and closer to perfection, it was time to exchange for a tendon-refining technique.

A Martial Artist in the Tendon Phase Realm is qualified to be called a top-tier Martial Artist, or a top-tier expert. If placed in the outside world, they would be a powerhouse of a county, capable of easily establishing a prominent family within that county.

In his past life, he would have been a billionaire in the county, having achieved financial freedom and living a happy life.

One Pure Blood Pill allowed Qin Dongcheng's cultivation to improve by a small margin and also made the blood-qi within his body much purer.

If he refined more Pure Blood Pills later, he could consume them himself first and only sell them once his success rate was high enough.

A few days later, Qin Dongcheng went to the Five Elements Library and used five thousand sect contribution points to exchange for a tendon-refining technique.

Tide-Rising Muscle-Refining Fist!

Along with the Mount Tai Body Strengthening Fist, Diamond Skin Refining Fist, and Evergreen Muscle Refining Fist, they all belonged to the same lineage. Naturally, the difficulty of comprehending and practicing them was similar; they were not easy to master.

However, once practiced to perfection, there is a high probability of awakening a Strange Phenomenon in the future.

Currently, Qin Dongcheng had already awakened three Strange Phenomena. Looking at the entire younger generation of the Five Elements Sect, he was likely second to none, especially since the ones he awakened were all top-tier Strange Phenomena.

Even Dong Hongyan, the renowned prodigy of the Dong Family, had only awakened two Strange Phenomena, both of which were mid-tier, and she did not yet have a single top-tier one.

Even so, she was already being held in high hopes by the Dong Family, let alone Qin Dongcheng.

The Tide-Rising Muscle-Refining Fist is a water-attribute fist technique. Practicing it feels like surging tides, continuously tempering and improving every tendon, and the blood-qi force cultivated is also like a surging tide.

Because he had already successively comprehended the previous three techniques, it was much easier for him to comprehend the Tide-Rising Muscle-Refining Fist than before, and he soon gained some insights.

By the time he had fully comprehended the Tide-Rising Muscle-Refining Fist, dozens of days had passed. After failing many times, his success rate in refining Pure Blood Pills had also reached about ten percent.

That is to say, out of ten attempts, he could succeed at least once, which was already enough to cover his costs.

The cost of a Pure Blood Pill is one tael of silver, but the price is as high as twenty taels of silver, meaning that as long as he succeeds once in twenty attempts, he won't lose money, let alone succeeding once in ten.

Therefore, it was time to consider refining a second type of mid-grade pill, which would allow him to step into the level of an Intermediate Alchemist as soon as possible and master more pill-refining techniques and skills.

After much deliberation, he chose the Blood-Benefiting Pill. Its efficacy is similar to the Blood-Replenishing Pill, and it is a commonly used mid-grade pill for Martial Artists at or above the Flesh Phase Realm during their cultivation and advancement.

Its speed in raising one's cultivation realm is far superior to the Blood-Solidifying Pill. Once he breaks through to the Tendon Phase Realm, Qin Dongcheng will be able to consume the Blood-Benefiting Pill for his cultivation.