Guidance

"Ninth Grandfather!" Ye Jingcheng stepped forward to greet him.

"Jingcheng is here." Ye Haitian was extremely busy at the moment, but his eyes lit up when he saw Ye Jingcheng arrive.

This scene left Ye Jingcheng completely bewildered.

Meanwhile, the other Ye Family from the Ye family all spoke up for Ye Jingcheng:

"Eleventh Brother!"

"Is Eleventh Brother here to refine pills?"

Facing these younger siblings of the Jing generation who had come up the mountain three years ago, Ye Jingcheng smiled at each of them, then shook his head.

"I'm here to learn, just like you!"

The Ye Family holds an ascension ceremony in mortal villages and towns every three years.

This ensures that promising cultivators will not be hindered, and the Ye Family cultivators will not have to work hard every year.

The Ye Family uses a generational naming system, with each generation lasting forty years. Those who rise from the mortal Ye Family lineage are assigned generational names according to this time cycle.

However, if they are direct descendants of cultivators in the Lineage, the generational order is one character.

Three years after arriving on the mountain, they will go to the Alchemy Pavilion Artifact Refining Pavilion, the Spirit Plant Pavilion, and the Beast Taming Pavilion to study for a period of time.

Three years is neither a long nor a short time; it's almost enough for them to cultivate to the first or second level of Qi Refining, and their minds will mature considerably.

At this moment, one can learn about alchemy, weapon crafting, beast taming, and Spirit Plant.

Ye Jingcheng was previously at the first level of Qi Refining, while most people with three Spirit Root were at the second level of Qi Refining.

"Your eleventh brother is now First-Tier Superior-Grade Alchemist. You should all learn from him!"

Ye Haitian introduced the Ye Family members, then looked at Ye Jingcheng and transmitted his voice directly:

"Jingcheng, we're giving you a job. Take care of these younger brothers of yours for a month. It'll only take two hours a day, and the Lineage will give you five hundred contribution points!"

This news caught Ye Jingcheng somewhat off guard!

After all, he came here to learn.

I never intended to teach others.

So he naturally hesitated, after all, he wasn't sure if he could lead them well.

"You must have hit a bottleneck in alchemy. If you agree, I'll tell you how to break through it!" Ye Haitian continued with a meaningful telepathic message.

Those eyes were smiling slightly.

It's as if they can see through everything.

This left Ye Jingcheng feeling helpless; was his expression really that easy to read?

"As long as Ninth Grandfather doesn't mind that Jingcheng has misled his own disciples, that's fine!" Ye Jingcheng finally agreed.

Seeing that Ye Jingcheng had agreed, Ye Haitian took out a Jade Slip.

The Jade Slip contains a general framework for the teaching method.

From the basic encyclopedia of spirit medicine and pharmacological analysis, to the process of controlling the fire in the furnace, and even the formation and nurturing of the elixir.

It contains a general explanation, and then incorporates the Alchemist's own insights, thus becoming a teaching manual.

"Today, you will stay in the Earth Fire Chamber. You are not allowed to use any Law Technique or control your Cultivation Method!" Ye Haitian said to the dozen or so Ye Family disciples.

They nodded one by one and entered a pre-prepared fire chamber, where the heat was intense.

As Alchemist, the first thing one must be able to withstand is fire resistance.

In high temperatures, one must remain calm and patient.

If one cannot even withstand this much, it will naturally be quite difficult to achieve great success in alchemy.

As was customary for the Ye Family, they would let them endure it for three days first, and Ye Jingcheng was the one who could endure it the most in that year.

Once all the Ye Family members had entered, Ye Haitian closed the Earth Fire Chamber. Then he took out a mirror, and a dozen or so Ye Family members were clearly reflected in it.

Moreover, the gap has already begun to appear shortly after we entered.

Some were sweating profusely, anxiously looking around, while others quietly closed their eyes.

"Jing Kuang is not bad!" Ye Haitian praised, then sat down in his chair, which had become imbued with a sense of vitality.

Ye Jingcheng then took out some spiritual tea. Not to mention that Ye Haitian had found him a job that could earn 500 contribution points, he also wanted to hear some of the methods Ye Haitian had taught him to break through the bottleneck.

At this moment, Ye Jingcheng was also extremely skilled at brewing spiritual tea. For an Alchemist, finding the optimal ratio of tea to water and temperature was not difficult.

So soon, the entire hall of the Alchemy Pavilion was filled with the aroma of tea.

"What's the most important thing in alchemy?" Ye Haitian took a small sip of tea and looked at Ye Jingcheng.

"Pharmacology, furnace preparation, refining, fire control, pill condensation!" Ye Jing answered without hesitation.

"That's right. Since you know that you usually use Spirit Beast to refine pills, you're missing the fire control step. Although you can take a shortcut by following the Pill Formula, for Alchemist, the most important thing is to control the fire in a way that suits them. Pill Formula are static, and the fire control of Spirit Beast can only come from you!"

"Missing a crucial element means you can indeed achieve rapid progress with low-grade spirit pills!"

"But in the long run, it is indeed counterproductive!" Ye Haitian replied.

Ye Jingcheng was also taken aback, but he had to admit that what Ye Haitian said was indeed true.

"However, your method of refining pills with Spirit Beast is certainly not without its advantages, but the prerequisite is that you must also keep up with the fire control. Only by alternating between these two methods can the effects be maximized!"

"Otherwise, do you think the other cultivators in the Lineage don't have Fire Attribute Spirit Beast?" Ye Haitian continued.

Having said that, he said no more, leaving Ye Jingcheng to figure it out for himself.

After saying all that, my mouth is finally dry.

Sipping his spiritual tea with his eyes half-closed is what an old man like him should do.

He found it interesting to have young people teaching young people, as he had always been the one teaching them.

"Thank you, Eighth Grandfather!" Ye Jingcheng was stunned for a moment before nodding; he understood.

So she smiled and poured some spiritual tea for Ye Haitian.

He himself drank very little, but Ye Haitian's few words were enough to benefit him immensely.

Sometimes, people can't get out of their own cognitive errors, and that's when they need guidance from elders.

"Go ahead, give it a try. As a half-teacher, there's no rent required!" Ye Haitian waved his hand, urging Ye Jingcheng to give it a shot.

Ye Jingcheng nodded and chose a fire chamber, where he began refining pills using fire, something he hadn't done in a long time.

Having not used earth fire for alchemy for a long time, I felt a bit out of sorts during the furnace preparation stage.

For his first batch, he still refined the Azure Spirit Pill. Although there was no rent required, the spirit medicine materials still cost Spirit Stone, so he decided to play it safe.

He now has three money-consuming beasts.

Aside from the furnace being a little slow, Ye Jingcheng didn't encounter any unexpected problems in the other stages. In the end, this batch produced five pills, which was far inferior to the pill refining process using Spirit Beast.

However, Ye Jingcheng had some new insights. He quickly took out the Jade Slip and began to record them. He also took out his insights from when he used Spirit Beast to refine pills and found that there were indeed some differences.

This also filled Ye Jingcheng with joy.

After finishing the refining, Ye Jingcheng came out again, while Ye Haitian was still organizing the files.

Although Ye Jingcheng obtained a solution, it didn't mean he wouldn't continue asking questions.

They've already become lecturers in the Lineage, so it's reasonable for the Lineage to help them improve their skills!

Next, Ye Jingcheng asked a question, and Ye Haitian answered without reservation.

Furthermore, many of the details were so impressive that Ye Jingcheng wanted to applaud them.

Having an elder in the family is like having a treasure.

Ye Jingcheng was extremely satisfied with the presence of so many elders in the Ye Family.

He discovered that his elders were also a valuable asset, and he needed to learn from them and explore their knowledge further.

In the following period, Ye Jingcheng became extremely busy.

After refining elixirs, summarizing, and asking questions during the day, he still had two hours left to guide his younger cousins.

However, these guidelines mostly focus on understanding pharmacology, furnace-forming techniques and precautions, with little information on condensing the elixir.

Ye Jingcheng further required all the members of the Ye Family to take notes on Jade Slip and to compare their notes afterward.

They even listed the best and worst!

However, two of the dozen or so cousins did emerge as promising talents.

Ye Jingkuo was one of them.

In his own courtyard, he also took out the Golden Scale Pill and gave it to the Golden-Scaled Beast.

Ye Jingcheng had the Crimson Flame Fox guard his courtyard.

Although it was at Soaring Cloud Peak, the Golden-Scaled Beast was still undergoing a bloodline advancement.

But the Jade-Scale Snake is too small.

A month passed in the blink of an eye, and Ye Jingcheng's final test for them was to refine Grain Avoidance Pill.

This Grain Avoidance Pill is the most commonly used elixir in the Cultivation World, and it is also the foundation of all elixirs.

He only needs two Spirit Material: the Grain Avoidance Fruit and the Qingling Flower.

This time, both Ye Haitian and Ye Haiyun were present for the final exam.

Ye Haitian needs no introduction, he sees him every day. However, Ye Haiyun seems to have aged a bit recently, as if he has been refining some kind of spiritual pill that has taken a lot of effort.

Most of the Ye Family members of the Hai generation are around 80 or 90 years old, with Ye Haicheng being a bit older, already over 120.

Most Qi Refining cultivators have a lifespan of around 120 years. Taking some Longevity Fruits can extend their lifespan, but each cultivator can only take the same Longevity-Extending spirit medicine once.

Furthermore, once longevity-enhancing spirit medicine appear, they are often snapped up by high-level cultivators, and very few Qi Refining cultivators can live past one hundred and twenty.

As soon as the competition began, the eight remaining clansmen all took out their Jade Slip and started preparing for alchemy.

This scene made Ye Haiyun very happy, and she even glanced at Ye Jingcheng a few more times.

For cultivators, who possess exceptional memory, the difference between using Jade Slip and not using Jade Slip lies in the ability to better review the information in their minds.

It's a little trick.

In the end, only Ye Jingkuo successfully refined the Grain Avoidance Pill, while six people refined the incomplete pill.

Only one person managed to refine a lump of waste.

Both Ye Haitian and Ye Haiyun were somewhat surprised by this scene.

As they expected, it would be good if they could get three fragmented pills, after all, they were only at the first or second level of Qi Refining and had only been learning alchemy for a month!

"Jingcheng, from now on, you will be in charge of explaining alchemy to the new members of the Ye Family. You'll get 600 contribution points each time!"

"In addition, if you come to the Alchemy Pavilion more often, the Lineage will give you an extra fifty contribution points every year!" Ye Haiyun spoke much more generously and directly, unlike Ye Haitian who beat around the bush.

"In addition, I am about to refine a second-tier pill, a second-tier Breakthrough Pill. You can come and observe!" Ye Haiyun used telepathy this time, and Ye Jingcheng was immediately stunned.

As expected, Ye Haiyun was able to refine second-tier pills.

Moreover, it's a breakthrough pill that allows cultivators to advance their cultivation levels.