Ten-Thousandfold Returns for Taking Disciples: Starting from Battle Through the Heavens, Part 17

"Really!?"

"That's wonderful!"

"Our academy has finally produced a sixth-tier alchemist capable of refining Emperor's Extreme Pills!"

After hearing Qin Hao's answer, everyone's faces lit up with immense excitement.

They all knew very well what a sixth-tier alchemist capable of refining Emperor's Extreme Pills meant to a faction in a place like the Black-Corner Region.

Within the Black-Corner Region, the only alchemist capable of refining Emperor's Extreme Pills was Han Feng, known as the Medicine Emperor.

Unfortunately, Canaan Academy had a poor relationship with Maple City, which Han Feng had founded, so asking Han Feng to refine Emperor's Extreme Pills was practically impossible.

Or rather, even if they did ask Han Feng to refine Emperor's Extreme Pills, the price they would have to pay would be terrifying.

Because of this, the elders of Canaan Academy had never asked Han Feng to refine pills. As a result, although they clearly possessed enough ingredients, they had never been able to obtain the pills they wanted.

"I understand what you elders mean. As an elder of Canaan Academy's Inner Academy, since I have the ability, I naturally won't refuse. If you need anything, you may come directly to me.

"I won't charge any additional compensation. The standard terms will suffice—just prepare three sets of ingredients required for the refinement."

Qin Hao did not waste words and spoke directly.

"Wonderful!"

"Elder Qin Hao is truly righteous!"

"Elder Qin Hao truly deserves to be called a genius nurtured by our Inner Academy!"

After hearing Qin Hao's words, everyone spoke up in succession. Under normal circumstances, preparing three sets of medicinal ingredients was merely the most basic requirement when asking an alchemist to refine pills.

Generally speaking, one also had to pay additional compensation. Moreover, the higher the grade of the pill being refined, the greater the price that had to be paid.

Many times, the value of what they paid was no less than the value of the pill they wanted refined.

Thus, Qin Hao's "fee" was exceptionally generous in their eyes.

"You elders are too kind. No matter what, I am still one of the academy's people," Qin Hao said.

"Good, good. Qin Hao, you truly are outstanding!"

After seeing this, First Elder Su Qian also spoke with a gratified expression.

Clearly, he was extremely satisfied with Qin Hao's attitude. Although Qin Hao was an academy elder, pill refinement was ultimately Qin Hao's private affair. How he set his prices was entirely his own freedom.

Even if Qin Hao demanded additional compensation, they would have had no way to object, since this concerned Qin Hao's personal interests.

That was precisely why Su Qian was so delighted upon hearing Qin Hao's words.

"You overpraise me, First Elder."

Qin Hao clasped his hands. He had made this choice because, ever since entering the academy, he had received no small amount of care from it.

Granted, before awakening his past-life memories, the original owner's talent had indeed been excellent. But without the academy's vigorous nurturing, he could never have achieved what he had today.

For instance, the alchemy inheritance he had received before, as well as the beast flame on his body—these were not things he could have obtained on his own.

And during that previous crisis, if the academy elders had not arrived in time to save him, he would probably have died long ago. How could he have possibly taken over this body? The corpse would likely have already been eaten clean.

Even though the original owner had ultimately died, Qin Hao had now taken over his body and naturally inherited all of the original owner's karma.

Qin Hao was not an ungrateful man. Now that he had the ability, he naturally would not turn his back on them or demand an exorbitant price.

Besides, with his current alchemy skills and the assistance of the Azure Profound Cauldron, even if he only took three sets of basic ingredients, his pill-refining success rate and pill yield would still let him make a fortune. He would not lose out in the slightest.

He could gain considerable benefits while also earning plenty of goodwill, greatly increasing his current status and influence within the Inner Academy. No matter how he calculated it, he would not be at a loss.

At present, his identity as an elder of Canaan Academy was still quite useful to him. At the very least, throughout the Northwestern Region, Canaan Academy's influence was terrifyingly great.

"Elder Qin Hao, aside from Emperor's Extreme Pills, are you also capable of refining Sect-Breaking Pills?"

At that moment, another voice rang out.

Looking in the direction of the voice, Qin Hao saw an elderly man in a blue robe enter his field of vision.

A powerful aura radiated from the other man's body. He was unmistakably a Dou Huang-level expert.

Moreover, his aura was far stronger than that of Elder Chen and the other Dou Huangs nearby. He had clearly reached the peak Dou Huang realm.

Qin Hao instantly recognized him. He was none other than Hu Gan, the headmaster of Canaan Academy's Outer Academy.

Qin Hao was not particularly surprised that Hu Gan had appeared here. Although Hu Gan was the headmaster of the Outer Academy, he often came to the Inner Academy as well.

Hu Gan was a peak Dou Huang expert, so pills like Emperor's Extreme Pills were obviously of no use to him anymore.

What mattered most to him now was breaking through to the Dou Zong realm.

To break through to Dou Zong, aside from those monstrous geniuses who could force their way through with talent alone, the vast majority of peak Dou Huangs needed the assistance of medicinal pills to break through.

And the key pill for a peak Dou Huang breaking through to Dou Zong was precisely the Sect-Breaking Pill.

Not only could it increase the chances of a peak Dou Huang breaking through to Dou Zong, but it also had another effect: even if the breakthrough failed, it could keep the cultivator's cultivation at its pre-breakthrough peak, preventing any regression in cultivation or qi deviation.

Under normal circumstances, if one attempted to break through a major realm without the aid of pills, failure would result in backlash.

Therefore, for a peak Dou Huang powerhouse like Hu Gan, nothing was more desirable than a Sect-Breaking Pill.

"So it is Headmaster Hu Gan. The Sect-Breaking Pill is one of the most difficult pills to refine among sixth-tier pills. With my current alchemy skills, it is not impossible for me to refine it, but I cannot guarantee the success rate.

"After all, I have not been a sixth-tier alchemist for very long. To be safe, it would be best to wait until I have consolidated my alchemy skills and strengthened my cultivation before refining it.

"One year. At most one year, and I will have a much greater confidence in refining Sect-Breaking Pills. Headmaster Hu Gan, it would be best if you could wait another year. After all, the ingredients for Sect-Breaking Pills are not easy to find."

After thinking for a moment, Qin Hao spoke directly.

He was not being modest. As he had said, Sect-Breaking Pills were indeed among the most difficult sixth-tier pills to refine. Even with the Azure Profound Cauldron's assistance, he did not have absolute confidence that he could succeed one hundred percent of the time.

To him, losing even one set of ingredients would be a tremendous loss. Rather than forcing himself to refine it now, he might as well wait until he had fully digested and absorbed the alchemy inheritance he had obtained before trying.

For other alchemists, improving their alchemy level was incredibly difficult. But Qin Hao was clearly different. His alchemy skills were still in a stage of rapid advancement.

Thus, this would not take too long.

"One year? Hahaha, good! With Elder Qin Hao's words, I am satisfied. It is only one year! This old man can wait!"

Hu Gan was not disappointed in the slightest after hearing Qin Hao's words. Instead, he became even more excited. With his peak Dou Huang cultivation, a mere year was nothing.

"Alright, everyone, since that is the case, let us disperse for now. Those who need Elder Qin Hao to refine pills should hurry back and prepare their ingredients. Do not disturb Elder Qin Hao for the time being."

After seeing this, First Elder Su Qian spoke directly.

Upon hearing Su Qian's words, no one hesitated. They all turned and left.

After everyone had departed, Qin Hao did not hesitate either. He directly tossed the Primordial Beast Spirit Pill in his hand to the Twin-Winged Scarlet Qilin King beside him.

"This is a Primordial Beast Spirit Pill, a sixth-tier healing pill specially made for Magic Beasts."

Qin Hao's voice followed.

"Thank you, Master!"

Upon hearing Qin Hao's words, excitement burst from the Twin-Winged Scarlet Qilin King's eyes.

Although it had taken quite a few healing pills before, with its strength as a sixth-rank Magic Beast, it would still need a considerable amount of time to fully recover. But now that it had this sixth-tier healing pill, its recovery speed would increase by more than a hundredfold.

After giving the pill to the Twin-Winged Scarlet Qilin King, Qin Hao entered the cultivation chamber once more, preparing to continue refining pills.

The next pill he planned to refine was the Emperor's Extreme Pill. By now, he had gathered several sets of ingredients for it.

With his previous experience refining the Primordial Beast Spirit Pill, refining Emperor's Extreme Pills was obviously much easier. Although Emperor's Extreme Pills were more complicated to refine, they posed no great difficulty to him now.

Over the next several days, sixth-tier pill formation phenomena appeared above Qin Hao's courtyard every few days.

At first, they drew considerable attention and caused quite a stir. But as the occurrences became more frequent, everyone gradually grew accustomed to them and became numb.

At the same time, the frequency of these pill formation phenomena gave them a more direct understanding of Qin Hao's alchemy skills.

The frequency was simply too high. In other words, Qin Hao had almost never failed during this period. That terrifying success rate completely exceeded their imagination.

They clearly realized one fact: Qin Hao's alchemy skills were far more terrifying than they had imagined.

Those who had originally been somewhat hesitant finally made up their minds and began gathering the medicinal ingredients they needed with all their strength.

"Phew..."

"More or less done."

As the final set of ingredients transformed into two smooth, round pills, Qin Hao stopped moving within the cultivation chamber and let out a long breath of stale air. After several days of continuous refinement—

He had finally used up nearly all the medicinal ingredients on his body.

During this process, he had failed only once in refining a sixth-tier pill. That failure had been caused by an operational mistake due to fatigue from refining pills for too long.

He now possessed quite a few sixth-tier pills. Emperor's Extreme Pills alone numbered more than ten. Moreover, three of those Emperor's Extreme Pills had developed pill patterns.

Pills that developed pill patterns were vastly more effective than ordinary pills.

After putting everything away, Qin Hao slowly rose to his feet and left the cultivation chamber.

After Qin Hao emerged from seclusion, the Inner Academy elders came looking for him immediately. In particular, the several Dou Huang-level experts were all filled with excitement and anticipation.

The successive sixth-tier pill formation phenomena that had appeared above the Inner Academy recently had completely erased any doubts they had about Qin Hao's alchemy skills. Thus, they could not wait to ask Qin Hao to help refine pills.

Qin Hao naturally did not refuse these elders. After all, the primary reason he had displayed his alchemy skills was to gain benefits from them.

In the end, aside from the three Emperor's Extreme Pills with pill patterns, all of the other dozen or so Emperor's Extreme Pills were exchanged.

Qin Hao also gained nearly twenty sets of ingredients for Emperor's Extreme Pills. Normally, according to Qin Hao's exchange terms, these ingredients would naturally have been far from enough to exchange for the Emperor's Extreme Pills in his possession.

However, although even the Dou Huang elders of the Inner Academy possessed considerable wealth, gathering so many sets of Emperor's Extreme Pill ingredients in such a short time was extremely difficult.

Under normal circumstances, these Dou Huang-level elders would not need so many Emperor's Extreme Pills, because each Dou Huang could only consume one Emperor's Extreme Pill in their lifetime.

He had more than a dozen ordinary Emperor's Extreme Pills, but Canaan Academy's Inner Academy did not have that many Dou Huang-level experts.

However, no one would ever complain about having too few Emperor's Extreme Pills. Once they learned that Qin Hao still had Emperor's Extreme Pills and was willing to trade them, several Dou Huang elders were clearly tempted.

After some discussion, both sides completed the transaction.

Although Qin Hao would have gained even more benefits by auctioning these Emperor's Extreme Pills, taking out so many Emperor's Extreme Pills at once would undoubtedly cause considerable trouble.