More than ten thousand years had passed, and the pill recipes had also changed. Ten thousand years was enough for countless pill recipes to evolve, and these pill recipes were all ones that Qin Feng had never come into contact with before.
With Qin Feng's knowledge of elixirs, it was impossible for him to master all the pill recipes in a short period of time. Since there was a ready-made pill recipe, it naturally couldn't be better.
It wasn't difficult to modify a pill recipe, but to create a new one out of nothing, even Qin Feng felt that it was a bit tricky.
Yang Xi's purpose of joining the Alchemy Guild was the same as Qin Feng's. They both wanted to make money, but one wanted to make money to eat, while the other wanted to make money to cultivate.
Although Yang Xi's alchemy skills were good, even better than many of the Alchemy Guild's alchemists, without an identity card from the Alchemy Guild, no one would come to her for alchemy, even if she lowered the price of her alchemy.
In this world, martial artists recognized the Alchemy Guild, and there was basically no market for those unorthodox alchemists.
When he came to the Alchemy Guild again, it was still crowded. The martial artists' demand for pills was endless. No matter how many pills the Alchemy Guild refined, they would be snatched up by the hungry martial artists.
Although big forces like the Thousand Gold Pavilion would cultivate their own alchemists, whether it was the scale or the quality, they were far from being comparable to the Alchemy Guild.
Even a sect like the Panacea Sect, which made a living by alchemy, was as small as an ant in front of the Alchemy Guild. There was even a legend that the founder of the Panacea Sect was a member of the Alchemy Guild. The Panacea Sect was equivalent to a branch of the Alchemy Guild.
On a huge metal board, some messages were scrolling back and forth. These were missions issued by the Alchemy Guild. Not only did martial artists entrust the Alchemy Guild to refine pills, but there were also missions issued by the Alchemy Guild's alchemists to find certain elixirs.
Because of the Alchemy Guild, Alchemists and Warriors worked closely together. Of course, Alchemists were still the dominant force in this relationship.
"I want to accept a mission!" Qin Feng placed his alchemist certificate on the counter.
"Alright, you are a One Star Alchemist, so you can accept and issue One Star Missions. I have already listed out the One Star Missions, please choose freely." The young girl at the counter immediately sorted out the One Star Alchemy Missions.
Qin Feng smiled bitterly as he looked at these alchemy missions. One star missions were the lowest level missions in the Alchemy Guild. The pills that could be refined were at most level one pills. Asking Qin Feng to refine this kind of pill was simply a waste of talent.
However, Qin Feng couldn't do anything about it. The Alchemy Guild's hierarchy was very strict. Depending on your rank, you could only accept missions of that rank. If you want to accept missions of a higher rank, sorry, it was impossible.
The Alchemy Guild divided the alchemists' levels into one star to nine stars, with one star being the lowest and nine stars the highest.
If one wanted to increase their alchemist's level, they had to continuously accept tasks. Every time they completed a task, they would receive the corresponding merit points. Once they had enough merit points, they would be able to increase their alchemist's level by passing the assessment.
In addition to completing various tasks issued by the Alchemy Guild, there was another way to quickly increase one's merit points. That was to create a new pill formula. After the formula was verified by many alchemists in the Alchemy Guild, one would receive a huge amount of merit points.
However, creating a new pill formula was not a simple matter. In the entire Tiannan Empire, there were only a handful of alchemists who received merit points through creating new pill formulas.
"One Star Alchemist needs 100 merit points to be promoted to a Two Star Alchemist. One Star Mission can only be completed once. Does this mean that I have to accept 100 missions?"
Qin Feng's eyes quickly swept across the metal plates. His fingers continuously tapped on them. In just a short span of ten breaths, he had accepted 100 missions.
The young girl at the counter's eyelids twitched. She naturally recognized Qin Feng. He had just passed the alchemist assessment yesterday. She didn't expect that he would come to accept missions today. Moreover, he had accepted 100 missions in one go. Wasn't he a bit too arrogant?
Yang Xi also followed suit. She accepted 100 missions and plunged into the alchemy room.
Completing a mission not only gave merit points, but also a handsome reward. For Yang Xi who urgently needed money to eat, the more missions she received, the better.
Level 1 pills were not difficult for Qin Feng and Yang Xi. Qin Feng could complete it with his eyes closed.
"Qi Gathering Pill, a mid-level Level 1 pill. After taking it, it can greatly increase the speed of absorbing Heaven and Earth's Ling Qi." Qin Feng looked at the pill formula in his hand.
This kind of Level 1 pill was the most common type of pill. There was no secret to the pill formula. As long as one became an alchemist of the Alchemy Guild, they would automatically obtain the right to use Level 1 pill formulas.
However, this was only limited to Level 1 pill formulas. If one wanted to obtain Level 2 pill formulas, they would have to use merit points to purchase them. In the Alchemy Guild, merit points were more precious than gold and silver. If one wanted to obtain more pill formulas, they could only use merit points to purchase them.
"This pill formula is really crude." Qin Feng sighed.
This Level 1 mid-level Qi Gathering Pill had a history of over a thousand years. After being improved by hundreds and thousands of alchemists, it was considered to be perfect.
However, in Qin Feng's eyes, this kind of pill formula was full of flaws and was extremely crude. In an instant, dozens of improvement plans appeared in his mind.
Level 1 pills were the most basic type of pill. There were very few alchemists who were willing to spend the time to improve a pill formula.
Every alchemist in the Alchemy Guild had their own independent alchemy room. In this alchemy room, Qin Feng did not need to worry about anything. He used his vigorous True Essence to control a hundred sets of medicinal herbs. The ratio of each set of medicinal herbs was exactly the same.
If the door of the alchemy room was open, perhaps 99% of people would be scared to death by the scene inside the alchemy room.
A hundred fireballs were floating in the alchemy room. These hundred fireballs contained the medicinal herbs for the Qi Gathering Pill. Qin Feng's ten fingers were constantly forming hand seals to control the temperature of the fireballs.
Qin Feng actually left the alchemy furnace and used his True Essence and Divine Soul to refine the pill.
Although martial artists who had awakened the Fire Divine Soul had an incomparable advantage in alchemy, it was not as exaggerated as Qin Feng's.
Without using an alchemy furnace, he refined a hundred sets of medicinal herbs in one go. Even the strongest alchemist in the Tian Nan Empire Alchemy Guild would not dare to do so.
Not to mention anything else, just the consumption of True Essence and Divine Soul was not something that an ordinary True Element Boundary martial artist could bear.
In just the time it took to brew a cup of tea, a hundred sets of Qi Gathering Pills were refined. Except for two sets that were wasted, the rest were all successful.
Each set of Qi Gathering Pills required five sets of medicinal herbs, a total of five hundred sets. Qin Feng only spent a little more than an hour to use up all five hundred sets of medicinal herbs.
Although he had failed to refine fifty pills, he had actually refined a total of four hundred and fifty pills. Such a high success rate simply wouldn't allow other Alchemists to survive.
Although Qi Gathering Pills were ordinary, it was precisely because it was easy to refine and the effect was good. Almost all martial artists would use Qi Gathering Pills to assist their own cultivation, so the consumption was also very large.
After staying in the alchemy room for an entire afternoon, Qin Feng fully recovered his True Essence and Divine Soul. Only then did he leave the alchemy room and place all the Qi Gathering Pills on the counter.
The young girl on the counter stared at him, her eyes almost popping out. It had only been an afternoon, how could he have refined so many Qi Gathering Pills?
After inspecting these Qi Gathering Pills, she found that the quality was excellent. Qin Feng had not only completed the one hundred tasks he had taken, but had also completed more than he had. The extra 350 sets of Qi Gathering Pills were converted into 350 merit points, far more than the merit points needed to become a Second Grade Alchemist.
"Hello, may I ask if you want to take the Second Grade Alchemist assessment?" The young girl asked.
"En!" Qin Feng nodded.
Using the shortest amount of time to raise his alchemist level, and then taking on high level tasks to increase his fame, and then using his alchemy skills to earn all kinds of spirit herbs to assist his own cultivation.
"The Second Grade Alchemist assessment requires you to refine a Second Grade Pill. If you do not have a Second Grade Pill Recipe, you can exchange it for merit points." The young girl said.
"No need, I have my own!" Qin Feng directly rejected.
"Alright, I will prepare the assessment for you immediately. Your assessment will be held in two hours, and the examiner will be the Three Star Alchemist, Grandmaster Gouton!" The young girl said.
When Gouton received the news that he would be the examiner, he frowned slightly. He really did not want to waste his time on those trash!
Although the Alchemy Guild would also reward some merit points, as a Third Grade Alchemist, why would he care about that little bit of merit points? He could just casually take on a task and come here.
Qin Feng ran through his mind for a moment. He had mastered many Second Grade Pill Recipes, so he chose a recipe with common ingredients.
"Alchemist Qin Feng, please come to room 130 for the assessment!"
"What a young brat!"
Gouton was stunned when he saw Qin Feng walking in. He was too young, so young that he did not look like an alchemist at all.
"What kind of pill do you want to refine?" However, Gouton did not beat around the bush and directly asked.
"Tiger Leopard Pill!" Qin Feng said.
"Oh, Second Grade Lower Grade Pill, Tiger Leopard Pill!" Gouton nodded his head.
The Tiger Leopard Pill was the least difficult pill to refine among the Second Grade Pills. It was the introductory pill for Second Grade Pills.
Qin Feng choosing this pill for his assessment was undoubtedly the best choice. Gouton also put away his original casual attitude. It seemed that this brat was not here to go through the motions.
As a Three Star Alchemist, Gouton had taken the assessment of alchemists, if not a thousand, there were at least eight hundred. Many One Star Alchemists deliberately refined Second Grade Pills with extremely high difficulty in order to show their ability.
Gu Tong snorted disdainfully at this. The rules of the test were only to refine second-grade medicinal pills. You just had to refine simple second-grade medicinal pills. You just had to show off and refine those extremely difficult ones. Wasn't this just looking for trouble?
The Two Star Alchemist assessment required one to bring their own elixirs. Moreover, every elixir had to be checked by the examiner. After confirming that there were no problems, the alchemist could start refining.
When Qin Feng started refining, Gouton's good impression of him disappeared. His eyebrows twitched!