Mortal: Joining the Star Palace at the Start

The medicinal seed he bought today is nothing more than raw material for refining "Spirit Essence Pill" and "Spirit Gathering Pill".

In the Chaotic Star Sea, thanks to the modifications made by various powerful predecessors, he no longer needed demon cores in the refining process of these two types of pills consumed by Qi Refining cultivators.

If demon cores are needed, the overall strength of the entire Chaotic Star Sea will likely decline significantly.

As is widely known, only demonic beasts of level five or higher can produce demonic cores.

What is the concept of a level 5 demon beast? It is being compared to a human Core Formation cultivator.

If all pills used in the Qi Refining stage require demon cores, the price increase is secondary; whether anyone will buy them is another matter entirely.

Ji Qing possesses a spiritual field cave, so he estimates that it will take about half a month to gather the medicinal herbs needed to accelerate ripening.

In the past two weeks, Ji Qing has arranged her cultivation schedule.

He used the daytime to refine elixirs and the nighttime to meditate and cultivate himself, his days were fully planned.

As long as you don't die, keep improving yourself. Don't be polite to yourself. If you're still alive, train like there's no tomorrow.

Oh, and pharmacology too.

Only by understanding pharmacology can one avoid some detours in the process of alchemy.

Of course, as the personal disciple of Elder Jin Kui, he could observe alchemy masters refining pills, which was the simplest way to avoid detours, and he couldn't possibly not use it.

After all, now that I have this status, I might as well make the most of it.

....

The next day arrived quickly. At this moment, in the alchemy room of the Star Palace, Jin Kui brought a young man to the place.

The elder of the alchemy room is named An Yuansong. He is a Nascent Soul stage cultivator and a master alchemist of the Star Palace. He is extremely obsessed with alchemy and most of the Star Palace's pills are made by him and then distributed to the Star Palace disciples.

For ordinary cultivators, getting an audience with this elder is as difficult as ascending to heaven.

However, with Elder Jin Kui present, Ji Qing's desire to meet him was simply a matter of Elder Jin Kui's word.

"Fellow Daoist An, I'm entrusting this disciple to you."

"Haha, don't worry. Since the Grand Elder has entrusted your disciple to me, I will naturally teach him step by step so that he can avoid some detours. So, Grand Elder, rest assured, the matter of your beloved disciple's alchemy is entrusted to me."

Upon hearing this, Jin Kui smiled and nodded:

"Okay, in that case, I'll go now and pick him up later."

Elder An's attitude has changed a lot. The fact that Ji Qing could actually get Elder Jin Kui to come and pick him up personally is enough to show how important Ji Qing is to Jin Kui.

Therefore, he began to take Ji Qing's attitude more seriously, and said with a smile:

"Very well, I understand. Please rest assured, Elder, I will return your beloved disciple to you unharmed."

"Yes, you are experienced and thoughtful in handling matters, so I am naturally at ease about this matter."

"In that case, I'll be going now. The affairs of the Star Palace are quite urgent, and I need to get back and deal with them as soon as possible."

"Very well, see off the Grand Elder."

Jin Kui nodded slightly, then gave Ji Qing a few instructions before transforming into a golden streak of light and soaring into the sky, disappearing without a trace in the blink of an eye.

After Jin Kui had gone some distance, Elder An went to Ji Qing's side, looked him over carefully, and said with a smile:

"Kid, put your hand out."

"it is good."

Ji Qing stretched out his hand blankly, not knowing what Elder An was going to do.

Elder An gently tapped Ji Qing's palm, closed his eyes to feel it for a moment, and then said thoughtfully:

"So he has a metal-attribute celestial spiritual root. No wonder the Grand Elder values ​​this person so much."

Elder An lowered Ji Qing's hand:

"Young man, I already know your spiritual root attributes, but if you want to refine pills, this matter may be a bit difficult for you."

After all, you know you don't possess a fire elemental root, so wielding fire magic might face considerable obstacles.

"Huh? What should we do then?"

Upon hearing this, Ji Qing felt somewhat flustered.

Elder An stroked his beard, his expression showing no sign of urgency:

"The solution is simple. If you want to refine pills, then you can cultivate fire-attribute techniques, or come to the land of fire veins and use your magic to drive the earth fire. You can still refine pills that way."

However, relying on this method will place a considerable burden on your magical power.

"Your cultivation is only at the first level of Qi Refining, so you don't have that much magical power to control."

Elder An frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and continued:

"Young man, how about this? I will first teach you the 'Crimson Fire Burning the Sky Technique'."

"Once you've successfully mastered the Crimson Flame of the 'Crimson Fire Burning the Sky Technique,' I'll teach you alchemy. What do you think?"

Is that so?

Ji Qing lowered his head and thought for a moment, then nodded in agreement:

"Yes, senior, I will listen to you."

"it is good."

Seeing that Ji Qing had agreed, Elder An's expression softened considerably.

"Since you've agreed, then come with me."

As soon as he finished speaking, Elder An turned and left. Ji Qing saw this and quickly set off to follow him.

After walking for about half an incense stick's time, the old man and the young man arrived at the alchemy room.

The alchemy room was about two zhang high and decorated very luxuriously. Two level-six demonic beasts were guarding the door, looking quite terrifying.

These two demonic beasts are called sea lions. They are quite powerful, and if an ordinary Core Formation cultivator were to encounter them, they would definitely not be a match for them.

But how could Elder An use such a demonic beast as a gatekeeper? This gave Ji Qing the feeling that with great power one could do whatever one wanted.

Elder An smiled smugly, said nothing, and simply pushed open the door, leading Ji Qing inside.

The alchemy room was extremely spacious, with a huge bronze furnace in the center emitting wisps of smoke, the essence of which was extremely fragrant.

Ji Qing looked around for a long time and was surprised to find that there was a cultivator of similar age to him next to the alchemy furnace.

"Elder An, who is this?"

Elder An looked in the direction of the voice, and when he saw who Ji Qing was referring to, he smiled and explained:

"Young man, this girl's name is Ling Yuling. She is the beloved daughter of the two palace masters. As a cultivator with a Heavenly Spiritual Root, you are destined to be with Ling Yuling. So you must cultivate a good relationship with her, understand?"

Upon hearing this, Ji Qing was taken aback for a moment. He had never expected to meet Ling Yuling in this way.

At that very moment, he suddenly understood why his master had readily agreed to find him an alchemy master. The reason was that his master wanted him to cultivate a good relationship with Ling Yuling.

After thinking it through, Ji Qing cupped his hands in greeting to Elder An and said:

"Understood, senior. I will certainly do as you say."

"Haha, very well then, sit down next to Xiaoling. I'll go back to the inner room first and fetch the cultivation manual for you."

"Okay, thank you, senior."

Elder An smiled and nodded, then pushed open the door to the inner room and went inside, leaving only Ji Qing and Ling Yuling behind.

Ji Qing sat down next to Ling Yuling, but before he could speak, Ling Yuling smiled and said:

"You're Uncle Jin's newly accepted disciple, right?"