Mortal: Joining the Star Palace at the Start

Ji Qing sat on the futon, his eyes gradually lowering:

"It was a pleasant surprise to get to know Ling Yuling this time."

Ji Qing knew all too well how important Ling Yuling was. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that she was the number one rich and beautiful woman in the Chaotic Star Sea. If someone married Ling Yuling, the entire Star Palace would be their dowry.

Ji Qing cleared her mind of these chaotic thoughts and began to plan for the future.

Having acquired a spiritual field and grotto-heaven, Ji Qing plans to focus on cultivation while also taking time to accelerate the ripening of spiritual herbs.

As long as he successfully accelerates the ripening of the medicinal herb, he will immediately begin refining the pill.

With his innate spiritual root, if he were to receive the support of elixirs, he would likely advance in his cultivation level very soon.

At the same time, thanks to the advantages brought by his Heavenly Spiritual Root, he doesn't need to worry about others suspecting that he possesses some special treasure.

The Heavenly Spiritual Root is one in ten thousand among cultivators. In the eyes of ordinary people, it is normal to cultivate quickly, right?

If his cultivation progresses slowly, others will think that his Heavenly Spiritual Root is fake.

Having made up his mind, Ji Qing took out the spirit pattern pill given to him by his senior sister, swallowed it, and began to cultivate.

.........

Time flies. Half a month has passed in the blink of an eye since Ji Qing started practicing alchemy with Elder An.

Over the course of the past two weeks, his relationship with Ling Yuling has gradually improved.

Perhaps because she couldn't find anyone to talk to, Ling Yuling immediately poured out all her bitterness as soon as she saw him. Ji Qing heard this and, while expressing his understanding, also offered words of comfort.

Soon after, Ling Yuling and he reached a point where they could talk about anything.

Under Elder An's guidance, Ji Qing's alchemy journey went very smoothly. Many questions he didn't understand about alchemy became clear after Elder An's patient explanations.

As a result, Ji Qing's alchemy skills improved rapidly.

On this day, after saying goodbye to Ling Yuling as he came out of the alchemy room, Ji Qing returned to his cave without stopping.

Ji Qing took out the alchemy furnace from his storage bag, sat down in front of it, took out the prepared medicinal herbs, and prepared to start refining the pills.

This time, Ji Qing plans to refine a "Spirit Gathering Pill".

The refining process of the Spirit Gathering Pill is quite complicated, so Ji Qing summarized the materials used to refine the Spirit Gathering Pill, and then divided these spiritual herbs into several areas according to pharmacology, making a rough summary.

After Ji Qing had integrated all the pharmacological principles and eliminated the possibility of failure, he suddenly opened his eyes, his gaze unwavering.

"The medicinal properties of the purple-green flower are the most potent. It should be slowly roasted over a low flame until the stems and leaves are removed. Once the medicinal properties have been extracted, it can be added to the frost and snow grass to neutralize it."

Once both are successfully refined into spiritual liquid, I can proceed to the next step.

After saying that, Ji Qing began refining pills.

Ji Qing was 30% confident that he would succeed in refining the pill this time.

Ji Qing was not optimistic about this alchemy attempt.

Because when he was following Elder An in alchemy, he only listened to Elder An explain the pharmacology, and had not yet personally tried it.

Therefore, Ji Qing was prepared for failure in this alchemy attempt.

Ji Qing's cultivation level is currently weak. If he were to use his magic power to control the flames, he would definitely be unable to withstand it with his current cultivation level.

So before he started refining pills, he bought fire vein stones in the market.

Fire vein stone is a type of mineral that provides fire from the earth, and it is quite expensive.

However, for Ji Qing, this price was still something he could afford.

Therefore, he bought three hundred fire vein stones in one go, in order to prevent himself from being unable to control the flames due to insufficient magic power, which would lead to failure.

Therefore, after Ji Qing placed the fire vein stone, he had a thought and suddenly shot out a blazing flame from his palm, beginning to heat up the alchemy furnace.

The time it takes to heat up the alchemy furnace is relatively short. Now, with the help of the fire vein stone, it will be ready in about half an incense stick's time.

"It's done. Next, we need to refine the Purple-Blue Flower with a gentle flame."

With this in mind, Ji Qing no longer hesitated and immediately began to act.

He first refined the purple-blue flower according to his own understanding.

Perhaps because it was his first time refining pills, he didn't grasp the timing well when he was transforming the gentle fire into the powerful fire. During the transformation process, he accidentally burned the purple-blue flower to ashes.

He wasted a purple-blue flower.

"Oh, what a pity."

Ji Qing's eyelids twitched, and she felt a pang of heartache.

The Purple-Blue Flower is quite expensive, costing about fifteen spirit stones per plant. Having once lived in a slum, he knew how hard it was to obtain these medicinal herbs.

So this failed attempt at refining caused his heart to bleed.

Although he was the one who brought this purple-blue flower to life, it was still a pure white spirit stone.

This failed attempt at refining resulted in the burning away of all fifteen spirit stones.

Indeed, alchemy is an extremely expensive profession. Unless one is extremely wealthy, ordinary people who want to pursue this profession will have to eat themselves into poverty.

Of course, if an alchemist becomes highly skilled, his ability to generate wealth is unmatched by any other profession.

In the world of cultivation, elixirs are a highly sought-after commodity, making alchemists extremely popular and sought-after wherever they go.

Ji Qing rallied his spirits and was not discouraged. After summarizing the reasons for his failure, he began to meditate to recover his magical power.

"As expected, my cultivation level is still too low, and my magic power is too little. If my cultivation level were to improve by one level, I wouldn't have to exert so much effort."

Ji Qing thought to himself, his desire for power had grown even stronger.

In this way, about an hour later, Ji Qing's magical power was fully restored.

"This flame conversion must be done quickly, otherwise it will be another failure."

Ji Qing turned around, picked up a purple-green flower, and began the second refining process.

.........

The next day, Ji Qing's eyes turned blood red.

The entire night of refining pills had clearly driven him to a state of near madness.

However, the ending was ultimately good. With an ample supply of spiritual herbs, Ji Qing successfully refined a batch of "Spirit Gathering Pills"!

"Hahaha, it's done! I've succeeded, Daoist Master! Hahaha!"

Ji Qing stared at the five or six Spirit Gathering Pills on the table, a maniacal smile spreading across his face.

But as he was laughing, he started to cry.

Refining pills is no easy feat. He attempted it more than twenty times before succeeding only once. The success rate is truly astonishing.

Does he lack talent in alchemy? Perhaps he does, but he possesses a spiritual field and grotto-heaven, which allows him to make up for his shortcomings through diligence.

He believed that as long as he persisted, he would one day become a master alchemist.

Ji Qing cheered himself up, then took out a white jade bottle and carefully put the pill inside.

Ji Qing held the jade bottle in both hands, held it in the air for a long time, and finally a slight smile appeared on his face.

In any case, he can now be considered an alchemist.

However, just as he was thinking this, a voice that was very familiar to him suddenly came over. He heard her say:

"Junior brother~ Junior brother~ Are you up yet? Master is calling you."