I have a cultivation simulator

Chapter 11

Looking at the obviously much younger Master Yun, Zhou Qing couldn't help but feel a sense of感慨 (gan3kai3, a feeling of mixed emotions, including nostalgia and reflection).

In the simulation, Master Yun Dan was the person I had the most contact with.

Although for the first twenty years or so, Zhou Qing was just an apprentice.

However, Master Yun Dan never treated him differently.

After decades of observation, Zhou Qing concluded that Master Yun Dan was a good person and a kind-hearted man.

Ye Feng wanted to be free, and after he told Master Yun, Master Yun did not refuse, but asked Ye Feng to pay one hundred spirit stones.

One hundred spirit stones was the cost of the spirit contract Ye Feng signed at that time.

If this were any other craftsman, who would agree to it?

"Fellow Daoist, which type of mid-grade pill do you intend to refine?"

Unaware of Zhou Qing's inner turmoil, Master Yun asked in a gentle tone.

To assess a mid-grade alchemist, one must personally witness them refining a batch of mid-grade pills.

Furthermore, to prevent other factors from affecting the process, the alchemy furnace and the earth fire must be handled by the Pill Alliance.

Only in this way can the true skill of the alchemist be seen more directly.

"Nourishing Qi Pill, please."

Zhou Qing said.

The Qi-Nourishing Pill is the type of mid-grade pill that Zhou Qing is most proficient in during the simulation.

Its main function is to assist cultivators in the mid-stage of Qi Refining in their daily cultivation.

Although it is not as precious as the Breakthrough Pill, it is still considered quite good among mid-grade pills.

"Qi-nourishing pills?"

Master Yun's eyes lit up.

He is also skilled at refining Qi-nourishing pills.

Actually... Zhou Qing's skill in refining Qi-Nourishing Pills was also taught by Master Yun.

However, the recipe for the Qi Nourishing Pill is widely circulated, and the demand from cultivators is high, so out of ten alchemists, three or four are skilled at refining it.

Master Yun didn't think anything of it.

"Let's begin."

Master Yun led Zhou Qing to the alchemy furnace prepared by the Pill Alliance, where the medicinal materials for refining the Qi Nourishing Pill were laid out.

"rise!"

With a slight thought, Zhou Qing channeled his magical power into the alchemy furnace, causing the earth fire to rise and leap.

"change!"

With a flick of his finger, Zhou Qing sent dozens of medicinal herbs placed beside him flying into the alchemy furnace. Under the intense heat of the earth fire, they quickly began to melt, forming clumps of medicinal liquid.

Each medicinal herb requires a different fusion temperature, which necessitates that the alchemist have an extremely thorough understanding of the characteristics of the herbs and precise control of the earth fire temperature to ensure that each herb is suited to its specific needs.

Under the burning of the subterranean fire, the medicinal liquid began to be refined, impurities were removed, and it was transformed into its purest state.

This process was almost seamless, from lighting the furnace to removing impurities from the medicinal liquid, all done in one go.

The alchemist Yun, who was watching from the side, was secretly shocked.

Although it has not yet been completed.

However, Zhou Qing's control and technique in controlling the heat are definitely at the level of a mid-grade alchemist.

Moreover, Master Yun felt that Zhou Qing's fire control technique in quenching medicinal liquid had given him great inspiration.

Just then, all the medicinal liquids reached their optimal state.

Zhou Qing's expression turned slightly serious as he quickly cast a spell.

"Freeze!"

Dozens of clumps of liquid medicine quickly merged together.

This step is the most important step in the alchemy process, and is also known as condensing the elixir.

The slightest mistake could lead to failure.

However, in the simulation, Zhou Qing had decades of experience in alchemy, and since the Qi-Nourishing Pill was the pill he was most skilled at making, there were naturally no surprises.

After most of the day, the dozens of clumps of medicinal liquid finally merged completely together.

Without any hesitation, Zhou Qing cast another spell to completely solidify the fused medicinal liquid.

Half an hour later.

Zhou Qing then began the finishing touches, gradually lowering the temperature of the ground fire.

Until the incantation for collecting the elixir is performed.

Click.

The alchemy furnace was opened.

Fourteen perfectly round pills with uniform color flew out.

These fourteen pills were covered with pill patterns on their surface, with the lowest having one pattern and the highest having three. The moment they flew out, a rich fragrance of pills spread out.

"Fourteen pills were formed: eleven ordinary ones, two genuine ones, and one premium Qi-Nourishing Pill?"

"Good! Good! Good!"

"Fellow Daoist's alchemy skills are truly admirable!"

Master Yun's eyes gleamed with wonder.

The same type of elixir is classified into waste elixir, ordinary elixir, genuine elixir, and premium elixir according to its quality.

Needless to say, waste pills cannot condense pill patterns, contain a large amount of pill toxins, and are not suitable for normal cultivators to consume.

A pill of ordinary quality, with a single pill pattern, has its medicinal properties largely integrated and contains relatively little toxicity. This is the quality of pills that most cultivators consume.

Genuine pills, on the other hand, have two pill patterns, and their medicinal properties are perfectly integrated. Not only do they contain less toxicity, but their efficacy also surpasses that of ordinary pills.

As for premium pills? They have three pill patterns, the medicinal properties are perfectly integrated, there is almost no toxicity, and the effect of the pills is several times that of ordinary quality pills.

High-quality pills are rare and hard to come by; they are often snapped up by wealthy and influential second-generation cultivators as soon as they appear.

"By sheer luck."

Zhou Qing looked at the fourteen round Qi-Nourishing Pills and spoke.

This was by no means an understatement; in his decades-long career of alchemy in the simulation, Zhou Qing had never produced a high-quality pill.

At most, they are genuine products, and it often takes several months to produce just one.

Zhou Qing speculated that his ability to refine a high-quality pill was mainly due to his extremely good luck, and secondly, because he was tormented by pill poisoning during the last few years of the simulation and basically did not touch the pill furnace.

However, not having touched the alchemy furnace does not mean that one has completely given up on alchemy.

During the years when he was tormented by elixir poisoning, Zhou Qing also devoted himself to studying alchemy.

After the simulation ended, Zhou Qing perfectly inherited everything about himself in the simulation, and then began to refine pills. It was the first time he had refined pills in several years, and coupled with his peak condition and burst of inspiration, he achieved this result.

This is the result of multiple factors and cannot be replicated.

"Luck is also a form of strength."

Master Yun looked at the fourteen Qi-Nourishing Pills and said with a smile.

Then he revealed his purpose, "Fellow Daoist, I wonder if it would be possible to sell these fourteen Qi-Nourishing Pills... to the Pill Alliance?"

Although the medicinal materials for refining Qi-Nourishing Pills are all provided by the Pill Alliance, the pills refined by mid-grade pill masters who have joined the Pill Alliance and passed the assessment belong to that pill master.

This can be considered a perk that the Dan Alliance gives to its new members.

The cost of refining a batch of Qi-Nourishing Pills is only a few dozen spirit stones, which is not much of a price to pay to win over a mid-grade alchemist.

"no problem."

Zhou Qing naturally had no objections.

Even if Master Yun hadn't made the request, he would have secretly sold those fourteen Qi-Nourishing Pills.

First, he is currently in dire need of spirit stones.

Secondly, in reality, Zhou Qing would not consume any pills.

Every medicine has some degree of toxicity. Even the finest elixirs are only said to be almost free of toxicity; in reality, they still contain some.

Reality, however, is the starting point in Zhou Qing's simulation. Once he chooses to swallow the pill, he will accumulate toxicity in his body, and every subsequent simulation will be affected by it.

Even with the innate talent of "Erystal Poison Buster," one cannot be completely immune to erystal poison.

Therefore, Zhou Qing only takes pills in the simulation.

Even if Zhou Qing accumulates a lot of pill toxins during the simulation, once the simulation ends, he will only inherit the pure cultivation level and will not inherit the pill toxins along with it.