Mortal Alchemy

The next morning, the group returned to the Mu family, looking disheveled. Chen Ping had Xu Fengshan drop him off near the Baisha Marketplace.

After purchasing the necessary supplies, he immediately returned to the Mu family to begin his closed-door cultivation.

He cultivated in seclusion for three months straight, and Chen Ping's cultivation broke through to the seventh level of Qi Refining.

The resources in his hands were also exhausted, forcing him to stop his secluded cultivation and begin refining spirit sense pills.

He could now roughly estimate his cultivation speed. By continuously consuming Qi Replenishing Pills, it took him a little over four months to advance from the sixth to the seventh level of Qi Refining.

To break through to the eighth level of Qi Refining, it would take about seven or eight months of cultivation. But with pill refining and other miscellaneous matters, it would take at least ten months.

Life was so monotonous, either refining pills or cultivating, like an ascetic monk.

Without the resources provided by the alchemy inheritance, it would be too difficult for Chen Ping to improve his cultivation.

Therefore, Chen Ping cherished the valuable time he had to cultivate with Qi Replenishing Pills.

The fact that he could cultivate so monotonously was already the envy of the other disciples in the Pill Hall.

The other pill refining disciples were miserable. They had to refine Essence Qi Pills before they could find time to meditate and cultivate.

Without time to recover, without pills to assist in cultivation, and without complete seclusion time, cultivation was extremely difficult.

"It's better to hoard enough cultivation resources for ten months before going into seclusion again. Let's continue refining pills."

Chen Ping devoted himself to refining spirit sense pills, and his proficiency gradually increased.

However, he still steadily produced one bottle of spirit sense pills per month.

This puzzled him, and he hadn't yet found a way to increase the yield of spirit sense pills.

The quality of the spirit sense pills was improving, which was a good direction.

When he reached the late stage of Qi Refining, he could use the spirit sense pills himself.

This day, Chen Ping ran out of his hunger-suppressing pills and went to the Spirit Cuisine Hall to eat.

Xu Fengshan looked at Chen Ping with confusion and surprise:

"Junior Brother Chen, when did you break through to the seventh level of Qi Refining?"

He was very surprised. When Chen Ping first came to the Pill Hall, his cultivation was only at the fifth level of Qi Refining.

Now, Chen Ping had been in the Pill Hall for less than two years, and his cultivation had reached the seventh level of Qi Refining.

What kind of spiritual root did this Junior Brother Chen have that allowed him to cultivate so quickly?

Moreover, Chen Ping had to refine pills on weekdays. Under such circumstances, he could maintain his cultivation and even break through.

It was simply unbelievable to Xu Fengshan.

Chen Ping said with a smile, "It was just a moment of inspiration. Sometimes, when I meditate, I have a thorough understanding of the techniques and bottlenecks, and I break through."

Seeing Chen Ping being perfunctory, Xu Fengshan was not angry and didn't ask any further.

Every cultivator has his own secrets, and perhaps Chen Ping's family was supporting him behind the scenes?

Xu Fengshan cupped his fist and said, "Congratulations, Junior Brother Chen."

"Thank you, Senior Brother."

"Junior Brother Chen, when you reach the eighth level of Qi Refining, you can try to refine more pills to earn more money. Most of the disciples in our Pill Hall choose to refine forty furnaces of pills a month to earn four spirit stones."

"This is stipulated by the Hall Master."

Chen Ping's face darkened. After his cultivation improved, the Pill Hall would further exploit him. Even if you had the potential to establish a foundation, they would still exhaust you, leaving you no time to cultivate.

And Xu Fengshan was clearly one of those who had been delayed.

Chen Ping inquired, "Senior Brother Xu, what if a disciple in our Pill Hall wants to attempt to establish a foundation?"

Xu Fengshan was stunned for a moment. "It has been almost two hundred years since anyone in our Pill Hall attempted to establish a foundation. But according to the rules, once you enter the late stage of Qi Refining, as long as you submit the required pills on time, you don't necessarily have to stay in the Pill Hall all the time."

"We are just expendable materials for refining pills. As long as you submit the pills, you don't have to be in the Pill Hall usually. You can even go to the Deacon Hall to take on tasks and earn more spirit stones."