65: Chapter 65 From then on, he would take Qi Gathering Pills every day.

Not long after Deacon Tao left, Xia Shaoxin turned and went to the neighboring herbal shop to purchase all the Materials for the qi gathering pill.

The Senior Brother at the herbal shop had just accepted his Poisonous Insect, and the way he looked at Xia Shaoxin was as if he were seeing a big spender.

The qi gathering pill was the favorite Medicinal Pill of the Disciples in the Qi Refining stage. All the required Materials were grown in the Sect's spirit fields, and the Materials for one furnace batch were worth ten Spirit Stones.

He only needed to buy it once, so he wasn't very sensitive to the price.

This Medicinal Pill had high sales volume, and every Alchemist would refine one or two furnace batches a month.

The yield could be more than a dozen pills, or as few as eight or nine. If luck was bad and the Pill Furnace exploded, the losses would be heavy, and it would take half a year to recover.

After buying the Materials, he returned to the Danfang Pavilion and started to doze off.

Just as Deacon Tao said, this errand was not busy at all; it was overly relaxed.

After all, a Pill Formula was something you learned once and used for a lifetime. Some Alchemists only made a few types of pills their whole lives and wouldn't even come here at all.

He slept until the Wei hour in the afternoon, then packed up and went back.

He sprinted all the way, returned home, and went to see Senior Brother Liang Ruoran first.

"Senior Brother Liang, your qi gathering pill Pill Formula sold today. Here are your Spirit Stones."

"Oh?" Senior Brother Liang Ruoran happily took the Spirit Stones and laughed heartily.

"I'm a bit tired today, let's chat another day." Xia Shaoxin turned to leave.

"Wait, hold on!" Senior Brother Liang Ruoran called out to him.

Xia Shaoxin had no choice but to turn back.

Senior Brother Liang Ruoran looked him up and down with deep suspicion, lowered his voice, and said: "This Pill Formula has been in the Danfang Pavilion for three years and hasn't sold because no new Alchemists have been added in these past few years."

His eyes were fixed directly on Xia Shaoxin's eyes.

"It must be you... could it be you?"

Xia Shaoxin nodded, "It's me."

Senior Brother Liang Ruoran immediately felt awkward and stuttered: "You told me you wanted to learn the method to refine the qi gathering pill, and I promised to teach you. You don't need to be in such a rush..."

"Even brothers should keep clear accounts. I think this is fine," Xia Shaoxin said indifferently. "Senior Brother Liang, you don't need to feel embarrassed. You aren't my master, and I can't just take your Pill Formula for free."

"Sigh, you..." Senior Brother Liang Ruoran scratched his head, not knowing what to say.

"The Danfang Pavilion stores so many Pill Formulas. One day, I will learn them all."

Senior Brother Liang Ruoran was astonished: "There's no need. Most of them are useless. Just eat the qi gathering pill now. After you Cultivate to the Third Layer of Qi Refining, eat the lingyuan pill. Once you have a Breakthrough to the Middle Stage of Qi Refining, eat the tongming pill. After that... honestly speaking, that's probably as far as you'll get."

Xia Shaoxin smiled slightly.

Even the Chiyan Sect Sect Head was only at the Qi Refining Upper Stage. Senior Brother Liang Ruoran was right; given my background as a Bug Catcher, being able to see the Middle Stage of Qi Refining was already very generous.

Xia Shaoxin was anxious to go back and refine the qi gathering pill. He didn't want to chat, so he gave a few perfunctory responses, feigned exhaustion, and took his leave.

Once he entered the room, he drank some water and immediately started the Pill Furnace to perform Alchemy.

After refining for two hours, everything was fine.

It was just that at the final moment, he needed to pour True Qi into the Pill Furnace. The furnace seemed like it could absorb water, almost draining him dry.

Performing Alchemy not only depleted his own True Qi but also his vitality.

Fortunately, he didn't faint. He completed all the procedures and finally obtained twelve qi gathering pills.

At this time, his body was exhausted, so he collapsed and slept in the Alchemy Room. He slept until midnight, then hurried to the Spirit Cave at the Jingsi Courtyard.

Liu Tingting was in the guard room, sitting on a meditation cushion dozing off.

Hearing footsteps, she opened her eyes slightly and asked softly: "I heard you got an errand."

"Mm." Xia Shaoxin was busier today than usual, and combined with the Alchemy for the qi gathering pill, his consumption was high, so he didn't really want to talk.

"I will finish my Cultivation time. You don't need to stay here."

"Oh." Liu Tingting responded expressionlessly and closed her eyes again.

Not long after, Senior Brother Chen Jingrao came out of the Spirit Cave room.

He didn't even look at Xia Shaoxin and left haughtily.

As Senior Brother Chen Jingrao's figure disappeared at the courtyard gate, Liu Tingting suddenly spoke: "It's good that Senior Brother Chen didn't make things difficult for you again."

Xia Shaoxin was stunned. He turned his head and asked: "You stayed here because you were afraid Senior Brother Chen would make a move on me?"

"Senior Brother Chen has always been like this; don't hold it against him."

A feeling of gratitude arose in Xia Shaoxin's heart.

This Liu Tingting seemed arrogant on ordinary days, but in fact, she sympathized with the weak.

If Liu Tingting hadn't been there just now, perhaps Senior Brother Chen Jingrao really would have been unkind to Xia Shaoxin.

He suddenly remembered that on the way running back to Xueyan Cliff, he saw Senior Brother Chen Jingrao standing straight on a protruding rock in the mountains, looking down the mountain the whole time.

He originally thought he was looking at the scenery, but now that he thought about it, he should have been watching him.

Seeing me sprinting all the way, exhausted and running for my life, this guy must have been secretly pleased.

Come to think of it, running twenty or thirty li every day couldn't be a good errand.

But I'm afraid, Senior Brother Chen Jingrao, you wouldn't be able to imagine even if you racked your brains, that the bitter errand in your eyes is actually a sweet errand for me.

So many Pill Formulas are the crystallization of the wisdom of immortals.

And since I was granted the Pill Formula Manager Token, learning any Pill Formula is an easy matter.

How does that saying go? A mouse falling into a rice jar... Bah, those close to the water get the moonlight first. I will learn all these crystallizations of immortal wisdom!

Some Pill Formulas are useless because they are expensive, but for Xia Shaoxin, this is not a problem.

He entered the Spirit Cave, ate a three-flower spirit gathering pill, and after finishing his Cultivation, he rushed to Baotong Tower.

When he arrived at Baotong Tower, it wasn't time to open yet. His heart itched with impatience, so he ducked into the nearby forest, and while no one was around, he stuffed a qi gathering pill into his mouth.

Once the pill entered his throat, a sweet fragrance filled his stomach.

He felt the qi gathering pill turn into a warm stream of Qi, rapidly spreading in all directions.

He hurriedly operated the Yangyan Circulation Technique, grabbed this stream of Qi, and guided it into his Dantian.

The same Cultivation Technique was different from when he was in the Spirit Cave.

Introducing external Spiritual Qi into the Dantian and then refining it into True Qi—this process was very uncomfortable.

After successfully refining it, it was like carrying a hundred-jin heavy load; only after taking it off could one feel that sense of relaxation and comfort.

But this qi gathering pill was different. It was already True Qi and did not need to be refined.

It spared him all that pain and directly gave him a thousand kinds of happiness.

At this moment, he finally understood how refreshing and delightful taking Medicinal Pills was.

No wonder cultivators flocked to them.

No wonder Medicinal Pills were so expensive.

Most of the True Qi from the qi gathering pill flowed into the Dantian, nourishing the Dantian, traveling through the meridians, and soothing the limbs and bones.

He only needed to circulate a cycle once to completely absorb this warm stream of Qi.

After absorbing it, a while later, his body felt a bit of fatigue. He continued to operate his technique, and the fatigue gradually disappeared.

Taking Medicinal Pills was much easier than Cultivating in the Spirit Cave!

Xia Shaoxin's mouth curled up uncontrollably.

Taking Medicinal Pills was the privilege of an Alchemist. Senior Brother Liang Ruoran had said that he would refine one furnace batch of the qi gathering pill every month, eat half, and sell half.

Calculated, he only ate five a month.

It was probably just barely enough to be self-sufficient, with no extra money on hand.

The Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters who didn't have the talent for Alchemy could only buy two or three qi gathering pills a month to eat, so their Cultivation efficiency naturally couldn't compare to an Alchemist.

He had heard Senior Brother Liang Ruoran say that when in the Lower Stage of Qi Refining, one shouldn't take the qi gathering pill too frequently.

One a day was most appropriate; if you ate too many, haste would not bring success.

"Hehe, even if I eat one a day, I still eat more than anyone else!"