233: Harvesting Waste Pills

The Pill Refining Room in Divine Fire Valley covers an immense area, and its architecture is grand and magnificent, resembling a profound tortoise prostrating itself in the valley when viewed from a distance.

Upon entering the main hall, one's eyes are met with neatly arranged stone pillars, bricks, and floor tiles; all these building Materials were manually chiseled, covered with countless fine marks, appearing both ancient and grand, yet exquisitely crafted.

Looking from the entrance of the main hall, besides the main path underfoot, there are also countless dense branch paths inside, which is because a subterranean fire vein is suppressed beneath the Pill Refining Room.

Every path in the Pill Refining Room leads to different Pill Refining Rooms, somewhat similar to the distribution of Shen Dan Peak in Chang Sheng Sword Sect, but the Pill Refining Room here is even more majestic and grand.

Qin Feng slowly walked into the main hall, heading towards the Ding Fire Vein passage according to the instructions; as Li Changsheng had said, the Ding Fire Vein passage has a total of eighteen Pill Refining Rooms, staffed by five Utility Disciples, all of whom share the responsibility of cleaning.

Boom!

Just as he passed the first Pill Refining Room of the Ding Fire Vein, a Pill Furnace explosion suddenly occurred in the adjacent Pill Refining Room.

Hearing the commotion, Qin Feng immediately quickened his pace, walking further inside, afraid of being targeted.

Whether Alchemists or Artifact Refining and Talisman makers, these people like to bully others and act superior because of their skills; this is human nature, so it's best for him to avoid provoking them!

Upon reaching the end of the passage, two Utility Disciples stood motionless like wooden sculptures, waiting for orders; even upon seeing someone arrive, they showed no reaction, as if uninterested in anything.

"This one is Qin Feng, greetings to the two Senior Brothers."

"..."

Seeing that the two did not respond, Qin Feng gave an awkward smile and did not disturb them further, finding an empty spot nearby and imitating their motionless stance.

After half an incense stick's time.

An Alchemist left the Pill Refining Room and slowly walked out, but the three Utility Disciples at the end of the passage, who were like wooden sculptures, suddenly showed strange expressions.

Qin Feng looked at them with a conflicted expression, and the two also looked back at him with similarly conflicted gazes.

For a short while, six pairs of eyes kept darting around, yet no one was willing to take a step...

Cleaning the Pill Refining Rooms was already a tedious task, and now that the use of spiritual Qi was prohibited, it became even more strenuous; they were unwilling to do it, while Qin Feng was worried that being too proactive would arouse suspicion, hence the current situation.

It took a long time before someone finally spoke to Qin Feng, "Are you new here?"

"Yes."

"Then you go clean the Pill Refining Room that just became vacant; remember, you must not use spiritual Qi!"

"...Why me?"

"Because you're new!"

"Oh."

Qin Feng 'reluctantly' picked up the tools and walked towards that Pill Refining Room, looking like a complete scapegoat, but in reality, he was overjoyed!

"Today, an inch is cut; tomorrow, a city is cut. It won't be long before they won't let me be idle, right?"

Pushing open the door to the Pill Refining Room, it was filled with scorching heat and a strong, pungent smell of Medicinal Pill essence; clearly, this Pill Refining Room had refined many Medicinal Pill in a short period.

Li Huo Immortal Sect is famous for Alchemy; besides a small number of wealthy Disciples who possess high-grade Pill Furnaces, most Disciples can only come to Divine Fire Valley for Alchemy, and these Pill Furnaces are not free; a huge usage fee must be paid for each day of use!

After completely closing the stone door, Qin Feng finally had time to examine the layout of the Pill Refining Room.

The Pill Refining Room was entirely constructed from sturdy profound stone, with Formation and solidified Spell embedded in the walls; all around were long stone tables for placing Medicinal Pill, and in the center was the Pill Furnace placed above the fire vent.

This Pill Furnace was nine feet tall, four feet wide, oval-shaped, emitting a green light, ancient and heavy; its surface was carved with a sleek and lively three-headed fawn, and at this moment, the three fawns were emitting a faint green light, appearing exceptionally extraordinary.

This Pill Furnace was clearly Earth Rank Medium Grade!

"As expected of an Immortal Sect; even the Pill Furnaces provided for Disciples are Earth Rank! I suppose the Medicinal Pill they refine aren't ordinary Medicinal Pill either?"

Qin Feng eagerly went to the fire vent below the Pill Furnace, where a thick layer of black ash and herbal dregs had accumulated, almost blocking the Pill Furnace's slag outlet.

Gently touching the black ash, he immediately felt countless residual Medicinal Pill dregs and hard lumps; besides these, there were also some round objects.

Qin Feng immediately placed a thumb-sized, carbonized Medicinal Pill filled with countless holes in his palm to observe, and at the same time, his lips curved into a smile; in his joyful gaze, a line of small text gradually appeared:

"Discarded Breakthrough Pill: Discarded, useless carbonized Medicinal Pill, slightly toxic, causes diarrhea after consumption, can also be used as charcoal.

Can be synthesized: Inferior Breakthrough Pill."

Qin Feng was not very clear about the origin of the Breakthrough Pill, but just by the two words 'Breakthrough,' he could roughly guess its purpose was likely a Medicinal Pill used to break through a Realm.

"It really didn't disappoint!"

Qin Feng excitedly stuffed this discarded Medicinal Pill into his embrace and continued searching for more discarded Medicinal Pill in the black ash until the black ash was everywhere in the Pill Refining Room and there was no more discarded Medicinal Pill, then he stopped and began cleaning.

After one incense stick's time.

Qin Feng's chest was filled with discarded Medicinal Pill, and his mouth was almost splitting into a grin, but to avoid revealing anything, he resumed his weary expression as he walked out of the Pill Refining Room.

"Newcomer, another room has just become vacant over there, hurry and clean it!"

As soon as he reached the duty station at the end of the passage, before he had even found his footing, someone assigned Qin Feng a new task.

Qin Feng glanced at the person, who was plain-looking, no more than six feet tall, and whose total cultivation was only at the Core Formation Middle Stage.

If he were in the outside world, he could have cut down such a person with a single sword strike if they spoke a bit louder, but this was the Immortal Sect...

And he also needed discarded Medicinal Pill...

Besides this man, the two former Utility Disciples were still standing there, both looking at Qin Feng indifferently, as if treating him like a lamb.

"Alright!"

After a moment of hesitation, Qin Feng carried a bucket of water from the pool at the back and re-entered the new Pill Refining Room to begin his treasure hunt.

"Discarded Vajra Pill: ...Can be synthesized: Inferior Vajra Pill"

"Discarded Enlightenment Pill: ...Can be synthesized: Inferior Enlightenment Pill"

...

Throughout that day, Qin Feng cleaned a total of six Pill Refining Rooms; four of them were used to refine Breakthrough Pill, and the other two rooms were used to refine Vajra Pill and Enlightenment Pill respectively.

His first day at Li Huo Immortal Sect was indeed fruitful.

However, the rule against using spiritual Qi in the Pill Refining Room also exhausted Qin Feng; his muscles were sore and swollen, and by the end, his feet were even somewhat swollen and numb; fortunately, it was already late and time for the Pill Refining Room to close, otherwise, Qin Feng felt he could have died from exhaustion.

"Damn it, finally free!"

In the evening.

Under the evening breeze, Qin Feng walked out of the Pill Refining Room with a weary expression, used spiritual Qi to cleanse his entire body, and after dispelling his fatigue, immediately felt refreshed; then, taking a deep breath of the rich spiritual Qi in the air, he felt incredibly content.

"Now I need to find a place to synthesize Medicinal Pill!"

Qin Feng's gaze constantly swept over the corners of the surrounding buildings, but all positions were already occupied by Formation and shields.

The only place he could go was the patch of grass where he spent the night yesterday...