Chapter 74 - Difference Between Real Alchemists And Fake Alchemists!
Coming to a decision, Chu Yang Immediately stood up and walked out of the room.
Even though he had no idea why a core elder of the Flying Sword Sect wanted to recruit someone with an unknown background like him as his disciple, Chu Yang thought that it could not be something worse than what would happen to him if he was caught by his former sect.
"Ah… I don't know where that elder Xuan's room is…" Looking at the different corridors outside of the room, Chu Yang quickly realized that he had no clue where Xuan Hao's room was located or what was where inside of the pavilion.
"Maybe if I can find that servant called Zhi Ruo or someone else, they might be able to help me out!" Thinking this, Chu Yang started searching around the pavilion.
As for what Xuan Hao was doing at the moment. He was still cultivating quietly in his room, while not paying any attention to what was happening to Chu Yang.
No matter what, he had already decided to accept him as his master, whether he found him in 5 minutes or 2 hours. The result would be the same.
"Hehe…" Smiling a bit, Xuan Hao found the confused Chu Yang running around the pavilion searching for Zhi Ruo who was currently outside doing some chores, quite entertaining…
At least he would have something entertaining to watch if he wanted a break from cultivating.
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"Here, this is the [Alchemy for Beginners] and [Potions, Pills and other questionable concoctions], when you go back, remember to read them! After that, we can allow you to start with the alchemy training." Inside the Alchemy Hall's Library, senior brother Yu handed two books over to Qing Yi and reminded her.
"I don't get to start making pills and potions immediately!?" Feeling a little betrayed, Qing Yi took the two books and looked at senior brother Yu with a hurt look in her eyes.
"…" Smiling awkwardly at the terrible attempt at making what may have been puppy eyes, Yu felt like his new junior sister was going to be a troublesome one in the future.
"Then tell me, junior sister Yi, do you even know how to make a pill or potion? Do you even have a clue on how to use a pill furnace or brew a potion? If we just let everyone start making pills or potions without any prior knowledge, we would end up wasting most of the materials in the process…
Imagine if someone just randomly started making a few cultivation pills and ended up failing a few dozen times before finally making a pill of the lowest quality… How many resources would be wasted?
"Ah…" Listening to what senior brother Yu said, Qing Yi realized what he said was true, so what if a pill were worth a few times that of the materials used, if one ended up wasting most of the materials in the process, the profit from things made and cost of materials would not look so good anymore…
"Indeed, that is why alchemy requires a lot of effort, without a 100% success rate in making a good pill or potion, how can you even call yourself an alchemist to begin with? Sadly, there are still those fake alchemists who waste thousands of resources just to refine a single low-quality pill or potion… Worst of all, they most likely won't be able to refine another low-quality pill or potion without wasting just as many resources again…" Seeing that Qing Yi had understood what he said, Yu explained a bit more about the dreaded fake alchemists.
In his eyes, fake alchemists were nothing short of a disgrace to the alchemy profession!
Where alchemists normally helped to get more out of the materials and resources placed before them, a fake alchemist would waste a thousand times the resources needed to create an inferior version of something…
To fake alchemist there existed different levels to pills, going from low-quality, high-quality, perfect-quality and finally the origin-quality.
For real alchemists, there was no such grading system and things were either at what fake alchemists called origin-quality or it was a failed product that should not be consumed due to the toxic residue still left in the pill or potion!
Hearing about the so-called fake alchemist, Qing Yi felt a chill go down her spine.
Wasting so many resources just to refine a useless product that could be sold for a fraction of the production price!
Even worse, the product would still contain some toxins that were not handled properly and harm the one consuming them!
What would happen if the ones who consumed the bad pill or potion came back for a refund or came to look for trouble after finding out about the bad pill or potion that had been sold to them? Would it not just be looking for trouble to become a fake alchemist?
"Ah, by the way… Fake Alchemist also go around parading as real alchemist from time to time, they think that for an alchemist to be considered to have reached the next realm, they just need to refine a single pill or brew a single potion for that realm. Meaning by brewing a single low-quality Mystic Rank pill, they would think that they are all of a sudden, a Master Alchemist! Pathetic!
Ha… Remember this junior sister Yi, only when you can refine a pill or brew a potion with 100% accuracy each time with no impurities can you be considered to have reached the next realm in alchemy!" Shaking his head at the thought of fake alchemist going around parading as real alchemists, Yu shook his head as he quickly reminded his junior sister to be careful in that regard.
"Junior has heard what senior said and will make sure to take it to heart and remember what you taught me!" Saying so, Qing Yi had a serious look as she took what senior brother Yu taught her to heart.
She would never be like those fake alchemists, wasting so many good herbs and other resources!
"Great! Now be on your way, remember to come back here when you finish reading those books!" Seeing the serious look on his new junior sister's face, Yu smiled brightly as he felt that she might not be as troublesome as he had first thought.
"Farewell, senior brother Yu!" Bowing her head, Qing Yi quickly left the Library of the Alchemy Hall and made her way back to her master's mountain peak.
She would make sure to learn everything she could from the two books she got and, in the future, refine her herbs into pills and potions to sell at a great price!
Qing Yi could almost see all the spirit stones she would earn with her alchemy in the future!
