It was already noon, and the sun was scorching high in the sky.
The air is a little hot and dry, and it's easy to feel sleepy at this moment.
However, Ji Tianxing, Nie Hao and others could not go back to their rooms to rest. They all stood in the meeting hall and listened to Han Qiaosheng's teachings.
Han Qiaosheng sat at the head of the hall and preached solemnly: "Martial arts practice mainly focuses on martial arts, but it should also be supplemented by alchemy, formation and weapon forging."
"This is very similar to the method of alchemy. It also emphasizes the importance of monarchs and ministers assisting envoys. The main drug and auxiliary drugs must complement each other in order to successfully refine the elixir."
"So, your task this month is to learn how to refine elixirs!"
"I do not expect that all of you will be proficient in alchemy and become masters of alchemy in the future. But you must know how to refine alchemy, which will be very helpful for your future martial arts practice."
"Your task this month is to personally refine the Ling Yun Dan, the Qing Jade Pill and the Nourishing Heart Pill. These three pills are all top-quality Yuan-level pills."
"Whoever refines the elixir with the highest appearance will receive additional rewards."
After hearing these two sentences, Ji Tianxing, Nie Hao and others all looked embarrassed and felt quite stressed.
None of them have ever studied the art of alchemy, and they only have a superficial understanding of the art of alchemy.
The ultimate Yuan-level elixir can only be refined by a master at level 7 or above of the True Yuan realm, and it takes at least a year of study and experimentation to complete it.
Even if they are martial arts geniuses, it would be extremely difficult for them to learn how to make alchemy and refine those three Yuan-level top-quality elixirs within a month.
However, there were two disciples among the ten who showed confident smiles and seemed confident.
One of them is thin, short, and about the same age as Ji Tianxing.
This person's name is Shi Jingcheng. He comes from a certain alchemy family in Lingshan Kingdom. He has considerable alchemy attainments at a young age and has refined several top-quality elixirs at the Yuan level.
The other man was tall and muscular, with skin as dark as carbon, and a pair of big copper bell eyes flashing with a fierce glare.
This person's name is Yi Mo, who comes from the royal family of the Blackwater Kingdom. He has also been interested in Alchemy since he was a child and has a certain foundation in Alchemy.
Han Qiaosheng had a burning gaze, and the expressions of Shi Jingcheng and Yi Mo certainly could not escape his discernment.
He glanced at the two of them and said with a smile: "Shi Jingcheng, Yi Mo, it seems that both of you have a foundation in alchemy, so you don't feel any pressure from this task."
"But I want to tell you that the Ling Yun Dan, Qing Jade Pill and Nourishing Heart Pill you want to refine are all secret elixirs of our Qingtian Sect, and they are different from the elixirs in the secular kingdom."
"Even if you two have a foundation in alchemy and have a better chance of winning than others, you still have to study and understand with your heart!"
Shi Jingcheng and Yi Mo both suppressed their complacent expressions, quickly raised their hands in salute, and said, "I sincerely follow Deacon Han's teachings!"
Later, Han Qiaosheng asked Du Wu to take out ten thick ancient books and distribute them to Ji Tianxing and others.
The black ancient book is very heavy, as thick as a brick, with the three characters "Collection of Thousand Medicines" written on the cover.
Han Qiaosheng said in a deep voice: "If you want to learn how to make alchemy, you must first learn to identify medicinal herbs. Your task in the first week is to memorize the more than 3,000 medicinal herbs in this Thousand Medicine Collection."
"There is a spiritual medicine garden in the back mountain. If you want to quickly identify the medicinal herbs, you can go to the spiritual medicine garden with your identity token to compare and learn."
"However, you must not pick any grass or flowers, otherwise you will be punished by the sect rules!"
After finishing speaking, Han Qiaosheng asked everyone to retreat and do their own activities.
This is the rule of Fengyun Academy. Except when the two deacons are teaching, or when something is announced, everyone must rush to the main hall to gather.
At other times, the disciples can move around as they please, and as long as they don't violate the sect rules or break into forbidden areas, no one will interfere.
Of course, Han Qiaosheng just announced this month’s target tasks, as well as this week’s learning content.
Everyone is well aware that the task is arduous and they feel the pressure is heavy. How can they dare to waste time?
Ji Tianxing and Nie Hao walked out of the hall side by side, exchanged a few words in the courtyard, and then went back to their rooms to study.
Ji Ling finally walked out of the hall, and while walking, she asked Han Qiaosheng for advice on how to make alchemy.
Han Qiaosheng had a very kind attitude towards him and basically answered all his questions.
After Ji Ling got a satisfactory answer, she thanked Han Qiaosheng and went back to her room.
After Ji Tianxing returned to the room, he stopped listening to what was going on outside the window and read the Thousand Medicines Collection carefully.
The afternoon passed by without even realizing it.
At dusk, several handyman disciples carried food boxes into Fengyun Court and came to deliver dinner to the ten disciples.
The disciples of Fengyun Academy are treated well, which can be reflected in the ingredients for dinner.
Although the dinner was not much, there was only a bowl of rice, a pot of meat dishes and a can of broth.
But those ingredients are very precious. They are the spiritual rice produced in Qingtian Sect's spiritual fields and the meat of the monster beasts raised in the zoo.
Eating these meals containing vitality every day can quickly enhance a warrior's physique and subtly improve his strength.
The handyman disciple who delivered food to Ji Tianxing was a boy of about twelve or thirteen years old. He was thin and fair, but he looked quite smart.
The boy's name is Xiaofeng. When he first met Ji Tianxing, he was a little reserved and seemed to be afraid of him, a genius disciple of Fengyun Academy.
Ji Tianxing chatted with him for a few words with a kind face, and then he realized the hidden secret.
It turns out that the status of the handyman disciples in the Qingtian Sect is very low, and they are all treated as slaves by the official disciples.
In particular, some genius disciples were very contemptuous of the handyman disciples, and would scold and beat them if they had any slight inconvenience.
Xiaofeng used to deliver food to a disciple of Fengyun Academy, but when he coughed a few times while eating, he was beaten to death by that disciple and lay in bed for half a month.
If the handyman disciples want to have dignity and freedom, there are only two ways to go.
Either reach the fifth level of True Yuan realm and pass the outer sect examination to become an outer sect disciple.
Or you have to work hard for ten years, and when the ten years are up, you will be expelled from the Qingtian Sect and return to the mortal world.
All in all, there are many rules in Qingtian Sect, and there are strong and weak levels everywhere.
The strong are noble, the weak are humble.
After eating dinner, Ji Tianxing felt that his energy was sufficient and there was a surge of vitality in his body.
He then entered the secret practice room, opened the spirit gathering array in the secret room, and began to practice the exercises.
After a night of practice, in the early morning of the next day, he only felt that his skill had increased a bit, and the sword embryo in his body had also grown a bit stronger.
"The treatment at Fengyunyuan is really good. The ingredients are higher quality than what I eat at Ji's house, and the effect is several times stronger!"
"Although I am currently only at the fifth level of the True Yuan Realm, at this rate, I may not be able to reach the Tongxuan Realm within half a year!"
After Ji Tianxing finished his practice, he thought about it in his mind and became full of confidence and expectations for the next six months of practice.
"Yesterday I read the Thousand Medicine Collection. Although I memorized hundreds of medicinal herbs, I didn't see the actual ones, so my memory is not deep after all."
"Today I'm going to the elixir garden. I have to compare the real herbs to deepen my memory!"