There are many factors that determine the success rate of Alchemy!
Besides these, there is also Spiritual Root!
That's right, it's Spiritual Root!
Theoretically speaking, Cultivators with Gold, Wood, and Fire attribute Spiritual Roots have the highest success rate in Alchemy.
According to ancient records, those with Gold Spiritual Root can better perceive the attributes and state of the Pill Cauldron; those with Wood Spiritual Root can more easily control the essence of plants; and those with Fire Spiritual Root can better control the attributes of flames, allowing for more precise adjustment of flame differences.
He Pingsheng has not yet thoroughly researched these.
Never mind, continue with Alchemy.
As long as there are discarded Medicinal Pills, it's all the same to him.
The next ten-odd days, He Pingsheng spent in this monotonous life.
Forty portions of Materials were finally refined by him.
A total of twelve furnaces yielded Medicinal Pills, amounting to one hundred and forty-four pills.
The quality of these ten furnaces of Medicinal Pills was largely similar; eleven of them were all Low Grade, and only the last furnace refined contained four Medium Grade and eight Low Grade pills.
There were twenty-eight furnaces of discarded Medicinal Pills.
Fortunately, none of them exploded into powder; at the very least, they were still discarded Medicinal Pills.
The next step was simple: directly throw the discarded Medicinal Pills into the gathering treasure basin, then enhance and multiply them.
He cultivated while enhancing.
These twenty-eight furnaces of discarded Medicinal Pills and twelve furnaces of completed Medicinal Pills, a total of forty furnaces, were ultimately enhanced and multiplied by He Pingsheng's gathering treasure basin, transforming into eighty furnaces of top-grade 【Qi Gathering Pill】.
He Pingsheng bought ceramic bottles in several batches, enhanced them into jade bottles, and stored these Medicinal Pills one by one.
Later, because there were too many to store, he even buried a portion of the Medicinal Pills in the soil beneath his bedroom.
In a flash, several more months passed.
He Pingsheng operated the 【Li Fire True Method】 daily for cultivation, and his cultivation also Breakthrough from Qi Refinement Stage fourth layer to Qi Refinement Stage fifth layer.
During this period, he did not encounter too many difficulties.
When He Pingsheng cultivated, he did not merely meditate like a wooden or clay sculpture, but alternated between meditation for cultivation and Spirit Refining.
Therefore, when his cultivation Breakthrough to Qi Refinement Stage fifth layer, his cultivation of the 【Xuanmen Jingxin True Technique】 also reached the fifth layer.
He Pingsheng's Divine Thought became much stronger; with a single thought, he could even cover a distance of eighty zhang.
This distance was already quite far.
Open the door!
Leaves rustled.
It was autumn again.
Unconsciously, more than two years had passed since He Pingsheng began cultivation.
"It's time to resupply at the Outer Sect Great Hall!"
Because the spiritual rice and other items at home were almost consumed.
This time, He Pingsheng planned to purchase the Materials needed for 【Bigu Pill】.
If he could refine the Bigu Pill, one pill could last for a month, and one furnace would last for a year.
It would save him the trouble of cooking every day.
He Pingsheng closed the door and then unhurriedly walked towards the hall.
Today, the Outer Gate Great Hall was unusually lively, almost describable as a sea of people.
He Pingsheng's Divine Thought swept inside.
He had a good grasp of the cultivation levels of the surrounding Cultivators.
He could now sweep an eighty-zhang radius with a single thought, and this powerful Divine Thought was also well-concealed, so under normal circumstances, those being scanned would not easily notice it, and even if they did, they might not know it was He Pingsheng's Divine Thought.
So, there was no need to fear.
"Hey..." With a single thought, He Pingsheng was immediately startled: such high cultivation levels.
There were Cultivators at the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth layers.
On the contrary, those at the first, second, and third layers were almost non-existent.
This was too abnormal.
Everyone was divided into dozens of small teams, lining up and waiting for something.
He Pingsheng immediately became curious. He cupped his hands to a Cultivator beside him and said, "Hello, Senior Brother, I would like to ask, why are you all queuing here? Is there something important?"
"I don't know!" The person glanced at He Pingsheng and shook his head with a cold expression.
He Pingsheng was speechless: You don't know?
You're queuing here, and you don't know?
Forget it... It seems the other party doesn't want to say.
But it doesn't matter, if you don't say it, someone will.
He Pingsheng asked several people in a row and finally got the answer.
Selection!
To be precise, the selection for Tai Xu Sect's Inner Sect Disciple had arrived.
Within the Tai Xu Sect, the Outer Sect Disciple group was vast, while Inner Sect Disciple were relatively few. Sometimes, they would irregularly search among the Outer Sect Disciple for those with excellent talent and high cultivation to enter the Inner Sect.
The condition for entering the Inner Sect was Qi Refinement Stage fifth layer, or above.
But it didn't mean that if you were at Qi Refinement Stage fifth layer, you would definitely enter the Inner Sect.
This depended on your bone age, Spiritual Root, and skills.
Of course, it also depended on your Luck.
This Inner Sect selection had only twenty spots.
However, currently, there were thousands of Disciple waiting in line in the entire hall, showing the fierce competition.
He Pingsheng also understood why people responded coldly when he asked; after all, one more person meant one more competitor.
So, the question arose: should he go?
Of course, he should go.
The status of an Inner Sect Disciple was extremely high, and it was easier to obtain resources.
Although being in the Inner Sect meant being closer to those powerful beings, He Pingsheng was not afraid, because his gathering treasure basin could now be stored within his body and generally would not be exposed.
Also!
The benefits of the Inner Sect were not limited to this; one could also participate in various missions and trials.
Not to mention anything else, just the dozens of Sects in the Dao Xuan Alliance jointly controlled two Secret Realm.
Every now and then, they would organize Disciple from various Sects to enter them for treasure hunting, trials, and so on.
This could only be participated in by Inner Sect Disciple.
Outer Sect wanting to enter?
Dream on.
So now that such an opportunity presented itself, He Pingsheng certainly wanted to give it a try.
Thus, He Pingsheng casually found a team and joined the queue.
The line moved quite quickly.
About an hour later, it was his turn.
In front of him, there was a table, and behind the table sat two people, one male and one female, both wearing the standard Inner Sect Daoist robes. These Daoist robes were black, with gold trim embroidered on the collar and cuffs, and also bore the unique cloud pattern emblem of the Tai Xu Sect.
The Outer Sect Disciple's attire was dark green.
"Senior!" He Pingsheng respectfully cupped his hands.
"No need for such formality!" The female nodded and said, "Just call us Senior Brother and Senior Sister. What is your name and what is your Spiritual Root?"
He Pingsheng replied, "He Pingsheng, Five Elements Spiritual Root!"
"Oh!" The female looked at He Pingsheng with some surprise and said, "To cultivate to the current Qi Refinement Stage fifth layer with a Five Elements Spiritual Root, Junior Brother truly has a tenacious Heart-Nature and is a person of great Luck!"
He Pingsheng smiled but did not answer.
The female then asked, "How old are you this year?"
He Pingsheng cupped his hands and said, "Seventeen!"
Actually, he had lied about his age by one year. He was currently, at most, only a little over sixteen years old. Of course, if calculated by lunar age, saying seventeen was not entirely unreasonable.
"What?" At this, the Junior Apprentice Brother beside her couldn't sit still: "Seventeen? Five Elements Spiritual Root? Qi Refinement Stage fifth layer?"