If it were an ordinary person, hearing about the conflict between Qin Chu, Gu Zhengxiong, and the Gu Family, they would avoid it, unwilling to offend Gu Zhengxiong. But Ji Xin was not like that. Previously, Ji Xin and the Ji Family were heavily suppressed by Gu Zhengxiong and the Gu Family, and only recently had they turned things around. So she didn't care about these things at all. She was very grateful to Qin Chu; his appearance had given her and the Ji Family an opportunity.
Elder Lin smiled, "Some things others care about, but it seems President Ji doesn't. This Qin Chu is a rare talent. I tried to recruit him many times before, but unfortunately, I didn't succeed. He is extremely resistant to restrictions. However, even if he hasn't joined the Alchemist Guild, he is still willing to contribute to the Alchemist Guild, which is a good thing."
"This kid, I'll take care of him," Ji Xin said.
Qin Longxuan felt much more at ease after learning that Qin Chu had successfully certified as a Five-Star Fifth-Tier Alchemist and settled down in the Alchemist Guild. The White Tiger Sacred Clan and the Blazing Thunder Sacred Clan were arrogant and overbearing, but they hadn't reached the point of directly confronting the Alchemist Guild.
Afterward, Qin Longxuan arranged for people to continue monitoring the Alchemist Guild, and also to keep an eye on the movements of various major forces within Sacred Martial City.
The green-robed figure wearing a bronze mask moved into the inn closest to the Alchemist Guild. As long as Qin Chu had any issues, he could provide support at the first possible moment.
Qin Chu rested for a night in the small courtyard prepared for him by the Alchemist Guild. In the morning, after washing up, as he was about to go to the Alchemist Guild hall to accept tasks, Ji Xin and an enforcer arrived at his courtyard.
"Greetings, President Ji," Qin Chu said, cupping his fists to Ji Xin, then lit a fire to boil water, preparing to make tea.
"Such spirit and energy, to be young is truly wonderful!" Ji Xin said after sitting down, her skirt rustling.
"Oh, President Ji, what are you saying? You are also young and beautiful!" Qin Chu said while starting the fire, directly flattering her.
Hearing Qin Chu's words, Ji Xin covered her mouth and laughed. She felt that Elder Lin's admiration for Qin Chu was not without reason; Qin Chu himself was clean and sunny, and had achievements, and his way of speaking was also endearing.
After her smile subsided, Ji Xin nodded to the enforcer standing behind her.
Upon receiving Ji Xin's signal, the enforcer took out a storage waist pouch and placed it on the table. "Inside are the robes that President Ji arranged for our General Affairs Department to quickly make. Qin Alchemist, please try them on later. If they don't fit, our General Affairs Department will arrange for someone to alter them."
"Thank you for your hard work, Enforcer," Qin Chu said, cupping his fists to the enforcer from the Alchemist Guild's General Affairs Department. He knew that the General Affairs Department was a powerful department within the Alchemist Guild, managing various miscellaneous tasks and logistical arrangements for the Alchemist Guild.
"You're too kind, Qin Alchemist," the enforcer replied politely. Ordinary Alchemists were not usually in the eyes of their General Affairs Department enforcers, but Qin Chu was different. The identity of a Five-Star Fifth-Tier Alchemist alone was very intimidating. Furthermore, the high-ranking officials of the Alchemist Guild all thought highly of Qin Chu. Who knew what the future held, so it was correct to build a good relationship now.
Ji Xin pushed the storage waist pouch towards Qin Chu, "Go into the room and try them on. You'll know if they fit or not once you try them."
Qin Chu entered the room, took off his Alchemist robe, and put on the new Alchemist robe quickly made by the General Affairs Department.
The style of the robe was the same as before, a cross-collared long robe. The difference was the emblem, and there was an additional layer of light blue gauze long robe covering the outside.
An extra layer of gauze robe… Qin Chu didn't understand what was going on; other Alchemists' robes didn't have this!
After getting dressed, Qin Chu came out into the courtyard.
"Excellent, it just feels different!" Ji Xin said.
"President Ji, why is there an extra layer of gauze robe?" Qin Chu asked after looking at the robe he was wearing.
"Doesn't Qin Alchemist know? The attire of Five-Star Alchemists above the Fifth Tier has a special characteristic: a gauze robe. In our Alchemist Guild, there's a saying: 'Robes are easy to get, but gauze is hard to find,'" the enforcer explained to Qin Chu.
"In our Alchemist Guild, counting you, there are only three people with an outer gauze robe. I also need to work towards that!" Ji Xin said, looking at Qin Chu.
Qin Chu once again expressed his gratitude to Ji Xin and the enforcer, then followed the two to the Alchemist Guild's main hall, preparing to accept tasks.
Looking at the task board, Qin Chu hesitated for a moment, then looked at Ji Xin, "When I was in Sky Sword City, I initially charged the same fees for Alchemy as other Alchemists, which eventually led to some undesirable results, disrupting the market balance, and other Alchemists were quite dissatisfied. President Ji, what do you think I should do next?"
"The previous patrol Elder's Alchemy rule was three sets of Materials for one finished product, one for the Guild, and one for himself. This rule is quite good, what do you think?" Ji Xin asked, looking at Qin Chu.
"Very good, let's do as President Ji says!" Qin Chu nodded. He had also done Alchemy this way in Sky Sword City before.
Subsequently, President Ji had Enforcer Zhang, who was with her, post an announcement, while Qin Chu went to the Pill Refining Room to tidy up.
After tidying up the Pill Refining Room, when Qin Chu returned to the Alchemist Guild hall, he saw some task slips for premium Medicinal Pills.
After Qin Chu accepted the orders, people from the Alchemist Guild immediately prepared the Materials, and then Qin Chu began Alchemy.
After refining one batch of Medicinal Pills, Qin Chu activated the dual Pill Furnace Alchemy mode. What came out were still premium Medicinal Pills, and the Alchemy speed picked up. In less than an hour, several accepted orders were refined, and then the tasks were handed over, leaving his share of the Materials.
Sacred Martial City was buzzing. The emergence of premium Medicinal Pills was big news. Premium Medicinal Pills had no Impurities, no Pill toxins; as long as Cultivators could absorb them, they could be used continuously without any side effects or the drawback of unstable Cultivation. Who wouldn't need these?
However, Qin Chu only took a limited number of orders, doing Alchemy for only half a day. He used the rest of his time for Cultivation. Alchemy was just a side profession; the Dao of the Sword was his true pursuit.
This day, after Qin Chu finished practicing his sword, President Ji, Elder Lin, and Elder Zhou arrived.
Qin Chu quickly invited the several big figures from the Alchemist Guild to sit down, then served them tea.
"Qin Chu, the three of us are here this time to ask for your help. Recently, you've been refining Fifth-Tier Medicinal Pills, but the little ones in our Families have very low Cultivation. Can you refine some lower-tier Medicinal Pills? We know refining lower-tier Medicinal Pills isn't profitable, but we'll pay with Spirit Stones!" Elder Zhou said.
"There's no need to talk about buying or not buying; I, as a Junior, will just refine some for the three Seniors," Qin Chu said.
"Wait a minute! And me! You three are so disloyal. Do only you have Family Juniors? I don't, right!" Another old man arrived at Qin Chu's courtyard.
Elder Lin introduced him: this was another Vice President of the Alchemist Guild, Vice President Shi!
Qin Chu greeted him and invited Vice President Shi to sit down.
"You go out to do something, and you can just leave me behind. That's really something!" Vice President Shi said, looking at Ji Xin and the other two with dissatisfaction.
Afterward, Qin Chu said that if they prepared the Materials and some more Pill Furnaces tomorrow, he would take care of it. Now, he truly had the capital, with even important figures asking him for favors.
After resting for a night, Qin Chu went to the Pill Refining Room.
When Qin Chu arrived at the Pill Refining Room, Ji Xin, Elder Lin, and others were already waiting. On the altar were many storage waist pouches, filled with Materials, and in addition, there were four Pill Furnaces.
After processing the Materials, Qin Chu ignited the Pill fire, added the Materials, then lit the fire in the second Pill Furnace…
He continued with the third and fourth Pill Furnaces, quickly entering a state of multi-Pill Furnace Alchemy.