Eternal Life: Hundredfold Rewards

Chapter 397 - 230: Tier Three Middle Grade Alchemist, Little Black Abyss

When Qi Chuan returned to the Myriad Flowers Immortal Sect, Guan Yunyun had not yet come back.

It seemed true to her words that she was quite busy recently, otherwise she wouldn’t have avoided collecting such resources like the Mountain and Marsh Fire Crystal.

The eight pieces of Mountain and Marsh Fire Crystals belonging to Guan Yunyun were still with Qi Chuan, so he could only wait for her to have free time and return them to her.

"For now, I must quickly refine the Mountain and Marsh Fire Crystals into elixirs, so that I can promote my cultivation at a faster rate," Qi Chuan thought to himself.

The main purpose of Qi Chuan fetching the Mountain and Marsh Fire Crystals this time was to refine them into cultivation assistance elixirs.

The Mountain and Marsh Fire Crystals themselves, though rare, were not particularly useful to Qi Chuan initially.

"However, to refine the Mountain and Marsh Fire Crystals into elixirs, I first need to elevate my alchemy skill to the level of a Tier Three Middle Grade Alchemist before attempting."

The pill formula centered on Mountain and Marsh Fire Crystal among the Celestial Pill Elder’s heritage was a Tier Three Middle Grade formula, requiring a Tier Three Middle Grade Alchemist to refine it.

Therefore, Qi Chuan must improve his alchemy skill.

Nevertheless, raising the alchemy skill from a Tier Three Lower Grade level to a Tier Three Middle Grade level is not easy and requires a period of time, the length of which Qi Chuan was unsure of.

However, having the Hundredfold Critical Strike meant that the time required wouldn’t be too long.

Before all that, Qi Chuan needed to go to the Myriad Flowers Immortal Sect and, in the capacity of a Core Formation Elder, purchase Tier Three Middle Grade elixirs to assist with his cultivation.

Yet within the Myriad Flowers Immortal Sect, there were not many cultivation advancement elixirs at Core Formation Level, especially those at Core Formation Middle Stage and higher, so Qi Chuan could only exchange for a small amount.

Even though the Myriad Flowers Immortal Sect is a Nascent Soul Major Sect, it has no alchemists above Tier Three Middle Grade.

The sect’s elixirs above Tier Three Middle Grade are all sourced externally.

Additionally, Qingyun True Monarch would supplement some Core Formation Stage elixirs into the sect periodically, and the sect’s Core Formation True Masters have certain exchange quotas, although where they came from remains unknown.

Of course, these elixirs are not as good as the pill formulas from the Celestial Pill Elder’s heritage, because Qi Chuan carefully selected the best and most suitable formulas for himself from them.

In the subsequent time, Qi Chuan devoted much of his energy to improving his alchemy skill, also practicing some of the Tier Three Lower and Middle Grade pill formulas from the Celestial Pill Elder’s heritage.

In other aspects such as cultivation, physical body, and divine soul, he didn’t neglect them either, though he allocated slightly less time.

Under his efforts, his alchemy skill improved rapidly.

His magical cultivation and divine soul also steadily advanced.

Yet his physical body realm remained at the peak of Tier Two Body Cultivator.

Admittedly, it had been stuck there for quite some time.

Aiming to transition his physical body from Tier Two level to Tier Three level really wasn’t simple.

Though on reflection, it was understandable.

After all, it was equivalent to a Foundation Establishment Perfection Cultivator crossing towards Core Formation Early Stage.

Many cultivators strive for years without success.

Considering the time required to nurture a Core Formation True Master offers perspective.

Qi Chuan had only been stuck for a few years, which actually wasn’t long.

Even though his physical body realm hadn’t improved yet, Qi Chuan felt that the time was near, likely just a matter of one or two more years.

When the breakthrough happens, he would become a dual-cultivation "dual degree" Core Formation True Master, making his magical combat power formidable.

At that time, facing other Core Formation True Masters, Qi Chuan would need to consider carefully.

Would it be a sword strike to defeat the enemy?

Or should he use his fists to demonstrate what it means to conquer others with virtue?

As Qi Chuan diligently progressed, two months flew by and he saw noticeable improvements in all aspects.

But then Qi Chuan heard that Guan Yunyun had completed her task and returned to the Myriad Flowers Immortal Sect.

Thus, he planned to go to Guan Yunyun’s cave mansion to return her eight pieces of Mountain and Marsh Fire Crystal.

Yet as Qi Chuan was about to set off, Guan Yunyun came to find him first.

Hence, Qi Chuan walked out of his cave mansion to meet her.

"Senior Sister Guan, you’re back. How did the task go?" Qi Chuan first greeted upon seeing Guan Yunyun.

Guan Yunyun nodded and smiled, "It went alright, all according to the rules, and how about you? Was the journey to the Qing Family smooth?"

"Alright as well," Qi Chuan responded similarly, then took out eight pieces of Mountain and Marsh Fire Crystal from the Qiankun Bag and handed them to Guan Yunyun, "This share is yours."

"Seems like this time you reaped nicely?" Guan Yunyun remarked with some surprise.

The Qing Family was supposed to offer 80% to her, half of which was Qi Chuan’s reward, meaning her share was 40%. Doing the math, they would have acquired a total of twenty pieces of Mountain and Marsh Fire Crystal this time.

Attaining twenty pieces of such a resource at once was indeed impressive.

Guan Yunyun accepted the eight pieces and was about to stow them away.

At this moment, Qi Chuan proposed exchanging equivalent resources for Guan Yunyun’s share of the Mountain and Marsh Fire Crystal.

This puzzled Guan Yunyun somewhat.

After all, Qi Chuan already had eight pieces of Mountain and Marsh Fire Crystal—a substantial amount—and still wanted to trade for more from her, which she hadn’t expected, indicating Qi Chuan’s significant need for Mountain and Marsh Fire Crystal.