Incredible Sect Simulator
Chapter 78 Medicinal Garden Optimization, Capacity Greatly Increased

Chapter 78: Chapter 78 Medicinal Garden Optimization, Capacity Greatly Increased

"Your talent in alchemy has already slightly surpassed mine when I first started alchemy."

Lu Ping praised, "The sect was right to nurture you into an alchemist."

The first elixir he refined was also the Qi Cultivation Pill, and even under the hand-by-hand guidance of Qingxi Daoist, he didn’t learn as quickly as She Qingqing.

Moreover, his current method of teaching was only through communication, without directly demonstrating.

Receiving Lu Ping’s approval, She Qingqing felt immense joy in her heart, and her hand movements became less awkward.

Not long after, they reached the final step of forming the pill, and a furnace of Qi Cultivation Pills gradually took shape.

Three Qi Cultivation Pills were successfully produced and poured into a pre-prepared porcelain bottle.

Generally speaking, for a Tier One Alchemist, the pill yield rate for a furnace of Qi Cultivation Pills is around six to seven pills.

For She Qingqing’s first time refining, achieving a fifty percent yield rate was already quite impressive.

In the future, with more practice, the yield rate could improve quickly.

"Qingqing, well done on the alchemy."

Witnessing She Qingqing successfully refine three Qi Cultivation Pills on her first attempt made Lu Zhiwei smile slightly and sincerely praise her.

"It’s all thanks to the ancestor’s guidance by my side."

While humbly replying, She Qingqing was also extremely happy in her heart.

Finally refining three pills, this year of effort was not in vain.

As for why Lu Ping didn’t show up, but his voice could be heard everywhere, She Qingqing admired Lu Ping’s magical means without questioning the reasons.

Having the ancestor personally guide her in learning alchemy was already a great honor. One must have a sense of measure and shouldn’t ask what shouldn’t be asked.

"To successfully refine a Tier One Lower Grade Elixir means stepping into the threshold of a Tier One Lower-Grade Alchemist. It’s been over ten years since our Cyan Mountain Sect had an alchemist, and a new alchemist has finally emerged among the disciples."

Lu Ping spoke as he glanced at She Qingqing’s personal attribute panel and noticed that the title of Tier One Lower-Grade Alchemist appeared under her identity.

Clearly, She Qingqing successfully advanced from an alchemy apprentice to a Tier One Alchemist, receiving system recognition.

The plan to cultivate a disciple into an alchemist went smoothly as well.

"I’m only just getting started, and there’s a long way to go to reach Tier One Middle Grade. I will keep working hard so as not to let down the ancestor and sect’s cultivation."

She Qingqing looked serious.

"It’s good that you have such determination. In the coming period, refine more Qi Cultivation Pills to gain experience. In a few months, I’ll guide you in refining slightly higher-grade pills."

"In the sect, we have several Tier One Lower Grade Elixirs and a few Tier One Middle Grade Elixir formulas. Zhiwei, give her some to study in advance."

Lu Ping instructed.

To be able to establish a sect and pass down its teachings for ninety years, the Cyan Mountain Sect had naturally accumulated quite a few elixir formulas.

Although the sect had experienced several upheavals and many elixir formulas were lost, some Tier One elixirs remained.

As for refining the Crescent Pill, which is a Tier One Top-Grade Spirit Pill, She Qingqing would need to work harder to first conquer the Tier One Middle Grade Spirit Pill.

She definitely needs time to learn and improve; it’s not possible to make rapid progress all at once.

Lu Ping also contemplated that if he could obtain the "Alchemist Upgrade" in the future, he would definitely let She Qingqing use it first.

Over the next two months, the sect’s spirit fields and medicinal gardens were completed.

Before Lu Changfeng returned from Qinghe Market, he certainly didn’t come back empty-handed, having purchased some spirit medicine seeds, spirit rice valley seeds, and more.

On the other side, under Lu Ping’s arrangement, She Qingqing refined a large number of Qi Cultivation Pills to solidify her experience and familiarity with alchemy techniques.

The spirit medicine stored in the medicinal garden barely supported her in refining Qi Cultivation Pills.

Moreover, Qi Cultivation Pills have beneficial effects for cultivation, making them very suitable for Qi Cultivation Stage disciples.

The elixirs refined by She Qingqing would be distributed to sect disciples based on quantity.

In Lu Ping’s words, "In the past, the sect had neither an alchemist nor the ability to purchase elixirs externally, so stopping the distribution of cultivation elixirs to disciples was out of necessity. But now that we have She Qingqing, who can refine Qi Cultivation Pills, the supply of elixirs to the disciples should be maintained to the best of our ability."

She Qingqing was immersed in alchemy, temporarily entrusting the medicinal garden’s management to Li Weixiao.

Once the medicinal garden was planted, seeing the remaining 293 points of reputation in the system, Lu Ping decided to redeem the "Two-Star - Resource Optimization."

In view of the current major resources of the Cyan Mountain Sect, Lu Ping decided to first optimize the medicinal garden to increase its yield and assist sect investments, as well as to facilitate the cultivation of She Qingqing in alchemy.

To advance in the alchemy dao, good medicinal materials are indispensable, and the demand for them won’t be small.

Having made up his mind, this time, Lu Ping didn’t rush to optimize the medicinal garden.

Having used "Resource Optimization" on the spirit field previously, although it successfully improved the spirit field and spirit rice tier, it resulted in the emergence of the Insect King Mantis. Before the triggered effects of optimization were applied to the medicinal garden, Lu Ping informed Lu Zhiwei in advance.

"Zhiwei, go guard the medicinal garden."

Upon hearing the communication, Lu Zhiwei didn’t ask for reasons and immediately went to the medicinal garden to stand guard.

Lu Ping moved and floated to the medicinal garden, evaluated the situation there, and then initiated the optimization effect.

[Medicinal Garden Optimization in Progress...]

Upon activation, a dialog box appeared from the system.

[Medicinal Garden Optimization Success, Production Yield of Six Acres of Medicine Fields Increased by 60%, Excluding Spiritual Peach Tree and Cyan Jade Bamboo]

Following that, detailed resource information was displayed below.

[Six Acres of Medicine Fields: Tier One High-Grade Medicine Field (Tier Unchanged)]

[Estimated Income: 1389 Spirit Stones/Year (Stable Yield)]

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This optimization did not upgrade the level of the medicinal garden, which left Lu Ping slightly regretful.

It seems that not every resource optimization results in a tier upgrade.

The system’s 50% probability for tier upgrading was not just randomly assigned.

The system did not include subsequent resources like the Spiritual Peach Tree and Cyan Jade Bamboo planted in the medicinal garden in its certification.

These two were calculated as new resources, becoming independent sect assets separate from the medicinal garden.

This point was actually within Lu Ping’s expectations.

After all, if the system’s definition of sect resources were vaguely positioned without precise delineation, wouldn’t it be possible to combine spirit fields, medicinal gardens, and even cyan-tailed spirit fish into one resource and perform a unified optimization?

The result is definitely a no.

The system wouldn’t possess such a bug, allowing Lu Ping to exploit it.

"The medicinal garden’s yield increased by 60% and is in a long-term stable state, so this result is pretty good."

Lu Ping roughly calculated that the unoptimized yield of the medicinal garden, based on six acres of medicine fields, along with profound dark grass and moon grass, amounted to roughly 800 spirit stones annually.

Now, after optimization, the annual profit of the medicinal garden could reach around 1389 spirit stones, which is a considerable increase. Having growth and progress is good.

Although it couldn’t be upgraded to Tier Two, Lu Ping didn’t take it lightly because of it.

"Zhiwei, stay in the medicinal garden for your cultivation in the coming days."