Cultivation: From Servant to Revered Immortal Chapter 18: Lin Family’s Eldest Miss

After the spiritual root testing, the steward led Zhou Xun and others around the entire Pill Treasure Pavilion, explained the arrangents for the next month, and then left.

The thirty of them were arranged two to a pill room.

The pill room was not large, only about two or three zhang square.

In the center was a pill furnace, with earth fire connected below.

Sharing a pill room with Zhou Xun was Wang Erniu.

Previously, Wang Erniu was taken away by Lin Zhishan to et Master Yun Ku.

Master Yun Ku personally re-tested Wang Erniu’s spiritual root. Once confird, he wanted to take him as a disciple on the spot.

However, Wang Erniu stubbornly claid he already had a master and would not take another.

Master Yun Ku, of course, didn’t force him and sent him back.

After returning, Wang Erniu recounted his experience to Zhou Xun.

Hearing Wang Erniu reject Master Yun Ku, Zhou Xun admired his deep sense of loyalty but also regretted him giving up such an opportunity.

Yet Wang Erniu seed unconcerned.

"I was just a cowherd from a mountain village; becoming a cultivator is already very satisfying!"

The two sides of the pill room were filled with scriptures.

All of them introduced various alchemy materials in the Cultivation Realm.

There was even a basic elixir—a Grain Avoidance Pill recipe.

Looking at the thick scripture in his hand, Zhou Xun couldn’t help but chuckle wryly.

He never expected the pill recipe to be in such a thick book; in his impression, a pill recipe should just be a simple piece of paper.

Upon opening it, he understood.

The scripture recorded several thods to refine the Grain Avoidance Pill.

It included all the issues that might arise during refining and various solutions.

It could be said that once he thoroughly comprehended the book, the refining of the Grain Avoidance Pill would be familiar, and actual practice could follow.

As for that single sheet of paper, it was rely the elixir formula, lacking the refining thods for the needed spirit dicines, cautions, and solutions for issues during refining.

Only a true alchemy master could refine elixirs based on a simple formula.

Quickly, Zhou Xun understood this principle.

No one in his past life had created a product just by following a recipe.

On the first day, no tasks were assigned, and they were simply allowed to get familiar with the Pill Treasure Pavilion.

Zhou Xun stayed in the pill room to glance through various scriptures, as he had never dealt with alchemy before.

Thankfully, he had now awakened his divine sense, gaining the ability to morize at a glance.

Learning beca much easier.

While Zhou Xun was concentrating on reading the scripture, a knocking sound suddenly ca from the door.

Wang Erniu quickly got up to open the door!

It was Chief Steward Lin.

Steward Lin was surprised to see Wang Erniu opening the door but soon showed a friendly smile:

"It’s Erniu, you’re assigned here too!"

"Greetings, Steward Lin, is there sothing you need?" Wang Erniu greeted with a bow, then asked with slight confusion.

"I ca to see you and Nephew Zhou!" Steward Lin, with a kind deanor, appeared like a neighborly uncle.

Zhou Xun also ca out upon hearing, stepping forward with a greeting bow.

"Greetings, Steward Lin!"

"Ah, it seems I wasn’t wrong that day; you truly got selected!" Steward Lin showed a satisfied expression.

He thought Zhou Xun was unaware of his actions and ca specifically to make his presence known to him.

Zhou Xun, seeing this, sneered inwardly but outwardly maintained a grateful expression.

"I must thank Steward Lin for this!"

Hearing this, Steward Lin laughed heartily, as if having achieved his goal, and waved his hand:

"I rely recomnded you, the real decision was made by Master Yun Ku! Oh right, I have an alchemy manual here, you must study it well daily and beco a proper alchemist sooner!"

Saying this, Steward Lin pulled a booklet from his storage bag and handed it to Zhou Xun.

"Thank you, Steward Lin!" Zhou Xun bowed once again.

"Alright, study well!" With that, a pleased Steward Lin left with hands behind his back.

"Steward Lin is such a good man!" Wang Erniu exclaid.

"Indeed, he is a good man!" Zhou Xun nodded, an unusual expression in his eyes.

It wasn’t until evening that Zhou Xun left the Pill Treasure Pavilion and returned ho.

The Pill Treasure Pavilion did not provide accommodation for the quasi-alchemy apprentices; the pill room was rely for their alchemy studies.

...

The next day, Zhou Xun arrived at the Pill Treasure Pavilion early.

Today, he was to take the first lesson, an introduction to alchemy.

The class was held in a large hall.

The hall spanned several dozen zhang, with a high platform in the center.

Thirty cushions were neatly placed around, ant for their use.

At the third quarter of the hour before 8 AM, everyone had arrived.

Zhou Xun, arriving early, chose a spot near the platform.

From his past school experience, he knew good students always sat near the front.

At 9:00 AM exactly.

A delicate figure walked in from outside the hall.

Everyone looked over.

She was a young lady as gentle as jade, with brows like distant mountains and a snowy face like blooming lotus.

In a long dress reaching her low shoes, bright starry eyes, and white teeth, she was elegant and refined.

Everyone was stunned; they had never encountered such a beautiful woman of extraordinary aura.

Wang Erniu’s face flushed; he didn’t dare to look at her directly.

Zhou Xun also felt awestruck.

Though he had seen many beauties in his past life, he had to comnd her, elegant and otherworldly.

The young lady walked past them and gracefully stepped onto the platform.

From her storage bag, she took out a cushion and then sat cross-legged.

"The eldest miss of the Lin Family, it’s actually her!"

It seed soone recognized her identity.

The eldest miss of the Lin Family, Zhou Xun imdiately understood.

In Red Leaf Square, she was a renowned figure.

She was the only daughter of Lin Family’s current patriarch, Lin Anshuo.

Nevertheless, what made her famous was not her status but her high-grade spiritual root and talent in alchemy.

At rely sixteen, she was a Fourth-Layer Qi Refining expert.

At the sa ti, she was a Tier One Middle-Grade Alchemist, a prodigy-like character.

"Quiet!" A voice as lodious as a lark rang out, like the sound of a clear spring on stone.

"Today’s first lesson will be a demonstration of alchemy, to give you an initial impression of the alchemy skill!"

The young lady, with a cold expression, simply said, and retrieved a pill furnace, silver spirit charcoal, and various alchemy materials from her storage bag.

Silver wood charcoal is refined from Tier One low-grade silver spirit wood.

This, when ignited, produces spiritual fire more gentle and easily controlled than earth fire, making it the best ignition source for alchemists to refine elixirs.

"Today’s refinent is an Energy-Introducing Pill commonly used in the Qi Refining stage!"

Saying this, she placed the silver spirit charcoal under the pill furnace.

A spell was cast onto the furnace, and a crimson fla leaped up instantly.

"When refining pills, spiritual fire is needed to warm the furnace!" The young lady explained while operating.

After a mont, the furnace was adequately ward.

Her fingers, as white as scallions, gently motioned, and a blue-green spirit dicine flew into the pill furnace.

"This step is to condense the dicinal liquid. There are various thods for dicine condensation; different spirit dicines require different thods..."

...

One hour passed just like that.

Suddenly, a dicinal fragrance rose from the pill furnace, filling the entire hall and invigorating everyone’s spirits.

The young lady’s expression changed, casting another spell, and the lid of the furnace opened automatically, from which twelve milky white round pills flew out.

Eleven were a bright milky white, while one was lackluster.

The young lady frowned slightly, seemingly having made a mistake.

"Twelve success pills, eleven pri, one inferior!"

"Worth over four spirit stones, yet the cost is less than two!" Zhou Xun mused to himself.

The profit was over double, no wonder alchemists were said to be the wealthiest among cultivators.

Those below the stage all displayed eager expressions.

This was precisely the effect the first lesson was ant to achieve.

"Today’s alchemy demonstration hopes to inspire everyone to practice hard, and soon beco true alchemists!"

After saying this, with a wave of her hand, she put away the alchemy materials and gracefully left.

...

The next day, it was the sa hall but with an elder replacing her, explaining the pharmacology of spirit dicines.

This was an elder alchemist of the Pill Treasure Pavilion, although just a Tier One Middle-Grade.

Yet Master Yun Ku highly praised his understanding of pharmacology, and even Lin Zhishan felt inferior.

Learning pharmacology also required mastering spirit dicine processing thods and the condensing pill technique.

Zhou Xun beca accustod to the daily life of alchemy study.

Every day, he traveled between the Pill Treasure Pavilion and his ho in Luliu Lane.

Thus, a mundane month passed.

One day, Wang Erniu suddenly found Zhou Xun, unable to hide his excitent.

"Big brother, I’m getting married!"