Infinite Professions-Chapter 152 - 68: Life’s End (Part 2)

A small disturbance in the Spirit Fire instantly disrupted the entire process, turning the essence of Spirit Rice and auxiliary medicine liquid into ashes, falling as a lump of charcoal with a pungent burnt smell.

Sitting on the bed, Shen Hex glanced at the scorched medicinal residue, slightly furrowing his brows.

Directly refining with Spirit Fire still seems too demanding, requiring extremely high-level skills.

To avoid such waste, many beginners purchase Dharma Cauldrons, as using them in alchemy can protect pills, not only reducing the probability of failure but also improving the quality of the pills.

However, these Dharma Cauldrons for Alchemy Dao are priced far above regular Dharma Artifacts, even surpassing Flying Swords in cost. Even a Lower Grade Dharma Cauldron can demand dozens, if not hundreds of Spirit Stones.

Shen Hex is not lacking in Spirit Stones, but tonight at the marketplace, there were no Lower Grade Dharma Cauldrons to be found, only several Middle-Grade Dharma Cauldrons priced at thousands, clearly aiming to fleece people, and he doesn’t want to be the one taken advantage of.

Moreover, refining pills with Spirit Fire can enhance operational skills, providing valuable practice for beginners, with no need to entirely avoid challenges by taking shortcuts.

Failure is the mother of success.

Let’s try again!

After a moment of breathing exercises, Shen Hex regained his magical power and reignited the Spirit Fire.

Continued like this, no one knows for how long.

In the Spirit Fire, the essence of Spirit Rice gradually combined with the auxiliary medicine liquid.

Soon, a strange fragrance emerged, forming several Spirit Pills.

"Good!"

Shen Hex’s eyes focused as he immediately withdrew his magical power, causing the Spirit Fire to disperse. Only a few snow-white, jade-like Spirit Pills fragrant with rare scents were left hovering in the air, and he caught them with a large hand.

Looking at the Spirit Pills in his palm, Shen Hex nodded with satisfaction, picking one up and placing it in his mouth.

As the Spirit Pill enters, it transforms into Spiritual Qi, spreading the medicinal and rice aroma, instantly filling his body and even the Dantian.

White Spirit Pill!

Using White Spirit Rice as the primary ingredient and various auxiliary materials, this Spirit Pill can equal a thousand pounds of Spirit Rice, keeping hunger at bay for a hundred days and allowing for a three-month fasting effect, thus also known as the Fasting Pill.

Yet fasting is only secondary; its main value lies in the Spiritual Qi. White Spirit Rice is the most common Spirit Rice, although not extraordinary, it excels in being balanced and harmonious, making its Spiritual Qi easy to absorb. Pills refined from it have fewer impurities and less Pill Poison, greatly favored.

Generally, White Spirit Pills are in the Lower Grade, but there’s a small chance to reach Middle Grade, also known as Tier Two Pills, with fasting effects lasting up to a year, each worth twenty Spirit Stones, and highly sought after.

This time, Shen Hex used a considerable amount of White Spirit Rice and Tier One Spirit Medicine, totaling about sixty Spirit Stones. Now, with four Middle Grade White Spirit Pills refined, he netted a profit of twenty Spirit Stones after deducting costs.

It seems little, even compared to a single Tier One Spirit Fish, but remember he’s just a beginner.

Spirit Fish are limited, at most a few a day, they’re impossible to catch by the thousands.

But with these pills, as long as materials and the Alchemist’s energy are sufficient, production can be continuous, increasing dramatically with improvement in skills, with astonishing profits later.

No wonder many say, Pill Talisman Array, one of the Four Arts, can establish a strong foothold in the Cultivation Realm.

Pill Masters, Talisman Masters, Artifact Masters, and Array Masters are famous for their wealth, even a Tier One Pill Master can earn hundreds of Spirit Stones annually, and with diligence, two to three hundred is hopeful, unlike farmers and fishermen who rely on fate.

"Of course, reaching Tier One, one may aspire to Tier Two, honing skills with various investments might bring losses too, so to climb higher, one must work even harder, earning more Spirit Stones."

Shen Hex shook his head, then closed his eyes, using the pill-filled Spiritual Qi within to cultivate the Five Elements Technique.

Thus, a night passed.

Shen Hex opened his eyes, showing no fatigue but instead radiating vitality.

This is the benefit of consuming pills; pure Spiritual Qi is easy to absorb, placing less burden on the body and mind than directly absorbing nature’s spiritual energy.

Standing up, Shen Hex, his body brimming with Spiritual Qi, was spotless and needn’t wash up.

He walked empty-handed to the field, where a spell caused the ground to turn. In a short time, ten acres of Spirit Field had been tilled.

Then, casting another "Small Cloud Rain Skill," he gathered Spiritual Qi in the sky above, rain nourishing the Spirit Field, beginning the various operations of cultivating immortality and magical farming. 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

"This person truly has a Spiritual Root!"

"In a year’s time, has he refined his magical power?"

"No wonder the Spirit Rice in the field grows so well."

"Alas..."

Witnessing this scene, surrounding Martial Cultivator Spirit Farmers carrying water buckets, sickles, and hoes, showed despondent expressions, yet quickly recovering and returned to watering their fields.

If heaven denies, one must strive independently.

Effort!!!

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Time flies, years pass swiftly, in a flash, fifteen years have gone by.

Fifteen years later, within the Spirit Field, inside his humble hut.

Sitting atop a bamboo bed, Shen Hex placed several Storage Pouches before himself, counting his possessions.

"Fifty-eight thousand pounds of White Spirit Rice."

"One thousand eight hundred pounds of Yellow Millet."

"Thirty-five thousand eight hundred pieces of Lower-grade Spiritual Stone."

"Twelve Middle-grade Spiritual Stones."

"Three Top-Grade Dharma Artifacts."

"Twelve Middle-Grade Dharma Artifacts."

"Twenty-eight Lower-Grade Dharma Artifacts."

"One Middle-Grade Alchemy Artifact, ’Cyan Wood Cauldron.’

"Thirty bottles of Lower Grade White Spirit Pill, twelve bottles of Middle Grade White Spirit Pill."

"A barrel of Yellow Millet Wine, which is worth nearly half a Foundation Establishment Pill."

"Also, Spirit Fish, Spirit Medicine, and various miscellaneous items..."

After tallying everything, Shen Hex beamed with delight, his eyes filled with satisfaction.

For fifteen years, he cultivated this land in Red Maple Valley.

Fifteen years of toil yielded an abundance of Spirit Rice, and in the Red Maple Spirit Stream, he caught many Spirit Fish and acquired some Immortal Fate items, such as the twelve pieces of Middle-grade Spiritual Stone.