Chapter 632: Guidance

Hall Master. A Golden Core disciple sat in front of Yan Buji, saying: "I need a Fivefold Transformation Stabilizing Dragon Pill."

Go through the Internal Affairs Hall's procedures; I don't have that much time all day.

Really not possible?

Really not possible. Yan Buji looked at the Spiritual Stone the Golden Core disciple pushed over, firmly refused: "Rules must still be followed; I can't let you cut in line just because you offer something for what you want, since I really can't free up my hands."

Sigh, fine then.

After seeing off the Golden Core disciple, Yan Buji stood at the Lian Dan Tang entrance, seeing that the usually not-so-crowded crossroads now had many disciples loitering nearby, he directly closed the main gate.

"The Outer Gate Grand Competition is coming up soon." Yan Buji thought.

The Paolong Sacred Land's Outer Gate Grand Competition is no ordinary affair; it will not only invite friendly sect forces to come observe, but the Inner Gate will also send out many elders to serve as judges for this event.

For Outer Gate disciples, this is not only a stage to prove their own strength, but also a good opportunity to gain fame and enter the Inner Gate.

Therefore, the disciples' extra demand for pills has doubled, leaving Yan Buji somewhat overwhelmed.

"Hall Master, how is this pill turning out?" Ye Lin walked over, holding a bottle of pills.

Yan Buji opened the bottle cap, frowned: "You didn't control the heat well when processing the spiritual material, causing part of the medicinal potency to be lost; the resulting pill is low-grade, unacceptable!"

"Huh?" Ye Lin froze, then sighed: "Yes, I will continue to strive."

Hmm.

But it's enough to deal with those ordinary disciples.

Of course Yan Buji also doesn't want to ruin Lian Dan Tang's reputation, but he still needs to invest in Ye Lin's training.

After Ye Lin was previously pursued and killed, he trained for a period and then came to Lian Dan Tang to ask Yan Buji to teach him alchemy. Yan Buji naturally agreed gladly, and also recruited some disciples who liked alchemy to train.

Of course Yan Buji is very optimistic about Ye Lin; although he is only at mid-Foundation Establishment, he can already refine Threefold Transformation pills, not much different from Yan Buji's past ability.

First, Yan Buji mixes some of the pills he himself refined into the batch, then shuffles their placement, and finally hands them over to the Internal Affairs Hall to distribute to the disciples who placed orders.

For Lian Dan Tang operating under this model, although there isn't much profit, the advantage is high returns with little loss; Yan Buji has also accumulated a considerable amount of Contribution Points lately.

"But what use are these Contribution Points for me?"

Yan Buji thought: Contribution Points can be exchanged for many things in Paolong Sacred Land, but to prevent powerful clans from using them to exchange for large amounts of physical resources, Paolong Sacred Land imposes monthly limits on exchange items such as spiritual materials, pills, accumulation devices, etc., and also has identity requirements.

For example, some things Yan Buji needs might require exchange rights of Inner Gate elder level; although he is also the Hall Master of Lian Dan Tang, he is merely an Outer Gate elder.

This involves the difference in resource exchange between Inner and Outer Gates, plus various limiting conditions, so even if Yan Buji obtains many Contribution Points they are of little use; at most he can use Contribution Points each month to obtain fifty thousand Spiritual Stones.

"On the contrary, the exchange of Spiritual Stone resources has no limit; Paolong Sacred Land likely has a Spiritual Stone mine."

Yan Buji thought this through: ultimately Spiritual Stones and Contribution Points are equivalent exchange items. But Contribution Points are virtual, Spiritual Stones are real. Without strong Spiritual Stone capital to back the issuance of Contribution Points, Paolong Sacred Land's reliance on the Contribution Point exchange system would easily collapse.

Moreover, Contribution Points can only be issued and verified by the Internal Affairs Hall, and disciples cannot easily exchange them among themselves, which also stabilizes the value of Contribution Points.

Yan Buji likely gains about one hundred thousand Contribution Points per month, two-tenths from his position as Hall Master, the rest from taking a cut by refining pills for disciples and from the Internal Affairs Hall; precisely because his pills are well-received among disciples, many come to him for alchemy.

However Yan Buji also knows he definitely doesn't have that much time alone to refine pills for Outer Gate disciples, so he still recruited some people to bolster Lian Dan Tang.

Now, Lian Dan Tang has ten people, all selected from disciples who wished to join Lian Dan Tang.

Among them, Ye Lin's level is the highest, already a Threefold Transformation Alchemist; the others are currently only Twofold Transformation Alchemists.

Although high-quality pills still need to be handled by him personally, basic pills can be completely left to them to process.

In the evening.

Yan Buji found Ye Lin who was refining pills, and observed his actions.

Boom!

Ye Lin seemed a bit nervous, and inadvertently blew up the alchemical furnace!

Yan Buji helplessly said: "Ye Lin, don't be afraid of others nearby when refining pills."

"No.... When you appear I get a bit.... nervous."

"Although traditional alchemists indeed taboo others disturbing them while refining pills, have you ever seen me fear being disturbed while I refine pills?"

"This...." Ye Lin recalled that Yan Buji's teaching of alchemy had never avoided taboos; even with a few people watching, it didn't matter, and he could even lecture while refining pills.

Ye Lin tidied up the mess before him, stood and bowed with clasped hands: "Hall Master, how exactly has your alchemy technique improved?"

"It's simple: relying on time and resources, painstakingly honed. Speaking of talent, I'm actually not as good as you; I just have had longer exposure." Yan Buji laughed.

Really?

"Hmm, over these few hundred years of cultivation I've spent at least several decades on alchemy alone—from basic spiritual material identification, to studying refining techniques, then analyzing and completing pill formulas, finally refining pills.... occasionally even being hunted down, which is how one obtains a good alchemy technique."

Ye Lin was greatly surprised: "You've also been hunted down?"

"Who hasn't been hunted down? Outdoors it's inevitable to run into conflicts; back when I was young and full of vigor being hunted wasn't scary, but the more one cultivates, the smaller one's courage becomes." Yan Buji chuckled.

Ye Lin chuckled: "Hall Master Yan really knows how to joke; weighing the situation, where would timidity come in?"

"Hahaha, well said. Forget it, we'll talk about these matters later. Your alchemy problem lies here...."

Yan Buji stepped up to demonstrate to Ye Lin; although Yan Buji still prefers the External Refinement Technique, he now also possesses the Great Alchemy Guide as an alchemy technique inheritance, and using the alchemical furnace to refine pills poses no problem.

After pointing out the problems in Ye Lin's alchemy process, Yan Buji let him leave Lian Dan Tang.

After a few more days, Yan Buji prepared to make a trip to the Transmitting Skills Hall.