Mo Wu Ji was right, exchanging spirit herbs for spirit herbs was indeed permitted. In addition, the disciple in the medicine dispensing room seemed very afraid of him, so it was easy for him to get the spirit herbs he needed. Combined with what he already had, he gathered enough spirit herbs for eleven furnaces of Strengthening Spirit Pills.

With the spirit herbs for eleven furnaces of Strengthening Spirit Pills in hand, Mo Wu Ji wasn't in a hurry to refine them. Instead, he accepted a large number of Second Grade Human Spirit Pill refining tasks from the sect. He was currently only a Second Grade Human Pill Refiner, and even Second Grade Human Spirit Pills were not something he refined often. No matter how eager he was to become a Third Grade Human Pill Refiner, he had to take it one step at a time. Refining more Second Grade Human Spirit Pills was the fastest way to improve his pill refining skills.

Yin Qianyin had told him that the Five Elements Wilderness Domain's Pill Competition was in half a year. As long as he could advance to a Third Grade Human Pill Refiner within these six months, he would have a chance to participate in the Five Elements Wilderness Domain's Pill Competition and see Granny Linglong.

Previously, Mo Wu Ji had focused on cultivation and meridian expansion. Although he had the obligation to refine pills for the sect, he wasn't enthusiastic about it.

Now that he had taken on numerous pill refining tasks, he realized how popular Pill Refiners were. Refining pills for the sect didn't involve any risk at all, and the sect's contribution points were extremely high. But what surprised him the most was that for every ten furnaces of pills he refined for the sect, he could receive thirteen furnaces of ingredients, and he only had to hand over 80% of the fully formed pills to the sect.

Generally, a full batch of pills was twelve, nine, or six pills, with a very few being eighteen pills.

No matter how many pills, refining pills under such conditions made it hard not to get rich.

If he had known there were so many benefits to refining pills for the sect, Mo Wu Ji might have started refining pills much earlier. That way, he could not only obtain various pills but also a pile of spirit herbs and sect contribution points. Only now did Mo Wu Ji understand why Yin Qianyin wanted him to take on some sect pill refining tasks when he had time. It turned out it was all for his benefit.

Especially the sect contribution points, which were extremely useful and could be exchanged for various things. Even the large amount of Third Grade spirit herbs that Mo Wu Ji needed could be exchanged for with sect contribution points.

Actually, this was Mo Wu Ji's misunderstanding. The success rate of most pill refiners was only around 80%, which was already considered very high, and not all pills would be fully formed. Therefore, the sect's regulations didn't leave many pills and spirit herbs for guest pill refiners.

Mo Wu Ji didn't know this. He had the Nameless Pill Manual, and he used hand seals and pill incantations to refine pills. Back in the Nameless Sword Mountain, he had a 100% success rate in refining First Grade Human Spirit Pills. How many pill refiners actually had his success rate?

After accepting numerous pill refining tasks, Mo Wu Ji still went to Refining Room No. 19. Rumor had it that the pill forming rate in Refining Room No. 19 was low, but Mo Wu Ji didn't care. He was currently refining Second Grade Human Spirit Pills, which he already knew how to refine. Using a more difficult furnace could help him improve his skills.

Mo Wu Ji didn't call Fei Bingzhu, but instead asked Wu Kai to arrange for a medicine dispensing boy.

For an entire month, other than going back to see Yan'er every day, Mo Wu Ji spent the rest of his time refining pills.

Mo Wu Ji didn't know how many Second Grade Human Spirit Pills he refined in a month. The pills he accumulated were piled up in heaps. Later on, Mo Wu Ji didn't even need to clean the furnace. When extracting the spirit herbs, he directly cleaned out the dregs and residue from the furnace. Each batch of pills was refined smoothly without any stagnation. Furthermore, the pills he refined were all of the highest quality.

Mo Wu Ji exchanged the extra spirit herbs and surplus pills for Third Grade spirit herbs. He was preparing to start refining Third Grade Human Spirit Pills.

He only had eleven furnaces of Strengthening Spirit Pill ingredients. Even if he wanted to exchange for more, there was no way. Almost all of the sect's Strengthening Spirit Pill ingredients had been exchanged for by him. Going out to exchange would waste too much time, which Mo Wu Ji didn't want to do. Time was very important to him now.

Mo Wu Ji didn't mind. His desire for Strengthening Spirit Pills was just one goal. Another more important goal was to become a Third Grade Human Pill Refiner.

Mo Wu Ji first practiced refining the Third Grade Human Spirit Pill, the Mortal Shedding Pill. This was a pill that could increase the chance of a Qi Building cultivator entering the Mortal Shedding Realm. The refining methods were relatively ordinary, and the value wasn't low for a Third Grade Human Spirit Pill.

When he started refining Third Grade Human Spirit Pills, Mo Wu Ji was no longer as casual as when he was refining Second Grade Human Spirit Pills. He carefully ignited the earth fire and first cleaned the furnace.

He cleaned the furnace three times before adding the spirit herbs and starting the extraction. There were a total of twenty types of spirit herbs for the Mortal Shedding Pill, eight of which were Third Grade, which was even more than the Strengthening Spirit Pill. The rest were First Grade and Second Grade spirit herbs.

Mo Wu Ji spent nearly two hours extracting the spirit herbs, most of which was spent on extracting the Third Grade spirit herbs. Third Grade spirit herbs seemed to be only one level higher than Second Grade spirit herbs, but the difficulty increased several times.

Just a few Third Grade spirit herbs took so much effort. Mo Wu Ji could imagine how difficult it would be to advance to an Earth Pill Refiner.

Extracting the spirit herbs was only the first step in refining pills. The real highlights of pill refining were the fusion of medicinal liquids, pill splitting, and pill congealing.

Just as Mo Wu Ji started fusing the medicinal liquids, he felt a surge in the furnace, followed by the smell of burning.

Mo Wu Ji's heart sank. He knew that the fusion of medicinal liquids had failed. The first furnace of Third Grade Human Spirit Pills had failed right from the start.

Mo Wu Ji didn't continue refining the second furnace. He knew very well that this wasn't a problem with his pill refining technique, but that his vital energy wasn't enough to control the fusion of Third Grade spirit pill medicinal liquids.

Perhaps if he refined a few more furnaces, the time for medicinal liquid fusion would be extended, but in the end, it would still fail. If he didn't improve his cultivation, relying solely on constantly refining pills to advance to a Third Grade Human Pill Refiner might take many years. And that was if he had countless Third Grade spirit herbs to practice with.

Yin Qianyin hadn't lied to him. If he couldn't improve his cultivation, he would indeed be limited to being a Second Grade Human Pill Refiner. Even if his pill refining talent was strong, it would be the same.

If he wanted to become a Third Grade Human Pill Refiner in the shortest amount of time, he could only improve his cultivation. To improve his cultivation, he had to continue expanding his meridians.

Mo Wu Ji sighed in frustration, packed up the spirit herbs, and decided to stop refining pills.

…

"Sister Xiong, where is Bingzhu?" After returning to Lotus Sword Peak, the first thing Mo Wu Ji did was to look for Fei Bingzhu. When he came back earlier, he was focused on refining pills and didn't pay attention to Fei Bingzhu's progress in searching for Treasure Blood Lotus Roots.

Now that his cultivation couldn't be improved, he had to ask Fei Bingzhu about the chances of finding Treasure Blood Lotus Roots on Lotus Sword Peak. If he really couldn't find Treasure Blood Lotus Roots on Lotus Sword Peak, he couldn't continue to waste time here.

"Steward Fei went to the Blood Lotus Lake. He told me that as soon as you came back, you should go to the Blood Lotus Lake to find him," Xiong Xiuzhu quickly replied.

Mo Wu Ji's spirit immediately lifted, and without even responding, he rushed towards the Blood Lotus Lake.

"Pill Refiner Meng, Brother Fei is a friend of Pill Refiner Mo, the peak master of Lotus Sword Peak. You've already gotten the lotus root, so please let him go," Before even reaching the Blood Lotus Lake, Mo Wu Ji heard Wu Kai's pleading voice from afar.

"What happened to Bingzhu?" Mo Wu Ji landed beside Fei Bingzhu, who was lying in a pool of blood.

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