Raise a sword!

Danhuo Peak, Dan Hall.

Inside the alchemy room.

Jiang Peng effortlessly manipulated the alchemical fire, transforming the liquid into condensed pills in one smooth motion.

Qin Yuan watched silently from the side, his eyes occasionally flashing with a strange light, his face full of admiration.

A moment later, a surge of spiritual energy gathered in the alchemy furnace in front of them.

"It's done."

As Jiang Peng spoke casually, he waved his hand, and the lid of the alchemy furnace floated up, revealing three pills inside.

"Three pills were successfully made, one of which is a two-pattern Foundation Establishment Pill." Qin Yuan exclaimed, "I have been refining pills for over a hundred years, and even at my peak, I was no better than this... Boy, I have nothing more to teach you."

Jiang Peng made a few modest remarks.

This time, Jiang Peng actually held back a little when refining the Foundation Establishment Pill.

Since reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, Jiang Peng has been able to slightly activate the Purple Gold Cauldron in his mind, and can open the lid of the Purple Gold Cauldron to a larger gap.

The result of this is that he can ignite an even more vigorous purple flame.

Purple fire has endless uses.

The refining of magical artifacts, elixirs, talismans, and other items by the Purple Gold Cauldron seems to originate from the power of the purple fire.

Therefore, being able to directly utilize more purple fire also allows Jiang Peng to refine pills that exceed his level of alchemy skills.

For example, the extremely rare Three-Pattern Foundation Building Pill.

If Jiang Peng had used the purple fire throughout the entire alchemy process, the three pills in the furnace should have been three-pattern Foundation Establishment Pills, instead of the two one-pattern pills and one two-pattern pill.

More importantly, after breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage, Jiang Peng was no longer restricted by the spiritual power within his body when activating the Purple Flame.

As long as there is spiritual energy around him, he can continuously activate the purple fire. This is the greatest improvement Jiang Peng has received after establishing his foundation.

Jiang Peng's many methods are all based on this.

Whether it's transforming spiritual energy into fire or refining the sword with purple fire, both are based on this foundation.

However, what Jiang Peng found somewhat regrettable was that even after reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, he still couldn't fully activate the Purple Gold Cauldron.

However, he has already determined that as his cultivation level improves, his control over the Purple Gold Cauldron is also increasing.

"Sooner or later, I'll have to take you out of my head and see what it feels like to use you to make pills."

Jiang Peng had long envied the faceless man who demonstrated alchemy to him in front of the Purple Gold Cauldron.

He looked forward to the day when it would be his turn to sit in front of the Purple Gold Furnace.

Instead of just using a little purple fire as we are doing now.

...

Inside the main hall of the sect on the main peak of Cangshan Mountain.

More than twenty Foundation Establishment cultivators gathered here.

When Jiang Peng arrived with the Foundation Establishment Pill, the sect leader immediately led him to him and asked, "How is it?"

Jiang Peng looked around and suddenly realized what was going on.

Having joined the Cangshan Sect for so many years, he has finally become a pillar of the sect.

Jiang Peng took out the three Foundation Establishment Pills that she had refined.

"Fortunately, I have fulfilled my mission and produced three pills, one of which has two patterns."

Upon hearing this, the expressions of the Foundation Establishment cultivators in the main hall varied.

The vast majority of them had happy expressions on their faces.

Although Jiang Peng joined the sect halfway through, at least she reached the Foundation Establishment stage within the sect, making her one of their own. This is much better than the sect having a shortage of second-tier alchemists and having to hire people from outside, leaving them vulnerable to manipulation.

However, some Foundation Establishment elders had gloomy expressions.

Among them was Elder Jiang, who had previously tried to seize Jiang Peng's spot in the Spirit Transformation Pool.

However, even someone as senior as Elder Jiang couldn't utter a single unpleasant word in this setting.

"Good, truly a blessing from heaven for our sect." Chu Chun'an took the Foundation Establishment Pill, examined it, and then looked around. "Since Elder Liu Zhi, the position of Grand Elder of the Pill Hall has been vacant for several years."

"I hope everyone agrees that Jiang Peng will take on this role?"

Most of the Foundation Establishment cultivators present remained silent.

Someone asked, "Junior Brother Jiang, from now on, the Pill Hall will supply pills to the various peaks..."

"I, Jiang, am only good at alchemy and not at management. Therefore, the old rules of the Pill Hall remain unchanged. Each peak distributes pills according to the number of cultivators, while Foundation Establishment elders are judged based on their cultivation level, with slight differences between the early, middle and late stages."

These are all rules that the Pill Hall has implemented for many years.

When alchemists refine pills in the Pill Hall, the sect will reward them with sect contributions as a form of payment. The resources that can be exchanged for these sect contributions come from the sect tasks completed by the elders and disciples of each peak.

Running a sect is a rather troublesome matter, and as an important part of it, as long as the Pill Hall can continue to operate, Jiang Peng has absolutely no intention of changing the rules.

...

In the blink of an eye, half a month has passed.

In the past two weeks, the first thing Jiang Peng did after rightfully taking control of the Pill Hall was to delegate power.

He meticulously delegated the many affairs of the Dan Hall to the various stewards below him.

Finally, he promoted Wang Lu, a steward he knew well, to be the supervisor. From then on, Wang Lu would summarize the various trivial matters of the Pill Hall and report to Jiang Peng once a month.

In this way, Jiang Peng would no longer need to go to Danhuo Peak to oversee things every day.

It concerns Qin Yuan, though.

Jiang Peng tried to persuade her master not to work so hard, but her master was the kind of person who couldn't stay idle. After several unsuccessful attempts to persuade him, Jiang Peng gave up.

...

Late at night, on Biwu Peak.

Jiang Peng invited several close friends from the sect to a small gathering.

There are Liu Qinghe and Cheng Kaihai, who have already established their foundations, and Liu Quan, who has just returned from his long days of traveling.

There's also the renowned genius Song Lian from the Song family.

This can be considered Jiang Peng's Foundation Establishment Banquet.

Speaking of the Foundation Building Banquet.

Jiang Peng had originally agreed to Sun Yinxi's Foundation Establishment Banquet, saying that Peak Master Ni Chang liked lively events and was going to organize one.

However, since Peak Master Ni Chang recently took Sun Yinxi away from the sect for training, this matter has been temporarily put on hold.

When the guests arrived, Jiang Peng was busy in the kitchen wearing an apron, while Mei Jinhe and Su Zhi were his kitchen helpers, helping with picking vegetables and chopping.

Song Lian and Liu Quan arrived together, carrying gifts at the kitchen door, looking somewhat bewildered.

Seeing this, Jiang Peng put down the spatula, grabbed a handful from her apron, and then came over to take the gifts from the two of them.

"Please be seated, the meal is about to begin," Jiang Peng said with a smile. "No need to be so formal. I'm just taking my leave now. What's past is future."

As she spoke, Jiang Peng seemed to remember something and called out to Song Lian again.

"Senior Brother Song."

Seeing that Jiang Peng's attitude remained unchanged, Song Lian breathed a sigh of relief, but still couldn't help waving his hands repeatedly, feeling both amused and exasperated.

"Please don't call me senior brother, please don't call me senior brother, just call me by my name... I beg you."

Jiang Peng smiled and changed his address to "Old Song," then casually tossed out a small porcelain bottle.

Song Lian subconsciously reached out and took the porcelain bottle, looking puzzled.

"Weren't you second among the true disciples in the last sect competition?"

As Jiang Peng spoke, she returned to the stove and picked up the spatula.

"The Foundation Establishment Pill is ready; there's a portion for you."

Song Lian clenched his fist tightly as he held the porcelain bottle.

Liu Quan, standing to the side, looked on with envy.