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"So am I a cultivator now?" Chen Miao asked timidly.

"Yes, how could it not be?" Chen He laughed heartily. "You're now a Qi Refining Level 1 cultivator, congratulations, Fellow Daoist Chen!"

"Fellow Daoist? Fellow Daoist!" Chen Miao smiled foolishly, then suddenly hugged the two foxes, laughing and crying like crazy for a while.

Chen He understood perfectly, so he didn't say much, but waited for her to calm down before offering a few words of comfort.

He then told her about the Red Spirit Fox's habits and related precautions, advising her to be careful.

"Brother, will all the spirit beasts in the future be spirit foxes?" Chen Miao asked.

"So, do you like it?" Chen He asked in return.

"I like it," Chen Miao nodded. "If it's five or six spirit foxes, I have no problem with that, other spirit beasts are fine too."

"At first, I prepared six different spirit beasts, but later I found through deduction that the spiritual power fed back by different spirit beasts was different, which could easily cause conflicts and was not pure enough."

Chen He explained, "That's why we chose fox cubs for you. Five represent the five elements of foxes, while the white jade fox belongs to the Yin element."

"Taiyin?" Chen Miao asked, puzzled.

"The white jade fox will grow naturally and awaken the power of Taiyin. It is the key." Chen He nodded slightly. "Taiyin governs the five elements and condenses the Dao Seed of Beast Taming in your dantian. Only then can the cultivation of Taiyin be considered truly complete. After that, you can just wait for the spirit beast to grow."

"How long will it take me to be able to contract my third spirit beast?" Chen Miao asked expectantly.

"It will take at least two weeks," Chen He patted her head. "Don't rush it. You can't cultivate; you can only improve along with the growth of the spirit beast. You can't rush it."

"Okay." Chen Miao nodded solemnly.

She's already weathered the storm, and now that she's gained magical power, what's there to rush?

After they finished talking, they ate a spiritual meal together and fed both spirit foxes spirit beast pills.

Chen Miao then went to tend to the flowers and plants, checking on the Crimson Flame Grass and Sunflower in the planting room to make sure they hadn't withered, and then cast a spell.

Previously, it was extremely difficult for Chen Miao to perform the Spring Breeze and Rain Technique. She needed to rest for a long time after performing it once, and even had to take medicine to restore her energy and blood.

Now that she has magical powers, she can cast spells very easily, and as a basic spell, the Spring Breeze and Rain spell consumes very little magical power.

The completely different experience made Chen Miao very happy. After using it twice, she stopped and took the spirit fox to rest.

Chen He continued refining pills in the alchemy room. He had found all the second-tier intermediate pill formulas in the Scripture Pavilion and had completely mastered them.

Now it can all be refined. The materials are all obtained from the market. The cost of the refined pills is deducted from the cost of the materials, and they are also consigned for sale.

He first used the White Jade Crimson Sun Method to refine the pills, and only when five pills met the standard would he use other methods to refine them.

The advantage of this is that by mastering enough skills, one can avoid all possible problems and thoroughly master the refining method.

Using ordinary methods to refine it will be much easier and will also increase your experience.

After acquiring a large quantity of pills, Chen He consigned them all, and also placed some at his market stalls to ensure they were well-stocked.

He was still nowhere to be seen. The stalls were all automated, and people were watching closely, but Chen He wasn't afraid; he simply refused to show himself.

……

A week later, Chen He went to the Alchemy Hall to get certified as a second-level intermediate alchemist.

This time, it received even more attention. In addition to the deputy deacon Jia Guirong, even Ma Wanli, the Qi Refining Perfection cultivator who had never appeared before, came.

Under the witness of two advanced second-tier alchemists, Chen He easily refined a mid-tier second-tier pill using ordinary alchemy techniques.

Chen He can refine pills that are related to the Qi Meridian Realm, the Zhou Tian Realm, and the Hua Hai Realm. However, the quality of the pills is only up to standard and cannot reach the level of fine products, but this is enough.

For the first time, Deputy Deacon Jia smiled and congratulated Chen He on his successful authentication. He then used a jade tablet to upgrade Chen He's permissions.

This upgrade unlocks the space inside the jade tablet, which is five feet in diameter, but personal items cannot be stored there.

This is the personal space of the sect's alchemists. They can only store the pills they have refined, and they no longer need to go to the alchemy hall to complete tasks.

After the pills are refined, place them in the Jade Tablet space. Contact the Alchemy Hall through the Jade Tablet, and the pills will naturally disappear.

The missing pills went into the alchemy hall's warehouse. The jade tablet automatically records the quantity and time, and everything can be checked.

This stuff can't be faked, and it's a necessary means to urge alchemists to complete their alchemy tasks, so Chen He humbly accepted it.

There was no way to refuse. According to Deputy Steward Jia Guirong, once you were promoted to a second-tier intermediate alchemist, you would have an endless supply of pills to refine.

The sect issued an unlimited number of alchemy tasks to all alchemists at this level. As long as they wanted to refine pills and were capable of doing so, they would be given the materials.

As with previous alchemy tasks, for a complete set of alchemy materials, the sect only needs a specified number of qualified pills.

You can keep any extras; you'll also get merit points for completing tasks.

The problem is that a second-tier intermediate alchemist can only refine second-tier intermediate pills.

In other words, these are the pills that can be used by those in the Qi Meridian Realm, Zhou Tian Realm, and Hua Hai Realm. Second-tier, low-level pills are not useful.

Chen He can only refine mid-level second-tier pills, and the pill refining tasks he completes are also limited to this.

So he had no choice but to accept it, and he certainly wouldn't refuse it. After all, even without using the White Jade Crimson Warmth Method, the number of pills he refined would exceed the mission's requirements, leaving him with quite a few.

The profits here are substantial, and the more pills he refines, the more he earns.

After understanding the situation, Chen He smiled and took his leave. Ma Wanli also offered his congratulations and then turned and left.

If it weren't for the certification rules, he wouldn't even be willing to come.

After all, as a Qi Refining Perfection cultivator, his biggest goal now is to advance to the Purple Mansion realm. Although having another second-tier intermediate alchemist is important, it has nothing to do with him personally.

……

Back in his cave, Chen Miao was playing with two spirit foxes, their laughter filling the air.

Chen He could feel his sister's happiness. He sealed off the cave and went inside.

"Brother, did you succeed?" Chen Miao asked as soon as he saw him come in.

The two foxes leaped up instantly and landed on Chen Miao's shoulders, one on each side.

"You've succeeded. You're now a second-tier intermediate alchemist," Chen He chuckled. "Don't worry about not being able to support your two foxes."

"That's great!" Chen Miao exclaimed happily, grabbing Chen He's arm. "Let's celebrate! Want to eat something nice?"

"Okay," Chen He nodded slightly. "I'll prepare two servings of second-tier spiritual food and some spiritual fruit wine. You won't get drunk, and it tastes good."

"Quick, quick, I want to try it!" Chen Miao's face lit up with a smile. "I've never had it before, I don't know what it tastes like."

"I didn't dare let you drink it before because you didn't have any magic power," Chen He smiled and sat down. "Even if the spirit fruit wine is mild, it's still a burden for mortals without magic power."

That's true. People without magical power cannot digest the spiritual energy of spiritual fruit wine, or even spiritual food. Before, when Chen Miao didn't have magical power, she ate basic spiritual food, and it was a small portion.

When Chen He contracted his first spirit fox, he only gave it a first-tier spirit food. Different strengths should be able to enjoy different spirit foods, which is how it should be.

Urged on by Chen Miao, Chen He waved his hand and took out a second-tier spirit food. As soon as it appeared, two spirit foxes rushed over.

He lay motionless on the table, but his eyes were fixed on it, and he was practically drooling.

Chen Miao smiled and patted their heads, accepted the spirit fruit wine her brother brought, and then took out some spirit food and shared some with the two spirit foxes.

Chen He didn't stop her, enjoying her meal quietly and clinking glasses with her sister, quite content.