In Zhidao Academy, the status of alchemists is very high. If you can refine third-grade elixirs, you can be promoted to elders. When you reach the level of fourth-grade elixirs, you are the great elders, with a high position and a high power.

The fifth-grade alchemy master has a status in the entire Zhidao Academy Palace, only under the mountain master and the seven deputy mountain masters. Elder Feng Taishang can be said to have a transcendent status and no one can offend him.

Even the mountain master has to give him some face, provide him with delicious food and drink, and he can get whatever he wants.

This is just the Zhidao Academy. If placed in other places in Lingzhou, the status of alchemists is more respected because they have fewer alchemists. For example, the level of alchemists and alchemists is even more phoenix-haired, scale-horned. Sometimes, they even need to be on the Zhidao Academy Palace.

The higher the alchemist, even if he has no cultivation, he can gain endless honor wherever he goes, and even more noble than the same level of mind cultivators. This is the status of an alchemist.

If Xiao Mo was not recommended by Zhan Ruoshui, and behind Zhan Ruoshui was a powerful man in the human realm, there was no doubt that he would not even have the chance to see Master Zhongli, let alone join him.

After knowing that the status of the alchemy master is so noble, Xiao Mo couldn't help but be shocked. While grateful for Zhan Ruoshui's help, he not only did not retreat, but instead became more confident.

The alchemist is so noble, so naturally he is rich. Isn’t this exactly one of his original intentions to learn alchemy? It seems that he has not taken the wrong path.

However, after introducing the grades of herbs, elixirs, and alchemists, Master Zhongli told Xiao Mo two more news, which made him feel ecstatic and feel a little nervous, and he became worried about gains and losses.

The powerful alchemist seems glamorous, but in fact he is walking on thin ice. He seems to be rich and frightened, but in fact he is also frightened. If one is not good, not only will he not make money, but he may lose all his money.

Why do you say so?

In fact, there has never been a saying that 100% pill is made. If it can be 100%, it will either be a high-grade alchemist to refine low-level pills, or it will be the legendary level of the Dan Saint and the Dan Immortal.

But in fact, for the level of Dan Saint and Dan Immortal, their chances of failure are even greater, because what they challenge are often higher-grade elixirs, and the refining of this elixir is more difficult. Every time they fail, the heavy losses are not something that ordinary alchemists can imagine.

Without considering that level, I only talk about the level of Zhongli alchemist. He is now a fourth-grade alchemist, but how did he get promoted? If someone who doesn't know will only envy his level, but he will never think of the price he paid.

And if he wants to overcome the bottleneck of the level 5 alchemy master, the cost he will need to be shockingly high.

Generally speaking, every alchemist needs to have a stable elixir rate when refining elixirs of this level. This elixir rate must ensure that he can at least not lose money when refining elixirs of this level, and even have to make a certain profit. Otherwise, he will not be worthy of the title of this level.

For example, if a second-grade alchemist refining the Pill-making rate of the Soul-Stationing Pill is about 30%, he can barely maintain the capital. If he is about 40%, he will make a small profit. If he is about 50%, he will achieve twice the profit. If he is more than 60%, he will be a purely huge profit.

But if it is less than 30%... then he will not only not make money when he refining the small soul pill, but will lose his pants.

Because the various spiritual herbs and auxiliary materials needed for refining the small soul-setting pill are not provided for free, and he needs to charge it at a certain price.

The school also has a free supply method, but at least it needs to be calculated based on 30% of the amount of elixir. That is to say, if you take out a lot of herbs, you have to pay the elixir at a 30% elixir rate. If it is higher, you will make a little profit. If it is lower than... will you lose money?

Even if you are rich, you can't stand it by refining pills every day in a way that you lose money. At this time, you might as well refine one-grade pills, which will have a higher elixir rate, at least you will make a profit.

Therefore, Rao Xing refined high-grade elixirs once or twice, and although he could barely be called a high-grade alchemist, once you cannot guarantee your capital, you will be asking for trouble.

However, no one is always willing to surrender to others, and promotion is the path that everyone dreams of.

First-grade alchemist always desires to refine second-grade alchemist to be promoted to second-grade alchemist, while second-grade alchemist always desires to refine third-grade alchemist to be promoted to third-grade alchemist, and the same is true for third-grade alchemist…

They were eating the meal of the third-grade alchemist, but what they most longed for was undoubtedly to be promoted to the fourth-grade!

So before they are promoted to the fourth-grade alchemist, do they have to bear all the consumption of trying to refine the fourth-grade elixir?

Every time the refining fails, the materials for refining this furnace of fourth-grade pills will be completely lost. If a fourth-grade pill master like Zhongli alchemist who wants to be promoted to a fifth-grade master, every time a fifth-grade pill is failed, the loss of spiritual herbs with sky-high wealth.

Therefore, every alchemist seems to be very rich, but it is actually very miserable inside. As long as you have the desire to advance, no matter how much wealth you have, it is not enough for you to squander.

The more you go, you will find that the bigger the hole you need to advance again, and you can't make up for it at all. You can only make money while spending money and work hard for that glimmer of hope.

In the end, there is always a ceiling blocking your head, and this time, all your efforts are empty until the end of your life, and you will no longer have the ability to toss and struggle.

Of course, unless you are satisfied when you reach a certain level, only refine pills of this level and don’t want to advance, this kind of transaction that only makes money but not loses can accumulate a lot of wealth, which is true.

But there must be few such people all over the world.

Therefore, alchemists seem glamorous and rich, but they are not the case. If you want to make a lot of merits through this, unless you can guarantee that your rate of alchemy will exceed more than 30% each time, you can only be able to satisfy your consumption of further promotion while earning considerable wealth.

However, it is more difficult to improve the rate of elixir production than to advance to a higher level. Most people maintain a balanced rate of elixir production in their lives. Those who can reach more than 50% are all phoenixirs, and very few, let alone more than 60%...

Master Zhongli's words made Xiao Mo feel cold, but he did not just beat the drum. Anyway, he came, one to earn merit, and the other to see if he could discover more secrets of the Xuanhuo Cauldron from the perspective of alchemy.

If you can't make any contributions, it's good to know more about the magical alchemy of Xuanhuo Cauldron. Anyway, you have already reached this point, and at least you can't let Zhan Ruoshui's recommendation be wasted in vain.

After understanding this point, Xiao Mo calmed down, and the second thing that Master Zhongli told Xiao Mo about Xiao Mo was lit up.

That is, about the quality of the elixir.

The same materials, the same alchemy techniques, and even the same elixir yield rate at the same time, the final elixir refining may also be different.

This is not different in type. For example, if you refine the soul pill, you can refine a Heavenly King Heart Protection Pill. This is impossible, but this is different, it means that the elixir has different qualities.

A pill will refine pills of different quality according to the amount of the essence contained in the medicine, as well as some extremely accidental events during the refining process, or even a slight change in the fire.

The quality of the elixir is divided into six types: waste elixir, defective, ordinary, good, best, and mutated.

Among these six elixirs of quality, the meaning of waste elixir is obvious. It is that the refined waste elixir has no value. The inferior product is a slight flaw in the refining process, but it is not impossible to use it. It is just that the elixir whose efficacy will be reduced will generally be slightly lower than the market price.

Ordinary means elixirs refined normally. The obvious value of all elixirs is basically calculated based on elixirs of ordinary quality.

As for the last three, they are relatively rare.

Good-quality elixirs are good-quality elixirs that have slightly improved their efficacy by chance during the refining process. According to the efficacy of the medicine, they are about 10% to 90% higher than normal elixirs.

The price of good-quality elixirs is slightly more expensive than that of normal elixirs. Some may be 10% to 90%, and some may be doubled directly, or even two or three times, five or six times, depending on the specific function of the elixir and its rarity.

For example, a good-quality small soul-fixing pill belongs to the public category, which is not valuable and can be as expensive as 10% or 20%.

But if it is a good-quality purgation and bone urination pill, it will be rare. The price will be more than twice, or even three or four times. At that time, the price of elixir can no longer be divided according to the increase in the efficacy of the pill.

Because the meridian-Quan Yi Bone Pill, the better the medicinal effect, the greater the transformation of people. In theory, everyone can only eat less than three meridian-Quan Yi Bone Pill in their lifetime. Then choosing a normal quality or above is the choice that many people pursue.

Above good products, there are also top-quality elixirs. The so-called top-quality elixirs are generally more than twice the efficacy of ordinary elixirs. No matter what the type of elixirs are, the price will be at least doubled. Some rare elixirs can even be priced at seven or eight times, or even ten times more than a sky-high price.

The last one is quite special. The so-called mutant elixir is a special elixir that may be extremely accidental during the refining process, even less than one in ten thousand, one in ten thousand, or one in one in a million chance.

This kind of pill no longer improves or weakens the properties of the medicine, but the properties of the medicine have changed. Although the small soul-determining pill cannot become the Heavenly King's Heart Protection Pill, it may become an extremely rare and rare Star Moon Jade Soul Pill. The effect of the medicine is no longer to help people improve their speed during cultivation, but to directly increase a certain soul perception ability.

The value of this elixir is undoubtedly ten times or even more than a hundred times that of ordinary small soul-fixing pills. Every time one appears, it will be instantly stolen and gone, with no price.

Because this kind of elixir cannot be refined deliberately, it is an extremely rare mutant elixir.

Among the four main medicines of Dinghun Pill, the portions of Mingsuohua and Xingyueqinlan are very small, but in this elixir, Mingsuohua completely loses its effectiveness, while Xingyueqinlan in turn suppresses the medicinal properties of Dingfengcao and Xinhun herbs, and combines them into a strange elixir that directly acts on the human soul.

But if you deliberately increase the weight of the Star Moon Qin Lan and reduce the Dingfengcao and Heart Soul Grass, it is impossible to succeed, and no one can explain the truth here.

However, according to the refining method of the small soul-determining pill, there is indeed a very small chance of mutating the Star Moon Jade Soul Pill. However, according to the medicinal properties of the Star Moon Jade Soul Pill, the possibility of failure is 100%, and no one has ever succeeded.

This is the charm of mutant elixirs. Sometimes they produce some very special effects. Of course, they also have counter-effects. That kind of mutant elixir is of no value.

Overall, the appearance of mutant pills is very rare, and there are both good and bad. However, once a good mutant pill appears, it is really a night of wealth. It is no longer a myth. Unfortunately, many people may not encounter it once in their lives.

After knowing that there were so many variables in the process of alchemy, Xiao Mo calmed down. On the fifteenth day, he finally began to try to refine his first furnace of elixirs, the most common first-grade elixir, the Qingwu Spirit Building Pill.
Chapter completed!