Chapter 123 Advanced Crash Course
Li Fei asked, "What's the way?"
Song Lin explained: "The key is that as long as you do not seek to become a formal inner disciple, ordinary students can learn to be a senior apprentice, and after graduation, they can also be awarded the title of "Junior Alchemist". ≥≥≥≥≥. Of course, although both of them are junior alchemists, it is much more difficult for inner disciples to reach "Junior Alchemist". Generally, it is not possible for them to not have hundreds of years, because there are still requirements for cultivation, but their strength is much stronger than ordinary "Junior Alchemist". They can basically be the teacher of the latter."
Li Fei thought that the inner disciples would need such a long training period, and asked: "After the inner disciples reach the primary alchemist, they must be an important resource for the sect, and they should have corresponding obligations, right? It is impossible to have that freedom, right?"
Song Lin looked dark and said with a loss: "That's of course, but that's what all inner disciples dream of. Ordinary sects use a large amount of resources to cultivate masters, and then rely on experts to maintain or expand more cultivation resources to maintain the development of the sect. However, the Danji Sect does not have a large amount of cultivation resources. The natural environment in the Jixi Continent is relatively harsh. Not only is the spiritual medicine resources very limited, but the spiritual stone minerals and various material resources are also very poor. The richest one is the earth fire resources, but the earth fire resources themselves cannot exchange for anything useful. Therefore, the development of the Danji Sect is to rely on alchemists to earn spirit stones to maintain the operation and development of the entire sect. Each alchemist must complete the corresponding spirit stone tasks every year or every five years, ten years, to arrange his own cultivation freely. However, if he does not obtain the qualification of a "primary alchemist", he will not be unable to accept tasks to the outside world. He can only provide very limited spirit stones by the sect."
Li Fei used to be determined to become an inner disciple, but now he found it was too troublesome. He became a junior alchemist and had to work for the sect all the time. It was really not a good choice. He was not a fan of alchemy. The reason why he wanted to learn alchemy further was just to practice better and faster. He said, "Senior Brother, thank you for giving me so much. I guess I don't have this talent to become an inner disciple. Is there a faster way to improve my alchemy level?"
Song Lin showed a hint of envy and replied with certainty: "Yes! Junior brother is so lucky, he has a wealth of money. You can consider choosing the 'direct crash course' to study. You don't need to be evaluated in the middle, and you can learn until the advanced apprentice class is completed. You only need to pass the final alchemist test. This is mainly for monks with considerable alchemy foundation, and you can leave after graduation."
Li Fei was overjoyed and asked, "This kind of class is good, how about the charges? It shouldn't be cheap, right?"
Seeing Li Fei's impatient expression, Song Lin said lightly: "It's cheaper than the special classes for the sect. Except for all the materials, the annual tuition fee is about 100,000 spirit stones, usually one period for fifty years. Of course, if you join in the middle and have not studied for so many years, the fee will be less, but it will be difficult to graduate."
Li Fei thought for a while and asked, "How much does the material cost usually cost?"
Song Lin said: "Because the amount of alchemy materials consumed is related to the frequency of practice by the students, and the preciousness of the elixir also has a great impact. Therefore, the cost is not too fixed. Generally speaking, the annual cost is similar to the tuition fee. Because it is just practice, no students will waste too precious elixirs, and alchemists will not casually refer to this level of refining skills."
Li Fei calculated roughly and spent tens of millions of spirit stones to learn throughout the whole process. Compared with the aristocratic schools he had heard before, the tuition fees of the aristocratic schools were just a scumbag, and he couldn't get enough for his spiritual stones. Then he returned to the state where no spirit stones were available and said, "This 'advanced crash course' is not ordinary! The things taught are average, and the tuition fees are ridiculously expensive! Does anyone go to learn?"
Song Lin restored his proud expression and said, "Junior brother, you are wrong. Although you have been studying for a short time, the things you teach are definitely genuine, but the content is relatively basic and should be skills. Cultivation is all-encompassing, can any skill be possible without a foundation? It is of course possible to provide a solid foundation and develop more deeply. Although there are not many students in the advanced crash course, there are five or six classes in our Huangshi Academy alone, each class has four to six students, and they are generally guided by an intermediate alchemist. It is particularly worth mentioning that each student must sign a confidentiality agreement and must not teach others at will. At most, they can teach their own individual relatives and disciples."
Although Li Fei felt ache, he was determined to study. No other way, this kind of intensive training could at least save him a lot of time. He said, "Thank you for your detailed explanation. I will seriously consider what kind of way to borrow spirit stones. By the way, just sign up to find Master Xu and the others, right?"
Song Lin disagreed with Li Fei's Dharma, thinking that Li Fei was just a singular and his interest in chatting was greatly reduced. He thought to himself: "You have low cultivation level, who would like to lend you astronomical spirit stones? Even if you are rich, it would be great to have millions of spirit stones!" He replied casually: "Yes, recommending a student, Master Xu and others will also benefit."
Li Fei stood up and said goodbye and expressed his gratitude again. Song Lin didn't believe that Li Fei had so many spirit stones to sign up for advanced crash courses, but he just went to work hard for his own affairs.
When they arrived at Master Xu's courtyard, Master Chen and Master Ye were there too. Li Feiming had the idea of signing up for the advanced crash course, but the three of them were surprised.
Master Xu kindly reminded: "Li Fei, I know you work hard, and it is the dream of every cultivator to grow quickly, but there is no free lunch in the world. If you just study for a few years, it is useless. It is better to keep learning steadily and step by step. As long as you work hard, you will always gain something in the end." Master Chen and Master Ye also agreed.
Li Fei said sincerely: "Thank you for your reminder from the three mentors. I have already thought about the tuition fees. I still have some experience in refining individual elixirs. I can earn tuition fees while refining elixirs for sale and studying for the entire semester as much as possible."
Master Xu lowered his head and said, "Okay, you have decided for yourself, so let's try it first. The Jingwu Advanced Alchemist class has just graduated from two students, and now there are only three people. You can go to his class. There are fewer people and the learning effect is better. Come with me now."
After a stick of incense, Li Fei followed Master Xu to a large courtyard and met a thin old man with a white hair and little speech. Jing Wu just simply handled the procedures for Li Fei and told Li Fei that he would preach the alchemy tragedy every thirty every month. After practicing in the alchemy room, he asked a disciple to lead Li Fei to go directly to the alchemy room. In order not to be noticeable, Li Fei only paid one year's tuition and material fees for the first time.
The alchemy room is located in a volcano, not far from Jingwu's residence, only a few dozen miles away, and arrived soon. After the disciple who led the way left, Li Fei looked at the layout of the alchemy room and was quite satisfied. In addition to the hall in front, there were two rooms with alchemy furnaces. The facilities inside were not only complete, but also quite tidy. There were four rooms for rest and practice, which were spacious and comfortable.
Li Fei washed up happily, threw out a mattress, and fell asleep. Over the past five years, Li Fei has been studying nervously every day and received a huge amount of information. If it weren't for the middle stage of foundation building and the strong spiritual consciousness, it would be difficult to complete the tasks with quality and quantity, it would be difficult for other cultivators with lower cultivation to take decades or even longer.
The next morning, Li Fei saw that there were more than twenty days left before the thirty of this month, so he quickly started the furnace and refined the alchemy. After refining a furnace of spiritual transformation pills, Li Fei finally had a high-quality spiritual transformation pill to take, but he had no time at all. He rested for half a night. The next morning, he rushed to Jingwu to listen at dawn.
Li Fei thought he was quite early, but when he arrived, he realized that the other three senior brothers had arrived long ago. It seemed that the students in the advanced crash course had a high urgency to learn. Under the pressure of a lot of spirit stones, no one dared to waste time. When the three of them saw Li Fei coming, they just quit their heads and had nothing to say. Li Fei looked at the three of them and found that the two men and one woman were all masters in the late stage of foundation building. They looked younger. Seeing that they were speechless, they sat cross-legged on a cushion and waited for Jingxiu to arrive.
Not long after, Jingwu came, sat cross-legged on the cushion in front and started talking directly, mainly talking about the theory of alchemy. After one and a half hours, after answering a few questions, he closed his eyes and rested. After resting for an hour, Jingwu spent two hours explaining the principle of "Spirit Pill", the refining steps and precautions. This time, none of the other three asked questions. Li Fei asked a few questions, and Jingwu answered in detail.
After the lecture, each student received two pieces of materials and went back to practice. Li Fei returned to the pill room and spent a day refining all the two "spirit cultivation pills". Although they were both successful, the quality was very average. After careful summary, Li Fei felt that there were two problems that needed to be raised in the next lecture. After the pill was refined, Li Fei took a top-grade spiritual transformation pill and began to practice. After the practice, he continued to refine spiritual transformation pills, and this cycle continued.
The regular learning rhythm makes it easy to forget the passage of time, and a year has passed without realizing it.
During this year, Li Fei had a preliminary understanding of the alchemy. In the past, he only acted according to experience and rarely paid attention to the principles contained therein. After understanding the principles and practicing them, the effect was indeed much better. It not only deepened the impression, but also expanded the thinking.
There is another advantage of practicing constantly. Li Fei got a lot of various elixirs. Although they are not rare elixirs, they finally did not waste materials. For example, the Foundation Building Pill, Li Fei refined a lot, as well as various elixirs for healing.
Li Fei gradually became familiar with the other three students. Although everyone was very cautious in communication due to various reasons, they were basically limited to the discussion of alchemy. They were relatively open to some information exchanges that did not involve themselves.
After the lecture one day, Li Fei learned something interesting from the conversation between several people.
Chapter completed!