Chapter 807 - 739: Skin a Man, Pluck a Goose
Chapter 807: Chapter 739: Skin a Man, Pluck a Goose
During this time, Shen Han grew close to the ordinary disciples.
Everyone was quite easy to get along with, and they exchanged insights on Pill-Refining techniques.
Shen Han tried giving them some pointers, but people seemed to take it lightly.
They felt what Shen Han said differed from the manuals, thinking it was full of errors.
Shen Han couldn’t really explain to them, just tried offering pointers.
Actually, everyone had it tough, coming from ordinary families, showing some talent in Medicine-Refining, and getting selected into Qilin Valley.
Only to end up under Master Gan...
It truly felt like the future was dark.
During this period, Shen Han earned quite a few Contribution Points and read numerous Pill manuals.
Just as anticipated, most of the Pill manuals in Qilin Valley were riddled with errors.
Consistent with that history, the Qin Family had been prepared for this.
To prevent their Medicine-Refining techniques from being learned by outsiders, they had added many misleading contents inside long before.
Some areas seemed problem-free at first glance, but several alterations combined could lead to chain reactions.
No wonder so many Pill experts in Qilin Valley couldn’t identify all the issues.
It has been hundreds of years, even a thousand or so, and Qilin Valley has certainly discovered many problems with these techniques.
Repeated experiments have corrected many issues.
Otherwise, it would be impossible to refine Heart Star and Pillar Star level Pills.
Though many problems have been corrected, there are still plenty mixed within.
With these problems present, the current Qilin Valley occasionally produces top-quality Pills, but the success rate remains low.
Support Star Pills have only a forty percent success rate.
However, for Shen Han, these deliberate errors pose no obstacles.
Shen Han has been reading the manuals here for nearly two months and has almost grasped Qilin Valley’s Pill-Refining techniques.
In the book tower, by offering sufficiently high Contribution Points, one could also view the analyses authored by the sect’s Great Medicine-Refining Master.
Shen Han inquired, finding that compared to these manuals, the analyses by masters are several times more expensive.
Qilin Valley knows that relying solely on those books won’t enable one to learn the Alchemy Dao of Qilin Valley.
At most, one can only get started and maybe refine Peng Star level Pills.
But Shen Han holds no expectation for these masters’ analyses.
Even revered masters like Qu Zhongjin are full of flaws.
Learning from them might lead to more detours.
Now that I’ve learned many Pill techniques, I should find ways to start practicing.
Mid-Winter Month, snow finally fell in this region of Qilin Valley.
Shen Han and the disciples seized the opportunity to head to the surrounding mountains to harvest herbs.
The foundations were chosen here looking at the surrounding soil quality.
Indeed, around Qilin Valley, herbs often grow.
A small portion of herbs that can survive winter has already been set with Magical Artifacts by Qilin Valley.
Even if discovered, they cannot be touched.
One can only rely on luck to see if they can find any overlooked ones.
Shen Han, along with Pei Mao and others, had already arrived early in the area.
"Every year, it’s us, suffering souls, who endure the labor.
Look at others like Senior Brother Bao, this season they’re sitting in their courtyard, brewing tea around the stove, enjoying themselves.
Warm and comfortable, maybe even Master Gan might visit his little courtyard, offering personal guidance."
Pei Mao’s mouth was full of resentment, seeming to dislike Senior Brother Bao Xin almost as much as Master Gan.
Shen Han could only offer some reassurance, focusing on the task at hand.
This sort of treasure-searching action, Shen Han deemed himself quite skilled at.
Amidst the vast snowy landscape, others struggled to detect traces.
But Shen Han could observe markings revealed in various places, making this type of search much more efficient than others.
Qilin Valley had also attempted cultivating herbs themselves.
But plants thriving on the mountainside, when placed in a medicinal garden, seemed to become much weaker.
There’s no choice but to let many herbs grow wildly on the mountains and use extra manpower for searches.
After entering the mountains, Shen Han separated from the others.
In these ranges, there were already many Medicine Gatherers coming and going.
Anything slightly more visible was mostly harvested clean.
Walking together renders hopes of yielding results futile.
Shen Han advanced up the mountain, eyes sweeping across the snowy ground.
Along the way, he noticed signs emerging, only approaching to find them protected by Qilin Valley’s Magical Artifacts.
The herbs on this mountain range were almost completely picked by the Herbalists.
Still, there was no rush in his heart.
Judging by Pei Mao’s expressed anticipation, there’s likely to be a yield.
Shen Han actually considered this matter.
Wanting to push this matter forward, Qilin Valley might deliberately leave some herbs behind.
Only when participating disciples have yields, others watching will have enthusiasm in their hearts.
Crossing the peak, reaching the shady side, Shen Han continued his search.
Shady areas receive much less sunlight, and most herbs prefer sunshine, thus fewer herbs exist on this side.
But precisely for this reason, the chance of a yield might be greater.
After all, the search intensity Medicine Gatherers apply to the shady and sunny sides differs completely.
Skirting down from the mountain peak, Shen Han searched as meticulously as possible.
Now that he needs resources for practice, earning Contribution Points here is much easier than taking assorted tasks.
After some careful searching, there were indeed some gains.
With two stems of Purple Qi Bamboo, approximately three hundred Contribution Points seemed secured.
Compared to laboring in Qilin Valley, this speed of earning Contribution Points is so much faster.