The Path of Survivor begins with obtaining titles

After all, being a disciple without much alchemy experience, even if he acted as an assistant, he would probably be following a Pill Master of the Qi Refinement Realm, refining basic pills all day, and it would probably be exhausting nonetheless.

Therefore, it would be better for him to practice slowly in his owrl cave mansion, gaining wisdom from his mistakes.

“Ah, Junior Brother Lin, I truly regret this,” Wu Tian Zhang apologized sincerely.

He thought Lin Yi had a good talent for farming and wanted to look out for him. Who had predicted that the offer would be sent out and yet, no progress was made, it was really awkward.

“Elder Brother Wu has said too much, it doesn’t matter, 1 can practice slowly on my own,” said Lin Yi casually. Then, he took out a Storage Bag.

“Inside, there are ten acres of Spirit Grass. Please exchange half of the materials for Gathering Qi Pills and seeds for ten acres of Spirit Grass for me.” Firstly, he would refine Gathering Qi Pills, then aim to improve his alchemy title and skill level. Once his success rate was higher, he would then consider refining other pills.

A pill like Gathering Qi Pill, is like a Raging Fire Talisman in basic talisman paper, essentially it’s never out of demand because of people’s high need.

Wu Tian Zhang took the Storage Bag, probed the contents with his Divine Sense and exclaimed, “Junior Brother Lin, your farming ability is extremely steady, just wait for a moment.”

Then, he took all ten acres of Spirit Grass and put it up for sale in the Pill Hall, the pure white blossoms of the Spirit Grass also attracted exclamations from some.

Soon, Wu Tian Zhang returned, handed the Storage Bag back to Lin Yi and said, “Junior Brother Lin, the normal value of ten acres of Spirit Grass is 8000 Spirit Stones, but as the medicinal properties of your Spirit Grass exceeded by

30%, thus, there is additional 2400 Spirit Stones for you.”

“l got you 4000 Spirit Stones worth of Gathering Qi Pill materials, and 1000 Spirit Stones worth of Spirit Grass seeds. The remaining 5400 Spirit Stone should be checked by you.”

Lin Yi took the Storage Bag casually and did not check it. Instead, he bowed his fists in thanks, “Thank you, Elder Brother Wu. I won’t disturb your pill refining, I will take my leave first.”

Wu Tian Zhang also returned the salute, then whispered, “Junior Brother Lin, if you really want to come to the Pill Hall, you can go find Grandmaster. He introduced you to this field, and with your good Spirit Grass planting, he should assist you.”

“l will save him the trouble for now, I need to accumulate some experience.” Lin Yi declined with a smile. After bidding farewell to Wu Tian Zhang, he left Golden Sword Peak.

If he was under the guidance of a Foundation Building Pill Master, he might have fought for the chance. However, being an assistant to a Qi Refinement Pill Master would be a joke. Possibly, his success rate might even be higher than theirs.

In regards to creating talismans, only those with 50% or higher success rate would be deemed as Talisman Masters. Pill Masters are different. Those with a success rate higher than 30% can be referred to as Pill Masters.

With his second tier Alchemy title, which contributed an additional 20% success rate, plus the Alchemy Skills level bonus, his success rate should be around 30%, if not close.

Back in his Cave Mansion on Jin Qiao Peak, Lin Yi did not immediately start planting. Instead, he was considering doing some tasks. When he just entered Cultivation World, he did a few tasks and earned 1000 Merit Points.

For disciples in the middle stage of Qi Refining, they are required to complete tasks earning 500 merit points every year. Now that two years have passed, he must complete new tasks, to fulfill the requirements for the upcoming year.

Later on, after breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Stage and demonstrating the cultivation level of the Late Stage of Qi Refining, he would be required to double his merit points earned from tasks every year.

Quickly, Lin Yi made his decision. Now that his cultivation has not reached the complete Ninth Stage of Qi Refining, he should first complete some tasks to earn enough merit points to meet the requirement for two years. Then, he can prepare to break through Foundation Building with peace of mind.

Now, there are still five years before the second opening of the Dan God Secret Realm. Regardless of how difficult the Foundation Establishment is, he won’t possibly fail to break through in five years with the help of the title.

He rode his Flying Boat and arrived at Tian Yun Xian City again, to browse tasks suitable for mid-stage of Qi Refining. He had to crush his task objectives to ensure his own safety.

However, the tasks that mid-stage Qi Refinements realm can take are all low in merit points. Tasks with high merit points were long taken by others.

While Lin Yi was looking through the tasks, he suddenly noticed a task to eliminate Evil Spirits. These spirits also occurred in a mortal city under the jurisdiction of Liu Yun Sect. There were few normal Evil Spirits, of which one or two seemed to be slightly darker.

The requirement is a cultivator at the sixth layer of Qi Refining or above, who can form a team, but the task is recommended for individuals at the eighth to ninth layer of Qi Refining.

He glanced at the name of the city, which was the furthest from the Liu Yun Sect and didn’t seem to receive any special attention. Otherwise, there would be no need to post a task, the sect would have already sent people over to clean up.

However, recalling the previous incident with the evil spirits, he understood. At that time, there were evil spirits appearing in the Outer Sect. It took several days, the population in some cultivation zones had almost been wiped out, before Inner Sect disciples were dispatched to clean up.

Let alone this mortal city, which is the farthest from the Liu Yun Sect. After all, no matter how many mortals die, it won’t have much impact on the Liu

Yun Sect.

The reward for this task is 500 merit points, which seems a lot, yet not many people accept it. The reason is the distance and the cultivators at the eighth or ninth layer of Qi Refining would not bother to accept this kind of task.

Lin Yi pondered at the side. With his current strength at the ninth layer of Qi Refining, killing the black evil spirits could be quite easy for him.

Moreover, his thunder spell has reached the Grandmaster level. This is the biggest nemesis of evil spirits of the demonic path, even more effective than the exorcism charm. Besides, by slaying the evil spirits and helping them

achieve transcendence, he can gain more virtue points.

However, he was worried about the disciple of the Liu Yun Sect stationed in this mortal city, who might hide military information. Perhaps more powerful evil spirits have appeared and this person, fearing to bear the responsibility, concealed some situations.

After all, the Immortal Masters stationed in the mortal cities have the duty to defend them.

The higher-ups of the Liu Yun Sect can be indifferent to the lives and deaths of mortals, but if you, a stationed Immortal Master, fail in your response leading to the outbreak of the evil spirit incident and causing countless death and injury, you can’t escape the blame.

Lin Yi pondered and asked the Merits Hall disciple at the window, “Elder Brother, may I ask, for the task numbered 96, the one of killing the evil spirits of Cang Mountain City, if the situation there is too serious, am 1 allowed to abandon the task?”

In the Cultivation World, there are four levels of evil spirits, corresponding to four colours: gray, black, red, and blue, with gray being the lowest level and blue the highest.

When he learned about the four colour levels, he couldn’t help but think of the Yan Luo King of the Hell in the Journey to the West, whose face seemed to be blue.

The strength of the evil spirits also varies with colour. Light-black evil spirits have the strength of the middle and late stage of Qi Refining, while deep-black ones have the strength at the Foundation Establishment Stage,

Deep red corresponds to the Golden Core Realm, and deep blue corresponds to the Nascent Soul Realm.

He didn’t want to rush all the way to Cang Mountain City, only to find that the situation was too severe and yet couldn’t quit the task. That would be a huge loss.

Because once a task is accepted and impossible to complete, a punishment of half the reward merit points will be deducted.

This is to prevent people from deliberately accepting tasks and failing to complete them, considered as a restriction.

The disciple at the Merit Hall window, upon hearing Lin Yi’s words, scanned with his Spirit Wood Technique and smiled, “You can purchase an Image Recording Stone. If the situation is really severe, record the scene and bring it back to the Merit Hall to avoid punishment.”

Lin Yi thanked him with clasped fists, considered once more. Half a year ago, when he was breaking through the Wind Transformation Technique, his six hundred or so virtue points were exhausted completely.

In the past six months, he had continuously been conducting transcendence in Qing Yun City. Now his virtue points had reached over four hundred, enough to support the Mercy Shield for forty seconds. This should suffice to handle black evil spirits; if he can’t fight, he can always run.

What if a red evil spirit appears in this city? He shook his head, unlikely. If a red evil spirit appeared, the stationed Immortal Master would definitely not dare to hide the situation.

Besides, it would be too embarrassing for a red evil spirit, equivalent to cultivators at the Golden Core Realm, to go on a killing spree in the mortal world.

Even when the Xuan Yin Sect caused trouble last time, the highest-level evil spirit that appeared seemed to be purely black. No sign of a red one was found.

Lin Yi looked at his virtue points, feeling they were still insufficient. At least he should accumulate over six hundred points, enough to support for about one minute to ensure absolute safety..