ken walked through the familiar door and usual only the strong energy and herbal aroma greeted him while the beautiful ladies were busy with their own work .
ken had inquired about the workings inside this guild so he ignored everything else and walked towards the elder who had a ferocious face like a tiger but was called gentle as his nickname . his temperament is rather gentle so people must have liked this contrast with his face so named him so . ken was amused because he couldn't meet a single person till now who remembered his real name and ken had asked at least 120 older outer disciples.
it would be inconvenient to call the elder by his nickname but ken decided to think about this small problem in future . this old man with tiger like face and white hair was actually a tier 4 alchemist . one had to know that there were only 2 tier 4 alchemists and one tier 5 alchemist in the whole sect . so ken had decided to be respectful to this man as his achievements were great for this small world.
" hello elder ! I want to take the test for the qualification of tier 1 alchemist ." ken bowed a little and asked the elder with a small smile .
" hmm.. you are a peak 4th level qi condensation disciple so yes you are qualified . you can call me elder gentle like everyone else ."
the old man was saying with a smile but ken still felt a little uncomfortable to call him that .
" dont mind me young ken . I really like this nickname of mine but really cant remember who was the one who first called me that now after so many decades haha.."
this old man was much like ken as he was also an easygoing man . so Ken had already placed him much higher on his scale of evaluation for old monsters in this cultivation realm .
the elder guided ken towards the pill refining room where an old looking light yellow coloured cauldron was placed . it was really in good shape as ken could feel that the formations inside it were well maintained and this cauldron could be considered a tier 2 product . this meant that one can refine tier 2 pills inside it easily and for more experienced ones tier 3 pills are also possible. the room was really small as it was only slightly bigger than his cultivation chamber at home .
" hmm... can you refine a blood qi pill ? it's a relatively difficult one for tier 1 pills but for you to join this guild , at least 10 percent success rate is required .."
ken was already sorting the herbs slowly and was really feeling jealous as he knew that these were only here for test purposes but were already at the same level as the herbs ken had purchased from the stall for refining qi nourishing pills .
" yes elder I have some experience.." ken smiled and started warming the cauldron with his fire that he had not bothered controlling specially with his mental energy . his qi was already very pure so the fire was like that of a quality of a newbie alchemist who had practiced for a few months.
ken was already feeling sleepy because in these 40 minutes in which he sorted the herbs slowly and warmed the cauldron he could have refined so many pills already. but he maintained a poker face outside and showed his fake serious attitude to gentle .
only 6 herbs were the number of ingredients for the blood qi pill of course were all common herbs that contained a lot of vitality .
the effect of the blood qi pill was to replenish the lost blood slightly and close the wounds quickly so it was a common resource for qi condensation cultivators and even some foundation realm cultivators carried tier 1 pills with them because they are much cheaper than tier 2 blood qi pills .
of course ken can easily refine top grade tier 1 pills which will have almost the same effect as tier 3 blood qi pills but he of course wont show his talent now . he was just planning to refine 4 th grade pills which were average in quality as 1st grade was the top grade and 9 th grade was the worst.
ken manipulated the process through his mental power deliberation so slightly more power was consumed even exceeding the power which ken would require to refine top grade blood qi pills . ken felt pity for the herbs but had failed deliberately 7 times of ten tries and succeeded 3 times . it showed that he had 30 percent success rate while refining blood qi pills so gentle must have found it average as the best tier 1 alchemists who are the promising ones that the guild focuses on developing have at least 50 percent success rate .
" well , great job ken . so let me ask again as it's a formality .. cough .. you are now a certified tier 1 alchemist , ken . so do you choose to work with the alchemist guild or independent ? " gentle's tone had pride when mentioning the alchemist guild and he already knew that ken would join . simply because he could chosen to take the test inside the sect hall but ken took the test inside the guild especially so his motive was clear .
" thank you for giving me the opportunity to work here , elder gentle ! " ken bowed while accepting the 1 inch long black badge which had 1 carved on it in white colour . this was the badge that proved that ken was a certified tier 1 alchemist now ...
" haha.. good ! now you will report here in the morning tomorrow. I am here most of the time at the same old bench so you can report straight to me but if I am out , you can just show your badge to any receptionist and they will immediately confirm your placement here. now try not to be late on your first day .." gentle walked away after finishing saying his peace and yawning while ken was feeling not any sense of accomplishment but a little joy because he could eat pills extravagantly here and there was no shortage of disciples who came in the guild for pills everyday ..