Arjun was on his bed and thinking 'If I will have to increase my cultivation fastly, I can use spirit stones to cultivate, but they are also the currency of the cultivation world and I can't just use them like that, I just can't rely on alchemy, I don't have any cheats like that protagonist who can increase their proficiency extremely fastly'
'The only options for me are to take sect missions which pay high points, but they are life-risking, so I can try to set up a shop, although it is time-consuming, it is not so risky'
Thinking about how to develop his business Arjun fell asleep.
The next day morning Arjun cultivated and after that, he took a bath and then started for the library with the three girls, on his way he said "Pavitra, Ahalya, Sri, I am planning to start a shop to earn spirit stones once I become an alchemist, once Pavitra becomes a formation master, I want you to sell your formations to me, when Ahalya becomes a doctor you can sell your medicine to me, and when Siri becomes a talisman master I want you to sell all your talismans to me"
The girls were happy listening to this and agreed to Arjun but then Siri said "Arjun, if you want to open a shop, you will not have sufficient time to cultivate, although money is important but cultivation base is more important than it".
Arjun nodded and then "Siri, The cultivation technique I practice can only be practised during Sunrise and Sunset and even if I practice during other times it will not yield that much results.
Ahalya and Pavitra didn't think much about it but Siri was shocked after listening to him, because he was able to reach the Qi cultivation stage in a month, just by practising for two hours a day, this would cause a huge commotion if anyone were to know about this.
Later they all went to the Library and the auxiliary cultivation classes.
In the evening, Arjun was able to control the Qi in the dantian to come out of his body and form a ball, Arjun then aimed it at the tree, three metres away. The ball did not do any damage but only caused the tree to sway a few times.
After that, Arjun tried to do the same ten times and succeeded four times. After that Arjun cultivated and then took a bath and then went to sleep.
Arjun followed the same routine: waking up, bathing, cultivating, going to the library, taking alchemy classes, practising the Qi ball technique, cultivating, bathing, cooking, and then sleeping.
After two weeks, Gopal and Leela also enter the Qi cultivation stage. Arjun, Siri, Ahalya, Pavitra, Gopal, and Leela celebrated it. Gopal and Leela chose the Yellow Fire Peak, ranking 23rd on the peak ranking list.
After another week, Today is the test to asses what they all learned during auxiliary classes.
Arjun woke up, took a bath, cultivated and then went to the Alchemy hall to take the test.
Arjun went to the front desk and said "Junior brother greets Senior sister. Senior sister, I am here to take the scholarship test"
The girl standing at the front desk looked at him and said "Okay, follow me"
After that Arjun was taken into a room where three members were already taking the test. The girl gave Arjun some papers and then asked him to fill in the answers.
The time to finish the test is three hours, there are hundreds of questions, and one should get at least 75 correct to qualify for the scholarship. If Arjun passes this exam, the sect will provide resources for him to practice alchemy, until he becomes a first-grade alchemist.
Arjun looked at the questions
The first question was, What is the main herb used in Qi refining pills?
Arjun smiled and then wrote 'Spirit sensing herb, aged at least 10 years'
The second question is, what is the colour of the Watery Spirit herb?
Arjun smiled and wrote 'cyan'
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After two hours, Arjun completed the test and then submitted his paper to the invigilator and left the alchemy hall.
If Arjun passed the exam someone will come to notify him by tomorrow morning.
After the test, Arjun went to the little Monk's market and was knowing the prices of the materials, pills, weapons and everything.
After three hours, Arjun went to his abode and found a letter in the mailbox. The letter stated that he got a score of 98 and qualified for the scholarship. The mailbox also contained three spirit stones, probably this month's cultivation resources provided by the sect.
After that Arjun went to Ahalya and found that she also qualified for scholarship with 86 points. The two of them then went to the abodes of Pavita and Siri and found that they also qualified for the scholarship with more than 85 points.
They all met up with Gopal and Leela, they both also managed to barely pass the 75 mark.
They all celebrated it that night at the same restaurant they celebrated a month ago.
The next day morning, after cultivating during sunrise, Arjun didn't go to the library but went to the alchemy hall. He went to the reception and said "Senior sister, I have received this letter saying that I have qualified for the free alchemy classes" he showed me the letter he received.
The girl at the front desk looked into the letter and then said "ok, junior brother follow me".
The girl led Arjun into an alchemy room. Inside the room, there were many herbs placed neatly on the shelf and with simple decorations, in the centre of the room, there was an alchemy furnace.
When Arjun entered the room, five people, three girls and two boys, were already inside it, probably the ones who qualified for the exam.
After another half an hour another girl arrived, and then an elder also arrived. The elder was the one who would teach them alchemy.
The elder looked at them and said "Hello everyone, you can all call me Elder Bose, I will show you all how to refine the dieting pills, before starting with it I want you all to buy two alchemy furnaces, normally alchemy furnaces would be very costly but because you all qualified for the scholarship the sect will provide you all with an alchemy furnace with you all requiring to only pay one-third of the price, most of you may not buy it right now but you can buy it after you all have earned enough points"
"Okay, now I will demonstrate to you all how to refine dieting pills. First, you should hat the furnace using spirit coal, until it reaches 100 to 120-degree celsius and after that use your Qi to maintain the temperature, and after that first pour in the spirit water of 0.1 percent concentration, which is common for every alchemy recipe and then throw the herbs, first throw the mot herb and then the weed herb once the mot herb melts, like this add one after the other herbs and at last the main one, the spirit grass".
"This is the most important and difficult step, once the herbs melt, make the water in the furnace evaporate and then slowly try to condense the pills with the medicinal liquid left behind".
After an hour and a half of demonstrating while explaining elder Bose opened the furnace, there are 8 pills with 3 black and five light yellow pills.
Elder Bose lifted up the black pills and said "These are called waste pills and they have to be disposed of properly, if consumed they can make a cultivator crippled"
After that, he picked up the yellow pills and said "This is the dieting pill and they must be placed in bottles with each bottle containing three" The elder then placed them in bottles and left.
Arjun was amazed by the process of refining pills and went to the front desk and asked "Senior sister, I want to buy an alchemy furnace".