I Outworked the Entire Cultivation World

Chapter 219: Chapter 191: Refining Primordial Essence

The sky was dark, the wind roared furiously, and sandstorms raged across the sky, casting a somber and gloomy shroud over the world.

Three gigantic dragon ships hovered in the air, arranged in a triangular formation, with their protective shields fully deployed and integrated.

The Qi Cultivation Disciples on the ships called out in unison, tightening the ropes to collect the sails, waiting for the storm to pass before continuing their journey westward.

In the depths of the ship’s cabin, the door of a Quiet Room was opened from inside, and Zhu Meng, a Late-Stage Qi Cultivation female cultivator in her early twenties, carried a tray and quietly walked out, with two storage bags placed on the tray.

As she closed the door, the doors of several nearby Quiet Rooms were slightly ajar, creaking open.

Male and female Qi Cultivation cultivators serving various Alchemists and Talisman Makers peeked out, their eyes fixed on the tray in Zhu Meng’s hands.

”Zhu Meng, how many elixirs did Master Jiang make today?”

”How many talismans did she draw today? It can’t be a hundred again, right?”

Zhu Meng glanced over the curious faces around her, her gaze penetrating past them to see the Alchemists in the Quiet Rooms slightly tilting their ears, and the Talisman Makers pausing their talismanic pens soaked in talismanic sand in mid-air.

Zhu Meng cleared her throat, ”Master Jiang only made five furnaces of Revitalizing Pills today, one less than yesterday.”

The Alchemists relaxed their stiff backs.

”But the successful elixir yield was higher than yesterday, so there are seven more elixirs than yesterday!”

Bam bam bam!

The fierce wind slammed the doors shut, causing chaos inside the Alchemists’ rooms.

”Don’t just open doors and disturb my alchemy, are you going to take responsibility?”

”Get the spiritual medicine ready quickly, I’m doing six... no, seven furnaces today!”

Zhu Meng’s lips curved slightly, and she turned to the Qi Cultivation cultivators serving the Talisman Makers, ”Master Jiang drew 110 talismans today.”

Smack!

A Talisman Maker angrily threw down the talismanic pen.

”She’s simply a monster; whether in alchemy or talisman making, her quality and quantity rival those who specialize in those areas.”

”Yeah, how are we supposed to keep up? It makes the other Alchemists and Talisman Makers look lazy.”

”I swear, my master definitely isn’t slacking; it’s just that the success rate isn’t as good as hers...”

”Close the door and stop chatting!”

The Qi Cultivation cultivators shook their heads and sighed, each returning to help.

Zhu Meng chuckled, carrying the tray to submit her task. She had been with this Master Jiang for over half a month, and thanks to Master Jiang’s astounding daily output, she had received many rewards.

Zhu Meng admired Master Jiang immensely; she had never seen a cultivator more diligent and self-disciplined.

Master Jiang truly never rested, sitting in front of the pill furnace all day. When the pill furnace didn’t require Divine Sense Spiritual Energy, she would bring in a small table to make talismans.

She considered talisman making as rest; when her right hand grew tired, she switched to her left. Occasionally, she would use both hands to draw, even tossing spiritual medicine into the alchemy furnace while drawing.

Amazing! Extraordinary person!

Zhu Meng delivered the elixirs and talismans to the resources department. Manager Li, with his goatee, greeted her with a beaming smile, coming out from behind his desk to take the tray from her hands himself.

After inspecting the contents, Manager Li’s smile grew even wider.

”What’s making you so happy?”

Wu Lie, the Golden Core Elder of the Baji Sect, strode in proudly.

Zhu Meng quickly bowed her head and stepped aside.

Manager Li greeted him joyfully, ”Every day when Fellow Daoist Jiang delivers her elixirs and talismans, it’s my happiest moment. Elder, look, she made seven more Revitalizing Pills and ten more Nine-Grade Talismans than yesterday. It’s a pity she’s only one person. If we had more like her, we wouldn’t have to worry about supplies in this battle.”

Wu Lie nodded approvingly, ”I’ve heard quite a bit about her. Compared to her, the other Alchemists’ and Talisman Makers’ salaries seem excessive. We must keep her in the Baji Sect. Go ask her what she likes.”

Hearing this, Manager Li chuckled awkwardly, ”Actually, this Fellow Daoist Jiang has very simple tastes—just Spirit Stones and Beast Souls, especially Beast Souls. I have no idea what novel thing she’s researching; she uses up dozens of them every day.”

Wu Lie raised an eyebrow, ”Oh? She finds time for research besides making elixirs and talismans every day? Such dedication and ambition explain why she’s achieved Early-Stage Foundation Establishment and is an Eighth-Grade Alchemist and Talisman Maker at her young age. Issue my command to increase her Spirit Stone supply by ten percent.”

”As for Beast Souls... deliver ten thousand to her personally, and make sure she understands the generosity of our Baji Sect. If she can be retained, I’ll credit you greatly. Also, advise her to take it easy and maintain her current output so others won’t complain.”

As Wu Lie left, Zhu Meng found herself at a loss for words.

Earlier, Master Jiang had told her she wanted another alchemy furnace to work on two simultaneously...

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In the ship’s Quiet Room, Jiang Yuebai courteously saw Manager Li from the resources department out.

”Yes, yes, definitely, definitely, I’ll consider it, I’ll seriously consider it.”

As soon as Manager Li crossed the threshold, the door was closed with force, pushing his parting pleasantries back into his mouth.

Feeling the surrounding gazes, Manager Li touched his nose, ”Such a diligent young person, eager to return for alchemy, wonderful, just wonderful.”

Jiang Yuebai set up a three-layered protection array and eagerly began refining Primordial Essence with the ten thousand Beast Souls sent by Manager Li.

Recently, making only five furnaces of Revitalizing Pills and drawing a hundred Nine-Grade Talismans a day had exhausted her Divine Sense.

She needed to consume Soul Condensing Pills and spend an hour to recover, or have Little Green consume fifty low-level Beast Souls to completely recuperate.

Even though the day was long and her Spiritual Energy ample, her insufficient Divine Sense restricted her from continuing Alchemy and Talisman Making.

Divine Sense—it’s been a real hindrance!

”In the past, I didn’t realize my Divine Sense was lacking. Now, with everything relying on it, I see how deficient it truly is.”

Jiang Yuebai muttered, adjusting her state.

Little did she know, if Alchemists and Talisman Makers with higher cultivation than hers heard this, they would weep in despair.

The gap between them and Jiang Yuebai was not only in the success rates of alchemy and talisman making.

Jiang Yuebai’s Spiritual Energy far exceeded theirs by four or five times, as did her Divine Sense, so even if they focused on a single task, they could not surpass Jiang Yuebai’s output.

Jiang Yuebai decided to only measure herself against her past self, indifferent whether others were strong or weak—it had nothing to do with her.

Once prepared, Jiang Yuebai sat cross-legged in the center of the Spirit Gathering Array in the Quiet Room, heedless of the raging sandstorm and war outside.

With complex hand techniques, she performed a secret technique, gathering a cluster of flames in mid-air, then opened the gourd containing Beast Souls, drawing them out one by one into the flames to refine impurities and extract any faint traces of Primordial Essence.

The process was long and tedious, with not a trace of Primordial Essence emerging from hundreds of Beast Souls.

Jiang Yuebai had long become accustomed to such monotony. She could sit for days at the pill furnace or draw talismans from dawn to dusk, even carve array plates tirelessly, eighty-eight at a time, driving her Immortal Cultivation Panel mad.

This bit of monotony, to her, was quite interesting, offering a gambling-like thrill due to the uncertainty of the outcome.

A thousand Beast Souls, two thousand Beast Souls, three thousand Beast Souls...

With the cycle of day and night, Jiang Yuebai refined throughout the night. As the Beast Soul stock was halved, a slender golden thread suddenly appeared over the flames.

Jiang Yuebai’s spirit rose, Primordial Essence!

The exhaustion vanished without a trace. Jiang Yuebai focused entirely, feeding the remaining Beast Souls into the flames one by one.

Thus, another day passed. When the last Beast Soul was reduced to ash, a gleaming droplet of golden Primordial Essence, the size of a grain of rice, hung before Jiang Yuebai.

This tiny drop took over ten thousand Beast Souls to refine, incredibly difficult!

The Primordial Essence contained immense power and spirituality, pulsating in the air and exuding the ferocious aura of a demonic beast, unwilling to submit or be consumed.

”This young lady is saturated with Fire Evil; you think you can out-fierce me? I’ve cracked the heads of Ghost Clan War Generals, so do you think you scare me? Come, darling Primordial Essence, I’ve missed you!”

With a guiding spell, Jiang Yuebai directed the Primordial Essence into her brow.

Buzz!

Jiang Yuebai’s entire Sea of Consciousness quaked like an earthquake!