Li Fei asked, "What's the point?"

Song Lin explained: "The key point is that as long as they do not seek to become a formal inner disciple, ordinary students can continue to learn as a senior apprentice, and upon graduation, they can also be awarded the title of 'junior alchemist'. ≥, of course, although they are also junior alchemists, it is much more difficult for inner disciples to reach the 'junior alchemist', and it is generally not possible to have hundreds of years, because there are still requirements for cultivation, but the strength is also much stronger than that of ordinary 'junior alchemists', and they can basically be the latter's teachers. ”

Li Fei thought that the inner disciple needed such a long training period, and asked, "After the inner disciple reaches the junior alchemist, he must be an important resource of the sect, and he should also have corresponding obligations, right?"

Song Lin's expression darkened, and he said with a little loss: "Of course, but that's what all inner disciples dream of." The general sect cultivates masters with a large number of resources, and then relies on the masters to maintain or expand more cultivation resources to maintain the development of the sect. However, the Danji Sect does not have a large number of cultivation resources, the natural environment of the Extreme West Continent is relatively harsh, not only the elixir resources are very limited, but the spirit stone minerals and various material resources are also very poor, the most abundant is the earth fire resources, but the earth fire resources themselves cannot be exchanged for anything useful, so the development of the Dan Ji Sect is to rely on the alchemist to earn spirit stones and maintain the operation and development of the entire sect. According to their strength, each alchemist must complete the corresponding spirit stone task every year or every five or ten years before he can freely arrange his own cultivation, but if he does not obtain the qualification of a 'junior alchemist', he cannot accept the task externally, and can only be provided by the sect with very limited spirit stones. ”

Li Fei originally wanted to become an inner disciple, but now he found that it was too troublesome, that is, he became a junior alchemist, and he had to work for the sect all the time, which was really not a good choice, he was not an alchemy fanatic, and the reason why he wanted to further study alchemy was just to cultivate better and faster, so he said: "Senior brother, thank you for telling me so much." I guess I don't have the talent to become an inner disciple, is there a faster way to improve the level of alchemy?"

Song Lin showed a look of envy, and replied affirmatively: "Yes, the junior brother is really lucky, he has a rich net worth, you can consider choosing the 'Straight to Crash Course' to study, you can do not need to take the assessment in the middle, you can always learn the senior apprentice class, and you only need to pass the final Danshi test." This is mainly for monks who have a considerable foundation in alchemy, and they can leave after graduation. ”

Li Fei was overjoyed and asked, "This kind of class is good, how about the fee? It shouldn't be cheap, right?"

Song Lin saw Li Fei's impatient expression, and said lightly: "It's cheaper than the special class for the sect, except for all the material fees, the annual tuition fee is about 100,000 spirit stones, and it is generally a period of fifty years." Of course, if you join halfway and don't study for so many years, the cost will be correspondingly less, but it will be a little more difficult when you graduate. ”

Li Fei thought for a while and asked, "How many spirit stones do you usually need for materials?"

Song Lin said: "Since the amount of alchemy materials consumed is related to the frequency of practice by the students, and the preciousness of the elixir also has a great impact, the cost is not very fixed, generally speaking, the cost of a year is about the same as the tuition fee." Because it was just practice, too precious pills would generally not be wasted by students, and alchemists would not casually instruct this level of refining skills. ”

Li Fei roughly calculated, the whole process of learning has to spend tens of millions of spirit stones, compared with the aristocratic schools he heard before, the tuition fees of the aristocratic schools are scum, not a dime, and the spirit stones on his body are barely enough for learning, and then he returned to the situation where there are no spirit stones available, so he said: "What kind of 'advanced crash course' is not generally black! The things taught are very ordinary, and the tuition fees are ridiculously expensive! Does anyone go to learn?"

Song Lin regained his proud expression and said, "Senior brother, you are wrong when you say that. Although the learning time is short, the things taught are absolutely genuine, but the content is relatively basic and should be skillful. Cultivating truth is all-encompassing, and what kind of skill can be practiced without a foundation? To provide a solid foundation and further development, of course, we can only rely on ourselves. Although there are not many students in the advanced crash course, we in Yellowstone Academy alone have five or six classes, and each class has four to six students, usually guided by an intermediate alchemist himself. It is particularly worth mentioning that each student must sign a confidentiality agreement, and they are not allowed to teach others at will, but at most they can teach their own individual relatives and disciples. ”

Although Li Fei felt a little painful, he was still determined to study, not to mention anything else, this kind of intensive training could at least save a lot of time for himself, so he said: "Thank you, senior brother, for your detailed explanation, I will seriously consider it to see if there is any way to borrow some spirit stones." By the way, you can sign up to find Master Xu and them, right?"

Song Lin didn't think much of Li Fei's statement, and felt that Li Fei was purely blowing the atmosphere, and his interest in chatting was greatly reduced, and he thought: "Your cultivation is not high, who is willing to lend you that kind of astronomical spirit stone? Even if you are relatively rich, it is very great to have a few million spirit stones!" and replied casually: "Yes, recommend a student, Master Xu and they are also beneficial." ”

Li Fei got up to say goodbye and thanked him again. Song Lin didn't believe that Li Fei would go to the advanced crash course with so many spirit stones, so he just nodded and went to his own business.

Rushed to Xu Shi's small courtyard, Chen Shi and Ye Shi happened to be there, Li Fei explained the idea of wanting to sign up for an advanced crash course, and the three of them were a little surprised.

Xu Shi kindly reminded: "Li Fei, I know that you are working very hard, and it is the dream of every cultivator to grow quickly, but there is no free lunch in the world, if you just study casually for a few years, it is useless." It's better to be down-to-earth and learn step by step, as long as you put in the effort, there will always be gains in the end. Chen Shi and Ye Shi also agreed.

Li Fei said sincerely: "Thank you for the reminder of the three mentors. As for the tuition, I have already thought about it, and for the refining of individual pills, the disciple still has some experience, and he can earn tuition while refining the pills for sale, and study for the whole semester as much as possible. ”

Xu Shi nodded and said, "Okay, you decide for yourself, just try it first." Jingwu Senior Dan Master's class has just graduated with two students, and now there are only three of them, so you can go to his class, there are fewer people, and the learning effect is better. Come with me now. ”

After a stick of incense, Li Fei followed Master Xu to a large courtyard and met a thin old man with all white hair and few words. Jingwu simply went through the formalities for Li Fei, telling Li Fei that he would preach the Dan Dao on the thirtieth of every month, and after practicing in the Danfang the rest of the time, he called a disciple to lead Li Fei directly to the Danfang. In order not to be noticeable, Li Fei only paid one year's tuition and material fees for the first time.

The alchemy room was located in a small volcano, not far from Jingwu's residence, only dozens of miles away, and it was almost there. After the disciple who led the way left, Li Fei looked at the layout of the alchemy room, and was quite satisfied, in addition to the front hall, there were two rooms with a Dan furnace, and the facilities inside were not only very complete, but also quite tidy, and there were four other rooms for rest and practice, which were spacious and comfortable.

Li Fei washed up happily, threw out a mattress, and fell asleep. In the past five years or so, Li Feitian has studied intensely every day, and the amount of information he has received is extremely huge, if it weren't for the fact that his cultivation has reached the middle stage of foundation building, coupled with the fact that his divine thoughts are strong, it is difficult to complete the task with quality and quantity, and it would not be surprising that for other cultivators with low cultivation, it would take decades, or even longer.

Early the next morning, Li Fei saw that there were still more than 20 days left before the thirtieth of this month, so he hurried to open the furnace for alchemy. After refining a furnace of the elixir, Li Fei finally had a high-grade elixir to take, but he didn't have time at all, he rested for half a night, and the next morning, he rushed to Jingwu to listen to the lecture as soon as it was dawn.

Li Fei thought that he was relatively early, but when he arrived, he found that the other three senior brothers had already arrived, it seemed that the students of the advanced crash course had a very high urgency to learn, and under the pressure of a lot of spirit stones, no one dared to waste time. When the three of them saw Li Fei coming, they just nodded and did not speak. Li Fei glanced at the three of them slightly, and found that the two men and one woman, all of whom were masters in the late stage of foundation building, looked relatively young, and saw that they didn't speak, so they sat down cross-legged on a futon casually, waiting for the arrival of Jingwu.

It didn't take long for Jingwu to come, sit down cross-legged on the futon in front of him, and start to talk directly, mainly on Dan Dao theory, and after an hour and a half, after answering a few questions, he closed his eyes and recuperated. After resting for an hour, Jingwu spent two hours explaining the principle, refining steps and precautions of the "Little Peiling Pill". This time, the other three didn't ask questions, Li Fei asked a few questions, and Jingwu answered them in detail.

At the end of the lecture, each student received two copies of the materials and went back to practice. Li Fei returned to the Danfang and spent a day refining all the two copies of the "Little Peiling Pill", although they were successful, but the quality was very average. After summing up carefully, Li Fei felt that there were two questions that needed to be raised in the next lecture. After refining the pill, Li Fei took a high-grade spirit pill and began to cultivate, and after the cultivation was over, he continued to refine the spirit pill, and so on.

There is a very regular pace of learning, and it is easy to forget the passage of time, and a year has passed unconsciously.

In this year, Li Fei has a preliminary understanding of Dan Dao, he used to just act according to experience, and rarely paid attention to the truth contained in it, after understanding the truth, and then practice, the effect is indeed much better, not only can deepen the impression, but also expand the thinking.

Practicing non-stop, there is another benefit, Li Fei has obtained a large number of various pills, although it is not a rare pill, but there is no waste of materials. For example, Zhuji Dan, Li Fei has refined a lot, as well as various healing pills.

Li Fei and the other three students slowly became familiar with each other, although due to various reasons, everyone was very cautious in communication, basically limited to the discussion of Dan Dao, and was relatively open to some information exchanges that did not involve themselves.

At the end of the lecture, Li Fei learned a very interesting news from the conversation of several people.