Chapter 57: Commissions

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Once an alchemist successfully became an adept, various privileges were bestowed upon them.

Along with the badge, a symbol of an alchemist's status and recognition of their rank by the Medicine Pavilion, the alchemist was also given the chance to book refining rooms and other facilities.

But along with these privileges came duties.

There were some basic rules that every alchemist in the pavilion had to follow.

From basic rules prohibiting actions that could in any way compromise the pavilion's reputation to more specific regulations, alchemists had to pay particular attention to their conduct.

One such rule was the minimum commission quota an alchemist had to complete within a certain timeframe.

Commissions varied in nature and directly reflected the level and specialization of the alchemist.

Just like pills, these commissions were divided into levels ranging from 1 to 3.

For example, if an alchemist was an adept, they had to successfully complete at least 10 level 1 commissions per month to avoid demotion, while an expert alchemist needed to complete at least 10 level 2 commissions within six months.

The rank of the mission didn't matter; the important thing was that alchemists didn't spend all their time doing nothing.

Of course, restrictions and difficulty levels varied depending on the alchemist's rank.

For one-star adept alchemists, the requirement was to produce at least 10 low-grade level 1 pills in a month.

For two-star adept alchemists, the requirement was to produce at least 10 mid-grade level 1 pills in two months.

For three-star adept alchemists, the requirement was to produce at least 10 high-grade level 1 pills in three months.

And so on...

Of course, commissions were not solely based on pill refinement.

After all, an alchemist did more than just produce pills.

Alchemists were often specialized in various areas, such as creating poisons or antidotes, conducting research on the properties of different herbs, and finding new ways to use them.

Some acted as doctors, and so on...

The profession of an alchemist was not limited to pill production; they were also experts in other fields related to alchemy.

Therefore, the above requirements were just an example of how the commission system worked, but they could vary slightly depending on the alchemist.

Ethan, who was now part of the pavilion, although he could conduct his activities in private, needed to complete his quota of commissions as well.

Thus, the next day he went back to the Medicine Pavilion to find a suitable commission and quickly complete his quota so that he would be completely free for two months.

Being already a two-star adept alchemist, he needed to either produce 10 mid-grade level 1 pills or complete any other commission of equivalent value.

For example, instead of producing 10 mid-grade pills, he could produce 20 low-grade ones, and that would suffice.

Commissions were received at the reception, which then displayed them on various boards.

Ethan went to the commission area and quickly found a board for level 1 commissions.

He didn't bother checking those of level 2 and level 3 because he knew he couldn't accept them anyway.

He began to look at the various commissions available. Sёarch* The nôᴠel Fire.nёt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

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[Commission: Refine 10 low-grade Qi pills by mid-month.]

[Reward: 2 spiritual stones]

[Commission: Refine 3 low-grade poison resistance pills within 3 days.]

[Reward: 1 spiritual stone]

[Commission: ....]

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On the various sheets, the request was described along with the information of the requester, the deadline, and of course, the reward for the commission.

After searching for a commission, he found one that asked for 15 medium-grade basic recovery pills and accepted it.

Although the reward was only 9 spiritual stones, Ethan didn't mind.

Currently, his goal was just to complete his quota and get on with his own business.

He took the commission sheet and went to the reception to accept it.

When he arrived, he saw there was no line, so he approached and handed over the commission sheet.

"Hello, I would like to accept this commission," he said.

The person at the reception, this time a man, took the sheet, read it, nodded, and then addressed Ethan.

"Alright. Can you give me your badge so I can register the mission in your name?"

Ethan handed him his silver badge, and after the man registered his details, he returned the badge to Ethan.

"Do you also need to book a refining room?" he asked, seeing that there was no room registered under Ethan's name.

Ethan thought for a moment and decided it was better to finish everything here since it wouldn't take him long to refine the pills.

"I would like to rent one for an hour," he said.

Refining rooms were usually free for the pavilion's alchemists.

If someone wanted to rent one for a future day or for several days, they could choose to pay for it.

After all, although the number of alchemists was not too high, it depended on their rank. There were far more low-rank alchemists than high-rank ones.

And the pavilion had a limited number of available rooms.

Therefore, if an alchemist needed a room and there was one available, they could use it, but if there wasn't and they wanted to ensure they had one, they could book it by paying a fee.

Ethan was lucky that one was available today, so he took the room key from the reception and went to the room.

Once he arrived at the room, he closed it and approached his workstation.

In the room, there was already a cauldron provided by the pavilion, so even those who, for some reason, didn't have a cauldron could use one in the room or rent one directly from the pavilion.

Ethan already had his own, so he moved the cauldron aside and placed his own in the center, then proceeded to take out the materials needed for refining.

Often the materials were provided by the requester, and they would only pay for the labor.

This, however, only happened in rare cases where the requested pill required particular materials that were difficult to obtain.

Of course, the client had to be prepared for the fact that the refining might not be successful.

After all, it was known that the lower the rank of an alchemist, the lower the success rate.

The same applied to the pill.

If it was a low-grade pill, it was easier to create, and vice versa, if it was a high-grade pill, it was easier to fail in the refining process.

If a high-rank alchemist produced a low-grade pill, there was almost no risk of failure, but no one dared to disturb an expert alchemist or even a master alchemist to produce low-grade pills.

It would be disrespectful to them.

Unless the order was of a certain value, for example, producing a large quantity of pills, no one dared to bother these experts for low-grade pills.

Ethan was already more than proficient in producing this level of pills, especially this particular pill, so he proceeded without hesitation, without fear of failure.

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