Chapter 114 The “Genius with a Single Spiritual Root of Fire Attribute”
Someone came to apply for an alchemy apprenticeship so quickly, and she was a woman.
Song Jie glanced at the other person’s mediocre figure, still smiling and said: “We are still recruiting people. Are you interested in alchemy?”
“I’m not interested in alchemy, but I have a good friend who is quite interested in alchemy.
“Unfortunately, his qualifications are limited and many places are unwilling to accept him.
“I don’t think he has any value in training.
“What qualifications are required here, Fellow Taoist?”
Qualifications are limited…
Song Jie was a little curious, what kind of qualifications could not even find a job as an alchemy apprentice.
You know, with the original owner’s five-attribute spiritual root, he can find a job as an alchemy apprentice in the Baodan Tower.
In Song Jie’s opinion, no matter how poor the qualifications of this woman’s friend were, he probably wouldn’t be able to find a job as an alchemy apprentice.
Dangzhi asked: “I don’t have any special requirements for qualifications here, as long as you have spiritual roots.”
People with spiritual roots can practice cultivation.
Those who can practice have the possibility of becoming a first-level alchemist.
Although Song Jie is not thinking about recruiting two first-level alchemists right now.
But in the future, his business will definitely grow bigger and bigger. If the business grows bigger, he will need to have several first-level alchemists under his command.
Compared with wild first-level alchemists, those trained by oneself are relatively more reliable.
That’s why Song Jie thought this time to find two alchemy apprentices with good conduct and train them carefully to prepare for the future development of the Alchemy Pavilion.
The woman’s eyes suddenly lit up when she heard Song Jie said that it would be enough if she had spiritual roots.
“My good friend has a fire attribute single spiritual root…”
“Fire attribute single spiritual root!” Song Jie exclaimed.
A genius with Shan Linggen could not find a job as an alchemy apprentice due to qualification issues.
If you say this, who can believe it? Not to mention the job of an alchemy apprentice, even if you go to any of the five major sects in Yunmo Continent, it will be a hot commodity.
There will definitely be a bunch of elder-level bosses vying to be accepted as their direct disciples.
Moreover, fire-attributed spiritual roots can be said to be the most suitable for refining alchemy.
Although Dan Fire Technique is not classified as a fire-attribute spell, but is separately classified as Dan Fire Technique, it is also essentially fire-based.
Monks with fire-attribute spiritual roots naturally have an advantage over monks with other spiritual roots when practicing fire-attribute spells and alchemy fire techniques.
Practicing spells that are compatible with one’s own spiritual root attributes can often achieve twice the result with half the effort, and the spells will also be more powerful.
If you practice spells that do not match or even conflict with your own spiritual root attributes, you will get twice the result with half the effort, and the power of the spells will be greatly reduced.
For example, if a monk with a fire attribute spiritual root can practice water attribute spells, although he can practice them, generally no monks will practice them like this.
Of course, if you are a monk with both water and fire spiritual roots, you can practice spells with these two attributes at the same time, and there will be corresponding bonuses.
Therefore, Song Jie was quite shocked when he heard the woman say that her friend was a fire attribute single spirit root.
This is definitely a good candidate for alchemy. If you have some talent in alchemy, your future achievements will be limitless.
But such a genius couldn’t even find a job as an alchemy apprentice because of his limited qualifications.
With his mind spinning, Song Jie asked directly: “Fellow Taoist, are you sure that this friend of yours has a fire attribute single spiritual root?”
“This friend of mine is indeed a fire attribute single spiritual root, but it’s a pity…”
The woman sighed softly and continued: “He has no meridians in his body and cannot practice.”
No meridians…
Song Jie’s expression froze.
He has heard that most ordinary people in the world have no spiritual roots.
But this was the first time he heard that there were no meridians.
Whether you are practicing martial arts, spells or body skills, meridians are indispensable.
If you don’t have meridians, you won’t be able to practice exercises. This seems to be not much different from having no spiritual roots.
It’s no wonder that it’s hard to find a job as an alchemy apprentice. This is equivalent to a mortal without spiritual roots looking for a job as an alchemy apprentice.
Naturally, no place would be willing to take him in. After all, the working ability of mortals is still much lower than that of monks.
Even a monk at the first level of Qi Refining Stage can match the labor capacity of four or five mortals.
As for the job of alchemy apprentice, many low-level monks are rushing to do it.
How can those mortals without spiritual roots compete with monks?
A monk with a fire attribute and a single spiritual root was supposed to be a person of great concern, but in the end he had no meridians in his body.
Even Song Jie, a useless person with five-attribute spiritual roots, couldn’t help but feel sorry for the other party.
However, Song Jie did not directly state that he did not accept mortals without meridians.
After pondering for a moment, he asked:
“Fellow Taoist just said that your good friend is quite knowledgeable in alchemy. I think he should be a person who is keen on alchemy.
“If he is really interested in alchemy, you can ask him to come and have a chat with me, and if appropriate, he can stay with me to refine alchemy.
“I will teach him some knowledge and techniques of alchemy.”
When the woman heard this, a flash of surprise flashed in her eyes, and she immediately blurted out: “You are the Alchemist Song written on the recruitment notice?”
She thought Song Jie was just an ordinary shop assistant, but she didn’t expect that he turned out to be a serious alchemist.
Song Jie was also a little embarrassed by the other party’s words.
No matter what I say, he is a slightly famous figure in this Xinyuefang City.
But from the other party’s tone, Song Jie could tell that the other party didn’t seem to have mentioned his name.
Although he felt a little embarrassed, his good qualities still made Song Jie keep smiling and nodded: “I am the Master Song on the notice.”
After receiving Song Jie’s affirmative answer, the woman immediately changed her attitude and bowed to Song Jie.
“It turns out that you are Alchemist Song. If I was disrespectful just now, please forgive me.”
“Fellow Taoist, there is no need to be like this.” Song Jie waved his hand nonchalantly and asked, “I guess, fellow Taoist is not a monk who has settled in Xinyuefang City, right?”
The woman nodded and said, “It is indeed as Alchemist Song said, I am not a monk from Xinyuefang City.
“I happened to be here to do some errands these past two days, and I accidentally heard that Chongmai Pills were sold here, so I came to take a look.
“When I go back, I will convey Master Song’s words to my good friend and ask him to come to Master Song for advice.
“But this may take some time…”
“It doesn’t matter, I shouldn’t be able to recruit suitable candidates so quickly.” Song Jie smiled slightly.
For some reason, he always felt that this woman’s friend was a little unusual.
Although he has no meridians, he is a real genius with a single fire attribute.
Song Jie felt that maybe the other party had not found a cultivation method suitable for him.
No matter what, he wanted to meet such a special “genius”.
Even if I make a mistake in my judgment, it doesn’t matter. It’s nothing more than recruiting an extra mortal to refine elixirs here.
Song Jie can still afford this employment cost.
Seeing that Song Jie was so easy to talk to, the woman quickly thanked him.
“Thank you, Alchemist Song!”
After watching the female monk from out of town leave the shop, Song Jie looked at Li Caiwei and found that she was free at this time.
He immediately walked over, exchanged greetings with Li Caiwei, and asked her to help pay attention to the monks who came to apply for the job.
Regarding this trivial matter, Li Caiwei almost didn’t think much and agreed directly.
If any monks come to apply, Li Caiwei will first collect the basic information of these monks.
Then let them come back at Chenshi the next morning to communicate with Alchemist Song face to face.
After going back in the evening, Li Caiwei will give Song Jie the information about the monks who applied for the job, and Song Jie will go there for the interview the next morning.
After finalizing the recruitment matter, Song Jie did not stay in the store anymore and went back directly with Jin Jiao.
After returning home, Song Jie took out the Lingyin Jade Jue from his arms and sent a message to God Huangfu.
“Fellow Daoist Huangfu, I wonder if you are still within a thousand miles.
“I have something to ask you. I wonder if you have heard of people who have spiritual roots but no meridians…
“Does such a person have corresponding cultivation techniques?”
After sending the message, Song Jie put away the Lingyin Yujue.
Song Jie felt that if the well-informed Huangfu Shen couldn’t give him an answer to this kind of question, then other people he knew certainly couldn’t give an answer either.
So after returning home, he immediately took out the Spiritual Sound Jade Jue and transmitted it to God Huangfu.
“Let’s wait quietly for news from fellow Taoist Huangfu…
“If Fellow Taoist Huangfu is still within a thousand miles of me, then I can listen to his opinion on this situation.
“If it’s not within a thousand miles, there’s nothing you can do.”
Song Jie smiled and shook his head, and immediately got into the kitchen to start today’s alchemy.
……
In the blink of an eye, more than half a month has passed.
During this period, in order to ensure the supply of elixirs in the Alchemy Pavilion, Song Jie worked hard to refine elixirs almost day and night.
Even the practice of spells and body skills had to be paused first, and the time spent practicing spells and body skills was also used to refine elixirs.
After more than half a month of operation, Danqi Pavilion’s business, which was booming on the first day of opening, has gradually slowed down.
Of course, this slowdown does not mean that business is not doing well.
It’s just that business wasn’t as good as it was during the opening days.
Compared with other surrounding shops, Danqi Pavilion’s business is quite good.
In addition, during this period, many monks came to apply for the position of alchemy apprentice one after another.
Song Jie also conducted interviews with these applicants one by one. Many of them were monks who came because of Song Jie’s reputation.
An alchemist who has mastered multiple first-grade elixir refining methods will definitely have many people who want to learn from his master.
If he really interviews the right person, Song Jie wouldn’t mind teaching him some real skills.
It’s a pity that in the past half month, none of the candidates who came for interviews could really satisfy Song Jie.
These applicants are only a minority who really like alchemy.
From the communication process, Song Jie found that most of them were in a relatively confused state and had no plans for their life goals at all.
Based on the idea that there is work wherever there is, and it is only a day’s work, I came to apply for an apprenticeship in alchemy.
Naturally, Song Jie would not accept such an applicant.
Cultivating an alchemy apprentice requires a lot of time and energy, and you also have to pay the other person a salary.
As for an alchemy apprentice, he certainly couldn’t expect much profit from it at the beginning.
After all, the medicinal materials for alchemy are all provided by oneself. Even if the alchemy apprentice is refining ordinary elixirs at the beginning, he still has to invest a lot of spiritual stone costs.
For an alchemy apprentice trained from scratch to bring real benefits to him, Song Jie estimated that it would take at least half a year.
If you meet someone with good alchemy talent, it might be faster.
Therefore, Song Jie would never hire those monks who were not interested in alchemy at all.
There is a high probability that these monks will not last long and will change careers to do other things.
After all, the salary of an alchemy apprentice is not high. Only after becoming a first-level alchemist can one’s income increase significantly.
If you don’t have enough interest, it will be difficult to persist in becoming a first-level alchemist.
Of course, there are also monks who are really interested in alchemy who apply for the job.
But each of these few monks has some problems.
Some characters are proud and complacent, some are too utilitarian, and some are too timid and lack self-confidence…
This alchemy apprentice must be someone he can get used to and someone he can get along with.
If personalities don’t get along, there’s a high chance that conflicts will arise in the future.
My Alchemy Pavilion is equivalent to a start-up company. Everything is in the initial stage and there are not many people to manage below.
With just a few people, if they continue to have conflicts every day, the store will be closed directly, and there will be no development at all.
In addition, there are one or two candidates who come for the first-grade elixirs that Song Jie has mastered.
It is even more impossible for Song Jie to want such a person with evil intentions.
In short, after more than half a month of interviews, no one could satisfy Song Jie.
This made Song Jie couldn’t help but wonder if his requirements were really too high?
How does it feel? Recruiting a suitable alchemy apprentice is as difficult as finding a date on a blind date.
……
Song Jie also took Jin Jiao out early today.
Because there is another applicant today.
According to the applicant information that Li Caiwei brought back to him last night, today’s applicant was from out of town and not from Xinyuefang City.
This reminded Song Jie of the “genius” that woman called him half a month ago.
A “genius” with a single spiritual root of fire attribute, but no meridians in his body.
During this period of time, Song Jie almost forgot about this person.
After he sent a message to Huangfu Shen at that time, he never received a reply from Huangfu Shen.
He then knew that God Huangfu had probably gone somewhere to be free and happy, and it was not within a thousand miles of him.
So he put the matter behind him.
Unexpectedly, more than half a month later, this “genius” with a single fire attribute actually came to apply for a job.
However, Song Jie was not 100% sure whether this foreign applicant was the “genius” with a single fire attribute.
According to his estimation, this possibility is relatively high.
After all, although he is somewhat famous in Xinyuefang City, he should not be famous yet.
Presumably, no one would come all the way to Xinyuefang City to apply for his position as an alchemy apprentice.
While thinking about this, Song Jie arrived at the door of the Alchemy Pavilion before he knew it.
(End of chapter)