Outer sect (Pill Valley)

In the outer regions of Pill Valley, there was a plaza near a river. This was a place where outer disciples would gather.
These outer disciples that were geniuses in the outside world were only ordinary here.
In the rest of the world, outer disciples weren't very useful. They mostly just used up resources, and when there were too many of them, the sects would kick out a few who had no potential.
However, in Pill Valley, even outer disciples could bring them profit. That was because their cultivation relied on refining a large number of medicinal pills. Their profit made up for their consumption.
So Pill Valley didn't kick out these outer disciples. Even if their talent was lacking compared to others, they were still alchemists. In fact, anyone who could enter Pill Valley was monstrously talented. But your status depended on just how much of a monster you were.
These disciples had to refine pills to exchange for cultivation resources, and Pill Valley had many cultivation rooms with powerful formations that could assist them. However, those rooms weren't free for outer disciples.
Outer disciples didn't even get a tenth of the benefits that inner disciples were blessed with. In fact, there were essentially no benefits. Everything they had was gained through them working hard on their alchemy.
Some outer disciples would come to the outer regions of Pill Valley to gather medicinal ingredients.
The outskirts of Pill Valley were mostly wild land. But this wild land was actually Pill Valley's medicinal garden. Other than a few special regions with people guarding them though, the rest was just wilderness.
That was because some medicinal ingredients could only grow in the wild. If they were planted in a medicinal field, they might be affected by other ingredients, or their growth would be stunted, or they might simply outright die.
So the outskirts of Pill Valley had quite a few precious medicines growing. Some were high tier, and some were low tier. Disciples could gather them based on their own requirements.
The majority of the medicinal ingredients that disciples practiced their alchemy with were obtained through trading merit points with Pill Valley. Once they refined those medicinal ingredients into pills, they could exchange the pills for more merit points. It was the same as farmers working for landlords.
The earth, seeds, and fertilizer, all came from the landlord. If you worked hard and managed to grow the crops, then once the various costs were subtracted, you could still make some money.
However, this money was based on your own success. Some people who failed too many refinements would even end up owing money.
So there would always be a few disciples out gathering medicine. As long as they could gather some rare ones or ones that Pill Valley was currently lacking, they would make a bit of money. They could keep these medicinal ingredients or exchange them. It was very beneficial to everyone.
As for this large plaza, it had become a place for outer disciples to trade their excess medicinal ingredients. There were all kinds of medicines displayed.
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