Medicinal Essence

== Ranks ==
A medicinal essence that took up fifty percent of the pill would be termed low grade, and over eighty percent of all medicinal pills were only low grade.
* 60% would make it middle grade
* 70% would make it high grade
* 80% would make it top grade
* 90% would make it peerless grade
* 100% would make it ???
== Significance of Differences of Grades ==
Some people might wonder what the difference was between fifty and sixty percent medicinal essence. Was it a significant difference?
Wouldn't consuming two low grade medicinal pills be much more effective than one middle grade? If someone heard you ask this they'd probably choke on their own saliva.
Inside a medicinal pill was not only its medicinal essence, but also impurities. These impurities were unable to be absorbed by the body, and most importantly these impurities would cancel out a portion of the absorbed essence.
The saying that each medicine had its own side effects was not just a colloquial saying, but a hard truth. During the formation of a pill, it was difficult to avoid accumulating pill toxins. These kinds of toxins, if not taken very often, would not have a large effect.
But for cultivators, medicinal pills were often life saving measurements, and in one lifetime who would know just how many pills you would consume. When the body's pill toxins reached a certain degree, it would become a life threatening poison.
Pill toxins were one of the most difficult to eliminate poisons. They penetrated deep into the flesh and bones, and even the spirit. But the higher grade a medicinal pill was, the fewer toxins it would have.
It was for this reason that the medicinal effect of a middle grade medicinal pill was over ten times greater than a low grade medicinal pill, and as for the price difference, it was at least a hundred times greater.
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