Divine Pill Hall

== Location ==
Atop a mountain gate were words written in violet-gold - Divine Pill Hall. As soon as they passed through the gates, a burst of fragrance blew into him, and the sounds of birds chirping rang out. He saw pavilions dotted across the land, streams of water, ancient trees, thick vines, as if this was a beautiful garden.
This place was a wonderland. It was a large change from the hasty tempo of alchemy outside.
The green grass was like a carpet, and the air was pure and clear, almost like it could cleanse a person's heart and soul.
As he walked along the stone path, he suddenly heard tinkling laughter. That laughter was full of delight.
Turning at the corner, he saw several maidens chatting happily in a few swings hanging from large trees.
The maidens looked young, and each of them was a rare beauty. They were playing happily.
This winding path went around many mountains and brought him to quite a few beautiful sceneries. He saw people napping, he saw people playing chess, and he even saw maidens playing the zither. The people here all seemed very leisurely.
He could see that these people were borrowing external force to make themselves relax. They were doing their best to remove as much tension from their bodies as possible.
== Membership ==
It is a place where the elite disciples cultivate. The treatment they get there is a thousand times better than what an inner disciple will ever get.
Pill Valley has millions of outer disciples and over eighty thousand inner disciples. As for the Divine Pill Hall, they only have three thousand disciples.
"This number never changes. The Divine Pill Hall expels the lower ranking disciples when new disciples join. Take a look. The next competition for inner disciples to get into the Divine Pill Hall is in ten days. This competition only occurs once every two months, and only the top thousand inner disciples are qualified to compete. I was thinking that you should only compete in the competition after this one, but Protector Zhuo said time is pressing. Only by entering the Divine Pill Hall will you receive the best treatment.
If you join the Divine Pill Hall, all kinds of precious resources will be provided to you.
=== Rankings ===
Duan Tianqiao asked for Long Chen's badge and pressed down on a protruding part of its back.
The back of the badge actually flipped over, and a small mirror-like crystal appeared from inside. There were designs carved into it that he couldn't understand.
"Rank 2306? How could your ranking be so high after only just joining the Divine Pill Hall?" Duan Tianqiao was filled with disbelief.
Disciples that had only just joined had low rankings. But as a special treatment for newcomers, as long as they weren't too weak, they wouldn't appear in the last three spots at first.
This was a chance for the newcomers to benefit from joining the Divine Pill Hall. But usually their ranking would still be in the bottom ten. That was why Long Chen's rank shocked Duan Tianqiao.
"The rankings are determined by the proctors through a comprehensive evaluation of the disciples. It's very accurate."
== Factions ==
The Divine Pill Hall's disciples are split into three factions. To put it simply, they are the conservative faction, the radical faction, as well as some opportunists who just watch. But even if they're just opportunists, their votes are important. There are many conservative faction disciples in the Divine Pill Hall, and they are powerful. Due to these factions, once you enter the Divine Pill Hall, you will definitely be bullied by others and unable to focus on alchemy or cultivation. Your accomplishments might just end right there, and once you're squeezed out, you won't have another chance.
The other purpose is to sway more people to the radical faction.
=== Spear and Shield ===
Currently, the Divine Pill Hall had the Divine Spear Alliance and the Divine Shield Alliance. They represented the radical faction and the conservative faction respectively.
The Divine Shield Alliance was arrogant while the Divine Spear Alliance that was weaker. Under the suppression of the Divine Shield Alliance, they found it very taxing to continue fighting. Their influence over the Divine Pill Hall's disciples as a whole was dropping.
That was why the Divine Spear Alliance not only needed people with great alchemy arts but also someone who could draw enough influence. That was why cowards wouldn't be very useful to the Divine Spear Alliance. They needed a disciple that dared to fight.
Of course, the prerequisite was that this disciple's alchemy skills could keep up. That was why after telling Long Chen a few things, Zhang Yutao had sent Long Chen to the Divine Pill Pavilion to study.
=== Satorial ===
Inside the Divine Pill Hall, the male disciples wore white robes and the female disciples wore red robes.
But the ones in factions had special symbols as well. The conservative faction's disciples had a small shield mark on their collars to express their side.
As for Long Chen's collar, there was supposed to be a small spear on it. But he had only just joined and hadn't gotten his robes yet.
== Story ==
Long Chen instantly understood why Zhuo Tianxiang hadn't announced what side Long Chen was on from the start. It was to give Long Chen a chance to establish his own footing. 
In truth, Long Chen's guess was only half right. Zhuo Tianxiang wanted him to quickly establish his footing inside the Divine Pill Hall. He possessed his own unique status in the Divine Pill Hall.
But as a newcomer, if he expressed which side he was on from the start, the other side would immediately try to suppress him. It would place a target on him.
That was why Zhuo Tianxiang had decided to let Long Chen start off on his own. In any case, he had his status as Dan Bishi's final apprentice. There was no need for him to be timid. Now he was just quietly watching him.
In any case, with Long Chen's talent, Zhuo Tianxiang wasn't worried about him getting kicked out of the Divine Pill Hall in two months. The radical faction was hoping for Long Chen to explosively grow under the pressure.
== Trivia ==
*Although three people would get to enter this place every two months, those people were mostly Jade Core experts.
*Everything about the Divine Pill Hall is supposed to be secret. New inner disciples that join have to think of their own way to survive. If you expose what's happening here, both factions will be offended. Thereafter, no matter how good your talent is, you won't be able to survive in the Divine Pill Hall.
*Within the Divine Pill Hall, each disciple had a private building of their own.
==References==
Category:Pill Valley
Category:Hall