This First Grade Small World is a circular microcosm with a diameter of about 370 to 380 li, covering an area approximately equal to five times the size of a metropolis on Earth.
Without considering food issues, this First Grade Small World can comfortably support a population of 30 million, equating to about 1,000 people per square kilometer.
In the future, the Guo family he establishes will have a very large population, and with additional servants and such, housing five to six million people here would be just right.
This First Grade Small World has a vast grassland in the northwest, a large forested area in the northeast, a flat plain with some hills in the southeast, and mountainous regions in the southwest.
The water resources are abundant, with four rivers and hundreds of various-sized lakes.
The source of the rivers seems to be the endless white mist at the edge of the small world, as if the water flows continuously from there.
The downstream ends of the rivers also lead to the white mist at the edge, as if beyond the mist lies a vast ocean that gathers all waters.
Guo Feilong, along with Deputy Sect Master Ma Huayun, flew on a white cloud over this First Grade Small World, taking two laps to see it all clearly.
"Elder Guo, the sect will arrange for disciples to build a city here for you, free of charge, to accommodate a population of 100,000," said Deputy Sect Master Ma Huayun, pointing to the land below. "Where do you think the city should be built?"
Upon hearing this, Guo Feilong fixed his gaze on the southeastern flat plain with hills, pointing to the north side of a river, and said, "Building the city here would be ideal. It would be convenient to take a boat from here to the vast grasslands in the northwest.
If we dig through these rivers horizontally, we can establish a north-south waterway, making it easier to transport timber from the forest."
In the future, as the population of this First Grade Small World increases, many cities accommodating 100,000 people will be established in various locations. Building the central city at a transportation hub is crucial.
After all, his descendants and those servants cannot all be cultivators with spiritual roots, and convenient transportation will facilitate travel and leisure for ordinary people.
Deputy Sect Master Ma Huayun drew a red circle on the map of this First Grade Small World at the location where Guo Feilong wanted to build the city, and then drew a straight line across several rivers.
He then said, "Elder Guo, the city will be completed in three months, and you can relocate your family here. At that time, the sect will dispatch some disciples with flying spiritual beasts to help you move 100,000 ordinary people for free. If you wish to relocate more, there will be additional costs."
"Thank you, Deputy Sect Master Ma," Guo Feilong said with a wave, and the two of them left the First Grade Small World.
Guo Feilong returned to Yellow Rock Town in Green Sun County, while Deputy Sect Master Ma returned to the Spirit Creek Sect headquarters in the Heavenly Abode to arrange the construction of the cultivation city for him.
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The Spirit Creek Sect conducts its business with great acumen. On the third day after Guo Feilong returned to Yellow Rock Town, Deputy Sect Master Ma Huayun delivered five ordinary Sixth Grade elixir recipes and twelve sets of spirit herbs and medicines needed to refine these five kinds of Sixth Grade elixirs.
To refine a batch of ordinary Sixth Grade elixirs, a mid-level alchemist at the Foundation Establishment stage typically requires about four hours.
In total, there are sixty batches of Sixth Grade elixirs.
A month has thirty days.
On average, refining two batches a day takes eight hours.
This really seems like they want him to work non-stop for a month without a single day off.
Guo Feilong, who had been an outer disciple at the Spirit Creek Sect for over a hundred years and the top outer disciple in the Alchemy Hall for over twenty years, knew well.
Those mid-level alchemist elders at the Foundation Establishment stage only needed to refine 20 batches of elixirs per month, submitting them to the sect at a 37% completion rate to fulfill their monthly fixed tasks as elders of the Alchemy Hall.
Yet he needed to refine 60 batches a month, submitting 40% of the finished elixirs, truly leaving him with no profit, treating him as nothing more than an alchemy tool.
Fortunately, he also received contribution points from the Spirit Creek Sect for each batch of elixirs he submitted.
These points could be exchanged for various cultivation resources within the Spirit Creek Sect, so it wasn't too exploitative.
His descendants who joined the Spirit Creek Sect would also enjoy some special benefits that ordinary disciples could not.
In a way, he was suffering so that his descendants could enjoy a better life.
In truth, Guo Feilong knew that those mid-level alchemists at the Foundation Establishment stage in the Alchemy Hall were capable of refining more elixirs per month.
But after completing their monthly fixed tasks for the sect, they spent the rest of their time refining elixirs for themselves, their descendants, and their families.
Guo Feilong knew the number of mid-level alchemists in the Spirit Creek Sect: a total of 43, with 13 elders at the Foundation Establishment stage and the remaining 30 at the Qi Refining stage.
Mid-level alchemists at the Qi Refining stage took longer to refine a batch of ordinary Sixth Grade elixirs due to their limited mystic power, requiring about twelve to thirteen hours, with a long recovery time for their mystic power. After accounting for cultivation time and other matters, they were required to submit ten batches of elixirs per month at a 37% completion rate.
Some special Sixth Grade elixirs required the power of Foundation Establishment stage laws to refine.
Mid-level alchemists at the Qi Refining stage could only look on and were unable to refine them.
Elixirs that required the power of Foundation Establishment stage laws were most effective for Foundation Establishment stage cultivators. None of the five elixir recipes sent by Deputy Sect Master Ma Huayun required such power.
It was not hard to guess that the Spirit Creek Sect was not yet willing to give him such important recipes.
The number of low-level alchemists in the Spirit Creek Sect was extremely large, numbering two to three thousand, with at least a hundred elders at the Foundation Establishment stage.
Alchemy depended on talent; even at the Foundation Establishment stage, without alchemical talent, one could only practice low-level alchemy and could not become a mid-level alchemist.
Guo Feilong had auspicious clouds when refining elixirs, and now at the Foundation Establishment stage, he could refine a batch of ordinary Sixth Grade elixirs in about an hour.
Being a man of action, Guo Feilong entered the alchemy room after Deputy Sect Master Ma Huayun left and began refining the newly delivered Sixth Grade elixirs.
He understood the recipe after reading it once, and then proceeded to place fire spirit stones at the bottom of the alchemy furnace to ignite the fire and start refining.
An hour later, Guo Feilong waved a hand of mystic power, the lid of the alchemy furnace opened, and ten Sixth Grade elixirs flew out.
These ten Sixth Grade elixirs were emerald green, like jade carvings, emitting an indescribable fragrance.
Guo Feilong placed these ten Sixth Grade elixirs into a porcelain bottle; this type of elixir was called Little Rejuvenation Pill, with a market price of 500 low-quality spirit stones each.
The cost of two pills per batch.
Out of ten pills per batch, he had to give four to the Spirit Creek Sect.
The Spirit Creek Sect, after deducting the cost of two pills, would net a profit of two pills, equating to 1,000 low-quality spirit stones.
The Spirit Creek Sect sent him 60 batches, which was a month's supply, amounting to a profit of 60,000 low-quality spirit stones, and 720,000 low-quality spirit stones annually.
"Tsk tsk."
Guo Feilong clicked his tongue twice; the Spirit Creek Sect's calculations were indeed sharp.
He would generate 720,000 spirit stones in profit for the Spirit Creek Sect annually.
In ten years, that would be 7.2 million low-quality spirit stones in profit.
In a hundred years, that would be 72 million low-quality spirit stones.
He could live for at least 350 years.
By the time he died, he would have generated at least 252 million low-quality spirit stones in profit for the Spirit Creek Sect.
This was the terrifying earning power of a mid-level alchemist at the Foundation Establishment stage.
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