After leaving the library, Qin Ran imdiately ran to ask the Island Lord:
"When do you need the Dragon Breath Pill?"
"The sooner the better, of course!" replied the Island Lord.
Qin Ran hesitated, then asked again: "Could the Island Lord please give a specific tifra..."
After thinking carefully, the Island Lord replied: "How about one or two years? I'm in my pri, with abundant vitality, so I can wait a year or two."
He looked at Qin Ran, "Does the gentleman have any difficulties?"
"Well... To be honest with the Island Lord, a fourth-grade Dragon Breath Pill is quite challenging for ," Qin Ran said seriously. "So I need more ti to prepare, to ensure a higher success rate."
Hearing that Qin Ran found the fourth-grade pill difficult, the Island Lord smiled instead. He said to Qin Ran: "Fourth-grade pills are indeed very challenging."
He gave Qin Ran so advice, "Why don't you go seek out Mr. Zhai? He has extensive experience in refining Whale Breath Pills. If you discuss with him, it might inspire your understanding of refining Dragon Breath Pills."
Mr. Zhai has extensive experience in refining Whale Breath Pills...
Qin Ran fell silent upon hearing this. It was just as he had guessed - the Island Lord had already attempted to refine Dragon Whale Pills many tis before.
In other words, several alchemists who tried to refine Dragon Breath Pills may have already died.
He sighed inwardly, realizing this job was truly not easy to accept.
However, it just so happened that he wanted to ask Mr. Zhai about clues regarding the Divine Essence Condensation.
"The Island Lord makes a good point..." he agreed, then asked, "May I know where Mr. Zhai is?"
"Mr. Zhai usually stays on the third floor of the library. You can go find him there," the Island Lord replied. "If he's not in the library, he must be in the alchemy room."
The third floor of the library?
Qin Ran was stunned. There were people in the library, but he had stayed there for so many days and hadn't noticed at all!
After bidding farewell to the Island Lord, Qin Ran went straight back to the library.
He suddenly realized that now he seed more like a cultivator. Not needing sleep or food, living an extrely pure life, hustling every day just for cultivation resources, researching, finding clues, scheming and plotting.
This extrely dark life... But, strangely, he enjoyed it. Once he eliminated the fear in his heart and no longer feared death, he felt he belonged to such a world.
With a smile on his lips, he casually pushed open the door to the third floor of the library.
The third floor wasn't large; Qin Ran estimated it to be about a hundred square ters. There were two rows of bookshelves on each side of the room, holding about a thousand books; the middle was empty, and directly opposite the door by the window was a desk with a chair on each side.
At the mont, a person was sitting in the left chair. He was dressed as a scholar, wearing a headband, with a light beard, exuding an elegant deanor.
He was reading a book.
On the table in front of him were incense for calming the mind, tea, and fruit.
Qin Ran's entrance startled him. He turned his head, saw Qin Ran, smiled, and greeted him: "Brother Li! Please, co sit."
"Mr. Zhai." Qin Ran cupped his hands in greeting and sat down in the chair to the right of the desk.
"Co, Brother Li, have so tea." Mr. Zhai put down his book and poured tea for Qin Ran.
"How is it that Brother Li has ti to co to the library?" he casually asked.
"I too am a lover of books," Qin Ran smiled.
"Hehe, I heard from others that Brother Li is a cultivator from the Seven Islands region..." Mr. Zhai chatted casually while pouring tea, "In my youth, I once visited the Seven Islands region. But that ti I barely set foot on the Tiangang Continent, finished my business and hurried back, without a chance to appreciate the deanor of the cultivators on the Tiangang Continent. This has been a regret of my life. After all these years, I still often think that if I have the chance, I must visit the Seven Islands region again."
"Mr. Zhai has been to Tiangang Island?" Qin Ran's expression was surprised as he spoke, "To be honest with you, I was born on Tiangang Island and grew up on Origin Island. My Li family clan is on Tiangang Island..."
Tiangang Island and Origin Island were two of the islands in the Seven Islands region, which he had learned about from reading earlier. Because the islands were so large, they were sotis referred to as continents.
As he spoke, his expression beca sad, "But when I was using a teleportation array, there was a problem with the array that injured my divine soul, causing to lose many mories. Now I can't rember what the Li family was like. I can't even rember if my parents are still alive."
"Don't be sad, Brother Li." Mr. Zhai quickly comforted him, "Although the cost of traveling to the Seven Islands region is quite expensive, as long as you're still alive, Brother Li will surely return to the Tiangang Continent one day."
"Thank you for your kind words, Mr. Zhai."
"Alas..." Mr. Zhai sighed again, "It's a pity that Brother Li has ended up in this harsh land."
"How can Mr. Zhai say that? The Tianlan Sea Region is a land of outstanding people and beautiful scenery..." The two exchanged so aningless pleasantries.
During their casual conversation, Qin Ran noticed that the book Mr. Zhai was reading was about dicinal herbs. When the timing seed right, he asked Mr. Zhai: "What book is Mr. Zhai reading?"
"Just a book on herbs," Mr. Zhai showed it to Qin Ran, smiling, "It talks about the peerless dicines that cultivators have obtained from the sea throughout history. So are true, so are false. I'm just reading it as leisure reading when I have nothing else to do."
"Peerless dicines?" Qin Ran asked, puzzled, "What kind of dicine would be considered peerless? Would the Divine Essence Condensation be considered a peerless dicine?"
Hearing this, Mr. Zhai thought seriously for a mont, then shook his head: "Although the Divine Essence Condensation is powerful, it still falls short compared to immortal dicines like the Great Dao Coral or the Immortal Jellyfish.
"The power of the Divine Essence Condensation lies in its divine breath and immortal dew, which allow cultivators to gain the power, enlightennt, and aura of immortals and gods before actually becoming immortals. This is very helpful for cultivators who haven't beco immortals yet, but if a cultivator has already beco an immortal, then the Divine Essence Condensation would seem rather useless."
"The number of cultivators in the world is like sand on a beach, countless. But those who have beco immortals, throughout history, can be counted on one's fingers," Qin Ran smiled. "From this perspective, the Divine Essence Condensation seems incredibly powerful."
"It depends on how Brother Li looks at it," Mr. Zhai said. "My point is that if there really were those with extraordinary talent, they would certainly not be interested in the Divine Essence Condensation.
"Do you know that the most recent cultivator to possess the Divine Essence Condensation was the Divine Essence Old Demon?" Mr. Zhai voluntarily brought up the Divine Essence Old Demon. "In fact, the Divine Essence Old Demon was one of those with extraordinary talent. If not for the Divine Essence Condensation, he might have had a chance to beco an immortal and attain the Dao. But precisely because of the Divine Essence Condensation, he ultimately died of old age on Divine Essence Mountain, never achieving the Dao."
"Has the Divine Essence Old Demon already died?" Qin Ran asked.
"Without becoming an immortal, all is in vain," Mr. Zhai sighed. "Just like sand on a beach, no matter how brilliant or unparalleled in your era, there's no difference in the end."
Qin Ran's face showed sorrow as he let out a long sigh, "What a pity."
He paused, then asked, "Has the Divine Essence Condensation not appeared in the world again?"
"The Divine Essence Condensation was sealed by the Divine Essence Old Demon on Divine Essence Mountain..." Mr. Zhai replied, "The Divine Essence Old Demon called himself an old demon, but he was actually a righteous person. His chance of becoming an immortal was restricted by the Divine Essence Condensation, so how could he allow others to be restricted by it as well?"
"Has no one broken the seal?"
"The great Dao has fifty principles, heaven's calculations cover forty-nine, always leaving a glimr of hope. Although the Divine Essence Old Demon sealed the Divine Essence Condensation, he still provided a way to break the seal..." Mr. Zhai answered, "One needs to refine seven completely different pills of a higher alchemy level than his to break the seal."
"But..." he shook his head, "The Divine Essence Old Demon himself was already a top-tier alchemist, he was only restricted by the Divine Essence Condensation and couldn't refine immortal pills. So, the aning of this condition is that it requires seven completely different immortal pills to break the seal!"
Qin Ran fell silent upon hearing this.
"Is Brother Li interested in the Divine Essence Condensation?" At this point, Mr. Zhai finally asked Qin Ran.
Qin Ran shook his head: "I just feel regret for the Divine Essence Old Demon who was unrivaled in his era."
"As do I."
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