Chapter 90: I'll Go Ask for You, My Sword Pointing Towards Xuanlin Peak
The thatched hut explained, "You've always been thinking about removing every single substance from the dicinal liquid, which is wrong. That requires a first-level Great Perfection alchemist to do, and you're not even a beginner alchemist yet. You're aiming too high."
Xu Ning was stunned. He hadn't considered this at all. He had been trying to do the work of a master.
Alchemists are divided into nine levels, corresponding to Qi Refining, Foundation Establishnt, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Deity Transformation, Void Refining, Body Integration, Mahayana, and Tribulation Transcending. It was a long path.
Each level is further divided into early, middle, late, and Great Perfection. It was a detailed progression.
In the early stage, one can only refine so ordinary pills and can only use low-grade spiritual herbs. It was the basics.
In the middle stage, the pills refined have fewer impurities and are of better quality. One can also use middle-grade spiritual herbs to refine middle-grade pills. Progress.
In the late stage, most impurities in the pills can be removed, and high-grade spiritual herbs can be used to refine high-grade pills. Skilled.
Great Perfection is different. Such people are also called alchemy masters or alchemy grandmasters. They were elite.
The pills they refine not only have all impurities removed but may also have their quality upgraded. They were exceptional.
At this mont, Xu Ning understood how terribly wrong he had been. He had been trying to skip steps.
Imdiately, Xu Ning eagerly began to try again, applying his new understanding.
This ti, instead of eliminating all unnecessary substances, he chose to eliminate only the conflicting ones first. He focused on the essential.
Sure enough, the pot didn't explode, and although it wasn't successful, Xu Ning gained a lot of insights. He was on the right track.
For the third pot, after eliminating conflicting substances, Xu Ning continued to eliminate other unwanted substances, but only a few. He was learning balance.
Although this pot still wasn't successful, Xu Ning felt he was close to achieving pill formation. He could sense it.
Finally, dawn broke. He had worked through the night.
Still unable to refine any pills, Xu Ning had to go to the alchemy room for his lesson. He needed more guidance.
Unexpectedly, his master hadn't co to wait for him earlier. He arrived more than ten minutes late.
Xu Ning guessed that his master had probably spent all his spirit stones on failed attempts and couldn't afford more spirit herbs and a pill furnace. So he hadn't refined pills last night. He was probably broke.
Of course, this was just Xu Ning's guess. He couldn't be sure.
"My good disciple, you're here so early? Were you looking forward to watching your master refine pills?" Miao Yunyi said with a smile as soon as he arrived, as if nothing was wrong.
Xu Ning was speechless. Who wanted to watch you refine pills? If you hadn't kept tempting with the pill formula, I wouldn't have co!
Of course, Xu Ning wouldn't say this aloud. Instead, he quickly took out so spiritual herbs. "Master, your disciple is indeed quite looking forward to it! I can't wait."
He added in his mind, anticipating the Fire Spirit Pill formula. That was the real prize.
The Fire Spirit Pill was a pill that could temporarily boost a cultivator's combat power, sothing Xu Ning desperately needed. He wanted to prepare a few as a trump card for dangerous situations.
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Miao Yunyi felt very relieved after hearing this and nodded gently. "Good disciple, watch carefully! Wait, where's the alchemy furnace? Did you bring one?"
Xu Ning imdiately looked aggrieved. "Master, I don't have money to buy an alchemy furnace! How about we use yours? I'm too poor."
Miao Yunyi's face darkened. "Are you doing this on purpose? You always use my alchemy furnace! I'm not made of furnaces."
Xu Ning imdiately showed bitterness. "Master! I was just a nial disciple before, and the contribution points I received each month weren't even enough to buy cultivation resources! How could I afford an alchemy furnace? I'm barely surviving."
Miao Yunyi nodded after hearing this, his expression softening. "Indeed, I didn't think things through. This ti, we'll use my alchemy furnace! But it's a promise. This is the last ti I'll make an exception for you. Don't do it again."
Xu Ning nodded quickly. "Thank you, Master. You're the best! I'll rember this."
Miao Yunyi nodded proudly, then waved his hand and took out a new alchemy furnace, gleaming and new.
"Disciple, watch carefully this ti. I'm about to succeed!" Miao Yunyi reminded him and began to throw in the spiritual herbs, moving quickly.
Xu Ning was speechless and couldn't help but remind him, "Master, you haven't set the fire yet! You need to heat it first."
Miao Yunyi glared at him. "Do you need to remind ! Don't I know? I'm just doing a preview! I know what I'm doing."
Even so, Miao Yunyi still waved his hand and took out the spiritual herbs from the alchemy furnace. Then he lit the fire and began refining properly.
Xu Ning changed the subject. "Master, I can't co to learn alchemy from you tomorrow. I have other plans."
Miao Yunyi asked without looking up, his focus on the furnace, "Why is that? What's more important than alchemy?"
Xu Ning explained, "There are two senior brothers managing the mid-grade spiritual fields on our peak. You should know them, Master, right? The ones who were there before ."
Miao Yunyi said, "You an those two handyn? I vaguely rember them. I think it was a man and a woman. What about them?"
Xu Ning continued, "That's right. That female junior sister asked to accompany her to the market tomorrow. Master, you have to admit, your disciple is too charming. She has a crush on ."
Miao Yunyi imdiately scoffed, "You? Look at yourself! You're only at the third level of Qi Refining. Although you're passable in appearance, you're not enough to make a fourth-level Qi Refining cultivator fall for you that quickly. Don't flatter yourself."
"Let warn you! The cultivation world is far more cruel than you imagine. Rember, everyone who approaches you has an ulterior motive. Don't trust anyone."
Xu Ning played along. "They're after my body. That's the only reason."
Miao Yunyi snorted. "Bullshit, what's so great about your lousy body? Besides, how long have you been at Xuanzhi Peak? How could you possibly fall for soone in such a short ti? It's suspicious."
Xu Ning said, "Love at first sight! It happens."
Miao Yunyi scoffed. "Love at first sight? Are you stupid or am I? Does love at first sight even exist in the cultivation world? People are too calculating."
Xu Ning asked, "What else could it be? Master, what do you think her motives are?"
Miao Yunyi pondered for a mont, his expression turning serious. Then he asked, "You just said she invited you to the market? Is she trying to lure you out of the sect? Do you have any enemies in the sect?"
Xu Ning said, "I guess so! There might be soone."
Miao Yunyi was surprised. "If you have, you have; if you don't, you don't. What do you an by 'I guess so'? Be precise."
Xu Ning said, "I don't know if that counts. There's soone who might hold a grudge."
Then, Xu Ning briefly recounted his transfer to the Ten Thousand Demon Forest and what happened afterward with Du Jingsong.
Miao Yunyi narrowed his eyes after hearing this, his gaze turning cold. "You an Du Jingsong, right? That old bastard dared to touch my disciple? He must be tired of living! I'll deal with him."
Xu Ning couldn't help but ask curiously, "Master, do you know this guy? What's his deal?"
Miao Yunyi nodded. "Of course I know him. That dog is notoriously petty in the sect. I don't think he's petty at all! He's just petty-minded, that's why I usually call him Old Bastard. Everyone knows it."
"My good disciple, don't worry. In the Tianbao Sect, no one can bully you, not even the sect master. After I finish refining this batch of pills, I'll go find that old bastard and ask him. I'll get to the bottom of it."
Xu Ning hesitated after hearing this, worried. "Master, please don't! If you go and cause him trouble, won't he hold a grudge against even more? That might make things worse."
Miao Yunyi's voice was cold. "He wouldn't dare! Not after I'm done with him."
Xu Ning felt a warmth in his heart after hearing this. Having a master is so good! This feeling of dependence is truly addictive! He was protected.
Rumble—
As the pill furnace exploded again, sending fragnts flying, Miao Yunyi flew away quickly, seemingly feeling too ashad to speak to Xu Ning after another failure. He disappeared into the sky.
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Xuanlin Peak.
The once clear sky suddenly darkened with dense clouds, and a downpour began, soaking the peak.
Inside the Xuanlin Palace, Du Jingsong sensed sothing amiss and quickly flew out of the palace, frowning as he looked at the unnatural sky.
This sudden rain was strange. It seed soone had used a cloud and rain technique to create it deliberately. It was an attack.
Sensing the spiritual energy fluctuations within the rain, Du Jingsong's expression changed. He hurriedly asked, "Which elder has cast this rain? Show yourself!"
The only response was a giant rain sword that suddenly materialized within the rain, aid directly at him.
"Elder Miao—" Du Jingsong imdiately recognized the technique, his face paling with shock. He knew who it was.
But no one paid any attention to Du Jingsong. The giant rain sword continued its descent towards Xuanlin Peak without pause.
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