Chapter 8: Superior Cultivation of Yuan Dan?
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Calm down calm down——
Ling Xiao took a deep breath and calmed himself down. This strange flame, although against the heavens, did not mean that he had already entered the inner gate, successfully built his foundation, or formed his golden elixir.
It just provides a shortcut, and still needs your own continuous efforts!
Ling Xiao once again struck out with his hand seal, activating the formation and starting to refine the elixir...
Failed again! The law is still unfamiliar! Burn and continue to refine!
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Bang! Another time... This time it's going to be a big improvement, at least the spell connections are already much smoother!
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Ling Xiao repeatedly refined the Pei Yuan Dan, repeatedly summarizing his gains and losses in alchemy after each failure...
However, his innate talent for alchemy was actually quite ordinary.
Pei Yuandan is just the most basic kind of Dan medicine. It's said that in Qiyun Sect, some disciples with good aptitude can successfully refine it after five or six attempts at refining Dan when they first start learning. More experienced disciples can even maintain a success rate of three or four times, succeeding once.
As for himself - Ling Xiao couldn't help but bitterly smile, he had lost count of how many times he had tried, but it was definitely no less than five or six times. Yet, there was still not the slightest sign of success.
It's obvious that without that strange flame, ten sets of materials could only produce a few grains. With such a low success rate, I didn't even have the qualifications to learn alchemy.
Refining elixir... failed... incineration... continue refining elixir...
He was constantly repeating this process, with almost no pause in between. For others, it would take a period of adjustment to reach the optimal state for alchemy, but for Ling Xiao, it wasn't necessary at all. As a result, even he himself hadn't noticed that his speed in completing an alchemy session had become much faster than others.
Time flies, and several hours have passed in the blink of an eye.
"Humming——"
A low hum emanated from the alchemy furnace in front of Ling Xiao, and a faint scent of medicinal herbs could be detected, causing Ling Xiao's heart to stir as he knew that after repeated refinement, success was finally within reach.
Not daring to be careless, carefully grasping the finger technique, the earth fire suddenly surged up, burning fiercely to a high point, and then in a low voice, "Rise!"
A series of secret techniques were unleashed from his hands, and in the void, a crimson True Yuan river burst forth, twisting and turning as it shot straight into the furnace. The elixirs inside the furnace were swept up by the river, which then receded like a whale swallowing water, before surging back out with a whoosh.
In the midst of the True Origin Long River, wrapped and rolled up, was a pellet of elixir the size of a soybean, perfectly round and full-bodied - the Pei Yuan Dan!
Success!
Ling Xiao hastily beckoned with his hand and retrieved the Pei Yuan Dan.
He hadn't even had time to take a closer look, but seeing the surroundings, most of the furnaces were already empty. After all, there were only ten sets of materials, and many outer disciples had already completed their alchemy, handing in the elixirs they had refined. Fortunately, he had chosen a corner spot and was being cautious with his movements, so no one had noticed him.
Ling Xiao didn't have time to refine the remaining materials and put them away first. He also stood up and walked towards Fowling Elder.
His heart was rather apprehensive, as he was still not very skilled at alchemy and had failed many times, so until now he had only managed to refine this one pellet, and he didn't know if it would pass the test smoothly.
It's unclear whether it was a coincidence or not, but Qī Míng happened to be standing right in front of Líng Xiāo, and he coldly smiled at him, saying: "I wonder how many grains of elixir you've managed to refine, little brother?"
Ling Xiao didn't show even a hint of unusual behavior, "Naturally, it's far from comparable to Shixiong."
Some people are unaware of the inside story and still envy how Ling Xiao can talk to Qi Ming Shixiong, but they don't know that both of them have a fake smile on their faces.
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"Refined into one pellet, low quality, no reward. Next one."
Fuling's face showed no joy or anger, and he calmly announced the result. The senior brother who was ranked in front of him immediately became ashamed and his face turned bright red, not daring to lift his head, and left.
"Two inferior items, still acceptable. Reward 40 contribution points."
The fellow senior brother who followed closely behind, however, managed to exchange for two low-grade Cultivation Pellets. Elder Fowling also nodded slightly, as ten sets of materials could successfully refine two pellets; although this was far inferior to a skilled pellet refiner, considering their status as outer sect disciples, this result was still barely passable.
Refined into two low-grade Pei Yuan Dan, only rewarded 40 contribution points, seemingly much less than the usual sect's refining task. However, it should be known that taking on a refining task requires deducting 20 contribution points for each material; whereas now, ten sets of materials didn't spend their contribution points.
That is to say, as long as two grains can be refined, a reward of 40 contribution points will be obtained.
That senior brother's face immediately showed a joyful expression, and he took back his own identity jade slip from Fuling Elder's hand, thanked him, and then left.
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The team advanced quickly, and everyone went forward one by one, handing over the refined elixirs to Fuling Elder for inspection. The results were naturally mixed, with some good and some bad. Fengyi, this little girl, also handed in two inferior-level Peiyuan Dan, which was a pretty good result. Ling Xiao's heart was even more nervous, as he had only refined one grain.
Soon arrived at his side, Zhi Ming.
Feng Ling took the elixir and glanced at it, his expression slightly moved. "Three pills, actually three low-grade Pei Yuan Dan, not bad, not bad!" Feng Ling Lao's nature was cold and detached, this was already a great compliment.
At the sound of the bell, Zhi Ming revealed a proud expression, and under the admiring gaze of the crowd, he handed over his identity jade slip and was awarded 80 contribution points. The extra 20 contribution points were probably a reward for his successful alchemy rate.
Zi Ming didn't even give Ling Xiao a second glance.
Ling Xiao was nothing more than a first-level cultivator who had only practiced his Qi, merely the lowest level of an outer sect disciple. He wasn't even worth putting in his eyes. If it weren't for Feng Yi, he probably wouldn't have even remembered Ling Xiao existed.
Ling Xiao watched from behind, seeing it clearly. Refining two inferior Prenatal Pills would reward 40 contribution points; refining three would be 80 contribution points! But if only one was refined, there wouldn't be even half a point of reward.
Although I vaguely feel that the Peiyuan Dan I refined is better in quality than theirs, after all, I can only refine one.
"Next!"
It was soon his turn, and Ling Xiao didn't dare to be slow. He hastily went forward with respect, and handed the only one grain of Pei Yuan Dan he had refined to Fowling Elder.
"Just one grain?" Fuling Dun's eyebrows furrowed slightly at the time.
Ling Xiao couldn't help but feel embarrassed, and muttered: "Yes, disciple... the disciple only managed to refine this one grain."
Fú Líng took the Pei Yuan Dan from Ling Xiao's hand, held it in her own, and first gave it a casual glance. Then, her expression changed as she took another look. Her face showed an even stranger expression, and she carefully brought it to her nose for a light sniff - this was the first time today that she had been so cautious in her appraisal!
"This is actually a high-grade Cultivation Origin Pill!"
All around, it was a sensation, and this is the first time that a top-grade Cultivation Pill has appeared today! Even middle-grade Cultivation Pills have only appeared once or twice!
Many people here are quite familiar with Ling Xiao, knowing that he is not very proficient in alchemy and has probably never even entered the earth fire room a few times. But as soon as he took action, he actually refined a high-quality Pei Yuan Dan? The crowd's gaze towards Ling Xiao was filled with shock and envy.
Zi Ming's eyes widened in shock, his face incredulous as a sense of crisis suddenly rose up from the bottom of his heart. The number of inner disciples in the Qi Yun Sect was limited, and although he had great hopes, it was by no means a certainty! Originally, he was the undisputed first among that batch of disciples, with odds that were naturally much higher, but Ling Xiao had unexpectedly risen to prominence...
If this were to be valued by Fuling Elder, wouldn't it pose a threat to himself?
"Are you Ling Xiao?" Fú Líng asked, sizing him up. Only then did he remember that this outer sect disciple was the one who had been very restless during the alchemy process earlier. Looking at the powder he had refined, it wasn't much, but unexpectedly, he had managed to refine a single pellet, and it was even of high quality.
"Yes, I am Ling Xiao."
"Although the success rate of Ning Dan is not bad, the purification success rate is too low." Fú Líng slowly shook his head, "When you refine the pill, you are too impatient and need to be more calm!"
Ling Xiao's heart felt empty, thinking that he had relied on this strange flame to repeatedly refine and condense the elixir, but the success rate was not good... He couldn't help but respond in a low voice: "Yes, I'm stupid."
I reckon I won't get any reward, just about to leave, but then I heard the voice of Fuling Elder coming over, "Take it. And... 20 contribution points as a reward."
Ling Xiao was taken aback, and when he looked up, he saw Fuling Elder handing him a few Pellet Yuan Dan, among which was the top-grade Pellet Yuan Dan that he had refined!
20 contribution points aren't a lot, but these few pellets of medicine are quite a generous reward.
Within the sect, the rule for exchanging contribution points for Pellet of Cultivation is that every month, one can only exchange 100 contribution points for two low-grade Pellets of Cultivation. As for mid-grade and high-grade Pellets of Cultivation, not to mention outer sect disciples who cannot exchange them at all, even inner sect disciples need 100 contribution points to exchange for one mid-grade pellet, and 300 contribution points to exchange for one high-grade pellet!
Moreover, it's worth knowing that this is still an exchange within the sect, and they're already being taken care of. If they were to buy elixirs directly with spirit stones outside, the prices would be even higher.
This prize is really beyond our expectations!
Qī Míng's face suddenly turned bright red, a mix of jealousy and embarrassment.
Feng Ling thought that this time, refining the elixir, Ling Xiao performed even better than him. This made him, who had always been proud of his alchemy skills, feel like he had been slapped in the face.
He stared fiercely at Ling Xiao, his narrow-minded heart already filled with resentment towards him.
"Take it. Your cultivation is too low, practice well and refine your pills. Next." He said the last sentence while turning his head away.
Ling Xiao took over Pei Yuan Dan and bowed to her before turning around and leaving.
The eyes of the people around, looking at Ling Xiao's gaze, are even more envious. Even if you don't mention the value of those Pei Yuan Dan, being able to attract the attention of Master Fuling like this, who knows how many benefits there will be in the future within the sect?
