Three days later, Xu Ning returned to his sect.
As soon as he returned to the thatched hut on Xuanzhi Peak, his master, Miao Yunyi, came looking for him: "My good disciple, you're back?"
Xu Ning nodded: "Master, it's too dangerous outside. I don't want to go out for the next few years!"
Miao Yunyi was speechless: "Staying in the sect all the time isn't good either; it lacks the tempering of combat!"
Xu Ning shook
his
head: "I don't care, I'm not going out!"
Miao Yunyi was at a loss with Xu Ning, and shook his head helplessly: "Disciple, um, may I borrow your alchemy tools for a moment!"
Xu Ning glared: "Master, I thought you came here to care about me! Turns out you just had a pill addiction attack!"
Miao Yunyi: "What are you saying? You rebellious disciple! Do you think I'm that kind of person?"
Xu Ning had no choice but to wave his hand and take out the lantern, iron pot, and desk.
Miao Yunyi quickly put it away: "Then I'll go refine the pills first! We'll talk again later!"
Xu Ning was speechless. It really was all about alchemy! But he didn't dwell on it too much, and instead called out, "Wait a minute, Master!"
Miao Yunyi turned around in surprise: "What's wrong?"
Xu Ning: "Master said last time that you have the Gathering Yuan Pill, right?"
Miao Yunyi asked in confusion, "What?"
Xu Ning: "Let me study this! Also, recently I've wanted to try refining Yuan-level pills. If Master has any Yuan-level spiritual herbs, you can give them to me, and I'll trade you some Spirit-level ones!"
Miao Yunyi: "Yuan-level pills? Your alchemy skills have reached the top tier of the first level?"
Xu Ning shook his head: "No, but I've reached the first-grade superior level, so I can try refining Yuan-level pills!"
Alchemists do not necessarily need to reach the pinnacle of each rank to advance in level.
For example, a high-grade alchemy can already meet the standards for advancement and can move towards the second tier. However, this would not only prevent one from obtaining the title of alchemy master, but would also make advancement relatively more difficult.
However, after reaching the second tier, one can continue to refine first-tier spirit-grade pills, and it is possible to reach the highest grade of first tier.
Miao Yunyi was not surprised but delighted: "My good disciple, is what you said true?"
Xu Ning nodded: "Of course it's true!"
Miao Yunyi's expression froze for a moment, then he became smug: "Hmph! I've trained a first-grade high-level alchemist! Let's see who in the sect dares to say I'm not a master alchemist!"
"Master, please don't go around telling everyone! If you have such an outstanding disciple, people will be jealous and might try to harm you!" Xu Ning quickly said, afraid that the old man would go around telling everyone.
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Miao Yunyi's face hardened: "Who dares to touch my disciple!"
Xu Ning: "Master, it's not the thief who steals that's scary, it's the thief who has his eye on you! It's not the open thing that's scary, it's the covert thing. Just think about it! If other sects find out, won't they also try to kill me? And then, with jealous people from other sects colluding with each other, I'll be attacked from both sides!"
After thinking it over, Miao Yunyi nodded in agreement: "You're right!"
Although he agreed with Xu Ning's point of view, Miao Yunyi still felt a little uncomfortable. After all, he couldn't go around showing off and embarrass those people!
Xu Ning still felt it wasn't safe enough, so he decided to add another layer of protection for his master: "Master, your alchemy skills are so amazing, and you've taught your disciple so well, so please don't reveal them so easily!"
Miao Yunyi asked curiously, "What do you mean?"
Xu Ning: "Think about it! What if one day an alchemist comes to Tianbao Sect to challenge them, and none of our sect members are their match? Just when everyone thinks the sect is about to be defeated, what would happen if you, Master, suddenly stepped in and defeated them?"
Miao Yunyi pondered this for a while, his eyes growing brighter with each thought! He became incredibly excited, exclaiming, "My good disciple, you're right! We must keep it hidden! I'll listen to you!"
"Haha, a once-despised alchemy failure suddenly turns the tables, defeats a powerful alchemist, and saves the sect from dire straits. Just thinking about it is so exhilarating!"
Seeing his master's expression, Xu Ning felt that this round was in the bag!
He then reached out his hand: "Master, give me the Qi Condensation Pill, and the Yuan-level spiritual herbs!"
Miao Yunyi nodded: "Give me the storage bag!"
Afterwards, Miao Yunyi transferred all the Yuan-level spiritual herbs into Xu Ning's storage bag, gave Xu Ning a pure white pill, and then left in a hurry.
The moment Xu Ning received the pill, he felt a pressure from a Spirit-level being!
The spiritual power of the Foundation Establishment stage is far more terrifying than that of the Qi Refining stage. It belongs to a higher level and is therefore also called primordial energy.
Therefore, items used by Foundation Establishment stage cultivators are called Yuan-level!
This Condensing Essence Pill is used by Foundation Establishment cultivators to form their core, and it is one of the top-grade pills among the Yuan-level pills.
The spiritual power contained within was terrifyingly powerful, far beyond what Xu Ning could currently fathom.
"Hello! Condensing Essence Pill!" Xu Ning greeted, holding the pill.
This time, however, Xu Ning did not receive a response.
This was the first time Xu Ning had ever encountered an item that didn't respond after being greeted!
It's definitely not that the Qi Condensation Pill can't communicate; it's more likely that the other party simply doesn't want to pay attention to Xu Ning.
Xu Ning couldn't hold back any longer: "Even the tribulation clouds are communicating with me, who the hell do you think you are, ignoring me like this! Believe me or not, I'll refine you into gold!"
However, Ningyuan Pill still did not give Xu Ning any response!
"You're not giving me face, are you!"
Xu Ning was furious. He put the Qi Condensation Pill on the ground and picked up his axe to chop!
"No, stop! I'll talk, I'll talk, okay?" A voice pleading for mercy immediately came from within the Condensing Essence Pill.
Xu Ning still held up the axe: "Weren't you so arrogant? If you're so tough, then shut up!"
Ningyuan Dan: "Uh! I was sleeping! I didn't hear you!"
Xu Ning: "Sleep? Do you think I'm a three-year-old? If you don't give me an explanation today, I'll chop you up!"
Ningyuan Dan: "Alright, I was wrong. I just didn't like you!"
Xu Ning then put down the axe: "I don't even want to eat you! Take it or leave it!"
Ningyuan Pill: "Do you want to hear what you're saying? I'm a mid-grade Ningyuan Pill, capable of forming a mid-grade Golden Core!"
Xu Ning: "I can upgrade pills, I can upgrade them to divine grade!"
Ningyuan Dan fell silent, remaining completely still for a long time before finally speaking: "Then could you upgrade me?"
Xu Ning couldn't help but ask curiously, "What's the point of upgrading you? You're going to get eaten anyway!"
Ningyuan Pill: "You don't understand. Honor and disgrace are intertwined. I will spend the rest of my life with the cultivator who takes me, and face the hardships and dangers together. The higher my grade, the stronger he will be!"
"If I can truly become the divine being you speak of in the future, then I might eventually ascend to immortality!"
Xu Ning: "You're overthinking it. Becoming an immortal is incredibly difficult, and the chances of obtaining a divine-grade golden elixir are extremely slim!"
"Oh, right, I have a question for you. If you have no problem with that, I'll upgrade you!"
Ningyuan Dan: "Ask away!"
Xu Ning: "Is there any alchemist's manipulation within your body?"