Cultivating Immortality Begins with Rejuvenation.

Chapter 187: Sect Guest
Regarding Dantian mana-related elixirs, their main purpose is to replenish spiritual energy, enhance refining, and promote the spiritual roots' affinity with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. The principle is very clear, and the meridians and flesh in the cultivator's body are also easy to understand. As long as one thoroughly understands the inheritance of alchemy and becomes proficient in controlling the condensed elixir fire, it is relatively easy.

As for elixirs related to the soul, since the sea of consciousness of human cultivators is the secret treasure of heaven, even if a True Lord is present, he cannot see through it. He can only rely on experience and perception, which makes it very difficult to refine elixirs related to the soul.

True Man Yudan believed that he had the consciousness of making fake elixirs and had been studying elixirs for a hundred years. He had been playing with elixirs for longer than Li Ji'an was. He did not quite believe that Li Ji'an, a foundation-building wanderer in his fifties, could have a deep understanding of soul-building elixirs.

Upon entering the alchemy room of Danding Peak, which was only the alchemy room of the sect's deacon and alchemist, Li Ji'an raised his eyebrows slightly.

The Biyun Sect is worthy of being the number one force in Cangyun Province, enjoying more than 90% of the resources in the province. Its inner alchemy room is extremely well-equipped, with quasi-third-level fire-gathering arrays, mind-concentrating arrays, and spirit-gathering arrays... The alchemy furnaces are all second-level top-grade, which greatly enhances the skills of the alchemists.

With many external enhancements, he felt that if he used the Fire Spirit Flame to refine it, he could try to make a third-level pill.

Seeing Li Ji'an's inexperienced look, Jade Pill Master urged him, "Hurry up! If you can really refine a mid-stage second-order Nine Yuan Pill, there must be such a pill room."

"Thank you, Immortal." Li Ji'an collected his thoughts, handed the Nine Yuan Pill recipe to Dan Tong, and then walked to the prepared pill furnace.

Not long after, Li Ji'an had just finished familiarizing himself with the alchemy furnace, and Dan Tong had already prepared all the medicinal ingredients for his recipe.

True Man Yudan also took a look at the various medicinal herbs one by one.

There is more than one recipe for each kind of elixir, and some recipes even need to be slightly adjusted according to the alchemist's own situation.

Li Ji'an carefully checked the medicinal materials.

Make sure the herbs are okay.

As expected, the quality and age of these medicinal herbs are almost perfect, even better than the ones he purchased in Xiancheng.

Everything was ready. Li Ji'an sat cross-legged in front of the alchemy furnace and slowly offered the alchemy fire.

After the alchemy fire and the alchemy furnace were adapted to each other, Li Ji'an began to refine the elixir meticulously.

Master Yudan carefully observed every step of Li Ji'an's actions.

When the elixir fire was condensed to the right level, Yudan Zhenren frowned slightly.

The alchemy fire is still not solid enough, not as good as that of the alchemists specially trained in the sect.

However, as a casual cultivator who practices the fire-based skills of the Wasteland Family, True Man Yudan also understands.

This will particularly test his control over the Dan Fire.

When Li Ji'an followed the steps and added the medicinal materials smoothly, Master Yudan's brows relaxed slightly.

He is calm and his delivery techniques are steady and skillful.

When the essence of the medicinal materials was refined and began to merge into one, Master Yudan raised his eyebrows.

He has perfected the control of Danhuo and has grasped the timing precisely and meticulously.

It was not until noon of the next day that all the medicinal essences were integrated into one, and when the final step of condensing the pill was about to begin, Master Yudan nodded.

The alchemy fire, soul induction, spiritual pressure control, and timing are all just right. No wonder he is praised as the number one alchemist in the fairy city. As a casual cultivator with insufficient magic power, it is rare for him to reach this step. He is fully qualified to be a guest alchemist.

At this time, the last step, and the most critical step, comes.

When condensing the liquid into a pill, the difference from the magic pill is that this step must be guided by spiritual consciousness. While suddenly increasing the spiritual pressure, the spiritual consciousness must also completely penetrate the liquid pill.

At this time, it is easy for the elixir fire to get out of control due to the invasion of spiritual consciousness. If the elixir fire is insufficient, the elixir cannot be made. If the elixir fire is too strong, the furnace will explode.

Master Yudan narrowed his eyes slightly, and with full awareness, he carefully captured every detail of Li Ji'an.

"Huh?" Suddenly, Master Yudan looked into the alchemy furnace with a strange expression.

"Is this a failure?"

The original expectation turned into a little disappointment.

He clearly felt that Li Ji'an's soul invading one ring was not enough. With this level of soul intrusion, it would be difficult to make a pill in theory.

"You're not strong enough in spirit and soul yet you still want to challenge such a difficult level?" Yudan Zhenren smiled and shook his head. However, he was very satisfied with the details such as his previous control over the elixir fire.

This is enough to prove that there will be no problem in refining the second-level mana pill.

"Zheng~" Just when Master Yudan was certain that Li Ji'an's furnace of Nine Yuan Pills had failed, a sound of pills suddenly rang out throughout the alchemy room.

"Huh? Dan Ming? What's going on? This..." Master Yudan's eyes widened again in an instant.

The alchemy furnace opened, and a pill covered with a layer of black gold halo slowly rose up.

"Excellent product!" Master Yudan's eyes focused, and the pill suddenly flew into his hands.

After looking at it carefully for a long time, he was shocked.

"The Jiuyuan Pill of the middle stage of the second stage has actually become a top-grade pill!"

"Swish!" His figure flashed, appearing in front of Li Ji'an in an instant, almost within his grasp. "Little... little friend, what is your secret? Your spiritual awareness clearly wasn't strong enough to penetrate the final step. How could you possibly have created a pill? And a top-notch one at that?"

Li Ji'an exhaled slowly, smiled slightly, and did not answer the question. Instead, he asked, "Master, I wonder if this junior has passed the assessment?"

Master Yudan was stunned for a moment, then suddenly came to his senses.

"Yes, this is probably his unique secret technique. Maybe he relies on this secret technique to make a living. How could he tell others so easily?"

The independent cultivators outside are not like those in their sect. They teach their disciples to starve their masters, and there will be some tricks between masters and disciples.

Although he was extremely eager in his heart, he still suppressed his eagerness.

"Haha, my friend, I am sorry for being so presumptuous."

"Passed, completely passed. Li Xiaoyou's alchemy skills are superb and his techniques are sophisticated. The fact that he can achieve such skills as a casual cultivator is enough to prove the hard work and energy he has devoted to the path of alchemy over the years.
Our sect is blessed to have a guest alchemist like Li Xiaoyou, and the disciples in the sect will be blessed in the future.

I will immediately inform the Internal Affairs Hall." True Man Yudan immediately expressed his opinion.

"Thank you, Masato!"

Not long after, the Internal Affairs Hall received a reply, and True Man Yudan asked the deacon from the peak to take Li Ji'an to the Internal Affairs Hall to sign a contract.

After watching Li Ji'an leave Danding Peak, Jade Dan Zhenren immediately dispelled the majestic aura of the Peak Master and impatiently sent a message to the Internal Affairs Department: "Old Zhang, this Danshi Li must stay. Any requests can be discussed. If it is really impossible, please do not refuse him in person. I can go and discuss it with the Sect Master. You must drive this person away for me. Don't even think about asking me for third-level pills in the future!"

After the message was delivered, Yudan Zhenren paced back and forth on the peak, all he could think about was the scene he had just witnessed.

I have reviewed the entire process of Li Ji'an's alchemy several times, but I still can't understand it.

If we can't keep Li Ji'an in the sect, we may not have the chance to get the real answer.

"Xiao Li, please don't back out at the last minute this time."
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Inside the inner affairs hall, Elder Zhang stared at the communication talisman with his eyebrows twisted into knots.

As the highest person in charge of the Internal Affairs Hall, he naturally knew about the trial-taker from the Wasteland Family named Li Fan.

"You voluntarily gave up the chance to become an inner disciple, yet you still managed to make a comeback?"

"Old Yin actually thinks so highly of him?"

Thinking back to the twelve inner disciples of Li Fan's class, not counting the three true disciples, six inner disciples died, one violated the sect rules and was expelled from the sect, one was addicted to women and lost interest in cultivation and was demoted to an outer disciple. Now there are only four left.

Except for Xiao Changfeng who was valued by Elder Fang and became the deputy head of the External Affairs Hall, ranking among the middle-level, the other three inner disciples seemed to be inferior to him.

With Yudan Zhenren's threat echoing in his mind, Elder Zhang was considering the terms of the upcoming negotiation with Li Ji'an.

When Li Ji'an was brought to the Internal Affairs Hall, Elder Zhang finally came to his senses.

"Master Li, congratulations on passing the assessment. Do you have any objections to the conditions offered by our sect?"

Li Ji'an cupped his hands and said, "No objection."

"Okay, since there is no objection, let's sign the contract now." Elder Zhang was stunned. He didn't expect Li Jian didn't take the opportunity to make any demands.

After all, according to the message from Yudan Zhenren, he could infer that Li Ji'an's performance at Danding Peak must be excellent.

And a pill fanatic like Yudan Zhenren probably wouldn't hide too much. Under normal circumstances, taking the opportunity to make demands and repeatedly testing the bottom line is a common trick used by many casual cultivators who have experienced beatings in the cultivation world.

In the end, Li Ji'an didn't mention anything.

He couldn't help but look up to Li Ji'an. At least he wasn't the kind of person who would take advantage of his advantage to get more than he deserved.

It was not until he watched Li Ji'an imprint his soul and sign the soul contract that Elder Zhang breathed a sigh of relief.

"Haha, good. This is Master Li Dan's guest identity card. Not only in Cangyun Province, but also in the entire Tiancang Domain, ordinary cultivators will give some face." Elder Zhang quickly engraved an identity jade card for Li Ji'an.

The two words "Biyun" on it are soul seals engraved with the sect's treasure, which cannot be faked. When stimulated by magic power, it will have the pressure of the soul in the late Jindan stage, which can deter villains.

The guest alchemist and his name were temporarily engraved by Elder Zhang.

Li Ji'an took the ID card and bowed.

He had already anticipated the outcome when he decided to refine the Nine Yuan Pill and did not hold back his strength except for not using the Fire Spirit Flame. As for Jade Dan Zhenren's attitude, he naturally saw it.

The reason why he did not take the opportunity to make a request was mainly because his requirement was a stable and independent second-level Taoist temple, which the Biyun Sect had already met.

And making further requests, such as settling in Danding Peak, or refining the soul lamp in the sect, or even becoming a cultivator in the sect, would be a restriction for him. After all, he still has Gua Gua, Fire Spirit, and the skill of making talismans.

Each of these things is reasonable, but when they are concentrated on him, a casual foundation-building cultivator in his fifties, it is too unreasonable and will inevitably lead to unnecessary exploration.

After leaving the Internal Affairs Hall, Li Ji'an made a special trip back to Danding Peak before rushing back to Xiancheng to prepare for moving.

(End of this chapter)