The whole world is cultivating qi, only I am cultivating the body

Sitting in his seat, Zeng Wenyu picked up the chopsticks on the table and started eating with Li Shengnan and Zhang Qing. During the meal, he told Li Shengnan that the third elder of Danding Sect would be refining pills in public on the alchemy platform in four days. When Li Shengnan heard that it was the third elder of Danding Sect, she immediately became interested.

Four days is a long time, and in the first two days the three of them ate at the five places pointed out by the shopkeeper. In the end, they came to a conclusion that the food at Kanglou was the most expensive and exquisite, but the taste was much worse than the other four. It was a good place to entertain others, but if they really wanted to eat comfortably, they still had to go to the other four.

From the third day on, Li Shengnan never left the inn. Zeng Wenyu entered her room once and saw that she seemed to be tidying up and preparing something, so he did not disturb her.

It was not until the early morning of the fifth day that the shopkeeper hurried upstairs and knocked on Zeng Wenyu's door. He told Zeng Wenyu that the third elder had already set out from Dandingmen and would arrive at Dantai in about an hour. He had already prepared breakfast, and after Zeng Wenyu and the others finished eating, he would take the three of them to the seat that had already been prepared at Dantai.

After thanking the shopkeeper, Zeng Wenyu immediately woke up Zhang Qing and went to the room opposite. When he was about to knock on the door, Li Shengnan opened the door again and said that she had heard what the shopkeeper had just said.

When the three of them went downstairs, Zhang Qing was still a little sleepy and kept nodding while sitting at the table.

Seeing Zhang Qing like this, Li Shengnan's face turned slightly red. Although the soundproofing array in each room was excellent, it was not the first time she had seen Zhang Qing so tired. The last time was in Andong City.

She didn't blame the two of them. Zeng Wenyu and the other man didn't know how to make elixirs, and they went to the alchemy platform just to accompany her.

After seeing the three people finish their breakfast, the shopkeeper asked the waiter to look after the store for a while, and he personally led the three people towards the direction of Dantai.

The Dan Terrace is in the center of Dan City. This does not mean that the Danding Sect does not give face to the Central Imperial City. The central Dan Terrace was designated to be built there by Emperor Kang. For this reason, the Danding Sect declined several times. In the end, Emperor Kang insisted on building the Dan Terrace in the center of Dan City, and the leader of the Danding Sect agreed.

When Emperor Kang first built the Dantai, he only built a three-meter-high base. On top of the base, the Danding Gate was raised to a height of another six meters, and it became the current nine-meter-high Dantai.

Ordinary cultivators have gathered around the altar in the elevated positions that are slightly higher than the altar, making it easier for them to observe the situation on the altar. People like Zeng Wenyu were taken by the shopkeeper to the four attics built around the altar. These attics are much higher than the altar, and are divided into independent small rooms starting from the level of the altar, ensuring both privacy and clear vision.

The shopkeeper took Zeng Wenyu and the other two into the attic on the east side, walked up the stairs to the second floor, pushed open the door of the small room in the middle, and let the three people into the room.

"My three guests, this is the room with the best view in the east attic. You can clearly see every move of the three elders on the alchemy platform, and the view will not be blocked by the alchemy furnace."

"The shopkeeper is very thoughtful!" Zeng Wenyu took out another medium-grade spirit stone from his storage bag. "This spirit stone is for your hard work, shopkeeper. Please don't refuse it!"

The shopkeeper took the middle-grade spirit stone, and the smile on his face became even wider. "These small rooms have special service personnel. I have already greeted the person in charge of this room, and I have already paid the fee. If you have any questions or needs, you three just need to press the button on the table. I guarantee that all your requests will be met!"

"Good work."

"Then I won't bother you three. I'll have the waiter bring you food at noon."

Alchemy is not the same as medicine. It often takes more than ten times longer than medicine because one has to constantly pay attention to the temperature in the furnace and when to put each medicine into the furnace. All of these things test the alchemist's experience. Moreover, the time it takes for each medicine to be completely refined is different. Sometimes it takes several days to refine a furnace of pills. Furthermore, alchemy is not just about refining it. The pills need to be constantly nurtured in the furnace. Although at this step the alchemist basically only needs to come over occasionally to check the temperature, the length of the nurturing time will also affect the effect of the pill after it comes out of the furnace. This time often starts from a few days.

No one dared to cause trouble in Dan City. Even if some people were dissatisfied that the room with the best view had been occupied, they just whispered a few words outside the door. Most people simply ignored this and went to their own rooms immediately after arriving at the attic.

After a while, their door was pushed open and a pretty woman walked in. She was wearing a blue dress and holding a tray with various snacks on it. She placed the snacks on the table one by one, said, "Enjoy your meal, sir," and then left the private room.

Li Shengnan looked at the woman who left. Her nose moved slightly, as if she smelled something. Her expression changed slightly: "I didn't expect that this service staff is also a disciple of Danding Sect!"

"what?"

"She smells like elixirs. If she is not someone who has been in contact with elixirs or making elixirs for many years, she would not have this smell," Li Shengnan looked at the door thoughtfully, "and she must have just finished making a furnace of elixirs before coming here. Even if she has washed, the smell of elixirs on her body is still very strong."

"But I don't smell anything!"

Zeng Wenyu and Zhang Qing spoke almost at the same time. Unlike Li Shengnan's confidence, they could smell nothing but the aroma of freshly baked pastries on the table.

"You two are not alchemists, so it's normal that you can't smell it," Li Shengnan said, shrugged her nose again, "The pills you made are not ordinary pills, but... there must be something wrong. There is a faint smell of burning on the body."

"Senior Sister, you can smell this? Are you trying to trick us?" Zeng Wenyu was a little unconvinced.

Li Shengnan was not annoyed. She reached out and pressed the button on the table. After a while, the woman pushed the door back in.

The three people's eyes immediately shifted to the woman, which made the woman who walked in a little overwhelmed, but she quickly recovered: "I wonder if the three guests need anything?"

Li Shengnan stood up from her seat and looked carefully at the woman in front of her. It seemed as if the woman was thinking of something bad.