Arriving at Canglan Realm
Zhong Ling took the form and was dazzled by the densely packed clauses and precautions on it.
She picked up a pen and wrote the word "experience" in the reason for the application. Then, in the "accompanying items" column, she thought for a moment and wrote: "One mount (Jiuhun), one soul (Xuanming)."
The director took a quick glance and twitched his lips. "Your application form is really...simple. Never mind. Let's leave it at that."
He took the form back, stamped it, and threw it into a glowing tube, whereupon it instantly disappeared.
"Okay, the formalities are complete. The transmission channel has been opened for you. The coordinates are directly located in the Eastern Region of Canglan Realm."
"Go ahead," the director waved his hand. "Once you advance, we'll be conducting contact assessments with several advanced civilizations next quarter, and we're short on manpower."
Zhong Ling stood up, turned around and walked out of the office without saying anything else.
The metal door slowly closed behind her.
In the office, the director continued to process the document.
At this time, Zhong Ling had returned to the transit hall again.
A door emitting green light has opened, and behind the door is the Canglan Realm.
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Zhong Ling came out of the space channel, and the light gate behind him immediately dissipated.
When you come to Canglan Realm, every breath is filled with spiritual energy. Compared with Blue Star, this is a paradise for cultivators.
"Where is this in the Eastern Region?" Zhong Ling asked Xuan Ming.
Inside the Soul-Nourishing Gourd, Xuanming's soul emitted a wave of vibrations: "This area should be the edge of the Eastern Region."
"Well, that's perfect." Zhong Ling responded and suppressed his cultivation to the Golden Core Stage.
When you first arrive, pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger has always been the most cost-effective option.
She chose a direction, and her body turned into a stream of light, flying towards the city.
Half a day later, Zhong Ling saw a city in front of him. The city wall was made of huge blue-black rocks, dozens of feet high, and defensive runes were engraved on it.
There are three big characters above the city gate - Luoyun City.
At the city gate, there were monks in green Taoist robes checking people entering the city. Most of them were in the foundation-building stage and were disciples of the Luoyun Sect. This city was the territory of the Luoyun Sect.
Zhong Ling paid a few low-grade spirit stones and entered the city smoothly.
The streets in the city are very wide and paved with blue-black rocks. The streets are bustling with traffic and people.
There are shops on both sides of the street, selling magic tools, elixirs, talismans, spiritual plants, etc.
Zhong Ling did not wander around, but went straight into Baixiao Building, which was the fastest place to get information.
Zhong Ling spent one hundred low-grade spirit stones to buy detailed information about Luoyun Sect and the surrounding areas.
Luoyun Sect is a medium-sized sect with a thousand-year heritage. The sect leader Wei Changfeng is in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul. There are two Nascent Soul elders, dozens of Golden Core cultivators, and thousands of Foundation Establishment and Qi Training disciples in the sect. It is considered the overlord in this area.
Coincidentally, one piece of information in the intelligence caught Zhong Ling's attention: Luoyun Sect's chief alchemist had his furnace exploded while refining pills some time ago, and was seriously injured and has not recovered yet.
The sect's supply of elixirs has been greatly affected, and now they are recruiting alchemy masters of the fourth rank or above with high salaries as elders.
This is like someone giving you a pillow when you are sleepy. You are so lucky.
Zhong Ling curled the corners of her lips slightly and headed straight towards the city center, the headquarters of the Luoyun Sect.
The Luoyun Sect’s headquarters in the city is a mansion with a recruitment office at the door.
The person in charge of registration was a middle-aged manager in the late foundation-building stage, with an arrogant attitude.
When he learned that Zhong Ling was applying for the position of elder, a hint of contempt appeared on his face.
"Fellow Daoist, the position of guest elder requires either a Nascent Soul senior or a fourth-grade alchemy master. With your Golden Core cultivation, I'm afraid..."
The manager spoke politely, but the meaning in his eyes was very clear: Don't come and make trouble.
These days, there are many monks who want to try their luck, but none of them can show their real ability.
Zhong Ling did not argue with him, but simply said: "Take me to the alchemy room, and we'll know after trying it."
Her voice was low and her tone was very calm. The steward met her eyes and his heart skipped a beat. He stood up as if possessed by a ghost: "...Fellow Daoist, please follow me."
After crossing the courtyard, the two arrived at the heavily guarded Alchemy Courtyard. The steward led her to an alchemy room and said respectfully, "Elder Sun, another fellow Taoist has come to apply for the position."
The door of the alchemy room opened, and an old man with a goatee walked out. He was Elder Sun, the only third-grade alchemist left in Luoyun Sect.
He looked Zhong Ling up and down, his eyes full of suspicion. "Late Jindan stage? Little girl, do you know what a fourth-grade elixir means? Don't try to tease me like this!"
"Whether it's entertaining or not, we'll know after trying it." Zhong Ling still had that indifferent look on her face. "Does your sect have the ingredients for the fourth-grade elixir, Zi Yun Dan?"
Ziyun Pill, a more common fourth-grade elixir, is used to assist late-stage Jindan cultivators in breaking through bottlenecks. However, due to its extremely high requirements for fire temperature and spiritual awareness, its success rate has always been very low.
Elder Sun snorted coldly, "You're quite arrogant! The ingredients for the Purple Essence Pill are precious, and the sect only has three of them. If you ruin it, how will you compensate me?"
"If I succeed, the elixir will belong to the sect, and I only need the position of elder," Zhong Ling said. "If it fails, I think this storage ring of mine will be enough compensation."
She took out a storage ring and threw it over.
Elder Sun scanned the area with his spiritual sense, his expression changing instantly.
There were only a few things in the ring, but one of them was a thousand-year-old blood coral, whose value far exceeded the materials for three portions of Purple Essence Pill!
This woman is either crazy or really confident.
"Alright! I'll give you this chance!" Elder Sun said no more and stepped aside. "In the alchemy room, there are the medicinal materials for the Purple Essence Pill, the earth fire, and the alchemy furnace. You can use them as you wish."
Zhong Ling entered the alchemy room and closed the door.
Outside the alchemy room, the steward and several sect deacons who had rushed over after hearing the news were all ready to watch the show.
In their opinion, this young woman was most likely a descendant of a large family who had come out to gain experience and was ignorant of the immensity of the world.
Elder Sun even leaned against the door with his arms folded, looking as if he was watching a joke.
He refined the Purple Essence Pill himself, and he was lucky if he could succeed in one out of three batches. How dare a little girl in the Golden Core Stage make such a boast?
In the alchemy room, Zhong Ling did not use the earth fire or the alchemy furnace at all. With a thought, a small and exquisite jade tripod appeared in her palm. This was the top-grade magic weapon "Glass Tripod" that she had obtained by chance in a certain world of immortal cultivation.
She snapped her fingers, and a cluster of golden flames burned under the cauldron.
She put the medicinal materials into the cauldron, then purified, fused them, and condensed them into pills.
The whole set of movements is smooth and flowing, full of beauty.
Outside the alchemy room, everyone looked at Zhong Ling's skillful movements and began to feel nervous. Could it be that this girl really had some skills?
Suddenly, a strong fragrance of elixir wafted out, "This...what is this?" Elder Sun's face changed drastically.
Immediately afterwards, a purple glow lit up in the alchemy room, penetrating the doors and windows, and turning the entire yard purple.
"The elixir energy turns into a rainbow! This is the strange phenomenon of the birth of a top-grade elixir!" a deacon exclaimed.
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