Chapter 35 Testing the Second-Grade Lesser Rejuvenation Pill Hehe, I'm so cool! ...
Since the last Foundation Establishment Tribulation, she has not tried to refine any second-grade pills.
"What's important?"
Qi Zibo: "Participating in alchemy competitions, helping me refine pills, regularly refining pills for the sect, and surpassing Xin Huailiang's disciple are all very important. I remember you almost succeeded in refining the Foundation Establishment Pill last time. Why don't you continue refining the Foundation Establishment Pill for a while? I'll come to check on you in a few days."
Song Yin sighed resignedly, "Oh well, whatever."
Qi Zibo: "Would you like me to demonstrate the process of refining the Foundation Establishment Pill?"
Song Yin: "That won't be necessary for now. If I can't refine it using the previous method, then I'll come back to you, Master."
Qi Zibo: "Sure, I'll be leaving the sect in the next few days. If you feel lonely on Danque Peak, you can invite your friends to come and keep you company."
In any case, important areas of Danque Peak are all restricted, and even Song Yin cannot enter without my permission.
Qi Zibo left without warning, and Song Yin had no idea why he was going out. She didn't feel lonely; the quiet, undisturbed environment was more conducive to her alchemy studies. Without hesitation, Song Yin plunged into alchemy, the lights in the alchemy room on Danque Peak burning brightly all night.
For Song Yin, the outside world's turmoil and excitement were irrelevant; all she needed to do was to steadily produce second-grade Foundation Establishment Pills.
Four days later.
The door to the alchemy room finally opened, and Song Yin walked out of the room with a joyful expression.
"As expected of me, I've mastered second-grade pills!"
She almost failed at first with the Foundation Establishment Pill, but managed to salvage the situation and ultimately produced a low-grade Foundation Establishment Pill. She then refined several more batches, eventually stabilizing the Foundation Establishment Pill at the high-grade level.
Having learned how to refine Foundation Establishment Pills, she also tried refining other Grade Two pills. It proved to be true that once you master one, you master everything; she was about 80% confident she could refine any Grade Two pill.
After carefully storing the second-grade pills she had refined, she replenished the spiritual herbs she had used up, filling the wooden shelves of the pill room with them.
She knew very well the purchase prices of pills in Xianxiao City and Wanbaolou within the sect. In most cases, selling pills to some pill shops in Xianxiao City would be more profitable.
Song Yin teleported out of the sect with the pills.
The outside world was bustling with activity, and after spending several days alone on Danque Peak, she finally felt the warmth of human life again.
"Hey, it looks like her."
"Let me see, it really looks like the person in the photo stone, exactly the same."
A soft murmur could be heard coming from the roadside.
Intuition told Song Yin that the two female cultivators by the roadside seemed to be discussing her. She quickly turned her head, startling the two unfamiliar female cultivators who immediately looked away, pretending not to see Song Yin.
"Fellow Daoists, is there something on my face?" Song Yin turned around and walked in to ask.
"Haha, no, no, we were just curious." The tall female cultivator quickly denied it, then couldn't help but ask, "Are you Song Yin?"
Song Yin: "You know me?"
The petite female cultivator grabbed the taller female cultivator's wrist and screamed excitedly, "Ahhh, it really is her, it's Song Yin!"
Song Yin asked in confusion: ?
The tall female cultivator steadied herself, "We saw the footage of you slaying the Golden Core Breaking Boar in the Foundation Establishment Competition. That last sword strike was absolutely amazing! Someone recorded that scene, and it became a bestseller in Immortal Cloud City. Many people now know you!"
"Everyone thought you would become a sword cultivator, but unexpectedly you became the disciple of the alchemy elder. Later, everyone thought it was normal for you to choose to become an alchemy cultivator, after all, you are someone who also gathers spiritual herbs during the competition!"
Song Yin: "You said the recording stone captured that scene, and then it became a bestseller in Xianxiao City? And the water mirror even showed me picking spirit herbs?"
The tall female cultivator said, "Yes, there's a water mirror that only shows you from beginning to end. This is a rare privilege for Foundation Establishment disciples in a sect! It's said that the last person to receive this privilege was the genius sword cultivator Xiao Daiheng!"
Song Yin's voice trembled slightly, "My image has been shown from beginning to end?"
"yes."
Song Yin trembled. Wouldn't that mean her embarrassing moment was also recorded?
His toes seemed to have carved out a crimson peak as he hurried away from the two unfamiliar female cultivators. The fact that they recognized him meant that others could also recognize him.
Song Yin flashed back to Danque Peak, where she redressed herself, concealing the small red mole between her eyebrows and even changing her hairstyle to a popular updo among female cultivators, adorned with simple hair accessories. During the competition, she had worn a high ponytail for convenience. Even after the competition, she continued refining pills, maintaining her high ponytail hairstyle.
Looking at her reflection in the mirror, so different from her usual style, she nodded to herself. She even considered wearing a mask, but then thought that a mask would attract more attention, so she abandoned the idea.
I went out dressed differently, and it was much better; at least I didn't hear any other crickets chirping on the street.
Song Yin went straight to the pill shop and sold all the pills she had refined. With the spirit stones she had earned, she passed by a shop and finally couldn't resist going in.
After she came out, she found a memory stone in her storage bag.
Back at Danque Peak, Song Yin closed the doors and windows and began to admire her own dashing image. The image finally froze on the girl's face, stained with blood as she slew the Golden Core demon beast.
Song Yin was relieved; thankfully, there was no scene of her falling face-first to the ground.
"Hehe, I'm so handsome, let me watch it again."
Qi Zibo, who had been invited to run errands, returned to Danque Peak after finishing his work. On the way, he wondered if Song Yin had refined a second-grade pill, and whether she had been slacking off these past few days…
Whether the second-grade pill is successfully made or not is not important, as long as she doesn't slack off.
Qi Zibo returned to Danque Peak and went straight to the alchemy room, but there was no one inside. The spiritual herbs on the wooden shelves around him were still plentiful and had not been touched.
The traitor actually slacked off!
"Song Yin!"
Qi Zibo's voice echoed throughout the summit of Danque Peak.
Startled by the sound inside the room, she quickly turned off the recording stone and put it away in the wooden box.
"Master, you're back?" Song Yin appeared in the alchemy room following the voice.
Qi Zibo was a little angry and stretched out his hand, "Where are the second-grade pills you refined? I want to check them."
Song Yin suddenly realized that she had just sold all her pills for spirit stones, and her brain momentarily went blank. Damn it, she'd forgotten to save a few for her "homework"!
"Haha, I sold them all today."
Not a single one was left?
Not a single one was left.
Qi Zibo took a deep breath. "Have you been slacking off these past few days? I hope you can tell the truth. As long as you tell the truth, I will not pursue the matter."
Song Yin: "I haven't been slacking off. After you left, Master, I've been refining pills day and night for several days and nights in a row. Now I can consistently refine second-grade pills."
Qi Zibo opened the door to the alchemy room with his spiritual energy and pointed to the wooden shelves inside from the courtyard. "Those portions look untouched. How do you explain that?"
He had boasted to his acquaintances that his disciple was a gift from heaven, talented and diligent, never causing him any worry, and that even when he wasn't by her side, she would still diligently cultivate and refine pills.
What if he doesn't want to give the compensation he extorted from Xin Huailiang—the Golden Core demon beast—to this rebellious disciple?
"Oh, you mean the spirit herbs on the shelf? Those were all replenished after I used them up."
"All of them? There are many kinds of spiritual herbs on the wooden shelf, but not many kinds of spiritual herbs are needed for the Foundation Establishment Pill."
"Your disciple is clever. After refining the Foundation Establishment Pill, I tried to refine other Grade 2 pills. Once you master one, you can master everything. I am 80% confident that I can successfully refine many Grade 2 pills."
Qi Zibo's anger gradually subsided because Song Yin showed no fear whatsoever. Could she be telling the truth? But who in this world could master the refining of various types of pills of the same grade in just a few days? Even a genius couldn't do it!
Song Yin: "If you don't believe me, I'll start refining pills right now. Grade 2 Foundation Building Pill, Grade 2 Bigu Pill, Grade 2 Rejuvenation Pill, Grade 2 Wind Profound Pill..." She rattled off the names of several pills in one breath. "Just name one, and I can refine it."
Qi Zibo was even more uncertain about his own ideas. He hesitated and said, "Why not refine a second-grade Lesser Rejuvenation Pill?"
The second-grade Lesser Rejuvenation Pill is one of the most difficult pills to refine among second-grade pills. The highest grade of Lesser Rejuvenation Pill can be five grades. Regardless of the grade, Lesser Rejuvenation Pills are equally difficult to refine.
"The Lesser Rejuvenation Pill?" Song Yin pondered, resting her chin on her hand. "I've never refined the Lesser Rejuvenation Pill before, but I can give it a try. Anyway, the methods for refining second-grade pills are all pretty much the same."
Qi Zibo entered the alchemy room and said, "If you can refine the Lesser Rejuvenation Pill, I will grant you one request."
Song Yin's eyes lit up. "Really? Anything is possible?"
Qi Zibo: "As long as the request is reasonable, I can agree to it."
Ever since the competition ended, Song Yin has wanted to learn swordsmanship. Although she has already become Qi Zibo's disciple, she still wants to improve her combat strength, as alchemy cultivation is ultimately too weak.
The biggest difficulty in learning swordsmanship was not herself, nor the lack of swordsmanship skills, but how to get her alchemy master to agree to let her learn a path other than alchemy. She had always struggled to bring it up, after all, her master's expectations of her were obvious to everyone. Now that she had the opportunity to get her master's permission, it was like a pie falling from the sky.
"Master, just you wait and see!" Song Yin rolled up her sleeves and even confidently took out the alchemy furnace that Qi Zibo had given her as a gift for becoming an apprentice. "Just wait and see if you can agree to my request."
Qi Zibo raised an eyebrow, crossed his arms, and stood aside watching Song Yin take out the spiritual herbs needed for the Lesser Rejuvenation Pill.
Let me see if your alchemy talent surpasses that of a genius.
Song Yin methodically processed the different spiritual herbs, then used spiritual energy to create flames that completely enveloped the alchemy furnace.
She carefully placed the processed herbal essences into the alchemy furnace, adjusting the heat and temperature with perfect precision. Halfway through the refining of the Lesser Rejuvenation Pill, the room was already filled with its unique fragrance.
Upon smelling the aroma, Qi Zibo's expression turned serious. He lowered his arm and watched Song Yin operate intently.
When the Lesser Rejuvenation Pill is being refined, the aroma emanating from it indicates that the pill is likely to be successfully made.
Could it be that she is even more skilled than a genius in alchemy?
As the refining process neared its end, Qi Zibo disregarded the potential embarrassment he might face, and the demands Song Yin might make. His only wish was for the Small Rejuvenating Pill to be successfully refined. If successful, Song Yin's future achievements in alchemy were unimaginable; with such talent, she might even create her own lineage in the future!
Time was up, and Song Yin completed the final step of extinguishing the fire.
Qi Zibo couldn't wait to walk up to the alchemy furnace.
The furnace was still very hot. Song Yin slowly opened the furnace lid with her spiritual energy, and the richer aroma of the Lesser Rejuvenating Pill wafted out of the furnace.
Qi Zibo swallowed hard, staring intently at the gradually widening crack in the alchemy furnace.
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Author's Note: Song Yin: I sold them all in a moment of joy [pity]
Preview: Next chapter: Chaos erupts at Danque Peak! [Newbie Dog] Master also has some little secrets unknown to Song Yin. [Newbie Dog]
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