Qi Zhiheng focused his attention, waiting for Tang Min's explanation.
Tang Min continued, "The reason why the Divine Wood Sect is called the Divine Wood Sect is because the Divine Wood Sect has a spiritual tree. This spiritual tree is a Fire Essence Tree. The fruit of this Fire Essence Tree will ripen during the Alchemist Exchange Meeting. The Fire Essence Fruit is a very rare item for alchemists and weapon refiners. It can improve the grade of the fire seed. After the Fire Essence Fruit ripens, half of the ripe Fire Essence Fruit will be given to the alchemists present."
Qi Zhiheng's eyes lit up when he heard that he would be given the Essence Fire Fruit! Who wouldn't want the Essence Fire Fruit?
Qi Zhiheng was still somewhat puzzled: "Is the Shenmu Sect really that generous? I thought..." He immediately shut his mouth, realizing that it wasn't good to talk badly about someone behind their back.
Tang Min laughed heartily, not caring about his unfinished words, and explained, "The Divine Wood Sect is naturally not that generous. The maturation of the Refined Fire Wood is not that simple. We alchemists will need to help us then!"
At this moment, Qi Zhiheng also remembered the characteristics of the Fire Essence Wood. For the Fire Essence Wood to mature, it needs very pure fire power, which itself comes from the fire seed. In nature, the conditions for the Fire Essence Wood fruit to mature are very harsh.
Where the Firewood grows, there are often many embers. These embers provide heat to the Firewood when it is about to mature. After the fruit matures, it is divided among the embers. The two sides have a mutually beneficial relationship.
So what about this Firewood?
This Firewood is not a wild Firewood, but was planted by the Divine Wood Sect, so it does not have a source of fire.
"How can artificially cultivated Firewood mature without a source of fire?" Qi Zhiheng thought of this.
Tang Min replied, "There is indeed no spark of freedom, so the Shenmu Sect has come up with other solutions."
Qi Zhiheng: "What method?"
Tang Min: "Don't alchemists and weapon refiners have fire in their hands?"
Indeed, even if alchemists and weapon refiners possess fire spirit roots, they will still want to fuse with a fire seed. After gaining a high degree of confidence, alchemists and weapon refiners still make this choice.
The fire seeds on alchemists and weapon refiners can also replenish the fire power needed by the refined firewood.
Qi Zhiheng suddenly realized: "So, the significance of the alchemists attending this alchemist exchange meeting is..."
Tang Min replied, "That's right. The exchange was only a small part of the reason. The alchemists went there to provide the fire power for the soon-to-mature firewood."
This result was roughly what Qi Zhiheng had guessed. After thinking for a moment, he couldn't help but ask, "Peak Master, what conditions are required to participate in the exchange meeting?"
Tang Min hesitated for a moment before saying, "The requirement here is a level four alchemist."
If we're talking about level four alchemists, Qi Zhiheng himself is also a level four alchemist, but Tang Min didn't inform him beforehand, or perhaps there's some unspeakable reason behind it.
"I would like to take you with me, but you are only a Golden Core cultivator. It would be too conspicuous for you to go there as a fourth-level alchemist..." Tang Min glanced at Qi Zhiheng with some guilt and felt a little regretful. If Qi Zhiheng could go, their sect would definitely produce a great peak. He looked at Qi Zhiheng and wondered why this person was not a Nascent Soul cultivator!
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.
Qi Zhiheng finally understood Tang Min's meaning. Although level four alchemists were somewhat rare in Nanzhou, they were not lacking.
However, a pill refiner like Qi Zhiheng, who became a fourth-level pill refiner at the Golden Core stage and was able to refine top-grade pills in large quantities, was simply a non-existent level.
His identity would inevitably attract the attention of other sects, especially the Divine Wood Sect. They would likely be unable to tolerate his existence, so it's understandable that Tang Min didn't bring him to the exchange meeting.
"Peak Master Tang, I understand." Qi Zhiheng also figured it out. It was indeed inappropriate to go out using the sect's identity, but he was very interested in the Essence Fire Fruit, so perhaps he could try using another identity.
Tang Min also breathed a sigh of relief. He was afraid that Qi Zhiheng would think that he had a problem with him for not bringing such an excellent alchemist along. After thinking for a moment, he said, "You don't need to be discouraged. If I can get any extra Essence Fire Fruit, I will definitely bring some back for you."
"Peak Master, you're too kind. Actually, the Fruit of Refined Fire probably won't be of much use to me anymore, since I can refine top-grade pills now anyway," Qi Zhiheng declined.
Tang Min: "..." This is definitely showing off!
After getting the answer he wanted, Qi Zhiheng took his leave and went home.
He thought to himself, "If there are a few households involved, I should definitely attend this exchange meeting." He also needed to start making plans for the future.
Before heading there, he needed to go to the Longxing Trading Company in Juxian City to collect his invitation token, but that seemed too late; he decided to collect it on his way there. He also needed to prepare more for the exchange meeting.
Pills that can fake one's aura are essential. He also has to pretend to be a Nascent Soul cultivator. He doesn't know if any Nascent Soul cultivators will notice anything amiss, so he needs to improve his skills in faking his aura and disguising himself.
Qi Zhiheng wasn't in a hurry at the moment, and first went to instruct his two disciples.
Rong Gu is still cultivating and there's not much for him to teach. However, Ye Hanyuan has grown rapidly under Qi Zhiheng's tutelage. The quality of the pills he refines is now mostly top-grade. Qi Zhiheng is quite satisfied with this result, so he plans to train Ye Hanyuan's soul power ahead of schedule.
Indeed, Qi Zhiheng could also see that Ye Hanyuan's control over soul power was decent, but the depth of his soul power was too low. After cultivating for so long, he had only barely caught up with an ordinary alchemist. So Qi Zhiheng decided to refine some first-level Soul Refining Pills for him!
Ye Hanyuan was somewhat surprised when he learned that Qi Zhiheng wanted him to train his soul power. It was already surprising that Qi Zhiheng was willing to teach him when he was a first-level alchemist, but now he was even giving him pills for cultivating soul power.
"Disciple will certainly live up to Master's high expectations!" Ye Hanyuan shouted sincerely. He was very grateful to Qi Zhiheng, and it made him feel that his persistence was not wrong!
Ye Hanyuan was not originally one of those with good alchemy aptitude; otherwise, he wouldn't have been overlooked when Danfeng was selecting disciples at the beginning.
Qi Zhiheng didn't say much and just let him go down to cultivate.
Back at Panyun Peak, Qi Zhiheng also began his own cultivation. In addition to urging his disciples to cultivate, he also needed to seize the time to cultivate himself. He absorbed Soul Refining Pills much faster than others. He could absorb one level three Soul Refining Pill every two hours. At this rate, his soul power would definitely advance a step further within a month.
He was certain that his soul power was now stronger than that of most cultivators in the Nascent Soul stage. If he couldn't beat someone in terms of cultivation, he could use his soul power to launch a sneak attack.
Two weeks later.
Qi Zhiheng told Yang Yitian about his upcoming trip. He didn't hide it from his family either, as he was going to be away for quite some time and it was impossible to keep it a secret from them.
But whether he intends to attend the alchemist exchange meeting of the Divine Wood Sect under a different identity, or whether he will try to conceal it as much as possible.
So, before leaving, he first announced that he was about to go into seclusion, and then used a Concealing Breath Pill and an Invisibility Talisman. Only after leaving the Slaughtering God Sect did he use a Teleportation Talisman to travel a certain distance.
He acted alone this time and did not bring Yang Yitian with him.
It's understandable for one person to go into seclusion, but if he and Yang Yitian both go into seclusion, it's easy to arouse suspicion.
Yang Yitian has recently been researching new types of talismans and has no intention of following the past, so he has settled down at home to take care of his child.
After teleporting a distance, Qi Zhiheng used a modified version of the pill to disguise his aura and then used the pill to change his appearance. In this way, even a Nascent Soul cultivator would have difficulty noticing the abnormality in his appearance.
Qi Zhiheng arrived in Juxian City openly and honestly, and the first thing he did was to go find Longxing Trading Company.
Longxing Trading Company was quite famous in Nine Star City, and Qi Zhiheng quickly found the place and went straight into the trading company.
Qi Zhiheng directly asked someone what he wanted, clearly indicating that the people in the trading company had already been instructed.
"Master Alchemist, please follow me into the inner hall." The people from Longxing Trading Company led Qi Zhiheng into the inner hall.
After counting on my fingers and following the person, turning left and right a few times, I opened the door and entered a room.
There were other people in the room, and Qi Zhiheng had already sensed their presence.
Qi Zhiheng lifted the curtain inside the house, and standing inside was Guan Yunmo, who had been in Juxian City last time.
When Guan Yunmo saw the person enter, he stood up and said, "Master Yi, you've finally arrived. If you hadn't come, I would have gone back."
Qi Zhiheng walked over and sat down, saying, "What brings Master Guan here? Did you come here specifically to wait for me?"
Guan Yunmo poured him a cup of tea and said, "I came to Juxian City a few days ago to handle some business. After I finished, I found that Master Yi had not come to collect the token. So I thought I would stay and wait for Master Yi before going to Shenmu Sect together. I just didn't expect Master Yi to appear so late."
Qi Zhiheng also knew that these words could not be taken entirely seriously. Perhaps Guan Yunmo was just afraid that he would take the token and not attend the exchange meeting, so he came to catch him to prevent him from running away again.
However, having decided to go to the Divine Wood Sect, Qi Zhiheng no longer planned to run away. If the Divine Wood Sect really had any ill intentions towards him and sent some Nascent Soul stage cultivators to deal with him, he could simply hide in his spatial dimension, find an opportunity to escape, and abandon his identity so that no one could find him again.
Qi Zhiheng said, "I'm sorry to have kept Master Guan waiting."
Guan Yunmo smiled and said he didn't mind, then handed the prepared items to Qi Zhiheng.
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