Chapter 33: The Birth of the Elixir
Nan Wang felt like he was being roasted on a fire.
On his left sat the brilliant and talented true disciples, on his right sat the gifted inner disciples, and opposite sat representatives of immortal friends from various sects...
So what on earth is his merit, what on earth is his merit! ?
Nan Wang really couldn't figure it out, so he could only turn around and look at Zhan Chenming: "Third Senior Brother, what exactly does Second Senior Brother mean..."
Zhan Chenming laughed and tried to cover up his mistake, "Why think so much? Today, your Second Senior Brother is the protagonist. We are just the foil. It has nothing to do with us. Come on, drink, drink!"
On this point, Zhan Chenming was indeed right.
People's attention to Nanwang did not last long, after all, the protagonist of the banquet was Chu Songping.
With Chu Songping's return, the ceremony continued.
Chu Songping was about to start refining the elixir when he discovered that Nan Wang was not there.
Now that Nan Wang is here, Chu Songping naturally has to continue refining the elixir.
Most of the immortal friends from outside the sect who came today came for Chu Songping's unique skill of refining elixirs.
At this moment, they all stared at Chu Songping intently, not daring to blink.
For most top-grade alchemists, the process and method of refining high-grade elixirs are their secret skills that cannot be passed on to others.
This time, Chu Songping was willing to challenge the task of refining the elixir in public. Regardless of the outcome, this behavior itself was enough to be admired.
However, Chu Songping's method of refining the elixir is somewhat different from what many people imagine.
Several inner disciples of the Dan Sect were coming in and out, preparing elixirs and alchemy furnaces, and they were busy and sweating.
As the protagonist, Chu Songping lazily sank into his seat on the platform, with one leg crossed over the other. In an absolutely indecent posture, he gestured to the alchemy disciples, ordered them around, made noises, and sighed...
Extremely arrogant and ridiculous.
But no one dared to complain.
In the art of alchemy, strength is everything.
Those who can refine low-grade elixirs are low-grade alchemists, and those who can refine high-grade elixirs are high-grade alchemists.
Judging the strength of an alchemist based on the grade of the elixir is even more accurate than judging the strength of a cultivator based on his level of cultivation.
Looking at the entire world of immortal cultivation, there are only a handful of top-grade alchemists, and Chu Songping is not only a top-grade alchemist, but also a top-grade alchemist who can refine the top-grade Nine-Transformation Resurrection Pill. Compared with ordinary top-grade alchemists, there is a qualitative difference.
In recent years, there has been a voice circulating in the world of immortal cultivation - the current alchemist system is no longer sufficient to distinguish the level of alchemists, and there should be another level of "immortal alchemist" above the top-grade alchemists.
What everyone knows is that, looking across the entire fairy world, there is only one alchemist, Chu Songping, who has truly broken through to the realm of a top-grade alchemist.
Other top-grade alchemists can become top-grade alchemists because they can occasionally refine a top-grade pill, but Chu Songping is a top-grade alchemist because the highest level of an alchemist can only be top-grade.
His level of alchemy has long been beyond the reach of ordinary top-grade alchemists.
Is it appropriate to use the word "indecent" to describe the elixir-making method of such a "quasi-immortal alchemist"?
Of course not!
What's indecent about it? It's obviously just personality!
It is because Chu Songping has such a unique personality that he can refine the Nine-Turn Resurrection Pill that no one else can!
The immortal friends from the outer sect believed this without a doubt.
There were even immortals who were good at drawing and took out ink, paper, inkstone and photo stone on the spot, wanting to record Chu Songping's "special posture" of refining the elixir in detail in a book.
Everyone in Qingyun Sect understood Chu Songping's temperament and knew that this was not some "special alchemy posture". They would not advocate such behavior, but they did not dare to criticize the second senior brother.
The only person present who had the courage and qualifications to say those words was the Dharma Sect elder Yan Huai, whose seat was closest to Chu Songping.
As the only remaining inner sect elder in the entire Qingyun Sect, Yan Huai sighed and said, "It's unfortunate for our sect, it's unfortunate for our sect..."
Zhu Tianque, who was sitting next to him, said, "Don't worry, Elder Yan. Second Junior Brother's alchemy skills have reached perfection. Looking at his confident look, he will definitely not fail in refining the elixir today!"
Yan Huai: “…”
Yan Huai: "You are a Buddha's spiritual body, I will not bother with you."
Zhu Tianque: “???”
What does this have to do with his Buddha bone spirit?
It's so confusing! I don't understand what you're saying!
Zhu Tianque, whose good intentions were not rewarded, drank a sip of the spiritual wine in depression and said no more.
Once the alchemy begins, it cannot be stopped halfway. In order to prevent the guests from getting bored, the banquet is filled with spiritual fruits and spiritual wine. Except for those who are prepared to record Chu Songping's alchemy process from beginning to end, everyone else has already started eating, drinking and joking.
Nan Wang was in no mood to eat. He felt like he was sitting on pins and needles and his mood was a mess.
Although everyone's attention was focused on the Second Brother, he still felt that someone was watching him.
Like a shadow, there is no place to hide.
Oh, okay, it won’t hurt to take a look, so just take a look.
Nanwang thought desperately.
On his left were all true disciples, all acquaintances, and on his right...
Strangely, the first seat to his right was empty and no one was sitting there.
How could there be an empty seat in this crowded room? Nan Wang couldn't understand why.
Nan Wang wanted to divert his attention and asked Zhan Chenming, "Third Brother, did something happen to the immortal friend sitting next to me? Why is the seat empty?"
Zhan Chenming said: "That seat belongs to Fifth Junior Sister. Although she is not here, the seat is still reserved for her."
Nanwang asked puzzledly: "Where is the fifth junior sister?"
Zhan Chenming: "The secret realm in the Northern Territory has been opened ahead of time. She went there on behalf of the sect and will not be back until some time later. Alas, the timing of Second Senior Brother's coming of age is really unfortunate. The elders are not here, and neither are the junior sisters."
Nan Wang said with regret: "The last time Fifth Senior Sister wrote to me, she also said that she was looking forward to Second Senior Brother's coming-of-age ceremony. I didn't expect that things would not go as planned and she actually missed it..."
"No one can explain the secrets of the realm. Alas, I have to go there."
Zhan Chenming picked up the wine glass and put it into Nanwang's hand:
"Don't worry about it. It's a rare opportunity to have such a big banquet. Come, come, drink!"
Nan Wang picked up the wine glass and took a sip slowly.
The next second, his throat and heart felt like they were burning.
“Cough cough cough cough—”
"Ouch, I forgot that you have a low level of cultivation. The spirit wine at the banquet is too strong for you to drink!"
Zhan Chenming quickly snatched the spirit wine from Nan Wang's hand, poured it into his own mouth, and then stuffed a few spirit fruits into Nan Wang's eyes as he coughed and his eyes were blurred with tears:
"Come, come, eat fruit, eat fruit! You can eat this!"
There was no big fish or meat at the immortal banquet, only spiritual tea, spiritual wine and spiritual fruit.
Everything is good, but for people with low cultivation, spiritual wine is too stimulating and must be drunk with caution. There is no limit on spiritual tea and spiritual fruit, and you can eat as much as you want without any harm.
It was the first time for Nan Wang to attend such an immortal banquet. He had no idea about the unspoken rules and it took him a long time to come to his senses. He looked at the spiritual wine that was so close to him but he couldn't drink it with humiliation, and took a big bite of the spiritual fruit to vent his anger.
……tasty.
He kissed the spiritual fruit with pain, but the spiritual fruit responded with a smile.
It is sweet but not greasy, crisp and delicious, almost comparable to the fruits that Nanwang had eaten in his previous life and were grown using modern technology.
Nan Wang chewed it for only a few seconds before his brain automatically began to think about the possibility of making this spiritual fruit into a fruit snack.
The price of spiritual fruit is very expensive and not affordable for ordinary disciples of immortal sects.
But now Nanwang is very well-off, and it is not impossible for him to covet some spiritual fruits that he had not dared to think of before.
Now that we have the spiritual fruit, the next step is the kitchen utensils.
I don't know when Fifth Martial Sister will come back. His pressure cooker, oven, and egg beater are all in her hands...
Just as Nan Wang was daydreaming, he suddenly heard bursts of thunder in his ears.
It was not the loud noise of thunder, but the rumble of lightning brewing in the clouds.
Nan Wang's gaze followed the sound of thunder and landed on a high platform not far away.
There is an alchemy furnace there.
At this moment, the alchemy furnace was on and the elixir was ready.
ah?
Nan Wang was dumbfounded.
It was agreed that it would take three or four hours. No, it should be three or four days. How could it be done so quickly?
Is this still refining the elixir? How come it's faster than cooking a dish?
Before Nan Wang could think carefully, a long-brewed lightning struck heavily and landed on the refined pill.
People exclaimed in amazement:
“It’s the pill tribulation!”
"The elixir, the elixir is born!"
"Second Brother is awesome!"
"Too strong, really too strong..."
"It is indeed unprecedented and unparalleled!"
"A master of immortality, worthy of the title!"
Only when the elixir comes into the world will there be a thunder disaster.
The thunder tribulation for elixirs is not as life-threatening as the thunder tribulation for immortal cultivators. In most cases, it is just a formality to let everyone know that an elixir has been born in this place.
There was only one lightning strike, and the visual effect was not that shocking.
However, everyone was just as shocked.
Today, Chu Songping held a crowning ceremony in Qingyun Sect, and what he announced to the outside world was a "challenge to refine the elixir."
However, looking at Chu Songping's relaxed look, how does it look like a "challenge"?
Magic pill? It's easy to find!
The reason why there is no realm of "immortal alchemist" among alchemists is because immortal elixirs can only be encountered but not sought after. They are not made by refining, but are the result of fate.
Even if one is a top-grade alchemist, he must never aim to refine elixirs, otherwise he will sooner or later go astray and his spiritual heart will be shattered.
But, does this rule, which everyone knows, really apply to Chu Songping?
On the high platform, Chu Songping looked at the thunder that ended with just one strike and shook his head helplessly.
"What a pity! This is the limit."
While he was speaking words that no one could understand, he reached out and took out an elixir engraved with a vortex mark from the alchemy furnace.
...Wait, the Vortex Mark?
Shouldn't there be nine lightning patterns on the Nine-Transformation Resurrection Pill?
The immortal friend sitting opposite Nanwang exclaimed: "Isn't this the Nine-transformation Resurrection Pill?"
When these words came out, everyone was stunned.
Chu Songping's specialty is the Nine-Transformation Resurrection Pill. With such a big fight today, it turns out that what he refined was not the Nine-Transformation Resurrection Pill?
The immortal friend who had just spoken was the first to recognize the true form of the elixir in Chu Songping's hand because he was sitting close to him:
"Is this... a Qi Condensation Pill?"