Lu Ping was speechless after listening to Xuan Ling Sect's propaganda. As one of the participants in the battle, he naturally knew the situation better than anyone else. Xuan Ling Sect, West Hill Island, and Overflowing Ocean Gang only had a total of seventy to eighty cultivators after they broke out of the encirclement. After that, they were hunted down by the monster beasts, and Han Weiyun's decision to form the Dao Soldier Array at the last moment was enough to tarnish his reputation among the North Ocean cultivators.
However, Xuan Ling Sect's propaganda was clearly to strike first and gain the upper hand. After all, although Han Weiyun's methods were clumsy, he had indeed led his sect's disciples out of the encirclement and avoided being annihilated.
And Lu Ping also smelled a conspiracy. After the battle, Ai Botao of West-Hill Island, who was originally one of the "Eighteen Generals of the North Sea", did not stand out to clarify the truth. Instead, when Xuan Ling Sect publicized Han Weiyun's battle achievements, they also praised Ai Botao, raising his reputation quite a bit.
There were a few rogue cultivators who followed Ai Botao out, but Lu Ping didn't need to think to know that even if they hadn't been separated, they would have wisely kept their mouths shut. To them, both Xuan Ling Sect and West-Hill Island's Ai family were giants that they couldn't afford to offend.
After bidding farewell to Second Senior Sister Li Xuanru, Lu Ping arrived at Zhenling's Alchemy Pavilion under Li Xuanru's guidance.
The Alchemy Pavilion was located on the east side of Tianling Mountain, on a peak called Danding Peak. The peak of Tianling Mountain had been opened up by an almighty master of Zhenling, and the underground lava was drawn up to be used for alchemy.
Of course, this was only the fire used by ordinary alchemists. As for whether Zhenling had a spiritual fire of Heaven and Earth for alchemy, it was not something that Lu Ping knew.
Lu Ping had just arrived at Danding Peak's Alchemy Pavilion when he saw a person hurrying towards him. Lu Ping was about to ask the person where the Alchemy Pavilion's Enlightened Master was when the person recognized Lu Ping.
"It's you?"
Lu Ping stared blankly. Only now did he see that the person who had come was the arrogant cultivator who had once asked for his spirit grass, the disciple of Daoist Master Xuan Jing, Tao Zifang, who had become enemies with his teacher, Daoist Master Liu, during the apprenticeship ceremony.
"Hehe, so it's Senior Brother Tao!" Lu Ping replied with a fake smile.
Lu Ping didn't have a good impression of Tao Zifang, not to mention that their teachers didn't have a good relationship. Lu Ping's answer was obviously perfunctory.
"What are you doing here?" Tao Zifang obviously looked down on Lu Ping and questioned him directly.
Lu Ping chuckled. He could guess something from the other person's tone, but he still said slowly, "I'm here to find the Enlightened Master. Senior Brother Tao also knows that I can refine the Face Retaining Pill, so it's natural for me to obtain the qualifications of our sect's alchemist. Don't tell me that I need Senior Brother Tao's permission to come to this Alchemy Pavilion?"
Tao Zifang was obviously choked by Lu Ping's sarcastic words, but he couldn't block the door and stop him from entering, so he snorted loudly and walked away.
Lu Ping shrugged indifferently and walked directly into the Alchemy Pavilion. Lu Ping could now be considered a person with a backer. Thinking back to when Lu Ping refused to give Tao Zifang face, Tao Zifang could point at Lu Ping and shout at him. Now the two still didn't have a good relationship, but Tao Zifang didn't dare to be as arrogant as before.
However, what Lu Ping didn't know was that just after Lu Ping stepped into the Alchemy Pavilion, Tao Zifang returned. After looking at the door of the Alchemy Pavilion, he went in from the side door and went directly to the back hall of the Alchemy Pavilion.
This was the first time Lu Ping came here. He asked a few cultivators and found the Enlightened Master in the back hall of the Alchemy Pavilion.
"You're the new disciple that Senior Sister Liu received who can refine the Face Retaining Pill?" The Enlightened Master was very interested in Lu Ping.
"Yes!" Lu Ping felt very awkward under the burning gaze of the Enlightened Master.
"Why do you only want to become our sect's pill refiner? With your strength, if you become our sect's professional pill refiner, the sect will definitely nurture you. At that time, all kinds of spirit herbs will be given to you first. "The Enlightened Master obviously cherished talent.
There were two types of pill refiners in Zhenling. One was the professional pill refiner who belonged to the Alchemy Pavilion, and the other was the pill refiner who only reported to the Alchemy Pavilion.
There were many benefits to becoming a professional pill refiner in Zhenling. Enlightened Master Li Xuan Ru also suggested that Lu Ping join the Alchemy Pavilion, but Lu Ping tactfully declined. However, Enlightened Master Li still suggested that Lu Ping report his pill refiner qualifications to the sect. This way, although Lu Ping couldn't enjoy the preferential supply of the sect like the pill refiners in Alchemy Pavilion, in order to attract pill refiners, the sect had more preferential measures for pill refiners who reported to the Alchemy Pavilion.
After listening to Lu Ping's explanation, the Enlightened Master nodded helplessly. "Alright, but in order to become our sect's pill refiner, you still have to pass our sect's test. For our pill refiner test, other than concocting the Blood Condensation Pill, you will also be given the recipe for any Mid or Late Blood Condensation Pill. As long as you have a success rate of more than 50% for each pill, you will be able to become a pill refiner. However, the sect will only prepare two sets of spirit herbs for each pill. You only need to use one set of spirit herbs to successfully concoct the pill. "
Before Lu Ping arrived, he had already heard these rules from Enlightened Master Li Xuan Ru. Not only that, if he succeeded, the sect would naturally take back the pills. If he failed, Lu Ping would have to compensate for the loss of spirit herbs. These rules made Lu Ping very helpless.
Out of duty, the Enlightened Master explained the rules to Lu Ping and said, "Then choose two pills!"
After saying that, he clapped his hands and a pill refiner boy walked into the hall. On the tray in his hands were two cylindrical magic tools. These two magic tools could block the probing of a cultivator's divine sense. There were ten bamboo sticks in each.
The boy looked at Lu Ping strangely, but Lu Ping didn't mind. He casually took out a bamboo stick from each of the cylindrical magic tools and handed them to the Enlightened Master.
The Enlightened Master took a look and looked at the boy thoughtfully. Then, he said to Lu Ping, "Looks like your luck isn't too good!"
Lu Ping took the bamboo sticks and looked at them helplessly: Thousand Chance Pill, Scarlet Blood Pill.
These two types of medicinal pellets were the highest grade medicinal pellets for Mid and Late Blood Condensation Realm cultivators. They were also the most difficult to concoct. Yet, Lu Ping managed to kill two birds with one stone. It was clear how bad his luck was today.
Especially the Scarlet Blood Pill. This pill was originally a type of Blood Spirit Pill. Lu Ping had concocted this type of pill many times in the Monster Sea. However, this Scarlet Blood Pill was a fire attribute Blood Spirit Pill. It was the bane of Lu Ping's pure water attribute arcane energy. Lu Ping concocted pills for his own needs. He had never concocted a Scarlet Blood Pill before.
Lu Ping helplessly followed the boy to the underground pill refinement room of the Pill Refinement Pavilion.
The real location of the Pill Refinement Pavilion was in the belly of Dan Ding Peak. Here, the Pill Refinement Pavilion had set up 36 pill refinement rooms of various sizes. They were divided into A, B, C, and D grades. They surrounded the earth fire vein and formed four concentric layers.
In the outermost layer were eighteen D-grade alchemy rooms, and in each of these rooms was a low-grade alchemy furnace with the weakest earth fire. Further in were the C-grade alchemy rooms with nine mid-grade alchemy furnaces, and naturally, the earth fire energy was much stronger. Further in were the B-grade alchemy rooms with six high-grade alchemy furnaces, and the innermost three A-grade alchemy rooms with three top-grade alchemy furnaces.
If Lu Ping wanted to become a pill refiner, he could use the mid-grade pill furnaces in the C grade pill refinement rooms.
Lu Ping followed the boy to the belly of the mountain. The person guarding the C grade pill refinement rooms was a late Blood Condensation cultivator.
The boy explained the situation to the cultivator. The cultivator glanced at Lu Ping and sneered, "C grade pill refinement rooms are full. Just wait for a while!"
Lu Ping noticed the other party's obvious teasing tone, but he still asked, "Then when will the C grade pill refinement rooms be free?"
The cultivator replied impatiently, "How would I know? These pill refiners are all arrogant. Their reservation time is always delayed. I went to urge them to come out, but they were even angrier than me. Just wait. Anyway, the shortest reservation time is one month later."
This was obviously an excuse. The longest time to concoct a Blood Condensation Realm pill was three to five days. When a pill refiner concocted pills, they would usually rest for a while to recover their spiritual energy and divine sense. Then, they would start again after one or two days. Who would concoct pills continuously for a month?
Lu Ping was annoyed, but he didn't show it on his face. Instead, he asked calmly, "Can I use the B grade pill refinement rooms?"
"Haha!" The cultivator sneered as if he had heard a joke. "B grade pill refinement rooms are only used for Core Forging Realm pills. You … you don't have the qualifications!"
The cultivator dragged his voice as if he had heard a joke.
Seeing Lu Ping's expressionless face, the cultivator thought he was trying to restrain himself. He rolled his eyes and said, "There are still some D grade pill refinement rooms available. Junior Brother, why don't you choose one?"
The cultivator had a questioning expression on his face. His eyes were filled with ridicule. He was sure that Lu Ping would be angered by him.
Lu Ping smiled and said, "Sure!"
The cultivator looked at Lu Ping's nonchalant reply as if he didn't hear it clearly. He was stunned for a moment.
Lu Ping didn't have time to pay attention to this person. He said, "Lead the way!"
The cultivator finally reacted. His face turned red and the veins on his temples twitched. Just as he was about to say something nasty, he suddenly tilted his head and calmed down. He laughed evilly and said, "Junior Brother really has a card up your sleeve. However, the Dan Concoction Pavilion has a rule. If a cultivator wants to pass the assessment, they can only use the pill furnaces in the pill refinement rooms. To prevent cheating, if Junior Brother has any tools, you can't use them."
"I know!" Lu Ping coldly looked at the cultivator. The cultivator suddenly felt a chill down his spine. He didn't know why he panicked, but he still said, "Since Junior Brother knows, then the servant will bring Junior Brother to D grade pill refinement room number nine!"
Not long after Lu Ping left, the cultivator let out a long sigh. He composed himself and turned to look at the person who walked out of the pill refinement room behind him. He said, "Junior Brother, are you satisfied?"
The person smiled and said, "Thank you, Senior Brother, for your help. This is a bottle of Snow Wave Pills. It is suitable for Senior Brother Li's current cultivation level. In the future, if Senior Brother has a need for pills, don't hesitate to bring spirit herbs to me. I will definitely ask Master to refine them first!"
The cultivator happily thanked him!
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