When Ning Fan touched the giant green wooden cauldron, his palm felt cold and heavy.
The power of his medicine soul condensed into a whirlpool at the center of his palm. The medicine qi in the cauldron that did not disperse was sucked into the whirlpool and integrated into his medicine soul.
Above his medicine soul, the green color became fainter and the black color became denser.
Ning Fan knew that if this black color completely covered his entire medicine soul, leaving only a faint green color, he would be considered to have advanced to the peak of the Fifth Revolution.
Fifth Revolution Green, Sixth Revolution Profound and Seventh Revolution Purple.
If all of the faint green color disappeared completely once again, then … Ning Fan could be considered as a Sixth Revolution Pill Refinement Master!
There were only seven Sixth Revolution Pill Masters in the entire eight hundred cultivation countries of the Rain World.
If Ning Fan's pill refinement realm advances to the Sixth Revolution, his status would be as revered as a Void Fragmentation Realm old monster!
His heart was filled with gratitude for the Pill Sovereign's guidance and the Old Devil's concern.
The Old Devil had promised the Pill Sovereign that he would guide Ning Fan three times. Ning Fan would not waste any of the opportunities!
"Devour!"
Ning Fan's eyes flashed with determination and increased his absorption of the medicine qi.
This giant green wooden cauldron had accompanied the Pill Sovereign countless times in concocting pills. It was unknown how many Sixth Revolution Pills it had concocted. The density of the medicine qi it contained was astonishing.
After absorbing just one-twentieth of the medicine qi in the cauldron, Ning Fan felt his medicine soul swelling as if it could not endure such a powerful medicine qi.
He gritted his teeth and continued to absorb the medicine qi. When he absorbed one-tenth of the medicine qi, his medicine soul felt like it was about to burst.
Traces of pain that penetrated his soul made him frown. However, he did not say anything.
He took a deep breath and continued to absorb the medicine qi. He had already absorbed one-ninth of the medicine qi in the cauldron.
"This young man is really a persevering person …" The Pill Sovereign nodded his head in satisfaction. He valued Ning Fan's talent but he valued his temperament even more.
The Dao of Pill Refinement was difficult. Cultivators without great perseverance and patience would not be able to reach the peak of the Dao of Pill Refinement.
The Pill Sovereign looked at Ning Fan as if he was looking at his younger self.
Amidst the flames of war, the seven-year-old Alchemy Monarch was just a mortal child. He lived on the ruined battlefield, relying on eating the corpses of the dead.
One day, an old Daoist in green robes arrived at the battlefield. When he saw the Pill Sovereign, he gave him a kind smile.
"Why do you want to eat corpses?"
"I don't want to die a lowly death!" the young Pill Emperor replied.
"Are you willing to follow me? I will teach you alchemy skills so that you will no longer be a lowly person. You will be able to stand above everyone … "
The green-robed old Daoist's smile would forever be imprinted in the Alchemy Sovereign's heart. It was as warm as a father's.
At that time, the Alchemy Emperor still didn't know that the green-robed old Daoist was Emperor Li, who had been conferred the title of Emperor Li by the previous Rain Emperor!
Emperor Li failed to break through to the next level and eventually died. The Alchemy Emperor endured the pain and followed the teachings of Emperor Li. He endured countless hardships and finally reached the peak, becoming the Alchemy Emperor whose name shook the Nine Realms.
The Alchemy Sovereign had never accepted a disciple in his life because he had never met a disciple who could treat him like his own son.
There were thousands upon thousands of alchemists in the world who wished to enter the Alchemy Sovereign's tutelage, but the Alchemy Sovereign did not care about them at all.
Today, he had finally met a disciple that he admired. However, this disciple had long since found another master. What a pity.
"Quick!"
The Pill Sovereign raised his finger and pointed at the air. A trace of warm soul power flowed into Ning Fan's body, nourishing his medicine soul which was on the verge of bursting.
He could not erase the pain that Ning Fan was suffering from but he could heal the wounds on his medicine soul.
He still remembered the time when he absorbed the medicine qi from Emperor Li's pill cauldron.
Under Emperor Li's protection, he absorbed one third of the medicine qi in the cauldron.
He felt that the current Ning Fan could also absorb one third of the medicine qi.
The Pill Sovereign decided to help Ning Fan again just like how his master helped him in the past.
However, when the Pill Sovereign used his soul power to help Ning Fan, he realized that there were countless traces of black star power in Ning Fan's body that were healing his wounds on their own.
Ning Fan who was healing himself with the help of the black star power suddenly felt a cooling sensation on his medicine soul. His spirit was lifted as he knew that the Pill Sovereign was helping him. His heart was filled with gratitude.
He gritted his teeth, enduring the intense pain and inhaled the medicine qi.
One third of the medicine qi in the cauldron had already been absorbed into Ning Fan's body!
More and more wounds on his medicine soul were being healed by the Pill Sovereign.
However, the pain was unbearable. It made green veins appear on his forehead.
"Refine!"
Without any fear, Ning Fan refined the vast medicine qi into his medicine soul. The black color of his medicine soul instantly became one third denser!
Ning Fan was even more convinced that if he could absorb all the medicine qi in the pill cauldron, his medicine soul could break through to the Peak Fifth Revolution in one go. It was because this pill cauldron contained the medicine qi that the Pill Sovereign had accumulated throughout his entire life!
Those who go through all kinds of hardships without getting tired of it can turn into an Asura and ascend to the peak …
Ning Fan's eyes suddenly flashed with determination. Black mist swirled around his body and he turned into his incarnation in black robes.
His eyes were cold and emotionless as if he could no longer feel any pain.
He had turned into an Asura and experienced all kinds of hardships just to reach the peak of his cultivation!
"Devour!"
The majestic medicine qi all flowed into Ning Fan's body.
Ning Fan actually devoured all the medicine qi in the cauldron in a single gulp!
The pain that penetrated his soul was unbearable. The black-robed Ning Fan let out a muffled groan and his physical body suddenly disintegrated into a mist of blood.
Others only knew about the power of having one's incarnation disintegrated and reformed. No one had ever thought about the pain of having one's physical body disintegrated.
Ning Fan swallowed the medicinal qi like a whale. The pain was so excruciating that it pierced through his heart.
His incarnation disintegrated again and again. Ning Fan continuously resisted the impact of the medicine qi and gradually refined it completely.
The dark color of his medicine soul continued to spread. From one-third to two-thirds, his medicine soul expanded. In the end, his entire medicine soul turned into the color of ink. However, there was still a faint green color on top of that black color.
His medicine soul was now at the Peak Fifth Revolution!
"Good!"
The Pill Sovereign who had been staying silent at the side finally gave a word of praise.
Ning Fan did not let him down. He actually devoured all the medicine qi in the cauldron with great willpower.
This kind of endurance was even stronger than the Pill Sovereign.
"Try and see if you can condense your natal pill cauldron in one go while your medicine soul is advancing." The Pill Sovereign reminded.
"Understood."
Ning Fan closed his eyes. Traces of intent realm power spread out from his body.
The Divine Intent of Rain, the Devil Intent of Mountain and the Demon Intent of Fu Li … Three completely different intent realms suddenly merged into one, turning into black snow that filled the sky.
"This is!"
The Pill Sovereign was surprised to find out that Ning Fan actually possessed the different intent realm power of the divine, demon and devil races.
What he found the most unbelievable was that Ning Fan had merged the three types of intent realm power into one and created the Memory Intent Realm. Moreover, he had cultivated it to the Grand Perfection Realm. With just a thought, the entire sky would be filled with black snow.
Each of the black snowflakes was the power of memory. All of them were second step intent realms.
Ning Fan did not have the intention to hide it from the Pill Sovereign. In his heart, he had already regarded the Pill Sovereign as someone close to him.
Even though the Pill Sovereign was entrusted by the Old Devil to grant him this opportunity, Ning Fan was still grateful to the Pill Sovereign.
In his mind, he recalled the appearance of the Dan Fragmentation Cauldron. That Dan Fragmentation Cauldron was all his memories.
He patted his storage pouch and took out a black cauldron with six corners and eight edges.
It was the Dan Fragmentation Cauldron which was given to him by the Old Devil. Even though its grade was not high and it was no longer useful to Ning Fan now, it carried all the memories of the Seven Apricot City.
He wanted to condense his natal pill cauldron with the power of the Memory Intent Realm. He wanted to use the Dan Fragmentation Cauldron as the embryonic form to remember the Seven Apricot Snow Coldness.
"Merge!"
The power of the Memory Intent Realm was channeled into the Dan Fragmentation Cauldron, devouring it bit by bit.
Ning Fan touched his glabella. He could feel that the tangible Dan Fragmentation Cauldron had turned into invisible divine intent in his Sea of Consciousness. It condensed into a black cauldron which was being nurtured in his Sea of Consciousness.
"Cauldron, appear!"
Ning Fan's eyes flashed with nostalgia. Traces of the power of memory suddenly condensed into a black cauldron and fell on the peak of the snow mountain.
The Pill Sovereign saw the process of condensing the cauldron and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.
"This black cauldron is not the most perfect pill cauldron. Why didn't you condense other pill cauldrons with your divine intent but chose to condense this one?"
"This cauldron was given to me by my master. Even though its grade is not high, it has a special meaning to me."
Ning Fan answered honestly. His answer made the Pill Sovereign even more satisfied.
"Very good. Judging from this, I only have one last opportunity left for you this time. Consume these two Min Luo Fruits. "
Ning Fan received the Min Luo Fruits from the Pill Sovereign and was slightly stunned. He suddenly thought of the Min Luo Treant and the little pill devil and asked subconsciously.
"Senior, may I ask where did you get these fruits from?"
It was no wonder that Ning Fan would have doubts. Min Luo Fruits could only be found in the Min Luo Treant Clan of the Tree World.
In the Rain World, other than the Dark Sparrow's Grave, there would not be any Min Luo Fruits. Of course, these fruits could also be given to the Pill Sovereign by an expert of the Tree World.
"When I passed by the Mist Horn Clan, I bought them from their auction by chance."
The Pill Sovereign's answer slightly surprised Ning Fan. Why does the Mist Horn Clan have Min Luo Fruits …?
However, he did not have the time to think about it now. The Pill Sovereign brought Ning Fan to a secluded mountain. He opened up a cave dwelling and set up a hidden defensive formation to help Ning Fan refine the Min Luo Fruits.
After consuming the two Min Luo Fruits, Ning Fan would enter a dream for one hundred years.
As for the Pill Sovereign, he would use the Dream Entering Technique to enter Ning Fan's dream and teach him pill refinement for one hundred years.
One hundred years in the dream was equivalent to a few days in the mortal world. This kind of teaching method was quite unique.
Ning Fan trusted the Pill Sovereign. If the Pill Sovereign wants to harm him, he would not have the strength to fight back at all.
After consuming the two Min Luo Fruits, Ning Fan sat cross-legged and fell into a dreamland.
The Pill Sovereign also sat down cross-legged and entered Ning Fan's dream. His powerful spirit sense entered Ning Fan's dream without any contact.
It was a vast and boundless dreamland. Ning Fan stood in the middle of a valley which was filled with countless spiritual herbs.
This was a dream. He could have whatever he wanted.
The greatest advantage of imparting alchemy through a dream was that it saved time and spirit herbs.
Of course, this kind of teaching also had its drawbacks. After all, it was not true alchemy. Even though it could increase the proficiency of the alchemy techniques, because it was not true alchemy, it could not allow the medicine soul to absorb the medicinal energy and increase the level of alchemy.
Boom!
In the Medicine Valley, he summoned a gigantic Dan Fragmentation Cauldron. He took out countless spiritual herbs and threw them into the cauldron. Then, he began to concoct pills.
At the side, the Pill Sovereign quietly watched Ning Fan concoct pills with a stern expression.
He had an easy-going temperament, but if someone touched his reverse scale, he would kill them.
When it came to alchemy, the Pill Sovereign would be extremely strict, serious, and meticulous. He would not tolerate the slightest flaw.
"Your technique is wrong. You have three types of Alchemy Dao. You should be able to master them and make choices …"
"The temperature of the fire is half a degree higher. You fail!"
"Concentrate your spirit sense and disperse your medicine soul. Keep your primordial spirit and qi and keep the light in your heart!"
…
One hundred years later, Ning Fan woke up from the dream.
In the dream, Ning Fan had experienced one hundred years of pill concoction. His technique was very skillful and he had completely adapted to his identity as a Peak Fifth Revolution Pill Master.
Only a few days had passed in the outside world.
Ning Fan looked around the cave dwelling. The Pill Sovereign had already left, leaving behind a storage pouch which contained all the spiritual herbs that he bought in the medicine shop that day.
Moreover, the Pill Sovereign had also removed the disguise of the three tufts of one hundred thousand years old spiritual herbs that Ning Fan could not see through and gave them to him.
Other than countless precious spiritual herbs, the Pill Sovereign also left behind a jade slip. There was only one sentence in it.
"I will travel around the world to comprehend pill refinement techniques. When your pill refinement realm breaks through to the Sixth Revolution, I will give you two more pointers. Be careful … "
The jade slip did not say much but it made Ning Fan silent.
He kept the jade slip and looked outside the cave. Then, he cupped his fists and bowed.
"Thank you, Pill Sovereign, for teaching me the Dao!"
Without the Pill Sovereign's help, it would have been impossible for Ning Fan to break through to the Peak Fifth Revolution Pill Master in such a short time.
This time, not only did the Pill Sovereign help Ning Fan open his Human Eye, condense his natal pill cauldron, give him countless spiritual herbs, but he also personally taught Ning Fan pill concoction for one hundred years.
In the past, Ning Fan was exploring the Dao of Pill Refinement on his own. Without any guidance, his pill refinement techniques would more or less have some shortcomings.
This time, however, the Pill Sovereign had taught Ning Fan for one hundred years. Currently, Ning Fan's pill refinement techniques were almost invincible in the entire Rain World except for the seven Sixth Revolution Pill Masters!
Ning Fan did not immediately leave the cave dwelling. Instead, he sat in a lotus position and meditated.
His medicine soul was stabilizing.
The scenes of pill refinement techniques he had just seen were replayed in his mind.
…
Another twenty days passed. The entire province of Cold Northern Country was unprecedentedly grand.
A ten thousand zhang * (3.33m per zhang) tall jade platform was erected in the province. On the jade platform, there was a four-colored gigantic stele. It was called the Pill Stele. It was provided by the Pill Island for the Pill Ceremony this time.
The seats in the four directions were filled with pill refinement masters and old monsters from all over the world.
Ju Qing and Dong Xu, the two Venerated Beings of the Internal Endless Sea, and the Pill Island's Grand Elder were seated at the host's seats.
The Great Elder of the Pill Island was an old man with sharp eyes. His cultivation base was at the Peak Divine Transformation Realm and he had a High Grade Fifth Revolution Pill Refinement Realm.
His alchemy skills were renowned throughout the world, so he could be exempted from the first two rounds.
Some of the famous Fifth Revolution Pill Masters could also participate in the third round.
In the center of the jade platform, the Giant Demon Clan's Elder Fu Bai presided over the first round of the test.
One by one, the alchemists registered their names and tested their alchemy skills under the Pill Stele.
When one's palm came into contact with the tablet, the magical tablet would release a force similar to a medicine soul and test the person's pill refinement mastery.
With the Pill Refinement Revolution, the Pill Stele would light up with a different color.
Fourth Revolution Pill Refinement would light up with four colors.
At the same time, there was a small scale between each color, which could be used to measure the pill master's specific alchemy skills.
One by one, the alchemists went up the stage to test their results, while Great Elder Fu Bai reported the results of each alchemist.
"Second Job Transition Upper Grade, unqualified!"
"Third job intermediate, pass!"
"Fourth grade primary stage, pass!"
Those below the third transition were all eliminated.
Every time a Fourth Revolution Pill Master appeared, countless cheers would be heard from the crowd.
A Fourth Revolution Pill Master's name could shake a country!
This time, there were at least five thousand alchemists participating in the test.
Even though there were many people, the speed of the test was quite fast. Perhaps, everyone would finish their test in less than a day.
On the female cultivators' seats, Yue Lingkong's eyes were filled with anxiety.
"Where did Little Cucumber go? The rumor has spread like wildfire. Little Cucumber has met the Pill Sovereign and gained his recognition, becoming his half-disciple … If that's true, it's certainly a good thing. But why hasn't Little Cucumber returned yet? Is he in danger? Could it be that the Pill Sovereign has ill intentions towards Little Cucumber?! "
"Brother-in-law …" Feng Xueyan's eyes were filled with worry but she could not make a sound.
"Young Master Zhou has the protection of the Rain Palace and the Zhou Clan. I think he won't be in danger …" Fen Chi was rational. Even though she said there was no danger, her eyes were filled with worry.
"Don't worry, Elder Sister Yue. Big Brother will definitely come …"
Xu Qiuling's eyes flickered. She knew Ning Fan very well. He had said that he would attend the Pill Ceremony no matter what happens.
"What?! This is …! "
Countless exclamations of astonishment suddenly resounded from all directions of the jade platform. Each of the cultivators stared at the center of the platform in disbelief.
(1/3) (To be continued)
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