After the battle with Ning Fan, Venerated Pill seemed to have gained great enlightenment. After giving some instructions to all the elders, he thanked Ning Fan sincerely and hurriedly returned to the island for seclusion. He was eager to organize his understanding of the Battle Soul Technique.
As for Huang Tingzi, Yang Gu and the other elders of the Pill Island, they followed Venerated Pill's order and led Ning Fan's group to rest on the island.
There were seventeen pill palaces on the Pill Island. All of them were built on the best spiritual veins. In the past, only the distinguished guests of the Pill Island could stay there.
Ning Fan's group was arranged to stay in the 'Heaven Essence Pill Palace'. It was the most famous palace among the seventeen palaces. Obviously, Ning Fan was one of the most respected guests of the Pill Island in the past countless years.
The Heaven Essence Palace was located at the peak of a mountain range. It was surrounded by clouds and mist. Immortal cranes chirped in the sky. Standing on the peak of the mountain range, one could see the insignificance of the other mountains.
Looking at the mountains from the outside of the Heaven Essence Palace, one could see a ten thousand zhang * (3.33m per zhang) pond surrounded by divine light.
The pond was none other than the Pill Island's most famous Soul Cleansing Pond, and the divine light was the famous Soul Cleansing Light.
In order to prevent the Soul Bathing Light from spreading, the Soul Washing Pond was sealed all year round. Normally, only the first few floors of the pond were opened for the pill refinement masters on the island to cultivate. The remaining few floors were sealed one by one.
At this moment, there were many experts of the Pill Island outside the Soul Washing Pond. They were busy removing the seal on the fifth floor of the pond. Presumably, the fifth floor would be opened in half a day.
The divine light surrounding the Soul Washing Pond was slightly black in color. However, there was also a trace of extremely faint purple light.
"Is that the Soul Bathing Light …?"
Ning Fan stood at the peak of the Heaven Essence Palace and looked down at the Soul Washing Pond.
Su Yan, who was standing behind him, smiled and praised him.
"I didn't expect the battle between you and Venerated Pill to end in a draw. It's really unbelievable."
"Do you think I will lose?" Ning Fan asked with a faint smile.
"No. Of course, I firmly believe that you won't lose. However, I am still a little surprised to see you draw with Venerated Pill. After all, the battle of medicine souls can be seen as a contest of pill refinement techniques. Since you can draw with Venerated Pill in terms of medicine soul, I suppose you won't lose to Venerated Pill in terms of pill refinement, right? "
"Yan 'er is really smart. I can't hide anything from you. It is true that the difficulty of concocting a Sixth Revolution Dan is far greater than a Fifth Revolution Dan. I have never tried to concoct a Sixth Revolution Dan, and it is impossible for me to concoct a Sixth Revolution Dan directly. However, if I concoct a Peak Fifth Revolution Pill first and then use the Revolution Upgrade Technique to raise the grade of this pill … I have 30% confidence that I can concoct a Low Grade Sixth Revolution Pill! "
"Thirty percent? That's already very high … Other than you, I'm afraid there's no other Fifth Revolution Pill Master in the Rain World who has the confidence to concoct a Sixth Revolution Pill. Your title of 'The Eighth Pill Refinement Master of Rain Immortal World' is well deserved … If you break through to the Sixth Revolution Pill Refinement Realm, not to mention the seventh, I'm afraid you can even compete for the sixth or fifth position in Rain Immortal World … "
In the Rain Immortal World, there were only four people whose pill refinement mastery had reached the Mid Grade Sixth Revolution. In Su Yan's mind, if Ning Fan attains the Sixth Revolution Pill Refinement Realm, even those experienced Low Grade Sixth Revolution Pill Refinement Masters would certainly not be a match for him.
Ning Fan just smiled and did not answer.
Su Yan quietly looked at Ning Fan's back and firmly believed that she was not mistaken. After all, even though his back was obviously skinny, it gave people a sense of security and trust.
"Brother Biscuit, can I take a stroll around the Biscuit Island on my own …?" Little Ming Que's eyes were filled with pleading.
"Take a stroll? I'm afraid you want to sneak into the forbidden area of the Pill Island and secretly eat their pills, don't you? "Ning Fan exposed Ming Que's thoughts.
"Hehe …" Ming Que playfully stuck out her tongue. She felt rather embarrassed that Ning Fan had seen through her thoughts.
"There are a total of forty-two thousand pill refinement masters on the Pill Island. Among them, thirty-four thousand are First Revolution Pill Masters, seven thousand are Second Revolution Pill Masters, four hundred are Third Revolution Pill Masters, seventy-four are Fourth Revolution Pill Masters and five are Fifth Revolution Pill Masters … There are quite a lot of pills stored on the Pill Island. Most of them are concocted by the disciples and elders on a daily basis. However, most of them are low-grade pills. Most of them are below the Third Revolution. As for pills above the Fourth Revolution, other than the cultivators on the island who use them for cultivation, most of them are sold to the cultivators of the Endless Sea in exchange for immortal jade or medicinal ingredients.
Ning Fan's words gradually made Ming Que feel dejected. What's the use of having a lot of Third Revolution Pills on the island? It was almost impossible for her to improve her cultivation base by consuming them. At the very least, she needed to consume Fifth Revolution Pills in order to improve her strength.
Even though there were many pill refinement masters on the Pill Island and they could also concoct a lot of finished pills, the high-grade pills would be sold off as soon as they are produced.
There was no other way about it. Pill concoction was originally a profession that burned money. It was not hard to imagine how much medicinal ingredients would be consumed and how much money would be burned for forty thousand pill refinement masters to concoct pills every day!
Especially those high-grade pill refinement masters who kept trying to concoct pills that were beyond their capabilities. However, nine out of ten of them would end up in failure.
Hence, the Pill Island needed to sell pills continuously in order to have enough money to support the pill refinement masters on the island.
In Ming Que's imagination, the Pill Island was filled with high-grade pills. However, that was not the case. Even if she empties the storehouse of the Pill Island, she would not be able to find too many Fifth Revolution Pills …
"I thought that after coming to the Biscuit Island, I can eat pill biscuits until I'm full …" Ming Que's small face was filled with disappointment. She no longer had the mood to wander around.
"There's a place that might be able to let you eat until you're full … Follow me." Ning Fan smiled mysteriously. He did not rest in the Primordial Heaven Palace. Instead, he brought Su Yan and Ming Que straight to a certain medicinal valley on the Pill Island.
It was a small and narrow medicinal valley. It was surrounded by a circle on all four sides like a natural treasure bowl. There was only one elder of the Pill Island guarding the medicinal valley. The name of the valley was Waste Pill Valley. As the name suggested, it was used to store useless pills.
As long as one was a pill refinement master, there would be times when their pills would turn out to be useless. There was no exception.
All the useless pills concocted by the cultivators of the Pill Island would be sent to this medicinal valley and piled up randomly. Every ten years, the elder who guarded the valley would clean up the useless pills.
At this moment, there were still two more years before the useless pills would be cleaned up. In other words, all the useless pills concocted by the pill refinement masters of the Pill Island in the past eight years were piled up in the valley!
Ning Fan's purpose of bringing Ming Que to the Waste Pill Valley was very simple. He just wanted to take away all the Fifth Revolution Pills!
He wanted to use Ming Que's ability to purify all the Fifth Revolution Pills. Then, she would have enough pills to consume. Breaking through to the Void Refinement Realm was just around the corner!
Of course, purifying the useless pills would consume a lot of magic power and time. Hence, it was enough for Ming Que to purify the Fifth Revolution Pills. If she purifies even low-grade useless pills, it would be too much of a waste of time and magic power.
Ming Que was not stupid. When Ning Fan brought her to the Waste Pill Valley, she immediately understood what he wanted to do. She patted her forehead and said embarrassedly. "How could I forget that there is such a method? To me, aren't useless biscuits still edible? "
Su Yan still did not know that Ming Que had the ability to purify the useless pills. Thus, she did not understand why Ning Fan came to the Waste Pill Valley.
The elder who guarded the valley was a Late Gold Core Realm middle-aged cultivator. His name was Wang Cheng.
A Late Gold Core Realm cultivator could be considered as an old ancestor in a low-grade cultivation country. However, he was not worth mentioning on the Pill Island. He only had the right to guard the Waste Pill Valley.
Guarding the Waste Pill Valley was an idle job. Besides, there was nothing to be gained from it. Thus, Wang Cheng was happy to have some peace and quiet.
The useless pills did not have any edible value. Their only use was to bury them once every ten years. The weak medicinal qi of the pills could be used to slightly improve the spirit veins of the Pill Island.
Therefore, other than the attending disciples who were responsible for transporting the useless pills, very few people would come to the Waste Pill Valley.
Wang Cheng was leisurely guarding the pavilion at the entrance of the valley. He was playing a black and white chess piece against himself in a leisurely manner.
When Ning Fan and the others arrived at the valley, Wang Cheng did not even raise his head. He just thought that they were attending disciples who were transporting the useless pills. Thus, he complained indifferently.
"Useless pills! Another batch of useless pills! Three batches of useless pills have been delivered here this month. Can't you guys be more attentive when you concoct pills? It's shameful to waste pills, understand?! As the saying goes, those who recklessly waste God's resources will be spat upon by the Heavens. Each of the useless pills here requires the consumption of medicinal ingredients and immortal jade … "
Wang Cheng grumbled for a while and continued playing his chess piece.
At this moment, the voice of a young man suddenly echoed from afar. "Well said. Those who recklessly waste God's resources will be spat upon by the Heavens. Be it pill concoction or cultivation, everything in the world must be done attentively. You can't neglect it … "
The young man's voice made Wang Cheng's hand which was about to place his chess piece stiffen in mid-air.
Wang Cheng raised his head in disbelief. When he saw that the person who came was not a attending disciple but Ning Fan's group, he was so scared that he nearly peed his pants. His entire body began to tremble and he immediately went out of the pavilion to welcome them.
"M-Revered Ming! Why did you come to my Waste Pill Valley? Please come in … Erm … I misspoke, I misspoke … "
Wang Cheng suddenly realized that inviting Ning Fan into the Waste Pill Valley seemed to be very inappropriate.
The Waste Pill Valley was used to store useless people. If he invited Ning Fan into the valley, wouldn't he be secretly calling him a useless person?
Of course, Wang Cheng recognized Ning Fan. In other words, how could there be anyone on the Pill Island who did not know Ning Fan?
Venerated Pill's order had already been passed down to the entire Pill Island. Not to mention entering the Waste Pill Valley, Ning Fan could even enter the forbidden area of the Pill Island.
However, Wang Cheng did not understand why Ning Fan would come to the Waste Pill Valley. Thus, he did not dare to ask about it.
He had stayed on the Pill Island for his entire life. Although he had never seen any great events, he had heard too much of Ning Fan's notoriety.
Now that he was in close contact with Ning Fan, the number one devil lord of the internal sea, he naturally felt extremely terrified.
"There's no need to be nervous. The reason why I came to the Waste Pill Valley is just to collect some useless pills for research. I don't have any ill intentions. What's your name? What is your position on the Pill Island? "Ning Fan explained.
As soon as Wang Cheng heard that Ning Fan did not have any ill intentions, he heaved a sigh of relief and answered respectfully.
"My name is Wang Cheng. I'm the third class elder of the Pill Island and I'm in charge of guarding the Waste Pill Valley."
"Mm. I want to collect some useless pills for research. How about this? You go and filter out all the useless pills that are above the Fifth Revolution and send them to the Primordial Heaven Palace. The faster the better. It's best if you can complete it within a day. "
"W-What?! Filter out all the useless Fifth Revolution Pills?! And the faster the better? Within a day?! "
Wang Cheng's jaw dropped in shock. The useless pills in the Waste Pill Valley were not worth a single cent. Ning Fan was a distinguished guest of the Pill Island. It did not matter to him to take whatever he wanted. Of course, he did not have any objections.
What made Wang Cheng feel awkward was that Ning Fan wanted him to filter out all the useless Fifth Revolution Pills …
It was very difficult to determine the grade of the useless pills. Moreover, most of them were charred black and there was not much difference in their appearance. Unless one was a Fifth Revolution Pill Refinement Master with a medicine soul, it would be very difficult to identify the grade of the useless pills.
Only God knew that there were tens of millions of useless pills in the Waste Pill Valley. Among them, less than one hundred thousand were useless pills that were above the Fifth Revolution. Searching for a few hundred Fifth Revolution Pills from tens of millions of useless pills was like looking for a needle in a haystack. The difficulty was not small …
Even if Wang Cheng was given ten years, he might not be able to filter out all the Fifth Revolution Pills … Let alone within a day …
"M-Revered Ming, please forgive me. One day … One day is really not enough …" Wang Cheng trembled uncontrollably. He did not know what would happen if he disobeyed Ning Fan's order.
"Not enough? Could it be that the useless pills in the Waste Pill Valley are not stored according to grade? "
Ning Fan spread his spirit sense and scanned the Waste Pill Valley. Then, he burst into laughter.
The useless pills in the Waste Pill Valley were casually piled up like rubbish. They were not categorized according to grade.
It was indeed difficult for Wang Cheng, a mere Gold Core Realm cultivator, to filter out the Fifth Revolution Pills.
"Forget it … Yan Er, accompany Ming Que to filter out the Fifth Revolution Pills. Her nose is very sensitive. She will know where the Fifth Revolution Pills are with just a sniff. "
Ning Fan left Su Yan and Ming Que in the Waste Pill Valley. With Ming Que's sense of smell, which was used to search for heavenly ingredients and earthly treasures, it would not be too difficult for her to find the Fifth Revolution Pills in the pill ocean.
Su Yan was confused. Until now, she still could not figure out why Ning Fan would ask for the Fifth Revolution Pills.
Ming Que was eager to give it a try. She wanted to immediately find all the Fifth Revolution Pills and purify them one by one.
As for Wang Cheng, he heaved a sigh of relief. He did not expect Ning Fan to be so easy-going. He actually did not kill Wang Cheng just because he refused his order.
"Revered Ming doesn't seem to be as ruthless as the rumors say … Speaking of which, why did Revered Ming ask for the Fifth Revolution Pills for research?" Wang Cheng asked in confusion.
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After leaving the Waste Pill Valley, Ning Fan went to the libraries on the Pill Island alone to read pill recipes, pill refinement techniques and many other insights.
Whenever he saw a Fifth Revolution or Sixth Revolution pill recipe, he would make a copy of it. The elders who were guarding the libraries naturally did not dare to stop him.
In just half a day, Ning Fan had visited all the libraries on the Pill Island.
Half a day later, Venerated Pill finally came out from his seclusion. He had already absorbed all the insights he had gained from the battle with Ning Fan.
"I heard that Fellow Daoist needs Fifth Revolution Pills? May I know why you need Fifth Revolution Pills? "Venerated Pill had already received the news and asked casually.
"It's just for research. Knowing one's defeat is the way to obtain victory. "Ning Fan answered casually. Of course, he would not tell the truth.
"I see. Fellow Daoist wants to understand the reason behind the failure of pill refinement from the Fifth Revolution Pills to verify your Dao of Pill …" Venerated Pill nodded and no longer asked.
Then, he raised his head and said with a smile. "On my Pill Island, other than the Soul Washing Pond, there is another treasure. It's the 'divine chests' of an ancient pill master. I wonder if Fellow Daoist is interested in meeting it? Would you like to try and see if you can open its seal? "
"Divine chests?" Ning Fan was slightly surprised.
The so-called divine chests were a storage method unique to the ancient divine clan. They could hide treasures using divine techniques that could isolate them from the heavenly secrets. The treasures would not be destroyed even after thousands of years.
Some divine chests contained secret treasures, some contained cultivation methods, some contained pills and some even contained ancient living beings …
Could it be that there are actually divine chests left behind by ancient divine cultivators on the Pill Island?
Judging from Venerated Pill's tone, the divine chests had never been opened before! (To be continued.)
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