The old woman recovered, stared at Ning Cheng and shook her head and said, "I do have the Alchemy Foundation Jade Piece, but I will not give it to you. I am not reluctant, but this is for your own good. Although you are dressed like an old person, but presumably you are not more than 20 years old, right? Less than 20 years old and able to cultivate to the Qi Gathering 8th Level, although you are not a genius, but in a place like the Ping Continent, it is not easy.
With your progress, in the future when you leave the Ping Continent, coupled with your own efforts and some opportunities, it is not impossible for you to reach the Profound Core Realm. If you have other distractions in your heart, and study the Dao of Pills, I am afraid that in this lifetime you will only be able to reach the True Condensation Realm. The Dao of Pills, is not something that you can learn if you want to learn it, it is better to listen to my words. "
Ning Cheng thought of his Mysterious Yellow Bead, and spoke with some unwillingness in his heart, "Senior, I am confident that I will not delay my cultivation."
The old woman smiled indifferently, "Any cultivator who wants to learn Alchemy, has this confidence. The Dao of Pills and the Dao of Tools are, in the end, minor Daos, and are also for the sake of cultivation. If not for advancing to a higher level, no one would be willing to learn Alchemy. But everyone is blinded by these minor Daos, since in the end it is for the sake of cultivation, why not put all your energy into cultivation? If one day, you look down on all the mountains, would there still be a Pill Master who would not dare to refine pills for you? Would there still be a Weapon Refiner who would not dare to refine weapons for you? "
When Ning Cheng heard this, his heart suddenly became fiery. It was the first time that he heard someone say that the Dao of Pills was a minor Dao, and the Dao of Tools was also a minor Dao. But he felt that the old woman was not wrong, if one day, he looked down on all the mountains, would there still be a Pill Master who would not dare to refine pills for him?
But, without pills, how could he look down on all the mountains? The fiery mood that had just been ignited, once again cooled down.
The old woman seemed to know Ning Cheng's thoughts, and once again spoke in a neither fast nor slow manner, "In this world, the truly powerful pills are not refined by humans, but rather they are naturally grown. If one day, you can find these naturally grown spiritual objects, then they would be countless times more powerful than any pills. If one day, you can find these naturally grown spiritual objects, then they would be countless times more powerful than any other pills. Pills are just an auxiliary means for cultivation, it is not the end. "
"What Senior means is that as long as you cultivate, there is no need for Alchemy?"
The old woman shook her head once again and said, "No, it's just that you are not suitable for Alchemy. You're just a rogue cultivator. So what if your aptitude is heaven-defying? The prerequisites for alchemy were a large number of spirit herbs for you to practice with. Secondly, you had to have an alchemy fire and an extremely good opportunity. You don't have any of them, if you just want to advance to the True Condensation Realm in Alchemy, then you are going in the wrong direction. If you want to refine pills, you can come to me when you feel that your cultivation can no longer improve. However, I believe that at that time, you would no longer be in the mood to refine pills. "
Ning Cheng sighed, he knew that the old woman was not wrong. He was only relying on the Mysterious Yellow Bead, but the Mysterious Yellow Bead could not produce innumerable Spiritual Grasses out of thin air. From the looks of it, even if he wanted to refine pills, he wouldn't be able to do it through this old woman.
"You can come back in ten days to get the 7 Pleiades Ice Needle, I will definitely be able to refine it for you." The old woman saw Ning Cheng bowing his head in contemplation, and did not care about what Ning Cheng was thinking, and directly issued an expulsion order.
"Yes, this junior will take his leave." After Ning Cheng walked out of the old woman's bungalow, he had already put aside the matter of alchemy in his heart.
In any case, even if he wanted to learn alchemy now, he would not be able to refine the True Condensation Pill in time. If he wanted to advance to the True Condensation Realm, then he would have to think of a way. There were so many cultivators in the True Condensation Realm, but not every one of them was an Alchemist.
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Ning Cheng did not go to the Ming Pu Plaza to test his Spiritual Roots, he wanted to wait until he obtained the 7 Pleiades Ice Needle. Moreover, after the encounter with the old woman, Ning Cheng did not have even half a shred of confidence in concealing his cultivation.
He simply stayed in the rest stop, and practiced his own concealment cultivation technique.
Ten days passed by in a flash, in these ten days, Ning Cheng not only revised the concealment technique that he had obtained from the old woman, but also completely learned a new concealment technique.
On the tenth day, Ning Cheng could not wait to rush to the bungalow in the alley. But he found that the bungalow's door was locked, Ning Cheng was startled in his heart, could it be that this old woman who looked like a senior, would cheat him of his materials? This was absolutely impossible, right?
"Excuse me, are you looking for Aunty Gong Sun to get something?" A hesitant voice sounded from the opposite door of the bungalow, Ning Cheng turned around and saw an ugly looking youth with thin lips.
"Yes, I am looking for Aunty Gong Sun, may I ask where Aunty Gong Sun went?" Ning Cheng quickly replied. At the same time, he felt that the name of this Aunty Gong Sun was very familiar, when he was on Earth, he had heard of this name, but he also knew that this was definitely not the same person.
When this ugly looking youth heard Ning Cheng's words, he immediately grinned, and then went into the house and took out a small wooden box and handed it to Ning Cheng and said, "When Aunty Gong Sun left, she gave this to me, she said, that the things that you want are inside, she hopes that you will act according to your capabilities."
Ning Cheng took the Jade Box and thanked him, but in his heart he did not understand. He had only asked Aunty Gong Sun to create a 7 Pleiades Ice Needle, why would he act according to his capabilities?
Although he was eager to know what his 7 Pleiades Ice Needle looked like, Ning Cheng still held back his excitement, and took the wooden box and rushed back to his residence.
After returning to his residence, Ning Cheng first arranged a Shielding Array Formation, and then carefully opened the wooden box.
Inside the wooden box, there was a small crystal box, and next to the crystal box was a small ball of something. Ning Cheng did not care about the small ball of something next to it, and directly opened the crystal box in his hands.
A thin needle that was almost invisible to the naked eye was lying inside the crystal box, moreover it was faintly discernible, as if it would disappear at any time.
"Good needle." Ning Cheng exclaimed, he immediately understood, this was definitely a 7 Pleiades Ice Needle Artefact that was beyond his expectations.
Ning Cheng held the needle in his hands, and a feeling of wanting to refine it welled up in his heart. Ning Cheng did not hesitate, and immediately closed his eyes, and began to refine the needle in his hands.
A day later, Ning Cheng once again opened his eyes in surprise, the needle in his hands had disappeared. The needle was now stuck in his sleeves, and was completely connected to his mind.
At this moment Ning Cheng absolutely did not believe that this old woman was not a Refining Master, the level of this needle was much higher than his Flying Sword, this was simply a best quality Artefact.
A person who could refine a best quality Artefact, how could she not be a Refining Master?
Ning Cheng was so happy, that he even forgot that there was a small ball of something inside the wooden box, and was constantly practicing the 7 Pleiades Ice Needle Technique with the needle in his hands.
It was not until he was very hungry, that he discovered that a day had passed by. Ning Cheng was pleasantly surprised in his heart, with this needle. Once he faced an enemy, he could use the 36 Profound Ice Swords and this 7 Pleiades Ice Needle Technique, even if it was a True Condensation Cultivator, under the circumstances of his sneak attack, he estimated that it would be very difficult for them to escape.
Today, he finally had some ability to protect himself. Ning Cheng was even more grateful to the old woman, even if it was Ge Fei, Ning Cheng felt that he was worth more than the 10 Qi Gathering Stones. Even if it was 2 Spirit Stones, it would still be too little.
Ning Cheng put away the 7 Pleiades Ice Needle Technique, and was ready to go out to eat something, when he remembered that there was another item inside the wooden box. He quickly picked up the small ball of something, and shook it a bit, and found that it was a very thin inner armour.
Ning Cheng was the first to recognise it, it was a defensive armour made from the skin of the One Horned Flood Dragon. At the same time, he also understood what was going on. The old woman must have felt that there was a lot of dragon skin, so she simply helped him refine an inner armor.
Ning Cheng took off his outer robe, and after refining the inner armour and putting it on, he felt incomparably comfortable. His heart was filled with gratitude towards the old woman.
Ning Cheng did not throw away the empty wooden box, in his view, it was tantamount to owing the old woman a favour. Originally, the other party didn't have to give him the inner armor, but he did. At the same time, Ning Cheng also felt that when the old woman said that he should not learn Alchemy at this time, it was not without reason.
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The Ming Pu Plaza was located on the periphery of the Clear Heart Academy, and belonged to the Clear Heart Academy and the Ming Yi Country. Not only was there a huge public square here, but it was also the best testing ground for Spiritual Roots in the entire Ming Yi Country. Normally, coming to the Ming Pu Plaza to test one's Spiritual Root would cost a lot of gold coins, but for the past few months, it didn't even cost a single gold coin. All the people could take the test for free, because in these few months the Clear Heart Academy would be recruiting students.
In the past few days, the number of people in the Ming Pu Plaza had been increasing, and today it was even more crowded. Almost all the cultivators, as well as many people from the Nan Yuan City had already arrived here. Because today was the day that the Clear Heart Academy would be recruiting students, as long as one's Spiritual Root met the requirements, and passed the test, then one could enter the Clear Heart Academy.
Ning Cheng followed the crowd of people into the Ming Pu Plaza's Spiritual Root Testing Hall, today he had already removed the cultivator's hat that covered his face. But under his deliberate dressing, he looked even older, and even his beard looked like it had experienced the vicissitudes of life.
Because today was the day that the Clear Heart Academy was selecting students, so there were not many people in the Spiritual Root Testing Hall. Most of the people had already tested for their Spiritual Roots.
Ning Cheng had already seen the Spiritual Root Testing Artefact, he directly went to the front of the Spiritual Root Testing Artefact, and said to the person in charge of the testing, "I want to test for my Spiritual Root."
"Put your hand on the groove, and circulate some Qi." The person in charge of the Spiritual Root Testing Artefact weakly said.
Ning Cheng did not speak much, and directly put his hand on the test groove, and simultaneously circulated some Qi into it. Four thin yellow lines rose from the crystal pillar. The four lines rose very slowly, but they did not stop. Ning Cheng had already taken his hand away when the four thin lines had risen to three or four feet.
The person in charge of testing the Spiritual Roots simply did not care about Ning Cheng's petty actions, as he lazily threw out a wooden card and spoke, "Four Line Hybrid Support Spiritual Roots, you are qualified to enter."
"Many thanks, may I ask what are the four Spiritual Roots that I possess?" Ning Cheng's heart was pounding, as he quickly grabbed the Jade Card and thanked him before asking. Only he knew in his heart that he originally had a three-elemental hybrid support spiritual root, but after half a year, he actually had a four-elemental hybrid support spiritual root.
This Spiritual Root tester swept a disdainful glance at Ning Cheng and spoke, "If you are qualified, then you do not need to ask about these things. I'm only responsible for testing whether you have the qualifications to enter or not. You're just barely qualified to enter the academy's gates. "
What he meant was, "Your Spirit Root is so trashy, and you still have the face to ask what kind of Spirit Root it is?"
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