Upon hearing that Mu Yanxi had switched cultivation methods, Shangguan Yun didn’t ask much.
Instead, she laughed and said, “You told me to vent my desires more often, I know that. But you need to take the initiative, otherwise how is that intensity considered venting?”
“Hmm, I’ll think about it.” Faced with Shangguan Yun’s words, Mu Yanxi could only find an excuse for now.
She and Shangguan Yun went out together, ready to attend the Elixir Refining class. The other roommates were already waiting outside, ready to go.
“I don’t want to go to some Elixir Refining class. What do we demon cultivators need pill refining for?” Lei Mulan flicked her big tail, looking a bit irritable. She preferred straightforward magic combat.
Indeed, in her previous life, Mu Yanxi had rarely seen demon cultivators who practiced the dao of alchemy. In fact, most demon cultivators were hostile toward it, because pill refining often used monster cores and demonic beast materials.
“Be good, calm down. See how quickly you gained enlightenment and transformed into human form? Isn’t that because the sect granted you a transformation pill?”
“From that perspective, the dao of alchemy is still very useful to you.” Hai Lingxue said as she smoothed Lei Mulan’s fur. Her attitude seemed much gentler around Lei Mulan.
“If I need something, can’t I just buy it directly from the sect? I really don’t want to learn pill refining. It feels like it’ll be so boring!” Lei Mulan remained reluctant.
At that moment, Mu Yanxi and Shangguan Yun walked out of the bedroom together and overheard their conversation.
Shangguan Yun said, “Don’t worry. The dao of alchemy of our Spiritual Moon Palace is different from the common kind. It’s very easy to practice and absolutely not boring. Even you demon cultivators can learn it easily, I guarantee.”
“Ooh? There’s pill refining that isn’t boring? I don’t believe it. What is it?” Lei Mulan asked curiously.
Mu Yanxi also looked at Shangguan Yun. In her impression, pill refining meant sitting dryly in front of a pill cauldron, constantly adjusting the fire and adding ingredients. It was a very tiring and boring task.
Mu Yanxi also knew a thing or two about pill refining in her previous life, but back then she didn’t find it boring; she saw it as a test. A single spirit pill was worth ten thousand gold. If pill refining were too easy, how could good pills be produced?
“Hehe, it’s a secret. You’ll know soon enough. But I can tell you in advance, the pill refining technique of our Spiritual Moon Palace, though low in yield, can be practiced anytime, anywhere. No furnace, no seclusion required, and the failure rate is almost zero.” Shangguan Yun smiled.
This made Mu Yanxi even more puzzled. She had never heard of pill refining that didn’t require a furnace or seclusion, and even claimed zero failure rate. This was absolutely incredible. She really wanted to see it.
At this point, Yu Qiuyu, who had been listening, interjected, “I’ve heard that most Great Sects have renamed the Elixir Refining class to Chemistry class or Pharmacy class. Only the Spiritual Moon Great Sect still calls it the Elixir Refining class. Is that true?”
“That’s right. Although there might be some other Great Sects that haven’t changed the name, in Yuzhen City, only the Spiritual Moon Great Sect still calls it the Elixir Refining class.” Shangguan Yun nodded, confirming her statement.
“Doesn’t matter. As long as I can earn money, I don’t care if it’s pill refining or medicine making.” Bai Jia said.
“That can indeed earn money. At least earning some spirit stones to assist cultivation is no problem.” Shangguan Yun nodded in agreement.
Yu Qiuyu revealed a meaningful expression. “Then I look forward to the Spiritual Moon Palace’s pill refining technique even more.”
“Then I have no objections.” Bai Jia waved her hand. “As long as there’s money, let’s hurry and go.”
With that, the six of them went out and took flight. This time they flew to a side hall—Danhua Palace.
Though the side hall was small, the garden outside was filled with spiritual herbs and spirit trees. Just the scent of medicine wafting near made one feel refreshed, as if even mana had improved.
The six women lowered their divine artifacts and landed in front of the hall. At this time, many disciples had already arrived.
Mu Yanxi used her star-imprint eye to observe the qi of the side hall. She found that the medicine qi here was extremely rich, but there was not a trace of fire qi.
This was also normal, since fire and wood counter each other. Most spiritual medicines were of the Five Elements wood attribute.
If the fire qi here were robust, it would be unsuitable for growing spiritual medicines. In Mu Yanxi’s knowledge, even rare fire-attribute spiritual medicines had to be planted separately and could not be mixed with other spiritual herbs and trees.
But this raised a problem.
There was no fire qi here, so it didn’t seem like a place for pill refining at all. In her previous life, the pill refining area of the Magnificent Truth Sect was an entire mountain peak’s fire vein, drawing earth fire to refine pills, with fire qi soaring to the sky.
In other words, this Danhua Palace was a place for nurturing and planting medicine, not for refining medicine or pills. Then it shouldn’t be called Danhua Palace; it should be called Yaohua Palace.
And their dao of alchemy class—would it start with how to identify and handle spiritual medicines? Although that wasn’t wrong per se.
Just then, the door of Danhua Palace opened, and an old man’s voice came out.
“Everyone come in. Class will start soon.”
Everyone entered the hall.
Inside the hall, there were indeed no furnaces or fire vents. Instead, there were rows of meditation cushions, looking like a place for listening to scriptures and lectures.
On the high platform in the center sat an old man with a youthful face and white hair.
He wore a green robe embroidered with patterns of spiritual herbs and immortal flowers. His white beard reached his abdomen, and his face was kind.
He gave the impression of an enlightened master. Moreover, he actually had the terrifying cultivation of the Magnificent Truth Stage, a great senior who needed to be looked up to.
Moreover, his entire body exuded the fragrance of elixirs and medicine. One could tell at a glance that he was a great master of the dao of alchemy.
Mu Yanxi looked over with her star-imprint eye. This old man indeed had strong fire qi on him, clearly indicating he often refined pills.
The old man smiled kindly and said, “Everyone, please be seated. My Dharma name is Qiongdann Laoren. You may also call me Teacher Qiongdan. I am the teacher who will teach you the dao of alchemy.”
His first impression was excellent, amiable and approachable. He didn’t even require the disciples to bow, directly saying “everyone, please be seated.” Even so, many disciples still bowed to him before sitting down.
“I heard that Teacher Qiongdan is a famous great master of the dao of alchemy throughout Qin Region. I didn’t expect the Spiritual Moon Great Sect to invite him as a guest elder.” Yu Qiuyu said quietly.
“You know all that. Not exactly a guest elder, he’s more like a patron. He already has a sect, Wanshou Valley. It’s only because of the cooperation project with Yangxin Hall that he came to teach at our Spiritual Moon Great Sect.” Shangguan Yun replied.
At this point, the disciples all took their seats one after another.
Qiongdann Laoren began to speak, “What I will teach you is the pill refining technique passed down through the Spiritual Moon Palace generations. It was only after hearing about this technique for a long time that I came to teach at the Spiritual Moon Palace.”
He referred to it as “Spiritual Moon Palace” rather than “Spiritual Moon Great Sect.” Combined with Shangguan Yun knowing about the technique and Qiongdan himself, it likely meant he also taught at the Chu Sect and the Great Sect.
“The Spiritual Moon Palace’s pill refining technique uses one’s own body as a furnace and heart fire as the pill fire. It refines only one inner core at a time, a living elixir technique. What I will teach you is this exquisite art.”
Qiongdann Laoren smiled kindly.