Chapter 166 Dan Pavilion Test
After listening to Baili Wen's explanation, Xiao Lin roughly understood that if he wanted to get the recipe of the elixir, he might have to become an alchemist.
Although outer disciples can only help real alchemists with odd jobs and do some simple manual labor, they should be able to get in touch with the recipe. Moreover, for Xiao Lin, as long as he has the recipe of the Five Elements Elixir, it is not difficult for him to become a real alchemist in a short time.
Of course, he did not intend to be so high-profile. As long as he could get the recipe of the Five Elements Elixir, he would naturally refine the Five Elements Elixir first and raise his realm to the Great Perfection of the Qi Refining Stage.
After learning about the location of the Alchemy Pavilion on Qingzhu Peak with Baili Wen, Xiao Lin was a little impatient. After chatting with Baili Wen for a while, Xiao Lin made an excuse to leave.
There are many small palaces standing on the hillside of Qingzhu Peak. In Xiao Lin's opinion, most of these palaces are probably empty, just like the wooden houses at the foot of the mountain.
Although the cave of the Jindan Patriarch at the top of Qingzhu Peak has a special spiritual energy input channel, the inner disciples of the foundation-building period obviously do not have such treatment, so the number of foundation-building cultivators on Qingzhu Peak is pitifully small.
In front of these palaces, there is a small square with several larger palaces, one of which is the Dharma Transmission Building. In the last few days of each month, the sect will send inner disciples to sit in it.
To answer the problems encountered by the outer disciples in their cultivation, and next to the Dharma Transmission Building, there is a small academy, in which there are at least a dozen people reading books and learning to read, which surprised Xiao Lin. It seems that there are many semi-illiterate people like himself in the world of immortal cultivation.
And seeing this, Xiao Lin's heart moved, he thought of the "Qingyan Baozhuan" still in the Lingmu space, the ancient seals on it are obscure and difficult to understand, and many of them are not recognized by himself.
It seems that he should come here to study hard when he has time, but Xiao Lin still put this matter aside for the time being. He looked at the innermost corner of the square, where a two-story attic stood.
On the plaque on the attic, there are two ancient seal characters [Dan Pavilion] written in a flying dragon and phoenix style.
A smile suddenly appeared on Xiao Lin's face. Xiao Lin went straight into the Dan Pavilion. After entering the Dan Pavilion, he was surprised to find that there was a sandalwood table at the innermost part of the Dan Pavilion. At this moment, a person was lying on the table, snoring loudly.
Xiao Lin was helpless. He walked to the table, knocked on the corner of the table gently, and called softly: "This senior brother."
The man suddenly raised his head with a start, and there was still glittering saliva hanging from the corner of his mouth.
"Have you eaten?" He smacked his lips a few times and muttered something that made Xiao Lin speechless.
At this time, the man also saw Xiao Lin clearly, and his face showed a slight embarrassment. He wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth with his sleeves without making a sound, which made Xiao Lin's mouth twitch.
"Hehe, the chores of Dan Pavilion are the most boring. I can't practice and there is no one to chat with. I can only sleep out of boredom. Junior brother, do you want to test your talent for alchemy?" The man looked at Xiao Lin with a smile on his face, and he didn't seem to be dissatisfied with Xiao Lin disturbing his sleep.
"Can alchemy talent be tested?" Xiao Lin was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then asked in surprise.
"Hehe, talent can't be tested, but a mule is pulled out by a horse. The Dan Pavilion test in our Dancao Mountain is very simple. Huh? Junior brother, is it possible that you just joined the sect and don't even know about this Dan Pavilion test?"
Xiao Lin touched his cheek helplessly and nodded. In this sect, a newcomer like him who lacks common sense is indeed very conspicuous.
"It doesn't matter. Actually, the test of Dan Pavilion is very simple. I will provide two sets of materials for refining Xisui Dan. As long as you can refine a furnace of Xisui Dan within the specified time, you will pass. Only by passing the test of Dan Pavilion and becoming a Dan Refining Boy can you assist the alchemist in refining various spiritual pills. Speaking of which, our Dancao Mountain has a huge demand for alchemy boys during this period, but unfortunately, there are only a few who can pass the test." This person complained, and then looked at Xiao Lin, as if waiting for his reply.
Xiao Lin fell into deep thought after hearing this. Originally, he thought that he only needed to refine a furnace of Yunling Dan to become a Dan Refining Boy after listening to Baili Wen's words. When it comes to refining Yunling Dan, he is full of confidence. Now he has at least a 70% success rate in refining Yunling Dan.
But when it comes to this Xisui Dan, he is a little unsure of his level. This Xisui Dan is also a first-level spiritual pill, and it is also relatively poor among the first-level spiritual pills. He also knows the refining process and pill formula, which is easier than Yunling Dan.
However, Xiao Lin had never refined this marrow cleansing pill. After all, if he failed to refine it, he would not be able to participate in the test of the pill pavilion within three years, so he was a little hesitant.
"Brother, can you change the refining of the marrow cleansing pill to the refining of the soul-enriching pill?" After thinking for a while, Xiao Lin looked at the person in front of him and said.
Hearing this, the man not only did not show any dissatisfaction on his face, but also smiled: "Hehe, brother, you also know that the spiritual mist grass needed to refine the soul-enriching pill is much more precious than the red blood grass used to refine the marrow cleansing pill. Although our sect has slightly more resources than those casual cultivators, we also have to save costs."
After a pause, the man continued, "But refining the Soul-Enriching Pill represents a higher level of alchemy after all. If you can bear the difference yourself, then what about it?"
"Of course, I will bear the difference myself." Xiao Lin heard this, but he took out a small cloth bag from his storage bag without hesitation and put it on the table in front of the man.
The man picked up the bag, and after his spiritual sense scanned it, his face was immediately full of smiles.
"Junior brother is also a straightforward person. In this case, please go in. There is a ground fire and an alchemy furnace in the first room on the left. Although according to the rules of the sect, the storage bag must be checked in advance, mainly to prevent cheating, but since you are so sincere, I think you will not do such a thing, so let's skip checking the storage bag."
Xiao Lin heard this, smiled and bowed to the man, and then walked towards the first room on the left.
The moment he turned around, the smile on Xiao Lin's face disappeared. He finally understood that the man looked careless and seemed a little honest and cute, but Xiao Lin naturally didn't think so.
After seeing his new identity, this person obviously deliberately took out the Marrow Cleansing Pill to embarrass him. Although the Marrow Cleansing Pill is easier to refine than the Soul Containing Pill, very few people can refine it, which is considered a very niche spiritual pill.
After all, the art of alchemy still pays attention to proficiency. Even if the Marrow Cleansing Pill is easy to refine, it is definitely not as easy for Xiao Lin as refining the Soul Containing Pill.
The difference that the man mentioned was obviously swallowed by him, but Xiao Lin didn't care. As long as he could pass the test of the Alchemy Pavilion, a mere thirty low-grade spirit stones were nothing.
After entering the house, he found that there was another stone chamber inside. Xiao Lin opened the door of the stone chamber and walked in. He found that the stone chamber was indeed fully equipped. Not only were the ground fire and the alchemy furnace ready, but there were also several jade boxes neatly placed on the wooden shelf beside it.
The wooden shelf under these jade boxes also indicated the names of the spiritual herbs in the jade boxes.
However, Xiao Lin did not start to refine the Soul-Enhancing Pill. Instead, he walked to the wooden shelf, took the spiritual herbs on it out of the jade boxes, and placed them one by one in front of him.
He looked at the black iron alchemy furnace in front of him, and a thoughtful expression appeared on his face.
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The next day, Xiao Lin walked out of the stone chamber and returned to the Alchemy Pavilion. The outer disciple on duty was obviously waiting for Xiao Lin.
Seeing Xiao Lin come out, his face was immediately full of smiles.
"It seems that Junior Brother has already refined the Soul-Enhancing Pill?"
Xiao Lin looked at this person with a strange expression, but nodded and put the jade bottle in his hand in front of him.
The man took the jade bottle, uncorked it and sniffed it, then looked inside, with a slightly surprised expression on his face: "Even if ordinary people can successfully refine it, at most one furnace can only produce five spiritual pills, but Junior Brother has produced six, which is already a very good result in our Dan Pavilion assessment."
As he spoke, the man took out a palm-sized wooden token from behind the counter and handed it to Xiao Lin.
After Xiao Lin took the token, he clasped his fists towards it and prepared to leave.
"Wait a minute."
Hearing this, Xiao Lin turned around and looked at the man in surprise, but the man was still smiling, but there was a hint of coldness in his eyes.
"According to the rules of our Dan Pavilion test, Senior Brother, I still have to check Junior Brother's storage bag. Once it is found that the Soul-Enriching Pill submitted by Junior Brother has been prepared long ago, it will be considered cheating, and the qualification for the Dan Pavilion test will be permanently revoked."
Hearing this, Xiao Lin's eyes flashed with coldness, but he said nothing, took off the storage bag on his waist, and threw it over.
Seeing this, the man showed a little surprise. He picked up the storage bag in front of him and checked it with his spiritual sense. He found that there were no materials for refining the Soul-Enriching Pill except for a few medium- and high-level magic weapons and a small pile of ordinary refining materials.
"Hehe, don't be surprised, junior brother. This is the test rule of the Dan Pavilion. I have no choice." The surprise in the man's eyes flashed away, and he showed a simple smile again and handed the storage bag to Xiao Lin.
Xiao Lin nodded expressionlessly, took the storage bag and turned to leave the Dan Pavilion.
After leaving the Dan Pavilion, Xiao Lin's expressionless face suddenly became gloomy, and his eyes flashed with cold murderous intent, but soon, Xiao Lin's expression returned to indifference again, and he flew down the mountain without looking back.
After returning to the foot of the mountain, Xiao Lin did not return to his residence, but looked at the sky and flew out of the mountain. With this token of the alchemy boy, he could accept some alchemy tasks issued by the sect.
Xiao Lin first went to the Merit Hall of Qingdan Peak. There was a task of refining elixirs in the task column, which lasted for two years. Xiao Lin took it without hesitation.
An hour later, Xiao Lin appeared at the foot of Qinghuo Peak. Qinghuo Peak was indeed very different from Qingzhu Peak. As soon as he arrived at the foot of the mountain, Xiao Lin saw many outer disciples in the Qi Refining Stage coming and going in a hurry.
The spiritual energy of Qinghuo Peak was indeed very rich, at least twice as rich as Qingzhu Peak, but Xiao Lin was not here to feel the spiritual energy here. He flew straight to the halfway point of Qinghuo Peak.