The Last Ingredient for the Heaven-Mending Minor Restoration Pill

Lu Ping discovered that Little B, with his thick eyebrows and big eyes, had indeed betrayed him.

Refusing to undergo a re-examination will give those with ulterior motives something to criticize.

Accepting a re-inspection is the safest option.

The second time you prove yourself, it's more convincing than the first time.

Lu Ping chose A.

[You chose A.]

[You get up and walk to the Retest Alchemy Platform.]

[Zhao Huai'an moved to the other side.]

Jin Yutang and Wang Qinian were also positioned at the rear.

[The re-examination materials were even worse.]

The edges of the Dew-Congealing Grass have curled up.

The broken ends of the Qi-Gathering Vine are black.

[The Greenleaf Ginseng has lost half of its fine roots.]

Jin Yutang glanced at it and immediately slammed his fist on the table.

"How do you refine this?"

[The examiner spoke calmly.]

["Re-examine the same materials."]

"If it can't be refined, it's confirmed to be substandard."

[Jin Yutang is stuck.]

Wang Qinian lowered his head and re-examined the medicinal herb.

Zhao Huai'an did not complain.

He began cutting the herbs.

[You repeated the steps as before.]

[It was a true repetition of the entire process, almost without any mistakes.]

[Shen Silan, who had been watching you closely, had a slight glint in her eyes.]

[Half an hour later, Zhao Huai'an three pills.]

[You have also produced three pills.]

[Slightly inferior in condition to Zhao Huai'an.]

[The Jin Yutang has not yet produced the elixir.]

[Wang Qinian two pills.]

The examiner picked up the verification record.

"Lu Ping, the re-inspection passed."

"Zhao Huai'an, re-examination passed."

"Jin Yutang, not up to standard."

"Wang Qinian, not qualified."

Jin Yutang stood there, managing to squeeze out a few words.

"He came from a Border Region..."

[Shen Silan interrupted.]

"The Heavenly Certification Alliance judges elixirs by their ingredients, not by the recipient's place of origin."

The Jin Household cultivator fell silent.

[They helped Jin Yutang away, their footsteps barely touching the ground.]

[Wang Qinian walked to the door and suddenly stopped.]

He glanced back at you and bowed.

"Fellow Daoist Lu, I have learned a great deal today."

You didn't say much.

"It's just an exam."

The examiner took out a cyan jade qualification token.

The jade plaque is engraved with "Second-Grade Registered Alchemist".

[Your name and number are engraved on the back.]

He pushed the jade pendant in front of you.

["Lu Ping."]

"Second-Grade Registered Alchemist Qualification, Passed."

"Permissions granted."

"High-grade Pills are available for sale."

"You can purchase spirit herbs of the corresponding level."

"Can be added to the Heavenly Certification Alliance's Level 2 Professional Resource List."

[Congratulations on obtaining the upgraded version of your legal working permit in the cultivation world.]

[You can now be exploited at a higher level.]

[Put away the Second-Grade Alchemist Jade Token.]

[Shen Silan walks out from behind the examiners' table.]

He glanced at you and said,

"You're very good."

You bowed and said,

"Thank you, Examiner Shen."

Shen Silan nodded and turned to leave.

[You walk out of the Heavenly Certification Alliance Hall.]

The sunlight outside the hall was blinding.

[At the loan window, the middle-aged monk was still pressing his Blood Seal.]

[You walk through the crowd towards the Azure Dragon Merchant Association, returning to the Azure Dragon Merchant Association's cave abode.]

[You take out the Jade Slip of the Thousand Mechanisms Falling Blossoms Instruction.]

[The first level of the Cultivation Method slowly unfolds within your Sea of Consciousness.]

[Using Divine Sense to guide tiny Law Artifacts, and Spiritual Power to differentiate their trajectories, he simultaneously unleashed flying needles, Flying Knives, and stones.]

[You begin practicing the Thousand Mechanisms Falling Blossoms Instruction.]

[The first Spirit Stone flew out and struck the stone wall's Restriction, making a soft sound.]

The second Spirit Stone flew out, missing its mark by three inches.

[Stop what you're doing and disassemble the Spiritual Power trajectory again.]

[The Artisan Spirit takes effect.]

[You break down the Thousand-Hand Guanyin's mundane techniques into four parts: exertion, strike, splitting, and retraction.]

[The Divine Sense of the first level of the Thousand Mechanisms Falling Blossoms Instruction was then drawn and connected to the branching line.]

[Half an hour later, ten Spirit Stones flew out simultaneously.]

[They didn't crash randomly; instead, they each struck one of the ten Restriction points on the wall.]

[Ten Flying Knives followed closely behind, stopping half an inch after the Spirit Stone landed.]

[A superior Cultivation Method is indeed difficult.]

[On the second night, a slight tremor Restriction outside the cave abode.]

Shen Yuerong came in person.

She was followed by only one maid.

[A maid carried a Green Jade Tray containing a Black-Gold Admission Token and a thin directory.]

[Auction admission pass.]

"There's also a list of auction items."

[You take the list and flip through it casually.]

[A wide variety of items are available, Law Artifacts, Pills, Talisman.]

[As you flip through the pages, your hand stops on one page.]

[Void-Aperture Jade Marrow.]

[There really Void-Aperture Jade Marrow.]

[Starting bid: 30,000 Low-Grade Spirit Stones.]

[Seller's Note: Sellers with Yellow Fang Pill will be given priority for private transactions and may not be listed on the auction.]

Void-Aperture Jade Marrow has many uses.

[It can be used to enhance Five-Element Affinity, strengthen the Body-Refinement Foundation, and repair Spirit Aperture Hidden Injury.]

It's not an uncommon material.

[And the path to the Heaven-Mending Minor Restoration Pill was something you yourself carved out from an incomplete prescription.]

Outsiders wouldn't associate the Void-Aperture Jade Marrow with your Low-Grade Spirit Root.

[It's reasonable for the seller to want Yellow Fang Pill.]

Foundation Establishment cultivators must Core Formation.

The Golden Core Lineage needs to cultivate its next generation.

[But this note came at just the right time.]

[Yellow Fang Pill is not a controlled Pills.]

[However, the Golden-Pattern Yellow Fang Ganoderma was almost entirely suppressed by Great Sects and powerful Lineage.]

[Zhao Mingchuan personally went to Broken Sunset Valley because the Zhao Household was also in need.]

[If you take out the Yellow Fang Pill now, it will be tantamount to telling those who are interested that you have returned from Broken Sunset Valley.]

[Options pop up.]

[A: Wait for the Auction start bidding, then use Spirit Stones to force it.]

[B: Proposes an early transaction, exchanging Yellow Fang Pill Void-Aperture Jade Marrow.]

[C: Ask Shen Yuerong if you can rent the seller's property to her for a day first, because you want to figure out why the seller just happened to know you had Yellow Fang Pill.]

Lu Ping looked at A and fell silent.

Void-Aperture Jade Marrow has so many uses that it's highly sought after.

As the Greenwood Sect Master, even if he were seated among the Four Great Lineage and Great Sects of the Central Region, no matter how thick his Spirit Stone bag was, he might not be able to call out until the very end.

Exposure to Yellow Fang Pill carries risks.

But compared to the Heaven-Mending Minor Restoration Pill, Lu Ping was willing to take this risk.

Lu Ping chose B.

[You chose B.]

[Please return the list.]

"I want to see the seller."

Shen Yuerong paused for a moment while holding the list.

"Sect Master Lu."

The seller wanted Yellow Fang Pill.

"Not the Yellow Teeth Elixir Formula."

You take out a Jade Bottle and place it on the table.

[Shen Yuerong stared at the Jade Bottle for two breaths before finally uncorking it.]

A pale yellow fragrance wafted out.

[The tooth pattern on the surface is intact.]

[Yellow Fang Pill.]

[Shen Yuerong put the cork back on, her movement a beat slower than before.]

[Something that Four Great Lineage of Qingyang City are sending their direct descendants to fight to the death in Broken Sunset Valley, and you, a mere Sect Master from the Border Region, just casually pulled it out.]

[Shen Yuerong puts away the Jade Bottle.]

"I'll go ask."

[Two hours later, you met the seller in a private room on the second floor.]

[The other party was an old man in gray robes, at the Golden Core Stage.]

His left sleeve was empty, and his right hand was clutching a small bronze box.

Three layers of Spirit-Sealing Talisman were affixed to the small bronze box.

[After he sat down, he began to speak.]

"Where's Yellow Fang Pill?"

Shen Yuerong tapped the desktop.

"Fellow Daoist Li, this is the private room of the Azure Dragon Merchant Association, not your pharmacy."

The old man in the gray robe paused for a moment.

"Shopkeeper Shen, my apologies."

He placed the small bronze box on the table; the bottom of the box made a dull thud when it hit the surface.

"Two Yellow Fang Pills, and the Void-Aperture Jade Marrow is yours."