Infiltrating the Danxia Sect

[To ensure a permanent solution, you plan to acquire a recipe for the Inner Divinity Pill]

[Relying on the memories from the last simulation]

[You know that near the Eastern Sea, there is a sect skilled in alchemy called the Danxia Sect]

[Their sect is capable of refining the Inner Divinity Pill]

[You intend to sneak in and obtain a recipe for the Inner Divinity Pill]

[You head east]

[On the eighth day, you are about to leave Danzhou]

[You discover that Duan Qian has issued over a dozen wanted posters]

[He is pursuing over a dozen people from the Golden Saber Martial Hall]

[The primary targets of the wanted list are Wang Kun and his son, Wang Yuanyi]

[You take a look at the contents of the wanted posters from a distance]

[You notice that your name and portrait are not on them]

[You realize that Duan Qian hasn't suspected you yet]

[Duan Qian only believes that the Wang family and the members of the martial hall have fled]

[You breathe a sigh of relief]

[At the same time, you feel a sense of urgency]

[Duan Qian will eventually find out about you]

[You leave the city overnight, exiting the jurisdiction of Danzhou]

[You are cautious, and you don't continue towards the Danxia Sect]

[You find a desolate mountain to lie low]

[You live in the mountains for over half a year]

[You don't waste a single second]

[During this time, you complete the first refinement of your True Qi]

[The refinement of True Qi at the Marrow Cleansing realm gives you more confidence]

[After more than half a year, the heat from the wanted notices gradually subsides]

[You continue heading east]

[In the second year, you arrive at the Danxia Sect]

[You buy a small courtyard in a village near the Danxia Sect]

[In your spare time from cultivating, you wander around the Danxia Sect]

[Those in your line of work must scout the location before taking action]

[After a month, you basically understand the situation of the Danxia Sect]

[Although the Danxia Sect is not one of the five major sects, its scale is not small]

[The sect leader is a Grandmaster]

[The overall strength of the Danxia Sect is not weak]

[For over a month, you haven't found a chance to sneak in]

[Several times while scouting, you were almost discovered]

[Fortunately, your Inner Divinity Pill reserves are plentiful]

[You are able to cultivate as usual]

[In the second month, you get an opportunity]

[The Danxia Sect's annual recruitment begins]

[Anyone sixteen years old or younger can participate in the entrance examination]

[Passing the examination will allow one to become a member of the Danxia Sect]

["What a great opportunity!" you exclaim excitedly]

[You have just turned sixteen this year]

[You plan to infiltrate the enemy by passing this examination]

[As long as you can enter the Danxia Sect, you will definitely find a chance to steal the pill recipe]

[You create a new identity called Zhao Tiezhu]

[Using the Aura Concealment Art, you only reveal your cultivation to the mid-stage of Skin Refinement]

[You pretend that you have never refined any pills, otherwise it will arouse suspicion]

[Your Aura Concealment Art has been cultivated to the perfect realm]

[Only an Apex Grandmaster can see your true cultivation realm]

[Even the Danxia Sect's most highly cultivated sect leader can't see your cultivation realm]

[You aren't worried at all about exposing your cultivation realm in the Danxia Sect]

[Entry into the Danxia Sect only requires passing an alchemy assessment]

[You compete with over fifty other youths]

[The proctor has you concoct a common healing pill you've never seen before]

[Using your alchemy experience from making Qi and Blood Pills, you're the first to finish]

[Moreover, your success rate is the highest, reaching seventy percent]

[Having such a high completion rate on your first attempt at making an unfamiliar pill, it's no exaggeration to call you an alchemy genius]

[The proctor walks up to you and his eyes light up as he inspects your finished product]

[He looks at you with more joy than he would at his own father]

[The proctor directly terminates the other candidates' assessments]

[He announces on the spot that the other youths have failed]

[The other youths leave dejectedly]

[As they leave, they all glare at you with resentment]

[It turns out the Danxia Sect usually only recruits three disciples each year]

[But because your performance this year is so amazing, the talent and skill of the others simply can't compare]

[You easily secured a first place finish by a landslide]

[You don't have to worry if you don't know the goods, but you're afraid that the goods are compared to each other]

[This causes the proctor to directly cut two recruitment slots, and only recruit you this year]

[You say to these eliminated people with earnest intention: "Youngsters, no need to envy my height. One day, you'll be able to jump up and touch my knees."]

[You successfully enter the Danxia Sect]

[You're assigned to the Seventh Elder, Xie Huide, as a disciple]

[Xie Huide is seventy-five years old, looks middle-aged, and has a Essence Refining peak cultivation realm]

[Xie Huide is naturally easygoing and doesn't like to interfere in things]

[Aside from teaching you alchemy, he never comes looking for you]

[You're happy with this arrangement, as it allows you to sneak out and scout locations whenever you want]

If you feel that this book is good, in order to avoid not finding it next time, please remember to add it to your bookshelf.

[You can also cultivate in your residence with peace of mind]

[Without worrying about exposing your cultivation realm]

[Xie Huide usually explains the basic system of elixir concoction to you]

[Your proficiency in concocting Qi and Blood Paste is entirely the result of brute-forcing it with money and time, a wild approach]

[Now, after listening to Xie Huide's explanation, you have a systematic understanding of elixir concoction]

[You understand that elixirs are actually divided into grades]

[From first grade to ninth grade, with ninth grade being the highest]

[Once an alchemist's proficiency in concocting the highest grade elixir they can make reaches the Great Accomplishment level, the alchemist is considered to be the corresponding grade alchemist]

[Taking yourself as an example]

[Qi and Blood Paste is actually a second-grade elixir]

[Your proficiency in concocting Qi and Blood Paste has already reached Perfection]

[You're actually a second-grade alchemist]

[And Xie Huide is a seventh-grade alchemist, which is quite impressive]

[Xie Huide gives you three first-grade elixir recipes]

[The difficulty of these three elixirs is among the highest in the first grade]

[He tells you that once you've raised the proficiency of all three of these first-grade elixirs to Great Accomplishment, he'll teach you how to concoct Qi and Blood Paste]

[Once your Qi and Blood Paste proficiency reaches Great Accomplishment again, he'll teach you how to concoct the fourth-grade Inner Divinity Paste]

[This also means that you'll be able to obtain the Inner Divinity Paste recipe at that time]

[Since your Qi and Blood Paste concoction technique is already at Perfection]

[You actually only need to raise the proficiency of the three first-grade elixirs to Great Accomplishment]

[Then the Inner Divinity Paste recipe will be within your grasp]

[You estimate that it will take you less than a year to reach Great Accomplishment in all three of these first-grade elixirs]

[But you can't reveal your mastery of Qi and Blood Paste all at once.]

[Otherwise, your identity will definitely be suspected.]

[You can only play dumb and slowly reveal your talent.]

[You estimate that, with your persona as a paste-refining genius, reaching mastery in four years would be reasonable.]

[But you feel that four years is too long.]

[You decide to diligently study paste-refining while looking for opportunities to steal paste formulas.]

[You learn that the Danxia Sect's paste formulas and cultivation methods are stored in the Scripture Pavilion.]

[You spend half a month figuring out the shift schedule of the Scripture Pavilion guards.]

[On this day, taking advantage of a guard shift change, you quietly sneak into the Scripture Pavilion.]

[But you're caught red-handed by a returning guard as soon as you enter.]

[This guard is at the early Essence Refining stage, and you can handle him.]

[You're about to kill him and escape from the Danxia Sect.]

[But the guard recognizes you. He asks, "Are you Zhao Tiezhu, the Seventh Elder's disciple?"]

[You reply, "Yes."]

["Thought I'd seen you somewhere," the guard mutters to himself, and then leaves.]

[The guard just ignores you.]

[You're a bit dumbfounded.]

[You later learn that disciples of the various elders of the Danxia Sect can freely enter and exit the Scripture Pavilion.]

[It's just that you were afraid of revealing your intentions before.]

[You didn't dare to ask anything about the Scripture Pavilion at all.]

[This time, you were overly cautious.]

[You hurriedly rummage through the Scripture Pavilion.]

[But you can't find the Inner Divinity Paste formula at all.]

[It turns out that formulas for Rank 4 and above are not kept here at all.]

[Instead, they are kept by the sect's leader and elders.]

[You made a wasted trip.]

[You have no choice.]

[You can only honestly raise the proficiency of these three Rank 1 paste medicines first.]

[Although your plan to steal paste formulas has fallen through.]

[But you realize that staying in the Danxia Sect is actually only beneficial to you, not harmful.]

[You only need to study paste-refining every day.]

[Then complete the paste-refining tasks that Xie Huide assigns you.]

[These paste-refining tasks are as easy as breathing for you.]

[They don't delay your cultivation at all.]

[Although the Danxia Sect's overall combat power is far inferior to the Five Great Sects.]

[Its status in the martial world is second only to the Five Great Sects and the Three Demonic Cults.]

[It's highly respected in the martial world.]

[It's simple, if you don't respect me.]

[I won't sell you my paste medicines.]

[You want to flip the table and throw a tantrum?]

[Then I'll call a few Apex Grandmaster brothers who need my paste medicines to come and chop you up.]

[You have to submit.]

[So no sect wants to become enemies with the Danxia Sect.]

[Danxia Sect members basically don't need to go out and fight.]

[Unlike the thugs of other sects, who need to carry watermelon knives and chop people everywhere.]

[It's very dangerous, people will die.]

[You hate fighting the most, and you have no idea what it feels like to kill someone's whole family.]

[So staying in the Danxia Sect is actually safer than wandering around outside.]

[Moreover, the Danxia Sect is particularly rich.]

[The sect members can apply to the sect for reimbursement of half of the consumables generated during paste-refining practice.]

[Each disciple also has their own independent courtyard residence]

[You also have your own large courtyard.]

[Life is quite comfortable.]

[Other sects absolutely do not have such favorable conditions.]

[Some minor sects that are doing poorly are starving nine meals out of every three days, and getting beaten with small steel rods for no reason.]

[Their lives are quite miserable.]