Gu Ding Team Grows Stronger Together

Over the next few days, Gu Ding's potion-making speed increased rapidly. He completed the refining of all thirty-six divine-level potions in just one week. Only three potions were of Perfect Quality; the rest were all of the Ultimate Quality.

Unbeknownst to him, his entire potion-making process had already caused a sensation in the Medicine King Valley Video Section. However, to protect his privacy, the Medicine King Valley leadership blurred Gu Ding's face in the video, and all information tracing Gu Ding's identity, including the room number, was blocked.

Only the pharmacists with extremely high authority in Medicine King Valley can see it, and there are fewer than twenty of them in total.

At that moment, they were holding a meeting around a table.

"Potion Venerable, what do you mean by stopping us from accepting disciples? They dare not speak, but I will take this opportunity at the meeting to say it. When it comes to concocting potions, you are no better than me. If you really want to snatch disciples, let's settle this with our skills." A burly man in red robes with a full beard slammed his hand on the table and said.

"I'm also thinking of taking on a male disciple recently. If your explanation, Potion Venerable, doesn't satisfy us, I'm going to get involved in this struggle," a beautiful woman in a black dress said with a faint smile.

"North Darkness Palace Master, I gave you a female disciple last time, so don't try to take this one from me." The Fire Control Hall Master seemed somewhat wary of the woman.

"That little girl from last time, you were the one who lost to me in a potion-making contest, when did it become something you gave me?" The North Darkness Palace Master was clearly no pushover either.

"Please don't be hasty. The reason I've gathered everyone here is because of this matter." The Potion Venerable smiled wryly. He knew the Fire Control Hall Master had a fiery temper, and her pill-refining skills were no less than his own. Moreover, her martial arts cultivation was among the best of everyone present. As for the North Darkness Palace Master, although she was a woman, her cultivation and pill-refining abilities were no weaker than the Fire Control Hall Master's; she was also not someone to be trifled with.

"The reason I'm stopping everyone from taking on apprentices isn't because I want to. It's because of my teacher," Potion Venerable looked at everyone with a helpless expression. "He accidentally saw the video of that young man's first attempt at concocting a potion and even asked me for the young man's information."

"You mean, it's the Medicine Ancestor?!" A hint of surprise flashed in the beautiful eyes of the North Darkness Palace Master.

"Potion Venerable, you're not lying to us, are you? There are quite a few words." The Fire Control Hall Master seemed rather suspicious, his eyes fixed on Potion Venerable, as if trying to find some flaw.

"Do you think I would dare to try to fool you with something that involves my teacher?" Potion Venerable glared at the Fire Control Hall Master.

"What did he say?" The North Darkness Palace Master still seemed a little unwilling to give up.

"He only asked me for the boy's information, without saying anything else, which is why I'm in a difficult position." The Potion Venerable also had a headache over this problem. Many renowned pharmacists were eyeing Gu Ding, wanting to take him as a disciple, but he couldn't snatch them away, nor could he make decisions for his master. "I guess the teacher is still evaluating him; we can only wait."

"How long does this kind of investigation usually take?" The Fire Control Hall Master frowned slightly and looked at the Potion Venerable.

"I don't know either. I'm just a disciple of the master. You all know that." The Potion Venerable didn't shy away from this matter. On the contrary, his status as a disciple had always been the envy of countless pharmacists.

"It seems we can only wait. I don't have the guts to compete with the Medicine Ancestor for a disciple." The North Darkness Palace Master also had a bitter smile on his face.

"Potion Venerable, if the Medicine Ancestor decides he's unwilling to accept disciples, you can't hog the opportunity. Everyone should compete fairly," the Fire Control Hall Master warned. "Otherwise, the rest of us will have no choice but to demolish your Spirit Mountain Medicine Hut."

"No, absolutely not! Let's compete fairly, compete fairly!" Potion Venerable waved his hands hastily, terrified. He knew that the Fire Control Hall Master was a former Interstellar Pirate. He was capable of anything, and although he was now a powerful figure in the Great Universe Sea, he hadn't changed much from Interstellar Pirate.

"Then it's settled. No one is allowed to snatch it beforehand. Whoever makes a move first, the rest of us will demolish their house." The Palace Master of North Darkness Palace Master swept her beautiful eyes over everyone. She had finally reached a consensus with the Fire Control Hall Master.

The three leaders of Medicine King Valley reached a consensus, and no one else raised any objections. After all, the name of the Medicine Ancestor was too intimidating, so they could only wait.

Gu Ding was completely unaware of the huge commotion he had caused. After confirming that his refining process was correct and that the problem lay with the medicinal herbs, he went to the assessment hall again. After a relatively easy assessment, he obtained the token of a first-class divine alchemist and headed towards the materials warehouse.

When the warehouse manager saw Gu Ding reappear, he thought to himself, "Hey, here to collect materials again. He's going to make thirty-six kinds of potions, but he only needs three sets of materials."

But when he saw Gu Ding's new token, he rubbed his eyes hard twice, "You've advanced to Divine Alchemist?!"

"Yes," Gu Ding grinned.

"Uh, what materials do you need this time?" The old man's attitude finally softened.

"Give me three portions of each of the forty-one common ingredients for second-class divine potions." Gu Ding still asked for three portions.

Since his assessment results for promotion to Divine Alchemist were still excellent, Gu Ding continued to enjoy his previous privileges.

After obtaining the potion, Gu Ding returned to the alchemy hall, where the same young girl was still registering at the front desk.

"You've advanced to Divine Alchemist so quickly?" The young girl was also somewhat surprised, because just a few days ago when she received Gu Ding's token, she was only S-Rank Pharmacist. At that time, according to the system records, this young man was stepping into the private alchemy room for the first time.

"Both soul strength and physical strength have reached the required level; with a little practice, it won't be difficult to break through," Gu Ding said modestly.

However, when the girl took the token and saw that the assessment result was still excellent, she knew that the boy in front of her was not so simple. "The number of free uses is still one hundred, and it is not added to the previous number. Room 2688 in the East District."

Just as Gu Ding was about to leave, the little girl seemed to remember something. "There are some videos of potion-making experts in the video section recently. You can take some time to watch them. They should be helpful for your potion-making."

"What's the name of the video?" Gu Ding asked, intrigued.

"I don't quite remember the names. But those videos were consistently among the top-viewed videos each month, there were seven in total, and all seven were in the top seven." The little girl, unable to recall the names, taught Gu Ding a simple method.

"Thank you, I'll go take a look when I have time." Gu Ding smiled and nodded, then walked away.

In his private alchemy room, he resumed the process of refining potions. With his experience in refining first-class divine potions, his refining movements were much more skillful, but his refining speed was not much faster. He could only refine one vial of potion in a little over an hour, and he only managed to refine fourteen vials of potions in a day, a total of seven different types, all of which were of the Ultimate Quality.

The reason the refining speed hasn't increased much is because second-grade potions require a higher level of skill, which puts a greater strain on the body.

The refining process of Gu Ding that day was recorded again and uploaded to the video section.

The girl saw the video again, but this time, her gaze fell on the clothes of the person in the video. "These clothes... they look like what that boy was wearing."

After staring at the video for a long time, she finally confirmed that the person in the video must be Gu Ding. She was also somewhat surprised. She hadn't expected that the boy who looked younger than her would be such a skilled pharmacist.

The people working in Medicine King Valley are mostly pharmacists or people who aspire to be pharmacists. This young girl is a pharmacist with decent talent, already at the S-level, but it's unknown when she'll break through to the divine level. Naturally, they greatly admire geniuses like Gu Ding, who can easily concoct divine-level potions of the Ultimate Quality.

Another week passed. Gu Ding finally completed the refining of all forty-one second-grade conventional divine potions. Among them, three were of Perfect Quality, and the rest were all of the Ultimate Quality. With this, Gu Ding officially became a second-grade divine potion master.

After undergoing the assessment in Medicine King Valley, Gu Ding finally withdrew completely. He was well aware that his current soul and physical strength were far from sufficient to refine third-grade Medicine King Valley potions.

Second-tier divine potions are suitable for use by Mid-rank God. With this potion-making identity, Gu Ding could finally do something for the rest of the team. He then stepped into Robert's domain and began to mass-produce potions that everyone could use using the potion materials he had previously purchased on Gold Silver Island, and had Robert help distribute them.

With enough medicine, everyone's strength has improved slightly. After all, fifteen days have passed in the outside world, but in Robert's domain, it has been a full four hundred and fifty days.

Bigge raised his physical strength to the level of a seven-star Mid-rank God, and his soul strength to the level of Five-Star Mid-rank God. His cultivation had also reached the peak of the Low-rank God, just one step away from stepping into the Mid-rank God. His Combat Strength had been greatly enhanced, almost on par with Gu Ding.

Liliath's physical body had also reached the level of Seven-Star Low-rank God, and she had almost mastered the inheritance of the Half-Step True God Realm after more than a year of cultivation. Ordinary One-Star Peak-rank God would probably be no match for her Pupil Technique.

Dokter has mastered most of the Crimson Blood Beast's inheritance over the past year, and his Martial Dao Intent has Subtle Mastery, not far from the major completion stage. He can even fight against Two-Star Peak-rank God.

Elsa's Martial Dao Intent has reached a profound level, no weaker than Gu Ding's. Her originally weak soul has also been strengthened to the strength of Five-Star Mid-rank God. As long as she doesn't encounter Two-Star Peak-rank God specializing in soul-based attacks, she can put up a fight.

Miko's cultivation speed was the most astonishing; he had already reached the Demigod Realm, on par with Gu Ding and the others. The Sea Emperor had also taught him several soul-based cultivation techniques, as well as many ancient formations. These formations, set up with enough Energy Crystal, could easily trap and kill four or five Mid-rank God.

As for Fa Te, although he was a demigod, he had never participated in much combat. However, it turned out that his martial arts talent was actually quite good. He had basically mastered all the techniques taught by Everett. Moreover, his family originally passed down a staff technique called "Sky-Supporting," which was no weaker than Gu Ding's "Myriad Manifestations Emperor Body," and might even be higher. After Bigge hellish training by Big and the others, his Combat Strength was now comparable to Mid-rank God the third or fourth star.

Even Tagore, that glutton, although his cultivation level did not break through, his aura had noticeably become stronger.

In addition to improving their cultivation levels, Robert also prepared some equipment for everyone, including a set of Four-Star Divine Object throwing knives for Dokter, a Four-Star Divine Object staff and four-star armor for Fa Te, and a set of protective gear for Miko.

At this point, almost everyone in the Gu Ding Team had improved their Combat Strength by a level.

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