Wonderful Pill Workshop of the Heaven Defying Sect

Moreover, Ning Ri had another thought. As an ordinary person, if the trial failed and he entered the [Buy Life] stage, perhaps his price would be a little cheaper...

This was suppressing his combat power!

At that thought, Ning Ri's heart stirred—

If so, he would have to prepare some treasures...

He wondered if it would work if he forged a few magic artifacts himself...

With that in mind, Ning Ri pushed open the door to his little house while opening his skill panel...

A huge list of skill descriptions immediately appeared before him.

Ning Ri narrowed his eyes...

No, he had to find a way to streamline this. Otherwise, he would not even be able to look through it all in the future.

[Host]: Ning Ri

[Skills]:

1. [****]: 0 (Cannot add points)

2. [Mortal Blade Technique]: 8 (Can reset points)

Free Skill Points: 100.

When Ning Ri returned from Luoxia City, he practiced his blade for two hours aboard the ship and earned another four skill points. Thus, his Mortal Blade Technique had gained new skill points again.

Although the surge in skill points from using [Heavenly Craftsman] last time had felt incredible, Ning Ri also liked the solid, down-to-earth feeling of steadily earning them.

Carving out a future one slash at a time was not bad either.

What disappointed Ning Ri was that among the acquired Foundation Establishment items under [Acquired Foundation Establishment Method], the Grandmaster Token had not been added to the Foundation Establishment package. If he wanted to use the Acquired Foundation Establishment Method, he could still only use the Disciple Token.

He found it quite regrettable...

Although the Grandmaster Token had not directly brought him any powerful benefits, he knew in his heart that it was absolutely a top-tier treasure. Otherwise, even the all-powerful panel would not have been unable to decipher it.

Precisely because of this, if he could use the Grandmaster Token for Foundation Establishment, perhaps he would become even stronger and condense a Dao foundation even more terrifying than Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment.

Then, just as Ning Ri was about to close the door to his little house, intending to grind through the night for some skill points and investigate what exactly this [****] was...

After grinding it out, he could make plans and preparations tomorrow for heading to the Yin De Sect.

But at that moment.

A large hand suddenly reached out from the side and blocked Ning Ri's closing door.

A steady, deep voice rang out. "Junior Brother Ning, wait!"

The moment that large hand appeared, Ning Ri found that the door would not move an inch. He instinctively backed away two steps to open up some distance, only then seeing a young man standing to one side, panting heavily as he looked at him...

The newcomer had single eyelids and pale lips, dressed in thin clothing. Though the weather was still somewhat hot, Ning Ri felt as though he saw the bitter chill of winter on the other man...

Because whenever the man panted, all he exhaled was white mist.

Ning Ri said, "May I ask what business this senior brother has with me?!"

He guessed the other man was not an elder. If he were an elder, after what had just happened, he should have called him Grandmaster Ning.

The single-eyed young man immediately cupped his fists and said, "Junior Brother Ning, sorry for the intrusion. I am Yan Han of the Wonderful Pill Workshop. Disturbing you was not my intention, but my master wishes to invite you to the Wonderful Pill Workshop for a gathering!"

"May I ask if Junior Brother has the time?"

Upon hearing the words Wonderful Pill Workshop, Ning Ri's heart stirred—

This workshop was the Heaven Defying Sect's supplier of medicinal pills.

The master of the Wonderful Pill Workshop—Kong She—possessed extremely formidable alchemy skills.

He had learned this from the Disciple Token.

For artifact forging, there was Mo Cuidao; for alchemy, there was Kong She. That was the confidence of the Heaven Defying Sect.

As for this Senior Brother Yan Han before him, Ning Ri had not heard of him before. He only felt that the name truly suited the man perfectly.

This senior brother indeed looked terribly cold.

Still, Ning Ri did not know why the other man wanted to invite him to the Wonderful Pill Workshop. After thinking it over, he decided to take a look. "Senior Brother Yan, when are we going?"

Yan Han was just about to speak.

Another voice suddenly came from the side. "Martial Nephew Yan, your master is currently refining pills. Why are you here?"

The moment this voice sounded, Ning Ri and Yan Han turned toward its source in unison—

The speaker was Mo Cuidao!

Seeing Mo Cuidao appear, the two immediately said, "Greetings, Elder Mo!"

After finishing his salute, Yan Han exhaled another puff of white mist. His lips pale, he said, "My master is currently resting, not refining pills."

Ning Ri's gaze unconsciously followed that stream of white mist upward...

Mo Cuidao stepped forward and smiled faintly at Ning Ri, then turned to Yan Han. "Oh? Resting? How could he have time to see my beloved disciple while resting?"

Yan Han shivered. "Elder Mo, I do not know much about my master's decision either. I am only responsible for conveying his words."

After saying that, Yan Han actually ignored Mo Cuidao outright. Turning to Ning Ri, he said, "Junior Brother Ning, if you have time, please head to the Wonderful Pill Workshop in one hour. My master will await your arrival. This senior brother will take his leave first."

Even as he spoke, his upper and lower teeth were still chattering.

Then, the moment he finished speaking, he ran off in a flash...

Ning Ri did not even have time to respond.

"Uh..."

Ning Ri could only watch Yan Han's back vanish from sight. In the end, only he and Mo Cuidao remained here.

He could only turn to Mo Cuidao and ask, "Elder Mo, may I ask what business you have with this disciple?!"

Mo Cuidao smiled faintly. "The first reason I came here was to thank you."

"Thank me? Why?" Ning Ri froze. "I have not even had the chance to thank you yet!"

If Mo Cuidao had not helped him create [Heavenly Craftsman], he could never have gained so many skill points at the Craftsmanship Tower.

"I want to thank you for helping me vent my anger before Chen Xingfeng."

Perhaps because he had vented that anger, Mo Cuidao looked much more spirited. Even his vital energy and blood seemed fuller than they had been two days ago. He snorted coldly and said, "He has always looked down on what I do, saying I was indulging in wild fantasies. But now, you have proven for me that my ideas are not impossible to realize, and you have given me greater confidence..."

Ning Ri said, "Actually, Elder Mo, I do not think this is my achievement. It is your own perseverance. If you had not tirelessly explored this path all along, I could never have borrowed your painstaking efforts to glimpse such a vast world of artifact forging."

"Hahaha." Hearing this, Mo Cuidao laughed heartily. After laughing, he sighed. "Actually, what I truly want to thank you for is not artifact forging. It is that you allowed Chen Xingfeng and me to make contact for the first time in so many years."

"Back then, he and I fell out because our ideals differed, and we had not contacted each other for many years. Over these past few years, he has been distributing tasks to every sect. I knew that he actually wanted to lower his head and admit his mistake to me, but he was too embarrassed to say it."

While listening to the first part, Ning Ri was slightly stunned, then sighed inwardly...

How could there truly be deep resentment between martial brothers?

But upon hearing the latter part, his eyes could not help widening slightly—

The truth did not seem to be like that.

Yet Mo Cuidao continued talking to himself. "But even when Zhou Hai told me that Chen Xingfeng had sent his artifact-forging task to the Heaven Defying Sect, I did not want to pay him any attention. Every year, I simply had Zhou Hai handle it."

"But after you appeared, Chen Xingfeng took the initiative to contact me. He told me himself that he had been narrow-minded, a frog at the bottom of a well. He had never imagined that the artifact-forging world could possess such an immortal talent. He even told me that I absolutely had to nurture you well."

"I knew then that he was actually using the opportunity to apologize to me."

"So I went down the stairs he had built and told him that I was also at fault..."

"Now, the relationship between him and me has eased considerably. If my master knows this in the underworld, he will surely be comforted..."

"And all of this is thanks to you!"

After saying that, Mo Cuidao patted Ning Ri's shoulder approvingly.

Ning Ri said, "."

Uh, this matter...

Forget it. There was no need to explain.

Since things had come to this, just order the dishes first. So long as you two were happy.

Then, Mo Cuidao brought up another matter. "Additionally, there is one more thing."

"What is it?"

There was some regret on Mo Cuidao's face. "I originally wanted to take you as my disciple, but... you have now become a Grandmaster of the Heaven Defying Sect and stepped onto a path of your own. I can no longer take you as my disciple. Otherwise, I would be obstructing your Heaven-Defying Path!"

"Thus, you need not take my title of 'beloved disciple' to heart. I was merely joking."

"In the future, if you need any artifact-forging techniques, you may come to Casting Sea Peak and find me. Whatever I know, I will certainly impart without holding anything back."

Hearing this, Ning Ri was slightly stunned.

Actually, Ning Ri had thought Mo Cuidao would discuss taking him as a disciple, after all, Mo Cuidao kept calling him beloved disciple...

But he had not expected Mo Cuidao to have already given up on taking him as a disciple.

Thinking of this, Ning Ri could only say, "Thank you, Elder Mo! If there is ever anything in the future that requires this junior's assistance, please do not hesitate to speak."

Mo Cuidao nodded faintly. "Haha, good. I will not stand on ceremony with you!"

Then, he suddenly revealed a deeply meaningful smile and said pointedly, "So from now on, you and I will have no master-disciple relationship. You can boldly go find Chen Xingfeng and tell him that what you learned is not my path of artifact forging, then have him hand over every artifact-forging technique from the Craftsmanship Tower."

"When the time comes, let me take a look as well."

"Do not worry about him refusing you. After all, you will no longer be my disciple!"

Ning Ri said, "!"

Damn, there was actually another layer to this scheme?!

At that moment, he finally realized...

Mo Cuidao was rather black-bellied, just like last time.

He had heard that at Kite Plaza, Mo Cuidao had pretended to be angry on the surface, when in truth he was giving him techniques...

But Ning Ri had to admit that he quite liked this kind of darkness that benefited him.

After Mo Cuidao finished speaking, he left very quickly.

Ning Ri could not even keep him there if he wanted to.

In truth, Mo Cuidao and Chen Xingfeng were the same kind of people.

In their hearts, teaching skills did not necessarily require the titles of master and disciple.

So long as it was suitable, anyone could learn.

Besides, in Mo Cuidao's heart, being able to personally witness his artifact-forging skills move toward the [Heaven-Defying Method] that matched his ideals was already enough!

Thus, whether he took a disciple or not did not matter.

Moreover, compared to taking a disciple, he felt it was more worthwhile to "take" all of Chen Xingfeng's things and have a look.

After Mo Cuidao finished discussing those two matters and left, Ning Ri hurried toward the Wonderful Pill Workshop in the Inner Sect.

After leaving Golden Osmanthus Garden, Ning Ri crossed a dense forest, hurried near the Pillars of Cultivation Pavilion, and crossed over a mountain before arriving at the Inner Sect.

The Inner Sect of the Heaven Defying Sect was like a city in a peach-blossom paradise. Beyond the mountain stood level streets and a forest of varied buildings, while in the distance were entrances to one cave after another.

Those caves all led to peaks such as Casting Sea Peak.

As for the Wonderful Pill Workshop, there was no need to climb a mountain. Ning Ri soon found an enormous seven-colored mushroom house by the roadside.

Before he even reached the mushroom house, Ning Ri felt an almost hallucinatory aura wash over him...

"Mushrooms?"

He looked up at the plaque reading [Wonderful Pill Workshop] atop the seven-colored mushroom house and muttered, "Is this really the Wonderful Pill Workshop?"

He could not help frowning—

A mushroom building for refining pills.

What kind of Heaven-Defying Path was this?

Ning Ri pondered it. Mushroom pill refining... he could not connect it to anything. All he could think of were meaningless homophones like mushroom pills and lonely pills, mushroom refining and tempering... Could it be tempering oneself in loneliness?

Scratching his head, Ning Ri entered the Wonderful Pill Workshop.

He had thought Yan Han would be waiting for him here, but there were only several attendants responsible for receiving guests and rows upon rows of medicine cabinets inside the Wonderful Pill Workshop.

The interior of the Wonderful Pill Workshop was also much more spacious than he had imagined. Looking up, he could see that this seemingly tiny mushroom was actually a three-story building.

After stating his purpose and identity, an attendant brought him to the wooden staircase and escorted him up to the third floor.

When he arrived before [Kong She's Alchemy Room], Ning Ri was about to raise his hand and knock.

Who would have thought that the door would open on its own? At the same time, a deep, heavy voice sounded from within:

"Grandmaster Ning!"

Ning Ri looked over and saw an elderly man in green robes seated before an Alchemy Furnace.

Ning Ri saluted and said, "Greetings, Elder Kong! I dare not accept Grandmaster Ning. Elder Kong may simply call me Ning Ri."

"Grandmaster Ning is too modest!"

There was a meticulous, rigid feeling to Kong She's speech, entirely unlike Xun Zang and Zhou Hai's serious yet unreliable manner. He said earnestly:

"I invited Grandmaster Ning here today mainly to see whether I can help Grandmaster Ning find a method to break through to Golden Core!"