Elder Kong's Pill Refining Techniques

Chapter 43: Elder Kong's Alchemy Techniques

Kong She ignored Ning Ri's "humble" words. He was still referred to as Grandmaster, and in reality, even though Zhou Hai said Ning Ri had no official authority, if Ning Ri truly wanted any special privileges from the other elders, they wouldn't refuse him.

It all depended on Ning Ri's conscience and his judgment of what was appropriate.

In fact, the Grandmaster having no privileges was a rule set by the Grandmaster himself. But how could the elders truly adhere to the sect rules?

After all, the elders had their own arguments—

The matter of you having no privileges...

Was decided by you using your privileges.

If you claim you have no privileges, then your sect rules should be invalid.

Since they are invalid, then you have privileges!

This was quite logical.

However, Ning Ri wasn't paying attention to the title of Grandmaster at this moment, because Kong She's words left him stunned: "Huh? Breaking through to Golden Core?"

"But... but I haven't even reached Foundation Establishment yet!"

He hadn't even sorted out the issue of his Dao Foundation, and they were already preparing for Golden Core?

This was too big a leap!

It gave Ning Ri a fleeting sense that he hadn't even finished his college entrance exams and was already preparing for postgraduate studies.

Kong She said earnestly, "I heard from Elder Zhou that Grandmaster Ning has already found a direction for Foundation Establishment—you intend to use artifact refining to establish your foundation and forge your Dao Foundation through the method of foundation forging."

"I've heard of Grandmaster Ning's artifact refining talent and know that with your talent, achieving this should not be difficult."

"Therefore, I believe we can skip the Foundation Establishment realm entirely and begin to study and ponder the Golden Core realm."

"Here, Grandmaster Ning, please have a seat."

As he spoke, Ning Ri heard a terrifying creaking sound from the corner.

He turned his head in surprise and saw a chair crawling out of the corner on its four legs, while its red cushion flew out, with several bloody characters protruding from its surface—

"Welcome!"

Ning Ri: "?"

Kong She explained, "Grandmaster Ning, there's no need to panic. This is a creation by Elder Mo's disciple, called a Greeting Chair. It's a bit of a failure, the greeting method is a little too aggressive, and the color scheme looks a bit bloody, but it's harmless. It's all fake, so please feel free to sit down."

Ning Ri: "..."

This was truly a rare way to be welcomed.

Ning Ri glanced at it. With his current artifact refining skills, he could immediately see many flaws in the chair. He thought, this isn't a slight failure, this is a complete failure!

But there was no need to show off his artifact refining skills in this situation. He nodded and said, "Alright, Elder Kong."

With that, he tentatively sat down...

The cushion sensed the pressure from Ning Ri's body and slowly lowered along with his body, returning to the chair.

After he sat down, Kong She said, "Grandmaster Ning, Elder Zhou only asked me to help you comprehend the Heaven-Defying Path, but he didn't tell me about your alchemy level. So, I'd like to ask you, how much do you know about alchemy?"

Ning Ri replied, "Elder Kong, this disciple knows nothing about alchemy."

As he spoke, his heart couldn't help but warm—

He had been wondering why Kong She would suddenly seek him out. It turned out that Elder Zhou Hai had been working behind the scenes all along.

Elder Zhou Hai had considered so many things for him, from the Spirit Absorption Technique at the beginning to the Luoxia City mission later, all arranged by Zhou Hai.

Now, after he casually mentioned his understanding of Foundation Establishment and Golden Core to Chen Xingfeng, he had immediately found Kong She to help...

Elder Zhou is truly a good person!

He truly is an elder who displays subtitles on his face to accommodate his disciples' feelings!

After receiving Ning Ri's answer, Kong She nodded slightly and said, "Good."

Immediately, he said in a deep voice, "I heard from Elder Zhou that your understanding of Golden Core is to forge a Golden Core-shaped Magic Treasure with gold ore. But in reality, I think alchemy might be more suited to your Heaven-Defying Path."

"If you have astonishing alchemy talent, you can directly refine a Golden Core in your Dantian. This way, it will be more in line with the meaning of 'Core'."

"If you approach your 'Golden Core' through artifact refining, I don't think it's appropriate. If artifact refining can only help you break through to lower realms, that wouldn't be good. So, it's best to choose a more complete path."

"What do you think, Grandmaster Ning?"

"If you're willing to learn alchemy, I'll bring out the techniques right now."

Hearing this, Ning Ri said without hesitation, "Elder Kong, this disciple is willing to learn the art of alchemy. I'll have to trouble you for your guidance!"

His talk of forging a Golden Core with artifact refining was pure nonsense, and he was the only one in the world who didn't take it seriously.

Now that he could learn alchemy, he was naturally overjoyed.

Moreover, a hidden expectation was brewing in his heart—

Artifact refining had generated a [Heavenly Craftsman · Incomplete] and helped him gain a large number of skill points.

What about alchemy?

Could alchemy also generate some random skill to help him make a huge profit?!

"That's good!"

Kong She nodded, then immediately stood up and began rummaging through a row of medicine cabinets behind him...

Seeing this, Ning Ri took the opportunity to observe the alchemy room...

While rummaging, Kong She paused, as if remembering something, and turned back to ask, "By the way, Grandmaster Ning, do you need bandits and a maiden?"

Kong She's posture, as he turned around from beside the cabinet, caused Ning Ri, who had been looking around the alchemy room, to freeze. He almost blurted out, Master, what exactly is your job?...

But he managed to stop himself in time and instead asked doubtfully, "I... Elder Kong, why would a disciple need that?"

Kong She said, "I know that some people in the sect need to replicate that astonishing learning ability in specific scenarios."

"You previously displayed astonishing learning ability in such an environment."

"If you need it, I can have the bandits and a maiden appear now."

"Don't worry, it's still the same maiden who called you Young Hero last time."

Ning Ri: "..."

He could tell that Elder Kong's implication was that he was ready...

He couldn't help but wipe away non-existent sweat from his forehead and chuckled dryly, "...Haha, thank you for your concern, Elder Kong, but I don't need it. Having you here is enough."

Kong She nodded with no discernible emotion and said, "That's fine too."

After speaking, he turned back and continued to search for jade slips.

After Kong She had been searching for a long time, Ning Ri began to regret not just practicing his saber techniques earlier.

What kind of jade slips were these that took so long to search through?

But at this moment.

Kong She finally found what he wanted to give to Ning Ri.

Rustle--

The jade slips, having been steeped in medicinal herbs, fell before Ning Ri with a bitter medicinal fragrance.

The medicinal aroma entered Ning Ri's nostrils, initially causing a slight bitterness and a slight frown. But soon, it relaxed. The medicinal aroma seemed to have a refreshing and invigorating effect, and after entering his nose, Ning Ri felt his mind working much better...

Kong She placed a large pile of jade slips in front of Ning Ri and said, "Take these."

Ning Ri quickly helped to take the jade slips and asked curiously, "Elder Kong, what are all these?"

Kong She said, "Some are alchemy techniques."

"Some are alchemy insights."

"When each of my disciples breaks through to the Foundation Establishment realm in alchemy, they leave behind their insights on alchemy for Qi Refining stage alchemists."

"By integrating their insights and realizations, I've understood many common problems of Qi Refining stage alchemists and devised many solutions."

Ning Ri suddenly understood. So, these were like a collection of wrong answers.

Sigh, would those disciples know that their contributions were being used by their master as a collection of wrong answers...

Kong She continued, "After integrating their alchemy insights, I sealed their jade slips."

"If some of these jade slips were to spread, it would be enough to ruin my reputation in the alchemy education world, so I spent a lot of time searching for them and breaking their seals."

Ning Ri: "..."

Good heavens, so they weren't wrong answers, but rather terrible works.

Kong She said, "The reason I'm bringing them all out now is because I want you to learn my techniques first. After you've learned them, then look at these jade slips. I believe with your ability, you'll be able to integrate even more unique insights."

"At the same time, you can also see how outrageously wrong they can be."

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