Creation·Flawed

Chapter 45: Creation·Flawed Wonderful Pill Workshop

"Shua!"

"Shua!"

"Shua!"

At this moment, Ning Ri was practicing his blade with all his might.

Kong She stood silently beside him.

After Ning Ri finished reading all the jade slips, he told Kong She that he wanted to practice his blade for a while.

His reason for Kong She was—

Practicing blade work was a down-to-earth approach.

This way, it could solidify his Heaven-Defying heart.

When he practiced his blade, he could achieve a state of complete focus. Only then could he feel every subtle and exquisite sensation as all the alchemy knowledge flowed within him...

Only then could he further consolidate his understanding of alchemy!

While saying this, Ning Ri did not forget to mention the last time. He said that when he was learning artifact refining, he had rushed through it because he hadn't practiced his blade, and therefore, his consolidation was not thorough enough...

Upon hearing this, Kong She immediately let Ning Ri go outside to practice his blade.

Next, Ning Ri took out his blade from his Disciple Token and began practicing in front of the alchemy room.

Fortunately, the third floor of the Wonderful Pill Workshop's mushroom house had very few people passing by, otherwise, they would have seen someone practicing their blade madly here...

But, in reality.

Ning Ri didn't need to explain so much. If he wanted to practice his blade, he could just start.

Ning Ri thought it was strange to start practicing his blade after finishing alchemy.

But to Kong She, this was already commonplace and familiar.

The number of divine beings in the Inner Sect was even greater than Ning Ri imagined.

Many of them had not truly embarked on the Heaven-Defying path, nor had they received the title of "Grandmaster" like Ning Ri, but they were equally heaven-defying.

Among them, who knew how many were pretending to be heaven-defying, but were actually using the opportunity to do things they normally wouldn't dare to do.

But no matter what, in the Heaven Defying Sect, as long as you didn't harm others, you could be as heaven-defying as you wanted.

Because of this, Kong She didn't really care.

At this very moment.

Ning Ri stood at the door, diligently practicing his blade.

The reason he came out to practice his blade, besides wanting to gain some skill points, was also because he had just discovered that his skill panel had changed.

After he finished reading all the jade slips, he found that ten new skills had appeared on the panel.

It was very similar to the situation with artifact refining last time.

However, unlike before, this time he had one hundred skill points left and directly maxed out all the skills!

Although Kong She felt his talent was strong, he did not bring out the alchemy techniques that only Foundation Establishment alchemists could learn.

Whether it was a Foundation Establishment alchemist or a Foundation Establishment artifact refiner, the prerequisite for learning techniques at this level was to possess Foundation Establishment cultivation.

Otherwise, you couldn't even light a fire.

Therefore, each of these alchemy techniques only required 10 skill points to complete.

And as Ning Ri poured all his skill points into maxing out all the alchemy techniques, he suddenly discovered that the thing he was looking forward to had happened...

After adding points to all the alchemy techniques, they quickly merged together, just like the artifact refining techniques last time, and finally formed a new skill:

10. [Creation·Flawed]: 100 (Maxed) (Resettable)

Free Skill Points: 0

Seeing this, Ning Ri was overjoyed.

This situation was exactly the same as with Heavenly Craftsman!

This meant that his opportunity to gain points had arrived!

So, Ning Ri found an excuse and came out to practice his blade.

Because he remembered that there were people refining pills outside.

When he first came in, he had noticed that the entire second and third floors of the Wonderful Pill Workshop were alchemy rooms.

The sound of furnaces blazed incessantly, the aroma of pills filled the air, and at the same time, sounds of sighs and extreme excitement could be heard from the alchemy rooms...

It was clear that people were refining pills.

The reason Ning Ri gained 100 skill points last time was due to people refining artifacts around him.

By the same logic, at this moment, if there were people refining pills nearby, he would naturally gain skill points!

For this reason, he began to practice his blade.

But after practicing for half a day, my [Mortal Blade Technique] only increased by one point, from 8 to 9, and [Creation·Flawed] didn't react at all.

It remained at 100.

I couldn't find it by searching the book title. You could try searching for the author, maybe they just changed their name!

The free skill points were the same, still 0.

This made Ning Ri couldn't help but slow down his blade practice, his face falling into silence.

Why wasn't there any change at all?

Could it be that he guessed wrong?!

Or, does the condition of having someone炼丹 nearby mean you have to go into their炼丹 room and stand next to them?

While Ning Ri was lost in thought and something unusual was happening, Kong She keenly noticed it and asked in a deep voice, "Grandmaster Ning, what's wrong?"

Ning Ri immediately replied, "Oh, Elder Kong, it's nothing. I was just thinking about a pill-refining problem I encountered, and I've already solved it."

Kong She nodded slightly, not asking what the alchemy problem Ning Ri encountered was.

He always advocated for his disciples to solve problems independently.

Don't ask ask ask about everything, self-study and self-reflection are paramount.

Only after thinking it over many times and still not understanding should you ask, so you can go further on the path of alchemy.

Because of this, he quite appreciated Ning Ri's self-taught attitude.

But Ning Ri glanced at the skill panel. Since his blade technique had increased by one point and the free skill points hadn't changed at all, he decided to stop practicing for now.

He used his divine sense to control his Disciple Token and put away his blade.

After putting away his blade, he walked into the alchemy room and asked, "Elder Kong, this disciple has almost finished observing the alchemy techniques and has thought about them sufficiently!"

"However, I see many people refining pills in this Wonderful Pill Workshop, and I'd like to watch others refine pills. Is that possible?"

"This way, I can confirm my own thoughts. So, Elder Kong, would that be convenient?"

Hearing the first part of Ning Ri's words, Kong She showed a look of approval. He understood the implied meaning of Ning Ri's "almost"--

That is, Ning Ri had learned it all!

Kong She had deciphered the subtext unconsciously reflected in Ning Ri's words, and because of this, he had to praise him...

Grandmaster Ning is truly heaven-defying!

In that case, Golden Core is within reach!

He could start notifying Xun Zang and the Joyful Union Courtyard to prepare for Ning Ri's "Nascent Soul."

After hearing Ning Ri's request, Kong She's expression slightly stiffened, and then he said in a deep voice, "It's not convenient."

Ning Ri had expected to be refused and immediately said, "Alright then! I apologize, disciple was too abrupt!"

After all, pill refining was their secret, so it was normal not to be allowed to watch.

Ning Ri pondered for a moment. Should he see if anyone could show him how to refine pills? Or hire someone?

But Kong She then said, "It's not that I don't want you to watch others refine pills, it's that no one is currently refining pills in the Wonderful Pill Workshop."

"There's no one for you to watch."

Ning Ri: "?"

He was slightly stunned...

Really?

But...

The door to the alchemy room wasn't closed, and Ning Ri could clearly hear the roaring of alchemical fires from outside the corridor, along with the occasional scent of pills and burnt pills...

This is called alchemy?

Ning Ri couldn't help but turn his head and point outside, saying, "But isn't someone refining pills here?"

"There's also the smell of pills and the sound of the furnace."

Kong She, however, shook his head and said, "Those sounds and smells are fake."

Ning Ri was stunned: "Ah?"

Kong She said in a deep voice, "These are just fake sounds and smells I arranged."

"If you open the alchemy room, you won't find anything inside."

Ning Ri: "?"

Perhaps because Ning Ri had learned Alchemy, Kong She didn't hide anything and explained seriously, "This is a method to attract customers."

"The Wonderful Pill Workshop of the Heaven Defying Sect is very famous in the Cultivation World. There are also many Wonderful Pill Workshops opened in cities outside the sect. To attract customers, we came up with this method."

"This creates a false impression for people entering the Wonderful Pill Workshop, making them think that the alchemists are very busy and diligent."

"Moreover, I've carefully adjusted the ratio of the strong pill fragrance mixed with the burnt pill smell, nine fragrances to one burnt smell, making people feel it's real while also sensing our standards."

"This way, customers will naturally believe in the Wonderful Pill Workshop!"

"But in reality, how could alchemy be burnt like this every day? The real situation is stopping for a while, scolding for a while, then spacing out for a while, and finally realizing time is running out and hurriedly practicing alchemy, only to have the furnace explode and start all over again."

Saying this, Kong She gave a stiff laugh: "Haha, furnace explosions are a joke, not the real situation."

Ning Ri: "..."

Can the Cultivation World fake things like this?!