Heavenly Heart Pavilion

After Ning Ri left the Wonderful Pill Workshop, Zhou Hai and Xun Zang immediately ran out of the tea house and slipped into the Wonderful Pill Workshop.

They planned to ask Kong She about Ning Ri's learning progress.

The two had already made a bet to see how fast Ning Ri could truly learn.

Zhou Hai bet that Ning Ri would learn faster than he could return to Golden Osmanthus Garden.

Xun Zang bet the opposite.

Actually, Xun Zang had originally just wanted to record evidence, to fully document the time it took Ning Ri to learn alchemy, as he was worried Zhou Hai would cheat.

But now, he couldn't even bother with the bet...

Because when they arrived, they found that Kong She completely ignored their questions. Furthermore, he didn't even close the alchemy room door and just kept refining pills.

One pill after another.

It would have been fine if Kong She was just lost in the state of forgetting himself while refining pills; this could have been explained as Grandmaster Ning's talent being too strong, causing Kong She to directly achieve enlightenment.

But...

When they took a closer look at what Kong She was refining, they got scared.

Kong She had been refining [Qi Replenishing Pills] for Qi Refining cultivators.

If he had truly achieved enlightenment, why would he be refining this?!

This was very strange, you know?

And in just half a day, there were already 140 Qi Replenishing Pills beside Kong She.

As they watched the small mountain of Qi Replenishing Pills grow to 154, Zhou Hai hurriedly interrupted Kong She, his voice booming like thunder, "Old Kong, calm down!"

As soon as he spoke.

Hummm--

Ripples of sound emanated from around Zhou Hai, quickly spreading throughout the entire alchemy room, causing Kong She's body to tremble slightly. Yet, surprisingly, it didn't shake any of the other medicine cabinets or pills in the room...

This was a technique invented by Zhou Hai, specifically for calling back wandering students during class.

After being forcibly brought back, Kong She steadied himself, then stared directly at Zhou Hai. After a moment, he shook his head and said, "The way you interrupted me isn't as good as his. He can find the perfect moment, but you can't. Don't you know how to refine pills? What happened to all those years of practice? Did it all go to the dogs?"

Zhou Hai: "?"

"Is your brain infected with anomalies?"

Seeing this, Xun Zang deliberately focused the main camera on Zhou Hai's ashen face while recording.

Kong She took a deep breath and shook his head, "My situation is much more serious than being infected with anomalies."

Zhou Hai frowned and asked, "What's wrong?"

He rarely saw Kong She with such an expression!

Kong She stared at Zhou Hai and said in a deep voice, "Let me ask you a question first. You're sure you've refined pills before, right?"

Zhou Hai's expression turned unpleasant, "Are you going to insult me again?"

"I'm not insulting you, just answer me first."

"Yes, I'm sure."

"Then you should know, with this batch of Qi Replenishing Pills and this quality of medicinal ingredients, about how many pills can be separated from it?"

Hearing this, Zhou Hai first gave Kong She a skeptical look, then turned his head and scanned the pile of medicinal ingredients beside them. Finally, after thinking for a moment, he said carefully:

"With my current skill level, if I'm lucky, I can get twelve pills. If I'm unlucky, it'll be eleven. It won't be much different."

"You're different. You wrote the formula for this Qi Replenishing Pill, so it'll definitely be 14 pills."

After seriously analyzing the situation based on the facts, Zhou Hai asked, "Alright, I'm done. What do you say?"

Kong She stared seriously at Zhou Hai and said, "Do you know how many pills Ning Ri separated when he refined the Qi Replenishing Pills?"

Zhou Hai let out a sound, instinctively wanting to say 14, but then immediately stopped himself and fell into thought--

That kid Ning Ri, last time he practiced the Spirit Absorption Technique, he almost turned it into a demonic art.

He practiced Mo Cuidao's artifact refining techniques and caused the heaven-defying feat of the [Rune of the Artifact Spirit] at Chen Xingfeng's place.

Given this situation, this pill separation would surely not be simple either.

Combined with Kong She's crazed pill refining appearance...

Zhou Hai immediately understood.

Ning Ri must have separated an astonishing number of pills.

This number had greatly shocked Kong She, which was precisely why Kong She was still refining pills even after Ning Ri had left.

Kong She must be trying to imitate Ning Ri and verify if he could also separate the same number of pills as Ning Ri.

With this in mind, Zhou Hai immediately said with confidence, "Did Ning Ri separate eighteen pills?"

"How about that? Isn't my guess bold?!"

As soon as he finished speaking.

Kong She suddenly burst into laughter for no reason, "Hahahahahaha..."

The laughter was deafening.

Zhou Hai and Xun Zang, who was still recording the keepsake, were speechless...

It's over, the Joy Anomaly has gotten to him!

Zhou Hai frowned, "What are you laughing at?"

Kong She paused his laughter and said seriously, "Laughing at you."

Zhou Hai: "?"

He immediately rolled up his sleeves and was about to kick over Kong She's alchemy furnace...

Kong She stopped him and sighed, "Ning Ri separated 23 pills."

Zhou Hai: "???"

Xun Zang: "???"

Xun Zang, who had been focused on recording the keepsake, couldn't stay calm anymore...

Zhou Hai stared in disbelief, "How many???"

"23!" Kong She emphasized again, while also saying with a deep expression, "And I dare to bet this is not even his full strength."

Zhou Hai: "Are you kidding me?"

Kong She didn't explain much, and directly told them about how he had secretly hidden ten Qi Replenishing Pills...

After he finished speaking, both Zhou Hai and Xun Zang were stunned on the spot...

"I'm trying to refine pills here now to see if I can replicate his pill separation situation back then, but I can't do it at all..."

Kong She said with a look of melancholy, "I thought the upper limit for alchemists had already been reached, but now I know that the upper limit for alchemists is far beyond that. Grandmaster Ning is creating new history. Zhou Hai, you need to pay close attention."

Zhou Hai asked, "Pay attention to what?"

Kong She said, "Pay attention to learning. Your alchemy is too trash."

Zhou Hai: "?"

He immediately and angrily moved Kong She's alchemy furnace away...

"Where are you going?"

The Disciple Token asked Ning Ri.

Ning Ri: "I want to go to Heavenly Heart Pavilion."

"Heavenly Heart Pavilion is to the left of the Pillars of Cultivation Pavilion."

"Thank you."

"You're welcome."

After practicing his saber for most of the day and gaining some skill points, Ning Ri asked the normal-acting Disciple Token for directions and headed straight for Heavenly Heart Pavilion.

According to Zhou Hai's explanation, the [Heavenly Heart Pavilion] is where cultivation resources and Magic Treasures are stored.

He planned to take a look and see if he could get himself some [life-saving money]!

Although he planned to respec and join the [Yin De Sect] to lower the cost of buying his life, he still had to be mentally prepared...

Excellence cannot be hidden. What if the Anomalies have discerning eyes and see through him as a dragon among men, a firefly in the dark?

"Grandmaster Ning!"

At the entrance of Heavenly Heart Pavilion, a familiar figure caught Ning Ri's eye. The person was smiling gently at Ning Ri.

This person was wearing a grey robe and was Elder Guan Yan, who was responsible for telling everyone to shut up during the disciple trial.

When Guan Yan addressed him as Grandmaster Ning, several disciples passing by were shocked.

Ning Ri was also startled and quickly said, "Greetings, Elder Guan. Just call me Ning Ri!"

Guan Yan smiled gently and said, "Grandmaster Ning, what you have done will eventually be made public. There's no point in hiding it any longer."

"So, just admit it with peace of mind."

Ning Ri: "?"

Did I do something that deserves death?