Seeking Saint Taiqing to Learn Alchemy

Seeing this, Tongtian directly snatched the jade slip and pointed at the words on it, saying:

"It's not marked? Then what's this? You don't read the jade slip carefully and still make excuses. You don't even know such basic common sense—how can you refine pills!"

There, in the lower right corner of the jade slip's back, was a row of small characters noting that pills above Eight Grades required ordinary flames to be unable to refine them.

Looking at this small annotation on the back, Xian Junyu was instantly speechless.

Such an important matter was written on the back of the jade slip. The person who wrote this jade slip must have a sick mind!

No normal person would do something like this.

"Written on the back, and so small—who could see that..." Xian Junyu muttered quietly.

Although Xian Junyu was very quiet, with Tongtian Saint's hearing, he still heard it extremely clearly.

"You didn't see it yourself, who's to blame? Without a master guiding you, your pill refining is a complete mess, with hardly any top-grade pills..."

Opening a jar of pills, looking inside to find almost all middle-grade pills, with only a small portion being top-grade and all low-level, Tongtian also showed a helpless expression. This was what happened without a good master to lead the way.

Still, Xian Junyu being able to self-study to refine Seven Grade pills showed his talent was indeed quite good.

"Your master knows a bit about pill refining from your First Senior Uncle. First, study with your master, and when you've learned enough, go find your First Senior Uncle to study!" Tongtian said calmly.

Since Xian Junyu liked pill refining and had some talent, he didn't mind helping him out.

Xian Junyu didn't refuse his master's proposal either.

After all, he had planned to self-study for a while and then go find First Senior Uncle Laozi to learn. Since his master said he also knew some pill refining, following him first was fine.

"Mm, alright. Disciple thanks Master for the instruction!"

From then on, master and disciple stayed in the Alchemy Chamber, one teaching and one learning, while the Water-Fire Daoist Children continuously fetched Spiritual Materials.

It had to be said, with someone teaching, Xian Junyu's success rate greatly increased, and the output of top-grade spiritual pills grew more and more.

Of course, this also included the credit of his master Tongtian teaching him the Six Ding Divine Fire—this divine fire for pill refining was no joke.

This learning session lasted a full ten years.

Xian Junyu went from only being able to refine Seven Grade pills at the start to now being able to refine Fourth-turn Golden Elixirs.

Ordinary pill grades were divided into: First Grade to Ninth Grade!

The further golden elixir grades were divided into First Turn to Ninth Turn.

First Grade to Ninth Grade were just ordinary pills; the later First Turn to Ninth Turn golden elixirs were the true divine pills.

In just over ten years, Xian Junyu could refine Fourth-turn Golden Elixirs, showing he truly had talent in pill refining.

Compared to the thousands of years in artifact refining, he only used a few hundred years for pill refining.

Indeed, effort was truly insignificant before talent. Xian Junyu was confident that refining Ninth-turn Golden Elixirs would not take more than a thousand years.

"Yu'er, Fourth-turn Golden Elixirs are already your master's limit. I can't teach you the path beyond. Go find your First Senior Uncle!" Tongtian said somewhat helplessly.

He had to admit, this disciple really had talent in pill refining. In just ten years, he had learned all of his pill refining skills, leaving him with nothing to teach.

Sometimes, having a disciple too excellent was quite troubling.

"Yes! Disciple thanks Master for these years of guidance!" Xian Junyu bowed to Tongtian.

"No need for that. You have talent in this area; your master only helped you fulfill it. Prepare yourself and go find your First Senior Uncle..."

After speaking, Tongtian instantly vanished and left the Alchemy Chamber.

To be honest, when he first saw his disciple learning both artifact refining and pill refining, he was quite worried.

After all, a person's energy was limited; trying to juggle so many things was too difficult. But seeing that this disciple's cultivation hadn't fallen behind and he truly had talent in pill refining, he was completely at ease.

As for Xian Junyu, he didn't leave immediately. First, he refined a Houtian Spiritual Treasure Alchemy Furnace and gathered a batch of Spiritual Materials.

After reorganizing his master's Alchemy Chamber, he left and headed to the dojo of his First Senior Uncle, Saint Taiqing Laozi.

At the Saint Taiqing's Dojo.

"Disciple Xian Junyu, requests an audience with First Senior Uncle!"

As Xian Junyu's voice fell, Xuandu also opened the door and walked out.

"Greetings, Junior Disciple Brother! Congratulations, Junior Disciple Brother, on attaining Great Luo!"

"Senior Brother, no need for such formality. Breaking through to Great Luo was just a coincidence!"

"Haha... Senior Brother, no need to be modest. Please, come in!"

The two walked in chatting and laughing.

The first disciple of Mount Kunlun and the second disciple—their relationship was actually quite good.

As for Nan Ji, the third disciple, the two of them always felt a certain distance from him, unlike the ease with which they could speak their minds freely.

After pouring a cup of hot tea for his Senior Disciple Brother Xian Junyu and setting out some snacks, Xuandu also inquired about the reason for his visit.

"Senior Brother, you never come to the palace without a reason. I wonder what matter brings you to see Master this time—can this Junior Disciple Brother know?"

Xuandu's words were rather reserved.

If it was something he could know, he would naturally listen; if it was something he couldn't, no matter how curious he was, he would never pry—that was his nature.

"Of course you can know. It's nothing shameful!"

"Lately, I've become obsessed with alchemy. This time, I came to learn the art of alchemy properly from First Senior Uncle..."

As he sipped his tea, Xian Junyu explained calmly.

Originally, he thought that coming here to learn alchemy from First Senior Uncle might distract him and cause Xuandu some dissatisfaction.

But Xuandu's reaction completely exceeded his expectations.

"Learning alchemy! Excellent, that's a wonderful thing!"

Hearing that his Senior Disciple Brother Xian Junyu had come to study alchemy, Xuandu immediately broke into a smile, looking especially delighted.

Under the Saint Master, he was the only disciple, and his Master followed the path of Supreme Non-Action. Though he didn't resist it, it was inevitably somewhat dull and monotonous.

On his learning journey, he was alone, and his Master showed little expression. He was full of doubts about the path of alchemy—unsure if he was progressing too fast or too slow, or whether his Master was satisfied.

Now, with his Senior Brother here, his learning path was no longer lonely, and they could improve together—this was a great thing!

"Uh... Junior Disciple Brother Xuandu, are you alright? Why are you so excited?" Seeing Xuandu so delighted, Xian Junyu was utterly bewildered.

What the hell was up with Xuandu? Shouldn't he be on guard against me? Why was he so happy and excited?

Could it be that cultivating alone here had driven him a bit mad?

The more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed.

First Senior Uncle followed the path of Non-Action—always eerily calm, showing neither joy nor sorrow. Facing First Senior Uncle alone in this empty place for so long, some mental derangement was entirely normal.

Ah... poor Junior Disciple Brother Xuandu!

"Hahaha... Senior Brother, if you can progress together with this Junior Brother, of course I'm happy!"

"Come, Senior Brother, I'll take you to see Master right now!"

Forgetting his tea, Xuandu grabbed Xian Junyu and pulled him toward his Master.

At this, Xian Junyu could only smile wryly.

Just having him as company made him this happy... such a pitiful Junior Disciple Brother.