A day later, more than a hundred people indeed came to the Ascension Platform!
Shen Mo spotted quite a few familiar faces. More than half of the dozens of cultivators who had watched Wang San and Old Jiang argue in the Alchemy Cauldron Plaza had come, and Old Jiang himself was among them. The others who had rushed over to listen had all been summoned by Wang San, who had called on friends and acquaintances.
"I heard from Wang San that Fellow Daoist Mo Shen is a formidable alchemist newly arrived in the Dream Realm, with attainments in alchemy that are exceedingly high. We alchemists of the Dream Realm have this place to exchange ideas, communicate, and hone our skills, so our accomplishments in the Alchemy Dao are generally above ordinary standards. I don't much believe Wang San's words. Today, I'd like to hear what sort of flowers this Fellow Daoist Mo can make bloom from his mouth."
"Jiang had brief contact with him before. Several months ago, Wang San and I were arguing ourselves hoarse over an improved recipe for the Withering and Flourishing Pill. It was this Fellow Daoist Mo who pointed out the crux of the matter in a single breath, making us suddenly see the light. Even if his attainments in the Alchemy Dao are not high, they cannot possibly be too low!"
"Perhaps a blind cat happened to catch a dead mouse. In any case, if he only spouts empty nonsense with no nourishment in it, we need not spend a single copper coin. But if he truly speaks marvelous words and profound principles that benefit our Alchemy Dao, then even spending a great heap of Dream Realm copper coins would not be a loss."
"That may be so, but our time is still precious.