Reshaping a Spirit Transformation Pill Scrap Requires Ten Thousand Strands of Yin-Yang Essence?

The woman in white had arrived.

Should he see her or not?

Zhao Hong was still waiting outside.

Liu Yan'er stood quietly to one side.

She did not know who the woman in white was.

However, news of a battle between Golden Core Realm powerhouses deep in the mountains last night had long reached her ears.

At this time, Hehuan Town was crawling with spies from the Bliss Cult.

After all, once the Joyful Union Sect's Sect Grand Tournament ended, the Black Tortoise Sect would move against the Joyful Union Sect.

Lu Chen fell into thought.

Although he did not wish to discuss the Dao of alchemy with the woman in white, she was a true master.

Before returning to the mountain this morning, he had personally seen the woman in white ride a streak of sword light and rescue Little Xixi.

The woman in white could fly on a sword, and she had even rescued Little Xixi, who possessed a top-grade Heavenly Spirit Root, from Lei Xuan, the Sacred Pill Sect's Grand Elder. Her cultivation was unfathomably profound.

If he could befriend such a master, it would naturally be an enormous blessing for him.

But such an expert would not be easy to fool.

"Invite her in!"

Gritting his teeth, Lu Chen spoke to Zhao Hong outside.

"Yes, Master!"

Zhao Hong withdrew and went to invite the woman in white.

"Master, this servant will take her leave first."

Liu Yan'er hurriedly said.

"Mm!"

Lu Chen nodded.

Liu Yan'er then departed.

Lu Chen picked up the tea on the table and took a sip.

This spirit tea was rather good.

"Master, I have brought her here!"

Very soon, Zhao Hong brought the guest to the door.

"Please come in!"

Lu Chen said calmly.

The door opened, and a figure in white entered the room with lotus-like steps.

Lu Chen immediately caught a faint, secluded fragrance.

Looking up, he saw that the woman in white had her face veiled in gauze. Her eyes were like autumn waters, clear and bright.

"Please, take a seat, Fellow Daoist!"

Lu Chen was somewhat nervous.

He did not know that the woman before him was Jiang Yingyue, the Joyful Union Sect's Supreme Elder.

But he wore a bronze mask, so he was not afraid of her seeing his expression.

He then picked up the teapot and filled a jade cup.

"This spirit tea is quite good. Please have a taste, Fellow Daoist!"

Lu Chen said as he set down the teapot.

The teapot and jade cup were both made from spirit jade, with miniature Spirit Gathering Formations carved upon them. Not only could they lock the spiritual qi contained within the spirit tea inside the pot and cup, they could also gather the surrounding spiritual qi of heaven and earth into them.

Extravagant!

Lu Chen sighed. Poverty truly limited his imagination.

"You are too courteous, Fellow Daoist!"

Jiang Yingyue sat across from Lu Chen.

"Fellow Daoist, your words the other day—'Red-Dust Tempering of the Dao Heart'—were like a cleansing enlightenment to me!"

Jiang Yingyue sighed.

"..."

Lu Chen was stunned. That worked too?

"It is merely a petty path!"

Lu Chen continued putting on airs.

"To you, Fellow Daoist, it may be a petty path, but to me, it is the Great Dao."

Jiang Yingyue said solemnly.

"What brings you here, Fellow Daoist?"

Lu Chen went straight to the point.

"I wished to seek your guidance on the Dao of alchemy!"

Jiang Yingyue did not beat around the bush either.

"There are three thousand Great Daos, and all may lead to sainthood. The Dao of alchemy is also a Dao. I see that your path in alchemy has already reached a bottleneck. If you can part the clouds and moon to see blue skies, you will leap through the dragon gate like a fish and soar into the heavens in a single bound."

Lu Chen said calmly.

"You truly are a senior master, Fellow Daoist. You could see my predicament at a glance. Then you must surely be able to help me leap through the dragon gate!"

Jiang Yingyue said excitedly.

But Lu Chen was dumbfounded. He had been nervous as hell and merely guessed that she must have encountered some trouble to seek out a reclusive master like him.

Who would have thought that she actually wanted him to solve her problem?

I was only guessing. I don't even know what problem you have—how am I supposed to help?

As for the Dao of alchemy, Lu Chen was completely in the dark. He did not even know the basics.

"Man follows Earth, Earth follows Heaven, Heaven follows the Dao, and the Dao follows nature!"

Lu Chen's eyes turned as he deliberately put on an unfathomable air.

"This..."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yingyue immediately felt that the words were unfathomably profound, as though they contained the ultimate truth of the Great Dao. It seemed within reach, yet she could not grasp it or see through it, as if separated by a hazy veil—illusory and indistinct.

It left her feeling as though cats were clawing at her heart and ants were crawling over her liver.

She felt that if she could only grasp something, she would be able to leap through the dragon gate and soar into the heavens in a single bound.

For a moment, she actually stood there dazed.

Seeing this, Lu Chen was instantly overjoyed.

She had indeed been bluffed by that profound saying from the Dao De Jing.

He had plenty of profound sayings from Laozi.

If the Dao De Jing could not handle her, then he would give her a dose of enlightenment at Dragon Field.

He refused to believe he could not bluff her.

If Jiang Yingyue knew that this profound saying, which had shaken her very soul, had merely been casually uttered by Lu Chen, who knew what she would think.

"This senior's realm is far too much higher than mine..."

Jiang Yingyue suddenly let out a long sigh.

In the end, she still had not grasped anything.

The feeling of something clearly being within reach yet impossible to obtain was truly unbearable.

"Only through the unity of knowledge and action can one realize the Dao!"

Lu Chen added.

"This..."

Jiang Yingyue was dumbfounded again.

This senior's comprehension of the "Dao" was truly beyond anything she could imagine.

Could he truly be a Pill King?

Or perhaps even a Pill Sage?

Jiang Yingyue was stunned by the thought that surfaced in her mind.

"Thank you for your guidance, Senior. This junior will return at once to enter seclusion!"

Jiang Yingyue said, rising to leave.

Lu Chen secretly wiped away a cold sweat and let out a breath of relief.

He had truly feared discussing the Dao of alchemy with this woman.

Fortunately, she had been bluffed by two sentences from him.

Those two sentences were the words of sages, after all. They contained the ultimate truths of the Great Dao—enough for her to ponder.

However, Jiang Yingyue suddenly stopped again.

"Mm?"

Lu Chen's heart rose once more.

"Senior, this junior has no way to repay you. This bead is a pill scrap that I obtained from an ancient ruin while traveling abroad. I have studied it for more than ten years, yet I have never discovered what kind of pill scrap it is. Your comprehension of the Dao of alchemy surpasses mine by a hundredfold, Senior. You will surely be able to discern the origins of this pill scrap. I ask that you do not begrudge me your guidance."

Jiang Yingyue turned around, took out a pitch-black "marble," and handed it to Lu Chen.

"An ancient pill scrap?"

Lu Chen subconsciously reached out and accepted it.

There was no Pill Poison at all. It was black as ink and hard as iron.

Its surface was incomparably smooth, without the slightest scratch.

At that moment, the Yin-Yang Cauldron in his dantian stirred.

Then, a line of words appeared in his mind: Failed Spirit Transformation Pill. Consuming ten thousand strands of Yin-Yang Essence can reshape it.

"This is a Failed Spirit Transformation Pill!"

Lu Chen suppressed the shock in his heart and spoke as calmly as possible.

"What..."

Jiang Yingyue was greatly shocked. The answer to the mystery that had troubled her for more than ten years had finally been revealed.

This ancient pill scrap was actually a Failed Spirit Transformation Pill.

A Spirit Transformation Pill!

This was a supreme precious pill that could allow an ancestor at the great completion of the Nascent Soul Realm to break through into the Spirit Transformation Realm.

Moreover, the pill formula for refining the Spirit Transformation Pill had already been lost in the present age.

If she could analyze from this pill scrap the types of spirit herbs required to refine a Spirit Transformation Pill, would that not mean obtaining the formula for refining a Spirit Transformation Pill?

As for the proportions of the spirit herbs required to refine the Spirit Transformation Pill, they could only be adjusted step by step during the refining process.

"Senior, your discerning eye is truly like a torch. It seems this pill scrap is fated with you. In your hands, Senior, it will surely reveal its worth."

Jiang Yingyue recovered from her shock and hurriedly said.

But at this moment, Lu Chen's composure completely shattered.

Reveal my ass of a worth.

Good heavens!

Reshaping this so-called Failed Spirit Transformation Pill required ten thousand strands of Yin-Yang Essence!