Chapter 111 Promotion
A few hours after Li Yu returned to Ziyun Peak, someone came to ask for a meeting.
The visitor was a second-grade alchemist from a certain peak of the Dandao Sect. This was his second time at Ziyun Peak, and he came to invite Li Yu to join them.
Half a year ago, when they were trying to win over Li Yu, Li Yu's unified statement was that he would consider this matter only after he had established his foundation.
I don’t know where he got the news of his foundation building.
Before the second-grade alchemist from this peak finished discussing the treatment with Li Yu, people from another peak arrived.
The news of his foundation building seemed to have spread to all the peaks, and more and more people began to gather at Ziyun Peak.
The conditions they offered to Li Yu were almost the same. If Li Yu agreed to join them now, he would immediately receive two Tuomai Pills. In addition, they guaranteed to produce no less than three furnaces of Tongmai Pills per month for Li Yu to practice. As long as he could refine one top-grade Tongmai Pill in each furnace and give it to them, any extra ones would be his.
This made Li Yu a little troubled.
In fact, he had considered it a long time ago. Joining a certain peak of the alchemy sect would indeed bring him some benefits, but the benefits were extremely limited. It was nothing more than a few Tongmai Pills every month. The resources needed for the foundation-building period were not enough for them to share among themselves, so how much could they give him?
Moreover, there is a competitive relationship between the peaks. Joining one peak will invisibly offend the other thirty or so peaks. This is contrary to the philosophy that Li Yu has always adhered to.
Therefore, he will not join any peak.
But he didn't completely reject it.
After all the people from various peaks gathered, Li Yu simply held a press conference on the spot. At the press conference, he refined a furnace of Tongmai Pills on the spot. Under his deliberate control, he only refined one top-grade Tongmai Pill. This was to show everyone that he had the ability to refine top-grade Tongmai Pills and did not need materials from various peaks to practice and improve his proficiency. His proficiency was already at the maximum level.
When the top-grade Tongmai Pill with five dan patterns appeared, the representatives of each peak stared in amazement.
As expected of the son of alchemy, he can refine the top-grade Tongmai Pill just after establishing his foundation!
What is the concept of top-grade Tongmai Pill? It does not contain erysipelas, has no side effects on the body, and there is no need to take detoxifying pills deliberately. There is no problem even if you take it as a meal.
You know, even the top-grade Tongmai Pill contains a certain amount of poison and needs to be specially refined. The core disciples of the sect who rely on pills to improve their cultivation have to take detoxification pills regularly. In order for the detoxification pills to detoxify, they must be top-grade pills that do not contain any poison. Although they are only second-grade pills, they must be of top-grade quality. Only fourth-grade alchemists can refine them, and the number is very scarce. Even core disciples have to queue up to receive them.
If the disciples were taking top-grade Tongmai Pills, they would naturally not need Detoxification Pills.
Let me ask you, if one peak hands over only top-grade Tongmai Pills, eliminating the step of understanding the toxicity of the pills, while other peaks only hand over mid-grade and high-grade pills, to which peak will the sect give more materials?
The answer to this question is obvious.
If such a person joins a peak, the resources of other peaks will drop drastically.
They couldn't just watch this happen.
"Friend Li, we can still discuss the conditions we just mentioned!"
"As long as you agree to join Shanhai Peak, we can negotiate any terms..."
" All can be given to you to refine!"
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Looking at everyone talking at once and vying to speak, Li Yu stretched out his hand and pressed it down, and the surroundings immediately became quiet.
He cleared his throat and said, "I am very grateful that all the peaks think so highly of me, but I am very sorry that I will not join any peak. However, if any of the peaks need any help, as long as my ability allows, I will never refuse..."
After a while, people from all the peaks finally understood what Li Yu meant.
With his strength, joining a peak would inevitably disrupt the balance maintained by all the peaks.
Li Yu himself did not want to get involved in the struggle among the various peaks of Dandao, so he did not join any peak.
But it's not that he doesn't make pills for the other peaks. If any peak is unable to complete the sect's task for that month, they can ask him to help. He doesn't ask for any reward, just a symbolic gift of one or two inferior Tuomai Pills will be enough.
Tuomai Pill is an inferior pill with only one pill pattern , which is almost the same as a useless pill. Unless one's talent is really poor and he wants to try his luck, few people in the Foundation Establishment Stage are willing to take it. Its only function is to fertilize the soil, and it is very cost-effective to use it to exchange for the top-grade Tongmai Pill.
Besides, he also said that if there was no Tuomai Pill or an inferior one, he could help for free.
What kind of dedication is this?
Everyone knows that Li Yu is very popular in the world of immortal cultivation, and he even has face in the world of magic. Today, I personally experienced why he is so popular. Who doesn't like such a pure good person?
To be fair, they cannot be as selfless as Li Yu.
Soon, representatives from various peaks left one after another. Although they did not succeed in inviting Li Yu today, it was not a failure either. At least they would be able to give an explanation to the peak master after returning.
On a certain peak, a third-rank alchemist asked in surprise, "Li Yu really said that?"
The second-grade alchemist who had just returned from Ziyun Peak said, "Yes, he rejected everyone's invitation. It's obvious that he doesn't want to get involved in this kind of dispute. But he promised us that if we encounter difficulties, we can also ask him to make pills. We just need to give him a low-grade Tuomai Pill as a token of our appreciation."
The third-grade alchemist was delighted to hear this. He had just entered the third-grade alchemy level not long ago, and the sect's tasks were often not completed on time and in quality, which affected the distribution of herbs for the next month. If Li Yu could help, the resources that Tianmu Peak received from the sect every month would be very stable.
If Li Yu wanted a mid-grade or high-grade Tuomai Pill, he would definitely not agree.
But low-quality pills are of poor quality and even dogs won't eat them. They have no value at all, so you can give them all to him. With his current attainments in alchemy, he can refine at least one low-quality pill every month, which can be given to Li Yu.
He immediately took out two low-grade Tuomai Pills and handed them to the second-grade alchemist, saying, "Send these two pills to Li Yu now and build a good relationship with him first. Maybe this month we will need his help..."
Purple Cloud Peak.
Within two hours, this was the sixth wave of guests that Li Yu had sent away.
Sure enough, for those who have cultivated to the Golden Core Stage and have lived for at least several hundred years, they will understand a little bit about the ways of the world. In these two hours, he received twelve inferior Tuomai Pills.
The levels of alchemy among the sect's third-grade alchemists were obviously uneven. Some of them must have just been promoted to the third grade not long ago, and would occasionally make mistakes and produce inferior pills, but the majority of third-grade alchemists were able to stably refine mid-grade and high-grade third-level pills.
These alchemists whose skills are not very high are Li Yu’s target customers.
After some effort, Li Yu upgraded all twelve low-grade Tuomai Pills to high-grade ones, and then took them one by one.
It has only been two days since he established his foundation, and his five spiritual veins have been widened twenty-seven times. If he were to cultivate a single spiritual vein, he would be in the middle stage of foundation building now...
Who said that when you reach the foundation-building stage, the speed of your cultivation will slow down? Isn't this quite fast...
However, after taking so many Tuomai Pills in a short period of time, he could feel that a lot of poison had accumulated in his body. Fortunately, he could now refine detoxification pills by himself, and it didn't take much time to eliminate all the poison accumulated in his body.
Walking out of the room, Li Yu was in a very good mood.
It was not because his cultivation level improved so quickly in a short period of time, but because he found a stable path of cultivation. Those inferior pills that the third-grade alchemists didn't want were all his treasures.
He had some understanding of why those rag collectors in his previous life now drove luxury cars and lived in mansions.
This line of work may not be glamorous, but it is really profitable.
He doesn't need too many every month, just five, or even less than five, just three. In less than ten years, he will be able to cultivate all five spirit veins to the peak of foundation building.
If you use the extra Tongmai Pills to exchange, this time can be even shorter.
By then, he would be able to refine third-grade pills and be promoted to a third-grade alchemist. He would be able to receive at least several materials for Tuomai Pills every month. Excluding those that he had to hand over to the sect, within three to five years, he would be able to help Ling'er and Zhou Zixuan, who only had one spiritual vein, complete their foundation building.
This kind of treatment already exceeds that of most of the sect's core disciples.
Since he couldn't rely on a certain background, he simply became their background himself.
The ability to purify elixirs involves the secret of the alchemy furnace, which cannot be told to anyone. However, after building the foundation, he can always remain in a hidden state, so he does not have to worry about being seen through by others. At least, no one at the Nascent Soul stage can see through it.
Soon, two days passed since Li Yu rejected the recruitment of various peaks.
One day, Li Yu was practicing Shushan Sword Technique when Zhou Zixuan came over from the front yard and told him that someone was visiting.
Li Yu walked out the door and found a deacon disciple from Yuxu Peak standing there.
Li Yu had to send two fruit gift boxes to Yuxu Peak every month, one for the headmaster and one for Senior Sister Qin. He was already familiar with several deacon disciples and asked, "Senior Brother Yu, is there anything?"
The deacon disciple smiled and said, "Something happened, and it's a good thing. The headmaster has summoned you. Junior Brother Li, please come with me to Yuxu Peak. I will tell you what happened on the way..."
On the way from Ziyun Peak to Yuxu Peak, Li Yu quickly learned the whole story.
Even he was surprised for a moment when he heard the news, and asked unsurely: "Master Master wants to hand over Qingxuan Peak to me?"
Qingxuan Peak was previously Zhao Guangxuan's territory. After his death, it was handed over to a fourth-grade alchemist for management. The rule of Kunlun is that only after being promoted to a third-grade alchemist can one be qualified to open a peak. Li Yu is only a second-grade alchemist.
Qingxuan Peak is not just a hill. There are also many spiritual herbs and medicines planted on it. Although the quality is not very high, the quantity is quite large. I don’t know how many people are coveting it.
More importantly, after taking over Qingxuan Peak, he would be able to undertake the sect's large amount of alchemy tasks every month. Apart from those that were regularly handed over to the sect, the rest were his own. The third-grade alchemists in the sect had been embezzling money over the years, and each of them was rich.
The deacon disciple nodded and said, "Yes, I heard it with my own ears outside the meeting hall. The head master said that most third-grade alchemists cannot refine the top-grade Tongmai Pill, so he can make an exception and let you take charge of a peak. What's more, you are the person that Elder Zhao valued the most when he was alive. If he knew about it in his afterlife, he would probably be happy to let you inherit Qingxuan Peak..."
Li Yu felt a little guilty after hearing this.
If Zhao Guangxuan knew about this, he would probably die of anger again.
The deacon disciple said with emotion: "The headmaster is really good to you. He rarely takes the initiative to propose anything on weekdays. The two recent proposals are both related to you..."
When he arrived at Yuxu Peak, Li Yu was taken directly to the meeting hall.
This was not the first time Li Yu came here, but it was the first time he saw so many people here.
At the front of the hall, there was a huge white jade throne where the head sect master was sitting. On his left and right, there were four slightly smaller thrones, six of which were occupied by people. Li Yu saw two people he knew at a glance, namely Patriarch Xuanzhen and Patriarch Taiyi.
There were dozens of chairs on the left and right sides of the hall, with about twenty figures sitting on them. Although Li Yu did not dare to use the Qi-Seeing Technique to investigate, those who could sit here were all the sect's Nascent Soul ancestors.
This was the first time that Li Yu had seen so many Nascent Soul experts.
The Nascent Soul ancestors of Kunlun had all heard of Li Yu's name, but most of them saw him for the first time. When they looked at Li Yu, they couldn't help but feel puzzled. As a Nascent Soul powerhouse, he couldn't actually see through the cultivation level of a Foundation Establishment disciple. This kind of thing was rare in their hundreds of years of cultivation.
Li Yu walked into the hall, bowed to the front, and said, "Greetings to the headmaster, and to all the ancestors."
Wang Daoxuan sat on the throne in the middle, looked at Li Yu, and asked: "Tell the ancestors present here, what is your success rate in refining Tongmai Dan?"
Li Yu said honestly: "If you pursue the best quality rate, one furnace can produce one best quality pill. If you pursue the number of successful pills, one furnace can stably produce two high-quality pills."
Of course he would keep this matter to himself.
If he is serious, he can actually produce three top-quality products in one furnace.
But if I reveal my cards, how can he make deductions from it in the future?
Wang Daoxuan asked again: "Where is the detoxification pill?"
Li Yu said: "It's the same as Tongmai Dan."
Wang Daoxuan looked at a figure sitting near the front and said, "Most of you here are not alchemists. Junior Sister Changchun, you are a master of alchemy. Tell everyone here, what is the level of Li Yu's alchemy?"
Changchun Zhenren smiled slightly and said, "Let's not talk about other things for now. In terms of refining second-level pills, he can be regarded as the best among the fourth-grade alchemists. As for the detoxification pill, except for a few fourth-grade masters, he is the only one in Kunlun who can refine it."
An old man at a certain seat said, "The number one person under the Grandmaster is a bit too exaggerated, he is just a second-grade alchemist."
Patriarch Xuanzhen glanced at him, snorted coldly, and said, "Changchun Zhenren is a fourth-grade alchemist. You are a practitioner of the law . Do you think you know more about alchemy than her?"
The old man in the Nascent Soul stage was rebuked, but he didn't dare to refute. He retracted his neck and stopped talking.
Changchun Zhenren said with a smile: "The difference between a second-grade alchemist and a third-grade alchemist lies in whether they can refine third-grade pills. Each has its own strengths in alchemy. In terms of refining second-grade pills, a third-grade alchemist may not be better than a second-grade alchemist..."
At this time, another Yuanying Patriarch said: "Words alone are not enough. Whether he has that kind of attainment in the Dao of Alchemy, we have to try it to know."
Wang Daoxuan nodded and said, "After all, this is about the alchemy peak. Li Yu, you stay here and make two furnaces of Tongmai Pills for all the ancestors to see."
In this hall, except for Li Yu, who is a rookie in the Foundation Establishment stage, the others are all Nascent Soul ancestors. He can only listen when others speak. If the head master asks him to refine the elixir in public, he can only do it.
Fortunately, the purified spiritual liquid had already been prepared for him, and he only needed to pour it into the alchemy furnace and start refining it.
The meeting hall was silent, with only the fire of mana burning steadily. These Nascent Soul masters had extremely strong concentration and watched Li Yu refine for two hours without showing any impatience.
Two hours later, feeling that the time was about right, Li Yu opened the alchemy furnace, took out a top-grade Tongmai Pill, and placed it on the prepared jade plate. A deacon disciple held the jade plate and showed it to a group of Nascent Soul masters.
Although these Nascent Soul masters do not understand the art of alchemy, they can still count the elixir patterns.
The pattern on the pill showed that the disciple was not lying.
After refining one batch of pills and recovering a little, Li Yu started to refine the second batch.
Another two hours passed, and he took out two top-grade Tongmai Pills from the alchemy furnace. After handing them over to the deacon disciple, he looked as if his body was hollowed out, and leaned against a pillar in the hall, unwilling to move at all.
After everyone checked the pills, Wang Daoxuan looked around and asked, "Everyone, do you have anything else to say?"
Just now when the head master proposed to hand over Qingxuan Peak to Li Yu, most people here opposed it, on the grounds that Li Yu was only a second-grade alchemist. Letting a second-grade alchemist manage a Dandao Peak had never happened in Kunlun in hundreds of years.
But in the past few hours, Li Yu has proved to them that he has this ability.
The fourth-grade alchemist Changchun Zhenren also said that he was the best person under the Grandmaster in refining second-grade elixirs.
At this time, if they still objected, then the one they were opposing was not Li Yu, but the head master.
Qingxuan Peak is temporarily ownerless, and everyone wants to get a piece of the pie and support the alchemist who is on good terms with them so that they can benefit from it in the future. However, the master's proposal does not have any selfish motives and is completely for the consideration of the sect. Anyone who objects will be in trouble.
When everyone remained silent, Lu Taiyi, who was sitting next to him, spoke first: "It seems that handing Qingxuan Peak to him is indeed the most appropriate. The headmaster is wise, and I have no objection."
"Neither do I."
"Just follow what the headmaster said..."
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After a moment, the Nascent Soul masters in the hall left one after another. Wang Daoxuan walked up to Li Yu and gently waved the sleeves of his Taoist robe. Li Yu felt a gentle force surging into his body, and his magic power and physical strength were instantly restored.
He stood up, bowed to Wang Daoxuan, and said, "Thank you for your cultivation, Master."
Wang Daoxuan waved his hand and said, "Don't thank me. I did this for Kunlun. If the alchemy peaks had not agreed, I would have given you all the second-level pills to refine..."
Li Yu coughed lightly and said, "The sect refines tens of thousands of second-level pills every month. Even if the disciples die of exhaustion, they still cannot refine them all..."
Wang Daoxuan smiled and said, "I am just talking. Even if you can finish refining the elixir, other peaks will not agree. After all, you are not the only alchemist in Kunlun. There are various forces in the alchemy peaks. They will fight for even a little resource, let alone all of them..."
He breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Let's not talk about this anymore. You have refined two batches of elixirs in succession. Go back and practice first. I will let Wang Hua contact you about the matter of Qingxuan Peak in two days..."
Before leaving, Li Yu thought of an important matter and asked, "By the way, Master, has the sect found any results regarding Zhou Tian's matter?"
Speaking of this, Wang Daoxuan was also a little puzzled and said, "Logically speaking, in a first-level secret realm, it is absolutely impossible for the mana and soul fluctuations that exceed the foundation-building stage to appear. Even a Yuanshen in the spirit transformation stage cannot enter. Therefore, Zhou Tian at that time definitely did not have the strength to kill you."
Li Yu said: "But, he did dodge my fatal blow at that time. The sword energy went straight through his body."
Wang Daoxuan said: "This is not difficult to do. Many talismans and magic weapons have similar effects."
Li Yu was stunned for a moment, then said in astonishment: "So, I was cheated?"
Wang Daoxuan thought for a moment and said, "Besides being cheated, there is another possibility."
"What?"
"He is a powerful Void Breaker. For the Void Realm, spatial barriers do not exist. The body and soul of a Void Realm expert are between reality and nothingness. He can enter and exit all the secret realms at will..."
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After a while, Li Yu left Yuxu Peak.
In his mind, the mystery about Zhou Tian has not yet been solved.
It was a bit too outrageous that Zhou Tian was a powerful Void Breaker. There were only a little over ten, less than fifteen, known Void Breakers in this world, and each of them had a name. Li Yu had seen Wu Tong's inventory of Void Breakers and had a deep memory of it.
Among the righteous, there are three people who can break the void in the Tiandao Sect, and they are called the "Three Elders of Tiandao". In other sects, there is one in Kunlun, one in Shushan, and one in Emei, and no other sects have any.
On the side of the demonic sect, there is one from the Xuanyin Sect, one from the Lianhun Sect, and one from the Puppet Sect. Apart from the three giants of the demonic sect, no other sects have any representatives in the open.
There are even fewer Poxu among other forces. There is one from the Southern Demon Tribe, who is said to be an ancient giant demon who lived for thousands of years, one from the Western Buddhist sect, who is the ancestor of the entire Buddhist sect, and one from the Central Dynasty, who was once a holy monarch of the Great Zhou Dynasty. It is said that the ancestor of the Xiaoyao Sect among the independent cultivators is also a Poxu. Including him, there are a total of thirteen Poxu among the various forces in the world. Even if there are rare Poxu, their number will never be too many. Could Zhou Tian be one of them?
He seems to have some connection with Kunlun. Could he be the ancestor of Kunlun Poxu?
The ancestor of Kunlun Poxu, merged his soul with the disciple of the Demonic Soul Refining Sect, and lived and died together - this is even more outrageous than Li Yu's own rumor that he was an undercover agent of the Demonic Sect. It is simply outrageous.
Soon, Li Yu put the matter behind him and stopped thinking about it.
As a rookie in the foundation-building stage, he should worry less about the sect's ancestors.
