Chapter 46 Hot Discussion
Yuzhu Peak.
Jiang Li was practicing in a hall when a figure suddenly walked in hurriedly. Xu Qingxin was surprised and delighted. She smiled and said, "Junior sister, a big thing happened in the sect. I'm sure you will be interested..."
Jiang Li smiled and asked, "What's the matter, Senior Sister?"
Xu Qingxin's expression was still somewhat incredulous, and she said, "Just now, the top ten and the champion of the sect's annual alchemy apprentice competition have been announced. Guess who won the championship this time, you will never guess!"
Jiang Li shook his head and said, "Sister, you know, I just got started not long ago and I don't know anyone."
Xu Qingxin said: "Li Yu, it's Li Yu. He has only studied alchemy for a few months, but he has already won the first place in the alchemy competition. Even the disciples of two fourth-grade alchemists were defeated by him..."
Hearing about Li Yu, Jiang Li immediately became interested and said, "What is the Alchemy Competition? What happened to Li Yu? Senior Sister, tell me quickly..."
After a moment, looking at Jiang Li with a silly smile on his face, Xu Qingxin shook her head. This little girl seemed to be happier to hear that Li Yu won the championship than she was.
She said with some emotion: "It seems that it was a wise decision to suggest Junior Brother Li to learn the Dao of Alchemy."
Then, she changed the subject and said with some regret: "Unfortunately, Junior Brother Li's talent is average, and he has cultivated five spiritual veins, so his future achievements are ultimately limited. Otherwise, those high-level alchemists in the sect would have long been vying to take him as a disciple."
The annual apprentice competition is also the time when high-level alchemists compete most fiercely for disciples.
In previous years, the champion of the competition would definitely be fought over by many people, but Li Yu was an exception this time.
A third-rank alchemist looked down upon his talent, but it was too much of a stretch for a second-rank alchemist to be his master, so this awkward situation of no one paying attention to him arose.
Jiang Li snorted and said, "That's because they lack foresight!"
Xu Qingxin said: "In fact, we can't blame them. Junior Brother Li has too many spiritual veins to cultivate. It's better in the Qi Refining Stage, but it's hard to improve in the Foundation Establishment Stage. Cultivating five spiritual veins is actually equivalent to giving up the immortal path and choosing the alchemy path..."
Jiang Li thought about it and said, "I want to learn how to make pills, too. When I become a third-grade pill refiner, I will make pills for him to eat!"
Xu Qingxin was both angry and amused, and said: "Learning the way of alchemy will delay a lot of practice time. You have a heavenly spiritual vein, and practice is the most important thing. Master will not agree to let you make pills. Even if Master agrees, you can raise him to the foundation-building stage, but what about the golden elixir stage and the Nascent Soul stage? These cannot be broken through by relying on pills..."
Looking at the somewhat dejected Jiang Li, Xu Qingxin sighed softly and said, "Junior sister, you should know that there is no possibility between you and Junior Brother Li..."
Jiang Li lowered his head, a trace of sadness flashed across his eyes. When he looked up at Xu Qingxin, he smiled again and said, "Senior Sister, what are you thinking about? Li Yu and I are not in the relationship you think. Li Yu likes the type of person like Senior Sister Zhou..."
Now it was Xu Qingxin's turn to be confused. She stared at Jiang Li blankly and asked, "If it's not that kind of relationship, why are you so nice to him?"
Jiang Li said as a matter of course: "If he were me, he would do the same. We agreed before that we would not forget each other when we become rich and powerful..."
Xu Qingxin thought about it for a long time and finally shook her head.
She grew up in the sect and practiced with her master. She had no such friends around her, nor could she experience such a relationship. Although she was three years older than Jiang Li, she was far less experienced than Jiang Li in matters of the heart.
Master once said that although Junior Sister Jiang started practicing late, it was not entirely a bad thing.
Perhaps, she will form her Nascent Soul earlier than herself and Junior Sister Qin.
Jiang Li sighed and said with some regret: "Senior Sister, if something like this happens again in the future, you should tell me earlier so that I can go out and take a look..."
Xu Qingxin thought to herself that it was a good thing that she didn't go to see it in person. She wondered what she would feel if she saw Li Yu flirting with the beautiful female disciple in front of so many people.
Deep down, she still believed that Junior Sister Jiang had some feelings for Li Yu.
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At this moment, Zixiao Peak.
Zhou Zixuan looked at Li Yu in surprise and asked, "Why did you bring me here?"
After the competition was over and the ten winners received their rewards, Li Yu brought her here.
Li Yu smiled and said, "You have helped me so much, of course I have to thank you, come with me, I will treat you to a meal."
Zhou Zixuan was a little embarrassed. She said that she helped Li Yu. In fact, any disciple from Biyun Peak and Danding Peak could do well in refining spiritual liquid. However, given her relationship with Li Yu, she didn't need to be polite. She smiled and said, "Then you should be prepared to spend money..."
Soon, Li Yu brought Zhou Zixuan to a building.
This is a seven-story building. On the plaque on the first floor, there are three words "Piaoxiang Pavilion" inscribed on it. It is not difficult to guess from the name that this is a restaurant.
Although Kunlun Cave is an immortal cave, it also has some worldly atmosphere.
The function of the fasting pill is just to prevent the disciples from going hungry, but it cannot satisfy people's appetite. The Piaoxiang Pavilion provides normal meals, spiritual wine, etc. Li Yu had wanted to come here for a long time, but he was reluctant to spend the spiritual coins.
I won the first place in this competition and received thirty Tongmai Pills at once. It was a good opportunity for me to bring Senior Sister Zhou here to experience it for myself.
The two chose a private room on the third floor. A young female disciple was waiting in the room and asked softly, "Brothers and sisters, what would you like to eat?"
Li Yu looked at the jade plaque hanging on the wall of the private room and said, "Braised spiritual pigeon, braised silver fish, lotus leaf pheasant... and a spiritual fruit platter and a pot of nectar."
Li Yu ordered six or seven dishes, a combination of meat and vegetables, and also ordered a spiritual fruit platter and a small pot of fruit drink.
After the female disciple took note, she smiled and said, "Please wait a moment."
Zhou Zixuan saw the price marked on the jade card and silently added it. Her pretty face changed slightly. She tugged at Li Yu's sleeve and said, "Li Yu, why don't we just leave? This is too expensive..."
Just the things Li Yu ordered just now were worth more than 300 spirit coins. She only earned 300 spirit coins in half a year at Biyun Peak. Just one meal cost her half-year salary...
No wonder there are not many customers here. How can ordinary disciples have so many spirit coins? Even if they do, they save them to exchange for pills. How can they spend them here?
Li Yu patted her hands and said, "Just eat it without worry. I have plenty of spirit coins. Don't you know that alchemists are very rich?"
After the purchase limit of Tongmai Dan was imposed, Li Yu now has spiritual coins that he cannot spend. Occasionally satisfying his appetite is actually a good thing for his spiritual practice.
Kunlun Cave Heaven is a world of its own, with no distinction between day and night. If you practice here for a long time, you will get sick. You need to relax occasionally. After practicing for so long, you can't enjoy yourself...
Zhou Zixuan shook her head and advised him, "Even if you have spirit coins, you can't waste them here. You have to save them to exchange for Tongmai Pills. You have many spirit veins to cultivate, so you need more Tongmai Pills..."
Li Yu smiled and said, "Okay, I know you are frugal, so I'll make an exception today..."
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The Alchemy Apprentice Competition is an annual event in Kunlun Cave Heaven. When Li Yu and Zhou Zixuan were having dinner in Piaoxiang Tower, the process and results of the competition on Lingxu Peak had already swept across all the peaks like a hurricane.
There was jubilation on Danding Peak. Li Yu, as a new disciple, won the first place in the competition, and they were also proud of it.
At the residence of an elder in the Foundation Establishment stage of a certain peak, Chen Ming's face but this did not affect the determination in his eyes. He swallowed a few Peiyuan Pills in big gulps and walked into a room without hesitation.
On a certain inverted peak, Lu Xingzhou stopped practicing and murmured, "Li Yu, is his talent in alchemy so high?"
He did not feel the slightest bit of guilt for almost causing the sect to miss out on a genius in alchemy. Alchemy and refining were all unorthodox practices and were not worth mentioning in the face of the path to immortality.
Jiuhua Peak.
Zhao Wuliang stood with his hands down beside a middle-aged man with four dan patterns on his chest, lowered his head and said, "I'm sorry, Master, I disappoint you."
The middle-aged man just smiled, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "The realm of heaven and man is something that even my master can only encounter once in decades. You just lost to luck. It's okay."
Zhao Wuliang thought for a moment and said, "I plan to be promoted to a first-grade alchemist."
The middle-aged man smiled and asked, "Have you decided?"
Zhao Wuliang smiled bitterly and said, "It's been five years, and it's been like this every year. Maybe I'm not destined to be the champion of the competition."
He could have refined the first-grade elixir long ago, but his obsession with winning the competition kept him putting it off until today.
He once again came in second in this competition, and he really didn't have the energy to wait until next year.
The middle-aged man nodded and said, "It's best if you can let it go. A first-grade pill is not difficult for you. I will refine a few foundation-building pills for you. You should build your foundation as soon as possible. By then, with the strength of your three spiritual veins, you should be able to advance to the second grade within five years."
Cuiwei Peak.
A gorgeously dressed woman looked at the pouting girl who was clearly in a bad mood and consoled her: "You have only been in the alchemy path for a few years. This is your first time participating in a competition and you have already won third place. This is already very good."
The girl raised her head and asked, "Master, is the Heaven Realm really that powerful?"
The woman breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Of course it's amazing. The last time my master entered the realm of heaven and man was thirty years ago. It was because of that experience that he was promoted to the fourth level within ten years and entered the realm of heaven and man. It's not you who refine the elixir, but the elixir refines itself..."
The girl murmured, "But that Li Yu has entered twice in the past few months..."
The woman smiled and said, "Everyone has their own destiny. You don't have to envy him. Although he is favored by the alchemy path, he is not favored by the immortal path. It is only a matter of time for you to catch up with him. You should improve your cultivation quickly, build your foundation as soon as possible, and refine a second-grade pill first..."
The girl rolled her eyes and said, "I think he must have some tricks that can make it easier to enter the realm of heaven and man. I will try to get close to him and become friends with him to see if I can find out something..."
