Chapter 92: Son of Alchemy
With the intervention of Discipline Peak, the rumors within Kunlun Sect that Li Yu was an undercover agent of the Demonic Path gradually died down and no one mentioned it anymore.
Some people are jealous of Li Yu, but they also spread rumors that Li Yu is an undercover agent of the evil sect. In fact, they themselves do not believe it and are just following the trend to slander him.
The illusion trial encountered a bottleneck, and there were no other tasks that offered rewards for the Tongmai Pill. In the next few days, Li Yu just made pills, played cards, and occasionally taught Zhou Zixuan martial arts.
In his opinion, if time permits, it is better for cultivators to practice martial arts as well.
Internal Qi is not weaker than magic power. After it is cultivated, it can make up for the shortcomings of immortal cultivators in close combat. By practicing both immortality and martial arts, one can use magic to attack from a distance and martial arts to defend at close range. Even if someone gets close to him, he will not be immediately at a disadvantage.
Since she was free anyway, Li Yu might as well teach her a little bit every day. The strength of the immortal cultivators who cultivated the wood spiritual veins was originally weak, so it would not hurt to learn another martial art for self-defense.
Not only was she practicing, but even Ling'er, who watched her every day, could perform a set of tiger fists quite well.
In the secluded courtyard, the days of just two people and a pet are quite leisurely.
Another half month passed. During this period of time, Li Yu focused on his world with his partner and stayed indoors. Some young male and female disciples who had been wandering around Ziyun Peak finally gave up and left one after another. Ziyun Peak returned to its former tranquility.
One day, the doorbell of the villa, which had not rung for a long time, rang again.
In the pavilion in the bamboo forest, Li Yu put down the book on talismans in his hand, walked out of the courtyard, and saw two figures standing outside the formation.
There were two people, one man and one woman, both of whom were in the Foundation Establishment Stage and wore the robes of second-grade alchemists.
They don't look very old, but if you look closely, you can still see traces of time on their faces. They must have been taking anti-aging elixirs for a long time. Generally speaking, those in the foundation-building stage or second-grade alchemists are not too young.
Li Yu didn't know these two people, so he asked, "What can I do for you, sir?"
Li Yu's friends in Kunlun, except for the old men in Ziyun Peak, are basically Qi Refining disciples and alchemy apprentices, as well as first-grade alchemists. He doesn't know many second-grade alchemists. After all, his own alchemy level is not at that level, so he can't get in touch with their circle.
The man smiled kindly at Li Yu and said, "We are from Qingxuan Peak. We are here on the orders of the Peak Master to invite you, Fellow Daoist Li, to join our Qingxuan Peak lineage."
Several elderly people who were playing cards nearby stopped what they were doing when they heard this.
Master Chen said, "If I remember correctly, the leader of Qingxuan Peak is Master Zhao Guangxuan. He is known as the best third-grade alchemist and the one with the greatest hope of becoming a fourth-grade alchemist in the sect in the past few hundred years."
Alchemist Lao He nodded: "You remember correctly, the leader of Qingxuan Peak is indeed Master Zhao Dan. Many second-grade alchemists who wanted to join the Qingxuan Peak lineage were rejected. It seems that he values you very much..."
When one reaches the Golden Core Stage, one can own a mountain of his own in Kunlun.
After becoming the peak master, you can also recruit disciples and develop your own power.
Those who can open a peak in Kunlun are at least Jindan powerhouses, who can provide a lot of practice resources and guidance for low-level practitioners. Therefore, many low-level disciples dream of being noticed by a Jindan elder and accepted as a disciple.
Many of the alchemists and practitioners that Li Yu knew were disciples of the Jindan-stage elders.
The resources they can enjoy are much more than those of ordinary disciples.
But Li Yu did not agree directly, but asked: "After joining Qingxuan Peak, what do you need me to do?"
The man smiled and said, "The Qingxuan Peak lineage has no special requirements for alchemists. You just need to refine a certain number of super-quality and top-quality elixirs for the peak every month. Of course, the materials for alchemy are provided by Qingxuan Peak, and Qingxuan Peak will also pay you a certain amount of spirit coins. However, after joining Qingxuan Peak, you can no longer refine elixirs for other peaks..."
Then, he added, "There are many excellent alchemists on Qingxuan Peak. You can exchange ideas on alchemy together on weekdays. Every month, the peak will hold an alchemy exchange. The best performers will be rewarded with Tongmai Dan. There is also a reward of Tuomai Dan at the annual alchemy conference. When you are promoted to a second-grade alchemist, Qingxuan Peak can also provide a lot of help..."
Li Yu thought about it and said, "Let me think about it."
The man did not urge her, and said with a smile: "When you have thought it through, just come directly to Qingxuan Peak."
When the two of them left Ziyun Peak, the alchemist Lao He said, "In fact, with your talent in alchemy, a third-grade alchemist should have invited you long ago. It's a pity that you don't have much talent in immortality. Otherwise, I'm afraid it wouldn't be Qingxuan Peak that would invite you, but Cuiwei Peak or Jiuhua Peak..."
Li Yu asked Lao He: "Should I agree to them?"
He has been in Kunlun for less than a year and doesn't quite understand some of the sect's various aspects. Lao He has been in the art of alchemy for more than two hundred years and must know more than him.
Lao He played a card and said leisurely, "That depends on you. If you have enough time, it's fine to join Qingxuan Peak. It just requires you to refine more pills every month. Other alchemists would be happy to have so many free materials to practice. Besides, Qingxuan Peak is a lineage of alchemy, and there are many alchemists. You can exchange experiences with each other on weekdays, which will be beneficial for your promotion to a second-grade alchemist..."
Li Yu still had plenty of time. Practice makes perfect. The time he took to refine a batch of pills became faster and faster. He could basically finish refining the pills for the sect every month in three days.
I heard from Lao He that these alchemy peaks also have alchemy tasks every month, and the quantity and quality of elixirs handed in to the sect will also affect the distribution of resources among the peaks. The more elixirs handed in and the better the quality, the more resources the sect will have.
In order to gain more resources, some powerful alchemists will basically be recruited by various peaks.
These alchemists who were recruited could also get certain benefits, such as spirit coins, elixirs, etc.
Li Yu actually has no shortage of spirit coins. What he is eyeing are the Tongmai Pills and Tuomai Pills. In the illusion trial, he has already reached third place and there is no way he can surpass the master. The sect also does not have any new tasks that reward Tongmai Pills. Now, apart from the fixed three pills every month, he has no way of getting extra Tongmai Pills.
Although the Tongmai Pills that Qingxuanfeng could give him would not be too much, it was better than nothing .
Moreover, joining Qingxuan Peak does not actually require any obligations. You just need to make a few more furnaces of pills every month. The gains will definitely outweigh the efforts.
Li Yu didn't think about it for long before making a decision.
At this time, Lao He also said: "In fact, I suggest you join. The leader of Qingxuan Peak is a very powerful alchemist. It is said that he was born as a casual cultivator before. He did not have the resources of a large sect to cultivate him, nor did he have a famous teacher to teach him. He was able to be promoted to a second-grade alchemist on his own, and at the second-grade alchemist exchange conference held by Tiandao Sect, he defeated many geniuses of the righteous path and won the championship. At the beginning, Tiandao Sect and Kunlun both tried their best to invite him. The sect spent a lot of resources to invite him to join Kunlun. If you can receive his guidance, your attainments in alchemy can improve faster..."
Li Yu actually doesn't need any guidance.
After all, other people rely on techniques and experience to make elixirs, and he doesn't need either of these two things.
With the mysterious alchemy furnace at hand, his alchemy process was as if assisted by a god. With a large amount of materials every month, he could refine a first-grade pill with a 60% to 70% chance of producing top-grade pills on his own. He didn't need anyone to teach him.
In order to show that he had thought it over carefully, Li Yu arrived at Qingxuan Peak two days later.
The one who received him was the second-rank alchemist he met last time.
Hearing that Li Yu agreed to join, he smiled even more and said, "It's good that you came, Fellow Daoist Li. Today's alchemy exchange has just begun. Do you want to try it?"
Li Yu smiled and said, "Okay..."
There are more than a hundred direct alchemists in the Qingxuan Peak lineage, eleven of whom are first-grade alchemists. There are also more than ten alchemists like Li Yu who have been invited to join. For these first-grade alchemists, Qingxuan Peak organizes a small alchemy exchange every month.
At the monthly exchange meeting, a first-grade elixir will be drawn for everyone to refine. Those who refine the most super-grade and top-grade elixirs will be rewarded with two Tongmai Pills.
Many first-grade alchemists have already established their foundation and do not need Tongmai Pills. However, after the sect limited the purchase of Tongmai Pills, the price of Tongmai Pills in private transactions skyrocketed. One pill can even be exchanged for two thousand spirit coins, and two pills can be exchanged for four thousand spirit coins, which is also a considerable income.
The reward for the exchange meeting at the beginning of each year is a Meridian Extension Pill. Most people in the foundation-building period cannot expand their meridians one layer in a year by relying on their own practice, so this Meridian Extension Pill is naturally a must-have.
This is also an important reason why they joined Qingxuan Peak.
At today's exchange meeting, the twenty-four first-grade alchemists of Qingxuan Peak have already arrived at the exchange location with their own furnaces, ready to start refining. Suddenly, they saw Senior Zhao's direct disciple, the second-grade alchemist, coming here with someone.
There was not a single first-class alchemist present who didn't know the young man next to him.
They had witnessed with their own eyes the scene where Li Yu had refined ten top-grade pills in one furnace at the first-class alchemist competition not long ago, and turned the tide. When they saw Li Yu appear here, everyone immediately started talking about it.
"Why is he here?"
"Did he join Qingxuan Peak as well?"
"I knew he would definitely join a certain peak, but I didn't expect it would be our Qingxuan Peak..."
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Although everyone was a little surprised at Li Yu's appearance, it was also reasonable.
Even though he could not enter the realm of heaven and man every time, his attainments in alchemy were also very astonishing, and he was improving very fast. Among the nearly a thousand first-grade alchemists in Kunlun today, he would probably be firmly ranked in the top 20.
The competition among the various peaks of the alchemy sect has always been extremely fierce, and they will definitely not let go of such talents.
The second-rank alchemist brought Li Yu in and said with a smile, "Who is this? I don't think I need to introduce you in detail. From today on, Fellow Daoist Li is a member of Qingxuan Peak. Everyone should take care of each other in the future..."
Upon hearing this, everyone clasped their fists.
"Welcome, Mr. Li."
"I have only seen Lingyun Peak from afar, but now I can finally see Daoist Li up close ."
"In the future, I hope you will be generous in teaching me about the Dao of Alchemy."
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Having one more person competing with them is certainly not a good thing, but this kind of thing is not something they can decide. They stay in Qingxuan Peak simply because they see Elder Zhao's future. If they make friends with him in advance, there will be countless benefits in the future.
As for Li Yu, he is also a legend in Kunlun's alchemy world. By working with him, perhaps one can learn a few tricks of his alchemy, which is something that will benefit them for a lifetime. This is the only way they can comfort themselves.
Today's exchange on alchemy is about refining the Baoyuan Pill.
The second-grade alchemist ordered someone to prepare some materials for Li Yu, and said with a smile: "In the monthly alchemy exchange, we will choose a first-grade elixir to refine. After refining, everyone can exchange alchemy experiences with each other and improve together..."
This is actually one of the benefits of joining the alchemy peaks. Alchemists without an organization can only explore the path of alchemy on their own, but some outstanding alchemists can gather together and communicate and discuss with each other.
Basically, every alchemist has his or her strengths and weaknesses in making elixirs. This kind of exchange meeting can help everyone learn from each other's strengths and weaknesses and make progress together.
The twenty-four alchemists at Qingxuan Peak started to refine the Baoyuan Pill at the same time, and Li Yu also synchronized with everyone else.
Li Yu had no idea how many furnaces he had refined for Baoyuan Pills. He didn't even bother to cheat in such a small competition. After half an hour, Li Yu was the first to extinguish the pill fire.
He opened the alchemy furnace, and the second-grade alchemist came forward to take a look and exclaimed: "As expected, he is the man who refined the Baoyuan Pill to perfection. He has not entered the realm of heaven and man, but he can still refine eight top-grade pills. Among all the first-grade alchemists in Kunlun, he is unique..."
As a second-grade alchemist, although he can refine Qi Gathering Pills and Meridian Opening Pills, his chances of refining top-grade Baoyuan Pills are very low.
How many Baoyuan Pills did he refine to be so skilled...
The other twenty or so first-grade alchemists who were still refining pills sighed inwardly when they heard this. The champion of the competition is always the champion of the competition. His ability to defeat the one from the Tiandao Sect was not just due to luck.
Now that he has come to Qingxuan Peak, I’m afraid they won’t get any of the rewards for alchemy exchanges in the future.
Alchemists started to start refining their furnaces one after another, but the quality of their pills was far from comparable to Li Yu's. Not a single one of them could refine top-grade pills. At most, they could only produce some super-high-quality pills.
Some alchemists came up to Li Yu and asked curiously, "Fellow Daoist Li, you refine Baoyuan Pills, and the rate of top-grade pills is so high. Do you have any secrets?"
When it comes to the secret of entering the realm of heaven and man, Li Yu can still make up a few words, but when it comes to refining the Baoyuan Pill, he really has nothing to say. It's nothing more than a matter of practicing a lot and becoming proficient at it.
He looked at everyone and said helplessly: "Actually, I don't have any secrets. It may be because of the five spiritual veins I practiced, so I am more adept at refining pills..."
If another alchemist said this, everyone would definitely suspect that the other party just didn't want to tell them.
But Li Yu said he had no secret, so he really had no secret.
Everyone in the Kunlun Sect knows that Li Yu never hides anything when it comes to matters like this.
At this time, a voice suddenly came from a distance: "The five spirit veins are certainly a factor, but entering the heavenly realm many times is also a very important factor. You can't learn this..."
Everyone turned around and saw a figure floating over.
This was an elegant middle-aged man. He wore an alchemist's robe similar to everyone else's, except that there were three elixir patterns on his chest.
Everyone bowed and said respectfully, "Greetings, Elder Zhao!"
The middle-aged man in front of him was Zhao Guangxuan, the master of Qingxuan Peak. He was one of the more than thirty third-grade alchemists in the sect. His attainments in alchemy were also among the best among the many third-grade alchemists. Over the years, he had won the championship many times in the exchanges among the third-grade alchemists in the world of immortal cultivation and won many honors for the sect.
It is no exaggeration to say that he is the number one third-grade alchemist in Kunlun.
Even some of the sect's Nascent Soul ancestors did not have as high a status within the sect as he did.
Li Yu also bowed to the middle-aged man in front of him and said, "Greetings, Elder Zhao."
Old He spoke highly of Elder Zhao, saying that he was the best among the fourth-rank alchemists. When they first met, he gave Li Yu the impression of being gentle and elegant, and indeed had a unique temperament.
Zhao Guangxuan looked at Li Yu with a hint of reminiscence in his eyes, and said, "When I was young, my talent in alchemy was not that outstanding. After I accidentally entered the realm of heaven and man, it was as if I had opened my mind in the way of alchemy. That feeling is really nostalgic. Unfortunately, after that time, I have never entered that state again in the past few hundred years..."
He looked at Li Yu and said with a smile: " It is said that you are a person favored by the Dao of Alchemy. I hope you can bring some good luck to me."
Li Yu smiled and said nothing.
Zhao Guangxuan handed Li Yu a jade box and said, "They probably can't refine more than eight top-grade Baoyuan Pills. I'll give you the reward for this exchange meeting first."
Inside the jade box, five Tongmai Pills were neatly placed.
The second-grade alchemist just said that the reward for the monthly exchange meeting is only two Tongmai Pills, but there are five in this jade box.
Zhao Guangxuan smiled and said, "Since this is your first time at Qingxuan Peak, just consider this as a small greeting gift from me."
Having said this, Li Yu did not refuse. He accepted the jade box and clasped his fists, saying, "Thank you, Elder Zhao."
Zhao Guangxuan patted his shoulder and said, "Practice hard. With your talent for alchemy, as long as you can successfully form an elixir, you will be the best among the third-grade alchemists. I am looking forward to seeing that day..."
Everyone here can see that Elder Zhao is obviously very caring towards the newcomer Li Yu.
This is no wonder. Li Yu's strength is obvious to everyone. With his joining, I can't say about other elixirs, but at least the Baoyuan Pills that Qingxuan Peak submits to the sect every month will be of top quality, and the spiritual herbs and medicines that can be obtained from the sect will definitely be more.
If they were Elder Zhao, they would definitely like this kind of alchemist.
After giving Li Yu the reward, Zhao Guangxuan took out two Tongmai Pills and said, "In future exchanges, the first two people who refine the most top-grade pills can get two Tongmai Pills..."
When these words were spoken, everyone became excited.
Elder Zhao still considered them. With Li Yu's participation, they would obviously have no chance of getting the rewards from the exchange meeting. In this way, even if Li Yu refined ten top-grade pills, it would not affect them.
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After the exchange meeting, Li Yu returned to Ziyun Peak.
He had just received twenty packages of Baoyuan Pill materials from Qingxuan Peak. He only needed to hand them one hundred top-grade Baoyuan Pills every month. If there were any remaining materials, he could dispose of them at his own discretion.
Qingxuan Peak’s requirements for other alchemists are not that high, but Li Yu’s Baoyuan Pill is well-known, so their requirements are relatively higher.
Taking out the five Tongmai Pills he had just obtained, Li Yu thought to himself that Elder Zhao was quite generous.
The sect gets a lot of Tongmai Pills every month, but there are too many people, so each Nascent Soul Patriarch may only get about ten pills, which is not enough for their disciples.
A third-rank alchemist like Elder Zhao might have a wealthier fortune than most Nascent Soul masters.
After all, most of the sect's Tongmai Pills and almost all of the Tuomai Pills were refined by them. Li Yu himself was an alchemist, and he was very clear about this business. It was common sense that there would be losses in alchemy. To refine a Tongmai Pill, the sect would need to provide at least two or even three portions of materials. The extra pills would belong to the alchemist.
The sect also knows this, but has always tacitly accepted it.
If all the elixirs that are refined have to be handed over to the sect, then no one will be willing to be an alchemist.
These third-grade alchemists have a lot of Tongmai Pills and Tuomai Pills in their hands, so so many people are willing to follow them.
If he stays in Qingxuan Peak for a long time, he might be able to find a way to obtain Tuomai Pill.
Li Yu did not take these five pills immediately.
He held the pills in his palms and closed his eyes to feel them carefully.
After absorbing a piece of star iron essence and five spirit ghosts at the peak of Qi Refining, Li Yu found that the alchemy furnace had more uses. He could feel the internal aura of the pill when he held the pill in his hand. He had taken countless Tongmai Pills, and he would know if there was any problem with these Tongmai Pills just by feeling them.
After a moment, Li Yu opened his eyes.
There is no problem with these five pills.
Li Yu took them one by one, together with the Tongmai Pills he bought from the sect in the past two months, he had opened up 298 acupuncture points in his body, bringing him one step closer to the perfection of Qi Refining.
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The news that Li Yu joined Qingxuan Peak as an alchemist quickly spread throughout Kunlun.
As a prominent figure in Kunlun Sect, he has many fans in the sect, and many people are paying attention to his every move.
For more than half a month, he has been practicing hard in the other courtyard and has hardly even gone out.
His sudden joining of Qingxuan Peak surprised many people.
But some disciples also said that this is perfectly normal.
Almost all of these outstanding alchemists will be invited to join a certain peak of the alchemy path. After Li Yu won the first-class alchemist competition, someone predicted this day.
Originally, he should have been invited as the competition had just ended, but his situation was a bit awkward. Li Yu had a very high talent for alchemy, but his talent for cultivation was very average. A fourth-rank alchemist would only accept disciples who were geniuses who practiced both alchemy and cultivation. Naturally, he could not enter Cuiwei Peak, Jiuhua Peak, etc.
As for the third-grade alchemists, their rate of refining first-grade elixirs may not be as high as Li Yu's. He might not even be able to bring himself to accept Li Yu as his disciple. If he were to persuade him to join, the other alchemists would not be able to think of any rewards at the monthly exchange meetings of the various peaks. It would greatly dampen the enthusiasm of those alchemists, and the loss would outweigh the gain.
Therefore, even after the first-grade alchemist competition ended for a long time, he did not receive an invitation from any third-grade alchemist.
Elder Zhao of Qingxuan Peak obviously thinks highly of Li Yu. Among the sect's more than 30 third-grade alchemists, he is the only one who has extended an invitation to Li Yu.
It is said that at the Qingxuan Peak's alchemy exchange meeting, Li Yu, without entering the realm of heaven and man, also refined eight top-grade elixirs. Elder Zhao rewarded him with five Tongmai Pills at once, which made many low-level disciples who could only save up a thousand spirit coins in a year envious...
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For the next half month, in addition to practicing at home with Zhou Zixuan , Li Yu went to Qingxuan Peak to discuss alchemy with a group of alchemists.
Communication and discussion were secondary. The main thing was that there were free materials for practice every day. After half a month, Li Yu had refined all the first-level pills that he had never refined before.
The alchemists of Qingxuan Peak were extremely shocked by the talent for alchemy displayed by Li Yu.
They originally thought that Li Yu had only refined the Baoyuan Pill to perfection, but unexpectedly, he was very good at almost all first-grade pills. Even the first time he refined a pill, he could produce one or two top-grade pills.
This kind of talent is truly terrifying. He was born to be an alchemist.
It was also at this time that they personally experienced what Elder Zhao said, that entering the realm of heaven and man would be of great benefit to the alchemist. Even the third and fourth rank alchemists dreamed of reaching this realm.
It’s a pity that no matter how hard they try, they are not as good as the God of Alchemy’s own son.
After the incident at Qingxuan Peak was reported, Li Yu gained a new title in addition to his nickname of King of Gigolos.
Son of Alchemy.
Only the God of Alchemy's biological son could be so favored by him.
He had just arrived at Qingxuan Peak, and he took up the banner of Qingxuan Peak on his own.
Elder Zhao naturally attached great importance to him and gave him all the important first-level elixirs to refine. Not only did he let Li Yu watch him refine third-level elixirs, he also rewarded Li Yu with a Tongmai Pill from time to time...
He was not even so kind to his own disciples.
This naturally made other alchemists envious.
Everyone can understand why Elder Zhao is so good to Li Yu. This should be an emotion similar to that of a hero appreciating another hero. After all, Elder Zhao also entered the realm of heaven and man when he was young, and then quickly became the top among his peers in alchemy. He may have seen the shadow of his youth in Li Yu.
Everyone felt that Li Yu would become Elder Zhao's direct disciple sooner or later.
This also made some disciples who liked Li Yu feel more favorable towards Elder Zhao of Qingxuan Peak.
"Elder Zhao really appreciates Junior Brother Li."
"Finally, someone has found a gem!"
"I dare say that other third-grade alchemists will regret it in the future."
"As expected of you, you are the best among the fourth-rank alchemists. This kind of vision is unmatched by others..."
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At Qingxuan Peak, an alchemist walked into a hall and handed several jade boxes to Zhao Guangxuan, saying with emotion: "Li Yu's talent is really amazing. Among these one hundred Baoyuan Pills, seventy-six are of top quality."
Zhao Guangxuan looked at those top-grade elixirs, a smile appeared on his lips, and he whispered: "Yes, this kind of talent, even I have to envy..."
