Cultivation begins with planting techniques

Chapter 354: Show off your skills! Enter the Yaohua Sect!

Tanyun Stone is a third-grade earth-attributed spiritual material. Because its spiritual energy is condensed, heavy, neutral and peaceful, and its texture is extremely hard, it is useful for both refining tools and refining pills.

If it is for refining equipment, it would be fine, you just need to make use of these characteristics.

It can be used to make pills, but it needs to be refined in advance during the processing to remove its hardness and rigidity and stimulate the accumulated spiritual energy in it, so that it can be successfully blended with other spiritual materials during the pill refining process.

However, refining this substance requires exquisite fire control skills. Otherwise, not only will it be impossible to dissolve its spiritual energy, but it will easily become more condensed and hard, solidifying it into a ball. It can then only be sent to Bailian Peak for refining weapons, which means a waste of spiritual materials for Danxiang Peak.

The degree of refinement during the refining process is an important factor in determining the effectiveness of a piece of Tanyun Stone in making elixirs.

Generally speaking, it can be used if it is more than 50%, and 70% is already considered a relatively excellent state.

Deputy Mountain Master Luo directly requested a 70% refinement level, which was a very high requirement.

"Seventy percent refined!?"

Hearing this, the expressions of Chang and Hu, who had finally gained some confidence in Li Ye's skills after seeing him answer fluently, changed slightly.

Chang Runan seemed to be enjoying the fun, and was now waiting to see whether Li Ye really had the skills to master both elixirs and weapons as he claimed.

Seeing that Deputy Mountain Master Luo was obviously trying to increase the difficulty of the test and was almost trying to make things difficult for him, his mentality had changed compared to before.

If it really exists, it would naturally be a good thing. This person was recruited into the sect by me, so he can make some contribution.

But since he couldn't do it, he didn't mind just having some fun with it.

After all, at this point, things have become Danxiang Peak's business, and have nothing to do with him, the elder in charge of miscellaneous affairs.

Even if Li Ye failed to pass the test, it was not his responsibility. On the contrary, he had another topic to talk about, that is, he saw Deputy Mountain Master Luo taking advantage of his power to bully the independent cultivators.

Even if we can't make arbitrary comments, it's still quite interesting to witness one or two things.

But Hu Wei was a little worried and even angry.

This Li Ye is outspoken and wants to show off. He insisted on mentioning that he is proficient in elixirs and weapons. Now he has displeased Deputy Mountain Master Luo. He has been made difficult for no reason!

If he cannot join the sect and delays the Holy Sect's plan, he should be severely punished!
Without paying attention to the reactions of the two people who introduced and checked, Deputy Mountain Master Luo looked at Li Ye with a hint of deep meaning in his eyes.

In fact, according to the current level of the third-grade alchemists in Danxiang Peak, being able to refine 60% is already quite good, which is enough to prove his skills and is worth recruiting.

Especially during the simple question-and-answer session earlier, he had actually demonstrated his remarkable attainments in alchemy, and even the implications were thought-provoking.

But he still felt unhappy after listening to what Taoist Heimu said.

Even someone as talented as him has only achieved the third-level upper-grade attainment in alchemy.

Over the years, I have never had the thought of distracting myself from taking care of him!

This Taoist Heimu is just a casual cultivator, yet he dares to say that he is proficient in both alchemy and weapons. He wants to see how capable this person is!
"Seventy percent refined? Sure."

Li Ye seemed to feel nothing and responded calmly.

Such a posture again...

Chang Runan and Hu Wei looked at him and couldn't help but wonder in their hearts, is he really so confident?
Deputy Mountain Master Na Luo smiled upon hearing this, with a deeper meaning in his eyes.

"Since Daoist Heimu is so confident, I will make arrangements for you!"

Then he took Li Ye directly to an empty alchemy room, while he waited outside with Chang and Hu.

As the main gate of the Yuanying Sect, it naturally has many defense measures, so there is no doubt that he is a spy who would take this opportunity to cause any damage.

Seeing Li Ye enter and open the restriction, the three of them went straight back to the side hall, set out tea and snacks, and sat down to discuss.

In the alchemy room.

Li Ye looked at the Tanyun Stone in his hand, and a playful smile appeared on his gloomy and cold face.
"I didn't expect that revealing my true abilities would lead to such challenges. Is this the fate of geniuses?" "But this actually presents me with an opportunity... Since you're aiming for a higher position, why not show off a few of your skills?"

Although being the center of attention was not in line with his usual low-key style, he had no choice but to do it for the sake of upgrading the Sky Realm Tree!

Thinking of this, he cast a spell to open the restriction and draw out the scorching earth fire. With the blessing of the formation, the fire was extremely pure and fierce.

Compared with the one that Li Ye forcibly condensed on Pingyang Mountain, it is indeed much stronger, and it is very convenient to use at this time.

He praised it and casually threw the Tanyun Stone into the furnace. Suddenly, flames rose up and suddenly split into hundreds of rays with different temperatures and properties, surrounding the stone from all directions.

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A few days passed in a flash.

"Reporting to Lord Luo Shan, that Black Wood Taoist has emerged from his retreat!"

A disciple came to report.

The three people who seemed to be talking excitedly a moment ago suddenly stopped talking and looked at each other.

"I didn't expect that Daoist Fellow Heimu's refining speed would be so fast. I wonder how he managed to refine the Tanyun Stone with such impatience..."

Deputy Mountain Master Na Luo had a slightly strange expression on his face, as if he was disappointed and mocking.

Originally, refining this stone requires a lot of time and effort. This Taoist Heimu came out of retreat so quickly. Could it be that he had refined the Tanyun Stone to the point of rigidity and had to give up?

Seeing his expression, Chang and Hu, even though they only knew the basics and their understanding was quite limited, could tell from his expression that the result might not be very good.

"Hurry up and invite Daoist Fellow Heimu over. Whether we can have another fellow disciple here depends on this moment!"

Chang Runan was quite excited as he ordered his disciples around, and Deputy Mountain Master Luo also nodded.

Hu Wei, standing by, had an incomprehensible expression on his old face, and he felt something was very wrong.

Li Ye's outspokenness caused the deputy mountain master to make things difficult for him. If he really cannot enter the Yaohua Sect, the Holy Sect should not punish him, right?

Soon, Li Ye, dressed in a black robe and still with some anger in his body, strode over. The expression on his face had not changed at all from before he entered the alchemy room, and he remained gloomy and calm.

The disciple who reported and led the way did not leave, but took the opportunity to wait aside, ready to watch the excitement.

Li Ye glanced at the people present, and finally met Deputy Mountain Master Luo's expectant gaze.

He flipped his hand and a dark yellow stone with a hint of translucence and surrounded by a spiritual aura like dust appeared in front of everyone.

"This...this performance is 90% refined?!"

Deputy Mountain Master Na Luo's eyes fixed, and he expressed his judgment with a little disbelief.

All the previous thoughts in his mind were shattered in an instant in front of this Tanyun Stone.

Even with his skills, he could only achieve 70% refinement occasionally. Even though this was not a reflection of his full attainments in alchemy, it also proved that he was completely defeated by this mere casual cultivator in terms of fire control!
This ninety percent refinement... If Taoist Heimu is like this in other aspects, his attainments in alchemy may be at least at the top of the third level!

This is already much better than him!

And this person even said that his attainments in weapon refining were on par with those in alchemy… His thoughts were racing, and he couldn't help but feel a bit absurd in his heart. Could someone really have such a high talent?

After hearing what he said in a loss of composure, Chang Runan and Hu Wei both looked at Li Ye in surprise.

Was what he said earlier really just modesty?!

The two disciples waiting on the side didn't know what expression to make on their faces.

I thought I was going to see Deputy Mountain Master Luo teasing the arrogant wandering cultivator, but how come in the blink of an eye, the skills displayed by this wandering cultivator are much better than those of the Deputy Mountain Master?
Li Ye's expression remained unchanged, and he asked calmly:
"I have now satisfied your request, Deputy Mountain Master, and am I now admitted into the Yaohua Sect?"

(End of this chapter)