Cultivating Immortality Through a Hundred Lifetimes in Both Realms

Zhou Ren's words were a revelation to Zhou Hong.

Yes, Zhou Yun is a genius in alchemy.

The alchemy geniuses of the Zixiao Sect can become second-tier low-grade alchemists during the Qi Refining stage, so Zhou Yun can probably do the same.

With Zhou Yun already becoming a second-tier low-grade alchemist.

If the family were to bestow upon him another Gathering Essence Pill, he wouldn't suffer too much loss in any way.

"As far as I know, the Zixiao Sect's Pill Hall has a second-level low-grade pill master assessment."

"One can become a second-grade low-level alchemist simply by refining any three types of second-grade low-level pills."

"Many alchemy geniuses at the late stage of Qi Refining have passed this test, and I used it on Zhou Yun."

"If he can become a second-tier low-grade alchemist during the Qi Refining stage, the family will bestow upon him a Gathering Yuan Pill."

Zhou Hongde nodded, quickly made a decision, and then explained it to his ancestor Zhou Ren.

"In that case, it's settled."

Zhou Ren stroked his beard and nodded, expressing his agreement with Zhou Hongde's decision.

After a moment of silence, he asked, "Zhou Yiyan has been a disciple of the Zixiao Sect for many years. Has he reached the Foundation Establishment stage?"

Zhou Yiyan possesses dual spiritual root cultivation aptitude; once he joins the Zixiao Sect, he will become an outer disciple.

If one successfully establishes their foundation, they can become an inner disciple of the Zixiao Sect.

The status of inner disciples and outer disciples is vastly different.

If Zhou Yiyan achieves Foundation Establishment, he will become an inner disciple of the Zixiao Sect.

Then no one in Ningyuanfang would dare to provoke the Zhou family.

Therefore, the ancestor Zhou Ren mentioned Zhou Yiyan.

Upon hearing his ancestor mention Zhou Yiyan, Zhou Hongde couldn't help but feel a sense of unease.

"In the first few years after Yi Yan joined the Zixiao Sect, news still came back," Zhou Hongde replied.

"But we haven't heard from him in the years since, and we have no way of knowing whether he has reached the Foundation Establishment stage."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Ren closed his eyes and waved his hand.

He gestured to Zhou Hongde that he could leave if there was nothing else.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Hong bowed and left.

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On the other side, Zhou Family's Dan Hall.

Jiang Yun saw Ye Hongyi go to meet the clan chief.

He waited in the alchemy hall.

He had thought the clan chief would summon him and reward him with some spirit stones.

But when it got dark, he found that the clan chief had no intention of summoning him.

So he went back to his lodgings to rest.

The next morning.

Jiang Yun got up early and left the Zhou family.

After disguising yourself and changing your appearance, head to the Ningyuanfang Mission Hall.

The Qi Refining Hall in the Mission Hall is the area for alchemy missions.

Two years later, Jiang Yun met Manager Wu again.

"Manager Wu, I'm here to submit the request for one thousand Soul-Soothing Pills. Thank you for your trouble."

Jiang Yun politely handed the Maple Leaf City cultivator's identity token to Steward Wu.

At the same time, with a flick of his sleeve, many jade bottles containing calming pills appeared on the counter.

As usual, Steward Wu first checked the identity token, and then checked the pills.

After confirming that everything was in order, they began to distribute contribution points to Jiang Yun.

"A mission to commission 1,000 Soul-Soothing Pills, with 60 of them required to have pill patterns."

"Mission complete. Zixiao Sect will deduct fifty contribution points, and you will receive 2350 contribution points."

Manager Wu muttered to himself, but his hands never stopped moving as he helped Jiang Yun distribute contribution points.

Thank you.

Jiang Yun took back her identity jade token and glanced at it.

The contribution points on the back of the jade tablet increased again.

Zhou Yun, Contribution Points: 3760

"In three years, I have accumulated 3,760 contribution points and obtained two-tenths of the Yuan Gathering Pills."

"This speed is still a bit slow. If we can refine second-tier pills and take on second-tier pill missions, the speed at which we accumulate contribution points will be much faster."

Jiang Yun now possesses a top-grade Soul-Soothing Pill, which is sufficient to handle the Divine Sense stage of the third Foundation Establishment level.

If you can overcome the first hurdle of Qi and Blood in your previous life, you'll definitely pass it in this one too.

Now everything is ready, except for the Gathering Yuan Pill to break through the magic power barrier of the second stage of Foundation Establishment.

"I can't wait any longer, the sooner I establish my foundation, the better."

"Go exchange for divine sense secret techniques to cultivate divine sense and try to refine second-tier pills."

Thinking of this, Jiang Yun walked to the task list and took a look.

After discovering that there were no quests available, he left the Refining Hall directly.

After leaving the Qi Refining Hall, he did not leave the Mission Hall.

Instead, they went to the innermost courtyard of the mission hall.

The outer courtyard of the mission hall has two main buildings: the Qi Refining Hall and the Foundation Building Hall, which are the places to accept and submit missions.

The inner courtyard has only one three-story pavilion, named "Duibao Pavilion".

As the name suggests, it's a place where you can exchange contribution points for treasures.

The courtyard where Duibao Pavilion is located is relatively quiet, with few cultivators coming and going.

After all, not everyone comes to exchange for treasures every day.

Jiang Yun strolled into the Duibao Pavilion and found that his disguise had lost its effect, revealing his true appearance.

At the same time, the power of divine sense was also greatly suppressed, making it almost impossible to release it.

It seems that there are several powerful formations in the Treasure Pavilion that can threaten Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Jiang Yun walked to the counter with a normal expression.

On the counter was a token, which was engraved with "Qiu Jiantian of Ningyuanfang Duibaoge".

Behind the counter, an elderly man with gray hair was fast asleep in a grand chair.

The old man was wearing a Taoist robe with two purple cloud patterns on it.

It was immediately obvious that he was an inner disciple of the Zixiao Sect, a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

This old man must be Qiu Jiantian, the manager of the Ningyuanfang Duibao Pavilion.

"Senior," Jiang Yun bowed first and said, "I've come to exchange for a cultivation technique."

After a long while, Qiu Jiantian opened his eyes and asked, "Junior, what kind of magic technique do you wish to exchange for?"

"Divine Sense Secret Technique," Jiang Yun replied.

"Divine Sense Technique?" Qiu Jiantian frowned. "Are you an alchemist?"

"Yes, Senior," Jiang Yun replied neither humbly nor arrogantly.

"Give me your identity token." Qiu Jiantian nodded slightly.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yun took out his identity token and handed it over.

"Tsk tsk, as expected of an alchemist, he is indeed wealthy."

Qiu Jiantian glanced at Jiang Yun's contribution points and chuckled.

Then, he turned around and took a jade slip.

"This contains all the divine sense techniques that can be exchanged; choose one yourself."

Jiang Yun picked up the jade slips and began to select one.

There were only eleven divine sense techniques among them.

Moreover, all eleven of these divine sense techniques are risky to cultivate; a slight mistake can lead to dementia.

"During the Qi Refining stage, the sea of ​​consciousness is not yet open, and the spiritual consciousness is weak."

"Even with the spiritual cultivation techniques of the Foundation Establishment stage, it is impossible to cultivate."

"Therefore, we have no choice but to find another way and cultivate some low-level divine sense techniques."

"Of these eleven divine sense techniques, the most expensive one can be exchanged for with only 300 contribution points, while the others cost 100 and 200 contribution points respectively."

Jiang Yun set his sights on the most expensive divine sense technique.

This secret technique is a visualization method called the "Deceptive King Visualization Diagram".

However, this jade slip only contains the name of the secret technique and a brief description.

The specific risks and cultivation methods can only be learned after consuming contribution points.

Then, Jiang Yun had an idea.

He took out a Soul-Soothing Pill with a pill pattern from his storage bag and handed it to Qiu Jiantian without making a sound.

A regular Soul-Soothing Pill is worth one hundred spirit stones, while the Soul-Soothing Pill with Danwen (a type of pill) is even more valuable.

Qiu Jiantian smiled, knowing it would be impolite to refuse.

Seeing this, Jiang Yun quickly asked:

"Senior, could this visualization of the Ghost King be related to the supernatural?"