Cultivating Immortality Through a Hundred Lifetimes in Both Realms

"In that case, let's refine this top-grade pill."

Knowing that a Golden Core cultivator would resolve his Pill Tribulation, Jiang Yun had no further worries and continued refining the pill to complete the subsequent steps.

After three months of gentle nurturing, the alchemy furnace finally calmed down completely.

A captivating aroma of medicinal herbs wafted from the alchemy furnace.

"receive!"

Seeing this, Jiang Yun made a hand seal to collect the elixir.

A jade-green pill the size of an eyeball flew out of the furnace and landed in Jiang Yun's hand.

"Three lines of pill patterns, a top-grade Thousand-Refined Jade Bone Pill!"

Jiang Yun carefully examined the top-grade pill, feeling quite excited, as this was the first time he had successfully refined a third-grade top-grade pill.

"Boom!"

However, while they were observing the elixir, a deafening clap of thunder came from outside the alchemy room.

"Oh no, it's a pill tribulation!"

Jiang Yun's expression changed.

With all the restrictions on the Pill Hall previously closed, he was naturally able to hear sounds from the outside world.

The thunder followed the pill-collecting, and Jiang Yun immediately understood that the pill tribulation was about to descend.

He immediately took out the century-old ice spirit wood box and put the top-grade Thousand-Refined Jade Bone Pill into it.

Then, clutching the wooden box, he quickly left the alchemy room and arrived at the huge plaza outside the Pill Hall.

Jiang Yun looked up and saw that the tribulation clouds above his head were churning, and a pill tribulation was taking shape, slashing towards him with lightning speed.

"The Tribulation of Elixir Descends, and a Top-Grade Elixir is Refined!"

Seeing the elixir tribulation descend, Rong Daoren shouted and summoned his magic weapon to escape, intending to shield Jiang Yun from the tribulation.

"With me here, how dare you, a mere cultivator at the Tribulation Realm, harm me?"

However, Master Zhan Yue was one step ahead of Daoist Rong.

He wielded a cyan, edgeless sword and instantly appeared above Jiang Yun's head, thrusting the sword towards Dan Jie.

The terrifying power of the Dan Tribulation struck the edgeless sword, but it was like a stone sinking into the sea, failing to stir up the slightest ripple.

Immediately afterwards, the second and third tribulations were easily blocked by Master Zhan Yue.

The tribulation was completely blocked, the tribulation clouds in the sky slowly dissipated, and the strange phenomenon of the three-colored glow of the sky and earth also began to fade.

Soon, the sky returned to its usual calm.

Seeing this, Jiang Yun looked at Master Zhan Yue and Daoist Rong, cupped his hands and bowed, saying, "Thank you both for saving me."

Then, he raised his head and looked at the other Core Formation cultivators.

Of these Core Formation cultivators, Jiang Yun only recognized one, Fairy Mengyue; he knew nothing about the others.

However, Jiang Yun vaguely sensed that all the Core Formation cultivators respected the two white-haired elders, including even Master Zhan Yue.

It is clear that these two old men were no ordinary people.

Jiang Yun scrutinized the two old men's clothing, trying to guess their identities.

However, both of these elderly men were dressed simply and did not wear any identification tokens.

Therefore, Jiang Yun had no choice but to bow to the group of Core Formation cultivators and say, "Greetings, elders."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard Cui Ding's voice transmission in his ear.

"Brother Zhou, these are the sect leader's grandmaster uncle and the grandmaster Wanlingzi."

Jiang Yun was slightly surprised when he heard this telepathic message.

Unexpectedly, one of these two old men was Qing Mingzi, the current sect leader of the Zixiao Sect, and the other was Wan Lingzi, the peak master of Danding Peak.

Wan Lingzi is a third-tier high-grade alchemist, whose seniority is equivalent to that of Zixiao Zhenren, the founder of the Zixiao Sect.

His status in the Zixiao Sect is even higher than that of the current sect leader, Qingmingzi.

Upon learning the identities of the two individuals, Jiang Yun was merely surprised and did not make a special trip to pay them a visit.

After all, he was only a retainer of the Pill Hall, not a disciple of the Purple Cloud Sect.

At this point, Master Rong introduced them one by one:

"Zhou Yun, this is the sect leader's uncle, Qing Mingzi."

"This is my master, Wan Lingzi, the peak master of Dan Ding Peak."

"And the person who stepped in to shield you from the pill tribulation is none other than Sword Peak Master, True Person Zhan Yue."

In addition, Master Rong introduced Fairy Mengyue and her three junior brothers.

Wanlingzi had four disciples, with Rong Daoren ranking first. Rong Daoren's alchemy skills were at the mid-level of the quasi-third rank.

The remaining three disciples were naturally Rong Daoren's junior brothers.

After Rong Daoren introduced the identities of these people, Jiang Yun pretended to be trembling with fear and bowed to them one by one.

After bowing, Wan Lingzi stroked his beard and praised, "With the cultivation of a Foundation Establishment Great Perfection cultivator, you have refined a top-grade third-tier pill. Young friend, your pill-refining skills are indeed extraordinary. May I ask who your master is?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yun cupped his hands and replied, "Senior, the techniques I use for alchemy all originate from the Myriad Spirits Pill Manual."

"Oh?" Wan Lingzi's heart stirred, and he laughed heartily, "It is actually the second-tier high-grade alchemy inheritance that I created."

Jiang Yun used Wan Lingzi's alchemy inheritance to refine a top-grade third-tier pill, which undoubtedly brought Wan Lingzi honor.

All that could be heard was Wan Lingzi sighing, "Such alchemy skills, it's just a pity you're quite old and your cultivation aptitude is rather poor, otherwise I would definitely take you as my disciple."

Thirty-two years have passed, and Jiang Yun is now 176 years old.

If one cannot form the elixir, one will only have eighty years left to live.

Furthermore, Jiang Yun's cultivation aptitude is only three spiritual roots.

Naturally, he could not compare to Rong Daoren, who possessed the Heavenly Spiritual Root.

Rong Daoren possessed the cultivation aptitude of a Heavenly Spiritual Root and was taken in as the chief disciple by Wan Lingzi in his early years.

Jiang Yun's cultivation aptitude with three spiritual roots was naturally beneath Wan Lingzi's notice.

In other words, Wan Lingzi believed that Jiang Yun had no hope of forming his core, so there was no point in taking him as a disciple.

After all, the worst of his four disciples were near-third-grade low-level alchemists, and he didn't need Jiang Yun, who had the potential to advance to third-grade alchemist.

Jiang Yun remained calm.

It would certainly be a good thing to be able to become Wan Lingzi's disciple.

But if it doesn't happen, it's not a bad thing, and there's nothing to be discouraged or regretful about.

On the side, Rong Daoren, eager to see talent, opened his mouth.

He did want to take Jiang Yun as his disciple, but considering Jiang Yun's age and cultivation aptitude, he ultimately did not speak up.

Suppressing his intention to take on disciples, Master Rong proposed:

"Master, Zhou Yun's alchemy lineage originates from the Myriad Spirits Alchemy Manual, sharing the same lineage as us fellow disciples. What do you think about formally accepting him as a disciple of the Alchemy Hall?"

Jiang Yun is no longer a disciple of the Pill Hall, but rather a Pill Hall retainer.

Becoming a formal disciple of the Pill Hall is equivalent to becoming an inner disciple of the Purple Cloud Sect.

Wan Lingzi nodded slightly, completely unconcerned about this trivial matter.

"Zhou Yun, are you willing to become a disciple of the Pill Hall?" Seeing that Wan Lingzi had given his approval, Daoist Rong turned to ask Jiang Yun.

"This disciple is willing."

Jiang Yun bowed with his hands clasped and immediately agreed.

As a servant of the Pill Hall, one is required to refine pills for the Pill Hall every year, while the disciples of the Pill Hall are different.

The disciples of the Pill Hall only need to refine the Qi Condensation and Recovery Pill for the Purple Cloud Sect in the twenty years before the Blood Moon descends.

Normally, there are very few alchemy quotas to be assigned.

Now that I've become a disciple of the Pill Hall, I'll have more time to strive for the third-tier Pill Master title.

When Rong Daoren saw that Jiang Yun had agreed, he nodded slightly.

Then they asked Jiang Yun to produce his identity token and changed Jiang Yun's identity.

"From now on, you will be a disciple of the Pill Hall, and you will be a second-tier high-grade pill master."

"Therefore, you will receive 500 contribution points and three mid-grade elemental stones each year."

"In addition, your family will still be exempt from 1,500 contribution points every year."

After Rong Daoren settled the matter of the token, he handed it over to Jiang Yun.