76.Hundred Explanations of True Alchemy

"Come on, are you sure you encountered the inner demons?" Huang Zhiwen was greatly puzzled. He actually wanted another pill. It was obvious that he had enjoyed taking the first one!

Xu Shan slowly nodded. His thoughts were still in the world of the inner demons, and his tone carried a trace of regret. "I did encounter the inner demons, but it's a personal matter. I'm afraid I can't go into details. I want to challenge it again."

So he really encountered the inner demons? And he wanted to try again! He had never heard such an outrageous request in his life! Huang Zhiwen exclaimed in surprise, "Interesting.. You're really interesting. But the materials for refining that pill are a bit special. I don't have them now. I'll refine another one for you when I have time."

Xu Shan thanked him and stood up from the ground. Scenes from the inner demons were still echoing in his mind. Xu Shan secretly clenched his fists and adjusted his breathing.

He had beaten up the client and then the boss! Those things that couldn't kill him... He would definitely take revenge!

Huang Zhiwen sized up Xu Shan with great interest. He had changed... His temperament had changed a bit. If Xu Shan had seemed a bit listless before, now he seemed much more energetic. It seemed that he had actually gained some benefits from the inner demons.

"Sect Master Huang, according to our previous agreement, I can stay in your honorable sect for three months, right?"

"Yeah, of course! I, the sect master, always keep my word!" Huang Zhiwen took out a jade slip and handed it over. "This is the 'Hundred Explanations of True Alchemy'. It records a lot of alchemy cultivation methods. You can not only stay in the Baodan Sect, but also use the alchemy room as you like. However, you have to buy the materials for alchemy yourself."

The 'Hundred Explanations of True Alchemy'! He was actually given an alchemy cultivation method? Xu Shan took the jade slip and said in surprise, "Thank you, Sect Master Huang. Your disciple is extremely grateful!"

Huang Zhiwen flicked his sleeve. "Ah, it's nothing. Let Yuan Yuan arrange a place for you to live. Just stay here. If you want to ensure your safety for fifty years, come to me at any time."

After saying this, Huang Zhiwen left quickly. He had to hurry up and refine another Heart Demon Crossing Pill. Xu Shan's performance was really amazing.

"Let's go, Brother Xu. I'll show you around the mountain gate and then arrange a place for you to live." Yuan Yuan led the way and guided Xu Shan.

Xu Shan followed Yuan Yuan, thinking to himself. Ye Qingbi really had a good eye. These master and disciple were quite nice!

As they walked in the Baodan Sect, Xu Shan asked, "Brother Yuan, what is the 'Hundred Explanations of True Alchemy' that Sect Master Huang gave me just now?"

"Up ahead on the mountain is the alchemy place in the sect. There are alchemy furnaces in each room from top to bottom, and the grades of the alchemy furnaces are different. If you want to refine pills, just stay in the alchemy room on the lowest floor." Yuan Yuan pointed into the distance and introduced, "As for the 'Hundred Explanations of True Alchemy', every alchemy cultivator has a copy. It's not a precious thing. It only records the most common and basic alchemy formulas and techniques in the alchemy cultivation world, such as Bigu Pills, Detoxification Pills, and so on."

"You'd better refine some Detoxification Pills for alchemy when you have time. My master will find you to test pills at any time. He's addicted to refining pills."

Xu Shan asked, "Then who usually tests the pills for you?"

Yuan Yuan turned his resentful big face and pointed at himself.

"Normal alchemy cultivation sects have special pill-testing boys with unique constitutions, or they find wandering cultivators. The Baodan Sect is small and doesn't have such special talents. My master just grabs whoever he can find."

Xu Shan gave Yuan Yuan a strange look. No such special talents? You seem really suspicious!

"Do the wandering cultivators outside dare to come and help test the pills for alchemy cultivators on their own initiative? Aren't they afraid of being poisoned to death?"

Yuan Yuan sighed. "You've really hit the nail on the head. There are a lot of wandering cultivators, and they're very poor. Many of them are willing to do anything for spirit stones. They're willing to come if an alchemy cultivation sect offers them spirit stones. Of course, they won't test poisonous pills and the like."

"There was an alchemy cultivation sect called the Xindan Sect before that had evil intentions. They used some extremely harmful pills to deceive wandering cultivators into testing them."

"The wandering cultivators who test the pills aren't stupid either. They will inform a few friends before they come to prevent something from happening to them."

"Later, when more and more people were killed, the news spread to the world of wandering cultivators. The entire Xindan Sect was destroyed by the wandering cultivators. It's said that hundreds of people came in a rush. Everyone in the Xindan Sect, from the sect master to the inner disciples, was stuffed into the alchemy furnaces and refined... In the end, some powerful old cultivators even took action and directly moved their medicine garden away and flattened the entire sect."

"After that, no one dared to mess around like that again."

Xu Shan was stunned after hearing this. What kind of wandering cultivators were these! Weren't they just like the Beggar Gang in the cultivation world? They not only massacred people but also robbed them! They had an organization but no discipline! Their behavior didn't seem any different from that of evil cultivators.

"Are wandering cultivators... all so united?"

Yuan Yuan smacked his lips and said, "Not really. News spreads fast in the cultivation world. It's possible that many people came to take advantage of the situation. There are always despicable rascals who do all kinds of bad things in the name of justice. They love doing this kind of thing."

"I see."

"Keep walking ahead, and there's the medicine garden and the place where the sect's alchemy resources are stored. If you want to buy the resources for alchemy, you can just exchange them with spirit stones. I'll go in and talk to the elders inside later."

"Those are the main things. I'll arrange a place for you to live. You can walk around the sect and take a look when you have time."

"Then I really appreciate it, Brother Yuan."

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After a brief tour of the Baodan Sect, Xu Shan was already in a small house. The environment was similar to the treatment in the inner sect of the Xinglan Sect, but the outside environment was obviously better than that of the Xinglan Sect.

Three months. He didn't know if he could spend these three months safely.

Xu Shan lay on the bed and planned for the future. Yuan Yuan had reminded him. News spread quickly in the cultivation world. His secret was very likely to be exposed and spread outside. No secret could be hidden from the eyes and ears of hundreds of people, even in the cultivation world.

The sects represented by those thirty Nascent Soul stage cultivators probably wouldn't come to trouble him in a short time. The trouble was those two people who had chased him at the end. He didn't know if they were from the Zixiao Sword Sect.

At that time, he had been close to the Baodan Sect. It was obvious to anyone that he was heading for the Baodan Sect. If they went back and found more powerful allies, the Baodan Sect's strength definitely wouldn't be able to keep him safe.

Although he didn't know why Huang Zhiwen was so confident that he could ensure his safety for fifty years. But it seemed that this path was a dead end for now. He simply couldn't take out that many spirit stones to buy his life. And it was impossible to earn so many spirit stones in three months.

He could only find a way to delay for a while and make more preparations. At least let him refine the inheritance of the Immortality Seeking Platform. In this way, he could have more chances to save his life.

The crisis was far from over. Xu Shan sighed and picked up the 'Hundred Explanations of True Alchemy' to check it.

As his spiritual thoughts gathered, the introduction of the refining principles, techniques, and formulas of more than twenty kinds of basic pills flooded into his mind. Xu Shan checked them one by one. Bigu Pills, Detoxification Pills, Qi-Hiding Pills, Yuan-Nourishing Pills, Recovery Pills,... They were all auxiliary and restorative pills below the third rank of the Yellow Rank, and the highest was no more than the third rank.

At present, these pills seemed to be of no use to him.... Until he saw the Body Forging Pill, Xu Shan was shocked all over!

The Body Forging Pill... A pill of the first rank of the Yellow Rank, with the main ingredient being Muscle Forging Grass. After taking it, it can expel a small amount of impurities from the body...

Xu Shan sat up with a sudden movement like a carp leaping out of water, and an idea gradually formed in his mind.

Earning spirit stones. It seemed that he might not have no chance!

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