Jidao Wusheng: I am invincible in my flesh and tear the weirdness apart with my bare hands

Huo Ran, with a complicated expression, bowed slightly to Zhang Lingshan, unable to hide his frustration.

He never imagined that, in the blink of an eye, he would become Zhang Lingshan's fire-tending boy.

This is outrageous!

I should have stayed away from the alchemy pavilion.

"I have met Master Zhang Dan."

The other six bowed in unison. It was their first time seeing Zhang Lingshan, and each of them showed a surprised expression, clearly not expecting that the person in front of them was so young.

You should know that they endured countless hardships and persevered for countless years to become the Jade Tablet Fire-Tending Boys. Even if they were young men when they first ascended, they are now old men, or at the very least, middle-aged men with graying temples.

This is the first time I've seen someone as young as Zhang Lingshan.

"Zhang Lingshan".

Wei Chongqian also came in and said, "We only have this many water-based fire-based alchemists for now. We are transferring others to you. Don't worry, you are now the only Jade Token Pure Lotus Alchemist in our Alchemy Pavilion. If you have any requests, just let us know. Our entire Alchemy Pavilion will serve you in refining mid-grade Pure Lotus Pills."

That's all.

Wei Chongqian added, "By the way, the Pavilion Master said that if you can refine a high-grade Pure Lotus Pill, you can be given a spot to advance to the Profound Immortal realm. You should know that this spot is extremely precious. If you miss this opportunity, who knows when the next one will be? If you're unlucky, you might have to wait for hundreds of years."

"Yes, Steward Wei, I understand. I will do my best."

Zhang Lingshan nodded emphatically and said, "I misspoke. I should address you as Master Wei."

"Haha."

Wei Chongqian laughed loudly, then said with a serious expression, "You haven't been officially appointed yet, so don't talk nonsense. Alright, hurry up and start refining pills. There are orders from above to produce at least two thousand mid-grade Pure Lotus Pills within a month. If the task is not completed, everyone will be punished."

"Yes."

Everyone's expression tightened, and they all responded in unison.

Although no one knew what the punishment would be, and no one dared to ask, they believed that the punishment would be worse than death for them.

and so.

No one dared to be careless; everyone wore a serious expression as they began refining the medicinal liquid.

On the sixth level, the minimum purity requirement for refining the medicinal solution is to purify it to 85%.

However, in order to ensure that the intermediate-grade Pure Lotus Pill could be successfully refined, no one dared to use the lowest purification standard. The minimum purification level had to be 88%, which was safer and at least would prevent them from being blamed.

If even after refining to 88%, they still cannot produce a mid-grade Pure Lotus Pill, then it's not the fault of these fire-tending boys, but rather the fault of Zhang Lingshan, the jade-plate alchemist.

This is tantamount to shifting all the pressure onto Zhang Lingshan.

However, Zhang Lingshan remained completely calm.

This was the first time that so many people had come to help him refine the medicinal liquid and assist him in making the Pure Lotus Pill.

This made Zhang Lingshan feel relieved.

Although my water-type spiritual root is not afraid of being depleted, it would be good if someone could help me and save me some effort.

Now he can focus all his attention on condensing the pill, without needing to refine the medicinal liquid, which greatly improves his efficiency.

Previously, it took about two hours to refine one batch.

This batch only takes about half an hour, although the initial yield is still low, with only ten mid-grade Pure Lotus Pills.

However, as time went by and he became more and more familiar with the process, Zhang Lingshan's efficiency also increased, eventually stabilizing at fifteen full pills.

At this rate, refining two thousand mid-grade Pure Lotus Pills a month seems to be no problem at all.

"Good, we can rest now."

Wei Chongqian stood in the room watching, and finally spoke after seeing the latest batch come out of the oven.

This made everyone breathe a sigh of relief.

I can finally rest.

Having refined so many Pure Lotus Pills, I've accumulated countless merit points; I need to spend them quickly to replenish what I've used up.

For fire-based workers like them who consume water-elemental spiritual roots, water jade crystals are a must-have for them.

A four-layered water jade crystal costs four million merit points, which is outrageously expensive.

Poor guys, they worked so hard for so long, only to have most of their merit points used to exchange for Water Jade Crystals.

For them, the main function of water crystal is to nourish water-type spiritual roots, with only a very small part of its effect being to strengthen water-type spiritual roots.

However, with such consumption, they could not absorb it as perfectly as Zhang Lingshan. They could only nourish the water-type spiritual root to the limit. To nourish it further was just a pipe dream.

In other words.

They came here to refine the medicinal liquid, essentially working for free.

If given a choice, who would want to come?

But as a fire-starting boy, even a jade-stamped fire-starting boy, he has no right to refuse. If he dares to refuse, he will probably die without even knowing how.

However, to be precise, Zhang Lingshan, this Jade Lotus Elixir Master, wasn't much better than them.

At most, you'll earn more merit points, which will allow you to redeem more items.

If Zhang Lingshan had the same absorption efficiency as them, his strength would not increase much faster than theirs, at most ten times faster.

Fortunately, Zhang Lingshan's absorption efficiency is unparalleled; it is perfect absorption. Any crystal or pill can be absorbed by him in a comprehensive, unreserved, and completely without any waste.

Therefore, he was able to rapidly improve his cultivation in just over a decade and continue to improve continuously.

His improvement rate was hundreds of times that of others.

This is Zhang Lingshan's biggest trump card.

Without that ability, it would be incredibly difficult for him to make it to the top!

However, Zhang Lingshan would not reveal this ability in front of Wei Chongqian and the others.

Instead, he displayed the Profound Sea Condensing Wave Technique, and while his speed in absorbing and refining the Water Jade Crystal wasn't the slowest among everyone, it wasn't the fastest either.

Based on his water-based spiritual root ability, he should not only be the fastest, but also far surpass others.

"What kind of water-based cultivation technique does Master Zhang practice? It seems inferior to ours."

One of the stokers couldn't help but discuss it.

"Silence!"

Wei Chongqian suddenly shouted, then turned to Zhang Lingshan and said, "Zhang Lingshan, you've absorbed so many spirit stones and eaten so much high-grade spirit rice in the paddy field. You've already reached the peak of True Immortal. There's no need to change your cultivation method. As long as you can refine a high-grade Pure Lotus Pill this time and obtain a spot to advance to Profound Immortal, you can directly cultivate Profound Immortal techniques. So don't think about those other things. Focus on refining pills; that's the right path."

"Yes, I understand."

Zhang Lingshan nodded.

Upon hearing this, the pyre workers dared not whisper among themselves anymore, but they could not hide their shock.

Unexpectedly, this Master Zhang even went to the rice paddies and ate a large amount of spirit rice, and even enjoyed spirit stones.

It's truly enviable!

If they knew that Zhang Lingshan wasn't going there to eat for free, but rather needed to farm, these cooks probably wouldn't be so envious.

pity.

At their level, they simply couldn't know that much. If Wei Chongqian hadn't spoken so frankly this time, they would have had no way of knowing.

'Is it really possible to refine a superior-grade Pure Lotus Pill?'

Huo Ran secretly shook his head.

He suspected that Wei Chongqian's talk about promotion to the Xuanxian realm was a lie, just a carrot dangling in front of a donkey.

The purpose of encouraging Zhang Lingshan was to motivate him to put his heart and soul into refining the product, not to expect him to actually succeed.

Is the quota for advancing to the Mystic Immortal realm real or fake?

Zhang Lingshan thought to himself.

He never thought he wouldn't be able to refine a high-grade Pure Lotus Pill. With Zhang Zixin's guidance, as long as he worked hard, he would eventually succeed.

But the problem is...

After it's refined, will they give him the spot? Zhang Lingshan even suspected that Wei Chongqian hadn't received the spot either, otherwise why wouldn't Wei Chongqian go to break through to the Xuanxian realm instead of staying here to supervise their pill refining?

If the Alchemy Pavilion truly values ​​Wei Chongqian and respects his efforts in the rice paddies, they should let him break through to the Profound Immortal realm and replace him with someone else to supervise them.

The truth is quite the opposite.

Therefore, even if Wei Chongqian's quota is not fake, it cannot be cashed in immediately; it is essentially a worthless check.

From this perspective, Wei Chongqian's promise to Zhang Lingshan might just be an empty promise.

and so.

Zhang Lingshan did not intend to refine a superior-grade Pure Lotus Pill.

Even if he were to refine them, at most one would pop out in a single batch, which would be an unexpected surprise, and certainly not something Zhang Lingshan intended to do.

In this way, the sincerity of the Alchemy Pavilion can be tested without putting Zhang Lingshan in a dangerous situation.

Why does refining a superior-grade Pure Lotus Pill lead to a dangerous situation?

Zhang Lingshan couldn't explain why, but he knew it was highly likely; it was a kind of intuition.

It's like in a rice paddy, he can occasionally grow high-grade spiritual rice, but he will never grow top-grade spiritual rice.

He had a feeling that if he managed to grow top-grade spirit rice, he would be unlucky, or even doomed.

That's the feeling right now too.

Moreover, there are precedents for this.

Previously, he was almost killed by Zhao Xian when he was just refining a mid-grade Pure Lotus Pill for Huo Ran on the fifth floor.

If we could now reliably refine high-grade Pure Lotus Pills, wouldn't we die even faster?

Manager Huang said that the Alchemy Pavilion has been cleaned up, but who knows if it's true or not? Entrusting our safety to them is something only a fool would do.

Zhang Lingshan's safety rests entirely on his own shoulders; he cannot trust anyone else.

Time flies.

In the blink of an eye, a month has passed.

A total of more than 2,400 mid-grade Pure Lotus Pills were refined, exceeding the task assigned by the Alchemy Pavilion.

When Wei Chongqian said we could rest, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and collapsed.

too tired.

I've never been this tired before.

In the past, the fatigue was at most physical and mental exhaustion, but now it was an indescribable weariness that spread from the very core of my being, making my entire body feel weak and sore.

After all, even if one can absorb water jade crystals to nourish the water-type spiritual root during continuous consumption, the fatigue cannot be completely relieved.

After repeating this routine for a month, how could one not feel tired?

If Wei Chongqian hadn't been here, everyone would probably have fallen asleep by now.

"There are orders from above."

Wei Chongqian suddenly said in a deep voice, "Rest for five days, then continue refining for another month. This time the task has been increased to three thousand pieces."

Everyone was stunned.

Even if they dared not lash out, they couldn't help but sigh deeply, slumping to the ground, looking utterly hopeless.

"To reward everyone for completing this mission, each person will be given a drop of Immortal Elixir."

Wei Chongqian said loudly.

"What!?"

"Immortal Elixir!"

"Is it the immortal liquid from the pond of immortal liquid that you passed through when you ascended to immortality?"

"When I ascended to immortality, my strength was too low. Even if I entered that pool of immortal spiritual liquid, I couldn't absorb much of it. But if I can enter it now, my strength will surely increase greatly."

"Not only will my strength increase significantly, but all my fatigue will also be swept away."

"Thank you, Manager Wei!"

The pyre workers immediately shouted excitedly.

Zhang Lingshan also shouted, but thought to himself, "I'm afraid the Alchemy Pavilion gave more than just one drop per person."

Back when I was refining pills for Huo Ran, he took a cut of the price. Would Wei Chongqian not take a cut of the price?

One side raises one person.

The Alchemy Pavilion itself likes to take a cut and exploit their surplus value. As a veteran manager, Wei Chongqian must be very experienced in this.

To verify his idea, Zhang Lingshan secretly infiltrated Wei Chongqian's storage ring with his divine consciousness.

Back in the Nine Provinces Continent, Zhang Lingshan comprehended an ability that allowed him to secretly send his divine sense into someone's storage bag and then steal the items without a sound—the so-called art of retrieving objects from afar.

However, as time went on, he became invincible, able to simply snatch whatever he wanted without needing to steal, and this skill gradually deteriorated.

To call it a regression is not entirely accurate.

In fact, Zhang Lingshan had only scratched the surface of this ability. It was enough to move ordinary things, but it was far from sufficient to move treasures with strong spiritual power.

The stronger the spirituality, the more difficult it is to move.

Therefore, after arriving in the mortal realm, Zhang Lingshan did not continue to study this ability and put this useless ability out of his mind.

But now.

Zhang Lingshan felt that he should regain this ability.

Firstly, his own "True Scripture of All Laws" and his ability to derive all laws can help him deduce this ability.

Secondly, his divine sense was already very strong, more than enough to control this ability.

Thirdly, by studying He Zhi Qiu's teleportation array, I have also gained a certain understanding of the rules of space.

Fourthly, and most importantly, this ability is very helpful for escaping.

When running away, speed is very important.

The items I have aren't high enough; if I could steal a flying magic item from someone else's ring, I could run fast enough.

Moreover, if they could empty the other party's storage ring before running away, they would make an even bigger profit.

Therefore, this technique of stealing from a distance is an essential skill for both home and travel, and must be mastered.

Since there was nothing else to do here besides alchemy, I took the opportunity to deduce this method.

Putting everything else aside, finding an opportunity to steal some of the immortal liquid from Wei Chongqian's ring would be a huge profit.

Zhang Lingshan had just secretly broken Wei Chongqian's ring, and as he expected, the guy was even more ruthless than Huo Ran.

It was clearly a small bottle of elixir containing at least thirty drops, but he said he would give each person one drop as a reward.

There are eight people here.

If distributed equally, each person can get four drops.

If the distribution is based on merit, Zhang Lingshan, the master alchemist, would receive the most, so giving him eight drops wouldn't be excessive.

The results of it.

Just one drop!
Big loss.

It's hard to say whether Wei Chongqian was deliberately retaliating against him for taking away his storage ring back then.

But then again, even if this guy wasn't specifically retaliating against me, he's still incredibly greedy.

He swallowed more than 20 of the thirty-odd drops of the Immortal Elixir.

'I'll leave it with you for now; I'll take all your rings eventually.'

Zhang Lingshan thought to himself, then accepted the drop of immortal elixir that seemed like a handout. (End of Chapter)