I have a proficiency panel for alchemy and immortality

Chapter 148 Let’s start again

When Liu Zhicheng heard Song Jie suddenly ask him if he was still obsessed with cultivating immortals, he was stunned for a moment, then he revealed a faint smile.

He looked at Song Jie with a determined look and said, “Of course, this is what I have been fighting for all my life.

"As long as I am still alive, I will not give up the hope of pursuing immortality."

Upon hearing this, Song Jie nodded slightly.

"This time I went to Danding Sect and met a good friend. From him, I found out a method that can help you cultivate immortality."

Liu Zhicheng's eyes lit up, and he couldn't wait to ask, "What's the solution?"

"Don't get excited, this method might be... well, a little dangerous.

"No, it's very dangerous, almost fatal.

"There is only a slight chance of success."

"There is only a slight possibility of success..." Liu Zhicheng lowered his head and fell silent.

After a moment, he raised his head again and said seriously: "Master Song Dan, please tell me this method!"

Song Jie nodded as expected.

“Your chance to cultivate immortality is not in Yunmo Continent, but in the neighboring Chifeng Continent.

"If you want to go to Chifengzhou, there are two ways to go.

"One way is to walk there. If you are lucky enough, you may be able to reach Chifengzhou after walking for thirty or forty years.

"Of course, the greater possibility is that you will be eaten by a monster halfway.

"So far, I have never heard of any mortal walking from one continent to another."

Song Jie paused for a moment, then continued, “As for the other way, it is relatively faster, but also extremely dangerous.

"That is to go to Yunmiao City and go to Chifengzhou through the teleportation formation.

"I have inquired for you. There is no teleportation formation directly leading to Chifengzhou from Yunmiao City.

“So you need to use the teleportation array to travel through several cities before you can reach Scarlet Phoenix Continent.

“With your mortal body, every time you take the teleportation array, you will have to go through a life-and-death test.

"Fortunately, you have persisted in practicing physical training over the years, so your physique should be better than that of most mortals.

“You have a good chance of making it through the teleportation arrays between the major cities in Yunmo Continent.

“However, the teleportation formation from Yunmo Continent to Chifeng Continent is likely to result in 100% certainty of death.

"There is only a slight chance of survival..."

After hearing Song Jie talk about these two ways to go to Chifengzhou, Liu Zhicheng fell silent again.

Although Song Jie mentioned two methods, Liu Zhicheng knew that for him, the only option was to use the teleportation formation.

The first method of hiking, not to mention the dangers he might encounter along the way, the time spent on it alone was too much for him to bear.

Even if he was lucky enough to reach Chifeng Island safely, he would already be in his sixties or seventies.

At this age, even if I could cultivate immortality, it would be meaningless.

Moreover, he might not live to be sixty or seventy years old. He might get seriously ill halfway through his journey and die on the way to Chifeng Island.

Mortals are not like monks. Without spiritual power to protect their bodies, they are very likely to get sick when they reach a certain age.

It could be just a cold that can take the life of an elderly mortal.

So, no matter how you look at it, Liu Zhicheng can only choose to take the teleportation formation to Chifengzhou.

But according to what Song Jie said, for mortals to take advantage of the intercontinental teleportation formation, there is almost no chance of survival.

If you know it is a dead end and there is only a very slim chance of survival, is it necessary for you to take the risk?
Liu Zhicheng asked himself, how much can he give in pursuit of immortality?
Seeing that Liu Zhicheng had fallen into silence, Song Jie continued, "Going to Chifengzhou is only the first step in your quest for immortality.

“It doesn’t mean that you can cultivate immortality just by arriving at Scarlet Phoenix Continent.

“Once you arrive at Scarlet Phoenix Island, you must look for the legendary Nirvana Pool.

“According to rumors, the Nirvana Pond was left behind by a fire phoenix that was reborn from the Nirvana in ancient times.

“It contains the power of nirvana of the fire phoenix.

“And this power of Nirvana has the great power to seize the fortune of heaven and earth, and can allow people to be reborn in Nirvana.

“If you can find this Nirvana Pool, perhaps you can use the power of Nirvana in the Nirvana Pool to shape your meridians.

"After shaping your meridians, you can find a secret book of fire-attributed skills and then embark on the path of cultivation."

Having said this, Song Jie paused again to give Liu Zhicheng time to digest these words.

Liu Zhicheng didn't rush to make a decision. He looked up at Song Jie and asked, "Master Song Dan, this Nirvana Pool shouldn't be that easy to find, right?"

Song Jie nodded.

“Yes, even the major forces in Scarlet Phoenix Continent have not yet found any trace of the Nirvana Pool.

“Perhaps the Nirvana Pond only exists in legends and does not exist in reality.

“Or maybe, so much time has passed since ancient times that the power of Nirvana in the Nirvana Pool has long been lost and no longer has the corresponding power.

"In short, finding the Nirvana Pool is not an easy task. It is even more difficult than going to Scarlet Phoenix Continent."

Liu Zhicheng pondered for a moment and nodded, "I understand. There are two difficulties in front of me now.

“One is whether my body can withstand the intercontinental teleportation formation.

"The other is whether we can successfully find the Nirvana Pond."

“No.” Song Jie shook his head and said, “It’s not two difficult points.

“But there are at least three difficulties!
“Even if you are lucky enough to find the Nirvana Pond.

"If you want to use the power of Nirvana in the Nirvana Pool to shape your meridians, you also need to get the approval of the Nirvana Pool."

"Get the recognition of Nirvana Pool?" Liu Zhicheng looked puzzled.

Song Jie nodded and said, “According to rumors, the Nirvana Pool is not a dead object, but a spiritual object with spiritual intelligence.

“You can think of Nirvana Pond as a special kind of creature.

"A creature with an IQ no less than ours.

“This is also the main reason why the major forces in Scarlet Phoenix Continent have never been able to find the Nirvana Pool.

"Nirvana Pond is most likely hiding around and won't stay in one place.

"So, if you want to use the power of Nirvana in the Nirvana Pool to shape your meridians, the difficulties you will encounter will definitely exceed your imagination."

Seeing that Song Jie had no intention of continuing, Liu Zhicheng immediately bowed deeply to Song Jie.

“Thank you, Master Song Dan, for telling me this today. I need a few days to think about this matter.

"If I really want to go to Chifengzhou, I will tell Master Song Dan in advance."

Now, including Song Jie, there are only three people refining pills in the Danqi Pavilion.

If he suddenly leaves Danqi Pavilion, it will have some impact on the operation of Danqi Pavilion.

At the beginning, Song Jie kindly took him in and taught him a lot of knowledge about alchemy.

Liu Zhicheng naturally didn't want to cause trouble to Song Jie because of his departure.

Song Jie nodded and didn't say anything more.

Instead, he patted Liu Zhicheng on the shoulder and said, "This is a matter that will determine your future life path. Don't be in a hurry. Think about it slowly."

As he spoke, Song Jie took out two bottles of first-grade elixirs from his storage bag.

“These two bottles are Danding Sect’s body-building pills. When you practice body building, you can take one pill. It should further improve your physique.

"However, you can only take one pill a day, so remember this."

Liu Zhicheng looked at the two bottles of body-building pills in Song Jie's hand, but did not reach out to take them. He said, "Master Song, this is too expensive!"

Song Jie smiled slightly.

“This is a gift I brought back from Danding Sect for you.

"Each of you has a corresponding gift, so just accept it with peace of mind."

After hearing what Song Jie said, Liu Zhicheng accepted the two bottles of body-building pills and thanked Song Jie again. Next, Song Jie briefly introduced Chen Siyao to Liu Zhicheng.

Then he left Liu Zhicheng's alchemy room.

Standing in the corridor outside the alchemy room, Song Jie pinched Chen Siyao's little face and said, "Next, big brother will start making the elixir.

"Is Yaoyao going to play with Sister Caiwei? Or is she going to watch big brother make pills in the alchemy room?"

In fact, given the age difference between Li Caiwei and Chen Siyao, Chen Siyao should call Li Caiwei "Auntie".

But Chen Siyao always calls Song Jie "Big Brother". If she calls Li Caiwei "Auntie", the generations would be messed up.

Song Jie had asked Chen Siyao to call him Uncle Song before, but Chen Siyao still insisted on calling Song Jie "Big Brother".

In this regard, Song Jie did not force Chen Siyao to correct her way of addressing him.

After all, no one would hate being called young.

Furthermore, Song Jie's appearance has remained unchanged, and even after several decades, he will still look the same as he does now.

So, if we ignore age and only look at appearance, there is nothing wrong with Chen Siyao calling him "big brother".

Hearing Song Jie's question, Chen Siyao said without hesitation: "Yaoyao wants to watch big brother make the elixir."

"Okay, then come with me..." Song Jie smiled slightly.

For the layman, alchemy is not a fun thing.

Song Jie felt that after Chen Siyao saw him refining a few batches of pills, she would probably find it boring.

This was the case when he first started teaching Shi Ning how to make elixirs.

Children are always playful by nature, and their attention is easily distracted, so it is difficult for them to maintain their passion for one thing for a long time.

After entering his own alchemy room, Song Jie settled Chen Siyao on a small stool.

Then he took out the Ziyun Copper Furnace from the storage bag.

Although she had seen Song Jie create things out of thin air many times, this was the first time Chen Siyao had seen something this big.

Her eyes couldn't help but widen a little, and a trace of yearning arose in her heart, wondering if she could be like Song Jie one day.

Looking at the purple cloud copper furnace in front of him, Song Jie thought of the first-grade alchemy furnaces he saw at the "Immortal Elixir Conference".

"In a few years, when my cultivation is about to break through to the seventh level of Qi Refining, I will discuss with Brother Shi and ask him to refine a first-grade alchemy furnace for me."

After reaching the seventh level of Qi Refining, he was ready to set off for Yunmiao City.

When he arrived in a big city like that, he would refine a large number of high-quality pills and then sell them, so that he could quickly gain a foothold in Yunmiao City.

Therefore, before going to Yunmiao City, he had to ask Shi Lei to build him a first-grade alchemy furnace.

But now, the ordinary Ziyun Copper Furnace is enough for him.

After taking out the Ziyun Copper Furnace, Song Jie did not waste any time and quickly started working on today's alchemy.

After being away for so long, he needed to quickly refine some best-selling first-grade elixirs and then put them on the shelves for sale.

……

Soon, another three days passed.

During the three days since Song Jie returned, he spent most of his time refining Xuanyang Pills and Xuanyin Pills.

The two kinds of elixirs he refined were particularly popular among the male and female monks in Xinyue Market.

So during these three days, he worked overtime to refine a large number of Xuanyang Pills and Xuanyin Pills.

Replenished the store’s stock of these two kinds of elixirs.

As for the rest of the pills, Song Jie had refined a lot of them and brought them with him when he went to Danding Sect before.

Now that I'm back, those pills are of no use for the time being.

So, Song Jie put these pills on the shelves and sold them all to the public.

Because the pills refined by Song Jie appeared on the shelves again, many cultivators knew that Song Jie was back, and the business of the Danqi Pavilion was visibly improving.

However, what they didn’t know was that Song Jie, who had just returned not long ago, was about to leave Xinyue Market again.

Riding on the carriage heading to the original owner's hometown, Song Jie was thinking about his next plan.

“It takes about three days to go back to my hometown, so six days for the round trip.

"If there are no special circumstances, I should stay in my hometown for a day at most and then return.

“Seven days is not too long.

"Once I return to Xinyue Market from my hometown, I will start working overtime to refine Xuanyang Pills and Xuanyin Pills."

He did not forget the agreement he signed with Yun Mengyi in Danhua Town.

"Also, when I come back, I will start recruiting alchemy apprentices again."

Ever since Song Jie told Liu Zhicheng about the Nirvana Pool, Liu Zhicheng's mental state has been obviously much better than before in recent days.

According to Song Jie's speculation, Liu Zhicheng should choose to take the risk and go to Chifengzhou to find the Nirvana Pool.

Although he was not optimistic that Liu Zhicheng could find the Nirvana Pool, if Liu Zhicheng really made such a decision, he would support Liu Zhicheng.

Song Jie has also witnessed Liu Zhicheng's efforts over the years.

Compared with the original owner, Liu Zhicheng is indeed more determined and persistent.

If such a person really finds the way to cultivate immortality, his future achievements will definitely not be low.

Especially Liu Zhicheng's spiritual root talent and alchemy talent are so high.

“We can recruit a few more alchemy apprentices this time, and fill up the alchemy room first.

"Also, we need to choose some people with good alchemy talent."

He planned to train a few first-level alchemists with decent alchemy talent and bring them to Yunmiao City.

As the team that helped him make his fortune in Yunmiao City.

As for Wang Ping, both his spiritual root talent and alchemy talent are average.

In a small place like Xinyuefang City, with Wang Ping's ability, he could still make it.

But when he went to a big city like Yunmiao City, Wang Ping’s abilities were not enough.

Taking Wang Ping to Yunmiao City might not necessarily help him, but might harm him instead.

Therefore, Song Jie has no plans to take Wang Ping to Yunmiao City for the time being. He hopes that Wang Ping can continue to stay in the Danqi Pavilion in Xinyuefang City and help run the Danqi Pavilion.

If Wang Ping is willing to stay and help Shi Lei and his wife run the Danqi Pavilion, Song Jie will also give Wang Ping some shares of the Danqi Pavilion.

Of course, this was just Song Jie’s initial idea, and it would take quite a long time before he went to Yunmiao City.

After making some simple plans for the future, Song Jie took out the Ziyun Copper Furnace from his storage bag.

Refine Xuanyang Pills and Xuanyin Pills directly in the carriage.

Boss Song, who doesn't have enough manpower, can only work harder on his own.

As for Jin Jiao and Chen Siyao, they were sitting outside the carriage at this time.

Jinjiao was responsible for driving, while Chen Siyao sat next to Jinjiao and followed him to learn how to drive.

Of course, Song Jie didn’t know whether Chen Siyao could learn it.

After all, Jinjiao's driving style is different from that of ordinary people.

It mainly relies on blood suppression to drive the horses.

Therefore, Song Jie was not very optimistic about Chen Siyao learning driving from Jin Jiao.

……

In the blink of an eye, another three days passed.

"Ow~"

The carriage, which was originally running steadily, stopped at Jinjiao's call.

(End of this chapter)