There was still half an hour before the lecture, and the square was already full of people.
The monks gathered together in groups of three and five to chat. The content of the conversation was naturally related to today's protagonist-Miao Kefa.
"If I had known that if I had perfected the first-level spells, I would be able to become a sect elder. We should have spent more time practicing spells."
"Haha, Brother Zhang is just in his early thirties, it's not too late to practice now."
"Oh, I refine elixirs by the stove every day. I'm so tired when I leave the elixir room that I don't even want to say anything. How can I have time..."
Zhao Lin had nothing to do, so he let go of his ears and listened to what the monks were saying. When he heard the words, he looked in the direction of the sound.
I saw several monks in brown robes standing not far ahead, with the word "Alchemy" embroidered on their chests. They looked like alchemists in the county.
Speaking of which, Zhao Lin once thought about becoming an alchemy cultivator, so that he could make elixirs and would not have to work hard to accumulate good deeds to exchange for elixirs.
But after he learned more about the relevant information, he quickly gave up the idea.
Those who are covered with silkworms are not silkworm farmers...can I get a share of the elixir produced by the alchemist? That is overthinking.
The sect does not lack alchemists, but it lacks spiritual herbs.
Taking the Foundation Building Pill as an example, hundreds of kinds of spiritual herbs are needed, and more than twenty kinds of rare spiritual herbs have strict age requirements. If they do not meet the age requirements, they cannot be used as medicine at all.
It is difficult to find these spiritual herbs in the wild, and even if you find them, you cannot collect them all. Only a few medicinal fields in the sect that have been passed down for thousands of years have a quantitative output every year.
To become an alchemist, there is a high chance that you will become an alchemy tool maker. You will endure high temperature baking by the furnace every day, constantly refining some low-level elixirs for daily use by the monks in the sect, or for sale in the market.
The alchemy room has a special elixir supervisor, and all the elixirs produced must be handed in in full, and even waste elixirs must be recycled.
It is impossible to learn how to cook and eat secretly.
Of course, the treatment of powerful alchemists is also excellent.
However, if you want to succeed in alchemy practice, you must learn more than a dozen spells such as screening medicine, controlling fire, turning over cauldrons, and condensing elixirs.
Although Zhao Lin had a spiritual chart to help him learn spells, he couldn't use all nine grids to practice fire spells.
It's not his style to put all his eggs in one basket.
The alchemist who spoke first had a big beard, whether he was born with it or was burnt by the smoke at the stove. His face was red and his beard was messily rolled into a ball.
The bearded man sighed, and then said: "I have already achieved some success in the dust filtering technique. I may be able to master it in the past two years. Shouldn't I put more effort into it and perfect it?"
Standing next to him, a tall and lanky alchemist chuckled, "Brother Zhang, you are also from Lingdao Academy. Don't you know the principle of practicing magic and walking a hundred miles in half a century?"
"It takes far more time and energy to go from mastery to mastery than it is to go from beginner to master!"
"Besides, we are alchemists. Even if we have perfected two spells, we still cannot become sect elders."
The bearded man was not happy when he heard this, and retorted with a stern face: "What's the truth? We are all monks from the sect, why can't we alchemists be good at it?"
The tall and thin monk shook his head and said: "Miao Kefa practices the art of killing, which is different from us."
The bearded man frowned and said: "The art of killing is a spell, but the spell of refining alchemy is not a spell?"
Several other alchemists also said: "Yes, Brother Li, by saying this, you are underestimating the art of alchemy, right?"
"We can occupy one of the alchemy weapon formations!"
The tall and thin monk said: "The two skills Miao Kefa cultivates are both offensive spells, and their combat power is comparable to that of a monk in the middle stage of foundation building."
The bearded man curled his lips and sneered: "So what if the combat power is comparable to that of a monk in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment? Even if there are monks in the later stage of Foundation Establishment, are there still few in the sect?"
The tall and thin monk asked, "Then why don't we see them becoming sect elders?"
The bearded man was immediately speechless.
Now several other alchemists also became curious.
"Brother Li, please tell me why."
"Yes, don't show off..."
The tall and thin monk had a black mole at the corner of his mouth. There was a tuft of long hair on the mole. He stroked the long hair on the mole twice with a bit of pride.
"Miao Kefa became an elder of the sect. Perfecting his magic skills is only one of them. What's more important is his achievements."
The bearded man asked doubtfully: "What achievement? He has to be a Qi Refining Realm monk?"
The tall and thin monk smiled slightly and said: "I'm afraid you have forgotten that there are some small worlds that only Qi Refining Realm monks can enter."
"Miao Kefa entered the Yinkui Realm and the Xuansha Realm several times to obtain the precious spiritual herbs necessary for the Shenglong Pill for the sect. This is why he received such an honor..."
Having said this, the tall and thin monk remained silent, but the several alchemists looked astonished.
Zhao Lin also understood it and thought that it was indeed the case.
Chenghua Sect has nine small worlds under its jurisdiction, which refers to the nine small worlds with a large number of people and the formation of civilization. In fact, there are many uninhabited small worlds within the territory.
Some small worlds are empty and all living things are extinct, some are full of evil spirits and ferocious beasts are rampant, and some small worlds are filled with gloomy energy and filled with ghosts...
Although there are no human traces, these small worlds are not useless. There are also some exotic flowers and plants growing in them.
The elixirs emphasize the importance of the emperor and his ministers working together. Many of the realm-breaking elixirs are sometimes supplemented with spiritual herbs that grow in evil places.
These spiritual herbs are difficult to cultivate in the sect’s medicinal fields.
For this reason, the sect needs to send people into the small world to search.
But the small world is a world of its own, and the laws of heaven in it are very different from those in the Xuanyuan Continent.
For the Heavenly Dao there, monks are "foreign objects", so Heavenly Dao suppresses the monks very harshly.
The higher your cultivation level, the harder you will be suppressed.
If a monk in the foundation-building realm enters it, the Taoist foundation will be eroded, which is very detrimental to his practice. If he dares to use offensive spells, the way of heaven will hit him with several times the force.
There are even some small worlds where as soon as a monk in the Purple Mansion Realm enters, he will be directly struck by thunder.
Because of their low cultivation level, the monks in the Qi Refining Realm are not suppressed very much by the way of heaven. Instead, they are like a fish in water and are basically unaffected.
But on the other hand, the ghosts of evil beasts in the small world are not restricted by heaven and earth, and are often extremely powerful. Ordinary Qi Refining Realm monks will die if they enter.
This requires that the Qi Refining Realm monks who enter it must have combat power that exceeds that of the same realm, and the stronger the better, otherwise they will not be able to survive there.
For this reason, Qi Refining Realm monks with high combat power have always been highly valued.
Zhao Lin's senior in the Xingyun Sect, Lu Yuanxiu, also had strong martial arts skills. He had to go through life and death several times to accumulate enough good deeds and successfully break through by taking the Foundation Establishment Pill.
Although Zhao Lin wants to build a stable foundation, at present, he may have to follow the same path as Lu Yuanxiu and Miao Kefa.
After listening to the tall and thin monk's words, several alchemists fell silent.
Although they also know one or two attack spells, they all have only beginner or proficiency attainments, and they are still compulsory spells learned in the Spiritual Dao Academy.
Now that it has been abandoned for many years, it is difficult to pick it up again.
Seeing this, the tall and thin monk smiled calmly and said: "Actually, we don't need to be envious. Miao Kefa has made great achievements many times, but his cultivation has always been at the eighth level of Qi refining."
"The external theory is that cultivation has damaged the foundation, but I don't think it is credible. I have heard a rumor, which may be closer to the truth."
Everyone asked: "What rumors?"
"He was actually besieged by the ghosts in the Yin Kui Realm and suffered heavy injuries. Although he regained his life, he could not recover no matter what panacea he used."
"Otherwise, with all the good deeds he has accumulated, what injuries can't be recovered from?"
When several alchemists heard this, their hearts became balanced.
"Hey, I often walk by the river, how can my shoes not get wet? It seems that this credit is not easy to get!"
"Yes, let's refine the elixir well. Although the accumulation of good deeds is slow, it is safe and secure at least."
"That's right, everyone has his own way, and we don't need to envy him. Although Miao Kefa accumulates good deeds quickly, he is in danger of dying at any time. To say the least, even if we don't build a foundation, we Qi Refining monks can If you live to be more than a hundred years old, why should you risk your life?"
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Everyone waited until three o'clock in the morning before Miao Kefa finally appeared and walked onto the platform.
(End of chapter)
