The ceremony concluded smoothly.
After drinking the disciple-acceptance tea offered by Zhuang Tianxin, it was considered that he had accepted the disciple.
Ji Yuan also presented a bottle of pills, containing nine Nine Dragon Spirit Infusion Pills.
Given the wealth of the Zhuang family, they would not lack other pills or magical treasures.
A bottle containing nine Nine Dragon Spirit Infusion Pills was enough to maintain appearances.
After the disciple-acceptance ceremony ended, it was obviously not an immediate dispersal.
As the music began, graceful dancers appeared.
Following that were many other performances, filling the next three days to the brim.
“Fellow Daoist Lingyu, were those Nine Dragon Spirit Infusion Pills refined by your own hands?”
The banquet had just begun when someone could not help but ask.
When Ji Yuan had previously gifted the pills to Zhuang Tianxin, he had carefully explained their usage and effects, and everyone present had naturally heard it.
He turned his head and his gaze fell upon an elder.
If he remembered correctly, this person was named Sun Wuyi, the Grand Elder of the Qingfeng Sword Sect.
The elder was at the peak of the third realm, only one step away from forming a Golden Core.
However, this single step had trapped countless cultivators, including some with exceptional talent.
This had nothing to do with talent; sometimes, it was merely an obsession or a trace of karma inadvertently acquired.
One could be trapped at this stage for decades or even a hundred years, until their lifespan ran out.
From the Enlightenment Realm to the Ming Dao Realm, there were three stages in total, extending lifespan by about two hundred years.
However, once a Golden Core was formed, the lifespan would immediately increase by another two hundred years!
With sufficient financial resources and opportunities, and by finding a large quantity of lifespan-increasing spiritual herbs, it would not be an issue to live for six or seven hundred years.
Of course, anything more would not be possible. Heaven and earth had their limits, let alone mortals who had not yet become immortals?
Ji Yuan smiled. Although he had thought of many things, it had all happened in an instant.
However, just as he was about to speak, someone else spoke first.
“As far as I know, Fellow Daoist Lingyu is a renowned Alchemy Master in Feiyun County!”
A middle-aged man with an extraordinary demeanor spoke, smiling and saying, “The Divine Observation Heavenly Heart Pill, the Nine Dragon Spirit Infusion Pill, and the Five Qi Yuan Nourishing Pill, these are all your signature elixirs.”
This person spoke effusively, detailing the effects of the three pills, and appeared to be extremely familiar with them.
It was known that although the two counties were within Lingyang Prefecture, the exchange of information was not easy.
And his fame was mostly concentrated in the county seat of Feiyun County, which was tens of thousands of miles away from this place.
Seeing this, Ji Yuan’s gaze narrowed slightly, and he recognized who the person was at a glance.
This person was the second highest-ranking official in the Prefectural Governor’s mansion, the Prefectural Secretary Wu Wei, second only to the Prefectural Governor.
More than half a year ago, this person had planned an operation against Ji Yuan.
Not only did he instigate five elders from the Divine Profound Sect to attack fiercely, but he also mobilized multiple forces to join forces.
Even through the Underworld Rebirth Tower behind him, he commanded the Supervision Department of Chongyuan Prefecture to act.
And he had used some means to pressure the important figures in the prefectural city, and so on.
Yet now, he was smiling, showing no sign of the life-and-death confrontation between them.
“Being able to refine such elixirs, Fellow Daoist Lingyu, you must be not far from the Grandmaster realm.”
Wu Wei chuckled, offering such flattery.
Upon hearing this, everyone present cast their gazes over, their minds racing. Undoubtedly, Ji Yuan’s standing in their hearts had been silently elevated significantly.
Whether it was the master of the Zhuang family's eldest son, an elder of a peak in the Nine Profound Sect, or even a young genius of the third realm.
None of these held as high a status as an Alchemy Grandmaster who was close to the Grandmaster realm.
Not to mention the three elixirs mentioned by Wu Wei; any one of them was of extraordinary value.
The Nine Dragon Spirit Infusion Pill and the Five Qi Yuan Nourishing Pill were relatively acceptable.
But the Divine Observation Heavenly Heart Pill was something that truly made their hearts flutter.
At their level of cultivation, ordinary pills for enhancing cultivation or aiding in breaking through bottlenecks had lost most of their value.
This was because their own cultivation was sufficient; what they lacked was a moment of enlightenment or an advancement in their realm.
The reasons hindering their progress were mostly related to their own obsessions or minor errors in their realm.
However, pills that could enhance one’s realm were rare, not just in Luoxia County or Lingyang Prefecture, but throughout the entire Great Yu Dynasty.
Even if someone occasionally obtained one, or a certain alchemist succeeded in refining it, it would rarely be circulated.
As for places or opportunities that could allow those in the third realm to enter a state of enlightenment, they were even rarer than phoenix feathers and unicorn horns, and only powerful sects or factions would possibly possess such a place.
But they would never easily allow outsiders to enjoy it.
Although everyone present were high-ranking officials of a powerful force, they were still unable to pay such a price.
Therefore, upon thinking of this, almost everyone’s gaze towards Ji Yuan became somewhat different.
“May I ask Daoist Lingyu, do you still have the Divine Observation Heavenly Heart Pill?”
The elder who spoke first asked.
Seeing him speak, everyone stopped their discussions and focused their attention on him.
Hearing this, Ji Yuan smiled slightly, “Of course, I do. However, I have been too busy recently and have not had the time to refine pills, so I only have three left.”
If there were only one, it would surely cause a scramble among everyone. The one who obtained it would naturally be happy, while those who did not, though not resentful, would certainly not be entirely pleased.
But if there were three, although there would still be competition, it would not be as intense. Even if they couldn’t get one, they wouldn’t feel too out of sorts.
As he spoke, he took out three jade bottles and presented one of them to the elder.
Sun Wuyi opened the cap of the bottle, and a faint fragrance immediately diffused out. Just by smelling it, one felt a sense of peace and emptiness, with subtle signs of gaining many insights.
He examined it carefully for a moment, then quickly closed the cap, not allowing the pill’s energy to dissipate.
“It indeed has the effect of aiding in the observation of the Dao.”
Sun Wuyi nodded.
Observing the Dao and comprehending the Dao, although only separated by one word, the effects were vastly different.
And if this pill had the effect of comprehending the Dao, Ji Yuan would likely be invited to the royal capital by the imperial court on the spot, becoming a highly respected imperial alchemist.
Of course, a more likely scenario was that he would be secretly assassinated, with attempts to steal the pill formula, or he might even be abducted by a Golden Core stage Great Cultivator.
“May I ask the price of this pill?”
Sun Wuyi said with a hint of trepidation.
As a representative of a major power, and the one with the highest cultivation realm present,
He should not have been so, but the item in his hand might be able to help him take the final step. How could his heart not be stirred?
“It’s not too expensive, one hundred and fifty spirit coins.”
Ji Yuan smiled slightly.
In fact, the original price of the Divine Observation Heavenly Heart Pill was one hundred spirit coins.
However, as its sales in Feiyun County increased, and various forces competed for the necessary materials, the price had to be increased by fifty spirit coins.
But even so, once it was put on display, it would still be snatched up.