The words had barely fallen when Li Qin continued his cultivation. The spiritual energy that had accumulated within him was now depleted, but the spiritual energy that had been building up for over a decade had made his meridians wide and resilient. Once unblocked, his physique began to manifest its power.
Countless spiritual energies surged towards him, pouring into his body.
He quickly resumed his cultivation, his strength improving at a visibly rapid pace.
Seeing this, Lin Fan manipulated his extremely subtle insects to observe Li Qin's body.
"This should be the Innate Dao Body, right? It's naturally aligned with the Dao, allowing for extremely fast cultivation!" he muttered to himself.
Time flew by, and a day passed quickly.
Li Qin finally finished his cultivation. By now, he was a cultivator of the fifth stage, the Golden Core realm. His strength was not weak, and with every movement, there was a sense of effortless freedom, like the Dao following nature.
"Master!" Li Qin exclaimed excitedly.
Everything he possessed was thanks to the man before him, and he couldn't help but feel grateful.
Lin Fan nodded, quite satisfied with his eldest disciple. He smiled and said, "Since your cultivation is complete, come with me, and we'll continue recruiting disciples."
Li Qin looked confused. "Master, where is our sect?"
Lin Fan paused slightly at the question, then chuckled. "You don't need to know for now. When you cultivate to the Mahayana realm, I will take you to the sect. You are too weak now and are not qualified."
In truth, he had no sect at all. He was merely trying to trick them for now. If it came down to it, he could simply designate the Supreme Academy as his sect later. After all, supreme and invincible were near synonyms.
"Master, I will definitely cultivate diligently!" Li Qin was filled with motivation now, eager to reach the Mahayana realm as soon as possible and enter a true sect.
Although he knew that the Mahayana realm hadn't seen an appearance in tens of thousands of years, he was now brimming with confidence. He believed he would definitely be able to reach the Mahayana realm.
"Hmm, you are teachable! Let's go, we'll head to the next place to recruit disciples."
"Okay!"
The two of them flew aimlessly through the air.
Every few hours, they would stop when they encountered a town or village. Lin Fan would then use his extremely subtle insects to scan the surrounding humans, looking for anyone with a special physique.
Unfortunately, after scanning over a dozen towns and hundreds of thousands of people, he found no one who met his requirements.
While he did discover a few individuals with outstanding talent, they were incomparable to Li Qin, leaving him uninterested.
His sect was the Invincible Sect. Without powerful innate talent, it would be difficult for anyone to become an invincible being.
At this moment.
Suddenly, his brow furrowed.
"Interesting! A trash alchemist!"
"Let's go, we'll head down!"
At this time.
The Azure Wood Pill Sect.
Pill Peak.
A short, slender girl was diligently refining pills.
As soon as she began refining, everyone around her would scatter. She wasn't surprised, as she was accustomed to it.
"Hahaha, come out! This time, I'm sure I'll succeed!"
With that, she chanted incantations and made hand seals.
"Open!"
Boom!
The pill furnace opened, and streaks of black smoke shot into the sky, accompanied by faint sounds of ghostly wails.
Seeing this, the girl slumped, muttering, "Alas, failed again!"
She was furious and kicked over the pill furnace. Two fist-sized pills rolled out.
Seeing these pills, her expression turned even darker.
"Why do others refine good pills, while I only refine waste pills!"
She was extremely dejected because every time she refined pills, she only produced waste pills. Moreover, the waste pills she refined were getting bigger and bigger, and their destructive power was also significant. If used as weapons, they could even contaminate the spiritual energy of Nascent Soul cultivators, requiring decades to purge. This was why people fled in fear whenever she started refining.
Outside the alchemy room at this moment, the disciples breathed a collective sigh of relief.
"She's finally finished refining, that's great!"
"We can go back now. Things should be quiet for a while today."
"Terrifying. How dare we, mere low-level disciples, live next to such a deity?"
"Last time, an elder had his spiritual energy contaminated by getting too close to a waste pill. He's still in seclusion trying to purge the toxins and won't be out for decades."
"Let's wait a bit longer. With our cultivation, if we were to inhale any of the pill poison, we'd lose a layer of skin if we didn't die."
"..."
Everyone was filled with fear, but the girl was utterly dejected.
She picked up a waste pill and threw it towards the sky.
"Ah! I'm furious! Heavens, I want to refine normal pills, please, grant my wish!" 138 Reading Network
As soon as her voice fell, a majestic voice suddenly echoed in her ears.
"Little girl, are you willing to take me as your master?"
The girl turned her head and looked around, but found no one. She quickly picked up the other waste pill from the ground and asked vigilantly, "Who are you?"
"I am a traveler. You are quite remarkable. Are you willing to take me as your master?"
"Can you help me refine normal pills?"
"Yes!"
"Alright, I'll take you as my master!"
Lin Fan smiled and stepped forward, appearing out of thin air.
"You will be my second disciple from now on. Perform the disciple ceremony!"
"Hmph, I'll take you as my master if you can show me your alchemy skills."
Lin Fan did not refuse the girl's request. Besides, he knew many things, and alchemy was not difficult for him.
"Okay!"
Lin Fan lightly tapped the void. Energy gathered, forming an object resembling a pill furnace.
With a thought, the corpse of a fifth-tier fierce beast appeared in the void. Then, with a wave of his hand, the beast's corpse entered the pill furnace.
Next, he gently recited incantations, and after a series of actions.
"Open!"
Boom!
The pill furnace opened, revealing ten bright red pills.
With a gentle draw, the pills appeared before him and landed in his palm.
"This is the Flesh and Blood Pill. Since you are only at the fifth-tier cultivation, I have refined a fifth-tier Flesh and Blood Pill. It can increase strength by five thousand jin. One can only consume one in their lifetime."
"Here you go!"
A Flesh and Blood Pill flew towards the girl.
The girl instinctively caught it.
The scene of Lin Fan refining pills just now had left her dumbfounded.
She was born in the Azure Wood Pill Sect and had seen various alchemy techniques since childhood. However, this Void Alchemy technique was something she had never witnessed before. Furthermore, Lin Fan's ability to refine pills using only one ingredient had also shocked her.
In her mind, alchemy was an extremely meticulous process, with everything from the heat to the ingredients and the coordination of incantations and hand seals being crucial. It was incredibly difficult and tested one's mental fortitude.
But she never expected that the person before her, disregarding heat control and ingredient ratios, could so effortlessly refine pills.
This scene astonished her.
"Don't worry, it's not poisonous!" Lin Fan picked up a Flesh and Blood Pill and ate it.
The girl looked at it with curiosity and finally ate it.
Immediately, her eyes widened as she felt her strength increase.
"Master!" She immediately performed the disciple ceremony. "Please teach me alchemy. I want to refine Flesh and Blood Pills."
"Good!" Lin Fan said joyfully.