Chapter 15

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Currently, the most skilled alchemist in the Sword Control Sect was Elder Zhao of the Alchemy Hall, who was a third-grade alchemist.

If the elders of the Alchemy Hall saw the fourth-grade Spirit Ascension Pill in Wu Ye’s hand, it would definitely shock the whole of Alchemy Hall.

It was the fourth-grade pill that they had always dreamed of refining.

Unfortunately, it was impossible for them to raise their alchemy abilities because the Sword Control Sect was not a sect that specialized in the field of alchemy.

This was because no matter how much they communicated, they would at most be able to refine third-grade medicinal pills.

They would not be able to come into contact with medicinal pills beyond the fourth grade.

As for Wu Ye, he had only used a few years to reach the level of a fourth-grade alchemist.

This was also the realm that Elder Zhao of the Alchemy Hall dreamed of breaking through.

“Although a fourth-grade alchemist isn’t considered inferior, its grade is still not enough. Sigh, the time spent on alchemy is too little, and it’s a little slow.”

Wu Ye looked at the Spirit Ascension Pill in his hand and shook his head. He placed it in a jade bottle at the side and ignored it.

If Elder Zhao knew of Wu Ye’s attitude, he would definitely be so angry that he would vomit blood.

He had been refining pills for 30 years, whereas Wu Ye had only been doing it for a few years.

Moreover, Wu Ye actually looked down on fourth-grade pills. What a reckless waste of the heaven’s gift.

“It’s a pity that this pill is of little value to me. It’s tasteless, yet it’s a pity to throw it away.”

Wu Ye said regretfully.

“All these years, I’ve signed in at the Sword Control Sect and received all kinds of rewards.

“According to the classification of the cultivation world, the mainstream includes eight domains, namely pills, weapon refining, body combat techniques, spells, techniques, arrays, talismans, feng shui, and divination.”

Wu Ye mumbled to himself.

“My body has become stronger after signing in at the Sword Control Sect and swallowing all kinds of pills these years, but I haven’t made much progress in other aspects.

“If the pills are divided into nine grades, then body combat techniques will be Level 8, weapon refining will be Level 1, spells will be Level 5, arrays will be Level 2, talismans will be Level 4.

“Plus fourth-grade pills and third-grade sword techniques.”

As for feng shui and divination, he had not learned anything about these two by signing in. Technically, he knew nothing about them.

He remembered that his strongest ability was the body combating techniques.

Wu Ye was quite helpless. He was trying to become a powerful cultivator and a sword immortal.

However, the things that he had signed up for made him a witless person.

It was also thanks to the Sword Control Sect that there was no shortage of sword techniques. With his consistent training every day over the past ten years, he had made great progress.

The only regret was that he could not fly on a sword.

On the other hand, he did not deliberately practice the fist techniques, finger techniques, and palm techniques that he had signed up for. He practiced them once every few months, but his proficiency increased at an unusually fast rate.

It was as if he was born to learn these battle techniques.

His strength at the peak of the Soul Formation Realm was also stuck at a bottleneck.

Qi Refinement, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul, and Soul Formation were the initial stages of the entire cultivation system.

A Nascent Soul cultivator had a lifespan of 800 years, while a Soul Formation cultivator had a lifespan of 1,000 years.

After all these years of understanding, he learned that there were three major realms after the Soul Formation Realm, namely Cavern of Mystery, Dao Fusing, and Mahayana.

From the Soul Formation Realm to the Cavern of Mystery Realm, it was not simply a small breakthrough. It was equivalent to breaking through from the initial stage of cultivation to the intermediate stage.

He needed a large number of medicinal pills that could help him break through. He also needed some high-quality spirit materials as supplementary materials to do that.

He needed to spend a lot of time polishing it, so he could not panic right away.

He could slowly prepare. It was just the right time for him to improve all aspects of his abilities. After that, he had a thousand years to do that.

“Now, apart from the Sword Control Sect, there are top four sword sects, Beast Master Sect, and other sects in the Northern Spirit Realm. They also have other secret techniques in the eight great domains.

“Perhaps, I can master all the secret techniques of all the sects and become an all-round genius in the cultivation world by signing in!”

A bright light flashed in Wu Ye’s eyes.

Just now, he had already evaluated his strength. Although it was a little biased, it was not a big problem.

If he really could not do it, he would secretly go down the mountain and go to the top four sword sects, namely the Ten Thousand Sword Sect, the Sky Cloud Sect, the Lingxiao Palace, and the Purple Glow Mountain. He would sign in there and receive rewards.

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“Wu Ye, are you there?

“I have something to ask you. I want to increase the power of fire in the array formation in the alchemy room. Go and adjust it.”

Elder Zhao of the Alchemy Hall hurriedly descended from his sword and called out to Wu Ye’s pavilion.

However, when Wu Ye heard Elder Zhao’s voice, he did not immediately answer. Instead, he first put all the bamboo baskets and pill furnaces on the ground into his storage bag.

After all, in the eyes of those elders, he was only good at planting and some basic formations.

He did not want to expose the fact that he knew how to refine pills, which would cause a lot of unnecessary trouble.

However, he had just put away these things and cleaned up the traces of pill refinement.

Just as Wu Ye was about to reply…

A red-robed old man with a black face and messy hair, as if he had been burned by fire, barged in.

“You brat…”

Elder Zhao was just halfway through his sentence when he suddenly stopped in his tracks. His nose twitched incessantly as if a dog had smelled a bone. He continued to wander around the attic as if he was looking for something.

Finally, he came to a wooden table not far away from Wu Ye. His eyes were fixed on the jade bottle on the table, and his breathing gradually became rapid.

At the scene, Wu Ye’s head hurt a little. He was so engrossed in cleaning up the traces of the pill refinement that he forgot about the Spirit Ascension Pill.

Wu Ye had eaten too many pills in the past 20 years. In addition to staying in the herb garden, he was already used to the fresh fragrance of all kinds of spirit plants, so he was not sensitive to it.

However, as the highest level alchemist in the Sword Control Sect, Elder Zhao had always hoped to break through to become a fourth-grade alchemist one day. He was very familiar with all the third-grade pills in the sect.

However, the medicinal fragrance he smelled right now was definitely not some third-grade pill!

Elder Zhao picked up the jade bottle, held his breath, and gently unscrewed the cork on the jade bottle.

In the next moment, it was as if he had smelled immortal qi. His expression was filled with excitement and shock.

“This is… a fourth-grade pill?”

Elder Zhao’s eyes were red. Through the small hole, he stared at the Spirit Ascension Pill at the bottom of the bottle.

He hurriedly poured out the pill carefully and held it in his hand carefully, afraid that it would fall off.

He carefully observed the Spirit Ascension Pill and occasionally went up to sniff it.

“This fourth-grade pill, Spirit Ascension Pill, is of high quality. It’s a top-grade Spirit Ascension Pill!”

Elder Zhao muttered. His hands could not help but tremble, and his face grew more and more excited.

After that, he realized that the pill was still in his hand. He immediately suppressed his excitement and slowly exhaled.

He looked at the jade bottle with some dissatisfaction. Then, he turned to look at Wu Ye with a stern face. There was a look of reproach in his eyes..