Chapter 179: Dan Heart

Seeing this scene, Su Jingzhen’s heart suddenly shook.He had exchanged a Black Mountain furnace from Feng Qingya because the ordinary furnace affected his success rate in refining pills.

But now, Dantai Mingjing wanted them to use an even more ordinary pill furnace.

And it was for refining a third-grade pill medicine, which would only lower the success rate even further.

Before Su Jingzhen and the others could ask, Dantai Mingjing smiled and said, “Not only now, but even at the Alchemy Conference, I will require you to use these two pill furnaces. Unless it’s the final, most critical moment.”

Hearing this, Su Jingzhen’s heart skipped another beat.

But before Su Jingzhen could say anything, Feng Qingya’s expression suddenly changed: “Senior, as the saying goes, a good horse deserves a good saddle.”

“An alchemist’s pill furnace is like their left and right arms, and the higher the quality, the better the pill medicine produced.”

“Using these two dan furnaces, the two of them are essentially crippling themselves. With time already so limited, even if we use them to practice, it’s unlikely we’ll make it in time.”

“Moreover, there will be many hidden dragons and tigers among the participants at the Alchemist Conference. I’m worried…”

As Feng Qingya spoke, Su Jingzhen and Xuening also looked at Dantai Mingjing.

They, of course, knew that Dantai Mingjing’s intention was to temper them.

After all, if they could refine high-quality dan medicine with low-grade pill furnaces, then switching to high-grade pill furnaces would only increase their chances of success. This was also a method used by many alchemists to improve their skills.

However, that was a long-term plan, not something that could be achieved in just three to five days.

In Su Jingzhen’s view, they should use the highest-quality pill furnaces within these three days.

Let the two of them adapt to their respective pill furnaces and coordination methods.

After all, three days was too short, and they were essentially making do with what they had.

Seeing the same doubts in Su Jingzhen’s eyes, Dantai Mingjing’s mouth curved into a smile again.

“I know what you’re thinking. If this were a normal situation, I would naturally let you use the best pill furnaces. But you two are not ordinary people.”

Not ordinary people, and therefore, they couldn’t use ordinary methods.

His words caused the entire room to fall silent again.

Dantai Mingjing didn’t keep them in suspense, continuing, “In fact, this decision was made after careful consideration. Using the simplest pill furnace, relying on your own skills, will allow you to touch the essence of pill-making more easily! You should know that among alchemists, there is another level of realm beyond just pill quality?”

As soon as Dantai Mingjing said this, Su Jingzhen and Xuening furrowed their brows again, while Feng Qingya seemed to be deep in thought.

Suddenly, Feng Qingya’s expression changed as if she had thought of something. “Senior, you’re talking about Dan Heart, aren’t you?”

Although she wasn’t an alchemist, her experience was unmatched by Su Jingzhen and the others.

Dantai Mingjing smiled and nodded. “That’s right, Dan Heart! I hope you two can sense the existence of Dan Heart within these three days.”

“I don’t expect you to directly condense Dan Heart, but if you can sense it, your chances of winning the Alchemy Conference will increase by at least 30% to 40%! And when you’re refining the pill, I’ll guide you on how to sense it.” Seaʀᴄh the ηovelFire .net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

Hearing this, Feng Qingya and the others were shocked again.

But the most astonished one was Xuening. She looked at Dantai Mingjing with a puzzled expression.

“Grandfather, what is this Dan Heart realm? You’ve never mentioned it to me before.”

Even though she had been following Dantai Mingjing since she was young, she had never heard of this term.

Over the years, Dantai Mingjing had only taught her the most basic pill-making methods. Even when personally guiding her, he rarely explained things in detail, mostly letting her figure things out on her own.

Dantai Mingjing smiled again. “I was planning to tell you about this when you could refine fourth-grade pill medicine. By then, you should be able to understand Dan Heart more easily.”

After briefly explaining, he continued, “Not just in the entire cultivation world, but even in Qingzhou, there are countless cultivators with wood-attribute spiritual roots.”

“However, not all wood-attribute spiritual roots owners can become pill-making masters. Even if they have heavenly wood-attribute spiritual roots, if they don’t have the talent for dan-making, they can’t become pill-making masters.”

“Forcing themselves to practice might allow them to achieve a low-grade pill, but they won’t go far in this path. The profession of pill-making master is basically determined by heaven’s will, and it’s rare because of this.”

These were basic common sense, even Su Jingzhen, a small-time cultivator, knew about.

After all, when he tried to refine the pill previously, he knew that the original owner was a pill-making master. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have attempted to refine pill in the mountains.

But he didn’t know why Dantai Mingjing was deliberately mentioning this now.

However, they didn’t interrupt, and Dantai Mingjing continued, “To be blunt, you two are the most talented young people I’ve seen in my many years of life. As for who’s better between the two of you, time will tell. Although people often say that talent doesn’t determine everything, it does determine whether one can condense Dan Heart!”

When Dantai Mingjing said this, Feng Qingya was the most shocked.

It was known that Dantai Mingjing had reached the peak of sixth-grade pill-making, and in his prime, he was one of the top pill-making masters in Qingzhou.

For him to praise Su Jingzhen and Xuening so highly, it was clear that their talent was exceptional.

Feng Qingya suddenly realized that she had underestimated Su Jingzhen once again.

She also realized that being sent to Linjiang City and meeting Su Jingzhen might be fate, and that her luck was changing for the better!

【Emotional Connection+4】

【Remaining usable points: 116】

At this point, even though it was through others’ praise of Su Jingzhen, Feng Qingya had already triggered the points.

At this time, he himself was a little shocked and a little excited.

He hadn’t expected Dantai Mingjing’s judgment of him to be so high.

“Originally, sensing Dan Heart didn’t require such urgency, and delaying it might increase the success rate. However, since this concerns Miss Feng’s fate, we must take the risk. Do you understand?”

Su Jingzhen and Xuening nodded seriously.

Dantai Mingjing’s explanation was clear enough.

In fact, given his identity and status, if he had forced them to do it, Su Jingzhen and Xuening would have complied.

But he had given them an explanation, which showed that he valued them.

However, Su Jingzhen asked again, “Senior, even so, is it not too high to start with a third-grade pill medicine?”