Chapter 117: Pill Refiners’ Interaction Session (2/2)
The fatty pill refiner was infuriated, as Mo Wuji broke his concentration. But once he heard Mo Wuji’s question, the rage was replaced by shock. Eyes wide open, staring at Mo Wuji, he asked, ”You’re kidding me, you don’t even know Cauldron Lord?”
Mo Wuji frantically gave the fatty a pat, before whispering, ”Brother, I’m not involved in pill refining, so I don’t know as much as you do. Please do enlighten me.”
Hearing that Mo Wuji was not a pill refiner, and also the tone of respect that he spoke with, the fatty was rather satisfied with the explanation, ” Let me teach you, Cauldron Lord’s surname is Zhang…”
The nonsensical introduction by the fatty almost made Mo Wuji double up in laughter. Thankfully he knew that the fatty was just saying so out of respect for Cauldron Lord, hence he kept it in.
”...Because when he just arrived in this world, he had a cauldron shaped birthmark on his forehead, the number one pill sect in Tian Sheng Empire, the Heavenly Drug Sect, specially came to bring him away. At the same time, he was given the name Zhang Ding. At the age of 10, Cauldron Lord became a Tier 1 Mortal Pill Refiner. At the age of 11, he advanced to a Tier 2 Mortal Pill Refiner. At 13, he reached the level of a Tier 3 Mortal Pill Refiner. And by 14, he was a Tier 4 Earth Pill Refiner. As long as something is related to pill refining, he would pick it up after the most brief of experience. Hence in the pill refining world, everyone calls him Cauldron Lord...”
At least Mo Wuji finally understood this guy's decorated background. Indeed he had shone brightly since birth.
After the fatty completed his brief introduction, he no longer bothered with Mo Wuji, and turned his attention back at Zhang Ding's lecture on pill refining.
As someone who had a cauldron shaped birthmark, he made Mo Wuji very curious about his insights for pill refining.
”...And these are my insights to hand techniques for pill refining. Ordinary Tier 3 Mortal Spirit Pills can normally be concocted with hand techniques, and even higher quality pills can be produced. However, there's one type of pill, no matter how high your cultivation is, that cannot be concocted with hand techniques...”
Zhang Ding's words were very convincing, sucking even Mo Wuji in.
”Cauldron Lord, what kind of pill is that?” Someone immediately asked.
Zhang Ding nodded, ”That's a good question. It is the Spiritual Will pills. A pill that can condense and strengthen spiritual will.”
”Isn't spiritual will something that you can only train after forming the Spirit Yuan at the Nihility God Stage? Is this a Earth Spirit Pill?” Another person from the crowd followed up.
”What do you know? I heard that there’s a type of Tier 3 Mortal Spirit Pill called the Spiritual Will Pill, but its formula is incomplete at best.”
Pressing his hands together Zhang Ding carried on, ”What this guy just said is quite right, there’s indeed a Tier 3 Mortal Spirit Pill for spiritual will. It’s called the Spirit Strengthening Pill. Spirit Strengthening Pill’s incomplete formula can be found everywhere, but the complete formula has been lost. It is rumoured that this pill can allow those below the Nihility God Stage, and even those below the Yuan Dan Stage to condense spiritual will.”
A wave of discussion broke out among the crowd, and Zhang Ding continued, ”The Spirit Strengthening Pill can be considered one of the most valuable out of all Tier 3 Mortal Spirit Pills, possibly even one of the top three.”
Mo Wuji thought to himself, who knew the Spirit Strengthening Pill and its formula was so valuable. Luckily he did not show others the Spirit Strengthening Pill formula, otherwise, he would be in a lot of danger.
Majority of the pill refiners were disappointed, but at this point, Zhang Ding added on, ”The loss of the Spirit Strengthening Pill, not only restricts all mortal pill refiners, but also imposes a great limit on all cultivators below the Nihility God Stage. A cultivator with spiritual will and one who does not are on completely different levels. I’ve heard that in the Five Elements Desolate Domain of the past, cultivators below the Nihility God Stage could train their spiritual will. As we can see, if we were to compare cultivators from both areas, those of the Lost Continent are extremely far behind.”
Following Zhang Ding’s words was a flurry of activity and discussions. Some people even agitatedly declared that they would find the Spirit Strengthening Pill and contribute to the Lost Continent. This went on for a while, then Zhang Ding used his hands to signal the crowd to quieten down, before raising his voice and declaring in a passionate tone, ”To make up for the incomplete Spirit Strengthening Pill, I have finally created a pill that can strengthen your hidden spiritual will after many years of research. This pill might not be able to allow you to train spiritual will like the Spirit Strengthening Pill, but with long term use, you will be able to unknowingly raise the level of your hidden spiritual will…”
Clap Clap Clap Clap
A round of applause rang out throughout the hall, after which people began asking what the name of this pill was.
”Cauldron Lord, you are the most talented pill refiner of the younger generation in the Lost Continent, and also the young pill refiner that has made the most contributions to us cultivators.”
”That’s right, if it weren’t for Cauldron Lord researching on this pill, he could have been a Tier 5 Earth Pill Refiner by now.”
…
Wave after wave of noise was produced by the overly excited crowd, and various pill refiners were becoming more and more excited.
Zhang Ding gestured to the crowd to quieten down once again, ”What a pity. If we are to discuss about the most talented pill refiner of the younger generation, I believe that it should be senior apprentice sister Muying from Heaven Seeking Palace. She’s the role model for my generation, someone who has made real contributions to all…”
”You’re still wrong, the pill refiner who has contributed the most is neither you nor me.” A crisp and cold voice came from the door, interrupting Zhang Ding abruptly.