First Immortal of Destiny

Chapter 139: The Appearance of the Ghost Nation Ruins

During the alchemy competition, Zhao Lingyin was forced to showcase her alchemy skills while being held up by the crowd.

With her proud personality, she didn't want to attract unnecessary attention.

Advancing further in the path of alchemy was her relentless pursuit.

However, her "fans" were too enthusiastic, and Zhao Lingyin was not good at dealing with such situations. She had no choice but to start the fire and spend more than half an hour refining a furnace of high-quality Lingdan pills.

Three pills turned out to be top-grade!

The other pills in the same furnace were also of excellent and perfect quality.

This immediately attracted the astonishment and praise of many alchemists and onlookers.

Of course, with Zhao Lingyin's alchemy attainments, she could easily refine top-quality second-grade Lingdan pills.

However, refining second-grade pills took a long time, often requiring three to four hours.

So Zhao Lingyin chose to refine the small Peiyuan pills.

Faced with the overwhelming praise, she remained calm. From the slight frown of her willow eyebrows, one could see a hint of frustration.

"I still can't compress the refining time of the small Peiyuan pills to within half an hour."

"How did that person do it?"

During this period, Zhao Lingyin had been trying to catch up to "Mo Shen's" record.

But after trying for a long time, the results were minimal!

That's why she offered a reward of two thousand spirit stones, hoping to find out Mo Shen's true identity and see who he really was.

When she heard that Ascension Pill Store had the pills he refined, she rushed over immediately.

Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned!

Not to mention Master Mo Shen, she didn't even see his disciple.

Little did she know that Shen Mo, who was wearing two layers of disguise, was among the crowd, witnessing her entire alchemy process.

"Amazing talent!"

This was Shen Mo's evaluation of Zhao Lingyin.

Whether it was her control over the medicinal materials and their properties, or her techniques during smelting, shaping, and awakening, they were all astonishingly outstanding!

Through the "Gaze Like a Torch" ability.

Shen Mo even vaguely saw an extremely vigorous and majestic vitality circulating within Zhao Lingyin.

During her alchemy, vitality surged and continuously blessed her.

Obviously, she possessed some kind of special aptitude!

Shen Mo speculated in his heart that Zhao Lingyin might have a spiritual body like Lu Ming.

"Could it be a wooden spiritual body? This kind of spiritual body is most compatible with alchemists and naturally excels in identifying medicinal herbs and spiritual fruits."

"Not to mention the incredible blessings it provides when smelting medicinal herbs and awakening and condensing pills."

"With her own diligent practice and the guidance of a fourth-grade alchemist, it's no wonder that she has reached the third-grade level before the age of twenty."

"This kind of heavenly beauty is truly worthy of the title of the number one genius in the Pill Domain!"

In Shen Mo's eyes, Zhao Lingyin's biggest shortcoming was that she didn't have a Destiny Panel.

She couldn't max out the proficiency of a certain pill like he could!

After Zhao Lingyin finished refining the small Peiyuan pills, she was escorted into the Ascension Pill Store by the alchemists, and Shen Mo squeezed out of the crowd.

This heavenly beauty who seemed to have a wooden spiritual body reminded Shen Mo of something.

To fully unleash the power of the Big Dipper Seven Star Sword Formation, he needed to collect seven kinds of extreme elements and refine them into the embryonic form of the seven Dao swords, shaping them one by one.

And the extreme essence of wood was one of them.

Unlike other cultivators, Shen Mo was not hesitant to kill evil cultivators or those filled with wickedness if they possessed a wooden spiritual body.

He would use their flesh, blood, and soul to refine the embryonic form of the Big Dipper Sword!

But Zhao Lingyin was a disciple of Wu Keqing, a fourth-grade alchemist from the Linqing Sect.

She usually stayed in the Pill Domain refining pills. Not to mention human cultivators, she might have killed several demonic beasts. She was by no means a bloodthirsty person who deserved to be killed!

It wouldn't be appropriate to use her for sword refinement!

As for other extremely valuable natural treasures that contain other profound meanings, they are not easy to find.

They basically only appear at auctions.

After fierce competition among many cultivators, an astonishingly high price was bid.

The trouble is, even the Jiyun Town auction house hasn't auctioned such treasures recently.

Shen Mo also posted a reward mission at the Steward Hall, but so far, there have been no leads.

Returning to the Dongfu of the Linjiang Sect.

Shen Mo originally wanted to continue refining pills and quickly reach full proficiency in the four types of second-grade spirit pills.

To go to the Danta Tower and reap generous rewards!

But in the evening, a long-lost beauty came to his door.

"Sister Chen, why are you here?"

Opening the door, Shen Mo was somewhat surprised to see Chen Mengze standing outside, looking lively and lovely.

Since he entered the inner sect, he hadn't seen this childhood sweetheart.

Even when he held the opening ceremony for his mansion, she was in seclusion and didn't come to the banquet.

"Here! This is a congratulatory gift for you entering the inner sect and getting second place in the New Talent Competition."

Chen Mengze took out a box of pills from her Qiankun bag, a total of two bottles of ten small Peiyuan Pills. For ordinary cultivators who have just entered the Qi Gathering Realm, this is already a generous gift.

"Thank you, Sister Chen."

Shen Mo smiled and put the box of pills into his bag.

Although he could earn a large amount of spirit stones through pill refining and talisman making, the consumption was also high.

Although these small Peiyuan Pills were only first-grade spirit pills and their quality was not perfect, they were still of excellent quality. Even a mosquito is meat, after all.

Moreover, this also represented Chen Mengze's goodwill.

"Do you have any plans to go out for training recently?" Chen Mengze asked lightly.

"Hmm?"

"Near the Ghost Corpse Sect and the Tianjian Sect, a ghost country ruin has appeared. I plan to go in for some training!"

There was a period of time in the history of the Chiyan Kingdom when it was in complete darkness.

At that time.

Ghosts and monsters were everywhere, making it a veritable ghost country on earth.

Even though it was later destroyed, there are still many relics left in the world, with ghosts, monsters, and rare treasures inside.

Occasionally, they would reappear.

It was a good place for training.

Shen Mo's heart moved slightly. The North Dipper Sword Embryo required the extreme element of darkness, which was often found in the ruins of the ghost country.

Seeing that he was interested, Chen Mengze continued, "If you want to go out for training, you can come with me. With me by your side, it will be safer."

"Sister Chen, um, Brother Guo... is he going too?"

"I don't know if he's going or not! This time, he didn't invite me." Chen Mengze felt a little annoyed, feeling frustrated that her good intentions were taken for granted.

Shen Mo was a little puzzled.

Last time, Chen Mengze invited him on a mission, but she used him as a third wheel.

This time, when going to the ruins of the ghost country, Guo Zhao was not there either.

There was no need for a third wheel!

Perhaps sensing Shen Mo's strange expression, Chen Mengze stomped her foot and said angrily, "I heard from my father that you made a Thunder Transformation Pill for him. I thought of repaying the favor and taking you out for some training."

Oh... so that's how it is!

Poor Senior Brother Guo Zhao had put in a lot of effort to obtain the main ingredient, the Azure Water Pearl, for the Thunder Transformation Pill.

As a result, Chen Mengze didn't appreciate it at all.

She straightforwardly attributed the favor of refining the Thunder Transformation Pill to Shen Mo.

But Shen Mo and Senior Brother Guo Zhao had settled their accounts.

He didn't need to continue speaking up for Senior Brother Guo Zhao and squander Chen Mengze's goodwill.

(End of this chapter)