The Mortal's Path to Immortality

Cao Rui waved his hand.

The thousand paper cranes turned into a stream of light and automatically jumped into Cao Rui's hands.

Cao Rui slightly gathered his magic power to activate the thousand paper cranes. A male voice came from inside: "Uncle Cao, nephew Zhang Chenyi, please receive the message and be sure to go to the Alchemy Institute for a chat!"

Cao Rui listened carefully to the voice in the thousand paper cranes, and his face turned slightly pale.

According to the time information left on the thousand paper cranes, this message was sent a month ago.

Cao Rui thought to himself: "Let me go to the Alchemy Institute? Could it be that Han Yuansheng had an accident?"

Cao Rui couldn't help but frowned.

Speaking of which, Han Yuansheng has been out for almost half a day.

During this time, he has not sent any news back, as if he has evaporated from the world.

Cao Rui has no direct connection with the Alchemy Institute. Now that he suddenly received such news, Cao Rui will inevitably pull it to Han Yuansheng.

Cao Rui sighed softly and decided to go to the Alchemy Institute immediately to find out the situation.

In any case, he had to find out what happened and understand Han Yuansheng's situation.

The Alchemy Court was set up on the main peak, which was on the way.

Cao Rui walked out of the cultivation cave and called Hei Yu.

During the four months of Cao Rui's retreat, Hei Yu had been obedient in the courtyard in front of the cave, only occasionally going out to hunt.

After not seeing Cao Rui for a month, Hei Yu seemed to miss Cao Rui very much. After seeing Cao Rui, he stuck his head out and kept rubbing Cao Rui's face intimately.

But this guy's wings were very hard. Cao Rui was rubbed several times, so he stopped it from doing so and pushed it away.

Cao Rui took out the Huanglong Pill that was rarely successfully refined once when he refined Huanglong Pill twenty times before, and fed it all to Hei Yu.

The first-level pill was in his mouth, and the rich medicinal power turned into spiritual power, which made Hei Yu cry excitedly.

Use the first-level spiritual pill to feed the spirit beast in the Qi Refining Period.

Only Cao Rui, an alchemist, would be so extravagant.

Cao Rui jumped onto Hei Yu's back, patted Hei Yu's head, and whispered: "Let's go to the main peak."

Hei Yu spread his wings, and his wingspan has reached an exaggerated ten meters.

Hei Yu turned into a black eagle and flew towards the main peak.

After reaching the main peak, Hei Yu cried and reluctantly got into the beast bag.

Cao Rui went up the steps and came to the Alchemy Courtyard on the right side of the Internal Affairs Hall.

The Alchemy Courtyard is one of the important departments of the Spirit Beast Sect, and its importance is not to be underestimated.

There is an elder deacon and two ordinary deacons here.

And Zhang Chenyi, who sent a message to Cao Rui to come to the Alchemy Courtyard this time, is one of these two ordinary deacons.

The layout of the Alchemy Courtyard is also quite unique.

The first thing that comes into view is the front yard, which is specially used to receive inner and outer disciples.

These disciples can come here regularly to collect the required fasting pills according to the regulations.

After passing through the front yard, they came to the middle yard.

The middle yard is the core area of ​​the Alchemy Institute, where alchemy rooms are set up for the disciples of the Alchemy Institute to refine various pills.

Finally, there is the back yard, which is where the disciples of the Alchemy Institute rest.

"Hello, uncle, what are you doing in the Alchemy Institute?"

A disciple of the Alchemy Institute recognized Cao Rui's seniority and came over to ask.

This Alchemy Institute disciple also wore blue inner disciple clothing.

But the difference is that in addition to the mark of the Spirit Beast Sect, there is also a pill furnace mark on his chest.

This is the mark of the disciples of the Spirit Beast Sect Alchemy Institute.

"I am Cao Rui, and Zhang Chenyi asked me to come here." Cao Rui said softly.

"Huh? So you are Uncle Cao!" This Alchemy Institute disciple seemed to have heard of Cao Rui's name.

It should be that Zhang Chenyi had previously explained Cao Rui's information in advance.

"Uncle Cao, please follow me. The deacons are in the middle courtyard." After learning Cao Rui's identity, the Alchemy Academy disciple took Cao Rui directly to the middle courtyard.

Cao Rui thought for a moment, but followed him.

The middle courtyard of the Alchemy Academy is decorated in an antique style, with alchemy rooms on both sides. It can be noticed that there are many disciples who are committed to becoming alchemists in the alchemy rooms, refining pills.

This is the core area of ​​the Alchemy Academy - the middle courtyard.

In a spacious and bright hall in the middle courtyard, the atmosphere is solemn, and Su Zimo, the elder deacon of the Alchemy Academy, frowns.

At this moment, Zhang Chenyi and another female deacon also stood aside with a serious face.

At this time, Cao Rui followed the disciples of the Alchemy Academy and walked slowly into the hall.

"Elder Su, two deacons, Uncle Han is here!" The disciples of the Alchemy Academy shouted from a distance.

Hearing the voice, the three people's eyes immediately turned to the door.

Su Zimo and the female deacon were puzzled.

Zhang Chenyi, on the other hand, saw Cao Rui and showed a look of joy on his face. He walked forward with great strides: "Uncle Cao, you finally came out of retreat!"

It turned out that this time it was Zhang Chenyi who invited Cao Rui on his own initiative.

Zhang Chenyi had personally gone to Chaori Peak to look for Cao Rui before, but found that there was a sign of retreat outside Cao Rui's cultivation cave, so he didn't dare to disturb him easily.

In the end, he had to leave a paper crane and wait for Cao Rui to contact him after coming out of retreat.

"What happened?" Cao Rui looked at Zhang Chenyi with joy on his face. It seemed that what happened should have nothing to do with Han Yuansheng.

Cao Rui cast his puzzled eyes at Elder Su and the female deacon not far away.

Zhang Chenyi hurriedly pulled Cao Rui towards Elder Su and the female deacon, and said: "Uncle Cao, please follow me, this way."

Coming closer, Zhang Chenyi introduced: "This is our alchemy academy elder steward, Elder Su Zimo, and this is the disciple steward Bai Mengli."

"Elder, Mengli, this is Uncle Cao Rui I mentioned. The previous batches of the Bigu Pills obtained from Senior Brother Han were made by Uncle Cao Rui on behalf of Senior Brother Han."

"I think Uncle Han's alchemy skills are no less than Senior Brother Han's, but he is just low-key."

"Now that Senior Brother Han is not in the sect, the only one who can quickly try to analyze it should be Uncle Cao!"

Zhang Chenyi flattered Cao Rui, and Cao Rui's old face blushed slightly.

Although his alchemy skills are improving rapidly, you are a bit too much.

Su Zimo looked at Cao Rui after hearing this. Since Zhang Chenyi praised Cao Rui so much, whether it succeeds or not, it seems that the only hope is on Cao Rui.

It has been a month, and there is no news about Han Yuansheng.

Su Zimo said bluntly: "Junior Brother Cao, the sect has just obtained a 0-level pill recipe, but the recipe is incomplete and lacks some of the refining techniques."

"Do you have a way to refine it?"

Su Zimo, a master in the foundation-building stage, is over 100 years old and is the 100th generation disciple of the Spirit Beast Sect. In terms of seniority, Cao Rui has to call him uncle, and it is completely fine for him to call Cao Rui nephew.

Although Su Zimo is not proficient in alchemy, he is more than enough to manage the Alchemy Institute with his cultivation.

"So that's what happened. It seems that it has nothing to do with Han Yuansheng." Cao Rui breathed a sigh of relief.

"Incomplete recipe?"

Cao Rui's heart moved. The 0-level pill recipe that the sect valued should have very good effects.

"I need to see the pill recipe." Cao Rui said cautiously.

Su Zimo made a slight gesture to Bai Mengli. Although the female deacon was somewhat skeptical of Cao Rui's alchemy recipe that suddenly appeared, she still took out the incomplete recipe and handed it over.

Cao Rui took the incomplete recipe and read it at a glance.

"The effect of the 0-level cultivation pill [Qingshuang Pill] is 20% stronger than the Lingyuan Pill, but the success rate is 10% less?"

"This is a strategic 0-level pill recipe that can change the grassroots of the sect. No wonder the elders of the alchemy institute and even the entire sect are eager to refine it."

"Although some of the refining techniques are missing, I should be able to accumulate enough experience points with the experience pill. As long as you come to the sect, everything will be fine."

Cao Rui made a mental calculation and nodded slightly: "I can give it a try."