Chapter 0950: Joining Hands with Jian Sanshan
Hearing Jian Sanshanâs admission, Chi Zimin was even more shocked. Who didnât know about Jian Sanshanâs fame in the Grand Essence Realm? The Harmonious Heavenly Pill that Jian Sanshan developed was almost equivalent to a dao pill. A single Harmonious Heavenly Pill could give a Dao Transformation Holy Emperor a 20% higher chance of breaking out of Dao Confirmingâs first step and entering the Dao Essence Realm.
However, some reports said that the Harmonious Heavenly Pill wasnât perfect and had significant side effects. Rumours also stated that any Holy Emperor who used the Harmonious Heavenly Pill to advance to the Dao Essence Realm would forever stop at the Dao Essence Realm.
Regardless of the rumours, Jian Sanshanâs reputation resounded throughout the Grand Essence Domain. It was also no secret that many Holy Emperors had asked him for the Harmonious Heavenly Pill. However, those who could get Jian Sanshan to refine the pills were very few and far between. Asking Jian Sanshan to refine a pill was as tricky as climbing three mountains with no end in sight. The reason why Jian Sanshan was called âThree Mountains[1]â.
âThree Mountains?â Ning Cheng repeated. He hadnât been in the Grand Essence Realm for long and had spent most of his time either cultivating or fleeing, so how could he know anything about Three Mountains?
Seeing that Ning Cheng didnât even know about Jian Sanshan, Chi Zimin hurriedly transmitted his voice to Ning Cheng. He told him about Jian Sanshan before bowing to Jian Sanshan, âThunder River Chi Clanâs Chi Zimin greets Senior Jian.â
Jian Sanshan nodded to Chi Zimin and then turned his gaze towards Ning Cheng with a slight smile at the corners of his mouth.
No matter what pills Jian Sanshan could refine, Ning Cheng wasnât interested. He was just about to leave when he heard Jian Sanshan speak. âIf Iâm not mistaken, your senior apprentice sister must have undergone spiritual enhancement in the past before shattering her foundation. You should already know that healing such a condition is an almost impossible matter, especially after oneâs spiritual roots or foundation had already shattered once before. If she had cultivated a bit carefully, she could have ascended to a supreme height in the future. AlasâŠâŠâ\nNing Cheng himself was a Dao Sculpting Pill Deity, so he immediately understood that Jian Sanshan had a much better insight than him. He didnât care about this Harmonious Heavenly Pill, but he felt very concerned about Yan Jiâs situation.
âIâm Ning Cheng, and I would like to ask Brother Jian to explain it to me.â Ning Cheng immediately stopped and spoke.
Jian Sanshan didnât beat around the bush and stated it directly. âAfter your senior apprentice sister repaired her foundation, I donât know why but she only absorbed spirit aura dregs. After experiencing spiritual enhancement and repairing her foundation, she should have cultivated by absorbing spirit aura, and it would have produced the best effectsâŠ..â
Ning Cheng felt shocked at those words. In an instant, he understood what had happened. Ning Cheng had been on Yan Jiâs back for several years. However, his essence spirit had felt a foreign and rich spirit aura scouring his body from time to time. His body couldnât absorb spirit aura on its own, which meant that it was absorbed by Yan Ji and somehow got transferred to him.
In other words, the essence of the spirit aura that Yan Ji had absorbed got absorbed by him., while the remaining dregs got absorbed by Yan Ji. After understanding this, Ning Cheng felt even more guilty.
âWith her foundation repaired, the most important thing for her should have been to absorb pure spirit aura to stabilise her foundation. Instead, she did the opposite, absorbing spirit aura dregs. Her repaired foundation ended up assimilating these dregs and filling up its gaps using those dregs. Although it allowed her cultivation level to advance by a level or two, she had, in fact, damaged her repaired foundation for the second time. An injury of such proportions is like water breaking through an already disintegrating dike, something almost impossible to recover from. I will be frank with you here; itâs pretty much the end of the line for her.â Speaking till here, Jian Sanshan shook his head with a sympathetic expression.\nNing Chengâs mood immediately crashed, as if someone had plunged him into an icy cave. He didnât even question Jian Sanshanâs evaluation and knew that Jian Sanshanâs knowledge surpassed his, at least in this regard.
Seeing Ning Chengâs dumbfounded silence, Jian Sanshan spoke up once again. âNot all hope is lost though; I heard that the Great Spirit Pill Sect has a dao fruit called the Five-elements Heavenly Fruit. Itâs primarily used to comprehend five elementsâ spirit techniques by refining them into corresponding spirit pills. However, the Five-elements Heavenly Fruit also has another function: it can be taken directly to awaken a personâs slumbering spirit. In other words, this dao fruit can awaken your senior apprentice sister. However, it will only wake her up, not heal her or bring back her ability to cultivate in any way.â
âMany thanks, Brother Jian, for pointing it out.â Ning Cheng bowed. Jian Sanshanâs information was indeed crucial to him right now.
Jian Sanshan also returned the gesture with respect and said, âItâs just a mere trifle. However, I also want to remind Brother Ning that if you go to the Great Spirit Pill Sect like this, Iâm afraid that you will not get the Five-elements Heavenly Fruit. Each and every one of those dao fruits is very important to the Great Spirit Pill Sect. Therefore, they will not casually be handed over to outsiders.â
Ning Cheng fell silent. He understood that even if he had become a Dao Sculpting Holy Emperor, he was âjustâ a Dao Sculpting Pill Deity. Ning Cheng still couldnât compete with the full might of many of the large sects in the Grand Essence Realm. In a head-on disagreement, he could potentially escape from a Dao Essence Holy Emperor using some posturing. But if the force behind that Holy Emperor called his bluff, he might not be able to escape unscathed, especially not with Yan Ji.\nâFortunately, I have a way to help Brother Ning reach the Great Spirit Pill Sectâs alchemy masters. However, if you want to exchange for the Five-elements Heavenly Fruit, it would have to depend on Brother Ningâs means.â
After Jian Sanshan finished speaking, he didnât wait for Ning Cheng to speak and continued. âThat friend of yours also spoke about attending the Grand Essence Domainâs Alchemy Discourse. I would also recommend attending it as people from the Great Spirit Pill Sect would definitely be at the Alchemy Discourse. In other words, Brother Ning, you will have a much better chance of striking a deal with them at the discourse.â
Ning Cheng understood that Jian Sanshan wouldnât help him for no reason. So he looked at Jian Sanshan and spoke straight to the point, âBrother Jian. Iâm not qualified to participate in this discourse; also, Iâm quite lacking in alchemy. So how do you expect me to participate in the Alchemy Discourse?â
Jian Sanshan showed a faint smile. âIf Brother Ningâs alchemical talent was so poor, you wouldnât have obtained the famous No Furnace and that pill flame. To be able to find the central refining point of No Furnace and put it away in such a short time, you need to be at least a Dao Sculpting Pill Deity.â
Ning Chengâs eyebrows twitched a little, and his tone turned calm, âBrother Jian is a Dao Transformation Pill Deity. So even if I refined No Furnace a step before you, I believe that Brother Jian obtained a harvest at least comparable to mine.â
Ning Cheng had thought of this matter for a long time. That pill sageâs heritage wouldnât just be the No Furnace and the Nameless Flame and would definitely involve more than those things. Moreover, this Dao Transformation Pill Deity had also sensed the focal refining point of No Furnace. But he didnât have the time to rush over and refine it, which meant that he must have found something of equivalent value or better.\nJian Sanshan replied with an equally calm tone, âItâs just a matter of fate for each person. Besides, you might not want what I obtained even if I gave it to you, but itâs incredibly vital to me. As for the pill furnace and the pill flame, I donât need them as Iâm not used to changing whatâs mine. All in all, everyone gets what everyone requires.â
After briefly unveiling the opportunity he just mentioned, Jian Sanshanâs tone turned somewhat cautious. âThe preliminary round for this Alchemy Discourse requires a two-person team. However, only those with the status of Pill Emperors and above can participate. Iâve always been alone and never got the chance to partner up with any of my peers. So I feel that it would be most appropriate to team up with Brother Ning. Therefore, if Brother Ning is willing, we can form a team to participate in the preliminary round. I believe that with Brother Ning Chengâs attainments in alchemy, you can definitely obtain at least a Pill Emperorâs status card.â
Only then did Ning Cheng understand what Jian Sanshan wanted. He replied with a faint smile, âBrother Jian feels so highly about me, but Iâm still curious to know why Brother Jian chose me. Also, I had already mentioned that I killed Man Jiuren. So, does Brother Jian still want to team up with me while risking offending Man Huishan?â
Jian Sanshan laughed, âMaybe it was because Brother Ning obtained the No Furnace and the pill flame. Or the fact that Brother Ning didnât kill everyone inside the No Furnace after obtaining them. Those two things alone tell me that Brother Ning has high attainment in alchemy and is also a trustworthy character. As for Man Huishan, hehe, itâs not like I went and messed with his Barbarian Dragon Clan. Plus, I believe that even if he saw us together, he wouldnât do anything to me. As for how he treats Brother Ning, thatâs between you and him.â\nJian Sanshan was very straightforward in what he said. Although Ning Cheng guessed that the reason wasnât the primary one, he still felt satisfied. He nodded and said, âGood, in that case, I will go with Brother Jian to this Alchemy Discourse.â
He had a Tier 8 Pill Emperorâs identity tag on him, but it belonged to Ji He. Fortunately, they only cared about having an identity tag for the Alchemy Discourse, so it didnât matter who it belonged to.
When the two talked about cooperation, Chi Zimin respectfully offered Ning Cheng and Jian Sanshan a goodbye and left.
The Alchemy Discourse took place in the Heaven Essence Sacred City, the number one sacred city within the Grand Essence Domain. Therefore, after reaching an agreement with Ning Cheng, Jian Sanshan took out an airship. Boarding the airship, they then flew towards Heaven Essence Sacred City.
Ning Cheng had been to the Heaven Essence Sacred City once before during the Grand Essence Great Meet that was also held there. It was also in that city that he had given ten bottles of Empyrean Consciousness Transmutation Pill to Star Stepping Towerâs master in exchange for protection against Man Huishan.
Of course, Ning Cheng didnât think that he spent the ten bottles of Empyrean Consciousness Transmutation Pills in vain. If it wasnât for the Star Stepping Tower Masterâs promise, he couldnât have completed the spirit essence transformation in the Extraterritorial Spirit Spring. He also wouldnât have comprehended the Law Break Spirit Technique or successfully stepped into the Dao Sculpting Realm.
Now that he had a Dao Sculpting cultivation and a powerful spirit technique, he didnât have to disguise himself when going to the Heaven Essence Sacred City. Not to mention that Man Huishan might not have even come out yet; even if Man Huishan did come out, he wouldnât dare do anything to him. But, taking a step back, even if Man Huishan were to do something to him, he wasnât afraid.\nHe could already escape from Man Huishanâs pursuit as an Eternal cultivator. But now, he was more than a thousand times stronger than he had been in the Eternal Realm.
âBrother Ning, if Iâm not wrong, you should be Ji He, right? I heard that Dragon Emperor Man Huishan had chased you into the Land of Broken Laws and hasnât come out even now.â Jian Sanshan and Ning Cheng stood side by side on the prow of the airship and spoke with a smile.
Man Huishan had long known that he, Ning Cheng, was Ji He. So now, when Jian Sanshan asked about it, Ning Cheng didnât hide it and admitted it directly. âThatâs right, I am Ji He.â
âThen, the Empyrean Consciousness Transmutation Pills also came from you?â Jian Sanshan spoke with a slightly excited tone.
Ning Cheng also directly admitted, âYes, the Empyrean Consciousness Transmutation Pill came out of research by me and another pill sage. Once we go through the preliminary round, I will give that formula to Brother Jian.â
âMany thanks, Brother Ning. But I canât accept such a precious pill recipe.â Jian Sanshan knew that he couldnât accept it, but he also couldnât refuse the temptation.
What kind of medicinal pill was the Empyrean Consciousness Transmutation Pill? It was a supreme spirit pill for expanding the Sea of Consciousness and cultivating spiritual consciousness. He couldnât find an excuse even if he wanted to refuse such a medicinal pill. He wasnât yet a person who had transcended everything. As for why Ning Cheng wanted to wait until after the preliminary round and then give him the pill recipe, Jian Sanshan also understood it very well.
Ning Cheng wanted to use this pill recipe to exchange with the Great Spirit Pill Sect for the Five-elements Heavenly Fruit. It would indeed be an excellent bargain for the Great Spirit Pill Sect.\nNing Cheng nodded with a smile but didnât say anything. What kind of a person was Jian Sanshan? A Dao Transformation Pill Deity. If someone said this Dao Transformation Pill Deity willingly brought him to the Alchemy Discourse because of his âtrustworthyâ character, even Ning Cheng wouldnât believe it.
Now that Jian Sanshan talked about the Empyrean Consciousness Transmutation Pill, how could Ning Cheng not know what the other party meant? Perhaps to Jian Sanshan, all he needed was a few Empyrean Consciousness Transmutation Pills. So Ning Cheng might as well be âgenerousâ and give the recipe to him directly. In any case, without Divine Chalcedony, the Empyrean Consciousness Transmutation Pillâs recipe was nothing but a piece of waste paper.
[1] Sanshan = Three Mountains. Itâs both the name and the title of Jian Sanshan.\n
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