Chapter 1331: Examination of the Divine Alchemy Hall
The ancient castle was like a huge beast, exuding a desolate atmosphere. When Long Chen and Zhao Xiang entered the gate of the castle, they did not accept the interrogation. Zhao Xiang said hello to the strong man guarding the gate and took Long Chen in.
Within the city.
After entering the city, Long Chen discovered that the entire castle was actually blessed by a huge formation. The spiritual energy in the city was several times richer than outside. This made Long Chen have to marvel at Dangu's handiwork.
After entering the city, Long Chen found that this place, which was regarded as a holy place for alchemy cultivation, was extremely lively. Along the way, Long Chen saw many young disciples walking around on the road, but they were walking in a hurry, and almost no one paid any attention to them.
What surprised Long Chen the most was that these disciples were extremely young, some were even said to be young, some looked to be only sixteen or seventeen years old, and their cultivation level was only at the level of Tongmai.
"Our Alchemy Valley focuses on alchemy rather than cultivation. The younger the disciples are, the greater their potential can be tapped. And if their cultivation is low, the space for the expansion of their soul power will be greater.
So it is not surprising to see these young disciples, but the competition among our Alchemy Valley disciples is extremely fierce, and those who can enter the Alchemy Valley are called alchemy geniuses.
But here, geniuses overflow and become ordinary people. Geniuses all have dignity and are used to being high up, being held up, looked up to, and worshiped by others.
So the geniuses are practicing hard when they get here, and there is no need to supervise them at all. You see, even if they are acquaintances, they just nod and basically don't speak.
Because they feel that talking is a waste of time and they want to spend all their time on practice." Zhao Xiang explained to Long Chen.
"Good guy, do you want to work so hard?" Long Chen was stunned and didn't even want to waste the time to say a word. This is too hard.
Long Chen felt that he was hardworking enough, but compared with them, he was simply too lazy to die.
"Hey, you can't do it without fighting. Sometimes vanity is the driving force for people to make progress.
Everyone wants to stand on top of others, look down on the crowd, and dominate, and no one wants to be stepped on by others.
In the Alchemy Valley, the art of alchemy is everything. As long as your alchemy art is strong enough, you can have whatever you want. Moreover, our alchemy cultivators take a different route from ordinary practitioners. We don’t need to guard our bodies like jade. As long as you, Long Chen, are strong enough,
No matter how many resources you need, how many beauties there are, they will flock to you without you taking the initiative, hehe, you know!" Zhao Xiang chuckled and winked at Long Chen.
Let me go, the benefits are so good? The alchemy practice is so comfortable. There is no need to reboot. This is so cool.
Normal practitioners, after entering the innate realm, can theoretically give birth to offspring without destroying their spiritual roots and stagnating their cultivation.
However, most practitioners, even after entering the innate realm, will not choose to reproduce, because the higher the realm of the parents, the higher the purity of the spiritual blood. The children born will inherit the power of the parents' blood and become geniuses.
The probability is higher.
Therefore, most practitioners will only consider finding a partner to reproduce when their cultivation reaches its peak.
Therefore, most male cultivators will find one or more dual cultivators after the innate realm, but will not choose to reproduce.
There is no problem for male practitioners to find a Taoist partner, but female practitioners usually will not choose a Taoist partner unless they have to.
This involves a mentality problem. Male cultivators usually regard beautiful women as wealth to satisfy their desire to conquer, but there are not many real emotions.
Female cultivators are different. Once they lose their virginity, their Taoist minds will be greatly affected. They usually practice dual cultivation with someone because they fall in love with him.
This is different from the attitude of male practitioners. If we talk about the difference, it is that male practitioners focus on their kidneys and female practitioners focus on their hearts.
Once a female cultivator falls in love with a man, her state of mind changes drastically. Especially after she loses her virginity, her state of mind will become chaotic for a period of time.
Cultivation is about sailing against the current. If you don't advance, you will retreat. Therefore, dual cultivation has little impact on male practitioners, but has a great impact on female practitioners.
Unless the female cultivator has never loved this man at all and is just relying on her beauty to exchange for the same benefits as the man, then that is another matter.
It's just that in the world of spiritual practice, this kind of thing is relatively rare. For female cultivators, this kind of sacrifice is too great, and the rewards they can get may not be worth their losses.
However, alchemy is an independent practitioner, and female practitioners do not need to be bound in this regard. As long as they have enough talent and understanding, they do not need to keep their minds clear at all.
Therefore, Dangu does not prohibit emotional issues between disciples. Zhao Xiang even hinted at Long Chen and gave him motivation to move forward. After all, men are animals with kidneys.
Along the way, Zhao Xiang and Long Chen introduced some of the rules and taboos of the Alchemy Valley, which were basically the same as those of other sects.
Soon, a majestic building appeared in front, which was the Danli Department. This place was responsible for all the chores in the Dan Valley, including the registration of disciples.
With Zhao Xiang leading the way, the process was very simple. You only needed to submit the nameplate, and then Zhao Xiang took care of the rest, and the procedures were completed quickly.
After completing the formalities, Long Chen received a new nameplate, which was a disciple's nameplate.
"This disciple nameplate is the nameplate of the inner disciples. It is of no use. It is just a formality.
Your goal is to enter the Shendan Hall, where elite disciples practice and enjoy treatment that is hundreds of times better than that of inner disciples.
There are millions of disciples from the outer sect of the Alchemy Valley, more than 80,000 disciples from the inner sect, and only 3,000 disciples from the Shendan Hall.
And this number of people is always the same. In other words, if you can enter the Divine Pill Hall, then the people who were originally ranked lower in the Divine Pill Hall will be squeezed out by you.
I took a look and saw that there are still ten days left before the next inner sect disciples compete in the Shendan Hall Qualifying Competition.
This competition assessment is conducted every two months. Inner disciples and the top one thousand people are eligible to participate.
According to what I mean, I want you to participate in the next competition, but what the protector means is that time is tight, and only by entering the Shendan Hall can you get the best training.
You are just an inner disciple now, and the protector can not get many resources for you. After all, there are those old-fashioned guys who are watching too closely.
But if you enter the Shendan Hall, it will be different. We will support you with some precious resources, and they will not dare to say anything."
"Well, I understand that the protector has good intentions, and the disciple understands. By the way, Elder Zhao, I heard that there is a second volume of the Brahma Sutra? I wonder if the disciple has a chance to practice." Long Chen asked.
"This... I'm afraid it's a little difficult. The first part of the Brahma Sutra can be practiced by any disciple, and it's not considered top secret.
But the second part of the Brahma Sutra requires a certain status to practice, and usually only strong people with the qualifications of tower masters can practice." Zhao Xiang shook his head, because even he is not qualified to practice the second part of the Brahma Sutra.
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"Is that so? Then the disciple can't practice?" Long Chen couldn't help but look disappointed. He came here just for the second part of the Brahma Sutra. The disciple won't practice it. Damn, isn't this nonsense?
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"Actually, you don't have to be disappointed. Disciples can also learn from it. The main thing is to see if you are amazing enough. If you are really amazing enough, I believe that the Lord Protector will definitely help you fight for it." Zhao Xiang hurriedly comforted him.
Afraid that Long Chen would lose motivation.
In the following days, Long Chen spent time in a secret room. In the secret room, there were thousands of jade signs that were several people tall.
Each jade stick is an alchemy classic, recording various alchemy theories, summaries of failures, and some ideas, all of which are valuable experiences left by the predecessors and sages who have spent their entire lives refining alchemy.
"Idiot, if you've seen this too much, I'm afraid you won't even know how to practice elixirs!"
Long Chen was locked in a secret room alone to learn these things, because it was related to the theoretical competition to enter the Shendan Hall.
Because the competition in the Shendan Hall is divided into two parts: theory and practice. You not only need to be able to make alchemy, but you also need to explain why it is done.
But these things in front of me are all opinions of benevolence and wisdom. What everyone talks about is personal experience. They really don't have much alchemy skills, and some of their theories are also very novel and unique.
But those things are only in line with their tastes and preferences. It's like everyone is learning painting, and I'm learning landscape painting. You want me to look at those pictures of beautiful women and get embarrassed?
The most hateful thing is that you have to write down your thoughts and experiences after watching it. Otherwise, even if you have learned a different way, you will not be able to pass the test. Is this so damn sick?
If I want to learn how to cook roast chicken, I need to know where the chicken comes from? I also need to find out which came first, the chicken or the egg, before I can learn it?
But there is no way, because during the competition, these will be tested. If you fail the theory, you will not even be qualified to make alchemy. Long Chen can only bite the bullet and watch.
In ten days, Long Chen almost vomited. Even with Long Chen's terrifying soul power, remembering these things made him feel dizzy.
What makes Long Chen most uncomfortable is that some theories are simply wrong, but Long Chen still has to memorize them by rote and follow the mistakes.
Because the assessment standards are based on these things, only the answers can be considered correct. It was the first time that Long Chen had to learn the "knowledge" of alchemy in such a painful way.
Ten days later, Zhao Xiang released Long Chen from the secret room. There was a hint of worry in Zhao Xiang's eyes.
For ordinary alchemy cultivators, if they can memorize these theoretical things in two months, it is already very good, but Long Chen only has ten days, which is indeed a bit difficult.
After all, he is now responsible for everything about Long Chen, sharing weal and woe with Long Chen. Zhao Xiang said: "How about it?"
"It's not bad. I've basically memorized everything. There should be no problem." Long Chen rubbed his slightly tired face. He also worked hard for the second part of the Brahma Sutra.
"That's good. Don't put too much pressure on your heart. Even if you can't pass this time, you will definitely pass next time." Zhao Xiang comforted.
After saying that, Zhao Xiang took Long Chen and went straight to a building behind the Dan Li Department. When he walked into the building, Long Chen found that there were already dark figures inside.
"Long San?"
As soon as Long Chen came in, a voice full of surprise came.