CHAPTER 107: CHAPTER 107 SENSATION_1

"It seems I don’t need to specifically spend Spirit Stones to buy elixir recipes," Shen Mo said with a joyful smile. "I can get quite a few for free thanks to the Alchemy Tower’s rewards."

He carefully stored the jade slip containing the Qi Coalescing Pill recipe, then rubbed his hands and immediately began to refine the second elixir, one he had practiced countless times: the Qi Restoring Pill.

Following the same procedure, Shen Mo soon set another record.

He refined the Qi Restoring Pill in just the time it takes for a cup of tea, producing an exceptional pill covered in cloud patterns.

After the Tower Spirit recorded his identity and updated the rankings on the Alchemy Tablet, another elixir recipe jade slip appeared.

[Soul Nurturing Pill: Grade II]

This was a rare Grade II elixir recipe for nurturing soul power.

"Next, let’s check out the second floor!"

Apart from Yang-strengthening Powder and the Qi Restoring Pill, Shen Mo had also maxed out his experience refining two other elixirs: the Grade I Qi Gathering Pill and the Minor Yuan Cultivation Pill.

Walking up the stone steps, Shen Mo arrived on the second floor of the Alchemy Tower.

Indeed, the records on the canopy of rosy clouds above were all for Grade I elixirs.

"Let’s begin!"

Shen Mo opened the cauldron, kindled a fierce fire, and started refining Minor Yuan Cultivation Pills and Qi Gathering Pills.

[Minor Yuan Cultivation Pill: Grade I]

[Record Holder: Mo Shen]

[Description: The refining process took an hour and yielded an exceptional pill.]

[Qi Gathering Pill: Grade I]

[Record Holder: Mo Shen]

[Description: The refining process took an hour and produced an exceptional pill.]

In only two hours, Shen Mo successfully broke the previous records for these two elixirs and received the rewards without a hitch.

[King of Medicine’s Guidebook]

[Ascending Alchemy Method]

The rewards for breaking the Grade I elixir records, however, were not elixir recipes this time.

Shen Mo quickly skimmed through the King of Medicine’s Guidebook and the Ascending Alchemy Method.

The King of Medicine’s Guidebook was a compendium of pharmacological knowledge, cataloging many spiritual medicines and their properties.

For an Alchemist like Shen Mo, who was self-taught and had shaky fundamentals, this was quite useful.

I need to read through this King of Medicine’s Guidebook a few times when I get the chance, Shen Mo thought, storing the jade slip.

Despite his familiarity with various spiritual medicines from wandering the Market, the varieties commonly seen in the sect’s Market were quite limited.

If he relied solely on his experience from the Market to identify spiritual medicines, he might fail to recognize a high-class spiritual medicine like the Bodhi Seed, even if he encountered one, thus missing its value.

This could lead to missing out on valuable treasures.

The King of Medicine’s Guidebook, however, detailed the appearance, efficacy, and even growing environments of many spiritual medicines.

It was a fantastic foundational pharmacopoeia.

As for the Ascending Alchemy Method, it was a rather peculiar alchemy technique.

According to the jade slip, mastering this technique could increase the probability of successful elixir refinement and improve the elixir’s quality during the nurturing and shaping phase.

I’ll take these back and go into secluded cultivation for a while. Once I’ve reached the Elite level in refining the two Grade II elixirs, the Qi Coalescing Pill and the Soul Nurturing Pill, I’ll return to break more records and earn new rewards, Shen Mo decided.

The past few months had been uneventful in the sect.

Shen Mo planned to refocus on his side profession, which he had neglected for a while.

After leaving the Alchemy Zone, Shen Mo purchased the necessary medicinal herbs for the two Grade II elixir recipes from the Market, acquiring one hundred portions of each.

He then entered secluded cultivation in his cave mansion, assiduously practicing the Alchemy Path to increase his proficiency.

However, Shen Mo didn’t realize that shortly after he left, others had noticed the changes on the Alchemy Tablet.

"Hey, this Alchemy Tablet... Yang-strengthening Powder, Qi Restoring Pill, Minor Yuan Cultivation Pill, Qi Gathering Pill... someone actually broke Senior Sister Lingyin’s records for these four elixirs?"

Noticing the discrepancy, someone immediately exclaimed.

Soon, a crowd of Alchemists gathered before the Alchemy Tablet to see for themselves.

"It’s true!"

"Someone refined an exceptional Qi Restoring Pill in the time it takes for a cup of tea!"

"Who is this person? With such skill, they can’t be unknown!"

When the astonished Alchemists saw the name ’Mo Shen’ as the record holder, they were somewhat dumbfounded.

"Ever heard of this name?"

"No, I’ve never heard of him. None of the Alchemists in our sect are surnamed Mo. He must be using a pseudonym."

"Since he could break Senior Sister Lingyin’s alchemy record, why wouldn’t he use his real name?"

"Exactly! If he left his real name, his fame would skyrocket in just a few days!"

"Perhaps he has his reasons and prefers to remain low-profile."

Breaking the records for four low-class elixirs wasn’t, in itself, overly shocking.

However, due to Zhao Lingyin’s immense popularity in the Alchemy Zone in recent years, the news that someone had broken her record quickly spread throughout the entire Alchemy Zone.

Similarly, it also reached Zhao Lingyin’s ears remarkably quickly.

「In the Alchemy Zone, at Spirit Gathering Peak.」

A stunningly beautiful young woman in a plain white Alchemist’s robe, her long hair cascading over her shoulders, looked surprised as her Master informed her that her records had been broken.

"An exceptional Qi Restoring Pill, refined in the time it takes for a cup of tea?"

Zhao Lingyin frowned, finding it hard to believe. "Although the Qi Restoring Pill is a low-class elixir with a straightforward refinement process, the pill nurturing and shaping stage alone should take at least ten minutes..."

"So how could that person be so fast?"

Zhao Lingyin had always believed she had compressed her refinement time to the absolute minimum.

She never imagined someone could be faster while maintaining the same quality.

"’There is always someone better out there, a heaven beyond the heavens.’"

With a fond, faint smile, Zhao Lingyin’s Master, Wu Gong—the sole Grade IV Alchemist in the Riverside Sect—said, "Prodigies and exceptional talents always exist. So, Lingyin, you must not underestimate the capabilities of others in this world."

While Wu Gong was exceedingly satisfied with his only disciple, one thing worried him: Zhao Lingyin’s disposition was overly proud, and she held herself in very high esteem.

Possessing a Green Wood Spirit Body, her journey in alchemy had been exceptionally smooth since she first started. This utter lack of setbacks had fostered her proud nature.

Pride wasn’t inherently bad, but Wu Gong worried that if she continued to underestimate others due to her smooth journey, she might suffer setbacks in the cultivation world later on.

Therefore, upon hearing the rumors in the Alchemy Zone, he had specifically come to inform his disciple, partly to temper her arrogance.

Zhao Lingyin seemed not to heed her Master’s words, her brow still furrowed as she pondered how someone could refine an elixir so quickly.

"Who is he? If I have a chance, I want to meet him."

"The name he left is likely false. I checked the Alchemist register; there’s no one named Mo Shen. He deliberately concealed his identity, so he probably doesn’t want to be known. Finding him anytime soon will be difficult."

Hearing this, Zhao Lingyin felt even more vexed.

Who could it be? Could it be Senior Brother Liu Yuan? No, that’s unlikely. If he surpassed me, he wouldn’t deliberately hide his real name!