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After obtaining the sheepskin treasure map, Duan Ru Yue returned to his living quarters. He then looked at the map and discovered that there was nothing special on it. He then found out the secret within. This treasure map was the same as the one from before. It required a fire to burn. Duan Meng brought the spark and lit the lamp, then he placed the torn sheepskin on top of it.

Sure enough, after the sheepskin was burned, another scene appeared. This was half of a treasure map, which meant that it was very likely to be where the pages of the map were hidden. However, they couldn't be sure because this was only half of a treasure map.

Judging from the precision of the treasure map, it didn't seem fake. Even the material of the treasure map wasn't really the old sheepskin, it was just that it was similar to the old sheepskin. As for what it was, even Duan Ru couldn't be sure.

Duan Meng could only put away the treasure map as it was temporarily useless. He could only wait for the second treasure map to appear before he knew what was going on. The problem now was to concoct a Tier 9 spiritual pill.

After Duan Jian returned to his residence, the eight great villas were a few kilometers away from his residence. They cleared away all the obstacles and moved away even the families, all for the convenience of Duan Jian refining pills.

Duan Ru looked at the storage pouches that the eight great villas had sent over. 100 thousand cubic meters of Heavenly Heart Wood, 100 thousand Heavenly Heart Lotus Seeds, and 100 thousand pairs of Heavenly Heart Grass. As for the supporting materials, the people from the eight great villas had sent over even more. Duan Meng roughly estimated that even if he were to refine 200 thousand Tier 9 spiritual pills, it would be more than enough.

He had too many uses for it, not to mention his own avatar, the Golden Horned Devouring Beast. The amount of food he gets per day is not small, and if the supply is satisfied, then the Devouring Beast's daily consumption rate is a heavenly quantity. However, Duan Meng's supply was always in accordance with the lowest standards. Otherwise, even if Duan Meng was rich and overbearing, he would still be eaten poor.

Even though there were quite a few materials, and he could only make 100 thousand of them, giving 50 thousand of them to the eight great villas, that was more than enough. The rest of the materials, firstly, would be used as reserves, and secondly, could be used as food for the Golden Horned Devouring Beast, his own devouring beast could not afford to lose food, if it stopped, it would degrade, and he himself would not let things go, hence, even though Duan Ru Yue required a lot of energy, he still left some leeway for the devouring beast.

After the refining had started, the eight great villas sent people to take care of Duan Jian as a name and to ask him about this and that. Duan Ru knew that these people who came to take care of him were all spies from the eight great villas; they were nothing more than afraid that he wouldn't be able to refine a Grade 9 Spirit Pill.

What's more, the women that he had sent out were all very flowery, winking at each other, causing Duan Jidao to feel very uncomfortable. Especially Xiao Phoenix Fairy, Black Rock Dragon and the other two, they were firmly against it. Duan Meng could only ask Manor Lord Ba Shan to call all the women he sent back so that he wouldn't be troubled.

After a month, Duan Ru refined 10,000 Tier 9 spiritual energy pills. This time, Duan Ru didn't have any secret treasures, so he gave them all to the eight great villas. When Ba Shan and the others received the Grade 9 Spirit Pills, they impatiently had their subordinates conduct the experiment. As a result, a Beginner Qi Cultivating Stage disciple instantly became an Initial Aurous Core Stage disciple, raising it by 20 levels. Bashan was overjoyed. All eight of his brothers quickly swallowed one. Everyone's power had increased by a whole level. It was originally the early Aurous Core stage, but now it was the early Nascent Soul stage.

Only now did the people of the eight great villas know that Duan Meng was a genuine Grade 9 Alchemist. Being able to refine 50 thousand Grade 9 Spirit Dans in the eight great villas was simply a fortune that came from the heavens. According to the conversion criteria from before, a Grade 9 spiritual pill equated to 10 thousand Grade 8 and 1 million Grade 7 spiritual pills. The eight great villas were going to post it all at once. Even in the Ice Empire, he was considered rich.

The next question was simple. The people of the eight great villas no longer doubted Duan Ling Tian's ability. Duan Ru also released all of his strength and did his best to refine the Spirit Pill. Of course, Duan Ru didn't forget to ask his master for help. Zhang Bechu's soul power had already recovered by more than half, so refining a Tier 9 spiritual pill wouldn't be a problem. Don't think that refining a Tier 7 spiritual pill would waste your soul power. However, as long as you use it properly, not only will it not be damaged, but you'll also need to strengthen your own soul power.

However, Zhang Bie could be an exception when refining a Tier 10 spiritual pill. A Tier 10 or lower spiritual pill could at most increase one's strength. However, a Grade 10 Spirit Pill was able to cause one to immediately soar. This was defying the heavens. If one coveted the Heavenly Dao, they would be punished by the heavens.

Not only did he suffer the wrath of heaven, but the main reason was that his own soul power was not strong enough, so the spirit pellet sucked in his soul power, almost causing him to lose his life. It was also a loss to the heavens that he was able to keep Zhang Bie Gu's life.

Duan Ru Yue wasn't clear about all of this, but after listening to her master's explanation, she finally understood the secret, even though her master's soul force was far greater than his. Not to mention the soul force, just the spiritual force is also powerful. Since Zhang Bie Gu didn't have this kind of fortuitous encounter, it's normal for him to suffer the wrath of the heavens.

However, Duan Meng was different. Previously, there had been endless opportunities. With so many treasures on him and the Heavenly Refining Diagram, not only could he preserve his life, but his own sea of consciousness had also expanded endlessly. According to Duan Meng's current Sea of Consciousness, even immortals in the Immortal World might not have it. Therefore, according to Duan Meng's current strength, even an elementary immortal might not be able to defeat him.

"Young Master, Eldest Manor Lord Ba Shan requests an audience." Duan Meng was deep in thought when he came in to report.

"Invite him in." Just as he finished speaking, Ba Shan entered with a child following behind him.

"Young Master Duan, let me introduce you. This is my youngest son, Ba Xiaoqing. He wants to learn alchemy from Young Master Duan. I wonder if Young Master Duan is willing to accept a disciple?"

Duan Ru Yue was stunned. It wasn't that he didn't have a disciple, but he was someone from his own sect. Duan Shan had never taken anyone else's disciple, so Duan Meng was a bit hesitant.

Unexpectedly, seeing Duan Ling Tian hesitant, Ba Xiaoqing laid on the ground and kowtowed. Bang! Bang! Bang!

"Ba Xiaoqing humbly requests Master to accept it, Ba Xiaoqing is willing to serve Master."

Duan Ru Yue didn't really need anyone to attend to him; he had his own people, including Xiao Feng Xian and her family. He had many servants by his side. Don't just look at him as a follower, he was also a treasure hunter. With one more person by his side, he would be burdened. Duan Ru Yue didn't want to waste his energy on other people.

"Manor Lord Ba, while accepting a disciple, I have one condition."

"Young master, please speak."

"I see that this child's bones are not bad, and he has a good perception, and is a good material for learning alchemy. But, I have traveled to the continents of the various countries, and I am in great danger, I do not wish to bring too many people along. How about this, I can teach your son a refining method of an eighth grade or lower, as for how much you can learn, it will depend on his good fortune."

"Young master, you mean to say that during this period of time, you will only teach my son how to be an eighth tier pill refiner?"

As for the other refining methods, I want him to remember them by heart. In the future, let him slowly figure out what rank he can learn, and then I will come back and continue teaching the young master. What do you think?

Bashan naturally didn't have any objections. Not to mention his son, even if he wasn't willing to teach, Bashan still wouldn't dare to be dissatisfied. During the past few days of refining, Bashan had frequently come to take a look as well. It was only then that he realized that even his followers were all at the early Nascent Soul Stage. The key thing wasn't their own strength, but their attitude. In their eyes, even someone at the Divine Tribulation Realm wouldn't be able to do such a thing. This caused Ba Shan to be extremely surprised.

Ba Shan had thought that since Duan Jian's followers were so powerful, the strength of that encounter must have been astonishing. Let alone him being no match for them, even the Ice Empire could do whatever they want to them. Ba Shan immediately stopped underestimating them.

As the saying goes, the more you do it, the more familiar you become. It's not false at all. Duan Rui suddenly had an epiphany while concocting a Tier 9 Spiritual Energy Pill for the Eight Villa. He stopped refining the Spiritual Energy Pill and began refining the Soul Pill. His master Zhang Peigu was filled with excitement when he found out about the news.