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"Palm fire, tempering, liquefaction!"

"Qi Raising, Tempering, Forging, Forming."

Duan Jian had to start from the very first step. The three of them had no foundation at all.

Duan Meng gave them a month's time to memorize the pill forging manuals. As long as they knew how to start the first step, they could start teaching Zhang Xuan.

Fortunately, all three of them had a basic cultivation base and had already reached the Heaven grade. Refining the fire in their palms wasn't a problem and they quickly learned how to refine a Tier 1 spiritual pill.

With this kind of apothecary master as a teacher, it was impossible for him to learn at a slow pace even if he wanted to.

He had mastered Tier 2 and Tier 3 spiritual pills as well, but Tier 4 was a problem as well.

Even though a Tier 3 spiritual pill was also known as a spiritual pill, it could only be infused with a little bit of soul power. A spiritual pill without soul power could only be considered an ordinary pill.

A Tier 4 spiritual pill would already possess soul force. Although it wouldn't create a spiritual wisdom and take human form, it would still possess an elementary level of soul. Thus, a Tier 4 spiritual pill was of great use to Qi Cultivating Cultivators. It could be said that a Tier 4 pill or higher could cure the effects of a person's bones and flesh.

To reach this level, controlling one's own soul was an extremely difficult task.

Soul power was the power that could be used to mix the soul. One could extract a trace of soul power from their soul consciousness and pour it into the Qi Ling pill to make the pill have the power of the soul. It was easy to say, but it would be very difficult to do this.

Bu Bao Fang was a person who specialized in pill forging. His focus was solely on the task, and he was able to achieve twice the results with half the effort. The forging of a Tier 4 spiritual pill was already in its initial form, and with another step, he would be able to succeed.

However, the Sect Leader of the Martial Sect, Wu Tong, and the Sect Leader of the Yu Sect, Yu Yanzi, were different. They were still Sect Leaders, and had matters to attend to, so they could not concentrate.

Duan Meng was not in a hurry, nor was he in a hurry.

Within the six months allotted to the three of them, it was up to them to learn as much as they could.

Wu Tong and Yu Yanzi were a little impatient, and their learning speed was even slower. Only Bu Baofang was pleased with himself.

Duan Jian had no choice but to find another way.

The three of them followed Duan Ren to the Earth Beast Training Center in Mount Qilan.

This was a sealed cave that contained countless untamed land beasts. Although these Earth Beasts did not have spiritual intelligence, their cultivation was deep, and they all had the cultivation of a primary level Heaven Stage. Even an early stage Heaven Stage cultivator might not be able to come out alive if he were to be thrown into the cage.

The problem now was that in each of the caves, there were two Heaven Rank wild beasts, some were tiger, some were wild wolf, and some were leopard. The most difficult to deal with were the two giant pythons.

"Choose a cave and enter it empty-handed. If you come out alive, I'll continue to teach you pill refining skills. If you die inside, it'll be over!"

"You can choose not to go, but you have to give up your chance to learn pill refining."

The three of them looked at each other in dismay. How did their young master come up with such a move? "This is too scary. The three of them were a bit hesitant, so Duan Meng got someone to bring a recliner to them. They sat at the table and drank their wine, looking at the three of them with smiles on their faces." Enter? Or not to enter? If I don't enter, I'll never have another chance. If I enter, I'll still have a glimmer of hope. "

All three of them had the same thought. He gritted his teeth and silently chose a cave.

Wu Tong chose the two tigers, Yu Yanzi chose the two pythons, Bu Baofang chose the two leopards.

The three of them entered with the intent to die. Even if they didn't die, they would at least be crippled, because Young Master Duan wouldn't send them to their deaths for no reason. He was clear on this point, there was bound to be some kind of disability.

Bu Bao was the first to enter, and he was also the first to come out, a look of surprise and joy on his face.

"Young master, I've completed my mission!"

"So a leopard is like this?"

A look of delight appeared on Duan Meng's face. As expected of a tier 4 apothecary, his skills were incredible.

However, Wu Tong and Yu Yanzi did not come out for a very long time. What they heard was the roars of a tiger, and as for the two pythons that Yu Yanzi had chosen, although they did not make any sound, they could smell a foul stench.

Bu Baofang was a bit worried. "Young master, what will happen to the two of them?"

"Haha, either the python died or two people became disabled. I don't think there's any other choice …"

After an hour, Duan Jian's bottle of Hundred Dew Wine was almost finished. When he was about to lose his confidence, Wu Tong and Yu Yanzi's faces were covered in blood, and their clothes were already torn to shreds. This was especially true for Yu Yanzi. Her exquisite figure had already been revealed under her tattered clothes, and her snow-white skin was exposed in some places.

The two of them quickly walked up to Duan Ren.

"Thank you, young master. I have already comprehended a fifth-grade pill cultivation method."

Duan Ru Yue revealed a smile. "Wu Tong, then tell me, what happened to the blood on your body?"

"Reporting to young master, when I first entered, all I thought about was how to defeat him and use all of my power. How could I have known that there were two tigers, and I couldn't even beat them, almost getting eaten by them. At the moment of life and death, I suddenly realized that as long as I can control the tiger's soul, then wouldn't I be able to control the tiger? At the moment of life and death, I suddenly released my soul consciousness and used it to attack the two tigers."

"Haha, good, Wu Tong, you finally understand my intentions. Your current soul control ability has already reached the level of a Tier 5 Pill Refiner. From now on, there won't be any problems learning to refine a Tier 5 pill."

At this time, Yu Yanzi did not bother covering her body anymore, and said respectfully.

"Young master, I've always suspected that all the earth beasts in Mount Qilan are intelligent. Why did young master want us to fight against a beast that doesn't have any intelligence? There must be a hidden meaning behind that." "Before I could think about it, my clothes were torn off by the python's fangs and I was almost inside the python's stomach. In my desperation, my luck exploded and my soul was suddenly enlightened, controlling the python in an instant."

Duan Ling Tian was overjoyed.

I let the three of you do this experiment because there is a risk that if any of you were to make a mistake, you would lose an arm or a leg. At the very least, your flesh and blood would be damaged, so I guarded the outside of the cave, and as soon as your lives were in danger, I rescued you. I didn't expect that all three of you would succeed, especially Bu Baofang.

In particular, Wu Tong and Bu Baofang were overjoyed. After all, they were men, and they drooled over good wine, whereas Yu Yanzi was a woman. It was not the same whether they drank it or not, but they had heard of the Hundred Flowers Dew before, so they couldn't help but want to drink it.

Duan Rui had prepared three sets of clothes for the two of them to wear, especially for Yu Yanzi. She was a woman after all, and her clothes were shabby and ugly.

Over the next three months, the three of them progressed very quickly. Bu Baofang was the first to advance to a fifth-grade alchemist, followed by Wu Tong and Yu Yanzi. Especially the Tier 5 spiritual energy pill concocted by Bu Bao Fang, it had already started to stir. As long as he took one more step, he would be able to refine a spiritual energy pill.

However, Duan Meng was not capable of forging a Tier 6 pill either. He could only wait until he found the second page of the Heaven-Refining Diagram and allowed Duan Pu to recover some of his memories before he could become a Tier 6 pill refiner.