[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-eternal-life-my-talents-can-refresh":3,"chapter-eternal-life-my-talents-can-refresh-eternal-life-my-talents-can-refresh-chapter-418":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Eternal Life: My Talents Can Refresh",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},712773,951,"Chapter 418 - 205: What Qualifies Chu Ning to Be a Steward","eternal-life-my-talents-can-refresh-chapter-418",418,"\u003Cp>Three months later, the Jiuhua Sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the Steward Hall of the Alchemy Pavilion, several people watched Chu Ning’s departing figure and turned to He Yanzong with questions:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Senior Brother He, this person named Chu Ning seems very young.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he’s already at the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment, how did he immediately become a steward of our Alchemy Pavilion?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The speaker was a Foundation Establishment cultivator who appeared much younger than He Yanmao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This person had a medium build, seemed about thirty years old, and clearly had entered Foundation Establishment early, which made him appear youthful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once entering the Foundation Establishment Stage, the aging process of appearance slows significantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many Foundation Establishment cultivators are actually a hundred or two hundred years old, yet their appearance does not differ much from when they first reached Foundation Establishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This person was another steward of the Jiuhua Sect’s Alchemy Pavilion, Yuan Rongzhang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing Yuan Rongzhang’s question, He Yanmao glanced at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This steward was personally appointed by Master Gong, Junior Brother Yuan, could it be that you’re still uneasy?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Rongzhang was a descendant of another Golden Core Elder within the sect, so even as He Yanmao mentioned Gong Yuyuan, he still frowned and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know it was Master Gong’s appointment, but there are requirements for stewards within the sect’s Alchemy Pavilion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They must be Intermediate Middle Grade alchemists, able to refine five types of Intermediate Middle Grade elixirs with a success rate over sixty percent, and ten types of Intermediate Lower Grade elixirs with a success rate over eighty percent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, they cannot serve as a steward within the pavilion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Can he meet these requirements?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yuan Rongzhang spoke, he pouted, then continued:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even if our Alchemy Pavilion only has four stewards, we can’t just pull anyone in because we’re short on people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lately, the Alchemy Pavilion has been ridiculed by others in the sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If we bring in another incompetent alchemist as steward, won’t we be even more humiliated?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying this, Yuan Rongzhang glanced towards a woman in palace attire and an old man beside him, adding:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Senior Sister Su, Senior Brother Xu, don’t you agree with this reasoning?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This palace-attired woman was named Su Yuqing, and the old man named Xu Minghua was another steward of the Jiuhua Sect’s Alchemy Pavilion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yuqing, looking dignified and graceful, smiled at this moment and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since Master Gong chose to appoint Junior Brother Chu as steward within the Alchemy Pavilion, he naturally has his reasons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for this junior brother’s alchemy skills, we’ll surely come to understand them later.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old man Xu Minghua then said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What Junior Brother Yuan said might not be without reason either. Junior Brother He, we indeed need to know about Junior Brother Chu’s alchemy skills.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing these words, a hint of helplessness flickered across He Yanmao’s dark face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ultimately, he vaguely replied:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We’ll see later. Junior Brother Chu has just arrived at the sect and hasn’t settled down yet; let’s discuss this after he does.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing He Yanmao’s words, their expressions varied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the stewards still divided in opinion, the other cultivators within the Alchemy Pavilion were naturally even more animated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially within the entire pavilion, there were now five stewards including Chu Ning, but the number of Foundation Establishment cultivators far exceeded this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a time, the Alchemy Pavilion was filled with all sorts of discussions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Junior Martial Uncle Liu, I heard there’s a young middle-stage Foundation Establishment junior martial uncle in the pavilion now, is it true that they’re becoming a steward?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So there’s another steward, I heard Elder Gong personally brought him back to the sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Apparently, he’s the child of an old friend of Elder Gong. Pshaw, he looks even younger than me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What does becoming a steward matter, now the Foundation Establishment Pills in the pavilion are all gone, and the sect’s various pavilions are all pointing fingers at us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, the subject of everyone’s discussion, Chu Ning, followed a disciple from the Alchemy Pavilion to a small courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Steward Chu, this cave mansion is arranged for you by the pavilion.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one leading Chu Ning was a disciple in the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining, around twenty years old, named Wang Ping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a simple-looking face, he didn’t appear particularly clever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Chu Ning, seeing his age and his Ninth Layer of Qi Refining level, thought his cultivation talent was quite good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying this, Wang Ping handed a jade token to Chu Ning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Steward Chu, this is the jade token to activate the cave mansion’s restriction.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Ning took it casually, then said: \"I’ll go inside myself, you can leave.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, alright, disciple takes his leave!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Ping didn’t say much more, only bowed and then left directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Perhaps He Yanmao thinks my personality is solitary and hard to approach, so he found such a straightforward disciple to show me the way.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Ning mused briefly, then walked inside with the jade token.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The small courtyard was built against the mountain, the terrain steep, with sheer cliffs ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It resembled Xiao Cheng’s previous residence somewhat, but of course, in terms of terrain and Spiritual Qi, it was far superior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the difference between Jiuhua Mountain and Chu Ning’s previous places in Cyan Creek Sect and Thousand Lakes and Thousand Islands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiuhua Mountain not only had many peaks, but each peak was also accompanied by numerous cliffs and precipices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most cave mansions for sect cultivators were built on small platforms atop these cliffs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Due to the terrain, they weren’t dug very deep, instead establishing independent small courtyards as cave mansions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For alchemy, one can go to the Alchemy Pavilion’s Alchemy Room specifically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Earth Fire there is more stable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Ning entered the courtyard, took a look around, and nodded in satisfaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The courtyard was spacious; upon entering was a large area suitable for planting a medicinal garden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though not as large as the one in Yanfeng, it’s sufficient for growing Spirit Medicines even if not Spirit Plants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside, in the position closest to the mountain, was a two-story small pavilion, fully equipped for cultivation and living.\u003C\u002Fp>",1022,"2026-06-02T10:18:59.779Z",1,"novelbin.me","4f76c3228cc23834dc771a570346f0c450b474abc7761aeb051fc67268fcb951","eternal-life-my-talents-can-refresh-chapter-419","eternal-life-my-talents-can-refresh-chapter-417",514,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Feternal-life-my-talents-can-refresh-cover.jpg"]