Chapter 135: One Person, Only One Spirit (Thanks to [Nie Wuming] for the 5,000)

"To break through to the Grandmaster level of alchemy, one must emphasize the unity of Spirituality, fortune, and timing."

Elder Zimo sat on a cattail mat and spoke slowly.

Below, Yun Ying and a group of other alchemists listened intently, expressions of excitement appearing on their faces.

The alchemists sitting below were mostly Advanced Alchemists, with a small number of Intermediate Alchemists.

It could be said that their life's pursuit was to become a Grandmaster Alchemist.

Now that Zimo had mentioned the techniques for breaking through to Grandmaster Alchemist, how could they not be excited?

This would be of great help to their subsequent breakthroughs.

But at this moment, Zimo changed the subject: "You haven't even advanced to quasi-master yet; telling you these insights is a complete waste."

Hearing these words, a look of disappointment flashed in Yun Ying's eyes.

Of course, it was only disappointment; she dared not complain.

By now, she had truly felt Elder Zimo's strictness and irritable temper.

There was one senior brother who, while listening to the Dao of alchemy, arrived a few breaths late and was punished by cleaning the Spirit Beast Garden's dung for a year.

These disciples felt more fear than respect toward Zimo.

Just then, the sound of footsteps approached.

Yun Ying looked over and immediately saw a familiar person.

A complex look flashed in her eyes.

The person who arrived was the elusive Xiang Lin; she rarely saw Xiang Lin at the Zhen Dan Association.

Lin Chao found a cattail mat and sat down.

On the high platform, Zimo saw Lin Chao and asked with concern: "Xiang Lin, pay attention to balancing work and rest when cultivating. Seeing the fatigue in your spirit, you must have been working too hard last night."

"The alchemy techniques I am teaching today are not that important; you can come back after you have rested well."

"If you want to understand alchemy, you can also come to my room to find me at night."

Hearing Elder Zimo's words, the many alchemists below had varied expressions.

If not for their terror of Elder Zimo, the crowd below would have been in an uproar.

Yun Ying felt complex and gritted her teeth.

Master Zimo's differential treatment was too severe!

As for the others, let alone not attending Zimo's lecture, even arriving a few breaths late would result in terrifying punishment.

Xiang Lin, on the other hand, could come or not as he pleased.

He arrived just as the lecture was ending, and Master Zimo even asked him with concern if he was tired.

Of course, they could only hide these words in their hearts; they dared not speak them.

Zimo looked at Lin Chao and continued: "I just spoke about the insights on how to break through to the Grandmaster level of alchemy. Xiang Lin, are you interested?"

Beside him, the other senior and junior brothers all looked at Lin Chao with anticipation.

Yun Ying was the same.

Although she was incredibly jealous of Xiang Lin, at this moment, she also hoped that Xiang Lin would accept.

Lin Chao glanced at the expressions of his fellow disciples and nodded: "Please, Master, impart your teachings and resolve my doubts."

Elder Zimo stroked his beard and began to speak: "Spirituality is the spirit..."

Elder Zimo spoke for a full hour, and all the disciples were mesmerized.

After all, Elder Zimo was a Grandmaster-level alchemist, and his insights were naturally far superior to everyone else's.

Even just speaking for an hour gave the disciples below deep insights.

When the lecture ended, under the envious gazes of the crowd, Lin Chao followed Elder Zimo and left.

"Junior Brother Xiang Lin is truly too lucky. I don't know why Master dotes on him so much."

"Sigh, I suspect he is Master's illegitimate son."

"Master has no Dao partner, so where would an illegitimate son come from?"

"I think Master must have an old lover. I once accidentally heard Master muttering a name: Wei An."

"That Xiang Lin's alchemy and talent seem ordinary; he just has a better personality. Why is Master so good to him?"

On the other side, Lin Chao followed Zimo to a courtyard.

Zimo looked at Lin Chao with a kind gaze: "During this time, you have been refining the Fen Kui Dan, right?"

"There is no need to rush the refining of the Fen Kui Dan, even if you fail."

"Life requires a balance of tension and relaxation; constant failure in alchemy will affect your state of mind."

"You don't need to belittle yourself. When I first refined the Fen Kui Dan, I practiced for a full thousand furnaces before I succeeded once."

"No, Master," Lin Chao said, "I have already succeeded."

The expression on Zimo's face froze: "What did you say? You succeeded!?"

"Yes," Lin Chao produced a jade bottle in his hand, "It is a pity that I only succeeded in one furnace; there is only one Fen Kui Dan inside."

Zimo looked at the pill, his heart shaken.

"So fast, and it's one!"

Zimo was truly shaken.

Even a King-Level Alchemist could not refine a Fen Kui Dan this quickly.

Xiang Lin had actually refined it; his talent for alchemy was truly stunning.

His heart was even more delighted.

With Xiang Lin's alchemy talent being this high, perhaps he really could help him!

Was his obsession of tens of thousands of years finally about to succeed?

"A single Puppet Pill is better than refining two or three."

Elder Zimo said.

"The Puppet Pill is not a case of the more, the better.

If two appear in one furnace, then those two Puppet Pills split your traits between them.

But one single pill will completely inherit your traits.

One plus one is not necessarily greater than two, especially when it comes to cultivation.

Two people with low talent cultivating for a hundred years, even if they join forces, are far from being a match for one high-talent cultivator who has cultivated for a hundred years."

"So that's how it is." Lin Chao pondered.

Would it be dispersed if forty-nine furnaces were refined?

Of course, he did not ask these things.

"Master, why can a person only successfully refine the first furnace of Puppet Pills in their lifetime?

I ask myself, my technique has no issues, and I have already mastered the knack for refining Puppet Pills, yet I keep failing."

Zimo smiled and stroked his beard: "This involves Spirituality.

All living beings must possess Spirituality.

And every living being has only one spirit, so they can only successfully refine one furnace of Puppet Pills to inherit their traits."

"Then Master, is there anyone who has been able to successfully refine a second furnace of Puppet Pills?" Lin Chao continued to ask.

Zimo was stunned for a moment, his gaze becoming deep: "I have never seen it.

If there were, that person probably does not exist in Jiuzhou.

I fear that even in the legendary Immortal World, such an existence does not exist."

"So that's how it is." Lin Chao frowned slightly.

Could it be that because he keeps reincarnating, he has more spirits?

But, adding his past lives, counting Lin Chao, Qin Kuan, Heize, Lin Ping, and Xiang Lin, he has only had six lives.

Or perhaps, Master Zimo's words have loopholes.

"However, there are always exceptions to everything; some strange creatures might possess dual spirits and perhaps could refine two furnaces of Puppet Pills.

But such existences are likely ones we will never see in this lifetime.

A single mouthful could swallow Jiuzhou.

Even the Ghost immortals in the Heavenly Vault are nothing but small fry."

"Thank you, Master, for clearing up my confusion."

"You only need to drip a drop of blood onto the Puppet Pill, and the Puppet Pill will become your avatar.

Its appearance and even its gender are determined by you."

"Alright."

"Once the avatar is formed, you can study with me." Zimo's eyes were filled with excitement.

"Mm." Lin Chao handed the Puppet Pill to Zimo and said, "Master, before we study, I would like to leave the Gate for a while."

He still had dozens of Puppet Pills in his hand.

Those avatars would eventually need to leave the mountain gate, wouldn't they?

Zimo looked at the Puppet Pill in his hand, his gaze deep and complex, then he revealed a satisfied smile: "I will give you ten years."

He had already waited tens of thousands of years; he could spare this much time.

"Thank you, Master." Lin Chao naturally would not need that long.

Lin Chao bid farewell, turned, and retreated.

Zimo looked at the Puppet Pill in his hand, his gaze complex: "I have no spirit, so why am I still so... toward Wei An?"

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