Ninth In the World

Although Di Jiu wanted to show his competence, he was not so stupid as to refine 12 special-class nine-inscription Darkglow Elixirs.

He cleaned the cauldron, started the earth fire, selected the right herbs and purified the medicinal liquid…

Huo Qianqian’s eyes glowed with excitement as she watched Di Jiu’s dexterous movements. She had been right, Di Jiu was indeed a very strong grade-three alchemy master.

Even Elder Hui stood up excitedly when he saw Di Jiu purifying the medicinal liquid. Even though Di Jiu held back some of his abilities, he was still significantly stronger than any other third-grade alchemy master Elder Hui had seen.

Di Jiu was confident that he could refine the third-grade Darkglow Elixirs within half an hour if he used his own cauldron and Dao Fire. However, he did not need one hour to finish everything, even if he did not have his own cauldron and Dao Fire. In order to hold back some of his abilities, Di Jiu forcibly dragged the whole process out for about half an hour before he created 12 dragon eye-sized elixirs using the Elixir Art.

The elixirs had a faint scent. Elder Hui took the jade bottle which contained the 12 Darkglow Elixirs even before Di Jiu had passed them to him.

The 12 Darkglow Elixirs were poured onto the white-jade plate before them. There were six eye-catching Darkglow Elixirs with inscriptions, and three elixirs even had three inscriptions on them.

“Good elixirs, good elixirs…” Elder Hui was extremely excited as he held onto one three-inscription supreme-grade Darkglow Elixir. He had hardly been able to refine supreme-grade Darkglow Elixirs with three inscriptions even before his Elixir Dao had been destroyed.

“Elder Hui, is this the three-inscription special-class Darkglow Elixir?” Huo Qianqian exclaimed.

Although Elder Hui’s eyes were still glowing with excitement, he sounded calm. “Yes, this is the three-inscription special-class Darkglow Elixir.”

Although some people in the Gigantic Tripod Liberal Immortal City could refine the three-inscription special-class Darkglow Elixir, the Big Star Elixir Building could not afford to hire any of them, let alone the experts who actually took the initiative to come to the Big Star Elixir Building.

“You must be a great alchemy master!” Elder Hui finally put down the elixir in his hand and spoke to Di Jiu earnestly. Di Jiu did not look old, yet he was able to refine elixirs with three inscriptions. In Elder Hui’s opinion, Di Jiu was a potential alchemy master who would be able to form his own alchemy Dao and refine the real nine-inscription elixir.

The prerequisite for refining a nine-inscription elixir was to form one’s own Alchemy Dao.

Every alchemy master had his own Alchemy Dao. Otherwise, they would not be able to refine elixirs. However, most alchemy masters had inherited their Alchemy Dao from their masters instead of forming their own Alchemy Dao. Therefore, these alchemy masters usually stuck to the conventional ways. Even if some talented alchemy masters could refine elixirs with inscriptions, it was practically impossible for them to refine the nine-inscription elixir.

Only when one formed one’s own Alchemy Dao could one stand a chance to refine the nine-inscription elixir.

Di Jiu muttered to himself quickly and nodded. “I can refine grade-four elixirs, but my success rate is not very high.”

Di Jiu could not refine grade-four elixirs at the moment, but he was confident that he would succeed because he had his own Alchemy Dao and a huge amount of grade-four and five immortal spiritual herbs. Refining grade-four elixirs would just be a matter of time.

Claiming that he could refine grade-four elixirs would be an advantage for him in the subsequent recruitment because he would be in a better position.

“Good, good…” Elder Hui repeated the word “good” twice and looked at Huo Qianqian.

Huo Qianqian cupped her fists. She had never expected that she would invite a grade-four alchemy master to the Big Star Elixir Building. She understood Elder Hui’s intentions and had to follow up on this matter.

Elder Hui was responsible for assessing Di Jiu’s ability, while she was in charge of Di Jiu’s recruitment and salary.

“Alchemy Master Di, could you refine a cauldron full of grade-four elixirs?” Huo Qianqian asked carefully.

Di Jiu shook his head. “Not yet, because I just arrived in the Gigantic Tripod Liberal Immortal City. However, I could refine one after I’ve settled down.”

Huo Qianqian did not question Di Jiu’s words, because alchemy masters who could refine three-inscription elixirs were generally grade-four great immortal alchemy masters. What Di Jiu meant was that he could refine elixirs in peace.

“Alchemy Master Di, could you follow me next door, where we can discuss this more?” Huo Qianqian was even more polite than before.

Di Jiu, who knew that she was going to talk to him about his pay, stood up. “Of course, Deacon Huo. Please lead the way.”

“Alchemy Master Di, your Alchemy Dao is stronger than mine. I was wrong to belittle you.” Elder Hui apologized to Di Jiu.

He had once been a grade-four alchemy master. Even though his Alchemy Dao had been destroyed, he still understood how challenging it was to become a grade-four great immortal alchemy master.

“Elder Hui, you are being too polite.” Di Jiu did not take such small matters to heart, as his only concern was how to stay alive in the Gigantic Tripod Liberal Immortal City. Next, he had to find ways to earn a huge sum of immortal crystals in the city to purchase the Agama True Glazed Water.

Huo Qianqian led Di Jiu to the guest lounge next door and served him a cup of immortal spiritual herb tea. “This is the immortal spiritual tea of the Big Star Elixir Building. Alchemy Master Di, please have a try and tell me how you feel about it.”

The immortal spiritual herb tea was different from typical tea leaves. It was a combination of the tender leaves of the immortal spiritual tree and up to 100 spiritual herbs. The quality of the tea was dependent on the quality of the tender leaves and the added spiritual herbs.

The older and higher-level the spiritual herb, the better and more expensive it was. The rarer the added spiritual herbs, the more pricey the tea. This was because such tea would have stronger Immortal Spirit Qi that was beneficial for cultivation.

The colors of different immortal spiritual herbal teas varied, as they all had their own formula.

The tea served by the Big Star Elixir Building had a light red color and a rich and mellow smell.

Di Jiu took a sip of the tea and a rich Immortal Spirit aura filled his throat. He could feel his cultivation experience fluctuating. This was indeed a good cup of tea.

“Good tea,” Di Jiu said subconsciously.

Huo Qianqian smiled. “I don’t have a lot of this because I got it from the headquarters of the Big Star Elixir Building. I’ll take more the next time I go there and give some of it to you. Only the Big Star Elixir Building has this tea and we rarely sell it. Many people come to our auction to get our tea.”

Di Jiu thought to himself that, although the tea was good, it lacked a mild and pure aura. The only merit of the tea was its strong Immortal Spirit Qi, which made it suitable for cultivation.

What was the meaning of drinking tea? In Di Jiu’s opinion, it helped one relax and soothed one’s emotions, bringing extreme peace.

If he were to create an Immortal Spiritual Tea with a mild and pure aura, or even peaceful Dao runes infused in it, it would definitely be very popular.

Peace was pure, clean, and simple.

If that was the case, then other immortal spiritual herbs could not be added to his Immortal Spiritual Tea. The tender leaves of the Immortal Spiritual Tea alone would suffice. Therefore, he needed the best Immortal Spiritual Tree.

As long as he had the best immortal spiritual tea, he could pick the tender leaves and refine the finest and purest Immortal Spiritual Tea by using his understanding of the Fundamental Order.

Not only could the tea help in cultivation, but it could also let the person relax and get rid of irritation during cultivation and any unstable foundation caused by exhaustive cultivation.

“Alchemy Master Di…” Huo Qianqian hurriedly reminded Di Jiu after seeing him get lost in deep thoughts after drinking a sip of tea.

Di Jiu came back to reality and apologized. “Please pardon me. I was distracted by something.”

If an ordinary Immortal Lord cultivator had the audacity to get distracted in front of a mid-stage Zenith Heaven Immortal like her, Huo Qianqian would have slapped them.

However, she dared not do that to Di Jiu because she wanted to draw him over. She smiled immediately. “I do this all the time. It is really common.”

Di Jiu made use of this opportunity to say, “I drank a mouthful of tea just now, and it is indeed good tea. Could you help me get some of the twigs of the immortal spiritual herbal tree when you go to the headquarters next time?”

Huo Qianqian smiled. “Oh, so you were thinking about this matter. I had the same idea previously, so I brought the herbal tree here. However, I have not figured how to prepare the tea until now. I will give the tree to you since you know so much about the Alchemy Dao.”

Huo Qianqian raised her hand after finishing her words and a tree that was at least ten feet tall appeared in front of Di Jiu. The tender leaves of the tree were practically untouched, and it was obvious that Huo Qianqian had not researched much about immortal spiritual tea.

Di Jiu, who was overjoyed, cupped his fists immediately. “Deacon Huo, thank you.”

Huo Qianqian waved and said, “This is merely a level-three immortal spiritual tree. Don’t mention it.”

Immortal spiritual tea trees had different levels too. The tree Huo Qianqian had taken was considered a low-level tree. That made sense, since the Big Star Elixir Building probably would not give her any of the high-level trees.

Di Jiu put away the tea and started thinking about how he could create a new type of tea and enter the market of the Gigantic Tripod Liberal Immortal City.

Unlike how cautious he had been when he had first come to the city, Di Jiu finally had a status there. He was a grade-three alchemy master of the Elixir Association with the identification card of a grade-three alchemy master.

“Alchemy Master Di, you probably know what I am thinking of. The Big Star Elixir Building is in need of alchemy masters. Hence, I would like to recruit you as a foreign alchemy master of the Big Star Elixir Building. May I know how you would feel about this?” Huo Qianqian voiced out her thoughts when Di Jiu sat down.

It was easier to persuade Di Jiu now that she had given him an immortal spiritual tea tree.

Di Jiu said, “Deacon Huo, I came to the Big Star Elixir Building to find a job. May I know how you would like to hire me?”

Huo Qianqian was delighted. “Since you are a grade-four great immortal alchemy master, we cannot afford to hire you directly. I have two solutions.”

“Please tell me about them.” Di Jiu cupped his fists.