Two days later, Mo Wuji was shocked when he followed Zhen Shaoke to board on top of what he thought was a beast carriage. Where was this a beast carriage, this was a spaceship.
“Shaoke Zhen, this isn’t a flying beast carriage?” Mo Wuji finally couldn’t help but ask as he walked up to the airship and saw the huge area and various rooms inside.
Zhen Shaoke was stunned, then he laughed and said, “It seems like you’ve really been a casual cultivator, Wuji, it’s a long way to the Five Elemental Wilderness Domain from here, and not only is a beast carriage slow, it’s also definitely not able to be flown to in a short period of time. This is a flying magic treasure, this airship is considered a lower grade spirit weapon.”
Mo Wuji had always known that there were refiners, this was the first time he had heard about the grade of a magic treasure, and hurriedly enquired, “Is a spirit weapon a magic treasure that can take someone flying?”
Zhen Shaoke was not half impatient as he patiently explained, “Those that take people flying are merely flying magic treasures, such as this airship of mine. As a matter of fact, apart from the weapons used in the mundane world, the cultivation world’s magic treasures are divided into magic weapons and spirit weapons. I’ve heard that there are Immortal Weapons above Spiritual Weapons, but of course that’s just a legend.
Both mana and spirit weapons had the difference between lower, middle, upper and extreme grades. Most cultivators use magic weapons, and spirit weapons are so expensive that only very few people can afford to use them. That’s why a refiner who is able to refine spirit weapons won’t have a lower status than an Earth Dan Master.”
So that’s how it was, it looked like the sharp knife he had obtained should belong to the level of a magic weapon.
After the group boarded the airship, Mo Wuji was assigned to an elixir room. Smokey and Xiong Xiuzhu were in a room, Tao Ao and Fei Bingzhu were in a room.
This airship was originally left behind by Zhen Shaoke to wait for Mo Wuji, so it was extremely empty inside.
Not long after the crowd boarded the ship, the airship’s hull shook slightly before it rushed straight up into the sky.
As Mo Wuji looked out from the window, the white clouds swiftly receded, many times faster than an aeroplane. It wasn’t until now that Mo Wuji sighed in his heart, he finally understood why this place’s technology wasn’t sought after, and the places that possessed it were places where cultivation was backward. How could an aeroplane be as convenient and fast as this kind of airship? Just taking off and landing also wasted a lot of time. There were also various weather factors to consider during the flight.
The dan room he was in was not too large, and the dan furnace in the middle was green in colour. Even if Mo Wuji didn’t know anything about Dan Furnaces, he could tell that this Dan Furnace was better than the two Dan Furnaces he had used before.
On one side of the Dan Room, the spirit herb shelf was filled with the spirit herbs that Mo Wuji had requested.
The elixir Mo Wuji was going to practise this time was the Earth Yuan Dan, amongst the 4th grade Earth Spirit Dan, the Earth Yuan Dan was considered the most common type of 4th grade elixir. Not only were the spirit herbs for this kind of pills not that precious, the means of refining it was also very simple.
The main function of this kind of elixir was to provide it to Yuan Dan realm cultivators to restore their true essence, and similarly, cultivators below the Yuan Dan realm could also use it.
Originally, Mo Wuji thought that since he possessed some of the power of divine thoughts and was able to perform the Dan Skill, refining the Fourth Grade Earth Spirit Pill shouldn’t be much of a problem.
But the first furnace of the Dan gave Mo Wuji a head start, even for the simplest 4th Grade Earth Spirit Dan, Earth Yuan Dan, he was unable to fuse the medicinal liquid.
With that kind of raging spiritual qi, it was useless for him to perform any more dan techniques. The moment he barely purified the spirit medicine, the medicinal liquid began to fuse, it directly collapsed away. He simply couldn’t control that berserk spiritual eruption, and the Dan Technique only allowed him to barely prolong it for some time.
The difficulty of controlling a fourth grade Earth Spirit Pill was more than ten times harder than a third grade Human Spirit Pill.
After failing three pills in a row, Mo Wuji stopped continuing to practise his hand. Trying his hand any further would just be a waste of herbs.
What he lacked wasn’t alchemy techniques or anything else, what he lacked was cultivation. Perhaps when he reached the ninth level of Pulse Expansion, or the Spirit Building Realm, he would be able to refine a fourth grade Earth Spirit Pill. At least right now, he couldn’t refine it.
Not being able to refine a fourth grade Earth Spirit Pill, Mo Wuji did not care. He believed that as long as he was able to participate in the competition, he would be able to get the quota to enter the Five Elements Desolate Domain. Didn’t Yin Shanyin say that Granny Linglong had travelled to the Five Elements Desolate Domain in order to beg for spirit herbs? In case he couldn’t beg Granny Linglong, he would go to the Five Elements Desolate Domain to look for the Spirit Grass that Granny Linglong needed. As long as he cast his vote, he didn’t believe that he wouldn’t be able to beat Granny Linglong.
Without continuing to refine the Fourth Grade Earth Spirit Pill, Mo Wuji didn’t go out either as he continued to refine the Third Grade Spirit Pill. It wasn’t to familiarise himself with the alchemy techniques, but rather, he wanted to conceal the Dan secret. Once he participated in the competition, there was a high chance that he would use the Dan secret. The best way was for him to conceal the Dan Recipe amongst his hand techniques.
After all, most of the more powerful dan masters had their own unique hand techniques for alchemy. As long as he did it in a hidden manner, no one should find out.
The ten days passed by in a hurry, and on this day, Mo Wuji gauged that he was about to arrive at the Five Elements Wilderness Domain, so he simply switched off the dan furnace and opened the door to the alchemy room.
“Wuji, how was the harvest?” What Mo Wuji didn’t expect was that Zhen Shaoke was waiting outside his door, as soon as he opened the door, he saw Zhen Shaoke.
Mo Wuji said shamefully, “I failed, I was too underestimating the Fourth Grade Earth Spirit Pill, and as a result, I failed three consecutive furnaces. After that, I have been practising the refining of the Third Grade Human Spirit Pill.”
Zhen Shaoke laughed, not minding in the slightest, “It’s alright, there’s less than an hour left before we reach the location of the Five Elements Desolate Domain Dan Competition. You’ve also been bored for many days, let’s go, let’s go out and take a look.”
Mo Wuji made sure that he didn’t see any disappointment from Zhen Shaoke’s expression, so it was evident that Zhen Shaoke should have known that he wouldn’t be able to advance to the Fourth Grade Earthly Dan Master when he made his request. The reason why Zhen Shaoke knew this was because he knew the difficulty of advancing to Dan Master better than him.
Even if he knew that he couldn’t advance to Fourth Grade Earthly Dan Master, Zhen Shaoke still took out a Fourth Grade Spirit Grass for him to practice on. Regardless of what Zhen Shaoke thought, he really wanted to befriend him.
Zhen Shaoke might not be a friend who could put his heart on the line, but he was truly a person worth cooperating with.
Arriving at the prow of the airship, Mo Wuji realised that Smokey had long been invited over by Zhen Shaoke, it looked like Zhen Shaoke knew Smokey’s position in his heart.
As soon as Mo Wuji came out, Smokey’s eyes immediately calmed down and settled down, followed by walking over to sit beside Mo Wuji.
“Wuji, did you bring Smokey’s sister to the Five Elements Wilderness to look for Granny Linglong to come out and save her?” After Mo Wuji and Smokey had spoken for a while, Zhen Shaoke then suddenly asked.
“Yes, I heard that her condition can only be cured by Granny Linglong.” Mo Wuji didn’t hide it, Zhen Shaoke was the Dan Pavilion’s Young Pavilion Master, his insight was naturally extraordinary. It wasn’t strange to be able to tell that Smokey had failed to be grafted with a spirit and had lost her memory.
Zhen Shaoke’s expression became a little gloomy, “Wuji, even though I also hope that Granny Linglong would be able to step in to help, I still have to tell you that you won’t be able to get Granny Linglong to step in even if you meet her. Therefore, you shouldn’t hold too much hope.”
Regarding Granny Linglong not being able to make a move, Mo Wuji had long learnt from Yin Shanyin. He sighed, “Despite that, I’m still going to try and find her, I won’t give up until the last minute.”
Zhen Shaoke continued, “Wuji, I do have a way to get Granny Linglong to make a move, it’s just that this method is a little dangerous ……”
Mo Wuji suddenly stood up, grabbed Zhen Shaoke and said, “Shao Zhen, please still show me.”
Zhen Shaoke patted Mo Wuji and signalled Mo Wuji to sit down again before he said, “You don’t need to be anxious, listen to me. Granny Linglong is not only the No.1 Dan Master of the Heavenly Enquiring Palace, even in the Lost Continent, she is also the No.1 in the Dan Dao deservedly. What she needs is naturally not simple.”
“Then Granny Linglong will also participate in the Five Elements Desolate Region’s Dan Competition?” Mo Wuji interjected and asked.
Zhen Shaoke smiled, “There are conditions for the Five Elemental Desolate Domain’s Dan Competition, firstly, you must be a Third Grade or above Human Dan Master, and secondly, you must be within a hundred years of age. Above the age of a hundred, even if your alchemy level is strong, you cannot participate. The first condition is not very strict, in fact, at the time of the Dan Bi, there were some second grade human pills masters who also went to participate. But for second grade human dan masters to go and participate in this kind of competition, it’s just making a fool of themselves, it’s impossible to get a ranking at all.”
Hearing that there was an age limit, Mo Wuji was finally relieved. He was only a third grade human dan master, and there were piles and piles of dan masters that were more powerful than him. If someone like Shen Ren’s father also went to the Five Elements Dan Competition, where would he stand a chance?
“The Dan Competition of the Five Elements Wilderness Region takes the top one hundred, with the first place receiving one hundred places to enter the Five Elements Wilderness Region. The second place gets ninety-nine places to enter the Five Elemental Desolate Domain, the third place gets ninety-eight ……. And so on. For the last place, you can only obtain one quota to enter the Five Elements Desolate Domain. As long as you can get a place, then you will have the chance to ask Granny Linglong to make a move. Wanting to enter the top one hundred isn’t simple, because this competition is almost like the Lost Continent’s most powerful dan masters screening at once.”
“Shao Zhen, please speak.” Mo Wuji had completely calmed down. This kind of competition was very favourable to him, he didn’t need first place, as long as he could get the top 100.
Zhen Shaoke and Mo Wuji didn’t spend much time together, there were ten days on the airship, and during these ten days, Mo Wuji was basically refining pills again. Nonetheless, Zhen Shaoke had gained some understanding of Mo Wuji and appreciated him. Mo Wuji had an indomitable will to fight, and most importantly, he was calm.
An ordinary person who was being chased by the Second Elder would probably have already panicked, yet he calmly brought his family to the Border City to look for the teleportation array. If he didn’t stop Mo Wuji himself, then when the Second Elder chased him to the Border City, perhaps he had really teleported away.
“Most of the people who enter the Five Elements Desolate Domain are looking for the True God’s Flower. What Granny Linglong needs, however, is not the True God’s Flower, but a type of ice crystal ……,” said Zhen Shaoke.
The Flower of the True God Mo Wuji wasn’t really sure, he only knew that there were three heavens in the Heavenly Realm, as for which three heavens, he had no idea. Even though he was tempted to ask Zhen Shaoke what the Flower of True God was, as well as the realm of the Heavenly Realm’s Triple Heavens, he held back. What Granny Linglong was looking for was a little more important to him.
“May I ask which type of ice crystal Granny Linglong is looking for?” Mo Wuji followed and asked.
