Nine Star Hegemon Body Arts

Chapter 1331 Divine Pill Hall Test

chapter 1331 divine pill hall test

translator: borntobe

the ancient castle felt like a giant beast emitting a desolate aura. once zhao xiang led long chen into the palace, they weren’t checked or questioned. zhao xiang simply greeted the guards and walked in with long chen.

once they were inside, long chen saw that the entire castle was supported by a huge formation. the spiritual qi inside was several times denser than outside, which made long chen once more sigh at pill valley’s wealth.

long chen saw that this place, which was a holy land to alchemists, was bustling with activity. he saw quite a few young disciples walking around. but they all seemed to be in a rush and ignored him.

the thing that shocked him was that some of them were extremely young. some only looked to be sixteen or seventeen, and their cultivation bases were only in the meridian opening realm.

“pill valley cares about alchemy, not cultivation base. the younger the disciple, the more potential that can be unlocked while they’re in pill valley. and the lower their cultivation bases, the more room for their spiritual strength to grow. so it’s normal for you to see disciples with low cultivation bases. however, the competition between disciples is intense. those who can enter pill valley are all alchemy geniuses. but even geniuses become ordinary people here.

“geniuses are all used to being arrogant existences worshipped by others, so when they come here, they all go all-out cultivating. there’s practically no need to encourage them. you see how busy they are. even friends will only nod toward you in passing. that’s because they feel that speaking is a waste of time. they need to spend all their time on cultivation,” explained zhao xiang.

“wow, is there a need to go all-out like this?” long chen was stunned. they didn’t even want to waste the time to speak?

long chen felt like he had been training hard, but now in comparison, it seemed that he was a slacker.

“hehe, they have no choice. sometimes, just honor and glory are enough to drive a person to do their best. everyone wants to stand above others and not be trampled on. within pill valley, alchemy is everything, so they have no choice but to cultivate their alchemy arts to the peak. as long as your alchemy arts are great enough, you can get whatever you want. furthermore, alchemists walk a different path from ordinary cultivators. they don’t need to remain hasty. as long as you become strong enough, you can get as many resources and beauties as you want. you won’t even need to ask; they’ll simply flock toward you. hehe, you understand!” zhao xiang winked at long chen.

the benefits were this great? it seemed living in pill valley would be amazing.

for normal cultivators, once they reached the xiantian realm, they could theoretically start producing progeny. and that wouldn’t stop them from advancing in the future.

but the majority of cultivators wouldn’t start doing so immediately after reaching the xiantian realm. that was because the higher the realm of the parents, the greater the purity of their spirit blood, and the greater chance their progeny would inherit their bloodline and be termed geniuses.

that was why most cultivators would cultivate until they reached their peak before they considered getting a partner and creating progeny.

for male cultivators, they would usually find one or more dao-companions after reaching the xiantian realm, but they wouldn’t have progeny.

for males, becoming dao-companions with someone else wouldn’t cause any problems for them. but female cultivators normally wouldn’t choose to become dao-companions.

this related to problems of the heart. for many men, women were like wealth to be gained, and this satisfied their desire to conquer others. but they didn’t have that many real emotions toward this act.

but for women, when it came to these matters, especially during their first time, it caused large ripples in their hearts. normally, they would only dual cultivate with the one they loved.

this was different from the attitude of male cultivators. as for what was different, it was that one cared about the heart, while the other cared about appearances.

“idiots, if a person read too many of these, they probably wouldn’t even be able to refine pills after!”

long chen was secluded in his room on his own, studying these things. that was because this was related to the competition to join the divine pill hall.

the competition had two parts, theory and practice. he didn’t just need to know how to refine pills, but he also needed to be able to discuss the theory behind the refinement as well.

and yet, these things were all personal viewpoints and theories of different people, all based on their own lives and experiences. yes, it was true that their alchemy arts and theories were novel and innovative.

but these things were only suited to themselves. it was like everyone was learning how to paint, and he was trying to paint an image of a landscape. did showing him paintings of beautiful women help him at all?

the most irritating thing was that he needed to know this, and he had to be able to write out his impression and what he learned from reading them. otherwise, they wouldn’t let him pass.

just because he wanted to cook a chicken, did he need to know how a chicken existed? did they really care about which came first, the chicken or the egg?

unfortunately there was no way around this. the competition would be testing on this. if he didn’t pass the theory aspect, he wouldn’t even get to go to the refining portion.

after ten days of studying, long chen had an urge to vomit. even with his immense spiritual strength, memorizing all these things gave him a headache.

furthermore, some of these theories were fundamentally flawed, but he still had to memorize them. he had to be wrong with them.

that was because the competition would test this, and he had to reply within the scope of these texts to get his answer marked correct. this was long chen’s first time having to study such irritating alchemy ‘knowledge’.

zhao xiang was a bit worried to see long san come out in just ten days.

for most cultivators, memorizing all these theories in two months would be impressive. but ten days? that was a bit unbelievable.

zhao xiang was in charge of long san, and so his station would rise and fall according to long san’s result. looking worried, he asked, “how do you feel?”

“i feel alright, and i’ve pretty much memorized them all. it should be no problem.” long chen rubbed his weary face. for the second volume of the nirvana scripture, he had no choice but to go all-out.

“good. don’t feel too much pressure. even if you fail this time, you’ll definitely pass the next one,” comforted zhao xiang.

zhao xiang led long chen toward the pill management department. once they were in, long chen saw that the inside was packed with people already.

“long san?”

he had only just walked in when a stunned voice rang out.