Song Yan and Lin Qing chatted as they walked, and soon arrived at the Dan Yuan.

The Dan Yuan was not small; the lectures were held in the main hall of the Teaching Pavilion. Both of them were familiar with the way and quickly found seats.

Song Yan was one of the Dan Yuan’s miscellaneous duties for the month, so he sat on the far right of the second row, with Lin Qing behind him.

"..."

Song Yan closed his eyes to rest, but in reality, he was racing against time to Cultivate the nameless incantation he had obtained in the black and white space. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

Song Yan’s original advantage was that his Divine Sense was slightly stronger than ordinary people. If he could expand this advantage, Alchemy might become even simpler.

There was still some time before the lecture began, and the Disciples gradually increased, mostly Outer Sect Disciples, with a minority of Inner Sect Disciples.

It was quite normal; if Inner Sect Disciples wanted to learn, they could freely choose from the four major courtyards. Lectures usually covered basics, mainly to answer questions for Outer Sect Disciples who had no guidance.

Perhaps because this lecture was given by an Elder from an external sect, the number of Inner Sect Disciples was slightly higher than usual.

At this moment, an old man with an air of an immortal, accompanied by Dan Yuan Elder Hu Zheng, Dan Yuan Disciple Zhou Wen, and two other young people, a boy and a girl, walked into the hall.

The whispers in the hall immediately ceased.

"This old man is Shen Yu from the Profound Origin Sect. I originally came to visit the Cave Abyss Sect for a meeting. Coincidentally, my old friend... that is, your Elder Hu, invited me to explain the Dao of Alchemy to you all."

"I, Shen, have some small insights in Alchemy. Today, I will speak frankly. Please all take your seats."

Wang Xi and Shen Huai sat in the first row, with Zhou Wen beside them, while Elder Hu sat in the co-lecturer’s position.

"This Dao of Alchemy is vast and profound. Let’s take the simplest Qi Nourishing Pill in the Cultivation world as an example."

Song Yan listened eagerly.

This Elder Shen from the external sect lectured really well!

Many Alchemy knowledge points were explained using the simplest and lowest-grade Qi Nourishing Pill as an example, moving from shallow to deep, seeing the big picture from the small.

Reviewing his own Alchemy techniques, he found so many oversights and misconceptions in places he had never even noticed before.

"So that’s how it is."

Song Yan absorbed these most basic Alchemy knowledge points with full concentration.

In his opinion, this Elder Shen, apart from occasionally revealing a somewhat uncomfortable sense of superiority in his words, was truly very skilled.

The main reason was that there were too few Elders currently lecturing on refining Qi Nourishing Pill.

"Other Elders always talk about Huang Ya Pill, Qi Condensation Pill... This Elder Shen is more down-to-earth."

Song Yan thought so.

But others did not think so.

"A dignified Elder of the Profound Origin Sect... came all the way here just to talk about Qi Nourishing Pill?"

Not only were the Inner Sect Disciples puzzled.

Even some Outer Sect Disciples exchanged glances, looking uninterested.

Shen Yu naturally saw it but did not care, as he had no intention of lecturing properly when he came here.

"Hmm... if that’s the case, perhaps the probability of failed pills can be reduced."

Shen Yu said casually, while Song Yan desperately took notes.

"Alright, that concludes today’s lesson."

Shen Yu lightly coughed: "I will be lecturing at the Cave Abyss Sect for three days. If you are interested, you can come again tomorrow."

"I am not a member of the Cave Abyss Sect, so today’s coursework is not compulsory. If you are interested in listening, go back and refine a Qi Nourishing Pill, and hand it in tomorrow for our assessment."

In fact, Shen Yu was just following Elder Hu’s instructions, going through the motions verbally.

What did the Alchemy skill of the Cave Abyss Sect’s Disciples have to do with him, an Elder of the Profound Origin Sect?

Furthermore, they were all mediocre Outer Sect Disciples; asking him, an Elder, to assess them was simply absurd.

It was still early in the day, so Song Yan, with a burning heart, followed his clear memory and, striking while the iron was hot, went to the Dan Yuan, rented a second-rate Alchemy room and Pill Furnace, and refined a batch of Qi Nourishing Pill.

"Indeed, Elder Shen was right."

Song Yan nodded delightedly, feeling none of the usual fatigue after Alchemy.

"Things within the Pill Furnace do not need to be controlled in every aspect; the medicinal properties will respond to each other. Leave more Divine Sense and spiritual power to control the medicinal properties and heat."

And he wondered if it was his imagination, but he felt his Divine Sense seemed to have made a slight improvement again.

Could it be that nameless incantation?

"Is it that fast?"

He gazed at this batch of Qi Nourishing Pill, overjoyed.

Judging by the appearance and spiritual power contained in this batch of pills, they could also be used for his own Cultivation.

The next day, a group of Disciples submitted their refined Medicinal Pills, and Song Yan did the same.

The Medicinal Pills would not be evaluated on the spot; usually, they were organized and written down by the lecturer’s Disciples or pill boys, and then distributed.

For the next two days, in addition to some knowledge not covered in depth yesterday, some Alchemy history and a smattering of information about Huang Ya Pill began to be included.

Although he felt it was not as useful as the first day, it was still Alchemy knowledge, and Song Yan did not dislike it.

Huang Ya Pill is one of the most mainstream Medicinal Pills consumed by Cultivators in the Qi Refinement Stage. The refining process and technique requirements are considerably more difficult than Qi Nourishing Pill, and Song Yan currently had no plans to spend Spirit Stone to practice refining it.

Soon, the three-day lecture concluded.

At the first quarter of 5-7 PM, Dragon Head Mountain.

Hall of Returning.

"Wang Xi, Shen Huai, you two clean these up, pick a few good ones, and write some casual comments."

Shen Yu frowned deeply: "What kind of logic is this, having an Elder personally teach Outer Sect Disciples Alchemy. No wonder the Cave Abyss Sect hasn’t produced a second Golden Core in so many years."

"Time is wasted on these things..."

He waved his sleeve and left.

Wang Xi and Shen Huai exchanged glances, said nothing, and began to sort through the pile of Medicinal Pills.

Although Shen Yu had emphasized that it was not compulsory, no Outer Sect Disciple would waste this opportunity, and even if they wanted to, they wouldn’t have the guts.

"..."

Wang Xi was just idly flipping through them, while Shen Huai was serious.

However, most of these Medicinal Pills were too terrible to look at.

"No pill shape at all, completely failed pills."

Wang Xi picked up a Medicinal Pill that currently even ranked as one of the better ones, with a mocking expression.

"The Cave Abyss Sect’s standard is truly surprisingly bad."

Shen Huai continued his work expressionlessly, saying coldly: "Most of these were refined by the Cave Abyss Sect’s Outer Sect Disciples. They don’t have much opportunity to practice, so this situation is quite normal."

"If you let the Outer Sect of our sect refine them, the difference would probably be negligible."

"Hmph."

Wang Xi chuckled, his meaning unclear.

Shen Huai did not pay attention to his contemptuous tone.

But then again.

These Medicinal Pills were indeed a mess.

Such simple Medicinal Pills, yet so few even formed a pill shape.

Failed pill.

Failed pill.

Another failed pill.

If the Pill Furnace exploded so badly that there was no semblance of a Medicinal Pill left, then don’t submit it, please?

Hmm, finally found one, barely effective Medicinal Pill.

The problem with this Medicinal Pill was its mediocre quality, unstable pill shape, and overly hasty pill collection step.

The problem with this one was that although the pill shape was good, the spiritual power contained within was too little. There must have been an issue with the Spirit Medicine ratio, but it was lucky to form a pill.

Qi Nourishing Pill inherently contains little spiritual power, so if it’s like this, what’s the difference between a Cultivator eating it and eating candy?

The problem with this one.

Huh?

The one who discovered the strange Medicinal Pill was not Shen Huai, but Wang Xi.

Shen Huai caught a glimpse of Wang Xi staring blankly out of the corner of his eye, thinking he was slacking off. He looked back and saw Wang Xi holding a Medicinal Pill, examining it repeatedly, lost in thought.

"What?"

Shen Huai focused his gaze, and his expression changed slightly.

"Oh?"