Chapter 320 It’s very simple, I just need to reach the ninth rank!
On the top floor of Dan Tower, Xiao Yun and others sat at different tables to discuss alliance matters."That old guy! He's really a hands-off boss. He just leaves such a huge Dan Tower here alone?!" Yao Chen slammed the wooden table and shouted.
Xiao Yun, who was standing by, stroked his cheek helplessly, "Old Yao, when you say this, please pay attention to yourself, okay? Didn't you also ignore Xingyun Pavilion for many years? You even died once during that time!"
This is also one of the main reasons why he is unwilling to establish a force. Establishing a force requires taking care of things, but on the Douqi Continent, strength is equivalent to power. As long as it is strong enough, the force is dispensable.
"Yao Chen, be careful with your words and be respectful to the ancestor!" Tian Lei Zi reminded in a deep voice. No matter whether the ancestor doesn't care about things or not, due respect should be shown to a high-level Douluo.
Yao Lao nodded angrily. He had not expected that even with the Soul Palace in such a state, Patriarch Danta would still have the leisure to run out and not worry about Danta at all.
"How long has the ancestor been away from Danta? Do you have any information about him?"
"Alas, the ancestor has been missing for a long time..." Xuan Kongzi took over the conversation and said with a wry smile: "It has been decades since we heard from him. If it weren't for the fact that the soul jade slip was intact, we would have thought that the ancestor had met with some accident."
Hearing the conversation between several people, Xiao Yun's heart was also a little disturbed. He knew the existence of the Danta Patriarch.
And I vaguely remember that the old ancestor of Danta seems to be in the Demon Fire Plain now, where he is restraining the Pure Lotus Demon Fire.
But even though he knew it, he still had to show off his acting skills and put on a confused look.
Seeing Xiao Yun's expression, Xuan Kongzi patiently explained, "Xiao Yun, although your cultivation has reached Dou Sheng, you have not been in Zhongzhou for a long time, so it is normal that you don't know the existence of the ancestor.
This ancestor can be said to be one of the founders of Danta, and his true form is actually a ninth-grade Xuandan..."
"Moreover, given the old ancestor's concern for the people of the world, if he knew what the Soul Palace did, he would definitely agree to the alliance!"
Xuan Kongzi paused, sighed, and continued: "But unfortunately, let alone the three of us, even the group of old guys in the Little Dan Tower have no means to contact the ancestor.
Therefore, it is impossible to get the ancestor to come back. Now, I am afraid that he will turn into a baby again and experience the so-called "life"..."
Xuan Kongzi's words were full of helplessness towards this ancestor who had lived for a thousand years.
"So, the affairs of the alliance can only depend on the attitudes of those old guys in Xiao Danta?" Yao Lao frowned and said slowly.
"Yes, since the ancestor is not here, we can only decide through a vote of the Grand Elders' Council." Tian Lei Zi nodded slightly and replied in a deep voice.
"Xiao Yun, as an elder of Danta, you probably still don't know these, right?"
Xuan Kongzi drank a sip of tea to moisten his throat, and continued: "There are a total of ten seats in the Great Elders' Council. We, as the three giants, occupy three of them. In addition, there are seven old guys who you need to convince..."
"There is no need to convince seven, just three more will do..." Xuan Yi said softly. The Council of Elders has always been democratic, with the minority obeying the majority. Even if there is only a difference of one vote, the decision will not be changed.
"It's hard to say about the three. As far as I know, among the seven old guys, only two have deep grudges with the Soul Palace, so they can be considered easy targets to win over. The rest are all pedantic!" At the end of his words, Tian Lei Zi said angrily.
He is considered to be a relatively radical member of the Council of Elders, and he can't stand those old guys who always try to compromise.
"If we can get five votes and tie with those old guys, that would be great..."
Xuan Kongzi shook his head and said in a deep voice: "But there is no point in talking about it now. Let's do this. Yao Chen and I will go into the small Dan Tower first to test the opinions of those old guys.
Tian Leizi, Xuan Yi, the alchemy meeting is coming soon, you should be careful that the Heart and Soul Palace has hidden tricks..."
After explaining the matter, Xuan Kongzi turned his head to look at Yao Lao and said with a smile: "Let's go, Yao Lao, it was you who proposed this alliance, and it should be you who lobby for it. It just so happens that you haven't been here for many years!"
"Okay, I hope those old guys won't be too pedantic." Hearing this, Yao Lao hesitated. To be honest, he really didn't want to go to Xiaodan Tower, otherwise he would not have escaped from there that year.
Then, the two of them got up from the sofa. Xuan Kongzi walked to the back of his desk and pressed his palm on the jade-smooth wall. Suddenly, the wall began to wriggle, and in the blink of an eye, a slowly rotating space channel was formed!
"Let's go."
After a greeting, Xuan Kongzi and Yao Lao walked in slowly, one in front and one behind. After Yao Lao's figure completely disappeared, the passage began to slowly dissipate and turned back into the extremely hard wall.
Seeing the two figures disappear, Tian Leizi said: "Xiao Yun, it may take them a while to get in, you can just find a place to kill time, the two of us will go to deal with the matters of the alchemy association first..."
"Well, Aunt Xuan, Mr. Lei, you two take care." Xiao Yun nodded, and after watching the two elders leave, he did not leave the study. Instead, he took out an ancient book from his ring and began to read it with relish.
……
I don’t know how long it had been, but when Xiao Yun finished reading a recipe for an elixir, there was a disturbance in the study. It turned out that Xuan Kongzi and Yao Lao had returned.
Seeing that Xiao Yun was still sitting in the same seat, Yao Lao couldn't help but ask, "Xiao Yun, have you been waiting for a long time?"
"It's OK, it won't take that long..." Xiao Yun smiled, put the recipe back into his ring, and asked, "What do the elders of the Little Dan Pagoda say?"
"Well, there are pros and cons. Among the elders of Xiaodan Tower, only the two mentioned earlier agreed to the alliance. The others are still taking a wait-and-see attitude..." Xuan Kongzi sighed and said slowly.
"Equal?" Xiao Yun nodded slightly. This was within his expectations. "If equal, what about the alliance?"
"Wait! Now we can only wait for the result. Wait and see who among the remaining five elders will change their minds..."
"Is it the only way?" Xiao Yun was extremely surprised when he heard this. No wonder people always said that the elders in Xiaodan Tower were pedantic. So they were really this pedantic?
Is it just a matter of holding it together? Is there no solution?
"Alas, if that old fellow Yao Laotou had not withdrawn from the Small Dan Tower back then, he would have been a member of it now..." Xuan Kongzi shook his head, looking helpless.
In this regard, Yao Lao could only smile bitterly. If he had to stay with those old and pedantic guys for decades, he would probably go crazy before he could become an elder. "Besides winning the votes of the remaining five elders, is there no other way? For example, adding another elder to the Great Elders' Council?" Xiao Yun frowned.
“It’s not so easy to become an elder in the Great Elders’ Council…” Xuan Kongzi looked at Xiao Yun and said in a deep voice, “Generally speaking, only alchemists who can refine an eighth-grade, seven-color or higher alchemy can join the Small Pill Tower!
However, joining does not mean that the former can immediately become an elder of the Grand Elders' Council!
Every once in a while, Xiaodan Tower would hold a small alchemist conference to recruit new elders, but it would take another eight years before the next conference! By then, what would be the point of the alliance..."
Eight years is enough time for the Soul Palace to flatten Zhongzhou twice!
"Is there no other way? Like using a back door or something?" Xiao Yun asked helplessly. There was still a big difference whether the alliance had Danta or not.
"Through the back door? You really dare to think of that..."
Xuan Kongzi sighed lightly and was about to refuse, but Yao Lao suddenly had an idea and interrupted him, saying, "There is no back door, but there is a shortcut!"
He and Xuan Kongzi looked at each other, and the latter immediately understood and said slowly: "You mean? Publicly become a ninth-rank..."
“That’s right!” Yao Lao nodded, clenched his fist and slammed it on his palm, and said excitedly: “It’s the ninth rank! It’s the ninth rank! Why do we need to look at the faces of those old guys in Xiaodan Tower? Old Monster Lin will have to invite us in!”
Ninth-grade alchemy master. It is hard to find more than ten alchemists of this level in the entire continent!
There is no other reason, it's simply that the conditions are too difficult. If an alchemist wants to be promoted to the ninth level, he not only needs a soul above the heavenly realm, but also the strength of a fighting saint!
Otherwise, the energy of heaven and earth required to activate the ninth-grade elixir alone would be enough to kill the person who refines the medicine.
Such difficult conditions also make it extremely difficult to find a ninth-grade alchemist. Even in the Small Dan Tower, there is only one, the Great Elder!
“In the past, I was stuck at the peak of Dou Zun and couldn’t refine the ninth-grade elixir to deal with the black magic thunder. But now that I have achieved Dou Sheng, the ninth grade, I have a 30% chance of success!” Yao Lao said in a deep voice.
However, Xuan Kongzi was not happy. He frowned and said coldly, "Old Yao, have you forgotten that you took the initiative to withdraw from the Little Pill Tower? Even if you become a ninth-grade alchemy master, they will not want you..."
"..." Upon hearing this, Yao Lao's excitement suddenly cooled down. Yes, considering how pedantic those old guys in Xiao Danta were, it was indeed possible for them to do such a thing.
Just as the two old men were frowning, Xiao Yun smiled and said, "As one of the elders of Dan Tower, after I have refined the ninth-grade precious pill, I should be qualified to enter the Small Dan Tower, right?"
"Xiaoyun, you?"
Hearing this, Xuan Kongzi and Yao Lao were both stunned, their eyes fixed on the former. Although they knew that Xiao Yun had a very high talent in alchemy, it had only been a few years since he was promoted to the eighth-grade alchemy master.
Moreover, most of the time was probably spent on cultivation, and alchemy was probably...
"Xiao Yun, are you confident that you can refine the ninth grade now?" Xuan Kongzi asked in a deep voice.
"Well, Master Xuan, I'm somewhat confident." Xiao Yun nodded slightly. He had wanted to try the ninth-grade elixir for a long time, and now was the perfect opportunity.
"Do you know what you are talking about? That's the ninth rank!"
It’s not that Xuan Kongzi doesn’t believe Xiao Yun, but it’s too outrageous for him to achieve the ninth rank at this age!
Take Yao Chen for example, the so-called former number one alchemist on the continent, a long-established eighth-grade peak master. Even so, he believed that he only had a 30% chance of succeeding in refining a ninth-grade elixir.
Each of those old fellows in Xiaodan Tower was an eighth-grade senior expert. They have been specializing in alchemy for hundreds of years, but only one ninth-grade master of alchemy has emerged!
Yao Lao was also surprised. Even though he was used to seeing miracles happen, he still found this one a little hard to believe.
"Let's give it a try. There is no better way at the moment, right?" Xiao Yun smiled and said softly.
Xuan Kongzi was speechless for a moment. Indeed, apart from Xiao Yun, it was difficult for them to find anyone else who could get that crucial vote.
After a long silence, Xuan Kongzi finally spoke: "Xiao Yun, this time you have to refine the elixir in the same way as you did last time when you achieved the eighth level. You have to refine the elixir in public so that all the alchemists in the world can witness it. Only then will the old guys in the Little Alchemy Tower have to hold their noses and let you enter..."
The implication is that if one becomes famous, one will not be laughed at if one fails, but it will definitely leave some bad influence.
"It's okay, it's just a ninth-grade precious pill. I can still give it a try."
Although he had never refined elixirs of this level, but relying on the soul power of the late Heavenly Realm between his eyebrows, Xiao Yun was no weaker than any other elixir master!
Hearing Xiao Yun's confirmation, Xuan Kongzi gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "In this case, we old guys will take care of this matter.
Xiaoyun, how about refining it after the alchemy meeting? By then, all the alchemists from various regions will rush to Shengdan City..."
"Yes, it's the same no matter where you refine it!" Xiao Yun nodded.
"Then you should take a good rest and prepare yourself in the next few days. We will notify you when the time comes!"
Xuan Kongzi paused, then suddenly thought of something and continued, "By the way, Xiaoyun, do you have a ninth-grade pill recipe? Do you need us old guys to get you a few volumes?"
The higher the level of medicine refining, the more important the recipe becomes! If there is no recipe for a ninth-grade elixir, refining a ninth-grade elixir is simply a fantasy.
Even a ninth-grade golden elixir master cannot refine the lowest-grade ninth-grade elixir without the elixir formula!
Therefore, the rarity of the ninth-grade pill recipe is even greater than that of the heavenly-level fighting skills. Xuan Kongzi, as one of the three giants of Danta and an eighth-grade peak alchemy master, has only three volumes of the ninth-grade pill recipe after collecting for many years.
"Thank you for your kindness, Master Xuan, but I still have some ninth-grade pill recipes in my hand..." Xiao Yun waved his hand and declined the other party's kindness.
Ninth-grade pill formulas are extremely rare to other alchemy masters, but they are very common to Xiao Yun. He has nearly twenty volumes of ninth-grade pill formulas in his ring!
Many of them were found by Yao Lao, Hei Sheng and the ancient ruins, but the most important one was the legacy left to him by Xiao Xuan when he was in the Heavenly Tomb!
"In that case, I won't say anything more. Xiaoyun, go and prepare yourself!"
After Xuan Kongzi finished speaking, he immediately looked at Yao Lao and said, "Old Yao, don't leave. You have to pay more attention to Xiaoyun's alchemy..."
Before I became a black myth, I was the Monkey King.
After beating the Black Myth, I am Xiaomalou. The big head is too difficult to beat, even harder than Lingxuzi.
(End of this chapter)
