Master of Science and Technology - Chapter 27
Translator: Darling | Editor: Nebosuke
Though the zhuji pill seems to be of low quality, it plays a vital role for cultivators or for those who walk in the way of self-cultivation.
They could truly embark on the road of cultivation once they stepped into the foundation establishment state or zhuji and be truly different from worldly mortals. Especially for a sect, foundation establishment is not only a foundation establishment of the individual. It’s also the foundation establishment of the sect. Therefore, for any sect, the zhuji pill concerns the foundation of a sect, and its importance is naturally self-evident.
Purely from the perspective of alchemy, the lianqi pill cannot be compared with the zhuji pill. The lianqi pill is just a common aid for practicing cultivation, while the zhuji pill is a breakthrough. To put it more exaggeratedly, this is called the creation of heaven and earth, because the ingredients to make this pill are all rare plants.
The herbs in the zhuji pill prescription were difficult to find, especially the two main ingredients which were extremely precious spiritual plants. The first one was the Jade Lingzhi mushroom, and the second was the spiritual essence flower. Although these two spiritual plants were not rare treasures, only a few sects had these kinds of plants. One of the most important reasons was its environment, and it only grew in Mijing which had more spiritual energy.
Yuqing once had a Mijing or secret border. Even after the great array restricted the main peak, they still use Mijing for elixir fields for planting herbs, a high-level magical paradise. However, supposedly after thousands of years ago, Mijing, a field for pills and elixirs, became the property of others after a certain grandmaster of Liandan hall betrayed the sect and left.
As of now, the jade lingzhi mushroom and the spiritual essence flower that the Yuqing sect needed were purchased from various sources at a hefty price with its limited amount. As they say, it was called strangling. Those sects with these kinds of spiritual plants were using these to strangle the neck of the Yuqing sect.
That’s why up until now, though some inner disciples of Yuqing perfected the lianqi, though they took the zhuji pill, it was useless. So they had to join a competition and rank up to be able to make a zhuji pill.
Since they didn’t have such plants, Ye Zan’s first thought was to combine chemicals. Sadly, the main components of these two spirit plants couldn’t be simply expressed by molecular formulas, and some of the mysterious elements were difficult to solve.
“It will be a competition between the five sects in one month, so it’s better to postpone the establishment of a foundation for now.”
As Ye Zan was troubled because of the zhuji pill, Elder Mo entered his room to tell Ye Zan not to rush to build the foundation.
“Competition between the five sects?”
Ye Zan immediately recalled it from the notes he had read before — he turned to the part with information about the competition of the five sects. These five sects were: Yuqing, Jinguang, Wuzhu, Guangfa, and Qingyuejian.
Among the five sects, Qingyuejian was the most powerful and was called a second-class sect while the other four were third-class sects. Although Qingyuejian only had three Yuanying ancestors, though they had great swordsmanship yet it could be claimed that they were unconquerable in the realm. But, they were also recognized as the most difficult opponent in the realm due to their swordsmanship. Of course, what’s more important is that Qingyuejian had an unknown supreme elder who was a strong primordial spirit.
As for the Guangfa sect, it was regarded as a Buddhist sect and wasn’t that strong. However, it had many disciples. One should be strong to be able to enter this sect, but if one wanted to go further, he had to be persistent. So, the disciples of Guangfa were the most difficult to deal with when it came to the lianqijing. They were particularly good at using joint attacks.
The five sects had formed more than three hundred years ago — what these five sects had in common was they shared Mijing that could be found in a valley. When some sect found the secret border, they didn’t want to turn it over to a third-class sect, like them. However, when a few first-class sects came to investigate and found that there was nothing valuable in Mijing, they gave it to the five sects in pity.
Mijing is a restricted area which only allows cultivators of lianqijing to enter, just like an ant that can pass through the crack between a door, while the larger ones are blocked outside the door. Since they know that there are no good things in the secret realm, a few first-class sects never try to help the five sects get rid of the restriction. Thus, the five sects could only send some of their disciples which entered the stage of lianqi. They entered Mijing every five years, and this is what is known as the competition between the five sects.
Without looking down on the first-class sect, what the secret border produced still attracted the five sects.
The secret border produced two different types: first was the spiritual plants, and the other one was demon beasts. Aside from the value of spiritual plants, demon beasts could be considered real treasures. The flesh of some monsters could match the best quality lianqi pill, the bones of some monsters were the best materials for refining magical instruments, and the most valuable was the internal alchemy of monsters.
Of course, it was not so easy to obtain the internal alchemy of the monsters, since demon beasts were not ordinary beasts. Most of them even had inner magic which was already equivalent to the monks of the zhujijing. Therefore, this competition was to explore the secret border to find some benefits. Second, they also used the monsters in the secret realm to train their disciples.
“This competition looks interesting,” Ye Zan thought, not only because this was a competition, but also because the Yuqing sect could leave behind some notes or complain more closely after the competition.
Jinguang and Wuzhu didn’t need to be mentioned aside from Yuqing. They could be regarded as the pioneers in suppressing the Yuqing sect. The Guangfa and Yuqing sects didn’t have a great relationship, and they were not so specifically targeted at suppressing. But who did not want to gain an advantage in Mijing? As for the second-class sect, Qingyuejian, although it was not a low-class sect, it looked down on the Yuqing sect.
Therefore, Yuqing ended up with no relationship within the five sects. People say the more friends you have, the more options you have in life. And this was the situation with no friends, naturally self-evident. In previous competitions, Yuqing was supposedly always at the bottom in the ranking, gaining the least and getting injured the most.
If Yuqing was the same as before, Elder Mo wouldn’t be able to mention this competition between the five sects with Ye Zan since he had to consider the security issues of this supreme martial uncle. But it was different this time. After half a year, he had clearly seen the changes in the Yuqing disciples, so he was quite confident about this competition.
“In the competition, each sect must have 10 people in a group. Do you have any suggestions?” Elder Mo asked.
Ye Zan thought for a while and said, “Just choose based on their performance in the Xushen realm. Look for people with the ability, and see if they have the ability to collaborate.”
Ye Zan called it the Xushen realm as the other name of the game indicating that this was the name of the game. After all, he couldn’t explain that it was just a common online game in the world of science and technology.
Elder Mo nodded and said, “According to what you said, it sounds like a great idea.”
“I’m going to make some preparations, and I will prepare some surprises for them,” Ye Zan said, lost in his thoughts as he stroked his chin.
Although the result of training the disciples in the Xushen realm was good, Ye Zan didn’t think that the disciples could really beat the four sects in the competition after those training. The so-called lion pouncing on a hare also exerted its full strength. Ye Zan had the big plug-in of science and technology, and he naturally wanted to find a way to enhance his own strength as much as possible.
On the other side, Elder Mo announced the selection method of the candidates for the competition between the five sects in the Xushen realm, and it suddenly caused another high tide of killing beasts. Before, these disciples were so afraid when mentioning the competition between the five sects, but it was different now. They are well aware of the changes that happened to them in the past six months, and they were eager to show their strength to them.
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