Drunk Immortal Gourd

As if seeing Qingyang's doubts, Duanmusong said directly: "Fellow Taoist Qingyang will definitely be doubting in his heart. It's just an alchemy book and it's completely foreign. Why should they take such a big risk? In fact, this It’s a long story.”

"Is there something hidden in this?" Qingyang asked.

Duanmusong nodded and said: "This starts with the origin of our Wucheng Island. Wucheng Island was not originally called Wucheng Island, but was called Danwang Island. About hundreds of years ago, there was a A very famous alchemy master, known as the Thousand-Hand Alchemy King. The Alchemy King is extremely skilled in Yuan Dan. The elixirs he refines are not only coveted by Golden Dan monks, but also praised by Yuanying monks. "

Under normal circumstances, only those with a success rate of more than 30% in refining pulse-opening level elixirs can be called a meridians-opening alchemy master. Only those with a success rate of more than 30% in refining Qi-level elixirs are called Qi-refining alchemists. Only those with a success rate of more than 30% of basic-level elixirs can be considered a foundation-building alchemy master. Now Qingyang's alchemy skills, if only the herbal elixir technique, have already surpassed the average foundation-building alchemy master.

The next level up from the Foundation Establishment Alchemist is the Golden Alchemist. Because it is particularly difficult to become a Golden Alchemist, and the Golden Alchemist is almost at the top level among alchemists, and their number is extremely rare, so the Golden Alchemist Usually he is also called Alchemy King by monks, which means the King of Alchemy.

In the entire Jiuzhou Continent, there are no more than three people who can be called Alchemy Kings, and almost all of them are in Jinding Pavilion. Among them, Master Jade Hoe is the most popular. It is a pity that Master Jade Hoe died in Yinfeng Gorge. As for the alchemists from other sects, including the head of the Qingfeng Palace Alchemy Institute, he is a senior foundation-building alchemist. To be able to become a quasi-alchemy king is a sign of pride.

Although the Thousand-Handed Pill King Duanmusong mentioned was exaggerated in his words, there should be nothing doubtful about his ability to be called the Pill King because of his Yuan Dan skills.

Following Qingyang's thoughts, Duanmu Song didn't stop talking and continued: "The Thousand-Hand Pill King is amazing in his alchemy skills and is sought after by many forces in the Zhongsha Region. It's just that the Thousand-Hand Pill King has a weird personality, so he has to study the pill intensively. He did not like to interact with others. In order to avoid being disturbed by others when practicing alchemy, he moved his disciples to a remote island and practiced asceticism behind closed doors every day. The remote island was called Alchemy Island, that is, Today’s Wucheng Island.”

"The Thousand-Hand Pill King has a total of five disciples, named Duanmu, Nangong, Ximen, Murong, and Baili. They are the ancestors of the five major families in Wucheng Island. My Duanmu family ancestor is the senior brother among them. The Thousand-Hand Pill King puts his mind They were all used to study alchemy and were not attentive to the disciples’ teachings, so the five disciples did not achieve much in their cultivation, and they all stopped at the foundation building stage.”

"Because the Thousand-Hand Pill King moved to this island, some monks followed one after another, so this desert island gradually became popular. So a hundred years after the Thousand-Hand Pill King, the five disciples simply stayed On this island, the island was renamed Wucheng Island.”

"The most important thing the Thousand-Hand Pill King passed down to his five disciples is the first-hand alchemy. Due to limitations in their cultivation, all five of them can only be regarded as foundation-building alchemy masters. None of them has met the requirements of the Thousand-Hand Pill King. The Thousand-Hand Pill King is very Unfortunately, before his death, he arranged a Dan King Meeting on Dan King Mountain in the middle of the island. Only those who can pass the various tests can truly inherit his mantle. "

Duanmusong quickly told the story about Wucheng Island and the Alchemy King Meeting, while Qingyang listened beside him and his heart was filled with excitement, "The Alchemy King Meeting?" The mantle of King Dan? If I had the opportunity to inherit the mantle of the Alchemy King, I would never have to worry about alchemy skills again.

But Qingyang also knew that it was unlikely. As an outsider, how could he have the chance to participate in any Alchemy King Conference? And hundreds of years have passed, and no one from the five major families has passed the test of the Alchemy King. How can I, a person who has only learned the art of Yuan Dan for more than a month, pass the test?

Qingyang was curious and couldn't help but ask: "What's going on with this Alchemy King?"

Duanmu Song said: "The Alchemy King Meeting is held every fifty years. Regardless of men, women, old or young, regardless of their level of cultivation, descendants of the five major families can participate. There are no restrictions. From the first Alchemy King Meeting, it has been five or six years. Over the past hundred years, the Alchemy King Meeting has been held eleven times.”

"The five major families on Wucheng Island are all descendants of the Alchemy King, so their alchemy skills must be extraordinary. There should be quite a few who pass the test every time the Alchemy King meets, right?" Qingyang said.

Hearing Qingyang's words, Duanmusong shook his head and said: "On the contrary, except for the first Dan King Meeting, all five of Dan King's disciples passed the first level and stopped at the second level. No more than three people can pass the first level every time, especially in the recent Dan King meetings, only one person has passed the first level, and sometimes even none."

Not even one? Is the test set by Danyang so difficult? Qingyang couldn't help but frowned. No wonder no one has been able to obtain the mantle of Thousand-Armed Pill King for hundreds of years.

Duanmu Song knew Qingyang's thoughts, sighed, and said: "Talent is one thing, and the loss of alchemy skills is another, and various accidents make it worse. The alchemy skills passed down by Thousand Hands Alchemy King back then were the same, only The ancestor of my Duanmu family recorded the second volume of the True Explanation of Yuan Dan. The other four families all passed it on orally. Some of them had unexpected interruptions in the process, and some were ignorant and did not ask for a thorough explanation. Gradually, the inheritance went awry, and in the end it was just this. The next volume of Yuan Dan is really ready.”

Qingyang finally understood and said: "The alchemy skills of Ximen Ying and Murong Zhu have been lost, and they want to get good results in the Alchemy King Conference, and even get the true inheritance of the Thousand-Hand Alchemy King, so they will use any means Is this why you came to Duanmu’s house to seize it?”

Duanmu Song nodded and said: "That's pretty much the reason, but they also think of things too simply. It's true that my Duanmu family has the true solution to alchemy in the second volume, but how easy is it to master alchemy? If I didn't have the foundation of the Duanmu family and went out to practice for a while when I was young, how could I have the alchemy skills I have today? They thought about things too simply, thinking that if they grabbed the true solution to the alchemy skills, they would be able to obtain thousands of pills. Hand Pill King’s Mantle?”

"Human nature is like this. Sometimes it's hard to tell. Maybe people think they are gifted and their alchemy skills will improve by leaps and bounds after having the alchemy book. Maybe they are jealous of you and feel that they have a better chance of winning without a competitor." Qingyang Said casually.

"A better chance of winning? There are three levels in the Alchemy King Association. The five disciples of the Alchemy King hundreds of years ago couldn't pass the second level. Why does he think that he can succeed if he gets a true explanation of Yuan Dan? He took this elixir Isn't Wang Hui thinking too simple?" Duan Mu Song said angrily.