Chapter 405: Chapter 350: The Name Reaches Taoist Alliance, Imperial Power Contends for the Dragon
"Indeed! Let Master Song show us some of his skills."
"I agree!"
"Show us a trick!"
The crowd clamored with excitement.
Most of them weren’t trying to cause trouble; they truly just wanted to witness Song Lin’s real abilities.
This played right into Song Lin’s hands.
"Alchemy? Of course."
Song Lin smiled.
Refining pills was no big deal, and much of what he had been explaining earlier about the Rejuvenation Pill techniques could now be demonstrated.
Thinking this, Song Lin summoned the Lord’s Eight Trigrams Furnace.
The three-legged, two-handled pill furnace, imbued with divine fire, radiated an oppressive aura as it appeared, as though the heavens and earth had become an immense cauldron, ready to refine everyone present into pills.
"An Innate Spiritual Treasure?"
Most of those present were seeing the Lord Furnace for the first time.
Innate Spiritual Treasures were typically possessions of Heavenly Masters. Ordinary individuals would consider themselves lucky to even own an Acquired Spiritual Treasure.
When Song Lin effortlessly produced an Innate Spiritual Treasure, many hearts were quietly won over.
Even without considering his alchemy skills, the mere possession of such a treasure suggested exceptional capacity in refining pills.
Song Lin began by refining the simplest Qi Nourishing Pill.
He poured lead, mercury, golden sand, and various other materials into the belly of the furnace.
The Qi Nourishing Pill was the most common pill in the Taoist School, known for its ability to restore True Qi and mana. It was cheap, had minimal side effects, and was carried by everyone from Core Formation Masters to entry-level Taoist disciples.
Refining Qi Nourishing Pills was very straightforward. Almost any alchemist with a basic level of skill could produce them.
So, using such a pill for skill demonstration seemed puzzling at first.
The crowd was suspicious and confused until Song Lin performed his first Rejuvenation. Most alchemists were then visibly shocked.
This magic meeting had the most attendees brought by Lang Xiao, totaling over thirty people, all of them skilled in the Alchemy Path and superior among refiners.
"Master, what does this mean?"
Seeing Song Lin restore the pill back to its raw materials, someone questioned.
"This is the Rejuvenation Pill Skill I mentioned earlier. Don’t rush, just watch," Lang Xiao replied.
Soon after, Song Lin refined the restored pill into a first-transformation Qi Nourishing Pill. Its efficacy instantly increased several times.
"What is this?"
"What an ingenious method. The Great Dao is indeed simple, and it did not deceive me."
First transformation, second transformation, third transformation, fourth transformation, fifth transformation...
The pill’s medicinal power increased exponentially with each transformation.
As the number of Rejuvenations grew, the crowd gradually understood the principles behind Song Lin’s lecture.
They couldn’t help but admire the ingenuity of the method.
Where others added complexity, often using thousands of different materials to refine a pill, Song Lin’s Rejuvenation Pill Skill emphasized subtraction.
The Great Dao is simple: step by step, the essence of the pill was purified and refined to extract its most fundamental and potent properties.
In four words: ultimate sublimation.
Finally, a sixth-transformation Qi Nourishing Pill emerged, radiating heat and energy.
The pill hovered midair, clearly visible to everyone.
Its medicinal strength was about 1,600 times greater than the original.
Although Qi Nourishing Pills were of little use to those above the Core Formation stage, the one in Song Lin’s hand could greatly aid even a Primordial Spirit cultivator.
Should it reach the legendary nine transformations, it could likely achieve miraculous effects, as though turning decay into divine wonder.
"What do you think?" Lang Xiao turned to the Yuzhen Sect Taoists. "Your sect excels in alchemy and often looks down on outsiders, considering them beneath you. Now do you realize there are heavens beyond heavens and people beyond people?"
Before long, Song Lin used the Furnace of Eight Trigrams and its Creation Dao to refine the Qi Nourishing Pill into a top-grade spiritual pill, improving its quality by two entire tiers, with its medicinal power doubling once more.
"From today onward, Song Lin’s mastery of alchemy will resound throughout the Taoist Alliance!"
Lang Xiao gestured towards Song Lin as he spoke.
Even the most critical among the spectators could find no fault with Song Lin’s display.
Song Lin had truly achieved what he preached: using the Nine-Transformation Rejuvenation Pill Method, he had elevated an ordinary Qi Nourishing Pill’s medicinal power by over 3,000 times without adding any supplementary ingredients.
This level of alchemy mastery was likely second only to the Heavenly Masters of the Yuzhen Taoist School.
After this demonstration, the crowd grew much more serious.
The new members from the two territories and three sects might not have understood the intricacies of alchemy, but judging from the expressions of others, they could tell the Taoist Master had amazed them all.
Song Lin casually swallowed the pill like candy and then began lecturing on the Sword Dao.
After Sword Dao came the Taoist Soldier Skill.
During this time, there were those with ill intent who attempted to provoke him, but Song Lin effortlessly countered each challenge.
A life-and-death duel might be tricky, but as far as dueling spells was concerned, he feared no one.
The essence of a spell duel lies in competing only with spell techniques, where disparities in realms, mana, or Taoist Realms are ignored.
Even if Song Lin were to duel a Qi Refinement Taoist, he would deliberately suppress his power to the same level, although there remained a slight risk of underestimating his opponent.
The competition revolved solely around the intricacy of Taoist Skills.
In this realm, Song Lin feared no one.
After all, his understanding spanned multiple worlds, drawing insights from various geniuses and his own research.
The magic meeting lasted three days and three nights.
It was an undeniable success. Song Lin answered every question fluently, shattering prior impressions of him.
He lived up to the title of Shadow Heavenly Master.
A Shadow Heavenly Master was still a Heavenly Master.
One by one, the crowd dispersed.
Lang Xiao approached Song Lin and said, "Taoist friend, we meet again."
"Taoist Lang Xiao!"
Song Lin saluted in return.
"Let’s make time to exchange techniques. Would you be free?" Lang Xiao inquired.
"Of course, Taoist friend, you’re welcome anytime," Song Lin replied.
The other party was also a master of alchemy. Drawing on the strengths of many schools would be beneficial for improving his own alchemy skills.
Currently, Song Lin had only mastered the Middle Returning Pill Method and still lagged behind in achieving the Seventh to Ninth Transformation levels of the Great Rejuvenation Pill Method.
Once he succeeded, Song Lin was confident he could reach the Nine-Transformation Indestructible Body’s Great Success Realm within a year.