Urban Divine Doctor Descends the Mountain

Chapter 2321: Chapter 2320: The Guide

"Don’t lose heart. As far as I know, Lingxu Danzong always has ’Guides’ active in the Mundane World."

"These Guides specialize in directing alchemy talents to Lingxu Danzong. If someone’s alchemy talent is widely known, the Guides will seek them out."

"And then they will lead them into Lingxu Danzong!"

"Before, my mentor received guidance from the Guides. They asked my mentor’s opinion, whether he was willing to head to ’Lingxu Danzong’ with them."

"Unfortunately, my mentor had a formidable enemy to tackle at that time, and thus temporarily declined their offer. In the end, my mentor missed that opportunity."

Upon hearing the Sovereign Witch’s words, Lin Dong curiously asked, "Senior Sovereign Witch, I’ve heard you mention your mentor so often. What kind of person is your mentor exactly?"

"Him? He, like me, is one of those peerless Tianjiao. He is very versatile—alchemy, alchemy talismans, formations, and witchcraft—all are within his grasp."

"I’ve merely inherited his witchcraft, and already have such accomplishments in witchcraft."

At this point, the Sovereign Witch suddenly fell silent. Clearly, she respected and even worshipped her mentor.

She wasn’t willing to discuss him further with others.

Lin Dong wanted to ask more, like who exactly her mentor was. Such a figure must be recorded in martial arts history and undoubtedly a renowned existence.

But the Sovereign Witch didn’t answer him, instead saying, "Why do you ask so many questions? He’s long dead, even his spirit and soul have vanished. I don’t wish to say more."

That would bring her pain.

Seeing this, Lin Dong sighed and stopped asking further questions.

"What level of alchemy talent must one achieve for the Guides of Lingxu Danzong to come knocking?" Lin Dong asked.

"I’m not sure about the specifics either. However, my mentor reached the level of a Sixth-grade Alchemist before the age of thirty."

"As long as you can become a Sixth-grade Alchemist before thirty, they will definitely seek you out."

"With your talent and age, achieving this seems not too difficult. So if you want to join Lingxu Danzong, your chances are substantial."

Upon hearing this, Lin Dong nodded.

"Qin Feng reached the level of a Fifth-grade Alchemist before thirty, but clearly didn’t meet Lingxu Danzong’s recruitment criteria. Otherwise, the Guides of Lingxu Danzong would definitely have sought him out. With his personality, he would certainly join if they approached him."

"Thus, the truth can only be that his standard doesn’t meet the Guides’ expectations nor does it meet Lingxu Danzong’s entry-level requirements."

The Sovereign Witch laughingly said, "Your analysis makes sense, so achieving the level of a Sixth-rank Alchemist before thirty is very likely the entry-level standard for Lingxu Danzong."

"You’ll need to work harder. Right now, you can only craft Fourth-grade pills at most."

Lin Dong nodded; his future efforts can’t merely focus on cultivating martial arts strength, enhancing mental power, and pill-making, he also needs to improve other areas.

For improving pill-making, there’s no other way, only practice makes perfect.

Practice more to become skillful.

Practice more to improve.

Over the next two days, Lin Dong waited for Toyotomi Quyin to gather medicinal materials for him.

Meanwhile, he was crafting other pills to enhance his pill-making skills.

Currently, crafting One-grade and Two-grade pills was a breeze for Lin Dong.

Practicing such low-level pills didn’t significantly advance his pill-making skills.

To enhance his alchemy level, he should focus more on crafting Third-grade and Fourth-grade pills.

Especially crafting more Fourth-grade pills would yield the most improvement to his current pill-making level.

However, materials for Third-grade and Fourth-grade pills were not easy to find.

Lin Dong searched through the Dragon Ring Space, checking the herbs inside.

After searching for a while, he murmured, "Among these herbs, I can craft a Fourth-grade pill, the ’Corpse Ghost Rebirth Pill’."

"The Corpse Ghost Rebirth Pill is a newly reached Fourth-grade pill. Its main ingredient only requires the demon core of a Nine-star Monster King. Unlike the Deadwood Dan that requires the demon core of a Demon Emperor."

The reason behind this is because the Deadwood Dan, even among Fourth-grade pills, belongs to the best quality type. Its preciousness far exceeds the ’Corpse Ghost Rebirth Pill’.

Thus, during crafting, the materials are more precious!

But not all Nine-star monster beast demon cores can serve as the main ingredient for crafting the ’Corpse Ghost Rebirth Pill’. Only those with ’Yin’ attribute from a Nine-star Monster King are suitable.

Lin Dong had quite a few Nine-star monster king demon cores. Earlier, in Hidden Dragon Cave, he killed the ’Nine-headed Sky Jiao’, collecting nine demon cores from it.

At this moment, Lin Dong took out a Yin-attributed demon core to prepare to craft the Fourth-grade pill ’Corpse Ghost Rebirth Pill’.

More than a hundred auxiliary medicines were needed. Lin Dong searched the Dragon Ring and found most ingredients inside.

What was lacking were some common Chinese medicines, which were easily found.

With a phone call, Lin Dong got Toyotomi Quyin to deliver them.

Toyotomi Quyin drove over, bringing a carload of herbs.

"Master, the herbs you instructed me to gather are only missing one!" Toyotomi Quyin said.

"Oh, what’s missing?" Lin Dong asked.

Toyotomi Quyin immediately replied, "We still lack the root of the millennium ’Spring Encountering Tree’. I used all my resources but couldn’t purchase it."

Lin Dong frowned; the root of the millennium Spring Encountering Tree is one of the main ingredients for crafting the Deadwood Dan. Without it, the Deadwood Dan crafting wouldn’t be possible.

"Keep looking!" Lin Dong said.

"Yes," Toyotomi Quyin nodded, hesitated, and added, "Master, I’ve received some news. I heard there’s a place with those roots, but I can’t confirm it yet."

"Moreover, I may not be able to buy it!"

"Then go confirm it. If it exists, I will personally make a trip," Lin Dong said and thought if he can’t buy it, he’ll just take it.

Lin Dong wasn’t bothered by many concerns.

In the past, martial artists from Yinghua Country, like those from the Four Great Shrines, robbed so many treasures from Dragon Country during its weak years.

Now, Lin Dong was just reciprocating by grabbing some from them.

Toyotomi Quyin nodded repeatedly and said, "Master, give me one more day; I will definitely investigate thoroughly."

"Alright, then you may leave first." Lin Dong let her leave.

Later, he began crafting the Fourth-grade pill ’Corpse Ghost Rebirth Pill’.

This served as practice before crafting ’Deadwood Dan’ later.

Crafting more other Fourth-grade pills would boost his pill-making skills so when it came time to actualize the Deadwood Dan, the success rate would be higher.

After all, the main ingredient for Deadwood Dan was hard to find; Lin Dong needed to maximize the success rate.

That way, he could avoid losing medicinal materials!