The Path of Survivor begins with obtaining titles - Chapter 214:

Chapter 214: Chapter 136: The Test of Refining the Golden Elixir 1

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“The proudest cultivation achievements in my life are the Alchemy Dao and the Path of Array. You may choose one of them to take the test,” said Zhang Dao Xuan slowly.

Without any hesitation, Lin Yi bowed with his fist and said, “Senior, I have never been exposed to the Path of Array, so I choose the Alchemy Dao.”

Opting for the Alchemy Dao, with his advanced level of primary alchemy skills, Lin Yi was confident he could pass the test. If he chose the Path of Array, he never made a formation, so how would he pass the test?

Zhang Dao Xuan nodded lightly, standing on the mountaintop, gazing into the distance, “Good, to acquire my inheritance, you must be as excellent as I am. Otherwise, passing on to a waste would be better left in this secret realm.”

“In terms of your real cultivation level, you’re already at the Foundation Establishment stage, so your final test is to refine a Golden Elixir of medium quality or higher within eight years. I will provide the materials, a total of ten portions, which you can use at any time.”

“During the test, you can enter and exit the secret realm once a month, stay for up to five days, use the Fire Region Alchemy Room, but don’t disturb anything in the secret realm.”

Lin Yi’s face changed slightly. He didn’t expect that Elder Dan God would be so unreasonable, adjusting the test based on his understating of the real cultivation level, the Golden Elixir, essential for the breakthrough from Foundation Establishment to Golden Core.

If one has pills, the success rate of the breakthrough will be higher. Most cultivators need to take them during the breakthrough. Otherwise, the breakthrough time for the Golden Core would indefinitely prolong.

Even for pill masters at the Golden Core Realm, making such a pill is not easy, let alone cultivators at the Foundation Establishment stage.

Therefore, each Golden Elixir, especially those of medium or higher quality, are crucial strategic materials in every major sect and require a lot of merit for exchange.

The test of refining a Golden Elixir within eight years is undoubtedly difficult, even harder than ascending to the sky.

He has never even refined a Foundation Building Pill and now has to jump straight to a higher alchemy realm. The difficulty is imaginable.

The Foundation Building Pill is an entry-level pill for intermediate alchemy skills, while the Golden Elixir falls under high-order alchemy skills. Although a Foundation Building cultivator can barely make it, the success rate is extremely low.

Only when a Golden Core Real Person refines it can the success rate be increased. His current primary alchemy skills used four or five years to reach the Great Achievement Level.

Of course, eight years is not impossible. It only requires daily persistence in alchemy, treating alchemy as a priority just like regular cultivation advancement.

What is more, he cannot afford to cultivate techniques, alchemy, spells and farm in the same day like before.

The most crucial point is that to become a high-order entry-level pill master takes countless resources, essentially built upon piles of alchemy materials.

According to the information he had, high-level pill masters were rarely Foundation Building cultivators. They were all Golden Core Monks.

Even Qi Quiet Jade, the junior sister of Li Yuan Qing, the second disciple of Golden Sword Zen Ren, and the Dan Hall Master of the Golden Sword Lineage, is currently only an intermediate pill master.

Qi Jing Yu spent two to three decades to achieve this. It’s evident how difficult it would be to do so in eight years. This is an impossible task for average cultivators, even talented cultivators.

However, with the help of the title system, there is still a significant chance that he can complete the test.

After careful contemplation, Lin Yi bowed toward Zhang Dao Xuan, “Senior, I am willing to take the challenge. Can I make two requests?”

Hearing Lin Yi’s willingness to accept the challenge, an unusual expression appeared on Zhang Dao Xuan’s face, “Such a difficulty, and you have no objections, it seems you are very confident in your alchemy skills. Let’s hear your requests.”

“Senior, I would like to raise objections, but you wouldn’t listen,” Lin Yi said helplessly. People set inheritance tests to select excellent disciples, not for bargaining.

“The moment you raise an objection, your qualification for the test will be revoked,” said Zhang Dao Xuan indifferently. If the test could be bargained, then his inheritance as a Dan God, together with the ownership right of this secret realm, would be too depreciated.

Lin Yi bowed with his fist and stated his requests, “I have two requests. First, I require the qualification to enter the secret realm at any time.”

“Secondly, this is your inheritance test. Hence, you should provide me with some places to complete the test. I need to use some land in the Secret Realm Medicinal Garden, and this should not violate your requirement of not disturbing the secret realm.”

If he could enter the secret realm at any time, he could come to the secret realm for cultivation at any time, making up for the deficiency of not being able to cultivate due to alchemy.

As for the right to use the land in the Medicinal Garden, it is needed to obtain resources for alchemy. He can grow his spirit grass, refine pills, and increase experience.

Zhang Dao Xuan said lightly, “How to complete the test is your business, not mine. When I successfully refined the Golden Elixir at the Foundation Building Realm, I didn’t have this secret realm.”

“You can enter and exit the secret realm three times a month, staying up to five days each time. This is the only condition I can agree to.”

Lin Yi smiled. Making two requests was merely an attempt, and he did not hold high hopes for Zhang Dao Xuan to accept them all. The time in the secret realm was increased from five days to fifteen days, which was a considerable gain..