The Sword God of the Universe

"Qiankun Pill Path?"

"Qiankun Artifact Dao?"

"Qiankun Array Path?"

Jing Yan, seeing the giant steles, each inscribed with a few big characters.

"Could it be that they're not Martial Arts Steles?" Jing Yan frowned slightly.

For Jing Yan himself, his strongest Attack Martial Arts was the New Moon Cutting Sword Technique. However, now that Jing Yan had stepped into the Innate Realm, although the integration of the New Moon Cutting Sword Technique wasn't perfect, continuing to integrate it was no longer directly related to his realm. Instead, he needed to have a revelation while using it.

Apart from that, Jing Yan also possessed Sky Wings, but it was a movement technique. Against powerful enemies, the Attack Power brought by Sky Wings was limited.

Therefore, what Jing Yan looked forward to the most were powerful Attack Martial Arts or Secret Techniques that could enhance his personal strength, such as the Four Symbols Secret Technique practiced by Jing Tianlong.

"Jing Yan, today you killed a Martial Artist called Suo Wen. This person has a master whose brother is a Pill Master, right?" Tianshui, leading Jing Yan to the front of the three steep steles.

"Yes!" Jing Yan nodded.

Although Tianshui had remained inside the Qiankun Ring, he was aware of everything that happened outside.

"Now, you can start learning Alchemy. As long as your Alchemy skill is strong and you can refine better Elixirs, what's there to worry about some crappy low-level Alchemists?" Tianshui snorted coldly, then stretched out a hand, pointing toward the farthest left of the three massive steles.

"Learn Alchemy?"

"Elder, even if I start learning Alchemy right away, I can't possibly succeed in a short time, right? Alchemy, even if one has extremely high talent, also requires a lot of time to achieve some accomplishments, doesn't it?" Jing Yan said, frowning.

If Alchemy were so easy, then the status of Pill Masters in this world wouldn't be so unattainably high.

To become a Pill Master, one had to meet conditions that could be considered harsh.

First of all, the Martial Artist must have at least Innate Realm Cultivation.

Furthermore, one must possess extremely high Alchemy talent.

Having Innate Realm Cultivation was one thing, but Alchemy talent was very, very rare indeed. Even in Lanqu County City, the number of Pill Masters was not high. Any Pill Master, even the lowest-level First-level Alchemists, was an individual countless Martial Artists wanted to associate with.

It was also because the number of Pill Masters was so few that the value of Elixirs remained high. Even the cheapest First-level Elixirs were valued at over ten thousand Spirit Stones.

Moreover, Alchemy required a lot of time for grueling practice. If one wasted time on this path, then the improvement of one's own realm would certainly be affected.

"Hmph, what you're talking about is just the path ordinary Alchemists take," Tianshui said with a contemptuous snort, "Jing Yan, I don't know who forged the Qiankun Ring, but I can tell you that the original owner of this Qiankun Ring was definitely powerful beyond your imagination. Even I, though I was once the strongest person on the Continent, can't fathom just how terrifying the power of the original owner of the Qiankun Ring was."

"I have told you that I only understood the first three levels of the Sky Vaulting First Divine Skill. But this made me the strongest person on the Heavenly Origin Continent. And I'm certain that beyond the first three levels of the Sky Vaulting First Divine Skill, there are deeper mysteries. It's just that with my limited talent, I could not delve into them."

"Likewise, these three steles were left by the original owner of the Qiankun Ring. The contents contained within these three steles are related to Alchemy Dao, Artifact Dao, and Array Dao. On this continent, although there are many Alchemists, Artifact Masters, and Array Masters, to my knowledge, even the best among them on these three paths are far from reaching one ten-thousandth of the original owner of Qiankun Ring."

"Alright, try it for yourself, and you will know. Your strength is too low right now, so it's not appropriate to learn too many assorted fields. Start with Alchemy Dao first. As for Artifact Dao and Array Dao, we can discuss those later," Tianshui said, looking at Jing Yan.

Hearing Tianshui's words, Jing Yan felt as though he was receiving an enlightenment!

Indeed!

The being who could create the heaven-defying Sky Vaulting First Divine Skill and leave behind the steles of Alchemy Dao, how could they be ordinary?

Jing Yan hesitated no more and quickly approached the Alchemy Dao Stele.

He placed his palm gently on it. Thoughts stirred, and Primordial Energy surged.

"Om!"

Instantaneously, Jing Yan felt a flood of vast information stream from the stele into his mind.

Fortunately, he was already in the Innate Realm, and his Divine Soul was several times more resilient than when he was in the Postnatal Realm. Otherwise, the sheer amount of information alone would have been hard for him to bear.

After receiving this information, Jing Yan immediately sat down cross-legged.

His thoughts turned, naturally sorting the complex influx of information.

"Alchemy Dao, the introductory chapter..."

Streams of information rapidly merged with Jing Yan's memory.

This process was similar to a Martial Artist practicing and learning Martial Arts. It seemed that the content of Alchemy Dao was also stored within the special stele in the form of Dao Power.

"My goodness..."

Even with preparation, Jing Yan was still astonished by the vastness of the information in the introductory chapter of Alchemy Dao.

According to the content Jing Yan had received and organized,

the introductory chapter was divided into an upper and lower volume. The upper volume was not about refining Elixirs, but about concocting Medicines, with eighty-one different types. Among those eighty-one types, about half were for healing injuries. The remaining half included detoxifying, consciousness-awakening, tranquilizing, and so on.

Each type of Medicine had dozens of concocting methods, involving an endless variety of herbal materials.

The lower volume of the introductory chapter was about refining various real Elixirs, from First-level Elixirs to Third-level Elixirs, with hundreds of types in total.

Alchemy was indeed extremely difficult.

For an ordinary Alchemist, getting a formula for an Elixir was only the first step. The subsequent attempts to refine the Elixir were the most challenging. Even if you had a formula, it was difficult to master the refining methods. If you had a master, you could get guidance. Without a master, it was almost impossible to figure out the steps on your own.

During the refining process, any deviation or error in any step could lead to the failure of the entire Alchemy task, and all the materials used would be completely wasted.

Concocting Medicines was relatively simpler but still required great care, especially the higher-quality Medicines. When Jing Yan was in Sinful Canyon, he concocted a Medicine that could help Martial Artists advance from the Ninth Layer Heaven to the Innate Realm. It was only because Tianshui was beside him, personally guiding him step by step, that Jing Yan managed to succeed in his first attempt.

"Incredible, absolutely incredible!" After roughly more than an hour passed, Jing Yan opened his eyes and couldn't help exclaiming.