Chapter 73: Heartfelt Efforts (Seeking Recommendation Tickets)

  Zhou Feng knew that Wang Mengzhi was not here, so he had to persuade him slowly and wait for him to know the benefits of Dan Xiu, and after tasting the sweetness, he would not believe it and would not fall into the trap!

  "Cough, cough, kid, I know you have some talent and have received guidance from a master, but you're still far from achieving Danxiu. I'm a person who is strict with things, not people. When teaching you, my temper isn't good, so you'd better prepare yourself mentally. I won't hit you, but scolding you will be a regular occurrence!"

  Zhou Feng said that what he could not tolerate the most was stupidity. Those guys from the Total Hall always wanted to push people onto him, and as a result, those idiots would almost get him killed by anger.

  Wang Meng smiled and said, "Old Zhou, I have a good temper, don't worry, no matter how stupid you are, I won't get angry."

  Zhou Feng was stunned, crying and laughing at the same time, "You little brat, you win!"

  The two easily and happily reached a "fair deal".

  Morning is the best time for practice, so they set the time at noon, each one hour.

  First, Wang Meng taught Zhou Feng, then Wang Meng gave Zhou Feng a lesson in chess, actually making Zhou Lao look very embarrassed. He had always thought that the two were evenly matched in terms of chess skills, at most thinking that Wang Meng was slightly better, but he never expected the difference to be so great.

  So Zhou Feng decided to regain his composure in the subsequent alchemy and at least salvage some dignity.

  "Cough, young one, alchemy is a profound subject and the most difficult in spiritual cultivation. No matter what you cultivate, the foundation is the most important thing. And the first step of alchemy is not refining, but identification!"

  Obviously Zhou Feng was well-prepared and directly pulled out a stack of spell bamboo slips.

  "This contains the basic materials for Dan Xiu. First, you need to memorize them. Take a look first and when you can recite all of it from memory, we'll proceed to the next step!"

  Zhou Feng hummed a little tune as he left, his grandmother's leg was really not giving him any face at all. With tens of thousands of medicinal materials, you're making the heavens and earth dark, wait until you surrender to me completely, then I'll teach you.

  This is called "a display of power"!

  Zhou Feng was leisurely basking in the sun, humming a tuneless melody, feeling carefree and relaxed.

  Before an hour had passed, the door creaked open and Wang Meng walked out, stretching his waist.

  "Lao Zhou, I've finished reading it, what's our next step?"

  Wang Meng said, although most of them can be recognized, it's really exhausting to remember all of them.

  Zhou Feng stood up, "You little brat, what's most important when refining Dan, do you know?"

  "What?"

  "Patience!" Zhou Feng said with emphasis, "Danxiu is the most patient of all cultivators, to be calm and composed, the foundation must be solid, if one mistake is made in using a single ingredient, it can lead to failure, or even harm oneself or others!"

  Wang Meng nodded, "Makes sense, what's next?"

  Does this kid completely ignore what he's been told?

  "You don't just need to know it, you also have to memorize it, distinguish it, including the properties and usage of medicines, etc.!"

  "Hmm, I've memorized it," Wang Meng said.

  Zhou Feng said in his heart that this kid was playing a trick on him, and immediately took out a strange immortal grass from the Qiankun bag. "Do you know what this is?"

  "...it's a bit like Duanmucao, but this one is a bit strange, it should have the five elements attribute." Wang Meng took it over and sniffed, "Hmm, five elements contain gold."

  Zhou Feng was stunned... Is this all okay?

  "What is the effect of this strange pulse grass?"

  "It's generally not very useful, mainly for refining beast pellets. This Golden Containing herb is decent for spiritual beasts that are mainly metal-based in the five elements. Overall, it's more rare than useful."

  Zhou Feng glanced at Wang Meng lightly, "Hmm, you passed, it seems your memory is pretty good, but don't be too proud of yourself, these are just simple memories, the ones later on will be a bit more challenging."

  A flash of light, and another row of spell bamboo slips piled up.

  "These are some basic alchemy and some beginner's techniques, including the method of cultivating Dan Fire, take a look yourself and choose one that suits you."

  Zhou Feng walked out of the door with his hands behind him, closed it properly, and even grabbed a bottle of wine on his way out. He stopped under a tree, facing away from the house.

  Zhou Chang Lao suddenly jumped up, clenched his fists tightly, "Found treasure, found treasure! This innate talent is not worthy of Dan Xiu, Grandmother can tolerate but Uncle cannot!"

  There are those who can memorize without forgetting, but those who can flexibly apply and have real discernment are extremely rare. At the time, it took him six days to remember those things, and his master was shocked, directly accepting him as a closed-door disciple and joining the Zhou family. Thinking back, Zhou Feng feels like it was just yesterday.

  Now he has found a one-day-old, and wants to find a way to bring him to the master to see, with the master's eyesight, he should be able to discover more potential.

  But... this kid is so stubborn, insisting on being a sword cultivator. Sword cultivators are all idiots, waving their broken swords around without fear of falling and getting killed. Which is more comfortable than dan cultivators?

  At first it was just a momentary impulse, but unexpectedly I really found a piece of uncarved jade.

  Wang Meng was indeed stayed by Zhou Feng, what constitutes a good Dan repair, Wang Meng himself had no standard and didn't care, he now has time and energy, slowly coming, still not believing that he could be defeated by the trivial matter of refining elixirs.

  Wang Meng carefully looked at the bamboo slips, while Zhou Feng outside was almost singing a song. Although he wasn't good with wine, Zhou Feng, who was in a great mood, also wanted to celebrate.

  He didn't know that Wang Meng learned alchemy just to refine a taste of wood-burning dan, in response to the five-element bottle neck of the 15th layer.

  These five lines of bottle necks can only be encountered by people who have the body of the Five Elements. In one aspect, heaven is indeed fair, and when it gives benefits, it will also increase difficulties.

  It's not bad, Wang Meng really came up with interest. Many people are obsessed with alchemy for a reason. Alchemy is not only essential for cultivation but also can cure diseases, prolong life, and maintain youth forever. Of course, it's difficult to ascend by refining the elixir, this point is true. According to legend, after refining the golden elixir, one can ascend immediately after taking it, but no one knows what's true or false.

  So many memories of past lives were just hearsay and had never been truly seen.

  Although they were as incompatible as fire and water, once Wang Meng made up his mind to learn about alchemy, he dove in headfirst and spent half a month together with Zhou Feng, who was over the moon with joy.

  Dan Xiu must focus, must be undistracted. This Wang Meng is simply a treasure from heaven, no matter how you look at him, he's pleasing to the eye. From time to time, he'll ask some questions, and his questions are always incisive. For a master to encounter such a disciple is truly a blessing of three lifetimes.

  ...but Zhou Feng also had painful times, every day when teaching chess, Elder Zhou became more and more disheartened. In the past, he would boast everywhere that his Go skills were unmatched, although Lu Yun's wife would always strike him down, but he still thought his chess skills were quite good. Now his confidence was plummeting, to the point where he even wanted to give up on chess, however, in order to lure Wang Meng into his "trap", Elder Zhou endured the pain of his wounded confidence again and again.

  Playing chess is also a way for Wang Meng to take a break from alchemy and clear his mind.

  Wang Meng has always been someone who doesn't give up halfway through a task, let alone when it's something that must be done.

  "Lao Zhou, how come nobody has been sending gifts lately? Are you having a hard time at the main hall and that's why you're here?"

  Wang Meng casually asked while eating.

  One sentence almost choked Zhou Feng to death, this little rabbit's talent for infuriating people is as fierce as his innate ability. However, Zhou Zhang has gradually grasped Wang Meng's temperament; on the surface, he appears to be indifferent to everything, but deep down, he is actually a competitive and sentimental person.