Ning Cheng did not dare to continue refining the second Furnace of the Qian Yuan Heavenly Pill, before he could find out what the cause was, even if he refined a hundred Furnace of the Qian Yuan Heavenly Pill, he feared that it would still be a failure. This was the first time since he had learnt how to refine pills that he had failed to know what the cause was after refining a pill.
The Qian Yuan Heavenly Pill was very precious, but this kind of dan recipe was not precious, and basically all the big sects knew about it. Therefore, Ning Cheng did not suspect the problem with the dan recipe.
He was afraid that his Dan Dao level was at the pinnacle in the entire Tai Su Realm, and now that he had met a problem that he could not solve, apart from constantly failing a few more times to find the cause, the only way to solve it was to ask Si Chen Qiu Tian, who was also a legendary Dao Yuan Dan Saint, otherwise there was really no other way to solve it.
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When Ning Cheng came to him again, Si Chuan Qiu Tian was very happy. This showed that Ning Cheng had a place for him in his heart, otherwise he would not have come to him, Si Chuan Qiu Tian, as soon as a problem arose.
“Ning Cheng, what problem is it this time to come to me? The Five Realms Dan Competition is still almost a month away. Could it be that you have come to me to discuss the Dao of Dan this time?” Si Chuan Qiu Tian was jubilant as he introduced Ning Cheng into the guest room.
Ning Cheng saluted and then said, “Guild Master, I have met a problem while refining pills and would like to ask Guild Master for advice.”
“Oh, tell us about it.” Si Chen Qiu Tian’s face gaped up, he had seen Ning Cheng’s Dan Dao level before1. Even he could not refine the Six Yin Soul Pill, while Ning Cheng had done so. Not only did he refine it, but they were all top grade pills.
Ning Cheng sat down and said, “I promised Daoist Friend Cen Ruxuan of the Sunken Fish Palace that I would refine five furnaces of the Qian Yuan Dao Pill for her. Now that I have refined the first furnace, it turned out to be a failure. Failing is nothing, but I surprisingly don’t know what I failed at.”
After hearing Ning Cheng’s words. Si Chen Qiu Tian was silent for a long time. Only then did he let out a long sigh and said. “Ning Cheng, all people know that I am a Dao Yuan Dan Saint, but all people know that I never refine pills for others, do you know what this is about?”
Ning Cheng shook his head, “I don’t know.”
Si Chen Qiu Tian let out another sigh, “The reason why I don’t refine pills for others is because of the Qian Yuan Heavenly Pill.”
Seeing Ning Cheng looking at himself in confusion, Si Chuan Qiu Tian said in a low tone. “I have refined a total of fifty-one burns of the Qian Yuan Heavenly Pill ……”
“Ah ……” Ning Cheng was really stunned this time, how could Ning Cheng not know the value of the Dao Fruits and the value of the Divine Spirit Grass of the Qian Yuan Heavenly Pill? The Sinking Fish Palace had only managed to get five furnaces after so many years and so much hard work. Of course, this was what Cen Ruxuan had said, as to whether the Sinking Fish Palace only had five furnaces of the Qian Yuan Heavenly Pill material, he was not sure. There was at least one thing that was undoubtedly true, and that was that the materials for the Qian Yuan Heavenly Pill were extremely precious.
For Si Chuan Qiu Tian to have refined fifty-one furnaces all by himself, this Dan Saint’s wealth was unimaginable. Ning Cheng believed that if Si Chuan Qiu Tian was not a Dao Yuan Dan Saint. He would definitely not have been able to get so many Qian Yuan Heavenly Pill materials to refine his hands.
Si Chen Qiu Tian’s tone was even more lost, “But. I haven’t succeeded in a single furnace.”
“How is that possible?” Ning Cheng said in a shocked voice, “As far as I know the Qian Yuan Heavenly Pill is a pill recipe passed down from the ancient times, there is absolutely no mistake ah, how could the Guild Master refine fifty-one pills and not succeed in a single one?”
There was another sentence that Ning Cheng did not say, and that was that as a Dao Yuan Dan Saint, refining the same pill for fifty-one stoves without success, this name of Dao Yuan Dan Saint was shameful.
“There will definitely be no problem with the Dan recipe, because I have seen the Qian Yuan Heavenly Pill, which means that someone has refined it before. Not only that, the Taiyi Realm also has the Qian Yuan Heavenly Pill.” Si Chen Qiu Tian said with certainty.
After saying this without waiting for Ning Cheng to ask, he continued, “When the Dao of Dan reached our level, refining fifty-one stoves of the same pills without success made me doubt my Dao of Dan. I did not dare to continue refining the Qian Yuan Heavenly Pill, and because of this, my dao heart also developed cracks. The pills I had made were collected by numerous clans, but I could not give them an answer. But they didn’t blame me, they didn’t even take back the materials they gave me for the Qian Yuan Heavenly Pill, and I felt very guilty.
After I lost my confidence in the Dao of Dan, I focused my energy on the Dan Meeting. The five Qian Yuan Fruits were the ones I took out for the last Dan Event selection, and those were also the ones I had left over from refining the Qian Yuan Heavenly Pill. The Qian Yuan Fruits could enhance the perception of the Dao Yuan realm even without refining the Qian Yuan Heavenly Pill. I didn’t dare to waste any more of these Heaven and Earth Dao Fruits, which are almost hard to find, so I took them out as a prize.”
Only then did Ning Cheng understand why the reward for being selected last time was five Qian Yuan Fruits, it turned out that there was this kind of story hidden in it. Whether it was the Martial Dao, the Dharma Dao or the Dan Dao, losing one’s confidence was the most frightening thing. No wonder he always felt that Si Chuan Qiu Tian was somewhat depressed, if he had refined fifty-one consecutive stoves of such precious Qian Yuan Heavenly Pills without any success, I was afraid that he would also be shaken about his dao heart.
“Then, Guild Master, you have failed fifty-one consecutive burns of the Qian Yuan Heavenly Pill, have you found the reason?” Ning Cheng asked nervously.
It was because he could not find the reason that he had come over here. He knew that an excellent Dan Saint could always know the reasons for some of these failures after his own failed pills. Even if they wouldn’t know all of them, as long as they slowly corrected them like this, they would eventually succeed.
Si Chen Qiu Tian’s face was slightly pale as he shook in silence and did not speak.
Ning Cheng sucked in a cold breath, Si Chuan Qiu Tian was a Dao Yuan Dan Saint, would the level of Dan Dao be simple? A Dao Yuan Dan Saint, even if he was given a Mixed Dao Pill to refine, after fifty-one consecutive failed stoves, he could still find many reasons. And Si Chuan Qiu Tian had failed to refine fifty-one consecutive burns of the Qian Yuan Heavenly Pill, and he couldn’t even find the reason?
The Qian Yuan Heavenly Pill had been refined by someone before, and Si Chuan Qiu Tian had also seen the Qian Yuan Heavenly Pill, so it could not be the formula or the Divine Spirit Grass. Could it be that this kind of elixir could only be refined by a Mixed Element Dan Saint? After he had come to the Tai Su Realm, he had seen many Dan Dao texts. The degree of difficulty in refining the Qian Yuan Heavenly Pill was far behind the Six Yin Soul Pill.
Ning Cheng’s heart also sank, even though he had only failed to make a Qian Yuan Heavenly Pill, if he hadn’t been able to find the cause, then it was likely that he would have the same scenario as Si Chen Qiu Tian, losing his confidence in the Dao of Dan.
The Dao of Dan was incorporated into his homing path. If he lost confidence in the Dao of Dan, the Way of Return would definitely not be as perfect as it was before.
After a long time, Si Chen Qiu Tian finally spoke, “For so many years, I have been thinking about the same question, that is, what was the reason for the failure of the Qian Yuan Heavenly Pill. I also doubted the recipe, but this recipe did not have any mistakes when I repeatedly deduced it. I had also searched many ancient dan books for research, and the recipe for the Qian Yuan Heavenly Pill was not a secret, it was mostly identical. The subtle differences don’t matter much ……”
Ning Cheng was clear that he was still not up to Si Chuan Qiu Tian’s level to deduce if the Dan recipe for the Qian Yuan Heavenly Pill was wrong. It was not because his Dan Dao level was not as good as Si Chuan Qiu Tian’s, but because his cultivation level had not reached Dao Yuan. If he wanted to deduce the dan recipe for advancing to the Dao Yuan, then his cultivation level had to reach the Dao Yuan realm, or his own Dao Dao rhythm had reached the Dao Yuan realm before he could do so.
“Over the last some years, I have come up with a possible reason ……”
“What’s the reason?” Ning Cheng asked impatiently.
Si Chen Qiu Tian said in a low tone, “I have repeatedly checked the last time the Qian Yuan Heavenly Pill appeared and found that the very few Qian Yuan Heavenly Pills that have survived all appeared before the rules of the Tai Su Realm Heaven and Earth shattered. Ever since the Heaven and Earth rules of the Tai Su Realm shattered, no more Qian Yuan Heavenly Pills have appeared. Many sects, or cultivators, when they were sensing the Dao Yuan realm, used the Qian Yuan fruit directly to sense it, rather than to refine the Qian Yuan Heavenly Pill.”
“Guild Master, are you saying that the rules of heaven and earth in the Tai Su Realm are incomplete, and this is what prevents us from refining the Qian Yuan Heavenly Pill? Rather than our Dan Dao level not being sufficient?” Ning Cheng spoke out in shock, he subconsciously felt that this statement was correct. Otherwise, there was no reason why he could not find any reason for the failure.
Si Chen Qiu Tian nodded gruffly, “This is the reason I speculated, whether it is or not, I have never tried.”
“But you’ve been to the Taiyi Realm, Guild Master, why don’t you try refining it in the Taiyi Realm?” Ning Cheng hurriedly asked.
Si Chen Qiu Tian shook his head, “I wear the name of a Dao Yuan Dao Saint, the truth is that I can no longer refine Dao Yuan Dao Pills now.”
Ning Cheng fell silent, he understood what Si Chuan Qiu Tian meant because Si Chuan Qiu Tian had lost confidence in his own Dan Dao. What could be more pathetic than a Dan Dao powerhouse who had lost confidence in his own Dan Dao?
Ning Cheng did not ask Si Chuan Qiu Tian why he did not take out the materials for the Dao Yuan Dan Sage of the Taiyi Realm to refine and see, because even if it was him, he would not have done the same. For a Dan Guild Master who had led a team to the Taiyi Realm to participate in the Dan Competition to ask a Dan Saint from the Taiyi Realm to refine a Dan, this was even sadder than losing confidence in the Dan Dao.
“Guild Master, every time the Five Realms Dan Competition is placed in the Taiyi Realm, is it because the rules of heaven and earth in the Taiyi Realm are perfect?” Ning Cheng asked.
Si Chen Qiu Tian looked at Ning Cheng and said, “I have also thought about it in this way, and now I am afraid that this is really the reason. I did not know that a Dao Yuan Dan Saint like you would appear at the Dan Discourse Event, otherwise, I would have definitely left behind a few furnaces of the Qian Yuan Heavenly Pill for you to bring to the Tai Yi Realm to refine.”
“Don’t worry, Guild Master, I still have a few furnaces of Qian Yuan Heavenly Pill materials on me. I will go and look for Cen Ruxuan later, if she is willing, I will bring it to the Taiyi Realm and give it a try, if not, I believe there is always a chance in the future.” Ning Cheng reassured, he must find out the real reason to restore Si Chen Qiu Tian’s confidence in the Dao of Dan.
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Leaving Si Chuan Qiu Tian’s cave, Ning Cheng did not immediately go to look for Cen Ruxuan, but returned to Jian Sanshan’s cave. He was going to refine another Qian Yuan Heavenly Pill, not for any other reason, just because he felt that the reason Si Chuan Qiu Tian had come up with all these years was right, and that was that the reason why the Qian Yuan Heavenly Pill could not be refined was because the Heaven and Earth rules of the Tai Su Realm were broken and incomplete.
He would refine another one because he had the Five Elements of Chaos Qi. The Five Elements Chaos Qi was formed after the Chaos Qi had been integrated into the five elements of heaven and earth. If the failure to refine the Qian Yuan Heavenly Pill was really caused by the incomplete rules of heaven and earth, the Five Elements Chaos Qi could definitely make up for this deficiency.