JI Ming noticed that Di Jiu’s attention was on the wooden dan furnace in front of him and said again, “In fact, although this dan furnace has been handed down for countless years, it is only a symbolic meaning, the success rate of this dan furnace is extremely low, and it can rarely refine spirit pills above the seventh grade. The actual furnace I use for refining pills is a magic treasure that surpa*ses the highest grade of spiritual weapon, called the Implantation Furnace. That dan furnace has been taken away by Wei Lun.”
“Di Jiu, do you know what the best treasure of my Ding Dan Mountain is?”
“Isn’t it the Jian Ding?” Di Jiu subconsciously replied, he had inquired about this matter long ago.
Once again, JI Ming smiled to himself, “Jian Ding was originally a wooden tripod dan furnace, and the dan tripod in front of you is it.”
“This is the Jian Ding?” Di Jiu looked at the wooden tripod in front of him in a dumbfounded manner, completely disbelieving that this wooden tripod was the culprit that led to the destruction of a large sect like Ding Dan Mountain.
“That’s right, this is the real Jian Ding. The reason why Ding Dan Mountain is so famous is because there was also a fake Jian Ding. Ironically, that fake Cauldron was also a semi-immortal artefact, which was countless grades higher than this original Cauldron. Many people thought that the reason why Ding Dan Mountain had produced so many top Dan kings was because of a Jian Ding, but this was actually not the case; the real reason was that Ding Dan Mountain’s Dan Dao heritage was unrivalled in the cultivation world. It is a pity that ignorant people have laid siege to Ding Dan Mountain for a fake tripod.” Even as a dying Yuan Shen, JI Ming still carried pride in his tone when talking about the Dan Dao legacy of Ding Dan Mountain.
“Senior is hoping that I will transfer the inheritance of Ding Dan Mountain to someone else in the future, and then transfer this Jian Ding to the inheritor as well?” Di Jiu asked, if that was the case, he could help. Last time Dong Youjian had asked him to do the same, he just didn’t know if Dong Youjian was still around.
JI Ming said with a sullen tone, “No need, I was the last disciple to work for the revitalisation of Ding Dan Mountain, and since I have fallen, Ding Dan Mountain will end here. All these things will be given to you, after I fall, just bury me in Ding Dan Mountain.”
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Lu Island was just one of the countless small islands in the Great Decorated Sea. The island was filled with reeds without any semblance of spiritual energy, and there were not even gra*s roots with spiritual energy around it, except for the waves.
Even if one were to tell others about such an island, few people would be able to find it in the boundless Great Décor Sea.
At this moment, an airship arrived from afar and landed in the centre of the island. After the airship landed, three people walked out from inside. The leader was none other than Illusionary Mingzi of the Tianji Pavilion, and following behind Illusionary Mingzi were Di Di and Tian Kui.
In over a year’s time, Di Di was already at the fifth level of Jindan cultivation, and Tian Kui was also at the third level of Foundation Establishment.
“Senior Ming, will Uncle Tian and I retreat and cultivate here from now on?” Di Di’s divine thoughts swept over this small island and saw no place where he could retreat. There didn’t seem to be anything else on this island apart from reeds, and the surrounding spiritual energy was thin and insufficient for cultivation.
“You guys follow me.” Illusionary Mingzi took out a formation flag and excited it, an entrance with only one person pa*sing through appeared in front of the three of them, and a faint spiritual energy overflowed out.
After Di Di and Tian Kui followed Illusory Mingzi into it, they immediately discovered that it was not a small cultivation cave. There was a cultivation room to the left and right, and a large one in the middle.
Illusionary Mingzi handed the formation flag in his hand to Di Di and said, “Di Di, you and Tian Kui will cultivate here. There is the Binding Spirit Formation here, which was where I was in retreat in the first place. Try to go out as little as possible, so that no one should be able to find this place.”
“Yes, Senior Ming.” Di Di hesitated for a moment after accepting the formation flag and then said, “Nothing will happen to Ah Jiu, right?”
Illusionary Mingzi waved his hand, “I know Di Jiu somewhat, ordinary people are not capable of doing anything to him yet? That’s why you and Tian Kui must hide here to improve your cultivation. When the True Domain Genius Competition is over, there will be more people looking for him, and it will be detrimental to him if you guys don’t raise your cultivation. Alas, it would have been best for you to stay on Tian Ji Island to cultivate, but I didn’t expect such a great change to befall the Tian Ji Pavilion. Now even I myself am somewhat unprotectable, so I can only bring you all here to retreat and raise your cultivation.”
“Senior Ming, will they make a move against you?” Di Di was still worried about Illusionary Mingzi, if it wasn’t for Illusionary Mingzi, the two of them, her and Uncle Tian, would have no place to go when they came here.
Other people could join the clan, Ah Jiu had spoken to her and she could not enter the clan.
Illusionary Mingzi said in a deep voice, “Even if it’s done to me, I must go to Little Central Star to help Di Jiu. If I don’t go, it will definitely be more dangerous for Di Jiu to go to the Little Central Star alone. The Kun Clan will most likely make a move against him and not allow him to enter the Little Central Star.”
Apart from the Kun Clan, there was another clan that Illusionary Mingzi didn’t say anything about, and that was the Standing Immortal Clan. When the Little Central Star opened, Cheng Ji, the patriarch of the Shou Xian Clan, would definitely come.
Di Di hurriedly knelt down, “Senior Ming, send a message to Ah Jiu, tell him not to go to the Little Central Star ……”
Illusion Mingzi pulled Di Di up and sighed, “The communication bead that I used to contact Di Jiu was destroyed, otherwise, there is a good chance that they will use my communication bead to find where Di Jiu is. As for Di Jiu, he is obliged to go to the Little Central Star. If he didn’t go, he would lose an opportunity and would be pulled further and further away from other geniuses. A genius who is pulled apart by others is not a genius then.”
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JI Ming was amazed by Di Jiu’s Dan Dao talent, under his guidance, in just a little over two months, Di Jiu had advanced from a third-grade Dan master to a sixth-grade Great Dan master and could refine sixth-grade spirit pills. Rather than being instructed by him, he might as well be nudged occasionally.
What was even more shocking to JI Ming was that in addition to his Dan Dao talent, Di Jiu actually had a top-grade Dao Fire.
Dao fire, ah, even since the opening of the Ding Dan Mountain sect, no one had ever possessed a dao fire before. It was a pity that the patriarch of Ding Dan Mountain had fallen, otherwise, when the patriarch saw Di Jiu, then he would definitely want to train Di Jiu to become the number one Dan Dao Saint of Ding Dan Mountain.
After the first sixth-grade spirit pills were refined, Di Jiu’s heart was just as excited as it was difficult. At the beginning, after studying the Dao of Dan for so long, he was barely able to refine a third-grade spirit pill.
After studying behind JI Ming for more than two months, he was able to refine a sixth-grade spirit pellet, that was the difference. He had never seen JI Ming refining pills, but a casual word from JI Ming could sometimes save him months of time.
If he didn’t have JI Ming, he could have become a Sixth Grade Great Dane Master. But that would require taking his own time to figure it out, as well as a large amount of top quality spirit herbs.
With those few spirit herbs in his small world, it would be a dream for him to rely on his own puzzling to enter the Sixth Grade Great Dan Master.
“Di Jiu, your Dao of Dan has already taken shape on its own, so I can’t teach you any more. To teach you again would be for you to copy my Dan Dao. After I crossed into the Ninth Grade Dan King, I came to a clear understanding that every Dan Dao powerhouse who has left his name behind has his own Dan Dao path. If you want to make it in the Dan Dao, you have to step out of your own path.
As for me, I’m content to pa*s on some of my knowledge on dan-making before I leave.” For the first time, JI Ming felt that he had nothing left to think about.
Ding Dan Mountain was not something he could revitalise with his abilities, but he had taught such a powerful Dan Dao powerhouse as Di Jiu. He could be sure that in the future, Di Jiu’s Dan Dao level would be far stronger than his, JI Ming, and Di Jiu could definitely walk out of a Dan Dao.
Di Jiu fell to the ground, “Thank you so much for teaching me, without my teacher, I don’t know how long I would have had to walk to get to this point.”
In Di Jiu’s heart, even if JI Ming was not the master he worshipped, he called him teacher, and his status was the same as Qian Fenghua’s.
There was no sound from JI Ming, and Di Jiu knew that JI Ming had already gone. When JI Ming’s Yuan Shen dissipated, there was indeed no more regret. He could even put aside the matter of reviving Ding Dan Mountain, and the matter of Wei Lun’s a*sa*sination against him was not even on his mind.
This was a great wisdom in life, and although Di Jiu could not do it, he had great respect for JI Ming in his heart.
He made a jade coffin and buried JI Ming in the highest place on Ding Dan Mountain, and at the same time erected a tombstone, the tomb of his teacher JI Ming, which was erected by his student Di Jiu.
After burying JI Ming, Di Jiu did not leave, he still went back to the hall where JI Ming was to continue refining pills.
There were not many spirit herbs of the third to sixth grades, just some planted in the small world. With just these spirit herbs, he could have become a sixth-grade great dan master under JI Ming’s guidance.
Now Di Jiu had a little more spirit herbs of seventh grade or above on him instead, and these were all obtained in the Desert River Forbidden Land. With his current mastery of the Dao of Dan, plus the seventh grade spirit herbs on him, he should not have much problem in trying to refine a seventh grade spirit dan.
To impact the seventh grade Dan King, Di Jiu chose the Nimbus Dan. Apart from choosing the Nimbus Dan because he had three furnaces of spirit herbs to refine the Nimbus Dan, he also chose the Nimbus Dan because it was an introductory elixir to the seventh grade spirit pills and could be offered to cultivators of the Cultivating Tripod Realm.