The First Immortal of Destiny

Wang San and the elder surnamed Jiang debated again, each holding their own view and refusing to concede, while other onlookers voiced their opinions passionately.

In an instant, sparks flew from everyone’s bodies, with the light of their thoughts illuminating the entire Dinggai Plaza!

Shen Mo smiled slightly, as if seeing a familiar scene from a past life.

Then, he floated forward from the crowd and suddenly spoke: "This fellow daoist Wang San might not be fantasizing, but really managed to replace the Green Spirit Fruit with the Red Flame Fruit and successfully concoct a Grade V Prosperity-Decay Pill!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the young man, the elder, and dozens of onlooking cultivators turned their gaze towards Shen Mo.

Shen Mo dared to step forward at this moment because he had his own reliance.

During the observation of the two’s "Alchemy of Prosperity-Decay Pill," he noticed a clue...

Firstly, whether it was the elder Jiang or Wang San, their alchemy techniques, control of the heat, and steps like shaping the pill showed no errors;

Moreover, the changes occurring inside the furnace followed the principles of the Alchemy Path without any sign of deception!

Secondly, during Wang San’s refining of the Red Flame Fruit, a subtle, almost imperceptible difference occurred compared to the elder Jiang’s process.

"May I ask fellow daoist Wang, in which location did you concoct the Prosperity-Decay Pill in the real world? Was the environment filled with abundant Gold Iron Demonic Qi?" Shen Mo bowed to the pale green youth and the elder Jiang, and then asked, sparks continuing to shoot from his body, indicating his thoughts were swiftly flowing.

"These years, I have been stationed at a large Tiangeng Mine, over ten thousand meters from the surface. Indeed, when the furnace was opened for alchemy, the surroundings were suffused with dense Gold Iron Demonic Qi!" Wang San replied thoughtfully.

"That’s the reason! Fellow daoist Wang succeeded due to this. The environment you were in differed from Jiang’s, with the dense Gold Iron Demonic Qi in the spiritual energy affecting the refining of the Red Flame Fruit, ultimately impacting the pill’s result..."

Generally speaking, the external environment has minimal influence on the alchemy process and can often be ignored;

But in extreme environments, one must consider the various Demonic Qi and Turbid Qi contained in the spiritual energy, affecting the properties of the ingredients and the pill’s result!

The Red Flame Fruit leans towards fire in the five elements, with intensely fierce medicinal properties, and when Wang San performed alchemy in the real world, during the melting and refining process, the dense Gold Iron Demonic Qi was involved, causing the nature of the refined liquid to change fundamentally under the interaction of the five elements.

Thus, he replaced the main medicine position, completely using the opposing nature of the Red Flame Fruit instead of the Green Spirit Fruit, successfully concocting a Grade V Prosperity-Decay Pill.

After Shen Mo finished sharing his insights, he turned to the elder Jiang and said: "And you, fellow daoist Jiang, after returning to the real world, try adding a Five Elements Metal-inclined ingredient during the refining of the Red Flame Fruit, or find a place rich in Gold Iron Demonic Qi and give it a shot, you should then be able to successfully concoct the pill!"

"So that’s the case!"

The cultivators gathered here mostly had a certain mastery of the Alchemy Path, upon hearing Shen Mo’s explanation, their faces showed expressions of sudden realization.

Soon, including the elder Jiang, dozens of figures dissipated like bubbles, clearly going to verify it in the real world!

As Shen Mo was about to leave, the pale green youth Wang San stopped him: "Fellow daoist, please stay!"

"I haven’t properly met fellow daoist yet... In Dreamland, it’s unwise to reveal true names or titles to outsiders. To let you know, I am from Phoenix Continent, a member of the royal family from a secular small country of Luofu Mountain Range, ranked third in the family, so fellow daoist may call me Wang San. May I inquire your name?"

Wang San asked for Shen Mo’s alias in Dreamland, not his real name or title since exposing one’s true identity is extremely dangerous unless mutual trust has been established.

"Dongjie Continent, Mo Shen!"

Shen Mo thought briefly and used an alias he had previously employed.

Then, after contemplating for a moment, he asked: "The Main Peak of Luofu Mountain Range must be Luofu Mountain, right? Fellow daoist Wang, do you know Luofu Mountain’s Young Master Tang Chan, and is she still alive?"

Luofu Mountain is both an Immortal Mountain and a cultivation sect.

Shen Mo, along with the Silver-haired Child and Qin Zhen, visited the True Immortal’s mansion and climbed the immortal tree, when they encountered Luofu Mountain cultivators blocking the path;

He used "Insight into All Beings" Destiny to pry into the details of Luofu Mountain’s Young Master Tang Chan, remembering her deeply.

This woman cultivated three spiritual level, even treasured level, magical skills, to the Extremely Perfection level, awakening three Skills, one akin to [Chanjue] Destiny, sensing danger beforehand... among cultivators Shen Mo has met, her talent for refining cultivation methods was the most outstanding!

Later, Shen Mo used the "Reverse Yin and Yang" Skill to escape from the Longevity Demon Lord, yet unknown was her fate.

And since Wang San hails from Luofu Mountain Range, he surely knows the prestigious Luofu Mountain, so maybe Shen Mo could ask him about the life and death of Luofu Mountain’s Young Master!

Upon hearing Shen Mo’s query, Wang San paused momentarily before replying: "Luofu Mountain is the strongest force in Luofu Mountain Range, naturally I am aware of it. However, I lacked the opportunity to meet the sect’s Young Master, nor have I heard news of her demise. Fellow daoist Mo, do you have history with this Luofu Mountain’s Young Master?"

"Not exactly history, once crossed paths! Hearing fellow daoist Wang hailed from Luofu Mountain Range, I casually asked."

"Oh!"

Wang San responded quietly before shifting the topic back to the earlier discussion.

"Fellow daoist Mo’s Dharma Eye is penetrating, and his mastery of the Alchemy Path is unparalleled. The opinion fellow daoist expressed earlier should be the correct solution, and within a few days, that Old Man Jiang should refine the Prosperity-Decay Pill using the improved elixir recipe, and by then he would obediently present a thousand Dreamland copper coins!"

"Fellow daoist resolved my doubts and helped me win the bet, I offer my thanks..."

"These copper coins are my small token of appreciation, I hope fellow daoist won’t refuse!"

With that, Wang San pulled out roughly a hundred Dreamland copper coins from his sleeve and handed them to Shen Mo.

Shen Mo didn’t expect to gain such rewards, knowing these copper coins were hard currency in Dreamland, he didn’t feign modesty and stored the coins in his sleeve, then smiled: "You were arguing fiercely over these mere thousand Dreamland copper coins?"

"What do you mean by mere thousand coins?"

"Without engaging in trade or transactions, relying solely on my own efforts, in a year one can barely save up two or three hundred coins!"

"Without sufficient Dreamland copper coins, how can one purchase elixir recipes, cultivation methods or listen to lectures by Non-Phase Monks or True Immortals?"