"You won't?" Senior Brother Lin bared a few chilling teeth.
The alchemists nearby also surrounded him.
Yan Lie instantly felt his hair stand on end!
He had a premonition.
If he really said he couldn't, these alchemists would probably kill him immediately.
But he really couldn't!
If he proceeded blindly and ruined the materials, it would likely be a dead end as well.
A ten-point mission, so terrifying!
Just as Yan Lie felt sweat dripping all over his body.
Li Shuang naturally took the ore from his hand.
Everyone's gaze turned ominously towards Li Shuang.
"The key to this ore is that it needs to be hammered a hundred times with the grain, and then a hundred times against the grain," Li Shuang said while helping Yan Lie strike the ore. Her other hand was still refining her own ore.
Yan Lie understood immediately after seeing Li Shuang's demonstration.
He said gratefully, "Thank you, Sister Shuang, for saving my life."
Yan Lie quickly took over his ore, and Li Shuang then went back to her own work.
As Yan Lie continued hammering, the expressions of the other alchemists slowly returned to normal, and they moved back to their positions.
Senior Brother Lin also showed a brilliant smile: "That's right. After completing today's mission, you will be junior alchemists of the Artifact Refining Pavilion. There will be plenty of benefits waiting for you in the future."
Junior alchemist…
Li Shuang's eyes flickered slightly.
Junior, then there are intermediate and senior.
Li Shuang couldn't help but ask, "Senior Brother Lin, what benefits are there for us if we advance our alchemy rank?"
Senior Brother Lin said with a chuckle, "Putting aside other things, just one point. As long as you raise your rank to a senior alchemist, you'll have the chance to get in touch with the Divine Artifact Thousand Silk Web! This is a true divine artifact; surely, you don't want to miss seeing it?"
Li Shuang immediately showed an excited expression: "Can we really see the Divine Artifact Thousand Silk Web?"
Senior Brother Lin nodded arrogantly: "Of course. But advancing your alchemist rank is not easy. Intermediate alchemist, senior alchemist, you still have some hope. As for Yan Lie, I'm afraid it will be difficult. His aptitude is indeed a bit ordinary. However, since the sect has heavy tasks now, he can help refine some materials. But as for advancement, he'd best not try."
Yan Lie couldn't help but let out a bitter laugh. Ordinary aptitude? It had been a long time since he heard that adjective.
But if the comparison was with Li Shuang, then it seemed quite normal.
"Alright, once you complete this refining task, you can leave. We look forward to our next meeting," Senior Brother Lin said with a smile.
After that.
Li Shuang tried to gather more information, but couldn't find anything else.
Once the two finished their refining task, Senior Brother Lin sent them out.
Yan Lie looked gratefully at Li Shuang: "Sister Shuang, thanks to your several reminders, otherwise, I'm afraid I would have died without a burial place this time."
Li Shuang's expression was calm: "It's nothing."
Li Shuang thought for a moment and said, "Yan Lie, there are a total of ten types of ore to refine for a junior alchemist. You should have mastered all of them by now."
Yan Lie quickly responded, "Yes."
Li Shuang nodded and said, "I'm quite interested in this Artifact Refining Pavilion. If possible, the next time you encounter an alchemist mission, you can continue to take it on and try to stay in the Artifact Refining Pavilion."
As for Li Shuang herself, she was determined to go to the Ascension Array and the Thousand Silk Web.
She needed a pair of eyes here at the Artifact Refining Pavilion.
"Yes," Yan Lie quickly agreed. Then, like Cang Yin, he habitually asked, "Where are we going next?"
Li Shuang was also used to being the leader, and she calmly said, "Let's go check out the Alchemy Chamber."
Li Shuang was actually clueless about alchemy.
But!
She had the Heaven and Earth Furnace!
As long as she had the materials, what kind of pill couldn't she make?
For a sect, the Alchemy Chamber was also of paramount importance. She needed to see if there was a way to get in.
Huo Lie quickly said, "I'll go check it out too."
As they walked, they often encountered disciples busy with tasks.
Their task was: to convince a wavering sect disciple to support ascension.
This task was quite interesting.
It seemed to indicate that there were indeed quite a few wavering disciples in the sect.
They were neither opposition nor supporters, just undecided.
Lin An issued this task to win them over to the supporter side.
So, what about Lin An himself?
Was he a supporter?
Recalling the cold profile of this Senior Brother, Li Shuang always felt that things were not that simple.
"Senior Sister, for us cultivators, from Qi Condensation to Foundation Establishment, it's one in ten. From Foundation Establishment to Core Formation, it's one in a hundred. From Core Formation to Nascent Soul, it's one in a thousand. From Nascent Soul to Soul Transformation, then to Integration, then to Void Refinement, walking step by step to Tribulation Transcending, perhaps one in a hundred thousand people will succeed? Even if one does, 80% will perish under the heavenly tribulation. Now the sect's plan can lead everyone to ascend together, which is a great blessing, why is Senior Sister wavering?" A disciple pleaded earnestly.
The Senior Sister of Langya Sect revealed a bewildered expression: "A great blessing? I once saved a village's lives down the mountain. Seven days ago, when I went down the mountain, all the mortals in that entire village had died. They died from exhaustion due to excessive mining, and those who forced them to mine were my fellow disciples."
The persuading disciple was instantly stunned.
To plunder the resources of a world to support a sect. This Langya Sect was truly inhumane.
However.
This was his mission!
The disciple could only go against his conscience and continue to persuade.
"Is it really right? A rogue cultivator friend I knew, because he possessed a rare treasure, was hunted down and killed. Now, his rare treasure is in the Artifact Refining Pavilion."
"Ascension of the entire sect? But why ascend? When I entered the sect, my master said that cultivators should cultivate themselves diligently when poor, and benefit the world when successful. But this world… is now being destroyed by the Langya Sect itself."
These disciples of the Langya Sect, one by one, spoke with bewilderment.
The persuading disciples also grew increasingly powerless.
They really didn't want to persuade this thing!
The Langya Sect, by all appearances, was not on the right path.
Of course, this was also because they had a God's-eye view and saw the ultimate destruction of the Langya Sect.
If they were in this situation, could they truly resist the temptation of ascension?
Many shivered, not daring to think deeply.
Li Shuang walked and listened, hearing the confusion and pain of these disciples.
These people, too, had once questioned whether the sect's actions were correct.
But even now, they were reduced to only a remnant of their true spirit.
It showed that the Heavenly Dao judged their hesitation, but not their prevention, as equally grave sins.
Li Shuang didn't intend to do this task; she walked directly to the Alchemy Chamber.