Tian Ning did not yet know she was being watched.
After they entered the Grand Hall, several doors stood before them. Each door indicated a trial profession: Sword Cultivator, Body Refinement Cultivator, Pill Cultivator… even the rare professions of Words Cultivator and Diviner, like Ye Yiyi and Lei Tianzhi, were present.
A sign in the center read: Enter a room, complete the trial, and receive the Legacy.
If other Cultivators encountered this situation, they would eagerly choose their profession, eager to receive the Great Power's Legacy.
But none of the five people in this group were interested in the Legacy.
Pang Yi looked around: "Fellow Cultivator Tian, there are no other paths."
They could only choose one of the rooms to enter.
Which one should they choose?
Tian Ning walked to the door of the room marked Pill Cultivator, pondering: "I think this one is safer."
The Pill Cultivator's trial would certainly not involve fighting and killing like other professions. It would test knowledge of Spirit Plants, Materials, and Alchemy—perfectly suited to Tian Ning.
Gao Yue would naturally also choose Pill Cultivator. Pang Yi and Ye Yiyi were not interested in the so-called Legacy. The four of them, dragging a coffin, squeezed into the narrow doorway of the Pill Cultivator's room.
The many Demonic Cultivator Souls watching the entire scene in the Water Moon Mirror: "..."
Isn't the Immortal Island Secret Realm supposed to only allow one profession per team? Why are these people crowding the Pill Cultivator's door?
Regardless of the Great Power's Chance Encounter being right before their eyes, even the most unconfident person would at least try their luck. Yet, they didn't even glance at the doors of other professions.
"Forget it, you'll find a way to separate them later, gain their trust, and then perform Possession," Zhong Fu impatiently said; he could hardly wait.
In the past, setting up doors for different professions was to separate Cultivators who came in groups, making it easier to perform Possession one by one. Unexpectedly, these people were so timid that they insisted on sticking together.
Before the other Demonic Cultivator Souls could respond, Zhong Fu disappeared before them, rushing to the room where Tian Ning and the others were.
The so-called trial was not simple. Several Recipes appeared on the room's walls, but only half of the required Materials were shown; the other half needed to be filled in by the test-takers.
Gao Yue was very talented in Pill Dao, yet he stumbled on the questions on the wall, repeatedly revising his answers uncertainly.
He was like a primary school student doing homework, struggling greatly.
Tian Ning, Pang Yi, and Ye Yiyi, however, were relaxed, eating Melon Seeds and drinking Fruit Juice as they watched him write.
Tian Ning: "Crunching... crunching... Why can't Daoist Friend Gao answer those Recipes? Crunching... crunching..."
These Melon Seeds were incredibly addictive; it was impossible to stop.
Pang Yi, equally distracted: "Crunching... crunching... I don't know. Fourth Junior Brother used to write Recipes very quickly. Crunching... crunching..."
Ye Yiyi didn't speak, silently crunching... crunching.
Gao Yue: "..."
Three women make a play, and they were just making sarcastic remarks.
Gao Yue, pulling his hair out, racked his brains but couldn't figure it out: "Fellow Cultivator Tian, you think too highly of me. These Recipes are all passed down from ancient times; only some fragments remain, and even those are sold at exorbitant prices. How would I know the remaining Materials...?"
He was lucky; Tian Ning had just finished a handful of Melon Seeds.
Tian Ning cleaned up the Trash, saying: "Let me try."
She picked up the Brush from the small table next to her and, without pausing, swiftly wrote the correct answers on the wall.
Ah, this!
After a while, the writing on the wall hadn't disappeared, proving Tian Ning's answers were correct. Gao Yue was speechless—she knew all this!
However, more than shock, as a Pill Cultivator, Gao Yue immediately had a professional reaction. He began to memorize the Recipes Tian Ning had written—these were Treasures!
Compared to any Great Power's Legacy... Gao Yue now felt that Tian Ning was his greatest Chance Encounter!
As soon as Tian Ning wrote the last answer, the wall emitted a dazzling light, blinding them.
Tian Ning sensed the fluctuation of a Spatial Formation, and Gao Yue and the others disappeared. She appeared in another room, facing a benevolent, immortal-like Elder.
The Elder stroked his beard, looking at Tian Ning with kind eyes: "Child, I see you have Exceptional Talent in the Pill Cultivator lineage, and you are suitable to receive my Legacy. Are you willing?"
He originally intended to mention the Sword Dao, because a sword character was attached to Tian Ning's robe, indicating that she was the Sword Cultivator in the team that entered the Immortal Island Secret Realm. However, this girl suddenly wrote down the answers to all the ancient Recipes, forcing Zhong Fu to change his words.
He suspected she was a Sword and Pill Dual Cultivator, but he had observed Tian Ning for a long time and hadn't found any sword on her.
Tian Ning asked back: "What will your Legacy teach me?"
Zhong Fu did not expect her not to immediately agree. Previously, Cultivators who had mistakenly entered here would eagerly accept the Legacy upon hearing such words.
Zhong Fu was not a Pill Cultivator, and his words were intended to deceive Tian Ning.
However, he wasn't completely ignorant about Pill Cultivation; deceiving a little girl was more than enough for him.
Zhong Fu nodded mysteriously, confidently saying: "Once you accept the Legacy, you will obtain the Green Lotus Earth Heart Fire!"
That was one of the Ten Unusual Fires. If a Pill Cultivator could obtain an Unusual Fire for Alchemy, their Alchemy skills would undoubtedly improve qualitatively!
Tian Ning remained calm: "That's it?"
Zhong Fu: "..."
Did she have a problem understanding? That was the Green Lotus Earth Heart Fire!
Tian Ning: "Is there anything else?"
Her lack of interest, her seeming lack of excitement, was as if she could turn and leave in the blink of an eye.
Zhong Fu gritted his teeth: "And my sect's secret Recipes..."
Tian Ning didn't even lift her eyelids. She had refined proper Recipes and had memorized them long ago. The Aphrodisiac Pill was more interesting to her.
Zhong Fu thought of her smooth writing of the Recipes earlier and realized he was talking nonsense.
Damn it!
How could such a seemingly innocent little girl, probably not yet of Coming-of-Age, be so difficult to deceive?
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