Peeping into the Immortal Road

Chapter 58: Green Snake Gu
The next day, after returning to Qiancao Pavilion, Ji Chang did not rush to ask his master, Master Mo Dan, to refine the Huajian Pill.

This is because Master Mo Dan started to go into seclusion a few days ago, and Ji Chang couldn't disturb his master's seclusion because of such a small matter.

Master Mo Dan's cultivation has now reached the ninth level of Qi Refining. Logically speaking, he should be able to try to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage.

However, the reality is not that simple.

On the one hand, Master Mo Dan lacked the crucial foundation-building method of liquefying mana.

Without the foundation-building method, Master Mo Dan would find it difficult to liquefy his magic power and would be unable to take that most crucial step.

On the other hand, Master Mo Dan is over a hundred years old.

At this age, even a cultivator at the ninth level of Qi Refining could hardly avoid the gradual deterioration of Qi and blood.

The decline of Qi and blood is undoubtedly a huge obstacle for a cultivator who is about to break through to the foundation-building stage.

The first of the three stages of foundation building is the stage of Qi and blood, which requires the cultivator to have vigorous Qi and blood so that he can withstand the huge impact on the physical body during the process of magic power liquefaction during the foundation building period.

However, Master Mo Dan's current physical condition obviously makes it difficult for him to get through this stage.

Over the years, Master Mo Dan has devoted more time and energy to studying foundation-building methods and searching for elixirs that can increase Qi and blood.

This time, Master Mo Dan is in seclusion to study the method of foundation building.

Although the foundation-building method was blocked by the Wang family in Jiaozhou, any method of cultivation was created by cultivators.

Theoretically, later generations can also create methods to build the foundation.

However, the foundation-building method is not so easy to research.

The foundation-building methods handed down in the world of immortal cultivation today were summarized by predecessors after countless attempts and failures.

It is extremely difficult for Master Mo Dan to create a new foundation-building method on his own.

Not only do you need to have sufficient talent and background, but you also need to have rare opportunities.

……

Ji Chang sat cross-legged in a quiet room, gently raised his right hand, put his index finger and middle finger together, and there was a faint purple light flickering on the fingertips.

As his mind moved, the purple light gradually condensed into a long and thin purple ray, like a poisonous snake spitting out its tongue, emitting a chilling chill.

"Finally it's done." Ji Chang was delighted.

This technique is called the Bone Rotting Technique, and is a first-level spell recorded in the "Five Poison Fragments".

By pinching the fingers and using the magic formula, one can condense a purple light, which, once touching the enemy's body, can instantly corrode the enemy's flesh and bones and go straight to the meridians, causing serious injuries at the very least and death on the spot at the worst.

After several years of hard training, he finally mastered this bone-rotting technique to perfection.

At this moment, under Ji Chang's control, the purple light slowly moved in the air, as if it had spirituality, making it difficult to grasp its trajectory.

It would be extremely difficult for an ordinary cultivator to dodge this great bone-corrosion technique if he did not have any protective spells.

Ji Chang took a deep breath and put aside the distracting thoughts in his mind. He pinched the magic formula again to disperse the purple light.

Although this bone-rotting technique is powerful, it is not the signature skill of "The Fragments of the Five Poisons".

The most important method of protecting oneself in "The Fragments of the Five Poisons" is the art of refining poisons and taming beasts.

The art of refining Gu in "Five Poison Fragments" is the art of refining snake Gu, which emphasizes using spirit snakes as the main material, and combining it with other spirit beasts and spirit objects to melt it into snake Gu.

However, the cost of refining Gu is not cheap. After Ji Chang became Master Mo Dan's disciple, it took him two years to collect several materials for refining Gu.

Thinking of this, Ji Chang took out a spirit beast bag from his arms, opened the bag slightly, and a green light shot out from it and instantly fell into the palm of his hand.

It was a bamboo snake. Its entire body was as green as jade, its body was slender and soft, and its snake core was bright red.

After several years of nurturing, this green bamboo snake has grown into a powerful spiritual beast. Its strength is roughly equivalent to that of a cultivator at the third level of Qi Refining.

If it is raised for another ten years, it will be able to reach the middle stage of Qi Refining. However, for Ji Chang now, the greater value of the Green Bamboo Snake is as a material for refining Green Snake Gu.

The Green Snake Gu is a kind of Gu recorded in the "Five Poison Fragments". The method of refining it is to use the Green Bamboo Snake as the main material, combined with the spiritual creature Green Sky Bamboo, and several other spiritual snakes as auxiliary materials.

Ji Chang planned to try to refine the Green Snake Gu today.

"I've raised you for several years, now it's time for you to dedicate yourself."

Ji Chang gently stroked the green bamboo snake, then gently lifted the green bamboo snake in his hand, with a hint of determination in his eyes.

Then, Ji Chang took out a jade box from the storage bag, opened the lid, and there were a few green bamboos inside.

This kind of bamboo is emerald green all over, with a faint jade-like glow at the joints, exuding a fresh aura.

This is a first-level spiritual plant unique to the Chen family in Cangling. After being ignited, it can ignite a blue spiritual fire and is mostly used for refining pills and weapons.

Of course, it can also be used to make Gu.

Ji Chang carefully took out a green sky bamboo, mobilized his magic power to perform the object control technique, and made the green sky bamboo slowly float into the air.

Then, he activated the fire magic to ignite it.

The next moment, a blue spiritual fire ignited, making a slight crackling sound.

Ji Chang took a deep breath and began to refine the Gu according to the method recorded in "The Fragments of the Five Poisons".

He raised his hand and gently threw the green bamboo snake into the spiritual fire.

The green bamboo snake rolled and struggled in the fire, but was soon enveloped by the spiritual fire and turned into a green light and merged into the fire.

Then, Ji Chang took out other spirit snakes from the storage bag one by one. Every time he took out one, his eyes became more solemn.

These snakes have different colors, some are colorful, some are completely black, and each one exudes a different aura.

Ji Chang spent hundreds of spirit stones just to collect these spirit snakes.

He threw the spirit snakes into the spirit fire one by one in order.

With the addition of each spirit snake, the color of the spirit fire will subtly change.

When the last spirit snake was thrown into the spirit fire, Ji Chang clasped his hands together and urged his magic power to condense and fuse these poisonous materials.

As time went by, the blue sky bamboo was gradually consumed, and the spiritual fire became more and more vigorous.

Finally, when 80% of the Azure Sky Bamboo was consumed, the azure spiritual fire suddenly underwent a drastic change.

It suddenly shrank into a ball and turned into a ball of emerald green mist.

The fog rolled and surged, constantly wriggling and changing as if it had life.

Ji Chang stared at the fog closely, not daring to be careless in the slightest.

He knew that if nothing went wrong, in the following period of time, these Gu materials would fuse and transform with each other, and eventually give birth to the Green Snake Gu.

As time passed, the atmosphere in the quiet room became more and more solemn.

Ji Chang's forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat, but he was completely unaware.

His entire mind was immersed in the process of refining the Gu, as if he was isolated from the entire world.

Finally, at a certain moment, the emerald green mist on the Gu refining platform suddenly rolled violently, and then a dazzling green light shot up into the sky from the mist.

As the green light dissipated, a snake Gu that was completely green and looked like a green bamboo appeared in Ji Chang's sight.

A hint of joy flashed in Ji Chang's eyes. He knew that the Green Snake Gu had finally been successfully refined.

(End of this chapter)