Immortality Begins with the Master of Alchemy

Chapter 468: Inventory of the properties of golden elixirs, and the secret techniques of refining magic weapons

 As the leading golden elixir sect in the Jade Cauldron Region, Qingdan Valley possesses a naturally high-grade third-level spiritual vein.

 Overall, it is a large third-order high-grade spiritual vein.

 It is mainly composed of five peaks, covering the Neidan Valley, and then gradually spreads to dozens of large and small peaks outside the valley.

 Such geographical conditions are the envy of many small sects.

 But the Qingdan Valley family is also suffering!

There are too many monks. Even if there are casualties among the foundation-building monks from time to time, the number has always been maintained at around a thousand.

 If that’s all it is.

It just so happens that there are a lot of Jindan masters in Qingdan Valley!

 In the past, only five third-order high-grade caves and ten third-order lower-grade caves could be divided.

As Danyangzi and Tao Wan continued to form elixirs, the number of caves became more and more insufficient.

Most of the time, several Jindan monks are sent to practice in the man-made third-level caves in those large fairy cities.

 This is also the reason why Qingdan Valley has to participate in the war to open up the land.

They also want to seize a third-level spiritual vein in the New Territory. No matter how big or small, it can at least be used as a branch of the sect.

but!

Even under this situation, Qingdan Valley arranged a complete third-level low-grade cave for Luo Chen's arrival.

Even several bottles of third-level elixirs were provided to ensure his practice before refining the Yingying Dan.

 Hence, it can be seen that it is imperative for Qingdanzi to refine the Yingying Dan.

 Clean and brand-new third-level cave house.

Luo Chen sat cross-legged and made a strange gesture with his hands. The gestures on both sides were completely different.

As he practiced, spiritual energy surged in the cave, vaguely dominated by turquoise spiritual energy and fiery red spiritual energy.

 "The True Skill of Burning Wood", a third-level skill practiced by fellow practitioners of wood fire.

At this moment, under the operation of Luo Chen, he is swallowing up the spiritual energy from the outside world unscrupulously.

Not only that, the spiritual consciousness, which is a higher level than the spiritual consciousness, is also constantly stirring up the surroundings, sucking in the dual attribute spiritual energy of wood and fire that is more suitable for oneself from the chaotic spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

 This time of practice, a full hour passed by in the blink of an eye.

 Suddenly.

Luo Chen opened his eyes, opened his mouth and spit out a wisp of green smoke.

“After forming the elixir, the practice becomes more complicated. Not only do we have to capture the free spiritual energy from the outside world, but we also need to purify it while contaminating the soul with spiritual energy to form mana.”

“But there is also a benefit, that is, the efficiency of spiritual consciousness in transporting the spiritual energy of heaven and earth has been increased by nearly ten times!”

 Although he said this, Luo Chen didn't have any happy expression on his face.

 A thought in my mind.

A transparent light curtain that only he could see slowly fell down like a waterfall and unfolded in front of him.

  【Shouyuan: 110/400】

 【Spiritual Root: Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth】

 【Realm: 2/100 at the first level of Jindan, 20/100 at the third level of ancient times】

 【Kung Fu: Burning Wood True Skill Mastery 201/300, Ten Thousand Dao Convergence Perfect 428/500, Ten Thousand Beasts Scripture 15/100】

  【Spells: Level 3: Great Perfection of Locking Bead Curtain, Great Perfection of Fixed Wind and Waves, Perfect Innate Qi Grand Mudra 357/500, Mastery of Mirror Flowers and Water Moon 291/300, Mastery of Dust Elemental Technique 179/200, Introduction to Interception Finger 15/100

Level 2: Flower Fairy is perfect at 413/500, Master of the Divine Confusion Technique is at 627/1000, Kusanagi Gengkin Sword Technique is at perfect 360/500, Five Elements Return to Zang Art is perfect]

 Level 1: The Great Perfection of Deceiving God, the Great Perfection of Restoration of Bones, and the Introduction of Limb Renewal 15/100

 Dzogchen Spell (click to view details)]

 【Alchemy: Scale transfer is perfect 400/500. Dzogchen Alchemy (click to view details)]

 【Martial Arts: Tanyun Divine Claw Grandmaster 590/1000, Fiery Miasma Grandmaster 521/1000】

 【Occupation: Level 3 Alchemist, Level 2 Physician, Level 1 Array Mage

 Level 3 elixir: Getting started with Ming Yuan elixir 6/100

 Second-level elixir: Introduction to Emperor's Liquid Liquid 12/100

Dzogchen elixir (click to view details)】

  【Achievement Points: 66】

This is the first time he has fully expanded his attribute panel after forming a pill.

 Hence, watch it very carefully.

 The first thing is longevity.

 Hundred years of elixir formation, ten years of seclusion to stabilize the state, and now he is just one hundred and ten years old.

 The achievements achieved at this age are considered to be among the best in the entire world of immortality.

Perhaps only those so-called Tianlinggen monks who have spent ten years building a foundation, a hundred years forming an elixir, and two hundred years of Nascent Soul can compete with him.

 The upper limit of life span has reached four hundred years.

 One hundred years less than the regular Golden Elixir monks.

However, Luo Chen didn't panic. He knew his situation since he experienced the changes in longevity during the foundation building period.

  As the minor realm improves in the future, the upper limit of lifespan should also increase.

 I just don’t know whether the increased amount is the same as during the foundation building period.

 If it is the same, when the golden elixir period is complete, it will be almost the same as a normal golden elixir monk, which is also 500 years old.

 What if more?

 That was an unexpected surprise.

Compared with Shouyuan, what Luo Chen is more concerned about is actually the realm and skills.

 Benefiting from the previous Great Perfection of "Yi Mu Yao Wang Jing", it was also helpful when I switched to "Burning Wood Zhen Gong" by fellow practitioners of Mu Huo.

 That’s why when I first switched to another major, I gained fifty more proficiency levels.

 Ten years of seclusion and continuous operation have enabled "Burning Wood True Skill" to reach the proficiency level.

 This is a good thing!

The only fly in the ointment is the speed of cultivation brought about by this set of exercises.

 Three months have passed since I stepped into the first level of Jindan.

It took three full months, and with the help of the third-level spiritual land and a small amount of third-level practice pills, he was able to increase his progress by one level.

 【Golden elixir layer 2/100】

“Double-system practitioners, incomplete skills, and five spiritual root aptitudes, after all, have a great impact on my cultivation speed!”

“If you want to cultivate to the second level of Jindan, it will take about thirty years.”

"Although I don't know what the difference in spiritual power is between each level of the Golden Elixir stage, based on my past experience and my exchanges with Qu Xibai and Wu Qi, if I want to cultivate to the perfection of the Golden Elixir stage, I have to Under the current conditions, it will take about...two thousand years!"

 It takes thirty years to reach a small realm, but it takes two thousand years to reach nine major realms.

　　Looks outrageous.

 But this is the case with cultivation. It becomes more difficult as you get to the later stages, especially when you break through to a big realm.

Luo Chen’s family knows his own affairs. The reason why he was able to practice so quickly during the foundation building stage was because he improved his resources and environment time and time again.

 That’s it, in the end, with all the preparations, I was lucky enough to enter the Golden Elixir stage.

 In comparison, Luo Chen cares more about the familiar number of two thousand years.

 When he first entered the foundation building stage, this was how he judged the time required to form the elixir.

 This time, it’s more or less the same.

 The amount is also huge!

 But Luo Chen is no longer as confused and hesitant as before.

 He knows that there are many ways to improve the speed of his cultivation. As long as he has a direction and enough mobility, nothing will be difficult in the world!

 Even said that Luo Chen was quite happy.

 Because if we compare the cultivation speed of the Tianlinggen monk, the difference in his five spiritual roots is twenty times!

Then the time required to conceive a baby would have been at least four thousand years, but this time he shortened it by twice out of thin air.

 One of the reasons...

“I think it has something to do with the solid foundation I laid during the foundation building period.”

“Third-level physique, all the meridians are connected, all the orifices of the world are opened, and the elixir is formed at the highest level... All these things have shortened the fundamental gap between me and the beloved son of heaven and earth.”

“If I continue to consolidate my foundation when I am in the Golden Elixir Stage, maybe after I reach the Nascent Soul Stage in the future, I will have the spiritual roots of that day... Haha, I thought wrong.”

 Luo Chen suddenly thought of a rumor in the world of immortality.

That day, the spiritual root monks had no advantage after reaching the Nascent Soul stage.

There is actually not a big gap between the time required and other qualifications for monks who want to become gods.

  In other words, if he relies on the qualifications of the five spiritual roots to conceive a baby, there will be no gap in qualifications after he reaches the Nascent Soul stage.

  Judging from this guess.

Perhaps the real starting point for the five spiritual root qualifications is in the Nascent Soul stage?

 A sudden guess interrupted Luo Chen's thoughts.

 After a long while, he shook his head.

 “Thinking too far ahead.”

“Forget about the Nascent Soul stage, my so-called existing conditions are not yet satisfied.”

 The conditions for conceiving a baby in two thousand years are to have a piece of at least third-level low-grade spiritual land and a stable supply of third-level low-grade elixirs.

 This is the most basic condition.

 But on these two points, Luo Chen has not yet achieved it.

 This third-level cave under his buttocks was temporarily provided to him by Qingdan Valley.

 The third-level elixir he is currently using is the congratulatory gifts sent by the guests during the elixir formation ceremony, as well as the Dragon Transformation elixir recently provided by Qingdan Valley.

 So, there is still a long way to go!

Sighed.

Luo Chen continued to browse the properties panel.

  Thanks to the revision of "The Convergence of Ten Thousand Daos", he was able to use the withered fire to refine his body. His ancient third-level physique, which had been shackled for many years, finally began to slowly improve.

 At present, we have reached [Ancient Third Level 20/100] and have only improved by five steps.

 It's very slow, but that's all it can do for now.

 It is really a painful process of refining the body with dry fire.

The whole body is being burned by the fourth-level strange fire all the time. The pain is simply not something that ordinary people can bear.

If Luo Chen's willpower hadn't become extremely strong after being tempered over and over again, he would not have been able to bear the pain.

Even so, because he was not very skilled, he made many mistakes and often suffered physical injuries.

If he hadn't practiced many medical skills, I'm afraid his current body would have been scarred and crumbling.

 Thanks to the continuous use of medical skills to treat himself, over the past ten years, he has gradually perfected the Five Elements Returning Internal Organs and Bone Restoration techniques to great perfection.

 This can be regarded as joy in suffering!

“Based on the realm of the Ancient Body Refining Technique that I set myself, as long as I complete nine blood exchanges and reshape all my muscles and bones, I will be able to reach the fourth level.”

 “It’s almost time for the second blood exchange!”

Luo Chen could feel how powerful the blood in his body was, like mercury slurry, rushing like a river.

This is just a blood exchange.

 After browsing through the realm exercises, Luo Chen also had an accurate idea of ​​his current situation.

 As for the subsequent spells, they are lackluster.

 In those decades of seclusion, I mostly spent on practicing and creating my own exercises, and did not practice much magic.

 In other words, he dabbled in the Innate Qi Mahamudra technique from time to time.

 Hence, brush his proficiency to the perfect level.

Relying on these achievements, he easily defeated Hong Ling during the elixir formation ceremony, which earned him admiration from Jin Buque, the Five Elements Divine Sect.

In addition, thanks to a successful elixir formation, he upgraded "Suo Zhu Curtain" and "Ding Feng Bo" to the level of Dzogchen.

As for his self-created "Miscellaneous Dust Elemental Technique", after successfully forming the elixir, his proficiency level can be directly accessed.

In the following ten years of retreat, when the natal skills were being used, the secret technique of forming pills was also being used at the same time, so the proficiency was passively improved.

Perhaps when the time comes for the Great Consummation in the future, Luo Chen will have a new understanding of this self-created secret technique of forming the ultimate elixir?

Luo Chen thought for a while, chuckled, and lowered his eyes.

 Finally, there is a slight pause in the occupation column.

 In addition to the third-level alchemist and second-level physician, there is a new profession—array mage.

Although he is at the first level, it shows that he has truly entered the first level of the formation.

“This should be related to my intensive study of prohibitions and laying an extremely solid foundation for formations.”

“Based on my current formation foundation, as long as I am given the corresponding low-level formations and materials, I can lay it out.”

“What is lacking may be proficiency and some details in controlling the operation of the formation.”

 For these shortcomings, Luo Chen has no plans to improve them for the time being.

 First of all, I don’t have the time, and secondly, I probably don’t have the talent.

at last!

The current formation can only help him more than refining his natal magic weapon.

 The demand in this area is really not big.

“Sixty-six achievement points, a new high!”

Luo Chen muttered and put away the attribute panel. This time I take stock of the attribute panel. Overall, it’s a mixed bag!

 There are gains, but the exposed shortcomings are obviously more.

 He has a deeper understanding of the current situation and a clear understanding of what to do in the future.

 Third-level spiritual veins, third-level cultivation elixirs, and natal magic weapons.

 Just these three things!

 No more!

However, that is also something to be done in the future.

For now, he still has to fulfill his promise to refine the Yingying Dan for Qingdan Valley.

 Just yesterday, he had already talked with Qing Danzi.

 As for the recipe for the Yingying Dan Dan, the other party is willing to give it to him, but not now.

 After he reaches the late stage of Jindan, Qingdanzi will give him a rubbing version.

In the words of Qing Danzi: "The common man has no sin in his possession of the jade, but giving it to you now is a disaster rather than a blessing!"

Luo Chen could not refute these words.

 After all, the lessons learned from Qingdan Valley are all around us.

The Jade Cauldron Sword Sect came knocking on the door just based on a few things about catching wind and shadow.

If the Jian Zong's purpose was not to simply destroy the structure of the Five Peaks and Valley, then the battle would have been like the Yan League, with a river of blood.

Even the Qingdan Valley almost failed to save the elixir recipe. He, Luo Chen, was only at the early stage of the Golden elixir. If he got the slightest bit of exposure, he would be killed.

 Hence, Luo Chen also agreed to this condition.

"However, I can't get the Yingying Dandan, but I can accomplish another thing during this trip."

Luo Chen's eyes flashed and he had a plan in mind.

 …

 After dawn.

Luo Chen, who completed the practice of "Burning Wood True Skill" and "Convergence of Ten Thousand Daos" respectively, left the cave.

 Driving the light, we arrived at Danyang Peak Taidan Courtyard.

As soon as he landed, he was greeted by an alchemist in the foundation building stage.

 “Senior Dan Chenzi, please come this way!”

 “Well, you lead the way!”

Luo Chen nodded. He knew that his arrival could not be concealed from the local master.

As he walked along, Luo Chen's eyes fell on the busy monks in Taidan Academy from time to time.

 Those who can enter the Taidan Academy are almost all alchemists who have accomplished foundation building!

 And most of them are older.

 For the profession of alchemist, being old is not a disadvantage, but an advantage. This means that they have reached a very high level of knowledge in alchemy.

From what he observed, there were at least fifty people in the Taidan Courtyard!

 This means that Qingdan Valley has at least fifty experienced second-level alchemists!

This does not include the ordinary alchemists scattered inside and outside the sect.

“There are so many alchemists in Qingdan Valley alone. I wonder how rich the talent base of the Medicine King Sect, which dominates this area, will be?”

“In comparison, Luo Tianzong, including me, only has three second-level alchemists.”

“Such a gap cannot be made up by resources. It will take at least thousands of years of inheritance to make up for it.”

Luo Chen sighed secretly in his heart.

The more second-level alchemists there are, the more elixirs they can produce, and the more spiritual stones they can naturally earn.

Qingdan Valley also relies on this resource to cultivate nearly a thousand foundation-building cultivators.

 If we look at it now.

This group of experienced second-level alchemists can assist Qingdanzi and the other six in processing a large number of low-level materials required for the Yingying Dan.

 “They have been planning for a long time, and now I am here too.”

“I think we’ll be refining the Yingying Dan soon!”

Luo Chen thought to himself.

 Suddenly he felt something in his heart and noticed a line of sight staring at him.

Looking around, I saw a pair of eyes with complex meanings.

The man noticed Luo Chen's attention and immediately lowered his head.

"It's him?"

Luo Chen frowned.

The person who secretly looked at him just now was obviously He Yun, Xuan Yunzi, whom he had met.

 During the foundation building period, Luo Chen noticed something was wrong with Xuanyunzi.

The opponent's soul aura is unstable, and there is a faint flow of life and death.

Now that he has reached the golden elixir stage, Luo Chen's consciousness swept away and he was even more sure of his guess back then.

 Xuan Yunzi is a person who seizes the body!

And it is very likely that the old monk from the outer sect of Yaowang Sect who died in Yuanzhao Kingdom was also the opportunity for Luo Chen's predecessor to embark on the path to immortality.

“I can detect it with my knowledge. There is no reason why there are so many golden elixir monks in Qingdan Valley who can’t detect it!”

“But they ignored him and recruited him into Taidan Courtyard. Why?”

 Doubts arise spontaneously.

Luo Chen took a deep look at Xuanyunzi, who was busy with his head down, and didn't pursue it too much.

 It has nothing to do with people under the roof.

Soon, Luo Chen entered the depths of Taidan Courtyard.

 In the main hall.

As far as the eye can see, five light green glazed tripods are placed among them.

 Four of them already have owners.

 The extra statue is prepared for Luo Chen.

 “Fellow Taoist is here!”

Qing Danzi walked out of the palace with his hands behind his back.

Obviously he has the body shape of a teenager, but he has an old-fashioned temperament.

 Combined with the other party's five hundred years of practice, it is natural to have such a temperament.

Luo Chen nodded and his eyes fell on the glazed cauldron.

"Start now?"

Qingdanzi hummed, and said with a hint of expectation: "Qingtian Glazed Cauldron, one minute and thirty-six. When the time comes to refine the Yingying Dan, I will be in charge of the cauldron, and you will control the five major cauldrons, and there will be thirty alchemists." A highly skilled second-level alchemist can control a small cauldron to construct a fourth-level Qingdan formation, and then he can refine the fourth-level Yingying Dan."

 This is Qing Danzi’s plan!

 It’s not just whimsical.

 In the history of Qingdan Valley, there has indeed been such an experience of successfully refining fourth-level elixirs.

 There are so many details involved that it cannot be completed by one person.

 As for the control of the main tripod and the five main tripods, the requirements are extremely high.

 Must be a third-level alchemist, and also need to master an original true fire!

 Luo Chen precisely meets this condition.

“I have released the restrictions on the Ziding. Dan Chenzi, you can refine the Ziding first and establish a connection with it.”

"After that, I will give you the portion of medicinal materials that you will be responsible for at that time, and handle them skillfully a few times first, just in case."

Luo Chen hummed.

He immediately sat down in front of the tripod that belonged to him.

 The spiritual consciousness is emitted, and along its formation, it is constantly contaminated.

 The surge of mana completely enveloped the Ziding, which had reached the level of a low-grade magic weapon.

 This is the conventional method of refining magic weapons.

It’s just that because the main cauldron is at Qingdanzi’s place, it cannot be put into the sea of ​​qi for worship, but can only be done slowly outside.

Qing Danzi was observing from the side, his brows gradually furrowed.

 Suddenly.

 He interrupted Luo Chen's refining with a voice.

"What's wrong?" Luo Chen stopped and looked at him puzzled.

Qing Danzi shook his head and said, "It's too slow. The speed of your sacrifice is too slow."

 Luo Chen was stunned.

Isn’t that what conventional sacrificial and refining magic weapons are like?

Qing Danzi smacked his lips, his lips moved, and words of good advice entered Luo Chen's mind.

Luo Chen raised his eyebrows.

  Is there such a secret technique?

What Qing Danzi just passed on to him was a secret technique that uses the original true fire to accelerate the refining of magic weapons!

 With the help of this technique, the speed of monks refining magic weapons can be doubled!

 “Try it!” Qing Danzi said.

Luo Chen took a deep breath, and a vigorous green flame came out of his mouth, slowly wrapping the tripod.

Gradually, this Ziding established a faint connection with him, and it became deeper and deeper.

"Huh!"

 “Qingdanzi sincerely doesn’t deceive me, he will get twice the result with half the effort!”

“If I have a natal magic weapon in the future, can I also rely on this technique and use the natal true fire to nourish the natal magic weapon?”

“If it’s really feasible, then I don’t know how much practice time will be saved!”

Seeing Luo Chen's thoughtful look, Qing Danzi shook his head and said nothing.

　　　If you are reluctant to let go of your children, you will not be able to trap the wolf.

 The deadline is approaching and he can't wait any longer.

While the war is going on, everyone's attention is not on Qingdan Valley, refining the Yingying Dan.

 When the time comes, he will hold the birthing pill and look for a first- or fourth-level spiritual place to give birth to a baby.

As long as he achieves Nascent Soul, his current troubles with longevity and the predicament in Qingdan Valley can be solved!

Even, the war can be expanded to open up a new territory for Qingdan Valley.

Success or failure depends on this.

It's just a magic weapon sacrificial technique, so it doesn't matter if it's cheaper for Luo Chen.

 …

 After several days of sacrificial refining, Luo Chen looked tired and stopped moving.

The level of sacrificial refining is already 1/200, and another ten or so times will be enough.

 The one who acted like him was Qingyunzi who was at the third level of the Golden Core.

The two looked at each other, and Qingyunzi clearly showed surprise on his face.

Although he is only at the third level of the Golden Core, he has practiced the art of the divine soul in a rough way. His current spiritual foundation is at least in the middle stage of the Golden Core.

Luo Chen actually persisted for the same amount of time as him.

Doesn’t this mean that Luo Chen’s spiritual foundation is not weaker than his?

You must know that Luo Chen himself is only at the first level of Jindan.

 He was surprised, but he didn't know that Danyangzi, who had already finished his attack, was even more shocked.

 In total, Danyangzi formed elixirs decades earlier than Luo Chen, but he did not persist as long as Luo Chen.

 This means that he is not as good as this peer in terms of soul foundation and mana strength.

The Supreme Elder Qing Danzi, who has been paying attention to the situation in the main hall, doesn't care much about this matter.

The stronger Luo Chen is, the more helpful it will be for him to refine the Yingying Dan.

 “Let’s go back and rest for a few days!”

 “We’ll continue later.”

Luo Chen nodded and stood up, but did not leave directly.

Instead, he called Danyangzi.

 “Fellow Taoist, let’s talk?”

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 (End of this chapter)