"Junior brother, it seems that in a few years we will have to rely on you for the elixirs we need for cultivation!" Senior sister Ye Jingxian looked at Li Shiming happily and said.
Although Li Shiming is only an intermediate alchemist, if he wants to refine pills for the middle and late stages of foundation building, he needs to further reach the level of an advanced alchemist.
But Li Shiming's talent for alchemy was so high that even if she had to wait a few more years, there was hope that she would be able to use an elixir with better effects in the future. How could she not be happy?
"You are too kind, Senior Sister. After I become a senior alchemist, I will make elixirs for you and my two senior brothers!" Li Shiming replied with a smile.
Second Senior Brother Wan Zheng and Third Senior Brother Lu Shi both had surprise in their eyes. Their junior brother had such a high talent for alchemy, and their already close relationship seemed to need to be strengthened.
"Greetings, Master!" At this time, Elder Su appeared in the pavilion, and all the disciples hurriedly bowed to him.
"Yes, you have not neglected your practice recently, especially Shiming. It seems that learning alchemy has not affected your practice, which makes your teacher feel relieved!" Elder Su glanced at the disciples and nodded with a smile.
Li Shiming's talent was too poor and he was a new disciple, so he was naturally the focus of his attention.
Before, I was still worried that Li Shiming's alchemy would affect his cultivation. Today, I saw that the fluctuation of Li Shiming's spiritual power had increased significantly, and I couldn't sense the aura of the elixir. This shows that Li Shiming did not take any elixir, and relied entirely on his own efforts.
This is the advantage of top-level elixirs. As long as the medicinal power of the elixir is absorbed, no residual medicinal power will remain in the body.
"Jingxian, you should go into seclusion for the time being!" Elder Su turned to Ye Jingxian and instructed.
"Master, my understanding is not enough. Meditation cannot help me break through the barriers!" Ye Jingxian was slightly stunned and replied quickly.
Li Shiming had heard about the situation of his senior sister Ye Jingxian. Ye Jingxian was at a half-step golden elixir. Although she was only one step away from the golden elixir, this step was as difficult as a chasm in the sky. In order to cross this step, in addition to reaching the peak of the Taoist body, spiritual power and spirit, she also needed to hone her Taoist heart and comprehend the will of heaven.
This step cannot be explained in words. Every cultivator's perception of the advancement to the Golden Elixir stage is different and varies according to their own individual characteristics. It can only be understood by the eldest sister herself.
The best case scenario is that the senior sister keeps trying and stimulating her own understanding through various methods.
The monkey wine that Li Shiming took away last time was one of the ways. He tried to use the monkey wine to break the original balance of the human body and improve the physical condition again, in order to produce the enlightenment of the golden elixir.
However, retreat is not a good choice. Senior sister Ye Jingxian does not lack spiritual power, and the effect of her retreat is almost zero.
"Your situation is special. Once the sect goes to war with the demon cultivators, you, a half-step golden elixir, are likely to encounter a golden elixir opponent. It is better for you to go into seclusion early!" Elder Su slowly explained the reason.
"Master, is the Demon Sect going to go to war with the Taoist Sect again?" Ye Jingxian asked in surprise.
"This will not happen in the short term, but the Demon Sect has been making a lot of moves recently, and the major sects of the righteous path are all making preparations for war!" Elder Su nodded slightly and said.
He was not worried about his disciples, except Ye Jingxian.
All of his disciples have life-saving items, so at least they can save one life, and the survival rate in a war is very high.
But Ye Jingxian is different. According to the unspoken rules of the war between the two forces of good and evil, a higher-level cultivator will not take the initiative to attack a lower-level cultivator.
But this does not include the special case of Half-Step Golden Elixir, because to some extent, Half-Step Golden Elixir has already stepped onto the threshold of Golden Elixir.
In addition, the threat of the Half-Step Golden Core is too great. Not only will one further step add a Golden Core elder to the righteous path, but also because the Half-Step Golden Core is absolutely invincible in the Foundation Establishment Period, allowing the Half-Step Golden Core to exist will increase the losses of the Foundation Establishment cultivators.
Not to mention the Demon Sect, even the righteous side will give priority to eliminating the Half-Step Golden Elixir from the Demon Sect.
"Shiming has become an intermediate alchemist right after entering the sect, so he doesn't need to go into battle to kill the enemy. But Chuan'er, you are too rough. You must be careful when you meet the enemy!"
Elder Su continued, and he took out a few more talismans and gave one to each disciple, saying, "This is the 'One Escape Ten Thousand Miles Talisman', which I leave for you to use to save your lives!"
Li Shiming took over the 'One Escape Ten Thousand Miles Talisman' and knew that this was the difference between the disciples of the Jindan Elder and ordinary cultivators.
The disciples of the Jindan Elder can accumulate a certain number of life-saving items through the rewards and incentives of the Jindan Elder, and ordinary cultivators cannot even see these life-saving items.
After receiving news from Elder Su again that a war might break out between the two forces of good and evil, Li Shiming felt the pressure.
Although he does not have to go to the battlefield, Li Yuanba in Senluo Sect is a combat monk.
I just don't know whether Senluo Sect will participate in this battle between the two forces of good and evil. I think it will participate, as Senluo Sect is one of the major evil sects in Northern Shu.
After returning to Chijian Peak, he continued to practice alchemy every day. There was also a tense atmosphere in the sect, and the exchange volume of various elixirs increased greatly.
The eldest sister followed Elder Su's instructions, entered a state of seclusion, and announced to the public that she wanted to comprehend the will of heaven for the golden elixir.
When Li Shiming was communicating with Yin Shilan, he heard that the Qianhuan Sect had also spread the news. The Qianhuan Sect and the Shushan Sect were allies, and if a war broke out, the two major sects would of course be united.
There is no need to worry about Yin Shilan. Yin Shilan is a formation master, and what he does is not dangerous.
The days passed in this seemingly calm but undercurrent situation.
In the blink of an eye, a year had passed. The liquid five elements spiritual power in the spiritual lake in Li Shiming's body was almost filling up the lake. His realm was close to the peak of the early stage of foundation building. Perhaps it would not take long before he could reach the middle stage of foundation building.
Li Shiming's cultivation speed was even faster than Li Yuanba, who had a natural spiritual root in the Senluo Sect. He used a top-level elixir every day to speed up his own cultivation.
The progress of his cultivation is not his biggest change; the real change is his Taoist body.
After practicing "Purple Air Coming from the East" every day for more than a year, although Chijian Peak is a small peak, its height exceeds the clouds. Even on rainy days, the top of Chijian Peak can greet the first ray of sunshine in the morning.
Therefore, during this year and more, he has never stopped practicing 'Purple Qi Coming from the East'.
Using the Fresnel reflector, he practiced 'Purple Air Coming from the East' for more than a year, which was equivalent to practicing 'Purple Air Coming from the East' for more than a hundred years in a row.
Moreover, the effect of a wisp of purple energy at a time and a hundred times the amount of purple energy at a time are completely different.
If the time required to digest and absorb the dense purple energy that he has absorbed and integrated over the past year were expanded to more than a hundred years, the effect would be greatly reduced.
Now his body has undergone miraculous changes. His skin is smooth and shiny, and his pores are almost invisible, just like that of a baby.
Especially during cultivation, although most of the cultivation is carried out by absorbing the spiritual energy in the top-level elixir, a small part of the spiritual energy is absorbed from the spiritual veins.
When he was practicing, spiritual energy entered his body through the pores. Although the pores on his skin are invisible now, every inch of his skin can absorb spiritual energy into his body.
The muscles of the Taoist body also changed. Due to the practice of 'Vajra Body Protection Magic' and 'Sword Demon Secret Book', his muscles were as hard as iron, but now they are relaxed to a certain extent, without any trace of practicing body-building skills.
The bones of the Taoist body have completely turned into jade color. The only special thing is the sword bone of the right thumb. The sword intent within it has been nurtured by the misty purple air for a long time, and the sword intent has taken on a purple flavor and even has the effect of a lightning strike.
Li Shiming didn't know whether the lightning effect produced by the sword intent nurtured by the dense purple energy came from the 'Nine Heavens Thunder Strike Art' he practiced. It was most likely the case, otherwise it would be impossible to explain why the sword intent nurtured by the featureless dense purple energy had a lightning effect.
This is also a sword effect he developed himself, and it cannot be shared by Li Yuanba.
Because the effect of this sword intent relies on the sword bone of his right thumb. Without the support of the sword bone, he will not be able to display this sword intent with the effect of lightning strike.
The other bones of the Taoist body were completely turned into jade, not to mention the hardness. Not to mention the effect of the "Purple Air Coming from the East" in the past year, even if he had practiced the body-refining exercises for more than a year, his body would have been strengthened to a level beyond the late stage of foundation building.
The dense purple air of 'Purple Air Coming from the East' is a further enhancement on the basis of his body refining effect that exceeds the level of foundation building period. This enhancement has brought him great benefits.
In his perception, there was not a single scar on the entire body of the Tao.
The scars he sensed were not ordinary scars, but hidden injuries caused by fighting and training. Some of these hidden injuries are visible, while others are invisible.
He was also seriously injured in the battle, and suffered minor injuries when practicing body-refining techniques. Although they can all recover on their own, there are always some hidden dangers left behind.
In the past, Li Shiming would still find these minor injuries that could not be repaired. These minor injuries were like scars on the skin. They seemed to have healed, but in fact they were still in a damaged state and had not returned to normal.
Unless one finds rare treasures and takes them, perhaps these minor injuries can be repaired, but rare treasures are legendary spiritual objects and are not so easy to obtain.
Don't underestimate these minor injuries. When practicing martial arts, these minor injuries will have a slight effect on the circulation of spiritual power in the body. These effects cannot be seen in one day, but over time, the impact on practice will accumulate and even explode.
Many monks are unable to recover to their peak state after a brutal battle, and are thus trapped in their current realm.
The changes in his Taoist body also brought about an increase in Li Shiming's cultivation speed. Even without using top-level elixirs, his cultivation speed could be comparable to that of a person with natural spiritual roots.
A year of absorbing and integrating the dense purple energy also brought about spiritual changes. His spirit increased almost five times.
This is not only the effect of the dense purple air, but also the effect of wearing the Yangshen Jue. However, in his opinion, the effect of 'Purple Air Coming from the East' is even better than that of the Yangshen Jue.
Today, he decided to start practicing the 'Thousand Hammers Divine Forging Technique'.
In fact, he had already reached the spiritual requirements for practicing the 'Thousand Hammers Divine Forging Art' several months ago, but in order to prevent others from suspecting him, he waited until now.
The main reason was that his changes were quite big. For this, he even asked Li Yuanba to exchange a "Magic Shadow Buddha Power" from Senluo Sect.
The Demonic Shadow Buddha Technique is an auxiliary technique of the Senluo Sect that is designed to help one concentrate one's energy and spirit. Its effect can even conceal the divine sense detection of the Golden Core.
Of course, not every cultivator of the Senluo Sect can redeem a skill with such effects. Only Li Yuanba, as a true disciple, is eligible to redeem it, but even so it still cost him two thousand contribution points.
Li Shiming planned to use the "Magic Shadow Buddha Power" to hide his changes, especially the changes in his Taoist body, because the changes in his Taoist body were too obvious.
When he was reading some Taoist books, he was wondering whether he was transforming into the legendary pure Taoist body.
Because all the characteristics of the Tao body are very similar to the legendary pure Tao body.
He could hardly accurately judge the defensive power of his Taoist body now. Anyway, when he used the spiritual flying sword to slash his skin, it could not leave the slightest wound on his skin.
And his strength is even more amazing. He can withstand several attacks of the defensive formation of a cultivator in the late stage of foundation building. Holding a third-grade sword, he can break it with one sword through brute force.
It can be said that although he looks like a cultivator in the early stage of foundation building, he is actually already a humanoid Tyrannosaurus Rex. As long as he gets close to the enemy, he can exert strength that can shake a cultivator in the late stage of foundation building.
This all came from "Purple Air Coming from the East", from his brilliant idea.
Even if there were cultivators who knew about the special effects of 'Purple Air Coming from the East', they would not be able to gain the same benefits as him.
Li Shiming has been practicing "Purple Air Coming from the East" every day for more than a year, and he can still persist.
However, after the effect was weakened more than a hundred times, other cultivators had to practice "Purple Air Coming from the East" continuously for more than a hundred years, and they had to face the east every morning and wait for the sun to rise.
Not to mention the great weakening of the effect of practicing 'Purple Air Coming from the East' after leaving the Fresnel reflector, just persisting for more than a hundred years is an impossible thing to do.
For a cultivator, no matter which realm he is in, more than a hundred years is not a short time.
For most cultivators, more than a hundred years is equivalent to most of their lives. They use most of their lives without any delay in practicing "Purple Qi Coming from the East". They have no time to obtain other resources and opportunities, and their path of cultivation is almost cut off.
Even the hundred years or so of a Jindan cultivator cannot be wasted casually. A Jindan cultivator practices his main technique, which usually takes many days in a row. He cannot interrupt his main technique to practice 'Purple Air Coming from the East'!
Therefore, there have always been rumors about the effect of "Purple Air Coming from the East", but no cultivator would try to practice it continuously, and only regard it as a way to improve the body slightly in a short period of time.
There are many ways for cultivators to improve their physical bodies. 'Purple Air Coming from the East' is not the most effective one, nor is it the best choice for cultivators. Body-refining techniques, elixirs, natural spiritual objects, etc. can all improve the Taoist body with more obvious effects in a shorter time.