"I have plenty of time."

With this thought in mind, Kong Ju slowly closed his eyes.

After returning from Tianlie Valley, he offered all the things he had pulled out of Zhan Rudong's body to the Enlightenment Monument.

The first is the quasi-immortal weapon, the Blood Coagulation Bead. As a defensive quasi-immortal weapon, if Kong Ju can use it, it will definitely improve his strength.

It's a pity that there's the mark of Manxue Zhenren on it. If I keep it around, it'll be a ghost that'll take my life, so I definitely won't keep it.

Kong Ju had no choice but to reluctantly offer a sacrifice to the Enlightenment Monument.

The quasi-immortal weapons in Lingxiao's treasury are worth between two hundred and five hundred sacrificial points, depending on their quality.

A low-grade quasi-immortal weapon can be exchanged for around 200 yuan.

A mid-grade quasi-immortal weapon costs about three hundred.

The best quality ones cost between four and five hundred.

There are only three top-grade quasi-immortal artifacts in the Lingxiao Treasury, and there is no standard price yet. Obviously, they cannot be exchanged through sacrificial points.

Kong Ju speculated that it was what the White Emperor left for his descendants in the Xianyun Realm.

The quality of the blood coagulation bead is a lower-grade quasi-immortal weapon.

To exchange for items of this quality from the Lingxiao Treasury, at least two hundred sacrificial points would be required.

However, offering sacrifice to the Enlightenment Monument only exchanged for 160 sacrificial points.

All in all, the loss was 20%.

"Old man Baidi is also a profiteer." Kong Ju sighed with a wry smile.

In fact, Kong Ju was not too sad about the loss of his wealth.

If you think about it carefully, if Lingxiao's treasure house didn't exist, the blood coagulation bead Kongqi would have to be abandoned.

From this perspective, all 160 sacrificial points were picked up by Kong Ji for nothing.

Then, Zhan Rudong's soul was also sacrificed.

The third-class luck can naturally be exchanged for a monument welcoming order with a validity period of seven days.

In addition, Kong Ju had a seven-day order to welcome the stele in his pocket, so he had nearly half a month to observe it.

"I have already memorized many immortal methods, so there are not many that I need to comprehend with the Enlightenment Monument."

"This enlightenment tablet is inestimable in value, so it's better to keep it for when you need it."

Of course, the essence of heaven and earth absorbed by Zhan Rudong and the precious spiritual objects in his pocket were all exchanged for sacrificial points during the sacrifice process.

Gave sixty-seven sacrificial points.

The sacrificial point for Kong Jue has reached 369 o'clock.

Such a huge amount of sacrificial points is enough for Kong Ju to exchange for any one of the majority of spiritual objects in the Lingxiao treasury.

Fortunately, Kong Ju did not have the obsessive-compulsive disorder of spending money. He just took a look around Lingxiao's treasure house and forcibly stopped the urge to buy.

"Sacrificial points are hard to earn, buy them when you need them, Lingxiao's treasure house won't run away anyway."

Now in Kong Jue, the importance of the sacrificial site far exceeds that of the spirit crystal.

When one’s cultivation reaches a certain level, the things that can be purchased with spirit crystals become fewer and fewer.

The sacrificial point can be used by Kong Ju to purchase items from Ling Xiao's treasure house. The spiritual objects inside cannot be purchased in the outside world even if one has money.

"The recipe for the fourth-grade elixir that I had always wanted to buy was also obtained by Lei Zun for me."

“It saved me a ton of money.”

Kong Ju looked at the number of sacrificial points recorded on the gold paper placed on the altar in front of the Enlightenment Monument, and withdrew from his sea of ​​consciousness in a happy mood.

The sight returns to the Xianyun Realm.

Wudong, inside the inner sect alchemy pavilion of the Cangwu sect.

In front of the alchemy furnace as big as a building, Kong Ju, transformed into Songxia Sanren, was floating in the air.

With his eyes closed, his consciousness was completely focused on the alchemy furnace in front of him. From time to time, streams of spiritual power were poured into the furnace in front of him.

There is a huge gap under the cauldron, which is connected to the underground fire. Under Kong Ju's control, it spews out hot flames from time to time.

The high temperature burned so high that the air around the furnace became slightly distorted.

This alchemy furnace, named Zhenshan, is of better quality than the Qingding left by Gexia.

It is not the best alchemy furnace in Xianyun Realm, but it is definitely the largest one.

With the help of the earth fire, the process of refining the fourth-grade elixir will undoubtedly be much easier this time.

Behind Kong Ju, there were three people standing.

They are Nong Poer and Yuwen Kui from Yaowang Valley, and Lu Pingchang, the current head of the Alchemy Pavilion who replaced Zhou Shangxiang from the Cangwu School.

All three of them are top third-grade alchemists in Wudong.

Now, as Kong Ju's assistant, he shares the responsibility of refining the medicinal properties of the elixir in the furnace.

With the help of these three people, the refining speed of the fourth-grade elixir increased by several times.

Because of the importance of refining a fourth-grade elixir, the entire alchemy pavilion has been closed off. Now there are only four people left in it, so there is no need to worry about being disturbed by others.

Calculating the time, the refining process has lasted for more than a month.

Including Kong Ju, none of the four people showed the slightest sign of fatigue on their faces. Instead, their eyes were shining with brilliance.

At this moment, almost all the medicinal properties in the furnace have been stripped out.

Under Kong Ji's guidance, the fusion of medicinal properties is proceeding very smoothly.

This also allowed Nong Po'er and the other two people who were helping Kong Ju to escape from the refining process.

While paying attention to the medicinal properties in the Mountain-Suppressing Furnace, they communicated with each other secretly, with excitement on their faces that could not be concealed.

For masters of alchemy who have made great achievements in the art of alchemy, nothing is more exciting to them than refining a fourth-grade elixir.

Even though they were just helping out in the refining this time, the person mainly responsible for the whole process was Matsushita Sanren, who had unfathomable attainments in the way of alchemy.

After all, they have also personally participated in part of the process.

The experience and process involved are extremely valuable for their future path in alchemy.

"The medicinal properties are blending very smoothly. The process is much smoother than expected, and it has reached the stage of pill formation." Mrs. Nong felt the situation in the Mountain-Suppressing Furnace, and her wrinkled face relaxed with a smile.

Lu Changping even sighed: "The accomplishments of Songxia Sanren are indeed better than you and me."

"If he hadn't been in charge this time, how could this batch of Star Swallowing Pills have gone so smoothly? In my opinion, at this point, the success rate of this batch of pills has reached 80%."

After more than a month of cooperation, Yuwen Kui was also impressed by Songxia Sanren's strength in alchemy. Staring at the figure in front of him who was concentrating on fusing the medicinal properties, he guessed: "I have never heard of Songxia Sanren's name in Xianyun Realm before."

“It just seemed to come out of nowhere.”

"Where does he come from?"

Regardless of where he came from, Songxia Sanren was the helper that Lei Zun personally found.

And this time he was also refining pills for the Cangwu Sect, proving that Lei Zun trusted him very much.

Yu Wenkui, who was suspicious by nature, didn't say much.

"It's just the last step!" Kong Ju devoted himself to the Mountain-Suppressing Furnace in front of him. The medicinal properties in the furnace had almost been integrated, which made his old face disguised as a flawless spirit body couldn't help but reveal a little joy.

This time of alchemy benefited Yu Wenkui and the other two a lot.

As the person in charge of the elixir refining this time, Kong Ju undoubtedly benefited more.

As long as he can successfully refine this batch of fourth-grade elixirs this time, he can officially join the ranks of a fourth-grade alchemist from a third-grade alchemist.

With this thought in mind, Kong Ju took a deep breath and began to follow the steps recorded in the recipe to make several marks on the body of the Mountain-Suppressing Furnace.

Bang, bang, bang! As Kong Ju's figure flashed back and forth around the mountain-suppressing furnace.

Seven mysterious lines took shape under his action.

They look like some kind of formation, but they don't seem like pure formations.

Bang! The Mountain-Suppressing Furnace trembled, and the essence of the elixir that had been perfectly fused together in the furnace burst out with a brilliance like stars.

The dreamlike starlight instantly filled the entire Alchemy Pavilion.

The three people behind Kong Ju had already stopped their actions. At the moment when the starlight was rippling, they all took a step back and left the next steps of pill-making to Kong Ju.

"Will it succeed?" Although Mrs. Nong has been refining elixirs for so many years, this is the first time she has seen the whole process of making a fourth-grade elixir. Even though she knows the chances of success this time are extremely high, she still can't help but feel nervous.

What responded to her was an even more violent fluctuation of medicinal power within the Mountain-Suppressing Furnace.

On the body of the Mountain-Suppressing Furnace, the array patterns imprinted by Kong Jue came into play at this time, absorbing all the starlight floating around the alchemy furnace into the seven marks printed on the body of the furnace.

They gathered the power of the stars together, and under the gaze of Kong Ju, pierced the dome of the Alchemy Pavilion.

The bright sunny sky is revealed behind.

It is now noon outside.

There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!

However, at the moment when the condensed power of the stars rushed into the clouds, the sky within a hundred miles within the entire Cangwu Sect quickly turned gray at an incredible speed.

In less than four or five breaths, the scorching sun in the sky was obscured.

This piece of heaven and earth seemed to be dragged into the darkness. No light could be seen anymore except the starlight. There was only a river of stars hanging in the sky.

Kong Ju had already raised his head the moment the dome was shattered by the power of the stars. His old eyes stared at the stars in the sky, and he murmured thoughtfully, "The most important step in making the Star Swallowing Pill is to draw down the power of the stars and infuse it into the pill."

"Only by leveraging the power of heaven and earth can we break away from the limitations of secular elixirs and advance to spiritual elixirs. This is similar to how Master Zao Xuan transformed his soul into heaven and earth."

As the saying goes, there are three thousand roads, but they all lead to the same destination.

At this moment, Kong Ju suddenly had a sense of enlightenment.

“Perhaps if one’s attainment in the Dao of Alchemy reaches a certain level, one can also enter Dao through the Dao of Alchemy and be promoted to the rank of Zaoxuan Zhenren.”

"Not only the way of alchemy, but also the art of refining equipment, talismans, and formations, if practiced to the extreme, can open up a great road to the creation of mystery."

"Practice Taoism, practice Taoism, which one is not Taoism?"

It's just that now is not the time to explore these things.

Now, this furnace of Star-Swallowing Pill has reached the most critical moment and Kong Ju cannot afford to be distracted at all.

His eyes quickly calmed down, and he began to follow the method recorded in the pill recipe that he had read hundreds of times and had already memorized by heart. He quickly stood on the lid of the Mountain-Suppressing Furnace.

"Use your body as a medium to practice the five elements. Borrow the power of heaven and earth to form the rhythm of the elixir in the furnace..."

Kong Ju silently recited the method of inducing the Star-Swallowing Pill, while quickly forming seals with his hands.

At the same time, his cultivation in the late stage of palm life was also unreservedly stirred up.

At this moment, all the leaders of the six inner sect peaks of the Cangwu sect cast their eyes towards Kong Ju's figure.

Look at the stars in the sky. Under the pull of Songxia Sanren's old body, dazzling starlight burst out and finally condensed into a star track piercing the sky and earth and fell on Kong Ju's head.

At this moment, Ji Yue's soul hidden in Kong Ju's strange eyes trembled slightly, as if it had the desire to appear in the world on its own initiative.

"You can't come out!" This scene startled Kong Ju.

The entire Xianyun Realm knows about this Ji Yue soul. It is Kong Ju's exclusive soul.

Although only a few people knew its rank, with such a distinctive soul, anyone with a discerning eye could tell its identity at a glance.

Kong Ju was so frightened that he suppressed Ji Yue's soul again and again.

The latter then reluctantly gave up his desire to leave the world.

Kong Ju's hands were not idle. While calming his soul, he guided the power of the stars that the heaven and earth bestowed on his flawless spiritual body, and poured it into the Mountain-Suppressing Furnace under his feet.

The endless stream of star power was consumed by the essence of the elixir that was about to take shape in the furnace.

During this process, the irregularly shaped essence of the elixir began to slowly transform into a round shape.

"It's almost done!" Kong Ju's eyes sparkled when he saw this scene.

He was completely unaware that a portion of the star power that was being transported through his body to the Star-Swallowing Pill at his feet was being drawn over by his soul hidden in his strange eyes.

This is a process of refining the Star-Swallowing Pill, and also a baptism of his soul.

Just as he had deduced before.

There are three thousand great ways, all leading to the same destination.

However, Kong Ju's entire consciousness was fixed on the pill that was slowly taking shape in the furnace. He didn't even dare to breathe, so he had no time to care about the increasingly powerful light of the soul in his own eyes.

Kong Ju was not the only one who was nervous.

Inside the Alchemy Pavilion, Lu Changping and the other two also held their breath, excitedly and anxiously watching the Star-Swallowing Pill in the Mountain-Suppressing Furnace, which had the faint outline of a pill.

Even in the depths of the forbidden area, a will as powerful as the might of heaven was revived at this moment, silently watching this scene. This might be the process of the birth of the first fourth-grade elixir in ten thousand years since the spiritual changes in the Xianyun Realm.

This process lasted for three full days.

Finally, three days later, late at night, with the blessing of a sky full of stars.

The mountain-suppressing furnace trembled.

A vast illusion of stars bloomed in the furnace.

Within the illusion of the galaxy, a pill that sparkled like starlight condensed into shape.

Buzz! A subtle spiritual ripple vibrated out from the pill as the center.

The inner gate of Cangwu Sect was transformed into a galaxy.

"It's done!" Huangfu Ying, the leader of the Cangwu sect, who had been standing in front of the moon platform of the Qingcang Palace for several days, had his eyes shining and gently uttered two words.

Beside him, Dongxian also raised the corners of his mouth slightly.

The importance of a fourth-grade elixir and how beneficial it is to a sect is naturally self-evident.

"This is rare good news in recent years." Dongxian sighed silently, his eyes locked on the body of Matsushita Sanren who was still standing on the cover of the Mountain-Suppressing Furnace.

"This person is already the first Danzong in Xianyun Realm."

"Finally." Looking back at Kong Ju who was in the spotlight of everyone, he also laughed out loud at the moment the pill took shape.

However, the Star-Swallowing Pill has already transcended the mundane world. It has the power of the stars and possesses a spirituality that is no less than that of a quasi-immortal weapon.

The moment it took shape, it began to rampage in the Mountain-Suppressing Furnace.

He wanted to open the cauldron, break free from the restraints, and escape to the outside world.

How could Kong Ju let it do as it wished, and he stomped his foot hard on the Mountain-Suppressing Furnace.

Boom! The mountain-guarding furnace, as big as a house, burst out with a deafening roar under his feet.

The power transmitted into the cauldron even caused several cracks to appear on the mountain where the Alchemy Pavilion was located.

With Kong Ju's current cultivation level, he could even touch the incarnation of Zao Xuan Zhenren. How could a mere pill withstand his suppression? He immediately became obedient.

Kong Ju then calmly took out a bottle of elixir carved with gold patterns, opened the furnace lid, and grabbed it in mid-air.

He took the suppressed Star-Swallowing Pill into his hand.

Star-Swallowing Pill, a fourth-grade elixir.

It can only be taken by cultivators who have reached the peak of their cultivation level or above.

If taken by a mighty being at the peak of his powers, he can briefly gain the power of the heaven, earth and stars, and temporarily elevate his soul to a level comparable to that of a true soul.

It can only last for one hour.

After an hour, the horrific aftereffects of the Star-Swallowing Pill would cause the person who took it to suffer severe damage to his or her soul.

In the mildest case, half of one's life will be lost, and in the worst case, there is even the risk of death.

Only by taking it, Master Zao Xuan can one ignore this kind of sequelae.

After obtaining the power of the stars, your cultivation will be temporarily elevated to a higher level.

Recalling the introduction of the Star Swallowing Pill in his mind, Kong Ju said with some emotion: "This fourth-grade elixir lives up to its reputation." (End of this chapter)