Chapter 329: Promoted again, come out quickly!
In front of Gu Dan, there is a "potted plant".
It was a large basin about half a meter thick, filled with spiritual soil. In the center was a three-leaf spiritual vein flower.
This magical medicine only had two leaves three days ago.
It has been more than nine years since Gu Dan came to the Buzhou Mountains. This is the first time he has come into contact with a genuine spiritual medicine, and it is a realm-breaking spiritual medicine, and one of the main ingredients of the foundation-building pill!
Its value is quite high for cultivators in the late stage of Qi training.
If not for this, Lingzhentang would not have used him as a publicity gimmick.
Spiritual medicine is precious, and it is extremely difficult for ordinary people to even see it once. Owning this thing is equivalent to having an extra hope of advancing to the foundation-building stage.
Of course, for Gu Dan, this was not worth the effort he spent.
"Three-leaf spiritual vein flower, but it's not enough."
Gu Dan completely activated the formation of the cave and entered the retreat mode, isolating himself from all external disturbances unless someone forcibly attacked the cave.
Even if the monks had his communication talisman, they could only wait for his passive response at this time.
"I have proven the effectiveness of Qingmu Liquid many times."
Gu Dan laughed softly, "This time, let me see your limits."
After he finished speaking, this time Gu Dan did not make any poses. He simply stretched out his finger, and a drop of green wood liquid flowed down from the tip of his finger and hit the three-leaf spiritual vein flower in the pot.
“Hiss~”
When the green wood liquid fell on the three-leaf spiritual vein flower, there was no sound.
But Gu Dan seemed to hear a sound, that was the sound of the roots growing rapidly and breaking through the soil! The three-leaf spiritual vein flower, which was originally only the size of a human palm, was slowly growing larger and taller after absorbing the drop of Qingmu Liquid.
After there was no movement at all, the palm-sized three-leaf spiritual vein flower had grown nearly twice as large, and its originally delicate leaves stood upright, looking lush and green, and shining with spiritual light.
If the three-leaf spiritual vein flower was still immature before, then now it has reached its true maturity.
"That's not enough."
Gu Dan did not stop. He waved his hand in an extremely domineering manner. Three drops of green wood liquid immediately fell on the three-leaf spirit vein flower again.
"Buzz~"
As three drops of green wood liquid fell on the three leaves, a special kind of spiritual energy fluctuation emerged.
The spiritual energy in Gu Dan’s cave suddenly began to rapidly gather towards the three-leaf spiritual vein flower.
At the same time, the large basin that was half a meter thick was suddenly covered with cracks. The dense and tough roots forcibly crossed the limit, and the black spiritual soil inside that was glowing with spiritual light suddenly began to gradually lose its luster at this moment.
"Going to be promoted?"
Gu Dan was quite surprised.
It seems that the effect of Qingmu Liquid on plants is even stronger than that on humans!
At least when the Green Wood Liquid is used on humans, it cannot improve strength to such a great extent. It is okay when practicing martial arts, but after turning to the path of immortal cultivation, if the Green Wood Liquid itself is not enough to rival the natural spiritual roots or even the extraordinary spiritual roots, it would really have no sense of existence.
Under Gu Dan's gaze, he saw the three leaves of the three-leaf spiritual vein flower trembling together, and the fine lines on the leaves lit up one after another at this time, and the spiritual lines flashed, accumulated, and nurtured.
In just a short moment, it seemed as if decades of time had passed, and finally those spiritual patterns intersected with each other and condensed at the top of the three-leaf spiritual vein flower.
Thus, a flower bud slowly emerged where the three leaves intersected.
"flower?"
Gu Dan was stunned at first, then he reacted.
Three-leaf spiritual vein flower, three-leaf spiritual vein flower.
Before three leaves, you can only see the leaves but not the flowers.
Only when the pistil truly blooms can it be worthy of the name of "flower" and be called a foundation-building spiritual object!
Although the effectiveness of the spiritual plant is not completely equivalent to the cultivation level of a cultivator, one must wait until it completes its transformation before one can see its flowers!
"But, there are four drops of Qingmu Liquid in total, and it hasn't bloomed yet?"
Gu Dan raised his eyebrows slightly, feeling a little surprised.
Aoki liquid, a total of seventy-two drops.
Including those he left in the Xia Dynasty, he now only has fifty-six drops of Qingmu Liquid on his body. Even so, the Qingmu Liquid can still exert the effect of the heavenly spiritual root level. This is why Gu Dan feels that the Qingmu Liquid in its perfect state must be an extraordinary spiritual root without a doubt.
The Aoki Liquid itself has the characteristic of neither increasing nor decreasing. Even if the Aoki Liquid is left far away, as long as it is not consumed, it will not be able to recover here.
Gu Danran was not going to take away the gift left for the younger generation, so for the time being, the only amount of Qingmu Liquid he could use was fifty-six drops.
Of course, since the Qingmu Liquid is not in his body, it will gradually be consumed and returned if it remains outside, but it will be quite slow.
As for the recovery speed of Aoki Liquid, it is about one drop per month.
In other words, if all 72 drops of Qingmu Liquid were consumed, it would take six years for the liquid to recover on its own.
"Show me your limits."
As his mind turned, two more drops of green wood liquid fell from Gu Dan's hand.
The three-leaf spiritual vein flower received the gift as a treasure, and the shy bud finally slowly opened up. At the same time, a strange fragrance appeared in Gu Dan's cave, which made him feel relaxed and happy. Even the speed of the circulation of spiritual energy was slightly accelerated.
A very powerful spiritual energy fluctuation was born between the flowers, with a little fluorescence lingering around the three-leaf spiritual vein flower, as if it was covered with a ribbon. It was the spiritual energy condensed into mist.
According to the immortal way's classification of spiritual plants, there are three types of spiritual medicines: ordinary spiritual medicines, realm-breaking spiritual medicines, and special spiritual medicines.
Ordinary spiritual medicines are ordinary spiritual plants, which are the common spiritual medicines used in refining various elixir recipes; spiritual medicines for breaking through the realm, as the name suggests, are things that can help cultivators break through the realm; as for special spiritual medicines, their effects are usually more extreme, and they are quite difficult to find and almost impossible to cultivate artificially.
The three kinds of spiritual medicines are divided into several grades: low-grade spiritual medicine, medium-grade spiritual medicine, high-grade spiritual medicine, and great medicine, which are further divided into three grades: upper, middle, and lower, corresponding to Qi training, foundation building, golden elixir, and Nascent Soul respectively.
As for those higher up, most of them are called heavenly medicines, which have extraordinary effects and exist only in legends. Even monks may not be able to subdue them.
With six drops of Qingmu Liquid, the three-leaf Spiritual Vein Flower completely grows into a mid-grade spiritual medicine, and it is also a spiritual medicine for breaking through realms. Its value soars, and it is very useful for cultivators in the Foundation Establishment Stage! The limit of the Spiritual Vein Flower is nine leaves, which is a top-grade spiritual medicine that is very useful for cultivators in the Golden Core Stage.
"Show me your limits!"
Even though the Three-Leaf Spiritual Vein Flower has been promoted to a mid-grade spiritual medicine, Gu Dan is still not satisfied. Two more drops of Qingmu Liquid fell. Today he must see whether this flower can be promoted to a high-grade spiritual medicine.
Two more drops of green wood liquid fell, and the spiritual mist lingering on the three-leaf spiritual flower became a little more detailed in an instant. On the three lush green leaves, complex spiritual patterns flickered again, and they were faintly resonating with the spiritual objects lingering between the flowers, reflecting each other's brilliance.
But at this moment, the spiritual patterns on two of the leaves suddenly began to flicker and could not maintain stability.
Even the spiritual objects that were originally shining brightly began to scatter and dissipate a little.
Seeing this sudden change, Gu Dan frowned slightly.
After a careful look, he immediately discovered the reason.
The third leaf was wrong. It was the previous two-leaf spiritual vein flower, which had flaws! Even if the third leaf, which was reborn with the help of Qingmu Liquid, was perfect, it could not make up for its inherent shortcomings.
According to common sense, the limit of this three-leaf spiritual vein flower, which has been promoted to a mid-grade spiritual medicine, is actually only two leaves. Otherwise, Lingzhentang would not have been willing to let Gu Dan use it for experiments.
After all, if it could become the main material for the Foundation Establishment Pill, its value would be completely different and would have extremely high strategic significance.
It is precisely because of the flaws that he was allowed to take a pass.
But a flaw is a flaw. No matter how rich in nutrients a crooked tree is or how well it grows, it will never straighten up.
"pity."
Gu Dan sighed.
Even if I give you a chance, you are useless!
"Wait a minute. Was it because this Spiritual Vein Flower was not cultivated perfectly during its growth process, so it has flaws and cannot be perfected. Or was it destined to have no chance of growing into a Nine-Leaf Spiritual Vein Flower when it was in the seed state?"
Looking at this three-leaf spiritual vein flower that has grown to its limit, Gu Dan suddenly thought of this question.
If it is the former, it is understandable.
After all, if a thousand-mile horse is not given enough food, it is impossible for it to travel a thousand miles a day.
But if it is the latter, it would make people feel cold all over, and even make people feel that everything is already destined.
No matter when, fatalism itself is full of malice, and Gu Dan especially dislikes it.
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At this time, Gu Dan still had no answer to this question.
I can only wait until I get a bunch of elixir seeds tomorrow, and try them one by one with Qingmu Liquid from their nascent state to see any results.
But unfortunately, the three-leaf spiritual vein flower in front of him had no seeds - only when the flower was in perfect condition could it take root in one place, condense into a small spiritual vein, and then differentiate into new spiritual vein flowers. Otherwise, Lingzhentang would not be able to take it out even if it had a brain injury.
This is why in vernacular novels, Foundation Establishment Pills almost all come from large sects. Where can one find a fully cultivated Nine-Leaf Spirit Vein Flower in ordinary places?
Even if you are lucky enough to encounter a spiritual vein flower that is born on its own, it is very likely to be incomplete. If it is not incomplete, wouldn't it be crazy to use it to refine foundation-building pills? Offering it to a large sect, how many foundation-building pills can't be enough? The higher you go in the immortal way, the more concentrated the resources are. This is an obvious thing.
"A low-grade, mid-range spiritual plant can already help break through in the early stages of foundation building."
Gu Dan was not too disappointed. All in all, it was just eight drops of Qingmu Liquid.
However, Gu Dan tried to use the Qingmu Liquid in his body to absorb spiritual energy again. After calculating the difference, he found that the speed at this time was only equivalent to that of a high-quality spiritual root with good talent.
But compared to normal practice, the catalytic elixir is still worth it.
"In that case, let's try to see how much our cultivation can be increased!"
With a thought, Gu Dan gently picked a leaf from the three-leaf spiritual vein flower and put it in his mouth and began to chew it.
When he first took a sip, it didn't have the bitter taste of grass. On the contrary, it had a hint of subtle sweetness. Then pure spiritual energy burst out, baptizing Gu Dan's body.
“It’s quite effective.”
After tasting a leaf, Gu Dan picked the remaining two and swallowed them all.
Suddenly, extremely pure spiritual energy surged in Gu Dan's body, and all the meridians in his body seemed to be filled with the pure spiritual energy, and were drawn into the sea of qi in his dantian.
Not long after, Gu Dan vaguely felt a slight bottleneck, but before he had time to think about it, the bottleneck suddenly broke, and the spiritual energy flowed into the Dantian Qi Sea, and Gu Dan's breath steadily rose.
Seventh level of Qi training!
Late stage of Qi training!
It has only been a year since he was promoted to the sixth level of Qi training. Even if he really has natural spiritual roots, he will need to hone his skills for at least another year or two before he can reach the late stage of Qi training. However, his true aptitude is just that of inferior spiritual roots, so he may have to face the bottleneck of the late stage of Qi training.
However, the lower-middle-grade three-leaf spiritual vein flower, with only three leaves, saved him more than two years of hard training. He was not familiar with any bottleneck and rushed through it directly.
By this calculation, swallowing elixirs seems to be much better than practicing properly.
"Yes, after all, it is a realm-breaking elixir that is useful even in the early stages of foundation building. It is normal for it to have such ability."
Gu Dan nodded with satisfaction, and without hesitation, he picked the spiritual vein flower and swallowed it in one gulp.
No taste.
I can't even feel much spiritual energy.
As soon as the flower entered the mouth, it slid into the stomach and finally fell on the Qi Hai Dantian.
The spiritual mist between the flowers reflected the spiritual energy between the qi sea, reflecting and resonating with each other. What gave Gu Dan was not the feeling of rapidly rising strength, but a slight discomfort.
Along with that discomfort, a little spiritual energy in the qi sea was stirred, separated, and thrown out of the body.
That was the spiritual energy that he had just suddenly increased with the help of the leaves of the three-leaf spiritual vein flower! No matter how the medicinal power is transformed, there will always be some parts that are not suitable for the human body.
The flowers of the three-leaf spiritual vein flower do not represent the increase of cultivation, but help people solve their problems and eliminate remaining troubles, even sparing oneself.
But the function of Lingmai Flower is far more than just that.
As the impurities in the spiritual energy were thrown out, the sea of qi began to surge. The spiritual energy that had expanded to more than half of the sea of qi actually began to shrink gradually, slowly showing a tendency to mist!
Gu Dan's aura became more and more condensed, but his Qi Sea became more and more "empty". Finally, when the spiritual vein flower completely dissipated, the spiritual energy that originally occupied most of the Qi Sea could only occupy half of it, and it all appeared in the form of mist!
This was because he had a solid foundation and had never taken any elixir before.
"It is worthy of being one of the main ingredients of the Foundation Establishment Pill!"
Gu Dan was quite surprised.
This step should be done slowly after practicing Qi to the ninth level. After the spiritual energy in the Qi sea has turned into mist, you can then find a way to turn the spiritual energy into liquid.
But Lingmaihua helped him do it when he was at the seventh level of Qi training.
If not, this elixir would not have been able to become one of the main ingredients in the Foundation Establishment Pill.
Gu Dan waved his hand lightly, and a vine no thicker than an ordinary person's thumb appeared in his hand. It moved like a green snake, vivid and real, with almost no sign of anything unusual.
And in the Qi Hai Dantian, the misted spiritual energy was only slightly less.
"That's right. After the spiritual energy is atomized, the consumption of magic will be reduced and the effectiveness will be greatly improved!"
Gu Dan smiled, soon his immortal cultivation would catch up with his own strength.
However, in order to avoid accidentally exploding the cave as happened last time, which was difficult to explain, Gu Dan did not conduct too many experiments.
After everything was settled and the elixir was taken, Gu Dan finally had the leisure to observe everything around him.
It sounds fast, but in fact, the changes of the elixir also take time. Now more than three days have passed, but there has been no change in the cave.
Only the communication talisman was flashing continuously, and Gu Dan picked it up and took a look.
Lu Yu looked for him once.
Zhuang Sheng looked for him three times.
Naturally, he looked at Zhuang Sheng first.
Three spiritual patterns intertwined and turned into words.
[Still in retreat? ]
【The fight started! 】
【Come out of the customs quickly! 】
(End of this chapter)