After escaping from the Tianzhu Mountain mining area, Shen Lian passed through more than twenty cities of varying sizes along the way.

However, he only went into the city to buy some five-element spiritual objects and did not rest in those cities.

After running for such a long time, Shen Lian was ready to take a rest. He didn't believe that the Jindan people in the Tianzhu Mountain Mining Area would leave the demon cultivator alone and come out to chase him.

The Five Qis Converging to the Origin technique at the foundation-building level can condense the five elements spiritual fluid, which is a supplement to spiritual power when forming the elixir.

He had been collecting them bit by bit before, but thinking of the Five Elements Spirit Puppets, Shen Lian decided to collect more.

He currently has about 1.6 million spirit stones on him, and he used most of them when refining the embryo of the magic weapon.

But later on, he killed several more demon cultivators and replenished hundreds of thousands of spirit stones at once, so he was not short of spirit stones.

He was not worried about the bottleneck problem in his promotion to the Golden Elixir stage. What he was worried about was whether there would be any unusual phenomena during the promotion process.

Therefore, the choice of this place for promotion must be made with extreme caution.

For example, no matter how well the plan was calculated this time, no one expected that the Yunshang Sect's arrangements would be so strict, and they even arranged for a Jindan Zhenren to be stationed on the front line of the sentry post.

He also possesses the means to mobilize spiritual wood and can spy on the comings and goings of monks.

Speaking of which, most of the goals of this trip to the Tianzhu Mountain mining area were achieved, except for finding the Earth Dragon Root and the Xuanming Stone.

…

Five days later.

Fairy city, a blessed land of colorful clouds.

After regulating his breathing, Shen Lian took the jade box out of the storage bag, unlocked the layers of seals, and revealed the emerald green spiritual object inside that looked like a crystal gem.

The rich spiritual energy suddenly made all the pores on his body move, and the spiritual power that had been running smoothly in his body was suddenly stimulated.

The heart of the sacred tree can be used for cultivation and to prolong life.

This kind of thing is hard to come by, it is the pure wood-attributed spiritual essence born from the heart of the spiritual tree.

Don't underestimate this tiny piece; it is at least one or two thousand years old.

Shen Lian had never expected that the little Jurchen woman would actually take out such a treasure to apologize.

He fabricated a story about himself being born in a big sect, which at least scared her at that time.

I checked again carefully and found no problems.

Putting down the spirit tree heart, Shen Lian took out two jade bottles, which were filled with the moon essence nurtured by Jindan Zhenren.

His original intention in purchasing the Moon Essence was to increase the strength of his body to the second level of perfection, so that when he was promoted to the Golden Elixir stage, he would be able to withstand more heavenly thunders.

Now that he had the heart of the spiritual tree, Shen Lian saw the possibility of further progress.

Third level body!

Even though physical cultivation is in decline nowadays and there is no orthodox method of practice, if he has a physical body that is comparable to a third-level magic weapon, it can still be called a physical body golden elixir.

During the past two months of traveling, he wanted to take it out and refine it more than once, but in the end he stopped.

Now that we are far enough away from Tianzhu Mountain, it is time to refine it.

Taking the bottle containing the Moon Essence, Shen Lian carefully examined it with his divine sense. This time it was crystal clear and there was nothing else inside.

The only way to cultivate the body without any physical cultivation techniques is to just endure it and let the body absorb the spiritual object.

He poured a drop of moon essence into his hand, and the rich spirituality spread in his palm. He quickly circulated his spiritual power to wrap the spirituality and pull it into his body.

This thing can also be taken orally, but Shen Lian feels a little disgusted, so he decides to refine it directly.

When the semen enters the body, it is immediately broken up by spiritual power into countless fine particles and penetrates into various parts of the body.

It was as if countless points of light were blooming in his body. Shen Lian immediately covered his entire body with his divine sense to prevent the moon essence from escaping.

But the seemingly gentle moon essence turned violent after entering the body. Tiny particles pierced back and forth in the flesh and blood, causing great pain.

This made Shen Lian's face change. He forced his spiritual power to circulate and tried his best to seal his body.

As time passed, some of the moon essence running around in the body began to dissipate on its own and merged into the flesh and blood, turning into nutrients to improve the flesh and blood.

But at this moment, Shen Lian's face was almost deformed by the pain.

The pain was bearable, but the numbness and itchiness in the flesh made it even more uncomfortable.

Feeling the amount of moon essence in his body decreasing, he refined the remaining drop into his body.

…

Half a month later.

"Second level perfect physical body."

Inside the cave, Shen Lian found a magic weapon and chopped his left arm hard with it. A faint white mark appeared on his arm.

He casually put away the magic weapon and closed his eyes again. There was still some residual moon essence in his body that had not been completely absorbed.

At this moment, he could clearly feel the surging power flowing through his body, which could easily shatter a second-grade top-grade magic weapon, and perhaps even leave a faint mark on a third-grade magic weapon.

Unfortunately, he has no method for physical cultivation, so he cannot display the supernatural powers of physical cultivation and can only fight and kick according to the martial arts of the mortal world.

Shen Lian himself had no idea how far his physical training could go.

The higher one goes, the rarer the high-level body-refining treasures become. Now he even doubts whether there are any fifth-level body-refining treasures in the world of immortal cultivation.

After restraining his breath, Shen Lian stood up and moved around. After he was promoted to the second level of perfect physical body, he could clearly hear the sound of blood flowing in his body when he rested, like the sound of a drum beating.

The two rays of moonlight essence pushed the body refining to perfection at the second level, so with the help of the spirit tree heart, it would be almost no problem to upgrade the body to the third level.

After taking out the jade box containing the spirit tree heart, Shen Lian thought about it and put it away again.

On that day, he left the cave he rented, left Fuluo Fairy City, and continued to walk south.

Half a month later.

In a small mountain range outside a town in the mortal world.

Shen Lian opened up a cave and took out the heart of the spiritual tree.

Golden elixir body!

Once the physical body is upgraded to the third level, then in addition to mana...

No, his magic power was blessed by the Tianyan domain. He had tested it on that Jurchen before, and it had more or less restrained the wood-type magic power that she practiced.

The energy within the Dantian of a cultivator who practices Qigong or builds his foundation is called spiritual power.

When it reaches the Jindan level, it is called mana.

Of course, Shen Lian also knew his own limitations. Although he had restrained the woman's magic power, he did not completely suppress it. The stronger the opponent's realm and the more profound their magic power, the lower the suppression would be.

What's more, he didn't know whether the Jurchen woman had the magical power of branding.

Therefore, when fighting against a Jindan, you must not take any chances.

After thinking for a moment, Shen Lian gathered his thoughts, grabbed the heart of the spirit tree, put it in his mouth and bit off a small piece.

The heart of the tree melted in the mouth and condensed into a long green river, rushing into every part of the body, filling up even the meridians in an instant.

Shen Lian looked inside himself and found that his internal organs, meridians and dantian were all green.

The spiritual power contained in the heart of the spiritual tree is far beyond expectations.

However, Shen Lian was very satisfied. Such medicinal power could increase the probability of promotion.

The medicinal power surged in his body, but fortunately Shen Lian had already looked inward, controlled every corner of his body, and began to welcome the impact of the medicinal power of the spiritual wood tree heart.

The surging medicinal power rolled back and forth in his body, and every impact seemed to make Shen Lian be beaten by a magic weapon, and the trembling power poured into his bone marrow.

Under this kind of tempering, crackling sounds were heard all over the body. First the flesh and blood, then the bones, all began to crack under the beating of force.

Every time it cracks, it will be reshaped in the rich energy.

At this moment, Shen Lian's mind was completely immersed in the transformation within his body. His flesh and blood, after repeated collapse and reshaping, gave rise to a more powerful vitality.

…

In the cave, Erwan was crawling on the side, feeling the surging energy and blood power enveloping the cave.

Streams of qi and blood formed ripples, constantly hitting the walls of the cave. Fortunately, the cave was protected by a double formation.

But even so, the formation was still shaking and emitting colorful spiritual light and roaring sounds.

"Buzz!"

Later, streams of mysterious energy sprouted from Shen Lian's flesh and blood.

This scene continued for several days.

"boom!"

Finally, Shen Lian underwent the final transformation.

The burning blood suddenly gushed out from the pores, turning into bright red blood light, illuminating the cave in a blood-red color.

The gushing blood and energy poured out from his flesh, internal organs, meridians and bones, wrapping Shen Lian into a big cocoon.

…

In the blink of an eye, a month passed.

The blood light on Shen Lian's body was restrained, wrapping his body into a thin blood-red leather with some black spots.

But inside the skin, his flesh and blood had undergone an astonishing transformation, and every inch of it contained a vigorous vitality.

With the blessing of this vitality, the flesh and blood became stronger, and seemed to be connected by blood.

With a hissing sound, the bloody skin split open, revealing a smooth and translucent flesh worm.

Shen Lian stood up and looked around. His skin became smooth and translucent. When he raised his hand, an astonishing pressure emanated from him. The blood flowed in his arms, and a faint rumbling sound was heard.

Looking inside his five internal organs, he discovered that there was an extra layer of rich blood light on them, emitting a vitality that was dozens of times richer than before.

Look down.

If you lie flat again in the future.

"Golden elixir of the physical body."

After walking a few steps forward and feeling the heavy feeling emanating from his body, Shen Lian showed a hint of joy on his face.

In this Dharma-Ending Age of physical cultivation, it is unimaginable that one can upgrade the physical body to the third level first.

This means that you can withstand more thunder tribulations in the future.

"It is rumored that when physical cultivators are promoted to the third level, they need to go through a thunder tribulation just like the golden elixir cultivators. Until now, there has been no thunder tribulation. It turns out that God does not give physical cultivators a way to survive."

For cultivators, whether they are practicing magic or physical cultivation, thunder tribulation is both a test and an opportunity.

The presence of a thunder tribulation means that after the thunder tribulation, there will be the blessing of the rules of heaven and earth, which is the recognition and reward of heaven and earth to the cultivator.

"Why think so much? Just being able to withstand a third-tier magic weapon will be enough."

Shen Lian took out another robe and put it on himself. He reached down and felt... it was a little tight down there.

A third-level physical body is equivalent to refining a third-level magic weapon for oneself. As long as the blood and energy in the body are not exhausted, theoretically one can always withstand attacks.

After putting on his clothes, Shen Lian began to move freely. His third-level body was much stronger than before and seemed a little heavy.

However, his spiritual power was already powerful, far surpassing that of cultivators of the same level, and he did not encounter any situation that he could not control.

After moving for a while, Shen Lian slowly released his spiritual thoughts, and the scene in the mountains and fields outside came into his perception.

Three thousand nine hundred and ninety feet.

The divine consciousness has increased by a hundred feet compared to before.

This situation is normal. A cultivator's body and soul complement each other. If one of them exceeds too much, problems are likely to arise.

If the soul is too strong, it is easy to leave the body; if the body is too strong, it is easy to lose control of the actions.

“Crack!”

After retracting his spiritual thoughts, Shen Lian grabbed a rare magic sword from the storage bag, and gently squeezed it in his hand, and a clear handprint appeared on the rare treasure.

Then, he bent the sword gently and it broke into two halves.

Shen Lian looked at the curved sword in his hand with a thoughtful look.

"My body is at the third level, my mind is on par with a golden elixir, and I have the divine power of Tian Yan. When dealing with wood and fire golden elixirs, my spiritual power is no worse than the third level of magic power. Doesn't this mean that I am now a true golden elixir?"

"Hey... add money real person."

…

One month later.

Above a plain, the flying boat turned into a stream of light and traveled through the plains. Shen Lian looked at the ordinary people working in the fields below and shook his head slightly.

The mountains and plains on the land of the South China Sea have been developed to a very prosperous state.

Unlike the secular world in the sea where there is one island and one country, the secular towns on the mainland of the South China Sea are very scattered and are all controlled by large and small families and sects.

Behind these small families and small immortal cities are the Jindan-level forces.

Advancing to the Golden Core stage is a process. Shen Lian also wanted to use the thunder tribulation to baptize his own magic weapon. The process would definitely be longer than other promotions of the same level.

This increases the risk of being noticed by other Jindan.

So, he needed to find a deserted place.

The flying boat traveled across mountains and hills. There were many places that could be used as caves, but there was no place that could be used as a place for promotion.

In the next few months, Shen Lian kept running around in the South China Sea. Whenever he came across a fairy city or a market town, he would go in and buy some spiritual objects.

By the way, follow the instructions on the map to find a suitable place for your retreat.

The only thing that made him happy along the way was that he bought a third-level Xuanming stone in a treasure pavilion in a small market town at a price slightly lower than the market price by 10%.

"Forget it, let's go to the sea."

After searching for a long time without finding the place he wanted, Shen Lian turned his attention back to the sea.

After making up his mind, he took out the map again and replanned his route.

You can pass through several large fairy cities along the way and collect enough five elements spiritual objects.

There was no need to run around, so Shen Lian abandoned the flying boat and boarded a spirit ship heading south.

…

On the Yuelu spiritual ship.

"Da da da."

Half a day after the spirit ship took off, the door of the box suddenly rang.

Shen Lian swept his mind and found that there was a female cultivator outside the door. She was dressed elegantly, with long black hair scattered on her shoulders and a delicate look.

After so many years of riding on the spirit ship, this is the first time a female monk knocks on the door.

Shen Lian restrained his breath and did not open the door.

This female cultivator had previously been selling drinks in the other two private rooms and had been sensed by his divine sense several times.

Outside the door, Yang Yanping stroked her hair and adjusted her facial expression.

"Senior, I am a bartender. May I ask if you need any drinks?"

"Wine-teller?"

Shen Lian sensed the figure outside the door again. She was wearing a plain white dress, and her every frown and smile really made people feel impulsive.

(End of this chapter)