After listening to Master Lanmo's story, Zhou Changqing couldn't help but sigh.
"Could it be the legendary elixir?"
Lan Mo smiled bitterly and shook his head, "I am worthy of being called the ancestor of this sect, but I really don't understand why this time. The name of this pill has spread throughout the nearby Tiannan Immortal Realm, and Elder Xuan Miao couldn't help but chase after it. My injuries were caused when I ran into the Wanli Hengsha celestial phenomenon while chasing after it."
The Tiannan Fairyland mentioned by Lan Mo is the area where more than a dozen immortal realms near the Tiannan Immortal Realm are located. This area is located in the southernmost part of the entire immortal realm. It is unknown when the immortal cultivators began to call it this.
As for the so-called celestial phenomenon of ten thousand miles of Hengsha, ten thousand miles is an imaginary number, and Hengsha refers to the yellow sand formed by broken meteorites, continents, and stars. This is the most common celestial phenomenon in the void.
Don't think that it's just a bunch of sand and gravel. How dangerous can it be? The spiritual energy in the yellow sand is exhausted. There is not even a trace of it.
The largest celestial phenomenon encountered by cultivators at present is in the western part of the immortal cultivation world, which has stretched for more than 40 million miles. The wind is endless and even a Nascent Soul cultivator who is swept into it will have all his spiritual energy drained away.
"This pill is very magical. It can actually hide in the body of a cultivator, and the cultivator himself is almost impossible to find. The only thing he likes is to devour spiritual medicines and elixirs."
"That's why this pill was discovered by the monks."
Zhou Changqing was surprised. This was too mysterious.
"Fellow Daoist Zhou, I need to recuperate from my injuries. I'll have to ask you to take care of the patrol of the void."
After some communication, Lan Mo bowed to Zhou Changqing and rushed into the depths of the meteorite.
Zhou Changqing watched Lan Mo disappear, his expression neither happy nor sad, but his heart was heavy.
…
Fifty thousand miles away.
Inside the cave.
In front of Shen Lian stood his natal spirit puppet that looked similar to him. The spirit puppet with the five elements attributes had already restrained its aura, and its body surface had become the same as the skin of a normal cultivator.
When the spirit puppet was going through the Nascent Soul tribulation, Shen Lian released it and they were baptized by thunder together. Under the influence of the tribulation thunder, the spirit puppet also broke through to the fourth level.
The fourth-level spirit puppet is also very different in its magical level from before. If one wants to continue to improve his realm, the quality of the spiritual objects required will naturally increase.
"A fourth-level spiritual creature."
At the beginning, Zi Yang spent a huge price and was even beaten to a pulp before he was able to put together a set of fourth-level five-element spiritual objects.
Thinking of this, Shen Lian's mood was no longer very good.
According to his estimation, if one wants to advance the spirit puppet to the fourth-order mid-grade, one would need at least two or three sets of fourth-order lower-grade five-element spirit objects.
In addition, his own practice also requires corresponding five-element spiritual objects to condense the yin and yang energies, otherwise it will be detrimental to the improvement of the yin and yang primordial infant.
All in all, he would need at least five sets of five-element spiritual objects as a foundation before he could cultivate to the middle stage of the Nascent Soul.
In addition, you should also prepare the Yuanji Shengling Pill, a common elixir for cultivation by early Nascent Soul cultivators, and the Wantong Qiuyu Pill for healing.
Otherwise, if one only relies on condensing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to practice, it will take a long time to advance to the middle stage of Nascent Soul.
Of course, it would be even better if he had a fourth-level lower-grade Phoenix Marrow Guiting Turtle Pill. This thing is a tier-breakthrough pill. Even if he has no bottleneck in his cultivation, taking one Phoenix Marrow Guiting Turtle Pill will be as effective as dozens of Yuanji Shengling Pills.
This was only a fourth-order, lower-grade spiritual object. There would be fourth-order, middle-grade, and fourth-order, upper-grade spiritual objects in the future. Shen Lian couldn't help but feel his scalp tingling.
In addition, he also wanted to get a better animal skin or a spiritual plant to make a fourth-level talisman paper.
"Next we need to work hard to develop resources."
Currently, his collection includes all kinds of minerals. After advancing to the Nascent Soul stage, Shen Lian has the ability to refine fourth-grade mid-quality spiritual materials.
But the problem is that he has spiritual materials but no channels to sell them. The Butian sect members can only provide third-level spiritual objects. It seems that he needs to recruit fellow Taoists at the Nascent Soul level.
…
It was normal for a Nascent Soul cultivator to spend decades in seclusion, and Shen Lian was used to it.
He was short of everything now, so he took out the inferior quality Yuanji Shengling Pill from his previous spoils and tried to refine it, but after taking two pills in a row, there was no noticeable improvement in his magic power.
“Click.”
Shen Lian crushed a Yuanji Shengling Pill and looked at the pill cracking in his palm, revealing the black impurity particles. He felt like cursing.
The alchemist who made this pill is truly a waste.
He added some external substances with no side effects into the pills, which was a violation of his conscience.
But turning a good elixir into a poisonous drug is a problem of craftsmanship.
"Forget it, even Danish dogs won't eat it."
The magic power in the body circulated in the meridians for dozens of times, wrapping up the small black spots attached to the meridians and flushing them out of the body.
It took more than half a month to refine a Shengling Pill, and it took nearly a month just to expel the poison in the pill. I couldn't tell whether I was taking the pill or the poison.
It's outrageous.
…
On this day, Shen Lian was in the cave, looking through the various methods left by Heiya.
He discovered that these five elements methods have similar effects. Although there seem to be some differences in each realm, the core remains the same, and the core is still between the five elements of yin and yang.
In other words, even if he switched to practicing other five elements techniques, it would not have much impact on his foundation.
Among Heiya's sixty-eight skills, twenty-three are magic skills, and there is one evil secret technique, the Five Elements Skin Scroll, which talks about breaking away from the shackles of the flesh, using the five elements as bones and human skin as a bag to cultivate the five elements soul.
This method looks quite strange, but what concerns Shen Lian is that it is actually a method of cultivating the five elements after birth.
In other words, even if one is not a cultivator with the five spiritual roots, as long as one dares to give himself a few cuts when embarking on the path of cultivation, such as removing bones and pulling skin, and filling with five elements of spiritual objects, he can gather the power of the five elements.
And this evil method actually points directly to the middle stage of Nascent Soul. Either the person who created this method died, or it was lost.
After repeated confirmation, it was confirmed that there was no problem with the martial arts that Heiya took out, but Shen Lian always felt that this guy must be hiding something. He didn't know why, but it was based on his suspicion of Lao Hei.
…
Spring goes and autumn comes, and another five years have passed.
A spiritual ship flew out from the Xuanyou base. Zhou Changqing stood at the bow and took out the jade talisman for communication.
"Junior brother, have you stabilized your realm?"
Although Xuan Miao was not here, the task of patrolling the void still had to be done. He also wanted to take this opportunity to explain things to Shen Lian.
Shen Lian, who received a message from his cheap senior brother in the cave, also ended his retreat.
After advancing to the Nascent Soul stage, the number of comprehension points obtained has increased by about twice compared to the previous Golden Core stage. After making do with these years, he has also improved his skills in refining equipment, refining pills, and making talismans to the fourth level.
Shen Lian is now a master craftsman.
However, Technician Shen had superb skills and his hands were rubbed until sparks came out, but there was no place to use his skills.
"Let's go and become an elder with the master."
After greeting Dahei, Shen Lian went out and covered up the Five Elements Cave.
This is a naturally formed five-element restriction. Although no one knows why it is so coincidental, after being improved by Shen Lian, even a great cultivator in the late Nascent Soul stage would find it difficult to find it.
It can become a stronghold.
For this purpose, Shen Lian hid a random teleportation array inside.
“Chirp.”
"Master, can I accept you as my disciple and become your master? I am tired of being with those low-level female horn ants every day."
"Scum ant."
"Your most important thing now is to practice hard and advance to the fourth-level Great Demon King as soon as possible. Your master is in great need of demon blood and animal skins."
"Ah, Master, I think it's good for me to guard your house. Let Sanqian do the bleeding, as it has a lot of blood."
Dahei shook his head hurriedly, trying to free his big black horn from Shen Lian's palm.
…
In the vast void, in the dimness, Shen Lian quietly looked at the flying boat floating in the distance, watching another self land on the flying boat.
"Junior Brother Wang, how are you? It seems that your realm has been completely stabilized."
In the flying boat palace, Zhou Changqing, dressed in a green robe, walked out.
"Junior Brother Wang."
On the other side, a green light flashed, revealing the appearance of Liu Qingqing.
"Meet Senior Brother Zhou, Senior Sister Liu."
Shen Lian bowed to the two of them.
"Let's go inside and talk."
Zhou Changqing stretched out his hand to gesture, with a hint of closeness in his tone.
"Brother, please."
The three of them entered the flying boat and sat down. Liu Qingqing also brewed spiritual tea herself.
"Come here, Junior Brother. This is the third-grade superior Tianyun Spirit Tea. It will be of some help to Nascent Soul cultivators like us."
Liu Qingqing handed the teacup to Shen Lian and said in a tender voice, "Junior brother, try it."
After a cup of tea, Zhou Changqing reached into his arms and placed a jade bottle in front of Shen Lian.
"Junior brother has just advanced to the Nascent Soul stage. Here are five fourth-level Yuanji Shengling Pills. They are Nascent Soul gifts from Junior Sister Liu and I."
Seeing Shen Lian's hesitation, Liu Qingqing spoke again and said, "Brother, please accept it. Although the resources are now exhausted, my brother and I can still get these elixirs."
According to the previous selling price at the Tiannan Continent auction, five Yuanji Shengling Pills were worth more than 20,000 high-quality spirit stones. Shen Lian did not expect Zhou Changqing to give him a gift.
Although they were all of inferior quality, the thought still warmed his heart.
"Thank you, senior brother and sister."
Shen Lian thanked him, then changed the subject and said, "If you need me to make pills in the future, you can ask me. I'm an alchemist."
"Junior brother is an alchemist?"
Liu Qingqing's beautiful eyes turned, "Junior brother, you just advanced to the Nascent Soul stage, has your alchemy skills improved?"
"Although I am a casual cultivator, I did have a master a long time ago. Although it was only a small Jindan sect, the alchemy technique inherited was at the fourth level. Later, the sect was destroyed, and I began to practice on my own."
"I think if I hone my skills a little more, I will most likely be able to advance to the fourth-level alchemist in the future."
"Puchi." Liu Qingqing snorted, "So Junior Brother wanted to practice with our spiritual medicine. What a pity, we don't have any spiritual medicine either."
"Junior brother is an alchemist, and my Yuxuan Sect also has an alchemy inheritance. After returning to the sect to pay homage to the ancestral hall in the future, junior brother will naturally be able to read the sect's classics, which may help junior brother advance to a fourth-level alchemist."
Zhou Changqing wanted to recruit Shen Lian, so naturally he didn't want Liu Qingqing to continue talking. It would be bad if she got angry while talking.
"If I can collect fourth-level spiritual medicine in the future, I will naturally give it to my junior brother to practice with."
At this time, Zhou Changqing changed the subject and said, "By the way, Junior Brother, take a look at this."
Then Zhou Changqing took out a piece of animal skin from his arms, which was covered with densely written words.
The relevant content was also tailor-made for him. For example, he was not allowed to slaughter the sect's disciples and he was not allowed to attack his fellow sect members, mainly the Nascent Soul cultivators of the Yuxuan Sect.
Of course, Zhou Changqing and others could not attack Shen Lian either, as the agreement was a two-way one.
However, there is no such thing in the Hou Tu Contract. What Zhou Changqing wants is to swear an oath to the order of heaven and earth and to his own path.
Those who violate the agreement will have their paths destroyed and their Nascent Soul shattered.
“That’s what should be done.”
Shen Lian had no objection to this.
Next, the three of them swore an oath to heaven and earth. As to whether it would be useful or not, it depended on the individual.
During the whole process, Zhou Changqing and Liu Qingqing were very serious and even forced out a drop of blood as a guide to announce it to heaven and earth.
Seeing that Shen Lian, like them, forced out his blood and made a vow, Zhou Changqing felt a little relieved, as this showed that Shen Lian had a good heart.
"Junior brother, I have already informed Elder Xuan Miao about your situation. He said that you are a newly promoted Nascent Soul of the sect. In view of the lack of defense in the western void, I specially asked you to rush over from the sect to assist in the inspection."
With the oath re-taken, the atmosphere between the three of them became noticeably more cordial.
“However, Senior Brother, I still have to say this. If you encounter any cultivators who have crossed the void and left during your patrol, let them go if you can. We are all human beings…”
"Junior brother, I understand. After all, my hometown is here."
"Also, Junior Sister Liu and I have discussed that since you are from Tiannan, why don't you return to Tiannan and secretly select talented disciples, gather them together, and send them to the sect together in the future."
"Junior brother, what do you think?"
"Junior brother is an alchemist, and he happens not to be good at fighting and killing. Let me make arrangements for you."
Shen Lian agreed immediately.
"Junior brother, you should keep this a secret. The aliens have no mercy on us humans."
Zhou Changqing's words contained resentment and unwillingness.
"Junior brother understands."
Shen Lian nodded calmly.
"Junior brother, come and have some tea." Liu Qingqing refilled the teacup. "Junior brother, follow me and my senior brother to inspect the outlying points on the mainland and get familiar with each place."
The flying boat drew a streak of light across the sky, and three people in the boat sat and discussed and chatted.
"After Lan Mo came back, he told me something strange. He said that on the way to the Five Elements Palace, Xuan Miao and his group heard about a spiritual pill with nine pill orifices..."
Hearing this, Shen Lian's hand holding the teacup trembled.
"Junior brother?"
"Ah...you are an alchemist, tell me, can this elixir become a spirit?" Liu Qingqing said in a tender voice.
"I think so."
Shen Lian took a sip of tea and said, "The world is so big, there are all kinds of wonders!"
Not only did it become a spirit, but he also personally refined it.
"It's true that the elixir is mysterious, but it's too far away for us, and it's not something we should get involved in."
Zhou Changqing reminded him, "Junior brother, you have to be careful of this Lan Mo in the future. This tribe is half human and half demon. Their methods are extremely strange. They are the hardcore thugs of the Xuanyou tribe. When the Xuanyou tribe unified the continent, countless humans died in their hands."
"This time, this person said that he encountered the Wanli Hengsha celestial phenomenon and was seriously injured. It is possible that he was arranged by Xuanmiao to come back to monitor my Yuxuan Sect."
(End of this chapter)