After all, Lin Dan was the daughter of the Wuji Sect's leader, so they quickly sent several cultivators to pick her up. Lin Dan had already sorted out all the things, taking away what could be taken away, giving away what could be given away, and throwing away the rest. At the same time, the news that Liang Jinxi had awakened the Nine Yin Body spread throughout the Xuan Ji Sect. The sect disciples were overjoyed and rushed to tell each other. In this enthusiastic atmosphere, who remembered Lin Dan? She left when she wanted to, and no one tried to stop her. No friends came to her cave to take a look or say a few parting words to her.
Lin Dan did not feel embarrassed. Instead, she felt very relaxed. She always liked to walk quietly.
Three days later, Lin Dan met the people who came to take her home at the sect master's place. They were all unfamiliar inner disciples with little qualifications. The one with the highest level of cultivation was only at the initial stage of distraction. Not even a single elder came in person. Compared with the grand occasion when she came, where she was personally escorted by her father and surrounded by nine elders, it can only be described as shabby.
Lin Dan only took a quick glance at these people and understood what attitude the Wuji Sect held towards her return. They originally thought that she would be able to soar into the sky, but they did not expect that she would become a phoenix with feathers plucked from her body in the blink of an eye. Not only did she fail to bring the Xuan Ji Sect's Chaos Technique back to the Wu Ji Sect, she also wasted all her cultivation. Such a person is of almost no use. It would be good enough if I could give her a courtyard to live in peace after I return.
Although she has the Nine Yin Body and her cultivation speed is incredibly fast, after wasting her golden elixir once, the difficulty of cultivating again will only be greater than the first time. If she hadn't had that fortuitous encounter, she would have had no chance to condense a golden elixir even when she was in her fifties or sixties. Even if she succeeded by chance, it would not be a ninth-grade golden elixir containing chaotic spiritual energy and chaotic sword intent. Her talent would have been mediocre, and she would no longer be known as a genius as before.
In the past, the Wuji Immortal Sect admired Lin Dan, a peerless genius second only to Le Zhengjiu, but now they despise him as much. Going back is not a good choice.
However, Lin Dan was not afraid at all. He walked forward without looking around, bowed and said goodbye to the leader of Xuan Ji Sect, as if he did not realize that he was being treated coldly. The leader of Xuan Ji Sect knew her situation very well. He felt that this child was really good. She was neither tempted by interests nor troubled by hardships. She was a cultivator with a very determined mind. She will definitely be able to get back on track in the future.
Out of guilt and admiration, the leader of Xuan Ji Sect gave Lin Dan many rare treasures. The Wuji Sect disciple who came to pick her up was so breathless when he saw those treasures clearly. They didn't expect that although the young sect leader had lost his cultivation, he still had so much wealth, and was not as poor as they had imagined before they came. In this way, they might as well try to associate with her for a while and see if they can gain some benefits.
Lin Dan calmly accepted the gift from the sect leader. Just as he walked out of the hall, he saw the leader of Danxia Peak coming hurriedly and shouted anxiously, "Young Sect Leader Lin, please stay! Yesterday, my son didn't know the importance of the matter and took your sword bone. I've come here to return it to you and thank you for your gift." As he spoke, he took out a pair of sword bones with sword intent from the Qiankun Ring.
Lin Dan bowed and said, "The Peak Master should know that I have already abandoned the Chaos Technique. This sword bone is full of Chaos Sword Intentions and is useless to me. It is better to help Ning Ran achieve his goal. However, I have decided to practice Alchemy again in the future. If the Peak Master feels sorry for it, why not teach me a thing or two? Is that okay?"
Ning Jingyuan naturally knew the news that Liang Jinxi had awakened the Nine Yin Body, and he had already expected that Lin Dan would be excluded. But even so, he admired Lin Dan's decisiveness. Without requiring anyone else to use any means, she destroyed the Chaos Technique that was fanatically coveted by all the cultivators in the entire South China Continent. Her character and personality are probably among the best among all young cultivators.
Thinking of this, Ning Jingyuan suddenly had a premonition that this child would definitely achieve something in the future, so he quickly agreed to her request and gave her a communication jade pendant, telling her to contact him if she had any questions. Finally, he took out a barrier-breaking pill to help her form the golden elixir again in the future.
The Barrier Breaking Pill can help cultivators at the peak of the Foundation Establishment Stage to break through their mental barriers and touch the threshold of the Golden Core Stage. It is an extremely precious pill. Lin Dan did not refuse, accepted it generously, and then bid farewell to Master Ning Feng.
Although the accompanying Wuji Sect disciples remained calm, their eyes were shining with brilliance, and then they all changed their attitude towards Lin Dan.
Lin Dan was not willing to talk to them too much and walked towards the teleportation array in silence, but saw Le Zhengjiu and Liang Jinxi standing in front of the array, wearing the same robes and holding the same spiritual swords, looking very compatible. There were several disciples talking around them with bright smiles, but when they caught sight of Lin Dan, their happy expressions disappeared and turned into looks of disdain.
Le Zhengjiu didn't talk to them the whole time, just looked at a certain place in front of him, his brows were cold and his eyes were deep. Liang Jinxi repeatedly pulled his sleeves, trying to get him to talk with his fellow students, but failed. He could only force a smile and socialize with everyone.
Hearing Lin Dan's footsteps, Le Zhengjiu's unfocused eyes immediately radiated a dark light and he looked up.
"Are you feeling better now? This is the Nine-Transformation Blood-Coagulation and Bone-Growing Pill. Take it." He stretched out his hand, holding a small black porcelain bottle in his palm. A strong and intoxicating fragrance of the pill emanated from it.
"Nine Revolutions Pill? Senior Brother, why are you giving her such a precious pill? She has already taken away many treasures from the sect master, enough for her to squander!" said a young disciple with envy.
Liang Jinxi tugged at the sleeve of the young disciple, signaling him not to speak, but Le Zhengjiu glanced at him coldly, with a chilling sword intent flashing in his eyes. The young disciple was startled and quickly hid behind Liang Jinxi, not daring to speak again.
Lin Dan took the small porcelain bottle and nodded, "Thank you."
"This is my parting gift to you, please keep it." Le Zhengjiu handed over the two Qiankun rings. Others didn't know what was hidden in the ring, so they didn't show any surprise, but Liang Jinxi's eyes flickered for a moment and his fists clenched quietly.
Lin Dan took the ring and probed it with his spiritual sense. No matter how calm his heart was, it was inevitably disturbed. There are countless treasures hidden in the ring, and they are all top-quality. They were all accumulated by Le Zhengjiu after he came to the Nanhua Continent. Among them are the inheritances of several secret realms, which are enough to buy half of the Xuan Ji Sect.
"I can't take it." Lin Dan immediately returned the ring. These things can be traded and exchanged in the system mall. With them, Le Zhengjiu will be able to complete the task more smoothly.
"Keep it. I just want you to live a better life. Just consider it as a token of our friendship." Le Zhengjiu looked at Lin Dan with serious eyes.
Lin Dan, who had been adamant about not accepting it, became shaken after hearing this. Since this man wanted to compensate her, if she returned the things back he would only feel upset. It would be better for him to take them openly and leave cleanly. From now on, they would owe each other nothing and go their separate ways, which would be good too.
Thinking of this, Lin Dan put the ring away and said with a smile: "Thank you, I should go now."
"Go ahead." Le Zhengjiu stepped aside to make way.
Lin Dan was the first to step into the teleportation array. Seeing her disappear on the spot, Le Zhengjiu didn't know why, but his heart suddenly felt empty, followed by a violent surge of anxiety and panic. Such a scene was obviously very common, but he seemed to have experienced it once, and had a feeling of separation and death, and that they would never meet again. For a moment, he almost reached out to grab the corner of Lin Dan's clothes, but he restrained himself with all his strength.
When he came back to his senses, he found that his mouth was full of blood and the tip of his tongue was slightly painful, because he didn't know when he had bitten it. He stared at the teleportation array that was still flickering with light, and his expression became extremely cold and hard.
Liang Jinxi sent his fellow disciples away. Seeing that there was no one around, he tugged at his clothes and whispered, "Big Brother, are you letting her go like this? If she uses the power of Wuji Sect to attack me, I will be doomed! My demon bloodline has not been cleansed yet."
Le Zhengjiu turned back suddenly, his tone cold: "I won't let her touch you, but at the same time, you can't touch her. Don't worry, since she has decided to leave, she will never come back."
"But she hates me so much, how could she let me go! Senior Brother, why did you give her all your wealth? Are you in love with her?" Liang Jinxi's eyes turned red as he spoke.
Le Zhengjiu shook his head and said, "She won't bother you again, don't think too much about it." For some reason, he automatically ignored the latter question.
"Big Brother, do you really trust her so much? What is your relationship with her? Is it really me that you like?" Liang Jinxi was so aggrieved that she was about to cry.
Le Zhengjiu was in a very gloomy mood today, so much so that he didn't want to deal with Liang Jinxi's endless questioning. "She was someone who fought alongside me." He flew towards the cliff with his sword and warned again: "She has nothing to do with us anymore, don't think about her."
Liang Jinxi couldn't catch up with his speed and could only stand there and watch him fly to the cliff. After a while, waves of sword intent surged on the cliff, more violent and fierce than before, as if carrying the intent to destroy the world. Liang Jinxi gritted his teeth, his eyes darkened——
Lin Tianshui, the leader of Wuji Sect, was very dissatisfied with Lin Dan's behavior. Without giving her a moment to breathe, he summoned her to Tianshui Pavilion and severely reprimanded her. In fact, he also knew that even if his daughter did not give up her skills on her own initiative, the people of Xuan Ji Sect would have plenty of ways to force her to submit. But she gave up on her own initiative without even fighting, which ultimately brought shame to Wuji Sect.
"Go back and reflect on your mistakes. I don't want to see you recently." He said with a cold face.
Lin Dan bowed and was about to leave, but saw nine elders coming in with her younger brother Lin Zeyu. They kept saying that she had brought disgrace to the Wuji Sect, and had ruined her cultivation and damaged her foundation. She might not be able to achieve anything in the future and was no longer worthy of being the young leader of the Wuji Sect, so it would be better for her to give the position to someone more capable.
Lin Zeyu's mother was Lin Tianshui's concubine and her status was not high, but he also had a single water spiritual root and his cultivation speed was not slow. At a young age, he had already reached the early stage of Golden Core and could be considered a genius. Now that Lin Dan is disabled and has lost the support of Xuan Ji Sect, they are naturally unable to stop his brilliance, and the elders want to push him forward. It is human nature to be in a certain position.
Lin Tianshui favors Lin Zeyu more than Lin Dan, so he can't help but feel a little shaken.
Lin Dan looked at Lin Zeyu deeply and said, "Before I left the sect, I practiced with you every day. I was honest with you and treated you as my good brother. But in your heart, I was just a stumbling block. I still have a chance to practice again, but you can't wait to jump out. Do you want to break up with me?"
Lin Zeyu bowed and said, "The position of Young Sect Master should be held by the most capable. Sister, my talent is not bad either. Even if you still have a chance to cultivate again, after a few decades when you can form a golden elixir again, I will already be a cultivator of the Nascent Soul or even Spirit Severing Stage. When will you be able to catch up with me? Do you want our entire sect to wait for you?"
The nine elders nodded frequently to show their support. Lin Tianshui's eyes flashed, and he seemed to have made a decision.
But before they could speak, Lin Dan had already torn off the Young Master's Order tied around his waist and said slowly, "From now on, we will go our separate ways. I won't cause you any trouble, and you don't have to bother me."
Lin Zeyu took the jade pendant and said with a smile: "Thank you for your help, sister. I am only at the foundation-building stage now, so I'd better not say such arrogant words. Don't worry, I won't ask you for anything. If you encounter any trouble, you can come to me and I will definitely help you."
The nine elders greatly appreciated his magnanimity, and Lin Tianshui also felt that his mature son was more suitable for the position of young sect leader. That's how it was settled.
Lin Dan bowed, left the hall calmly, returned to his own Gu Lu Peak, and began to practice alchemy again. There was no one else to greet her except an old-looking maid.
"Where are the others?" Lin Dan asked casually while sorting his things.
"When they heard that your cultivation was wasted, they all found excuses to leave." The maid replied with her head lowered.
"Why don't you leave?"
"I am 148 years old this year. My time is coming. I am willing to accompany my master on his last journey."
Lin Dan looked at her face carefully and found that she was much older than when he left. She has four kinds of mixed spiritual roots, and can only cultivate to the foundation-building stage at best. 148 is indeed a long life, and she doesn't have many years left to live. However, if she could be helped to cleanse the three spiritual roots and then allowed to form a pill, she could live several hundred more years.
“There is no last journey. As long as I am here, you have to follow me. Go back and have a good rest. I have nothing to do here.” Lin Dan was raised by a maid and had quite a friendship with her.
The maid thought that the young master was comforting her, so she smiled lovingly and left.
That night, Lin Dan did not take the pill given by Le Zhengjiu, but prepared to refine one himself to heal the wound left by the peeling of the sword bone. All the elixirs nowadays contain elixir poison. Even if the dosage is not heavy, it can be fatal if accumulated over a long period of time. So she didn't dare to take them rashly.
In this Nanhua Continent, countless cultivators had their bones damaged by the poison and ultimately could not withstand the thunder tribulation. But the ladder to heaven has been destroyed, the way of heaven is gradually declining, and the originally abundant spiritual energy is becoming increasingly thin. What can be done if one does not rely on spiritual stones and elixirs to practice? Therefore, even though they know that taking drugs is equivalent to chronic suicide, in order to gain powerful strength, the cultivators of the South China Continent have to make this choice.
Alchemy practitioners are definitely the most popular practitioners in the South China Continent today. When Lin Dan told the people of Wuji Sect that he wanted to switch to practicing alchemy, no one found it strange. When she returned to the sect many years later, she was not busy contacting old friends or consolidating her position. Instead, she set up many restrictions and began to organize the knowledge about medicine and pharmacology in her mind.
She was an extremely skilled doctor, so it was not difficult for her to understand the knowledge of alchemy. She currently needs to refine two kinds of elixirs, one is the bone-growing elixir to repair the damaged bones; the other is the gold-condensing elixir to try to form another elixir in the shortest time possible.
She asked the head of the Wuji Sect's Alchemy Hall for the recipes for the two elixirs, and sent a message to Ning Jingyuan, asking him to lend her the jade slips on alchemy. In a very short period of time, she collected three entire warehouses of jade slips. She stayed at the top of Lone Heron Peak every day, rapidly absorbing a vast amount of alchemy methods.
Le Zhengjiu somehow learned that she had such a need, and actually sent people to bring her many pill recipes, among which there were several heavenly-grade and even divine-grade pill recipes, which had long been lost. If others saw them, they would probably want to kill people and steal the treasures on the spot.
Lin Dan knew that one should not receive gifts without merit, but he could not resist the temptation and accepted it with a smug look on his face. For this purpose, he carefully wrote a letter to Le Zhengjiu, saying that if he could refine heaven-grade or god-grade elixirs in the future, he would definitely give him a few. After several months of research, she found that neither the Bone Growing Pill nor the Gold Condensing Pill were what she needed most, but the Sky-Burn Pill and the Great Creation Pill were.
Yes, she stared at these two prescriptions that originally belonged to the mortal world, and suddenly one day she had an epiphany and gained enlightenment. These two prescriptions can be considered divine grade in the mortal world. What will be the result if the medicinal materials in them can be replaced with natural treasures from the South China Continent to make them more effective?
In the mortal world, these two prescriptions have the ability to repair destiny and reshape the body. So in the world of cultivation, will they become magical pills that can refine spiritual roots, reshape the body, break down mental barriers, and restore cultivation? As soon as this idea came into her mind, it occupied Lin Dan's entire thoughts, making her uncontrollably excited.
She did it as soon as she thought of it. She immediately listed the effects of each medicinal herb and compared them one by one with the natural treasures of the South China Continent. This was an extremely complicated and lengthy process, and it was also very expensive. Before leaving, the leader of Xuan Ji Sect and Le Zhengjiu gave Lin Dan a huge amount of rare treasures, but she had squandered more than 70% of them in just one month.
However, the progress is also very gratifying. In the mortal world, before preparing elixirs, doctors must prepare each medicinal ingredient to eliminate toxicity and enhance medicinal properties to the greatest extent possible. But in the South China Continent, the alchemists here never concoct rare and precious materials, because they firmly believe that only the freshest materials can produce the highest-grade elixirs.
When they get an extremely precious elixir, they often store it in a treasure box made of thousand-year-old black ice, for fear of damaging the roots. No one would doubt that this is wrong because everyone has been doing this for thousands of years.
Lin Dan never thinks that the path that everyone has taken is the only path. She is willing to abandon old ideas and try everything new. She tried to use the techniques of preparing Chinese medicinal materials to prepare these natural treasures, either by drying them, roasting them, or calcining them, slowly exploring a completely new method of alchemy.
If she succeeds, she might be able to create an elixir that is completely free of elixir poison, which would be a new hope for the already dying South China Continent.
When Lin Dan was completely immersed in the art of alchemy, an astonishing news came from Xuan Ji Sect. Liang Jinxi, who had just awakened the Nine Yin Body, was promoted from the Foundation Establishment Stage to the Golden Core Stage in just a few months. He spent another half a month consolidating his cultivation and is now a cultivator in the middle stage of the Golden Core Stage. Cultivators in the middle stage of the Golden Core Realm are not rare, but she is only sixteen years old this year and is invincible among her peers. You know, even Le Zhengjiu, who was praised as a genius by all cultivators, had just formed his elixir at the age of sixteen, and was slightly inferior to her.
The Xuan Ji Sect has produced two peerless geniuses at once, one of whom happens to have a Nine Yin Body, and the other one a Nine Yang Body. Now they are practicing the Chaos Sword Technique together. If their skills are perfected in the future, they will surely become the top existences in the South China Continent!
The news caused a sensation around the world. The originally unknown Liang Jinxi suddenly became the leader of the younger generation standing shoulder to shoulder with Yue Zhengjiu, while Lin Dan, the former genius, was severely trampled underfoot. There are many people who compare the two, praising Liang Jinxi to the sky and trampling Lin Dan into the mud.
The Wuji Sect lost all its face for a while, and the people in the sect were resentful of Lin Dan's return. After the nine elders discussed it, they decided to banish Lin Dan to a more remote affiliated sect to avoid being an eyesore.
Lin Dan said nothing and took her maid to resign that day. Before boarding the shuttle, she said to Lin Tianshui: "If I leave today, I will achieve great success in the way of alchemy in the future. Please don't exploit me."
Lin Tianshui was so angry at this evil woman that he laughed. He swore on the fortune of the entire sect and said confidently, "In the future, if you achieve great success in the way of alchemy, it is your own ability and has nothing to do with the Wuji Sect. Don't worry, we will not take advantage of you. But you, please don't do anything embarrassing again."
Lin Dan bowed three times and left without saying a word. Three days later, he arrived at the affiliated sect. As expected, he was not welcomed, but he was not harassed either. He was only given a secluded cave to stay in. The maid who was given the name Lin Nineteen comforted her master while tidying up the alchemy room: "It's good to be here. It's quiet and just right for you to practice alchemy. Besides, you are the daughter of the sect master after all. People here dare not disrespect you. It's much safer than living in Lone Heron Peak."
Lin Dan smiled and nodded while carving the jade slip. She also liked the environment here.
"Although Liang Jinxi has good aptitude, it is still unclear whether he has any talent in swordsmanship."
"Yeah." Lin Dan still nodded, but she didn't think Liang Jinxi would do worse than herself. First, as soon as Le Zhengjiu came to Nanhua Continent, he began to look for Liang Jinxi's reincarnation, and secretly protected her everywhere, saving her from danger, refining her spiritual roots, tempering her physique, and suppressing her demon bloodline. It can be said that he built up her qualifications bit by bit into a peerless genius. It is true that she is more talented than Le Zhengjiu, because Le Zhengjiu loves her more than himself and is willing to give her the best. Secondly, they have a spiritual connection and a natural understanding, and this is what the Chaos Sword Technique requires most, so they are a match made in heaven both in life and in practice.
With Liang Jinxi's help, the time for Le Zhengjiu to become the strongest person in South China Continent will only come sooner.
Thinking of the two, Lin Dan didn't feel jealous at all. After carving the jade slip, he put it into the Qiankun Ring, and took out a glowing pill from it. He said, "Nineteen, eat it, and then find an open place to make a pill."
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