Chapter 53 Harvest

Chapter 53 Harvest
Chen Yuan returned to his mansion, opened the nameless martial arts technique and studied it carefully.

Unlike "The Art of Scarlet Flame", this is not a basic martial arts book. It only has the methods of cultivation. There is no introduction to spiritual roots and realms, nor is there any record of low-level spells. No wonder Luo Zhenwu could only understand the most basic parts.

There are some similarities between martial arts and immortality. Luo Zhenwu is a martial artist at the peak of Hua Jin, so it is not difficult for him to understand the cultivation methods before the fourth level of Qi Refining.

But he couldn't understand anything further.

The same was true for Chen Yuan. Before he converted the true Qi in his body into magic power, he could only understand the cultivation methods below the fourth level of Qi Refining.

After breaking through to the fourth level of Qi Refining, he gained some understanding of the cultivation methods of the late stage of Qi Refining in "The Art of Red Flame".

The Qi refining part of the nameless technique is similar to the "Red Flame Technique", which Chen Yuan can understand easily.

But going further up, this technique also records the cultivation methods for the foundation-building period, and all the way to the late foundation-building period, which is beyond Chen Yuan's understanding.

Moreover, this is a water-based martial arts technique, and the spells recorded in it are at least mid-level water-based spells. Chen Yuan, who is practicing fire-based magic, cannot practice it.

After reading the entire book of martial arts, Chen Yuan sighed and turned back to the beginning.

If changing martial arts requires starting from scratch, which is extremely time-consuming, he would have wanted to switch to this unnamed martial arts.

The "Red Flame Art" can only be practiced to the tenth level of Qi Refining, but this technique can be practiced all the way to the late stage of Foundation Establishment, saving Chen Yuan the trouble of looking for another foundation-building technique.

But no matter what, a technique that can directly reach the late stage of foundation building is extremely precious.

Even though Chen Yuan had a photographic memory, he still read it again from beginning to end, making sure he had memorized every word before putting it aside.

Then, he took out two brocade bags and a small black banner from his arms, pondered for a moment, and put the black banner and black brocade bags aside.

He picked up the gray brocade bag used by Master Duan Fang and poured his magic power into it.

The gray sac did not respond at all.

Chen Yuan thought for a moment, and while infusing his magic power, he controlled a trace of his spiritual consciousness and carefully touched the gray brocade bag.

The gray brocade bag immediately emitted a faint light, and Chen Yuan only felt that his spiritual consciousness entered a gray square space, three feet long, wide and high, with many items placed in it.

As soon as Chen Yuan thought about it, these things immediately disappeared in the gray space and appeared out of thin air on the table.

Chen Yuan withdrew his spiritual sense and began to count.

On the table were four jade bottles, a pile of colorful strange stones, three books, two jade slips, a dozen talismans, an exquisite jade plate, a three-inch iron shield, a foot-sized alchemy furnace, and dozens of spiritual herbs.

Chen Yuan first picked up the four jade bottles, opened the stoppers, and found that two of them were empty. He could only pour out a few pills from the other two jade bottles.

Wen Huazhong, like him, also had a pseudo spiritual root, but it only took him one year to cultivate to the first level of Qi Refining, all thanks to the help of elixirs.

This is something Chen Yuan urgently needs, which can speed up his cultivation.

The pill is light green in color, the size of a longan, exudes an elegant fragrance, and contains rich spiritual energy. Just a sniff of it will make you feel relaxed and happy.

He was in a good mood and carefully put the pill back into the jade bottle.

This jade bottle is not an ordinary object. It contains a faint spiritual energy. If the elixir is placed in it, the medicinal power will not be lost even after several years.

There are ten pills in each jade bottle, so two jade bottles mean twenty pills.

Then Chen Yuan picked up the three books and started flipping through them.

The first two were basic cultivation methods, namely "Changchun Jue" for the Wood Element and "Hou Tu Jue" for the Earth Element. They were not of much value, so he just glanced at them twice and put them aside.

The last one was a bit strange. It said "Yunyou Travels" on the cover. After opening it, the first sentence read:

"I, the Taoist Yu Yunyou, have been practicing hard for decades and finally reached the peak of Qi Refining. However, due to my limited talent, it is difficult to break through the bottleneck. Therefore, I traveled around Qi State, sharpening my will and tempering my mind, looking for opportunities, in order to seek a glimmer of hope. I have recorded all my travels here for all Taoist friends to enjoy..."

Chen Yuan continued reading, sometimes surprised, sometimes nodding, sometimes smiling, and sometimes sighing. After an hour, he put it down.

This book, "Yunyou Travels", records what Taoist Yunyou saw and heard during his ten-year trip around the State of Qi. It reveals a lot of common sense in the world of immortal cultivation and was of great help to Chen Yuan.

The gray brocade bag, originally called a "storage bag", is a must-have for cultivators. It can be used to store items and can be accessed with a thought, which is extremely convenient.

The pile of colorful strange stones, each about the size of a thumb, are called "Spirit Stones".

Chen Yuan picked up a red spirit stone and looked at it carefully. There was a hint of light red mist inside, which was pure fire spiritual energy.

He sat down cross-legged and practiced his cultivation method, absorbing this trace of fire spiritual energy into his body. The red spiritual stone immediately turned pale, shattered into powder, and scattered to the ground.

Chen Yuan closed his eyes and meditated. After a quarter of an hour, he opened his eyes, and a hint of excitement flashed in his eyes. Refining this trace of fire spirit energy was actually equivalent to his five days of practice day and night!
Moreover, not only the fire spirit stone, the spiritual energy contained in the other four spirit stones can also speed up the cultivation speed, but the effect will be slightly worse than the fire spirit stone.

But he did not continue to practice. Spiritual stones are like gold and silver, and are the hard currency in the world of immortals. It would be a waste to use them directly for practice. It was enough to experience it once.

He spread out his spiritual sense and counted them carefully. There were a total of 237 spirit stones on the table, all of which were low-grade spirit stones.

Spirit stones are divided into low grade, medium grade, high grade and top grade from low to high. One hundred low grade spirit stones can be equivalent to one medium grade spirit stone, and so on.

More than two hundred spirit stones are a huge fortune for a cultivator in the middle stage of Qi Refining.

Taoist Yunyou once bought a bottle of elixir that could be used by a cultivator at the tenth level of Qi Refining, and it only cost him eighty-two spirit stones.

Taoist Duan Fang is only a fifth-level Qi Refining cultivator. How did he get so many spirit stones?
Chen Yuan was quite confused. He picked up the two jade slips and infused a trace of spiritual consciousness into them, hoping to find the answer.

The first jade slip records the method of refining the Hundred Souls Banner.

The Hundred Souls Banner is an authentic magical weapon, extremely cruel and evil, requiring the sacrifice of living souls to refine it.

The stronger the living souls used, the more powerful the Hundred Souls Banner will be. If the living souls of one hundred Qi Refining cultivators are used for sacrifice, and then three main souls with foundation-building strength are gathered, it can even be comparable to a magic weapon.

Master Duan Fang is not strong enough and can only use the souls of mortals for sacrifice. The three main souls have not been gathered together, but it can still be compared with the top mid-grade magic weapons.

Seeing that the Hundred Souls Banner was a mid-grade magical weapon, Chen Yuan couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine.

Magical instruments are divided into low-grade, medium-grade, high-grade and top-grade from low to high. They are generally used by Qi-refining cultivators, but Taoist Yunyou has also seen shabby foundation-building cultivators using top-grade magic instruments.

Foundation-building monks generally use spiritual weapons, which are divided into low-grade, medium-grade, high-grade and top-grade from low to high.

As for the magic weapon, only the Jindan cultivators can wield it. Taoist Yunyou had only had the honor of seeing it once and did not know much about it.

The Hundred Souls Banner in Taoist Duan Fang's hand is made up of the blood and souls refined from the souls of thousands of mortals. It is comparable to the top-level mid-grade magic weapons and is incredibly powerful.

If Chen Yuan could not make the blood soul explode inexplicably, he would never be a match for Master Duan Fang.

However, every advantage has its disadvantages. The Hundred Souls Banner is extremely powerful, but it consumes a lot of spiritual consciousness and magic power.

When Master Duan Fang controlled the Hundred Souls Banner, he could no longer control other magical instruments, nor could he cast spells. His blood soul was ineffective, and he had no way to fight the enemy.

In order to maximize the power of the Hundred Souls Banner, he also used his essence and blood to refine it and connected his mind with the Hundred Souls Banner.

The Blood Soul was destroyed, and Master Duan Fang was also seriously injured. He had no strength to fight back and was easily killed by Chen Yuan.

If Chen Yuan had used any other mid-grade magical weapon like the Hundred Souls Banner, he would not have been his match.

……

The second jade slip contains a book called "Essentials of Zhang Family Alchemy".

Chen Yuan read it carefully and felt that his eyes were opened. He also knew the origin of the two bottles of pills on the table.

These two bottles of elixir are called "Bai Ling Dan", which are suitable for cultivators in the middle stage of Qi Refining and can greatly speed up the pace of cultivation.

Including the Bailing Pill, "The Essentials of Zhang Family Alchemy" records a total of eight pill recipes, six of which are for Qi Refining Stage pills and two are for Foundation Establishment Stage pills.

In addition, the jade slip also records many essentials of alchemy and introductions to hundreds of spiritual herbs. It is an extremely comprehensive inheritance of alchemy.

Chen Yuan put down the jade slip and looked at the pile of spiritual herbs. He immediately identified that these spiritual herbs were exactly the Biling Flower, Asparagus Codonopsis, and Green Wood Root needed to refine the Bailing Pill, with twenty plants of each.

He picked up the alchemy furnace again and examined it carefully.

The alchemy furnace is about one foot in size and half a foot high. A faint elixir fragrance emanates from the furnace, surrounded by a dense spiritual energy. A word "Xuan" is engraved on the bottom of the furnace.

According to the records in "Zhang Family Alchemy Essentials", this furnace has a rich color and a compelling aura, and can be called a top-grade alchemy furnace.

Could it be that this Master Duan Fang is also an alchemist?

Chen Yuan picked up the jade plaque again. On it was the word "Zhang" written, with dragon and phoenix carvings painted on it. Holding it in his hand, he felt a sense of peace of mind.

But on the back of the jade token, there were a few spots of dark red blood.

Chen Yuan looked at the bloodstains on the jade token, recalled what Wen Huasheng said before his death, and had a guess in his mind.

Thanks to the great hero Gai Shi Mo Yu for the reward!

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(End of this chapter)