Chapter 81: No Way to Refining the Body, Initial Refining of the Dust-Reducing Pill

Chapter 81: No Way to Refining the Body, Initial Refining of the Dust-Reducing Pill

Chapter 81: No Way to Refining the Body, Initial Refining of the Dust-Reducing Pill
Xie Linghua's foundation building did not bring much change to Yunxia Island. It was still the affairs of the main spiritual island, and Wei Zhong devoted himself to his cultivation.

Perhaps the addition of a foundation-building cultivator has made other forces look up to Yunxia Island, but this doesn’t matter to Wei Zhong.

What Wei Zhong values ​​is only the cultivation level, and he has no intention of using it to become bigger and stronger.

The surrounding foundation-building families were relieved to see that Wei Zhong did not expand his power and focused on practicing in seclusion on the Spiritual Island.

Otherwise, if Wei Zhong relied on his identity as a second-level alchemist and a female foundation-building cultivator, he would establish a new foundation-building family with Yunxia Island as the center.

The nearby foundation-building forces might have to carve out a piece of land.

"Master, Hu Zongfu, who is in charge of the spiritual field, brought two young men from the tribe and wanted to take you as their master."

Xie Linghua poured Wei Zhong a glass of spiritual wine and said.

In recent years, with Xie Linghua building her foundation, the power of Yunxia Island has greatly increased.

The cultivators from the outside world have even heard that Wei Zhong, the island master, and Xie Linghua, the steward of Lingdao, still do not have a single disciple.

They all want to send their outstanding disciples to their homes in an attempt to gain some wealth and fame.

However, Wei Zhong had no intention of accepting anyone as his disciple. Seeing Wei Zhong's refusal, Xie Linghua also refused.

Many people gave up when they saw the difficulties, but some insisted on staying on the island.

Wei Zhong sent all these people to the three major departments in charge of Lingdao and assigned them a task.

"Hu Zongfu?"

Wei Zhong was a little surprised. His attitude was so firm, but the other party was so courageous?
But after all, he is a subordinate who has worked hard for him over the years. Wei Zhong thought about it and said:
"Forget it, let's bring it up and have a look."

Upon hearing this, Xie Linghua patted Jiucai on the shoulder and muttered something, and the latter flew out of the yard.

After so many years of contact between Xie Linghua and Jiucai, she has become much closer to him and can barely direct him to do things.

"Master needs to spend more time with his spirit pet."

Wei Zhong rolled his eyes at him. He was busy practicing, so how could he have the time to cultivate feelings with his spirit pet? It was good enough for him to control it with the "True Seal Treasure Technique".

After a while, Jiucai arrived with Hu Zongfu, followed by two boys.

A man was wearing a white Taoist robe, had a handsome face and was about twenty years old.

The other person was short, with a slightly dark face, and dressed rather simply, in a black shorts, the garb of an ordinary person.

He didn't come from a good family and hadn't seen much of the world, so he was a little timid and awkward when he was brought into this courtyard.

"Master," Hu Zongfu stepped forward, bowed, and introduced the two men to Wei Zhong.

He pointed at the older man and said, "This is the most talented child in my Hu family in recent years, his name is Hu Jinqing.

Although he has five spiritual roots, his gold spiritual root is of the highest quality. I hope you can accept him as your disciple."

The latter immediately knelt down towards Wei Zhong, knocked his forehead to the ground, and said loudly: "Senior, please accept me as your disciple!"

Seeing this, Wei Zhong just sipped the wine in his cup without any expression. When the wine in his cup was finished, he slowly said, "Let's talk about the other person."

"Yes," Hu Zongfu pulled the dark-faced boy forward and said, "This man's name is Hu Jinchuan, and he is from the ordinary lineage of my Hu family. He has four spiritual roots, all of which are low-grade, but he has a low-grade exotic wind spiritual root."

While Hu Zongfu was speaking, Hu Jinchuan was a little at a loss, but when he saw Wei Zhong looking at him carefully and Hu Zongfu pushing him from behind, he knelt down like Hu Jinqing.

He kept saying something to Wei Zhong, asking him to accept him as his disciple.

Hearing that it was an exotic wind spiritual root, Wei Zhong became a little curious.

A spiritual energy brought it to his front, and then he placed two fingers on its wrist and probed into its body with his spiritual consciousness.

Hu Jinchuan was absorbed by the spiritual energy and became panicked for a moment, but when he arrived in front of Wei Zhong, he felt the invisible pressure coming from Wei Zhong and immediately calmed down.

"Wood, water, earth and wind."

Wei Zhong glimpsed the four-colored spiritual light in his spiritual consciousness and felt a little emotional. This was the first time Wei Zhong saw the existence of an alien spiritual root.

"Not bad, not bad," Wei Zhong waved his hand and threw it to Hu Jinqing.

He looked at the two and said, "Although you two have decent qualifications, I have no intention of accepting you as my disciples.

If you two insist, you can stay on the island and find a job. I will consider it for a few years. If you perform well, I will accept you two as my disciples."

Hearing Wei Zhong's words, Hu Jinqing's eyes showed visible disappointment.

The younger Hu Jinchuan, on the other hand, looked somewhat happy.

"The junior is willing to stay and serve the senior."

Wei Zhong looked at the other person beside him.

He looked conflicted and struggled slightly, obviously unable to make up his mind.

'I originally thought that I could become his disciple with my superior spiritual roots, but...'

Hu Zongfu on the side spoke up in time to save the situation: "Master, can you give this kid some time to think about it?"

Wei Zhong nodded: "This is a serious matter, we really need to think about it carefully."

He waved his arm and sent the three people away.

After the three people left, Xie Linghua asked, "Master, you are not interested in disciples with high-grade spiritual roots?"

Wei Zhong laughed: "What's the use of having a top-grade spiritual root? The better the aptitude, the more arrogant they are. They may not look down on a fake foundation-building master like me."

"Haha, Master, you are being too modest. There are many young cultivators in Luohe Prefecture who want to become your disciples but are unable to do so."

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After Hu Zongfu and the other two left, Hu Jinqing, who was wearing a Chinese robe, complained:

"Uncle, why did Senior Wei reject me? With my top-grade spiritual roots, it would be easy for me to join any Jindan sect, right?"

Hu Zongfu saw the impatience on his face and knew that this person was unruly and would probably have a hard time becoming Wei Zhong's disciple, so he said:
"How can we understand the master's thoughts? But for an alchemist like the master, I'm afraid that what he looks at when accepting a disciple is not his qualifications, but his character.

If you had been more decisive just now, you might have had a chance, but now..."

Hu Zongfu sighed when he said this, and then looked at Hu Jinchuan on the side. He thought that this boy was very honest and had a special wind spirit root, so he might be able to please the master and be accepted as his disciple.

"In that case, Jinchuan, you should stay. I will arrange things for you. From now on, you can learn how to plant spiritual fields with me on Yunxia Island."

Turning to look at Hu Jinqing:
"Since you don't want to stay here, I will send you to Jinguang Pavilion."

Jinguan Pavilion is a local Jindan sect in Luohe Prefecture, specializing in gold-related spiritual techniques.

Upon hearing this, Hu Jinqing immediately showed a happy smile on his face.

Looking at the honest boy beside him, there was an indescribable pride on his face.

"A fellow born in a mortal family, how can he have the foresight of us immortals? Farming on this Fangling Island, at best he can try to reach the peak of Qi Refining like Uncle Zongfu, and building a foundation is a luxury."

The latter was totally unaware that his fellow brother was mocking him. He was just delighted in his heart that he had the honor of working under a cultivator, especially a foundation-building cultivator whom even his uncle Zong Fu had to bow down to.

'It's farming at home, it's farming here too. The difference is that I'm farming spiritual fields, and I heard there's spiritual stone salary to be received.

One spirit stone can be exchanged for a lot of silver, so my younger sister won't have to worry about her dowry, and I can also buy a house for my parents...'

Hu Jinchuan felt indescribable satisfaction and joy in his heart.

Within half a month, Wei Zhong knew about Hu Jinqing's departure from the island. With his excellent qualifications, he joined the Jinguang Pavilion and became an inner disciple.

Another younger person, Hu Jinchuan, stayed behind and followed Hu Zongfu to learn various spiritual field cultivation knowledge these days.

He had just entered the world of spiritual practice and was extremely curious about all kinds of spiritual works, and he studied very seriously.

After Wei Zhong got to know the other party, he found out that he was born in an ordinary peasant family. He had been doing farm work with his parents since he was young, and developed a hard-working character.

Seeing his diligence, Wei Zhong specially rewarded him with a bottle of medium-grade nourishing qi pill. The latter saw that it was a magical pill used by practitioners, and learned from Hu Zongfu that the magical pill was very valuable, so he excitedly bowed down.

When the bystanders saw him receive such a reward, they all felt envious and jealous.

Even Hu Zongfu was somewhat excited, as if he saw Wei Zhong's hope of accepting him as his disciple.

A senior foundation-building master, who is even a disciple of a second-level alchemist, is enough to give the Hu family, a small Qi-refining family, a chance to leap into a higher class.

Wei Zhong gave him a bottle of medicine and left.

Speaking of which, Wei Zhong's alchemy skills have improved over the years. He has been able to refine the Qi-nourishing Pill, a first-grade pill that is not difficult to make. Most of the pills he made are top-grade, and even mid-grade ones are rare.

[Third-level Alchemy·Water·Mastery (60%)]

'Although my alchemy skills are still a little far from the master level, I can already start to try to refine the Dust Reduction Pill. It would be even better if I could collect more materials.'

After inspecting his spiritual island, Wei Zhong went to Yuelan City to look for Xu Xuan.

"Fellow Daoist, do you want the Millennium Mysterious Bright Grass and the Millennium Nine Heart Fruit? Are you planning to make the Dust Reducing Pill?"

"That's right. I wonder if Daoist Xuxuan has a way to buy this item with spirit stones. It's okay to pay a slightly higher price."

Xu Xuan snorted. He didn't expect that Wei Zhong had become a third-level alchemist without saying a word. People outside thought he was just an ordinary second-level alchemist.

“If you want to use spirit stones to buy thousand-year-old spirit medicine, you can probably only buy it directly from the shops in Yunzhou City.

Our small Luohe Mansion only appears occasionally at auctions.

If you are not in a hurry, you can wait for the auction, or exchange it with contribution points."

Wei Zhong was helpless. It was impossible to exchange it with contribution points. He was planning to exchange his contribution points for some thousand-year-old golden thunder bamboo and spiritual silk.

Don’t waste contribution points on thousand-year-old elixirs that can be purchased with spirit stones. Just wait for the auction.

"Fellow Daoist, are you refining the Dust Reducing Pill, but are you preparing for the formation of the pill?"

Wei Zhong nodded: "I witnessed Senior Ling Hua's Jindan thunder tribulation a few days ago, and I was deeply frightened. I am just preparing for a rainy day."

Xu Xuan nodded. A few years ago, a new Jindan cultivator was added to Luohe Prefecture. As the owner of the local Yunji Chamber of Commerce, he knew it clearly.

"The Dan-forming Thunder Tribulation is indeed the most dangerous tribulation for our generation of foundation-building cultivators when they are forming Dan."

There was a hint of regret in Xu Xuan's eyes:
"Unfortunately, my talent is ordinary, and I am obsessed with practicing all kinds of arts. I probably won't be able to form a pill in this lifetime."

Wei Zhong had known Xu Xuan for many years and knew some of his past.

He was born into a ruined foundation-building family in Yunzhou City. Although his qualifications were poor, his talent in practicing a hundred arts was indeed beyond ordinary people.

Thanks to this, he entered the Yunji Chamber of Commerce and became a guest official.

After a hundred years of practice, he successfully built his foundation and mastered the third-level skills of tea, elixir, and utensils. With this, he competed and won the position of the shopkeeper of Luohe Mansion.

"If Fellow Daoist Xuxuan can spare some time for cultivation, there may be a chance," Wei Zhong consoled.

The latter laughed twice when he heard it and said: "You are old, and you no longer have the spirit of your youth. Even if you have cultivated to the peak of foundation building, you probably don't have the courage to go through the calamity of forming a pill." Wei Zhong was silent.

"If you want to form a pill, you might as well learn a technique to cultivate your body."

"Body training?"

"Yes, it is about refining the body. The reason why the Dan-forming thunder tribulation is so terrifying is that its power is so strong that it is enough to destroy the cultivator's body.

If the body is strong enough, it will have more resistance and the chance of surviving the thunder tribulation will be a little higher."

Wei Zhong pondered for a moment.

'Since I started practicing, I have always been driven by my cultivation level. I can't even practice the "Spring and Autumn Water Refining Art", let alone another method of body refining.

For example, the Health Preserving Skills that can increase the upper limit of lifespan, have been put aside by myself and I may not practice them many times a year.

The improvement of the physical body depends entirely on the spiritual wine Qingluozui, but few people take the initiative to refine the body.

But now that you are safe and at ease, you may really want to consider the art of body training.'

"Fellow Daoist Xu Xuan's suggestion is good. Do you have any method to recommend?"

The latter stroked his beard:

“Speaking of the body-refining method, the best in Yunzhou is the Wang family’s Body-Forging Technique.

This method is extremely mysterious. If one cultivates it to the highest level of the Golden Body, he or she will be comparable to a spiritual master like us who have achieved the state of Divine Transformation."

"Could it be the Wang family in Yunzhou City that produces body-refining pills?"

"That's right. But this method is a secret of the Wang family, so you can't get it.

If you come to my Luohe Prefecture, the "Forging Gang Method" in the Gang Palace is the best.

It was created based on the Gangqi in the body training of mortal martial arts. It condenses spiritual energy and tempers Gangqi. It is a method of cultivating the body mainly with other spiritual methods as auxiliary.

The stronger the spiritual power of the cultivator, the faster the progress in this technique. It is the most suitable method of physical training as a supplement to spiritual cultivation."

When Wei Zhong heard that there was such a magical method, he couldn't help but be excited for a moment.

"Strong spiritual power? Isn't that me? Wei Zhong, who practiced the Spring and Autumn Water Refining Art, has spiritual power several times higher than the average foundation-building cultivator. He also went through a krypton-level retraining, and his spiritual power quality has improved even further."

"Fellow Daoist Xu Xuan, I wonder if the Zhi Gang Palace's "Forging Gang Method" can be passed on to others?"

"This... I haven't heard of any outside news. But Daoist friend, you can go and take a look with your identity as a third-level alchemist.

Since you are trying to refine the Dust Reduction Pill, I guess you are already very proficient in the third-level pill making technique, right?"

Wei Zhong nodded in confusion.

"That's easy. Most of the cultivators in Zhigang Palace are practitioners of both the Dharma and the body. Their demand for elixirs like Haoyuan Dan that can enhance their cultivation is much greater than that of ordinary Jindan sects.

Fellow Daoist may be able to use this alchemy technique to help him refine the elixir, and thus obtain this technique from him."

Wei Zhong sighed in his heart.

"So this is the method. I thought some fellow Taoist was seriously injured and urgently needed a life-saving medicine. If I could make this kind of medicine, the other party would hand over the skills to me."

It seems that Wei Zhong was overthinking it.

"Does Daoist Fellow Xu Xuan have any other methods to recommend? This "Casting Gang Method" is not easy to obtain."

Wei Zhong did not place his hope on a deal with a Jindan sect, but asked again.

"Well, I don't know much about the body-refining methods either. You might as well take a look at the techniques that can be exchanged for contribution points in the Chamber of Commerce."

Wei Zhong was stunned. He didn't expect that the other party was just talking big and had no idea when he got to the point.

"I am short of contribution points right now, so how can I afford to look for a body-refining method?"

It would be better to put it aside and find out what the Zhigang Palace has to say.

After checking the body-refining methods sold in Yunji Building, Wei Zhong put down a few jade slips and sighed.

'As expected of a spiritual cultivation world, where physical training resources are scarce, good physical training methods are hard to find.'

Wei Zhong was able to reach the physical strength of a foundation-building cultivator with the help of the spiritual wine Qingluozui, so naturally he looked down upon these ordinary body-refining methods.

A mission to find a treasure to deal with thunder tribulations was issued in the Yunji Chamber of Commerce, and Wei Zhong left Yuelan City.

It has been more than three years since the creation of the thousand-jin heavy water spirit body, but there is still no news about the golden thunder bamboo and spiritual silk. Wei Zhong couldn't help but feel disappointed.

"It seems that even a thousand-year-old spiritual object is still not easy to obtain."

After returning to Yunxia Island and practicing in seclusion for three years, Wei Zhong once again broke through to the eighth level of foundation building.

During this period, Wei Zhong basically did not go out except for participating in an auction and purchasing a thousand-year-old Xuanming grass.

Wei Zhong went to Gang Palace to sound out the situation and got the answer that the skills could not be passed on to outsiders. If Wei Zhong wanted to learn the skills, he had to join the sect.

Although the other party promised him the position of elder, how could Wei Zhong, who was used to being idle, accept such conditions?

He rejected the invitation from Zhigang Palace and gave up the idea of ​​practicing the "Zhugang Method".

Wei Zhong also took a fancy to several body-refining methods that could be exchanged for contribution points in the Yunji Chamber of Commerce, but unfortunately the prices were a bit high.

The minimum requirement is 2,500 contribution points.

However, Wei Zhong has only accumulated less than 2,000 points in the past few years, and there is still a gap of several hundred points.

These contribution points all come from the second-level Qingluozui and the first-level Yulinqing.

As for the second-level Falling Moon Red that Shan Qin took, the Yunji Chamber of Commerce was unable to achieve a balance between income and expenditure with it, so it did not promote it any further.

Wei Zhong thought that he would still need to use his contribution points to exchange for spiritual objects such as the Golden Thunder Bamboo, so he gave up the idea of ​​exchanging them for the body-refining technique.

One day Ling Ziwei suddenly came to the door, and Wei Zhong came out to greet her.

"Fairy Ling, long time no see."

Ever since Xie Linghua established her foundation, the two of them had rarely had the chance to meet. The other party seemed to be busy with something, and as an outsider, it was not convenient for Wei Zhong to ask.

"It's been a long time since we last met," Ling Ziwei smiled, "Sister Ling'er has become more and more beautiful."

Wei Zhong knew that what he said was true. Ever since Xie Linghua established her foundation, her lifespan had greatly increased, and her face had also become younger.

From the age of twenty, he went back to eighteen years old, and his energy became stronger as his cultivation increased...

After chatting for a while, Ling Ziwei finally got back to the point.

"With Fellow Daoist Wei's current alchemy skills, are you sure you can make the Dust-Reducing Pill?"

Wei Zhong was stunned: "Fairy Ling, are you going to achieve Dan formation?"

The latter nodded.

Xie Linghua was also a little surprised when she heard this. She didn't expect that Sister Ling, who had trained with her in the past few years, would be able to form a pill.

Wei Zhong touched his chin, thought for a moment and then replied, "Although I have never practiced this kind of elixir, I can guarantee that the chance of success is more than 40%."

Ling Ziwei smiled slightly when she heard this: "Then I feel relieved." Then she handed Wei Zhong a storage bag.

Wei Zhong took it and looked at it. It contained various spiritual medicines needed to refine the Dust-Reducing Pill, including the most important Millennium Xuanming Grass and Millennium Nine Heart Fruit.

There were two full portions, which were even more sufficient than what Wei Zhong had prepared.

"Fairy Ling really opened my eyes. There are several such precious thousand-year-old spiritual medicines."

Seeing Wei Zhong's surprised expression, Ling Ziwei also felt a little proud and said:
"This is what I got from the secret place I told you about before. Do you want to explore it with me now?

Maybe Fellow Daoist Wei can even get a few precious spiritual herbs from it."

The secret place that could produce thousand-year-old elixirs finally aroused Wei Zhong's curiosity.

"Wait for me to refine this elixir for you, and then go with Fairy Ling."

Seeing that Wei Zhong was persuaded by her, Ling Ziwei smiled even brighter: "Then I'll leave it to you, Brother Wei."

Wei Zhong said goodbye and left with the storage bag containing the elixir, and came to the cave.

Classify the spiritual medicines and spread them on the ground, close your eyes and recall the steps required to refine the Dust-Reducing Pill.

As his mood gradually calmed down and his mind became clear, Wei Zhong took out his alchemy furnace.

Putting his own life-saving magic weapon, Yuanshuizhu, at the bottom of the furnace, Wei Zhong's spiritual power turned into a big hand, picking up various spiritual medicines...

After three months, Wei Zhong finally came out of seclusion with a bottle of elixir, and then handed the jade bottle of elixir to Ling Ziwei who had been waiting for these days.

"As expected of Fellow Daoist Wei, two doses of medicinal materials can produce two pills," Ling Ziwei praised.

Wei Zhong shook his head, knowing that he was the only one who knew what happened during the alchemy process.

After all, it was the first time I used this pill, and I made some mistakes in the operation.

Something went wrong when refining the first batch of materials, resulting in the failure of making the pill, and only one waste pill came out.

The second time, he managed to produce a pill, but it was also of low quality.

Fortunately, the results of the third refining were very promising, and two pills were produced directly.

"I thought I could reach the middle level the third time, but it seems I was overthinking it."

Only then did Wei Zhong realize that he had overestimated himself. The difficulty of making the Dust-Reducing Pill was much higher than that of the ordinary third-grade elixir.

No wonder the Dust Reducing Pill is only available in Luohe Prefecture once every few years.

The three batches of medicinal materials produced a total of three low-grade Dust-Reducing Pills, which met the minimum expectations.

Wei Zhong was very satisfied that there were no consecutive failures of the furnace exploding.

Ling Ziwei smiled and took out a pill from the pill bottle, and threw the remaining pill and the bottle to Wei Zhong:

"This pill is considered as a reward from Fellow Daoist Wei."

Wei Zhong shook his head gently: "My cultivation is still lacking, so I don't need this pill for the time being. Fairy Ling, why don't you take it together. With the help of two pills, the chance of forming a pill can be increased a little bit."

Seeing this, Ling Ziwei did not refuse. She accepted the two pills and kept this friendship in her heart.

"I wonder if Fairy Ling can take me to see that secret place now?"

(End of this chapter)