Chapter 83: The Pill is Complete, Wanyan Fu
Chapter 83: The Pill is Complete, Wanyan Fu
"They separated from my body, so why not use the alchemy method to absorb them again?"
Wei Zhong was silent. The alchemy method recorded on the leather was not the conventional alchemy method using spiritual herbs, but an unconventional alchemy method mixed with flesh, blood, and soul.
If one can refine the flesh and blood incarnation of Tan Tai Lin, then naturally one can refine the bodies of other cultivators as well.
It is not an exaggeration to call this recipe of elixir an evil method.
However, Wei Zhong guessed that if a cultivator were to refine the elixir, there would probably be great hidden dangers. After all, the differences between people were huge, and they were far less harmonious than Tan Tai Lin and his incarnation.
Wei Zhong raised his head and said, "Senior, have you prepared enough auxiliary materials?"
Since it is alchemy, it naturally requires main and auxiliary medicines.
The main medicine is already available, and the remaining auxiliary medicines depend on how they are prepared.
"It's already been prepared!"
Tan Tai Lin handed over a storage bag, which was filled with various medicinal materials for refining Guiyuan Pills, including but not limited to spiritual medicines, spiritual fruits, and gold and iron spiritual materials.
"I am new to refining this kind of pill and I am not very skilled yet. I am afraid there will be many failures during the refining process. I hope you will forgive me."
Wei Zhong explained.
Tan Tai Lin waved his sleeves and said, "It doesn't matter. I will be very satisfied if I can take back half of the incarnation's power."
Wei Zhong nodded, turned around and looked at Ling Ziwei: "I am afraid it will take some time for me to refine the elixir this time. Fellow Daoist Ling has obtained the secret method of replacing the robbery. Are you ready to leave?"
Ling Ziwei hesitated a little, thinking that she was not well prepared for the Dan Formation, so she said, "Then I will leave first. Also, fellow Daoist, don't worry about the affairs of Yunxia Island. I will take care of it for you."
Wei Zhong cupped his hands and said, "Thank you very much, fellow Taoist."
After Ling Ziwei left, Tan Tai Lin brought Wei Zhong to the back of the courtyard.
Feeling the increasingly rich spiritual energy in the air, Wei Zhong's eyes showed a hint of surprise.
'There really is a fourth-level spiritual land in this place.'
"You just make the elixir here, and I, the old Taoist priest, will protect you outside," Tan Tai Lin said and left, leaving Wei Zhong alone.
Wei Zhongxun sat cross-legged at the spiritual eye where the spiritual energy was the most concentrated, and then bloody monsters emerged from the surrounding forest.
Wei Zhong looked at these strange monsters covered in blood and flesh, let out a long breath, closed his eyes and calmed his mind, recalling the method of refining medicine on leather in his mind.
After a moment, he grabbed a skinless squirrel, looked at the still dim spiritual light on its body, and murmured:
"Let's start simple."
The grade of Guiyuan Dan is not fixed and varies according to the level of the blood body.
The blood body as the main medicine is the Qi Refining cultivation, which is a first-level pill, and the foundation building is the second level...
Although the refining process is complicated, it is still within Wei Zhong's ability.
When he first started refining the elixir, he failed frequently. But as the number of attempts increased, Wei Zhong finally succeeded once, and the probability of successful pill creation continued to rise.
After refining the Guiyuan Pill for half a year, Wei Zhong paused for a moment and looked at the panel.
[Third-level Alchemy·Water·Master (1%)]
After half a year of alchemy, Wei Zhong's third-level alchemy skills have broken through to the master level, and he is more adept at refining this kind of Guiyuan Pill.
The surrounding ground was filled with pill bottles, all of which were filled with blood-red Guiyuan Pills.
As for Tan Tai Lin, he has not come here since he tried a pill and confirmed its effect.
Wei Zhong was alone here refining the elixir, and he did not communicate with him during this time. He could only hear faint wailing sounds coming from him occasionally while refining the elixir.
"Sure enough, in the process of refining the incarnation into Guiyuan Dan, the original body, Tan Tai Lin, will also be harmed."
However, since the other party did not ask Wei Zhong to stop, there was no reason for Wei Zhong to stop refining the elixir.
Grabbing the blood snake beside him, Wei Zhong's eyes showed a hint of solemnity.
"I have already refined all the first and second level incarnations, and now only these difficult third level ones are left."
Wei Zhong put it into the furnace, and then took out the spiritual material of a higher age...
A year later, Wei Zhong came into the house with the elixir bottle, and what came into his sight was Tan Tai Lin sitting cross-legged on the black jade bed.
The latter closed his eyes tightly, with a look of pain between his brows.
"Senior, the pills have been refined," Wei Zhong said with a bow, and then placed all the pill bottles on the ground.
Tan Tai Lin then opened his eyes, threw out a storage bag, and said:
"This is your reward for refining the elixir. Take it and leave."
Wei Zhong took the storage bag and bowed to him, then flew away from the foggy valley along the way he came.
Halfway through the return journey, Wei Zhong probed his spiritual sense into the storage bag.
"Top-grade spiritual stone?"
Wei Zhong was a little surprised when he saw the jade that was full of spiritual energy. He had already learned from Miaoli Shan how precious top-grade spirit stones were. As a common currency for Nascent Soul cultivators, top-grade spirit stones were a level higher than mid-grade spirit stones.
I didn't expect Tan Tai Lin to be so generous and give me ten.
In addition, there was a jade slip. After Wei Zhong glanced through it, he found that it did not record any secret techniques, but rather Tan Tai Lin's own experience in cultivation.
It covers all levels from Qi Refining to Core Forming, and also has his unique understanding of breaking through bottlenecks.
Wei Zhong gained a lot from just reading a part of it.
Wei Zhong has been practicing behind closed doors for so many years. The inheritance left by Bai He only contains the techniques of practice, but no experience to talk about.
After so many years of hard training, Wei Zhong rarely discussed Taoism with fellow cultivators of the same level. What was recorded in this jade slip was exactly what Wei Zhong was currently lacking.
After solemnly putting it into the cave, Wei Zhong turned into a beam of light and flew towards Yunxia Island.
After returning to the island, Wei Zhong found that everything on the island had not changed much from when he left.
As Xie Linghua established her foundation, the operation of the Spirit Island no longer required Wei Zhong's special participation. Whether internally or externally, Xie Linghua, who was in the foundation-building stage, could handle it with ease.
"Ling'er, the news that I have been promoted to a third-level alchemist can be spread out. In addition, you don't need to accept the general refining tasks of second-level pills such as the Heqi Pill..."
Many people already knew Wei Zhong's identity as a third-level alchemist. In addition, his current strength was not bad, so there was no need to hide it any longer.
"Yes, sir!"
Knowing that Wei Zhong had reached the level of a third-rank alchemist, the nearby cultivators were in an uproar.
There is a huge difference between the third level and the second level. Now Wei Zhong can be on par with the Jindan cultivators with his alchemy skills.
Its appeal to independent cultivators is even stronger than those of the Jindan sects.
Just one month after the news spread, many people came to visit.
Some people admire him, while others really need to make elixirs.
Wei Zhong responded flexibly and rejected most of the requests for alchemy.
"Fellow Daoist Luo, walk slowly!"
Wei Zhong sent away a Jindan cultivator and returned to the cave and sighed.
"It's true that when you are famous you are prone to gossip."
Within this month, four Jindan cultivators came to visit. Some of them were independent cultivators who came to make themselves familiar to Wei Zhong so that they could ask Wei Zhong to make elixirs for them in the future.
Some, like this monk named Luo, came from the local forces of Luohe Prefecture. They promised Wei Zhong various benefits and invited him to join them.
Wei Zhong naturally declined politely, but fortunately the other party was sensible and did not press Wei Zhong aggressively.
Most of the time in the past two years has been spent on refining the Guiyuan Pill, which has delayed Wei Zhong's progress in cultivation.
Just when he was about to practice well for some time, Qingze came to his door.
"Why does Fellow Daoist Qingze look so bad?"
Wei Zhong asked, looking at his pale face.
"Fellow Daoist Wei, don't you know?" Qingze looked a little surprised, but when he recalled Wei Zhong's hardworking nature, he was relieved and explained:
"Recently, a strange foundation-building cultivator named Wanyan Fu came to Luohe Prefecture. He is young and aggressive by nature.
In the past six months, I have picked off half of the famous foundation-building cultivators in Luohe Prefecture, and I was injured in the battles with them."
"Oh?" Wei Zhong had been practicing alchemy for more than a year, but he really didn't know about this.
"I don't know where this person comes from, but he is so bold."
"It is rumored that he is from Yunzhou City. His exact identity is unknown, but based on his arrogant temperament, he is probably from a Yuanying force."
At this point, Qingze added, "Daoyou Wei has just announced the news of a third-level alchemist. You need to be careful. This person is extremely unfriendly to independent cultivators like us. Be careful that he may be shameless and deal with you."
Wei Zhong said with some surprise: "No matter how unreasonable this person is, he wouldn't attack an alchemist like me."
Qingze shook his head.
"By the way, I wonder if this person has found Fairy Ling?"
Qingze nodded and replied, "Fellow Daoist Wei is really not well-informed. Wanyan Fu has been harassing Miss for several months.
But the young lady seemed to be busy with the matter of forming the elixir recently, so she rejected the man's invitation to fight and stayed in the family first.
However, Wanyan Fu seemed to have set his sights on the young lady and kept blocking the Ling family’s territory.”
As Ling Ziwei was a cultivator in the late stage of foundation building, it was within Wei Zhong's expectations that he would be challenged by him.
But after being rejected, he continued to pester me and even blocked the door. I'm afraid his purpose is not pure enough.
With some doubts in his heart, Wei Zhong asked, "I wonder what Daoist Fellow Qingze is here for?"
"I came here mainly to ask for some healing pills, and by the way, I want to tell you that I have found what you need."
Wei Zhong was stunned.
"Could it be that the Golden Thunder Bamboo is what I need?"
Wei Zhong took out a few bottles of pills and handed them to Qingze, who also took out spirit stones in exchange.
"Fellow Daoist Qingze, how about I go with you to the Ling family to take a look?"
Wei Zhong knew that the other party had started guarding the Ling family a few years ago, so he said so.
Qingze nodded and warned: "Fellow Daoist Wei, be careful when you meet Wanyan Fu. Don't get into conflict with him. He may not necessarily take into account your status as a third-level alchemist."
"Don't worry, Brother Qingze."
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The two of them rushed towards the Ling family, and Qingze said on the way:
"Because Wanyan Fu blocked the way, the Ling family has been in chaos recently, and the people in the family are in a panic..."
"Has Senior Ling Hua shown up?"
Qingze nodded: "Senior Ling has come here several times and tried to persuade Wanyan Fu. But the other party did not give Senior Ling any face at all.
On the contrary, the seniors, because of the power behind him, couldn’t do anything to him.”
Wei Zhong frowned. It was not good for Ling Ziwei to be blocked by him all the time.
Being trapped in the clan, without the opportunity to prepare for the means to deal with the thunder tribulation of the Jindan stage, one's cultivation will stagnate.
If he accepted the fight, he would most likely be injured, which would be a great inconvenience for his later formation of the Dan.
This is a dead end. Unless Wanyan Fu can give up the challenge, otherwise...
"Friend Wei, look, that's Wanyan Fu's car."
Wei Zhong looked up and saw a magnificent golden flying boat.
"A third-order flying boat?" It seems to be something extraordinary.
"Yes, otherwise how can we say that his background is deep? How can those foundation-building forces in the Jindan forces have the ability to produce such a third-level spirit boat?"
When Wei Zhong and Qingze passed by the spirit boat, they seemed to be discovered by the people in the boat.
A young male voice came out:
"Wait a minute!"
Then the flying boat moved in front of the two of them in a blink of an eye, and Wei Zhong had to stop together with Qingze.
A young man in a red Taoist robe walked out and looked at Wei Zhong and said:
"This Taoist friend looks unfamiliar. Could you please tell me your name?"
"I am Wei Zhong from Yunxia Island, nice to meet you, fellow Taoist."
"Wei Zhong?" The young man thought for a moment, "So you are the newly promoted third-level alchemist. I am Wanyan Fu, the true disciple of the Shadow Moon Sect. I wonder if you are willing to join my Shadow Moon Sect."
When Wei Zhong heard the other party reveal his family background, he recalled the past events in Mangyuan Mansion:
"Master Ruowu of the Shadow Moon Sect killed the fourth-order wind wolf and helped the Qingmu Sect advance hundreds of miles into the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range..."
"He is indeed a cultivator from a Yuanying sect."
"I am extremely honored by Daoist Wanyan's invitation, but I have already joined the Yunji Chamber of Commerce, so I am afraid I cannot fulfill your wish."
Wei Zhong politely declined.
Wanyan Fu's expression turned ugly:
"Humph, it's the Yunji Chamber of Commerce again."
Seeing their reaction, Wei Zhong guessed that the Yunji Chamber of Commerce's move to win over independent cultivators might make these major Nascent Soul sects unhappy.
"I have something important to do with Fairy Ling, so I'll take my leave now."
Wei Zhong bowed to Wanyan Fu, then took Qingze away.
Wanyan Fu, who was standing behind him, looked at Wei Zhong's back with an uncertain look in his eyes.
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In the Ling family's land, Wei Zhong saw Ling Ziwei in purple clothes in a courtyard.
Qingze, on the other hand, left tactfully after bringing Wei Zhong to the Ling family.
"Fairy Ling."
"Fellow Daoist Wei is here. Is the matter done?" Ling Ziwei saw Wei Zhong coming and there was a hint of joy in her eyes.
Wei Zhong naturally knew that the other party was talking about refining the elixir for Tan Tai Lin.
"Of course it's settled," Wei Zhong took out a jade slip, which reproduced some of Tan Tai Lin's experiences in breaking through the Jindan stage.
Since he did not ask Wei Zhong not to spread the news, Wei Zhong intercepted part of it and gave it to Ling Ziwei.
Ling Ziwei took the jade slip and glanced at it quickly, with a look of joy on her face: "Thank you, Fellow Daoist Wei."
Wei Zhong shook his head and asked, "I wonder if Fairy Ling asked Daoist Brother Qingze to pass on a message, but there is some progress on the Golden Thunder Bamboo."
Ling Ziwei nodded: "That's right, the formation in that secret place has been cracked to the vicinity of the Golden Thunder Bamboo.
But the last layer of protective formation is quite troublesome. My subordinates can't do anything about it, so I still need to take action.
Now I am blocked here by Wanyan Fu..."
'Sure enough. ’
Wei Zhong had long guessed that the Golden Thunder Bamboo must have been trapped by a restriction, otherwise the Ling family would have sent it to him long ago, and how could they have allowed Qingze to bring such ambiguous words as "there is a clue".
"Does Fellow Daoist Ling have no solution?"
Ling Ziwei shook her head: "Fellow Daoist Wei, you don't know that Wanyan Fu is a disciple of the Taoist Master Ruowu of the Shadow Moon Sect. He is extremely favored because of his spiritual roots."
"Earth Spiritual Roots?" Wei Zhong was shocked.
Among the cultivators Wei Zhong has met now, those with top-grade spiritual roots can be counted on one hand, let alone those with earth-grade spiritual roots.
Ling Ziwei nodded and continued, "The terrifying thing is that this person not only has outstanding talent, but his cultivation is in the late stage of foundation building, and he has an exquisite swordsmanship.
He once fought against a Jindan master and remained undefeated, showing his extremely strong strength.
I, the concubine, really do not have the confidence to fight them, so I avoided the battle and retreated to my clan."
"this······"
Wei Zhong also had a big headache.
"Isn't it obvious that this person is blocking me from taking the Golden Thunder Bamboo? Do I have to hide my identity and give him some trouble?"
"No, no, there is a Nascent Soul cultivator behind this, and I cannot afford to provoke him with my current strength. If I am exposed, my life may be in danger."
Pretend to be a mysterious monk in the late stage of foundation building to attract his challenge?'
Wei Zhong stroked his chin, unsure.
"Has Fairy Ling ever left without revealing her identity?"
Ling Ziwei shook her head: "No, this person will challenge me outside the formation every few days. If he finds out that I have left secretly, he will probably attack my Ling family directly."
Wei Zhong was also very troubled when he heard this.
"Are there really such shameless disciples from large sects in this world?"
"Why don't we leave openly and find a chance to get out of his sight? It won't have a good impact on the Ling family if he blocks the Ling family like this."
Ling Ziwei thought of the Ling family members who had been worried and frightened recently, and sighed:
"Well, now that things have come to this, we can only take it one step at a time."
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Later, Wei Zhong and Ling Ziwei left the Ling family territory together.
When Wanyan Fu saw Ling Ziwei appear, he immediately drove his spirit boat over:
"Fairy Ling, what do you think? As long as you accept the challenge, I promise not to tangle with you."
Ling Ziwei replied helplessly: "Fellow Daoist Wanyan, why do you have to entangle a weak woman like me? I am weak and I am afraid I can't defeat you. How about I admit defeat?"
"Fairy Ling is too modest. You have already reached the level of a third-rank formation master at such a young age. You are much more powerful than those casual cultivators who are just building their foundation..."
Wei Zhong looked strange after hearing the other party's praise.
"Could it be that Wan Yanfu has some thoughts about Ling Ziwei?"
Ling Ziwei was already showing obvious impatience after hearing the nagging words, so she pulled Wei Zhong and flew away.
Wanyan Fu was left standing there with an awkward look on his face, and after a moment a stern look flashed across his face.
"The Shadow Moon Sect has really lost its prestige in these surrounding cities. No one dares to reject me."
He turned around and entered the spirit boat, steering the boat behind the two of them.
"Where is Fairy Ling going? Why don't you let me give you a ride?"
Ling Ziwei had no choice but to ask Wei Zhong, "Fellow Daoist Wei, where are we going?"
Wei Zhong replied: "Let's go to the Yunji Tower in Yuelan City. We are the guests of the Chamber of Commerce after all. As a Yuanying force equal to the Yingyue Sect, Wanyan Fu would never dare to act wildly there."
"Then how do we get out of this?"
"I'll have to trouble the Chamber of Commerce's owner, Fellow Daoist Xu Xuan," Wei Zhong said with a smile.
Ling Ziwei was somewhat surprised: "But is it the Taoist Xu Xuan who relied on three third-level skills to win the position of the treasurer of this mansion with a foundation-building body?"
"Exactly."
"I didn't expect that Fellow Daoist Wei is so close to the shopkeeper of this mansion," Ling Ziwei said to Wei Zhong with emotion.
"Haha, I just have a few common interests with Fellow Daoist Xu Xuan." Wei Zhong replied with a laugh.
The two ignored Wanyan Fu's thoughts behind them and continued to fly in the green boat.
This made Wanyan Fu instantly furious, and he almost couldn't help but take action to stop the two of them.
"This, Yuelan City?"
Wanyan Fu narrowed his eyes and saw the two of them put away their green boats and enter the city. He also put away his third-level flying boat and then entered the city.
Wei Zhong and the other man showed their tokens in Yunji Tower. A maid saw the two guests coming hand in hand and was very nervous and wanted to lead them inside for a detailed discussion.
Looking at the maid's unfamiliar face, Wei Zhong knew she was new.
"Help me find Shopkeeper Xu Xuan and tell him that an old friend is here."
At this time, a female cultivator's voice came from upstairs: "It's Brother Wei. The shopkeeper is drinking tea in the private room. Please come with me."
It turned out to be Yun Luo, the maid who had once received Wei Zhong.
"Thank you for your help, Brother Yun!"
Wei Zhong and Ling Ziwei followed behind him.
Seeing this, Wanyan Fu also wanted to follow the two of them, but was stopped by the maid.
"My fellow Daoist, the space above is the private space of our Yunji Chamber of Commerce. Only guests of our Chamber of Commerce are allowed to enter."
Wanyan Fu's face was full of impatience. He was already irritated by Wei Zhong and the other man, and now he was actually stopped by a small shop maid.
"Step aside!"
Wanyan Fu no longer suppressed himself and pushed away the person who was blocking him. The latter was immediately pushed against the wall by his palm, uttered a muffled groan, and vomited blood.
The attention of people around was drawn to this sudden change.
A mysterious voice came from upstairs:
"Who dares to act so presumptuously in my Yunji Chamber of Commerce?"
Seeing Wanyan Fu's face, Xu Xuan was also surprised for a moment. But when he saw the shop maid vomiting blood, he immediately said angrily:
"As the true disciple of Shadow Moon Sect, Daoist Wanyan, are you so rude? Or do you think you don't take Yunji Chamber of Commerce seriously?"
Wanyan Fu opened his mouth to argue, but suddenly he glimpsed a Dan-forming aura, so he clenched his fists and said, "Excuse me for disturbing you."
Then he glanced at Wei Zhong and Ling Ziwei and turned away.
Seeing Wanyan Fu leave tactfully, Wei Zhong and the others breathed a sigh of relief.
Wei Zhong walked up to the female cultivator who had just been helped up, took out a pill bottle and stuffed it into her hand.
"Thank you, senior."
Wei Zhong didn't say much, and Ling Ziwei felt a little embarrassed, so she stuffed a few medium-grade spirit stones into his arms.
"Okay, Fellow Daoist Wei, leave this place to Yun Luo. Come up with me to have some tea," Xu Xuan said to Wei Zhong.
Wei Zhong nodded, and followed Ling Ziwei upstairs.
After watching the two leave, the injured maid asked Yun Luo:
"Sister Yun, who are those two seniors?"
Yun Luo wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with a handkerchief:
"Silly girl, stay away when you encounter something like this. How dare you, with your small body, stop a foundation-building person? You're lucky to be lucky," Yun Luo said, knocking on her head.
"As for the two seniors, they are the guests of our Chamber of Commerce, one is a third-level alchemist and the other is a third-level formation master."
"Level three?" A hint of longing flashed in the woman's eyes.
(End of this chapter)