Longzang

Chapter 425 Comprehending the Immortal Formula
The flying boat returned to Qingming. The disciples of the Heavenly Crafts Hall went to report to Yu Zhizhuo, while Xu Henshui, along with the disciples of the Creation Temple, chose a place rich in spiritual energy to settle down.

This place is very close to the medicine garden, and also very close to the new city composed entirely of Xu family youths and sacrificial offerings; it is the core area of ​​Qingming. As a crucial location for alchemy, Wei Yuan naturally does not want it to be lost.

Wei Yuan then allocated the surrounding thousand acres of spiritual fields to Xu Henshui as his exclusive medicinal garden, and selected three hundred clever and quick-witted youths to serve as Xu Henshui's servants.

Although Xu Henshui only brought ten people with him, he brought four large storage magic treasures, as well as dozens of large and small alchemy furnaces and a complete medicine storehouse, which was full of processed medicinal materials.

In addition, Xu Henshui brought more than ten different types of fire sources to be used in conjunction with different elixir formulas.

After several days of busy work, they finally finished moving all the supplies and belongings they had brought. Then Xu Henshui drew up the blueprints, and the three hundred young servants began to officially construct the Huaguan Temple. Wei Yuan also sent an additional two hundred cultivators to assist, so construction proceeded very quickly.

Seven days later, Xu Henshui finally had a chance to rest for a while. At this moment, drowsiness came over him, and Xu Henshui closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.

Then he had a very strange dream. In the dream, he seemed to enter a mystical space and meet some people. He discussed elixirs with these people for a long time.

Strangely, those people seemed to know very little about alchemy, but they possessed a rather magical ancient elixir formula called something like Kun Yuan Dan.

Xu Henshui spent the entire night studying this ancient elixir formula.

He was indeed erudite and deeply knowledgeable in alchemy. The Xu family also possessed a profound foundation, with countless treasures hidden within their treasury, thus giving him exceptional insight. Thus, Xu Henshui roughly guessed the two medicinal ingredients in the ancient alchemical formula and found their modern substitutes.

In his excitement, before he could even verify it, the time Xu Henshui had set arrived, and he woke up from his dream. Upon waking, Xu Henshui only vaguely remembered fragments of the dream, having forgotten most of his experiences.

Such a scenario, resembling a dream transmitted by an immortal, would never occur without cause and effect. Moreover, Xu Henshui is already a Dharma Aspect, with a firm Dao heart; it's impossible for him to have a dream while sound asleep.

After careful consideration, Xu Henshui went to the Hall of Merit and exchanged for a batch of books, finally confirming that the Dream of the Immortal truly existed. The two ancient medicinal herbs he learned about in the dream also greatly intrigued him.

Many of these rare materials have either become extinct or their production areas have shifted due to changes in the world, making them difficult to find again.

For alchemists of Xu Henshui's caliber, each medicinal herb is a window through which they can glimpse a corner of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth. These lost medicinal herbs, in particular, can unlock unprecedented treasures.

So, despite feeling it was strange, Xu Henshui still decided to take the risk the next day. He first set up an array to protect his divine sense, then ordered people to guard his residence, and then sat in the center of the array and fell into a deep sleep.

After entering the dream, Xu Henshui indeed returned to the place where the immortal transmitted the dream, but his consciousness was always somewhat blurred, and his vision was pitch black, with only occasional figures flashing by.

There seemed to be voices around him, but Xu Henshui couldn't make out what they were saying. Suddenly, Xu Henshui sensed a very familiar and comforting aura around him, as if it were of the same kind and origin as his own, but that aura vanished without conveying any information to him.

However, sensing the familiar aura calmed Xu Henshui down.

That night, Xu Henshui's dream continued, this time about studying ancient elixirs. His spirits lifted, and he focused intently on his research, free from all other worries. Although he couldn't find modern counterparts for the remaining ancient ingredients, the sheer amount of time and effort spent studying the principles behind the entire elixir-making formula had already yielded tremendous results for him.

When Xu Henshui awoke from the dream, he felt utterly exhausted, and his consciousness was wracked with inexplicable pain. His memories of the immortal dream were hazy, and most of them had been forgotten. However, the memories related to the immortal formulas and elixirs remained clear in his mind, which filled Xu Henshui with ecstatic joy.

Xu Henshui rubbed the back of his head, then realized it wasn't his head that hurt, but his very soul. He groaned, stood up, and suddenly his gaze froze!
The protective array he had set up to protect his divine sense was completely destroyed!
Xu Henshui hurriedly called in the guards, but the disciples looked blank and said that no one had entered the courtyard and there was no movement in the room.

Those who came to Qingming this time were all outstanding disciples of the Creation Temple, their abilities and loyalty impeccable, so Xu Henshui naturally had no reason to suspect them. Besides, these disciples were all at the Foundation Establishment stage, while Xu Henshui himself was at the Dharma Aspect stage; even he hadn't noticed anything unusual, so how could these disciples possibly have sensed anything?

For the rest of the day, Xu Henshui was restless and almost forgot to take care of his face. However, by midnight, all that remained in Xu Henshui's mind was the alchemical principles he had been diligently studying the previous night.

This ancient formula was clearly quite complete, with the entire process of pill formation displayed before one's eyes. Compared to the true essence of the inheritance, it was only veiled in mystery. Each of these formulas was extremely precious, and after studying it for just one night, Xu Henshui felt that his alchemy skills had improved once again.

After much deliberation, he stamped his foot, sighed softly, and leaned back on the couch, falling into a deep sleep.

This time, they didn't even bother setting up the protective array for the soul.

Wei Yuan was looking at the map, pondering the surrounding situation, when suddenly a thought struck him, and he felt that something had changed again in the vast land.

As soon as Wei Yuan's divine sense entered the vast land, he saw Xu Henshui's figure appear.

At this moment, Xu Henshui was clearly in a state between dreaming and waking. Just as he was in a daze, he saw the girl Yin Yang appear behind him and put a black cloth bag over his head, blocking most of his senses.

Then, the girl Yin Yang led Xu Henshui to a stone hall. A ball of light floated in the center of the hall, but there was nothing else.

Xu Henshui was very docile. He sat cross-legged under the ball of light and began to meditate.

Wei Yuan was all too familiar with this sphere of light; it was the ancient immortal formula, the Kunyuan Longevity Pill, whose true essence he had inherited. However, Wei Yuan's alchemy skills were mediocre, and he had never been able to find the time to study it, which was why the formula remained unused.

But Xu Henshui is a Dharma Aspect, and not just any ordinary Dharma Aspect, so how did he get arrested?

The classification of Dharma forms is the same as that of Dao foundations, also distinguished according to the four ranks of Immortal, Heaven, Earth, and Human. Human-rank Dharma forms basically correspond to Earth and Heaven-rank Dao foundations; Earth-rank Dharma forms correspond to Heaven and Immortal foundations.

Heavenly Manifestation and Immortal Manifestation can only be achieved with an Immortal Dao Foundation. Therefore, even though they are both Immortal Foundations, the differences between them are actually quite huge, even greater than the differences between Immortal Foundations and Human Foundations.

Xu Henshui's Dharma form is Lan Xian, which is clearly a celestial form. Therefore, Wei Yuan never expected that Xu Henshui could be pulled into his Dharma form realm. It seems that his own mortal status needs to be reassessed.

However, upon entering, Xu Henshui's Lanxian Dharma Form was immediately sealed by the girl's Yin-Yang technique, which also blocked most of Xu Henshui's senses, allowing him to only come into contact with the Ancient Immortal Formula.

Xu Henshui was also a scholar; once he saw the ancient prescription, he became completely absorbed in studying it, forgetting everything else.

Wei Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, this guy's senses were blocked. Otherwise, if this guy saw the girl now that she was completely naked, wouldn't it be a huge loss?
The moment Wei Yuan had this thought, the girl Yin Yang turned and looked at him. Wei Yuan inwardly cursed, almost forgetting that she had now developed sentience and was no longer a puppet that could be manipulated at will.

The girl looked down at herself, and suddenly clothes appeared on her body. The last one was a scholar's robe, the same style as Zhang Sheng's.

Wei Yuan felt an urge to slap himself. Overthinking was definitely not a good idea.

A moment later, it was time for Xu Henshui to wake up. Xu Henshui withdrew his consciousness, feeling extremely reluctant to leave. At this moment, the girl Yin Yang quietly appeared behind him, slapping Xu Henshui on the back of the head, sending him flying across thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, scattering most of his memories, leaving only the parts related to the immortal formula.

Where Xu Henshui had originally stood, several orbs of light of varying sizes remained, each representing his insights into ancient immortal formulas. The young girl Yin Yang picked up the orbs and arranged them together, thus enriching Wei Yuan's consciousness with a considerable amount of knowledge about alchemy.

Wei Yuan stood aside, dumbfounded, still unable to believe that this was happening in his own Dharma Body.

Could it be that I, the realm lord, have become nothing more than a figurehead?
(End of this chapter)