Donghuang Ziji

Chapter 104: The Art of Alchemy
Chu Tai accepted Wu Chaoxi's praise calmly.

This surgical method can be regarded as his masterpiece, a secret technique that Chu Tai completed with the help of Feiquan and Mingxia.

Its prototype is the Yin Jing Sect's method of allowing the dead souls to avenge their hatreds, settle grievances, resolve hatreds, and reincarnate.

According to Feiquan Shenjun, "If you have revenge, you should take revenge; if you have grievance, you should take grievance. There is no mistake or omission."

"It's a pity that the dead soul has lost the protection of the physical body, the seven spirits have dissipated, and the three souls are incomplete. Because of the dead body, it is easy to be paranoid and fall into evil ways. If you take revenge again, it may not be able to vent the resentment in your heart. Instead, it will be infected with the evil thoughts of the other party, and your next life will be said to be born with bad luck."

"For this reason, our seniors specially created a secret method that allows the dead souls to devour a small amount of the other party's spiritual power, replenishing their own while venting their resentment. However, this method is difficult to control people's hearts, and it is even more difficult to control the obsessions of a large number of dead souls. Over time, it has become a sorcery in the process of dissemination. This is also one of the reasons why outsiders hate my Yin Jing lineage."

After Chu Tai knew about it, he guided the dead souls to take the parts suitable for them based on the "fate" he had initially grasped. At the same time, he used the "fate" to transfer away the extreme emotions and completed the salvation of all the dead souls in a short period of time.

Chu Tai looked at the ancient locust, which had only a shadow left and had dissipated 99% of its century-long cultivation, and said, "It's still a little short. If we can transform the remaining one, it will be perfect."

After saying that, Chu Tai threw the insect body left by the ancient locust into the poison pool and began to prepare it according to the "Bi Lin Bai Gu Jing".

While refining, Chu Tai also modified the insect body according to his own ideas, as well as the refining method recorded in the "Bi Lin Bai Gu Jing".

The refining techniques in "Bi Lin Bai Gu Jing" are not difficult in themselves. Many of the techniques that rely on the right time and place can be replaced by magic spells by Chu Tai. Many of the techniques involving changes in vital energy are more advantageous when it comes to water washing and fire refining.

After the modifications, the prototype of the magic weapon that originally took 49 days to refine through various rituals and blood sacrifices was completed in just three days.

Looking at the jade pendant floating above the poison pool, which looked like a locust carved from fine white jade, Chu Tai soaked it in the poison pool again.

The moment it came into contact with the roiling venom, the jade pendant began to emit a faint light. Under the light, the color of the poison pool began to fade, and the toxicity contained began to subside. In contrast, tiny witch patterns appeared on the jade pendant, and colorful colors gradually settled inside.

Seeing this scene, Wu Chaoxi was stunned for a moment, and whispered: "I wanted to ask before, the name of this magic weapon doesn't sound like it is used to carry poison, but now it seems more suitable for defending against attacks against the soul?"

"Daoyou, you have a keen eye. This treasure is recorded in the "Bilin Bai Gu Jing". It is a means to continuously absorb hundreds of poisons, and then continuously refine them, and finally form a hundred poison-avoiding spirit treasure light to protect one's own soul. It is also a way for the Gu Master lineage to deal with the weakness of their own souls."

"I have slightly enhanced its ability to absorb and refine. Now, as long as I refine this poison pool into it, it should be able to bear part of the plague created by the fifth-grade drought demon."

As he spoke, Chu Tai opened his mouth and spit out a ball of flame, which burned the jade pendant back to its original white jade appearance, and then sank into the poison.

This process was repeated for three days. After 70% of the toxicity in the pool of venom had been sucked away, Chu Tai handed the jade pendant that he had refined to a small degree to Wu Chaoxi.

"Fellow Daoist, you are a very fast flyer and can use the crows to observe all directions. I will give this item to you for safekeeping so that you can deal with any possible plague in any area."

"You are good at ordering people around."

Although Wu Chaoxi said this, he put the jade pendant away with a flash of his eyes.

In the days that followed, Wu Chaoxi stood on Chu Tai's shoulders and followed him to other places in Chu. After the delay of the previous few days, Chu Tai and the other two did not encounter any disasters on the subsequent road, but the spiritual light on Fei Fei's magic umbrella became brighter and brighter, and many strange patterns appeared on it.

People who are proficient in map making, or who are familiar with the terrain of Chu State, can see the direction of Chu State's land veins from these lines, indicating that the magic umbrella in Feifei's hand is interacting with the land veins of Chu State.

At the same time, the power of Chu Tai's Dao Fruit fragment [Wandering Scholar] was also constantly increasing. The moment he left the State of Chu, the last few golden lines that had been hidden in the Dao Fruit fragment emerged, giving rise to a brand new talisman.

[Seventh Rank: Alchemist]

Compared to the vague perception of his previous abilities, after the alchemist was formed this time, Chu Tai immediately knew the abilities he possessed.

They are breathing exercises, taking elixirs, practicing alchemy, summoning gods and exorcising ghosts, yin and yang and the five elements, Qimen Dunjia and following the laws of nature.

'This ability to know one's own abilities naturally is actually one of the abilities of a sorcerer. It's just that this ability is similar to the pupil technique of the [Wandering Scholar], which is a passive skill that comes with it, or it's directly a talent, and there is no related knowledge.'

Chu Tai carefully sensed the first ability, and then began to carefully analyze the changes brought about by the Dao Fruit fragments.

'The essence of Qigong is a simple method of refining Qi. If I don't have a method of cultivation, I will probably obtain a sixth-grade Qi from myself at the moment of receiving the blessing.'

'This kind of true qi tends to be spiritual and full of vitality, which can increase one's lifespan and also enable a more comprehensive absorption of the medicinal effects, which caters to the second ability of taking elixirs.'

Chu Tai felt the increasing speed of the Nanyan Cave Fuxiyao true Qi surging in his body.

'My true Qi is now at a higher level. After strengthening my vitality, the mana it provides can increase my mana by about half a century?'

'As for the remaining six abilities, the four abilities of taking elixirs, making alchemy in the ancestral stove, summoning gods and exorcising ghosts, and the Yin-Yang and Five Elements should affect each other.'

'Taking elixirs is about understanding the nature of things and improving one's ability to swallow them. The understanding of the nature of things can be compared to alchemy, but taking elixirs is more about being edible, while alchemy is more about being usable. The former is considered to strengthen the ability to make pills, while the latter is to improve the ability to make tools.'

'The ancestral alchemy of the ancestral alchemy is a sacrifice, which can be directly connected to summoning gods and exorcising ghosts. In a sense, my use of the Taiyi Changming Lantern to cast the Spirit Official Shadow is one of the manifestations of this ability. Can I be considered to have obtained the corresponding power in advance?'

'Yin Yang and the Five Elements are a summary of the nature of things, ghosts and gods, reality and illusion, etc., but the content involved is not very deep, so it is not difficult to understand. It can be regarded as one of the entry foundations for other abilities.'

'I don't go into Qi Men Dun Jia in depth either, but with the ability of Feng Shui and divination of [Wandering Scholar], the increase is not small. If I were to learn it by myself, it would probably take me more than ten years.'

'As for the last one, the effect of the sky and the earth is an improvement on the creation of spells by the Wanderer, and it is also a manifestation of the aggregation of other abilities.'

'Freed from the restrictions of the region, I can freely transform the local legends I collected and recorded during my travels into exclusive abilities. This ability can be a secret technique, formation, or elixir. The specific power of the ability is limited by my own knowledge. The relevant abilities can also be passed on to ordinary people in a simplified way, forming an effect similar to a divine spell.'

After careful perception, Chu Tai felt a little strange: "Why do I feel that these abilities, when I mastered [Wandering Man], I had more or less obtained some of them from other Dao Fruit fragments? Are these Dao Fruit fragments related to each other, or is it because of the Donghuang Bell?"

(End of this chapter)