Donghuang Ziji

Chapter 229 Mountain Man Treasure

"It took thousands of years to cultivate it bit by bit. Can those creatures wait that long?"

Chu Tai's seemingly unintentional question did not cause Qian Xuan any emotion, so she explained calmly.

"These two kinds of jade were naturally not like this at the beginning. As far as I know, although the original Liuguang Luoze Jade can emit light, it is extremely cold and not suitable for indoor use. Although Sanyuan Bingzhu Jade can release heat, its spiritual power is very easy to show outside, and it often attracts some bad spirits.'

'And the so-called thousands of years of cultivation refers to the fact that the fourth-grade celestial being of the Great Light Palace used great magical powers to embed the characteristics of these two jades into the laws of operation of their continent, allowing these jades to be born naturally, rather than creating these two spiritual jades in the first place. "

"It turns out to be this kind of fortune-making method. But why haven't I heard that the Great Light Palace has such an achievement in the way of fortune-making?"

Seeing Chu Tai's surprise, Si Shu Bai smiled and said, "Of course it's not the method of creation, but a different person has appeared in the Sun Wheel lineage of the Great Light Palace, Madam Xuchu Weiguang Cide Puzhao."

"Why does this name sound so much like a divine title? Is she on the path of a god?"

Chu Tai was a little surprised. Ever since the ancient saint king cut off all non-human paths, the way of gods has also fallen into decline. Most of the titles of gods circulating between heaven and earth today come from Daluotian, some are used by monks who practice the way of gods to gather faith, and some are just a cover created by some people who practice evil arts.

As one of the orthodox sects of the Xuanmen sect, such a situation should not happen to the elders of the Da Guangming Palace.

Si Shubai also said with great respect: "Even if it is the way of immortals, there are still few people in the world today who, before or after achieving the fourth-grade heavenly realm, give up the third-grade path opened up by the sect for the sake of all living beings and turn to the way of immortals."

"The two jades in your hands were completely formed under her influence. Not only are they much cheaper than before, but they also reduce the possibility of the vitality being aroused, and the possibility of explosion or attracting alien creatures. She is extremely compassionate, powerful and virtuous. This lady is also quite famous in our academy, and many gentlemen praise her compassion and virtue."

Seeing this, Qian Xuan also smiled and said, "In the land influenced by the Great Light Palace, carving the Liuguang Luoze Jade or the Sanyuan Bingzhu Jade into the Lady of the Sunrise Mighty Light and Virtue is a major custom that has emerged there in the past hundred years. Therefore, in our main store, there are still a few pieces of Liuguang Luoze Jade and Sanyuan Bingzhu Jade that are naturally shaped like women and are full of vows."

Upon hearing this, Chu Tai also followed suit with a few words of praise, and then chose the landscape jadeite he had seen earlier, as well as several pieces of jade with yang-fire and yin-cold properties that he saw later.

When he left, he traded away most of the unused resources he had previously harvested from Zhushan Sect in exchange for a few pieces of basic Five Elements Spirit Jade.

With the remaining money, Chu Tai bought all the cheap basic books in the bookstore.

After saying goodbye to Secretary Bai, Chu Tai found a place outside the city where the spiritual energy was still strong, opened a cave, and silently read the books.

Upon taking a look, Chu Tai immediately discovered a lot of problems.

The problem here is not that there is something wrong with the content of these books, but that the theoretical basis of these books is completely inconsistent with what he has learned in the past.

For example, the description of Sibai Yufeng Dan in the "Yunhuaxi Danjing Zhu" that Chu Tai is reading now clearly describes how much Atractylodes macrocephala should be put in, when to put White Poria cocos, and how much ginseng is needed. It is followed by the ratios of Cyperus rotundus, Licorice, Saposhnikovia divaricata, Ligusticum chuanxiong and other medicinal materials.

It also notes what the effect of this elixir is, but in the whole text, there is not a single paragraph that tells you what role these herbs play in it. At most, at the end, there is a page about the efficacy standards of various herbs and methods of testing their efficacy.

Simply put, you can refine the corresponding elixir normally according to this alchemy book, but once a certain ingredient is missing, or the medicinal effect of a certain ingredient is not enough, it is very likely that you will not be able to refine the elixir.

The most important thing is that this method of refining pills can easily cause a large amount of medicinal efficacy to be lost, and the residue left behind will probably account for about one-third of the finished pills.

In comparison, when Taoist Fu Guang taught Chu Tai how to refine pills, he started more from the medicinal properties and physical properties. If some medicinal materials were missing, it was easy to find substitutes. If they were really hard to find, it was not impossible to fill the gap by gathering Qi at a special time.

Moreover, the Xiaoyouqiankun furnace alchemy method taught by Taoist Fuguang can give back to heaven and earth very well, and the proportion of wasted medicinal materials in the refining process is very small.

To put it simply, according to the method in "Yunhuaxi Dan Jing Zhu", the medicinal materials needed to refine one furnace of elixirs are probably enough for Chu Tai to refine seven or eight furnaces.

'However, the benefits of this Yunhuaxi Danjing Zhu are also very obvious. As long as one is a cultivator, or even not a cultivator, as long as some special instruments are refined, mortals can also refine elixirs with good efficacy. From a certain perspective, it can effectively solve the problem of medication for the lower-class people. After all, this kind of elixir may be basic for cultivators, but it is a life-saving thing for mortals.'

'Is this also a manifestation of the way of the people of the Central Plains today?'

Putting down the alchemy book in his hand, Chu Tai couldn't help but let out a long sigh and turned his eyes to other books.

The subsequent contents of formation arrangement, equipment refining, divination, and even most of the basic techniques, are the same as those in "Yunhuaxi Dan Jing Zhu", focusing on a standardized, de-spiritual and de-materialized description, while reducing strain and providing the most standard coping methods.

After Chu Tai wrote them down one by one, he silently reorganized them in his mind according to the characteristics of different pill recipes. He broke down and absorbed the painting techniques written in them, and silently wrote down the music scores. He also quickly digested and summarized some simple techniques, and incorporated them into his own system to supplement the number of basic techniques.

This process may seem cumbersome, but it is not difficult for Chu Tai now. It was the early morning of the fifth day when he put down the last book.

He took out several pieces of jade that he had bought earlier from his sleeve. Among them, the jade with yang-flame and yin-cold properties were burned with true fire. After turning into invisible, they were merged into the Jinxuan Danxia Banner and the Qiyin Huasha Banner, slightly enriching the essence of the two.

As for the pieces of Five Elements Spirit Jade, they were integrated into the Five Dragons Demon-Slaying Wheel to enhance the Five Elements elite contained within it, hoping that it would gradually be able to condense a magical power such as [Five Elements Demon Refining] or [Five Elements Demon Destroying] within it.

As for the landscape jade, he carefully refined it, and then blessed it with the magic of [Mountains and Rivers], making it into a magic screen, imprinted with the charm of the mountains and rivers he saw along the way, preparing to use it as a treasure for his daily use as a hermit of Yangmei.

The jade contained two sixth-grade vital energies belonging to mountains and rivers. After Chu Tai refined it with the [Mountain and River] Dharma, the vital energies inside it became more blended and active. When it was initially formed, it showed many strange phenomena. Chu Tai took it in his hand, flicked his finger, and a little spiritual light fell into it, stimulating the rising of the Dharma. Immediately, the virtual images of mountains and rivers emerged, protecting his body.

"Yes, it is already comparable to the Five Dragons Demon-Slaying Wheel. After a period of further refining, it will become another excellent magic weapon. Moreover, the [Mountain and River] magic power has been initially imprinted on it, and it can also be endowed with the ability to connect to the earth veins. While improving defense, it can also travel through the earth veins..."

Looking at the newly formed magic weapon, Chu Tai was quite satisfied.

Speaking of which, most of the magical weapons in his hands, except for the purple bamboo branch, are related to the [Yin and Yang] law, but they manifest in different directions, and most of them are very incomplete.

Now, the most perfect one is the Qianyuan Ruyi Heart-Turning Lock, but the perfection of this magic weapon comes from the fact that in the past, the God Mingxia sacrificed his own opportunity to ascend to heaven and gave up a ray of Daluo sky light to create it.

Not to mention that Chu Tai is difficult to shake now, even if he achieves the fifth rank, it will not be possible to affect his essence.

The second is the newly formed Taiyi Two-Phase Ring. Needless to say, this magic weapon is a secret magic weapon of the Jinhua Sect. As long as Chu Tai refines it step by step and makes it reach half of the power of the original version, he can condense a complete magic meaning involving [Yin and Yang].

Next, the Golden Xuan Danxia Banner and the Seven Yin Huasha Banner were affected by Chu Tai himself. These two magic weapons have been used by Chu Tai as references for his Nanyan Cave Fuxiyao Zhenqi. Before his Nanyan Cave Fuxiyao Zhenqi has a qualitative breakthrough, it is unlikely that these two magic weapons will condense a complete Dharma meaning.

However, on the bright side, if Chu Tai can refine the Danxia Banner and the Huasha Banner to perfection, Chu Tai will naturally have a qualitative breakthrough in his mastery of the principles of [Yin and Yang] and completely step into the door of mastery.

The last one is the Sun and Moon Eternal Lamp. The most peculiar thing about this magic weapon is the sharp sword energy inside it. Then comes the two kinds of true fires of the sun and the moon. Further down is the newly condensed demon-refining true fire and the fragments of the Tao fruit containing the spiritual official's Dharma image.

Therefore, the evolution of the Sun and Moon Eternal Lamp in terms of [Yin and Yang] is closer to differentiation or subjugation rather than generation, fusion and change.

'I usually use these magic weapons a lot, they are quite representative, it is not suitable to use them, it is easy for people to associate Yangmei Shanren with my identity, and this landscape jade screen is just finished, it is not suitable for repeated use, I need to think about several other aspects.'

Chu Tai took out the golden beads, the white dust and green light, the agarwood sword pill and the red maple sword bag. These four magic weapons were the first ones that came with Chu Tai.

It’s a pity that the essence of these magic weapons is not very high. As Chu Tai’s cultivation level continues to improve, most of them can no longer keep up with his level of cultivation.

Only because Su Chen Qing Mang had been refined several times and absorbed a semi-finished spiritual root of white bamboo, its quality had been improved, so it was not too far away from other commonly used magic weapons.

Moreover, after absorbing the white bamboo, Su Chen Qing Mang had obvious changes in both appearance and aura. People who did not know Chu Tai very well would not connect the two together.

Now, Chu Tai took out several magic weapons, intending to transform them and use them as magic weapons when he was in Yangmei Mountain.

He picked up the golden bead, which was a gift from Taoist Fu Guang. It was ordinary in nature, but it was blessed with a decade of mental power. For a seventh-rank cultivator, it was an excellent protective item. Even when Chu Tai was practicing personally, he would often take it out to chant mantras to bless it, but the improvement was slow. For him now, it was useless.

After taking out the flowing bead, Chu Tai gently moved the bead and silently recited the "Taiyi Jinguan Mantra" in his heart. A faint golden light rotated on the surface of the bead. Chu Tai took out the Sun and Moon Eternal Lamp, stretched out his hand to light the lamp, and drew out the Taoist fruit fragments from it. He used the golden thread to draw the "Taiyi Jinguan Mantra" inside the flowing bead, and at the same time drew the patterns of the four great spiritual officials on the surface of the bead.

"Golden light shines in the house, auspicious air fills the courtyard. Taiyi Daoqi circulates through the ancient and modern times... One Qi evolves, and it is dark and mysterious."

The faint golden light was rotating, and the shadows of the four great spiritual officials were looming on the surface of the beads. The soft firelight brought by the Sun and Moon Eternal Lamps surrounded Chu Tai and turned into a curtain of light, protecting his body, resisting many external evils, and suppressing the growth of internal demons.

Chu Tai took the Liuzhu and picked up the Chenxiang Sword Pill and the Red Maple Sword Bag. The former was a sword pill that Taoist Fuguang had been refining for many years and had strong spirituality. Later, it was contaminated by the Dao Fruit fragments along with the Changming Lamp and only returned to its original state after a long period of cleansing.

But compared with the continuous progress of Changmingdeng, the improvement of Chenxiang Sword Pill in Chu Tai's subsequent practice was indeed not much.

Now, Chu Tai was ready to put it into the Red Maple Sword Bag. He first disassembled the Red Maple Sword Bag. This magic weapon, which was woven into a bag with the essence of Feihong Lingfeng resin and the essence of Gengjin, was disassembled by Chu Tai, revealing seventy-two red leaf sword pills inside, which were made by tempering the essence of five metals with the fire of Bing and Ding.

Chu Tai first dissolved the Red Leaf Sword Pill with his true Qi, then transformed it from tangible to intangible, and then from intangible to tangible, repeatedly purifying its properties. The six pills were combined into one and turned into twelve maple leaves.

Then, he collected the essence of plants and trees, the earth energy of Wu and Ji, and the water vapor from all directions from the surrounding mountains and rivers, and blended them with the silk thread woven with the essence of Feihong Lingfeng resin and Geng metal essence, to draw out the remaining fire energy of Bing and Ding in the Red Leaf Sword Pill inside, and complete the five elements.

At the same time, the Taiyi Two-Phase Ring was sacrificed to circulate the two kinds of true fire, Taiyin and Taiyang, in the eternal lamp, allowing it to be refined from material to immaterial, and then from immaterial to material, and from material to tangible, to achieve the effect of refining vital energy.

Finally, it condenses into shape and turns into a new sword bag.

Finally, place the twelve maple leaves and the agarwood sword pill in the Yin ring and Yang ring of the Taiyi Two-Phase Ring respectively. Using the mystery of the Two-Phase Ring, refine the Yin and Yang and temper the Five Elements. When a breath connection is established, put them into the sword bag and send them into the landscape jade screen to be refined with the [Mountain and River] method.

The external manifestation is that there are many more maple leaf shadows on the screen, and there is a faint scent of agarwood.

Chu Tai took the screen in his hand and repeatedly purified it with his true Qi. During the purification process, he used the six characteristics of his own true Qi, "clear, smart, soft, wonderful, hidden, and integrated", to slightly attract some of the sixth-grade vital energy in the landscape jade, and disguised his own true Qi to make himself look more like a cultivator who practiced the landscape method alone.

The entire ritual process lasted for nearly a year, and when the strange phenomena began to calm down, Si Shubai came to congratulate Chu Tai.

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