Da Zaojun

Chapter 194 Three Flowers Gather at the Top, Five Qi Converge at the Origin, Dao Body Immortal Embryo
Song Wuji found it difficult to speak in the furnace, his mind tense. Although the Ding Fire and Bing Fire protected his body and transformed into the Geng Metal White Tiger of the Western Constellation, which could slightly resist the poisonous smoke in the stone, he had not yet finished outlining the corresponding part of the talisman and golden elixir when the thunder and fire crackled and roared again.

Thunderfire is the fire of thunder, mainly generated by the loss of heat due to voltage difference, current and resistivity. It is not only high temperature, but also carries the damage of high voltage current.

Moreover, this is no ordinary lightning fire; it is lightning fire from the cultivation world. As Lin Fajing said, it damages the three souls and seven spirits, easily turning one into an idiot.

If it weren't for the previous fusion of the three treasures—essence and qi, qi and spirit, spirit and essence and qi—where the three treasures were intertwined, each containing the other, and a nascent form of a Hunyuan Golden Elixir had already been refined, I'm afraid I would have lost my composure just now and been electrocuted like Wu Jing.

Even now, it's not easy for him; his entire body, the White Tiger Geng Metal, is burning red from the thunder and fire.

Even so, Lin Fajing outside had somehow summoned a flame, its color a mixture of blue and purple, as if he were refining an elixir.

Song Wuji kept using his supernatural powers to sit in the fire, but he still couldn't withstand the tempering effect of the purple and green fire on himself.

This purple fire entered through the nostrils, went into the lungs, and then traveled from the lungs to the heart.

The green flame entered through the mouth, then the stomach and spleen, and from there it traveled to the kidneys.

For a moment, my internal organs felt like they were on fire.

In the end, these two flames met together on the liver.

Along with Song Wuji's Fire Talisman Golden Pill and Primordial Golden Pill, they also ended up in his liver.

In this way, the five internal organs, following the principle of the five elements generating wood and wood being overcome by fire, used Song Wuji as a torch to ignite the three treasures of essence, qi, and spirit, and together they were used to refine the two golden pills.

The two golden cores even drew closer and closer, intertwining like yin and yang, and eventually tended to merge into one golden core.

Just when Song Wuji was on the verge of death, Lin Fajing finally succeeded in his ritual. Just as Song Wuji's culinary skills belonged to the Heavenly Kitchen Academy and the craftsmen's rituals belonged to the Heavenly Craft Academy, there was also a Heavenly Hospital in heaven, which was in charge of doctors. The doctors there were the most virtuous and skilled physicians in the folk. After death, they did not enter the cycle of reincarnation and were promoted by the Heavenly Court to enter the Heavenly Hospital. Bian Que, Hua Tuo, Zhang Zhongjing, Sun Simiao, Huangfu Mi... were all there.

The dean is Shennong, the Great Emperor, and the vice dean is Qi Bo, who had a question-and-answer session with Huangdi in the Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic. These two are the founders of medicine. One, Shennong, tasted hundreds of herbs, and the other laid the foundation for the medical system.

As for that so-called Celestial Master Xu, also known as the Heavenly Physician Emperor, he should belong to the administrative category, probably comparable to an official in the Heavenly Court's Ministry of Health.

However, in any case, this power of the Heavenly Healer was indeed borrowed.

The magic power borrowed was from doctors in internal medicine, surgery, and burns.

After all, before the great change in the world, Master Xu descended to the altar and made arrangements, which was obviously different from other immortals and gods. He must have saved his life or left behind special means to preserve the lineage. Therefore, the power of the Heavenly Physician can still be borrowed, instead of being directly scattered to the human world and allowing people to obtain the incomplete Heavenly Physician status.

Having received this magical power, which was like sweet rain, Song Wuji felt some relief from the burning sensation both inside and outside his body. He then began to sketch out the seeds for the subsequent supernatural talismans.

The stove fire itself is the fuel fire, the fire in the wood, so this part of the talisman will naturally appear. It only needs to be connected to the fire in the stone and the fire in the air.

However, the purple and green flames just now ignited Song Wuji's three treasures of essence, energy, and spirit, so the internal refinement version of Samadhi True Fire, heart fire, kidney fire, and bladder fire, also known as monarch fire, minister fire, and people's fire, was also ignited.

The outer Samadhi refines the Fire Talisman Golden Elixir, while the inner Samadhi refines the Primordial Golden Elixir; the talisman school and the inner refinement school are one.

The two golden pills merged together, and the key to this was the Samadhi True Fire Divine Power.

Once the outline of the stone fire is completed, the poisonous flames and smoke in the furnace are all drawn away and transformed into part of the talisman elixir.

Next came the fire element in the air, including thunder and lightning, which was also absorbed and transformed into talismans.

The next moment, Song Wuji's stove transformed like a flame, entering the golden core. In an instant, the remaining seven methods of the Stove God in his mind—carrying water, chopping wood, boiling the pot, fanning the flames, and sharpening the knife—all sprang to mind. Even the earlier methods of starting the fire and boiling the pot were no longer Stove God spells, but Stove God supernatural powers, merging into this golden core.

A ring of bright flames appeared behind Song Wuji's head.

The next moment, Song Wuji opened his eyes, and flames blazed in them.

"It's done!"

Unable to contain his excitement, Song Wuji leaped out of the furnace.

Its appearance was comparable to Sun Wukong leaping out of Laozi's alchemy furnace.

However, Song Wuji was better off; he remembered to put on clothes beforehand and use his magic to protect himself, so he wouldn't be naked and lose face.

Lin Fajing was still busy refining pills when he suddenly saw the lid of the pill furnace being kicked open, and a scalding heat wave surged out.

Song Wuji appeared as if a celestial fire deity had descended to earth.

He just got too hot-tempered and became a bit of a "shamate" (a derogatory term for someone with a flamboyant, often outlandish, style). His eyebrows were red, his hair was red, and even his eyes were a fiery red.

"Lord Song! You have successfully cultivated the Samadhi Fire Talisman Divine Power Talisman Golden Core!"

Song Wuji nodded smugly. Although he had not completed the seventh-grade ritual, he had refined the Golden Core, which meant he had gained seventh-grade strength. Moreover, it was a large Golden Core refined from two Golden Cores, combining the characteristics of a Talisman Golden Core and a Primordial Golden Core.

At this moment, Song Wuji's basic stats also underwent a significant change. His three treasures—essence, energy, and spirit—each reached 36 points, for a total of 108 points.

Furthermore, it has completely broken through the eighth-grade life level.

Before the ninth rank, the three treasures were worth one point, corresponding to 10 points of life, 10 points of true qi, and 10 points of mana respectively.

At the ninth rank, one receives 20 points of life, true energy, and mana.

At the eighth rank, the corresponding score is 40 points.

At this point, the seventh rank corresponds to 100 points.

With the added effect of the Three Talents in Harmony, the conversion increase was increased by 1/3, and Song Wuji's life, true qi, and mana all reached 4800 points.

It should be noted that Song Wuji's "Fire-Starting Technique" only required 5 points of mana.

Although it has now been upgraded to a supernatural power, the mana consumption has increased tenfold, and the fire it summons is not an ordinary stove fire, it still only costs 50 mana.

Compared to Chen Xiu, they are worlds apart. Although Chen Xiu has two professions, he focuses on "martial arts". Among the three treasures, his essence and qi are sufficient, while his spirit control is the weakest. His essence and qi are currently around 10 points. After breaking through the level, his life and true qi, when converted into visible data, are around 400 points.

However, his divine power was only around 6 points, not reaching the eighth rank, so his magical power was only 120 points.

But this is only the most superficial understanding.

No wonder it is said that after cultivating the Golden Elixir, one will "swallow a Golden Elixir and realize that my fate is not determined by heaven."

This is entirely a matter of "the difference between immortals and mortals".

However, what Song Wuji didn't know was that the Taoist Hunyuan Golden Elixir only required the three treasures to exceed 10 points and achieve "balance among the three treasures" before one could begin cultivation.

People like Song Wuji, who keep accumulating power but never form a core, are truly rare. They belong to the category of those who break through from the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage...

After the formation of the Primordial Golden Core, the three treasures are inexhaustible, and the recovery effect is almost terrifying, but it is estimated that the amount of magical power, life force, and true energy will only be around a thousand points.

Song Wuji's wealth has now increased nearly fivefold.

Taoists say that the three flowers gather at the top of the head and the five elements converge at the origin.

This Primordial Golden Elixir is refined using the Three Treasures.

This Fire Talisman Golden Elixir is based on the Five Elements Divine Power.

Song Wuji possesses both qualities, having reached the legendary realm of a "terrestrial immortal," a significant leap from the average eighth-rank immortal.

However, this is the immortal system, while Song Wuji's stove-cooking ritual belongs to the divine system. The Hunyuan Pill is for celestial immortals, and the talisman pill is for gods. What is the point of combining the two?

Secondly, the biggest change is in aptitude. Song Wuji's physique has reached 24 points, a transformation akin to having steel bones. Previously, when Song Wuji practiced martial arts, his physique only increased by 0.1 at a time.

The stronger the muscles and bones, the greater the strength and resilience. It's like the words used to describe Sun Wukong: steel bones, copper head and iron brain, indestructible, all controlled by the muscles and bones.

Previously, the Dragon Form Fist also focused on strengthening muscles and bones, which would give one the strength of a dragon.

However, Song Wuji himself was very strong, and his three treasures far surpassed those of ordinary people, especially his essence, which was closely related to his bones and muscles. With so many of his three treasures, as well as the ones Song Wuji had gathered and borrowed, in order to condense them into a golden core, forge it in the flames, and elevate his life, he needed to reinforce the bucket that held the water.

This little bit of muscle and bone growth isn't really worth mentioning; it's normal for it to increase.

What is worth mentioning is innate talent. Song Wuji could only increase his innate talent when he refined the remnant of the divine path. Innate talent is the greatest limitation on cultivation aptitude. The difference between mortals and geniuses lies in innate talent.

At this point, his innate potential had already reached 18 points.

Song Wuji remembered that when he first transmigrated, his innate talent was only 0.6, which meant he was just an average person.

It's 18 PM now. Even if I don't belong to the legendary "Immortal Embryo Body," I should still be qualified to ascend to the Immortal Path. After all, this thing is almost like changing one's origin.

As for comprehension, his comprehension did not increase much. Although he cultivated the Golden Elixir of Divine Power, sketched talismans, faced the laws of heaven and earth, condensed the seed of divine power, and underwent the sublimation of the Three Treasures, these were all ready-made Crimson Talisman Books, and not something that Song Wuji comprehended on his own. However, with the growth of the Three Treasures, he also felt quick-witted and had a surge of wisdom, reaching 12 points.

In terms of the Three Treasures value, Song Wuji has no weaknesses due to his innate talent of "Three Talents in Harmony".

However, in terms of his own innate talent, physical constitution, and comprehension, Song Wuji is actually more like a youthful version of Sun Wukong, a combat-oriented talent.

Sun Wukong was undoubtedly highly skilled in martial arts and possessed great supernatural powers. However, when it came to things like meditation, alchemy, crafting, and divination, he was unbalanced in his studies under the tutelage of Subhuti: he wouldn't learn this, he wouldn't learn that, and he didn't even consider the possibility of achieving immortality. He replied, "No, I won't learn these!"
The only advantage Song Wuji had over Sun Wukong was a life skill, namely cooking. Although it wasn't as good as alchemy or crafting, those 12 points of comprehension could be used to research recipes and produce results no less effective than elixirs.

Moreover, Song Wuji was also somewhat "eager to learn," at least he really wanted to learn the skills of alchemy and weapon crafting.

(End of this chapter)