Mortal Cultivator: Lin Tianzun

Chapter 6 Three Years
After leaving "Ling Fu Zhai", Lin Fan did not stop walking, walking among the bustling crowd in the market, scanning the signs of various shops, looking for shops selling magic secrets.

Soon, he stopped in front of a shop that was a little out of the way but exuded an ancient atmosphere.

There are three big characters "Xuanfa Pavilion" written on the shop door plaque. A special smell of paper and ink mixed with ancient books can be faintly smelled in the shop.

Lin Fan walked into the store and saw that the bookshelves around him were filled with various martial arts secrets and spell books.

From the Qi training stage to the foundation building stage, there are even a few exercises for the Jindan stage, but those advanced exercises are placed in restricted areas, which are obviously not within his reach now.

A white-haired old man was sitting behind the counter, reading an ancient book intently. He slowly raised his head when he noticed someone entering the store.

He looked at Lin Fan, nodded slightly, and asked, "Young man, are you here to look for the secret manual of martial arts?"

Lin Fan replied respectfully, "That's right. I'd like to buy a wood-attributed technique suitable for Qi training, as well as a book on basic Five Elements spells."

The old man stood up, wandered in front of the bookshelf for a few steps, and then pulled out two ancient books from a bookshelf in a corner.

He walked back to the counter with the books, placed the two books in front of Lin Fan, and said, "This 'Qingmu Jue' is a complete set of basic wood-attribute exercises, very suitable for cultivators in the Qi training stage."

It also comes with several basic spells, such as: "Wind Control Technique, Sky Eye Technique, Soul Concealment Technique, Wood Vine Technique, Fireball Technique, Spirit Rain Technique."

This book, "The Complete Collection of Five Elements Magic", covers the basic principles and simple methods of casting the five elements magic, and contains many spells.

There are as many as forty or fifty kinds of primary-level spells, more than twenty kinds of primary-level intermediate spells, and more than ten kinds of primary-level advanced spells.

For a friend like you, this is an excellent introduction to learning magic.

Lin Fan gently opened the "Qingmu Jue" and found that it was a book of basic wood-attribute spells, from the first level to the thirteenth level of Qi training. It was a complete book of basic wood-attribute spells, and at the end of the book there were also several elementary and primary spells!

He flipped through the "Compendium of Five Elements Magic" again, which recorded in detail dozens of basic magic spells of the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, as well as the detailed operation methods of spiritual power and how it should flow in the meridians.

He closed the book, looked up and asked, "Senior, how many spirit stones do these two books cost?"

The old man twirled his beard and smiled as he said, "The Green Wood Art, a basic wood-attributed art, requires five low-level spirit stones. The Five Elements Magical Encyclopedia requires two hundred low-level spirit stones, for a total of two hundred and five low-level spirit stones."

Lin Fan was secretly surprised. The price of this "Five Elements Magic Collection" was really expensive, but he knew very well that the skills and spells were crucial to his own path of cultivation.

So he gritted his teeth, took out the corresponding spirit stone from his storage bag and handed it to the old man.

The old man took the spirit stones, counted them carefully, nodded with satisfaction, and handed the two books to Lin Fan, saying, "My friend, I hope you can practice these two secret books well and go further and further on the path of immortal cultivation."

If you have any questions during the practice, you can also ask me.

Lin Fan thanked the old man, carefully put the two books into his storage bag, and left the "Xuanfa Pavilion" with full of expectations.

After a while, Lin Fan walked into a shop called "Lingcao Pavilion". The shop was filled with the fragrance of various spiritual herbs.

He carefully selected from the rows of shelves filled with spiritual herbs, and finally chose several common spiritual herbs suitable for alchemy during the Qi training period, such as hemostatic grass, soul-returning flower, and soul-clearing fruit.

These spiritual herbs not only have certain medicinal value, but can also provide stable spiritual power support during the alchemy process.

Afterwards, Lin Fan found an old wooden box in the corner of the store. When he opened it, he saw several yellowed papers inside with some pill recipes written on them.

There are Qi-gathering pills that can enhance spiritual power, healing pills that can treat external injuries, and barrier-breaking pills that help break through bottlenecks.

Although these recipes are not particularly rare or advanced, they are very practical for Lin Fan's current cultivation and alchemy level.

Finally, Lin Fan's gaze fell on a small alchemy cauldron in the center of the shop.

This small tripod looks ordinary, but when he approaches it, he can feel a faint fluctuation of spiritual power.

The shopkeeper explained that this was a small alchemy cauldron made of refined iron and a small amount of spiritual copper, although it was not a rare treasure.

But for beginners, it is a very suitable tool. It can evenly conduct spiritual power and heat, which helps to increase the success rate of alchemy.

After some bargaining, Lin Fan bought more than a dozen spiritual herb seedlings and dozens of spiritual herb seeds for two hundred low-level spirit stones.

Then he bought the pill recipes for three hundred low-level spirit stones, and bought the small pill refining cauldron for another one hundred low-level spirit stones.

Afterwards, Lin Fan hurried back to the rented courtyard. Without even taking a break, he quickly planted the spiritual herb seedlings and seeds he had just bought from the market into the soil.

After planting, Lin Fan used the "Spiritual Rain Technique" to water the spiritual herbs.

In the following time, every seven days, Lin Fan would carefully take out the precious Taiqing Immortal Liquid and mix it with water, and pour a little on the spiritual herbs.

This Taiqing Immortal Liquid is very powerful. Once it is poured on the plants, the spiritual herbs will grow several times faster than usual as if they were cast under a spell.

He had a plan in mind. Once he had ripened a sufficient number of spiritual herbs using the Taiqing Immortal Liquid, he would start learning how to make elixirs.

Before that, he had to take good care of these spiritual herbs. After all, refining medicine was not an easy task. He had to prepare all the materials and master the temperature and techniques.

However, Lin Fan was not afraid of trouble and was only thinking about learning alchemy as soon as possible to make his cultivation easier. During the first year of retreat, Lin Fan's cultivation schedule was packed with activities and he did not slack off at all.

Every three days, he would take a precious pill, and take Huanglong Pill, Jinsui Pill, and Lianqi Pill alternately to prevent the drug resistance described in the original book.

Lin Fan continuously refined all of these pills into magic power, constantly breaking through the bottleneck of his own cultivation.

At the same time, he would devote a lot of time and energy every day to studying the Five Elements magic, from the most basic magic principles to the exquisite spell casting techniques, he would repeatedly ponder them and strive to master them.

In his spare time, Lin Fan would also focus on drawing talismans, pouring his heart and soul into every stroke, making steady progress on the path of talismans.

This ascetic life of cultivation lasted for a whole year. Finally, Lin Fan successfully broke through the shackles and successfully advanced to the ninth level of Qi training.

His strength had made a qualitative leap, and he had taken a solid and powerful step on the road of cultivating immortals. At the same time, he had eaten all the pills he had bought.

However, during this year, Lin Fan relied on the Taiqing Jade Bottle to ripen a large number of high-quality spiritual medicines.

So, Lin Fan couldn't wait to start his journey of alchemy.

At first, the process of refining the elixir was full of difficulties.

Although Lin Fan had memorized the recipe and had gained a certain level of proficiency in manipulating his spiritual power, the actual operation was far from as simple as he had imagined.

During his first attempt, he followed the steps to place the elixir into the alchemy cauldron, carefully controlled the temperature, and slowly injected spiritual power.

However, perhaps the rhythm of injecting spiritual power was not well controlled, or perhaps the control of the temperature was not precise enough.

With a loud bang, flames shot up into the sky from the small alchemy cauldron. The precious elixirs turned into ashes in an instant, and a burning smell filled the room.

Lin Fan frowned, but was not discouraged. He knew very well that alchemy was a process that required constant exploration and accumulation of experience.

Then, he started his second and third attempts... After each failure, he would calm down and carefully review the entire alchemy process.

I was wondering which link went wrong, was it that the order in which the spiritual herbs were put in was wrong, or was there a problem with the coordination of spiritual power and fire?

In this way, after dozens of failures, during one of his alchemy attempts, Lin Fan was fully focused, his spiritual power flowed smoothly, and he controlled the temperature just right, allowing the spiritual medicine to fuse and transform smoothly in the alchemy cauldron.

Finally, accompanied by a faint medicinal fragrance spreading out, a furnace of pills was successfully refined!

Lin Fan looked at the pill in the cauldron, which was emitting a round luster and had a stable fluctuation of spiritual power. The joy in his heart was simply indescribable. This meant that he had finally taken the first solid step on the road to alchemy.

With this successful experience, Lin Fan’s confidence in alchemy increased greatly. He struck while the iron was hot and continued to study the art of alchemy.

In subsequent attempts, he became more and more adept, his control over spiritual power and temperature became more and more precise, and his success rate in alchemy began to soar.

After successfully refining several furnaces of elixirs, Lin Fan spent the next two years.

Every three days, he would swallow a Spirit Gathering Pill to practice. The medicinal power of the Spirit Gathering Pill was extremely strong, and it would rush through Lin Fan's meridians every time.

As time went by, Lin Fan gradually adapted to the medicinal power of the Spirit Gathering Pill, and the flow of his spiritual power became smoother and smoother.

Every time his spiritual power circulated through his meridians, he could clearly feel his cultivation level steadily improving.

The meridians become stronger and wider under the nourishment of the medicine, and can accommodate more and more spiritual power.

Just like that, day after day, month after month, with the powerful help of the Qi Gathering Pill, Lin Fan's cultivation level soared like a rocket taking off.

During these two years, he directly crossed several realms, made rapid progress, and successfully entered the twelfth level of Qi training.

The realm of the twelfth level of Qi training is already the peak state of the Qi training period, and is only one step away from the foundation-building period.

The moment Lin Fan successfully broke through to the twelfth level of Qi training, a powerful and majestic spiritual energy fluctuation emanated from his body. This fluctuation spread out in all directions like ripples, causing the spiritual energy in the courtyard to vibrate.

Lin Fan slowly opened his eyes, his eyes flashing with excitement and determination. He knew that his efforts over the past two years had not been in vain, and now his strength had made another leap forward.

During these two years of practice, Lin Fan not only achieved a huge breakthrough in his cultivation, but also gained a deeper understanding and insight into his own spiritual power control and practice techniques.

He discovered that as his cultivation level improved, he became more adept at using his spiritual power, and was able to perform some powerful spells and techniques that he had not been able to use before.

Now, Lin Fan stood at the height of the twelfth level of Qi training, looking back, his heart filled with emotion and pride.

During these three years, in addition to refining pills and practicing meditation, Lin Fan also spent two hours every day learning how to make talismans.

With persistence and research, he has produced more than a thousand primary-level talismans, more than two hundred primary-level intermediate talismans, and more than twenty primary-level advanced talismans.

At the same time, every once in a while, Lin Fan would change his appearance and go to the market to buy a batch of cultivation resources.

For example, elixirs, magic talismans, cinnabar talisman paper, various books on cultivating immortals, and strange stories!
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(End of this chapter)