Longevity starts with choosing Hextech enhancement

Chapter 207: Qi and Blood Embrace Double Golden Pills Spiritual Herb Reward

In the courtyard of the inn, the Nine Apertures Chain Array was fully deployed.

Nine overlapping layers of rune light curtains intertwined, completely covering the main hall.

Even if a golden elixir suddenly attacks, it can resist on its own for a while.

"Holding the origin and maintaining unity, the spirits merge..."

In the main hall, Xiao Chen sat cross-legged with his five hearts facing the sky, mobilizing his own qi and blood according to the secret method.

Within half a minute, almost all of the huge energy and blood in his body were mobilized and gathered towards his dantian.

After a large amount of qi and blood condenses for a short time, it becomes like mercury slurry, becoming more and more viscous, and the Dantian becomes heavier and heavier.

"The body is like an oven, the mind guides the action."

All the muscles on Xiao Chen's body bulged, and his body temperature rose sharply, as if he had turned into a furnace forging iron.

At the same time, a large amount of spiritual consciousness was separated from the sea of ​​consciousness, leading all the remaining qi and blood in the limbs and bones to rush into the dantian.

This process was originally very difficult.

This is mainly because under normal circumstances, the spiritual awareness of cultivators is not strong enough, and they usually need to take spiritual medicine to enhance their spiritual awareness.

However, for Xiao Chen, he has already reached the Golden Core stage and possesses spiritual awareness far superior to that of a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

This step was completed easily.

When enough Qi and blood gather in Dantian and are compressed with the secret method, the quantitative change finally produces a qualitative change.

A trace of life force emerged and immediately split into 108 life lines, connecting the acupuncture points all over the body.

Under normal circumstances, the life line will connect the acupoints and dantian into one, condensing the life pill.

However, Xiao Chen had already formed a golden elixir. Feeling something unusual happening in his dantian, the flawless golden elixir spun around, and all his life lines were bounced away.

This Dantian is its territory and cannot accommodate anything else.

Although Xiao Chen could force the connection, it would cause damage to the flawless golden elixir.

But he didn't need to do that.

With a thought, all the life lines rushed towards the fake pill. Using the fake pill, which was no less powerful than the dantian of a foundation-building cultivator, as the foundation, he began to control the acupoints throughout his body and evolve the life pill.

The subsequent process of condensing true essence was also extremely smooth.

But when the new true energy emerged, the most difficult part came next: "Muscles and bones thunder sound, the unity of inside and outside!"

This is different from the practice of Dharma practitioners who condense true essence outside the golden elixir and then gather it all back into the golden elixir for nourishment.

The physical cultivator condenses the true essence in the life elixir, and then disperses all the true essence along the meridians to the major acupoints throughout the body.

After that, it will penetrate deep into the bone marrow to cleanse the body and forge a golden body and jade bones.

This process is extremely dangerous, and if you are not careful you will explode and die.

In most cases, if there are no spiritual objects or secret methods to save their lives, 90% of physical cultivators cannot pass this level.

It's too late to say.

The moment the life pill was formed, a large amount of true energy rushed into his limbs and bones while the life line had not yet melted.

Xiao Chen's heart was beating like a drum, and at the same time, he could hear the sound of blood flowing in his ears, as if there were raging waves rushing in his blood vessels.

The bones all over his body crackled, his tendons, bones and membranes rang together, and he actually emitted the sound of tiger and leopard thunder to temper his organs.

Thunder Sound Tempering is both an evolution and a test.

If you can hold on, then from now on all your internal organs will see significant gains, dozens of times stronger than when you were building your foundation.

But if you can't hold on, at best you will suffer from internal injuries that are difficult to treat, or at worst you will fail to break through and die on the spot.

Generally, monks must be extremely alert at this time.

Go all out to rely on the skills to strengthen yourself and repair physical injuries in time.

Although Xiao Chen had also forged a golden body before, the strength of a magic cultivator is naturally incomparable to that of a physical cultivator.

His true energy surged, and drops of blood immediately seeped out of his body.

Thunder roared, and cracks appeared in his lungs immediately.

Just as Xiao Chen was busy mobilizing his true energy to heal his injuries, he was pleasantly surprised to find that the "Wanxiang Huichun Sutra" suddenly took effect.

As a yellow-level martial arts technique, in addition to being able to cultivate true essence, it has only one feature - healing injuries.

Most wood-based skills have this characteristic, after all, wood represents vitality.

However, this feature, which is better than nothing in normal times, just happens to solve the current problem.

The damage caused by the Life Pill's true essence was healed immediately by the Golden Pill's true essence.

"Hiss~, Wood Spiritual Roots have this kind of benefit?"

God bless you, Xiao Chen's low-grade spiritual root has always been a drag, but I never expected that there would be a day when it would come in handy.

But his situation is special.

Even if a normal cultivator has wood spiritual roots, he will not pursue the path of dual cultivation of physical and magical skills, so he will not be able to use this benefit at all.

After all, practicing both physical and magical skills means consuming additional cultivation resources.

People with good talents often choose to specialize in one thing and pursue a higher level.

People with poor talents often do not have enough resources for cultivation, and are unable to do so even if they want to.

"Melting the Yang into the elixir, becoming one, uniting!"

With the last mantra, the Life Pill successfully connected all the meridians, forged a golden body and jade bones, and itself also revealed a golden color.

Xiao Chen's mind moved, and he looked inward at his body.

Inside and outside the dantian, two golden pills were shining against each other.

It’s the double golden elixir!
"Phew, great!"

Feeling the huge amount of true energy in his body, Xiao Chen was pleasantly surprised.

The first benefit of condensing two golden pills is naturally that the total amount of true essence is almost doubled.

The Life Pill can also provide 108 true essences, and as he opens new acupoints in the future, it can continue to grow.

This also meant that he finally had enough true energy to use the three spiritual weapons at hand at the same time.

Or it may have the ability to activate the soul-raising form of the White Bone Soul-Calling Banner when needed.

As for the Ghost Face Mysterious Light Shield... maybe we'll have to wait a little longer.

There was no way around it. The two spiritual weapons left behind by Huangquan Dao were too focused on power, so they inevitably consumed a lot of true energy.

This is also the reason why Xiao Chen did not buy any new spiritual weapons when he visited the market even though he had enough spirit stones. Even if he bought one, he would not have enough true energy to power it.

Of course, most cultivators may choose to buy a few cheaper basic spiritual weapons as a transition.

When you have the ability in the future, you can replace it.

However, Xiao Chen felt that his cultivation speed was not slow, and it would not take much time to increase the total amount of true energy, so there was no need to spend that money in vain.

Now that he is practicing both physical cultivation and magical skills, as long as both can be successfully advanced to the perfection of the early stage of Golden Elixir, the problem of true essence will naturally be solved.

There is a second benefit to condensing the double golden elixir.

That means you can practice your natal flying sword more easily, and in the future, as your cultivation level improves, the power of the flying sword will also be improved simultaneously.

Before this, the Wind and Thunder Sword also had the opportunity to be promoted to a spiritual weapon.

However, due to the upper limit of fake pill binding, it can basically only be on par with ordinary spiritual weapons.

But now it’s different. The Life Pill is no different from the real Golden Pill, which means it has all the necessary abilities.

From now on, every time his body-building skills make a breakthrough, his Wind and Thunder Sword will be strengthened accordingly.

In the future, when it reaches the late Jindan stage, it will be much stronger than an ordinary spiritual sword that has opened its spiritual form.

Just from the perspective of the spiritual weapon itself, it can be said to be the best in attack!
.
It is worth mentioning that normally, whether it is enlightenment or binding to the natal flying sword, these are abilities unique to sword cultivators.

Some sword practitioners even only practice one sword, pursuing the unity of man and sword.

Other Dharma and physical cultivation do not have such benefits.

Of course, everything has its pros and cons.

Although binding to one's natal flying sword can obtain an extremely powerful spiritual weapon, the two will also prosper and suffer together in the future.

Once the flying sword is damaged in the fight against the enemy, the cultivator's golden elixir will be directly damaged as well.

At the very least, the patient will suffer serious injuries and will need several years to recover.

In serious cases, your cultivation will regress, and with a flawed foundation, there will be no hope of reaching a higher level.

"But the Life Pill is damaged, what does that have to do with my Flawless Golden Pill?"

Xiao Chen took out the Wind and Thunder Swords without hesitation and began to mobilize his true energy for ritual practice.

Not to mention that it is almost impossible for him to damage the flying sword, even if an accident happens, the cost will be borne by the Life Pill.

Not to mention the serious impact on spiritual practice.

Even if the Wind and Thunder Swords were completely destroyed, Xiao Chen would not be hurt at all.

This is the power of the Double Golden Elixir, which allows you to enjoy the benefits of sword cultivation for free without having to bear the corresponding risks.

Of course, binding your natal flying sword will also result in more resource consumption when practicing the Life Pill.

But this is normal. It is impossible for a flying sword to become stronger out of thin air for no reason. These extra resources are actually equivalent to the loss of strengthening the flying sword.

"Om~!"

A sword sounded, and the wind and thunder sword that was just completed by Qi Ling was unable to withstand the cleansing of the true essence, and the sword body trembled violently.

But it doesn’t matter. Xiao Chen bought the sword monument before just to help the sword master complete his upgrade.

He took out the sword stele in time and directly mobilized his true essence to melt the sword stele in order to stimulate the sword intent within it.

With the external force, the Wind and Thunder Swords stopped shaking immediately and began to absorb the sword intent and true energy to upgrade to a spiritual weapon.

Just as he had expected, the sword monument was successfully upgraded to a spiritual weapon before it was completely melted.

"combine!"

Xiao Chen took a deep breath and spat out the life pill.

Since the Wind and Thunder Sword was originally related to the fake elixir, it was not difficult to practice it again at this time.

Under the impact of the massive amount of True Energy, the originally slender sword gradually shrank. In less than an hour, it was reduced to only half an inch in size.

Finally, guided by his spiritual consciousness, he flew straight into the Life Pill.

"Very good, the flying sword merges with the elixir, the weapon and life become one."

Xiao Chen took back the Life Pill and nodded with satisfaction: "Now that I have my own flying sword, I can call myself a sword cultivator in the future."

The reason why he thought so was mainly because many times, the title of swordsman sounds more impressive.

The most famous story about this incident is Zhan Long Hai.

It is said that in ancient times, Zhanlong Sea was not called its current name, and no human race lived there, but all kinds of monsters and beasts were everywhere.

Later, some human cultivators took a fancy to the spiritual veins there and tried to expand their territory there.

However, they accidentally disturbed a sleeping real dragon, and suddenly there was a violent storm, flood and fire, and countless monks were killed or injured, with wailing everywhere.

At that time, a peerless swordsman passed by and witnessed this tragic scene.

Waving his sleeves, he drew a white rainbow, and using his flying sword, he slew a real dragon.

Therefore, it was named the Dragon-Slaying Sea by later generations and attracted countless sword practitioners.

Even now, the Demon-Slaying Sword Sect, the Divine-Splitting Sword Pavilion, and the Star-Picking Sword Pavilion are all clustered together in the Dragon Slaying Sea because it has become a sacred place in the eyes of sword cultivators. "I don't know if I'll have the opportunity to earn a similar title in the future."

Xiao Chen sighed, but didn't think about it any further.

In the final analysis, these are all empty names. No matter how powerful a real person is, he cannot compare to the True Lord. The last two words are more important.

So he hurried to take out the gilded thousand-thread honey, taking advantage of the fact that he had just formed the life pill, which was a good time to absorb the medicinal properties, while nourishing his lungs and warming his skin.

The next period of time.

Xiao Chen stayed in the courtyard and took turns practicing various skills.

I get up at dawn every day and eat ten pounds of sea fish to fill my stomach.

Then he practiced the "Sharp Light Soaring Cloud Sword" for an hour, and then ate ten kilograms of sea fish.

Then he practiced the "Wanxiang Huichun Sutra" for three consecutive hours. For lunch, he had a white jade small green dragon with twenty kilograms of sea fish, and occasionally added a small bowl of ball-shaped spiritual rice to adjust the taste.

In the afternoon, he practiced the "Nine Transformations into Dragons" for three hours in a row, and then ate twenty kilograms of sea fish to replenish his energy.

Before going to bed, he practiced the "Xuan Zong's Secret Method of Harmony" and the "Xuan Zong's Illusion Technique" for an hour alternately.

It was already midnight when I finished practicing, so I ate ten kilograms of sea fish as a midnight snack.

Finally, take a short nap for two hours to recuperate. For a Jindan Zhenren, two hours is enough to cultivate the spirit without affecting the body.

However, after only a month and a half of living like this, Xiao Chen discovered that he had eaten all the sea fish he had bought.

"Hey, isn't it 3,700 kilograms?"

He flipped through the Hanhai Ring: "Did I eat so fast?"

To be fair, Xiao Chen actually doesn't eat that much.

The main reason was that he had Hextech enhancement, and the speed of practicing "Nine Transformations into Dragons" was too fast, so that his own energy alone could not meet the demand.

When it comes to body training, seven parts rely on training and three parts rely on diet.

His training volume is large, so naturally his demand for food also increases.

"Let me do the math. One pound of sea fish meat is worth seven spirit stones. Seventy pounds a day, that's four hundred and ninety spirit stones."

Xiao Chen counted the Hanhai Ring and found that he now had 1.15 million low-grade spirit stones and 8,700 medium-grade spirit stones.

"According to this method, one million spirit stones can only last for two thousand days, which is more than five years."

"Well, that doesn't seem to be a big problem."

Since he can afford it, Xiao Chen has no intention of saving money in this regard.

He went straight to East City to buy another batch of sea fish.

This inn is located in the north city, and you will pass by the big square on the way.

There are fewer monks here today, but there are still a few monks gathered together, chatting and talking.

"Brother Zhang, have you heard that the three major families of Jingkonghai are fighting with the Jinxia Sect of Xilai Kingdom?"

"It spread all over the place the day before yesterday. I heard from a friend that they seemed to be vying for ownership of the latest discovered secret realm."

"Brother Zhang, you don't know this. There is no secret realm at all. That's just an excuse."

"Oh, there's something else going on. Brother Li, you're always well-informed. Tell me about it. We'll go to Douxiefang for dinner later."

"Hehehe, let me tell you, a month ago, the two families were working together to search for the whereabouts of Chen Xiao."

"Is it Chen Xiao who suddenly put out a million-dollar bounty two years ago?"

"Yes, it's him! I heard that the Jinxia Sect captured Chen Xiao, but they didn't want to hand him over and wanted to keep him for themselves. That's why the three Jingkonghai sects took action together."

……

When we arrived in East City, the situation here was different from the previous Sea Spirit Festival.

The original variety of colorful decorations not only remained, but became even more decorated, preparing for an even bigger celebration.

Compared to the annual Sea Spirit Festival, the Hundred Herbs Secret Realm, which opens only once every fifty years, is obviously more worthy of attention.

Almost every store has added one or two temporary shelves.

On it are either manuals on spiritual herbs or tools needed to collect spiritual herbs.

Mainly special gloves for picking spiritual herbs and customized jade boxes for storing spiritual herbs.

Xiao Chen even bought a copy of "Illustrated Guide to One Thousand and One Common Spiritual Herbs" and a copy of "Complete Guide to One Hundred and Eighty-Nine High-Level Spiritual Herbs".

The former records the most common types of spiritual herbs in the Eastern Region. It only costs ten spirit stones and is well worth reading.

The latter even collected all the third and fourth-level spiritual herbs that appeared every time the Hundred Herbs Secret Realm was opened.

Although the price tag is thirty spirit stones per copy, there is still no problem with sales.

Almost all cultivators who enter the secret realm for the first time will choose to buy a book and then gamble their luck based on these spiritual herbs.

"Come to think of it, I haven't collected any spiritual herbs yet?"

Xiao Chen suddenly realized that he didn't seem to have any tools to collect spiritual herbs.

So he went straight to the shop manager and asked, "Do you have any tools that can be used to collect fourth-level spiritual herbs?"

"Just show me the best one."

Upon hearing this, the steward immediately took out a set of custom-made spiritual weapons and said, "Then you have come to the right place!"

"Please look at these White Dew Fuliu gloves. They are made of the branches of the Fuyang weeping willow and woven with White Dew silk."

"I've also specially engraved several inscriptions on it, including 'Life is Abundant, All Things Rejuvenate, Gentle Breeze Brings Air...' to ensure the elixir remains intact."

"It also comes with two jade boxes for sealing medicine."

He handed over a spiritual contract and said, "This jade box of ours was designed by City Lord Huo himself. It is guaranteed not to lose a single bit of spiritual energy."

That spiritual contract was the proof left behind when the shop purchased the jade box for sealing medicine from the weapon refining workshop under the City Lord's Mansion.

"How much is this set?"

"As you know, this is a spiritual weapon, and the cost is quite high. Including this bottle of spiritual dew, the total cost is 120,000 spiritual stones."

The Soul-Cunning Dew itself is a third-grade spiritual medicine, and its main function is to preserve the medicinal properties of the fourth-grade spiritual herbs from being lost.

One bottle can be used ten times.

"Give me ten more bottles of Spirit Preserving Dew, and twenty... uh... thirty Jade Medicine Sealing Boxes."

Xiao Chen thought about it. Although he might not be able to use the items for the time being if he bought too much, what if?
To be on the safe side, it is better to prepare more.

"Thirty?"

The steward was stunned when he heard this: "Sir, are you sure you want thirty jade boxes for sealing medicine?"

What do you want to do?
This is a custom-made jade box prepared for fourth-grade elixir. A normal cultivator would be very lucky to have one.

You need so many jade boxes at once. Are you going to purchase them?
He was a little suspicious whether Xiao Chen had made a slip of the tongue or he had misheard.

"I'm sure, go get it."

Xiao Chen nodded. After all, the Hanhai Ring was very big, so even if he couldn’t use it all this time, he could keep it for future use.

If he plans to refine third-level or even fourth-level pills in the future, he will inevitably have to deal with these things.

The higher the level of the elixir, the more details it has to pay attention to.

By then, there will simply not be enough, and there will be absolutely no waste.

"Sir, are you sure you want thirty jade medicine boxes?"

Soon, the shop owner came out and said, "The staff below may not have explained it to you clearly. Some spiritual herbs may look like a lot, but in fact, the same kind of spiritual herbs can be put together."

"For example, although a tree of golden rose fruit may sometimes produce more than ten fruits, they can all be stored in a jade box."

The shopkeeper said this while looking him up and down.

It’s not that he doesn’t want to make money, but he is mainly worried that Xiao Chen doesn’t treat the spirit stones as spirit stones and doesn’t have any background.

Although he is not afraid of retaliation, it would be bad if the other party was deceived and made a fuss about it, which would damage the store's reputation and affect subsequent sales.

"I'm sure, just give it to me."

Xiao Chen asked, "How many spirit stones are there in total?"

The shopkeeper's eyes flashed: "Sincerely accept your 350,000 spirit stones, and I will also give you a bottle of spirit dew."

He hesitated for a moment, then took the initiative to say, "If you can obtain the Thousand Flowers and Ten Thousand Leaves Vine, our store is willing to buy it for 280,000 spirit stones."

"This commitment will be valid until February next year."

Since Xiao Chen bought so many jade boxes at one time, whether for himself or for his companions, it means that he is definitely not simple.

The shopkeeper had no intention of prying into the secret, but he really needed the Thousand Flowers and Ten Thousand Leaves Vine.

According to the inside information he got, City Lord Huo planned to hold a spiritual medicine banquet in the City Lord's Mansion after the secret realm ended this year.

Only cultivators who possess fourth-level elixirs and are willing to trade them are eligible to participate in the elixir banquet.

The specific details will be announced on the day the secret realm ends, but the news has already leaked in some small circles in advance.

The shopkeeper wanted to attend the banquet very much, but he didn't have many fourth-level spiritual herbs on hand, and he was still missing one ingredient, the Thousand Flowers and Ten Thousand Leaves Vine, to complete the recipe.

Therefore, he referred to the auction price eight years ago and took the initiative to pay a premium of 60,000 spirit stones to buy it everywhere.

When I saw Xiao Chen today, I couldn't help but mention it more.

The reason why he was so anxious was that asking a fourth-level alchemist for help was not an easy task.

Especially after the secret realm ends, a large number of spiritual herbs will flow out, and many high-level alchemists will be busy.

If he goes too late, the other party may not be able to help him refine the pills.

"Thousand Flower and Leaf Vine?"

Xiao Chen nodded: "I'll remember that. If I happen to meet you, I will definitely come over."

Since it was purchased at a high price, he wouldn't mind earning a few more spirit stones as long as he could come across it.

He then bought another 10,000 kilograms of sea fish at one time.

Because the quantity was large enough, we were able to get a 30% discount again.

I have to say, the Hanhai Ring is really big.

Even if ten thousand kilograms of sea fish were thrown in, they would only occupy a small space and there would be no sense of crowding at all.

On the way back, Xiao Chen deliberately slowed down his pace and pricked up his ears.

He has been busy practicing recently and it is rare for him to come out. He wants to hear more news around him.

"The Hundred Herbs Secret Realm will open soon. Everyone, please memorize the illustrated guide carefully these days and don't miss this opportunity."

"Master Lanzhi, who lives on the island across from us, picked a Righteousness Fruit in the secret realm that year."

"After I came out, I directly exchanged it for a rank-breaking spiritual medicine from the City Lord's Mansion. This gave me the opportunity to reach the Golden Core stage."

This is an old man who is giving a lecture to a group of foundation-building disciples.

"Brother Zhao, I heard that Elder Qian has also put out a reward. Anyone who can pick a thousand-year-old weeping spirit flower can exchange it for a full 300,000 spirit stones."

"Junior Brother Zhou, is this news true? I remember that thousand-year-old weeping spirit flower that was auctioned four years ago was only worth 200,000 spirit stones, right?"

"Absolutely true. This was told to me by an inner sect senior brother yesterday."

"He also said that anyone lucky enough to pick the Shenhe Shoushen Flower could go to the pharmacy and exchange it for a Zhenyang Huasheng Pill."

Ok?
When Xiao Chen heard about the True Yang Transformation Pill, he couldn't help but stop.

(End of this chapter)