I will teach you how to cultivate immortality

Chapter 51 Of the Hundred Arts of Cultivation, Alchemy is Paramount

Quietly approaching the main house in the courtyard, the eldest maid first peeked around and looked it over.

After confirming that Li Boyang was not in the house.

The eldest girl then nimbly shrank into the house.

Unlike the messy yard, this house has clearly been carefully maintained and arranged.

Apart from the large bed in the inner room, this outer part looks more like a study.

However, instead of books, the shelves next to it were filled with specially tanned animal hides and bamboo slips.

The animal hides were painted with various design drawings and mountain and river maps that the eldest daughter couldn't understand.

Let's not talk about those design drawings.

These were all designs that Li Boyang, with the help of his primordial spirit, painstakingly recalled various mechanical structures from his previous life and drew out, designs that he believed might be useful in the future.

As for those mountain and river charts?
Then Xi Luo led Li Boyang to fly all over half of the Baiyue Mountains and carefully drew a map of the water sources, mountain ranges and roads.

Although he has been born for more than three years, Li Boyang has never ignored the poverty problem in Lijia Village.

Selecting superior varieties is only the first step in Li Boyang's plan.

If possible, Li Boyang wants to mobilize several nearby villages to jointly build an irrigation canal.

If suitable mud, sand, timber, or even ore are found...

Li Boyang even wanted to build a large enough reservoir upstream of the village.

Only in this way can we completely get rid of the current life of relying on the weather and truly achieve food freedom.

"As expected, it's not here..."

Without giving the bookshelf a second glance, the eldest daughter went straight to the desk.

This desk was also made by Li Boyang using tools from outside.

Although it looks a bit ugly, as the first large object that Li Boyang completed independently, he could never bear to throw away this table.

Especially after getting used to it, this table has become a "treasure trove" in the eyes of the eldest daughter.

Iron toads, wooden bamboo dragonflies, rough deformable springs, Rubik's Cubes with outstanding brain-training effects, and music boxes that can make sounds...

The drawers of the table are filled with works that Li Boyang is quite satisfied with.

"If I were you, I definitely wouldn't rummage through his drawers when the doll wasn't there."

Without a sound, Xiluo on the roof beam suddenly lowered her tail, startling the eldest maid.

"Ahem, so you're here!"

Somewhat embarrassed, the young girl raised her head, blinked, and tried to put on an innocent look.

Having spent three years with her, Xi Luo knew exactly what kind of girl she was, and immediately wagged her tail to intimidate her.

"Hey girl, do you think that kid will be so angry that he won't bring you along if he finds out you've been rummaging through his drawers again?"

Her eyes darted around as the young woman tried to organize her thoughts and find a suitable excuse.

"I'm almost nine years old this year, and I've officially been given a name."

"My younger brother helped me choose my name, so you should call me Li Jingshu now."

"Big girl..." Li Jingshu emphasized, a hint of slyness flashing across her face.

"Don't change the subject, what are you planning to steal this time?"

She rolled her eyes deftly. Xi Luo would never spoil Li Jing Shu like Li Boyang did!

"Is this the 'Five-Colored Stone' that E'tu brought back last time?"

"Of course, after being fired by that doll, they should now be called 'glass'."

The thought that the messy, ugly five-colored stones had eventually been transformed into colorful glass made even Xi Luo admire Li Boyang's ingenious idea.

“I heard that the doll originally intended to use these glass pieces to make a ‘telescope’.”

"But then I heard him mutter something about the purity not being enough, the impurities being too many, and that he was just overthinking things, which is why it was left over." Xi Luo paused slightly at this point.

"I think that doll will need these glass items sooner or later, so I advise you not to get your hands on them."

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At the same time, inside the Ghost and God Cliff Cave.

As the black dog closed its eyes, it gradually entered a meditative state.

Li Boyang also breathed a long sigh of relief and quietly released the hand that had been hidden in his pocket.

Don't be fooled by how confidently Li Boyang just spoke.

But he had already mentally prepared himself for the black dog to suddenly attack at any moment.

It's not an exaggeration to speculate maliciously about the psychology of a mad ghost who has been imprisoned for nearly a thousand years.

"Thank goodness I didn't have to use it..."

After muttering something under his breath, Li Boyang took out a glass bead about the size of a thumb.

This is the glass that Li Boyang recently created on a whim, using five-colored stones.

The glass has an irregular oval shape, but it is more rounded than natural crystal.

Most importantly, compared to the pure natural five-colored stones, this glass bead subtly displays a vibrant, surging energy within.

If this glass bead were allowed to explode naturally, the energy within it would be enough to destroy the entire Ghost God Cliff Cave.

"Vitality is truly a wondrous thing..."

"The whole world becomes so transcendent because of the existence of primordial energy."

Three years ago, Li Boyang knew that substances imbued with malevolent energy would undergo a kind of sublimation, becoming superior to their original form.

The ugly raccoon sculpture that is still buried at the entrance of Lijia Village is the best proof of this.

However, Li Boyang never expected this.

Even the raw crystals that have been fired by themselves will eventually undergo a qualitative transformation.

During the process of Li Boyang firing those five-colored stones, a continuous stream of malevolent energy surged into the raw stones.

Once it took shape, the surging and violent evil energy was completely sealed inside the finished product.

Li Boyang knew perfectly well that this was definitely not a characteristic that the Five-Colored Stone should originally possess.

Just like that clay brick that you fired yourself.

The original crystal stone also transformed into a new substance derived from the five-colored stone during the firing process.

Ordinary five-colored stones will transform after being fired by the fire of malevolent energy...

What if we add bronze? Or iron ingots?

Can the unique properties of different materials be preserved by mixing them using the method of forging 'hundred-times-refined steel'?

[Also, is it only fire imbued with malevolent energy that has this effect?]

[What about Xi Luo's flames? Could they do the same thing?]

These thoughts flashed through Li Boyang's mind, and he couldn't help but think of the Prison Soul Cauldron in the center of the courtyard.

Even now, with the example of the owl as a cautionary tale, coupled with the warning from the bullhead...

Li Boyang has never actually used the Prison Soul Cauldron to refine anything.

The closest I ever came to activating the Soul Cauldron was to extract a small amount of its inner fire and conduct experiments and trials in isolation.

If I can successfully use the Soul-Sealing Cauldron, can I try refining pills?

Monthly ticket/recommendation ticket

(End of this chapter)