The Demon-Slaying Grandmaster

Chapter 522 Selling one kind of elixir at two prices
The Nine-Turn Golden Elixir from Journey to the West, when it appears in the world of Investiture of the Gods, can not only make people immortal and grant them eternal life, but also heal injuries and save lives.

To put it bluntly, the golden pill refined by Li Jingxiao is equivalent to a super pill combining the Nine-Turn Rejuvenation Pill and the Nine-Turn Golden Pill from the Investiture of the Gods world.

I don't believe that the Primordial Celestial Venerable wouldn't care about such a pill that could both enhance one's cultivation and save a life.

In the original story, Jiang Ziya actually died once.

In the Red Sand Formation of the Ten Deadly Formations, Jiang Ziya's physical body was destroyed, but he was resurrected by Yuanshi Tianzun using the Three Lights Divine Water.

Only then did he escape.

Although some say it was a fake death, after all, only the physical body was destroyed, while the soul remained.

However, if it weren't for Yuanshi Tianzun's personal intervention, Jiang Ziya, who was in charge of the Investiture of the Gods, would have been on the list.

That would be both fun and funny.

However, if the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir were available, the Primordial Celestial Venerable would not need to expend the Three Lights Divine Water.

Moreover, the Twelve Golden Immortals of the Chan Sect almost died in the Nine Turns Yellow River Formation.

Although the person did not die, all of their cultivation was gone.

It is believed that Yuanshi Tianzun must have felt both apprehensive and fortunate.

Now that there are golden pills that can enhance cultivation, Yuanshi Tianzun, as the teacher, would most likely be willing to keep a few on hand as backup.

If the Celestial Venerable needs the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir, then it would be perfectly logical for Li Jingxiao to take the opportunity to offer the Golden Elixir in exchange for the Celestial Venerable's lecture.

It is believed that Yuanshi Tianzun would not want to owe Li Jingxiao a favor.

Moreover, the cost of merely giving Li Jingxiao a few lectures is indeed very small for a sage.

Every year, the Chan and Jie sects would preach to their disciples, and they would also give special instruction to their direct disciples from time to time.

Therefore, Li Jingxiao believed that Yuanshi Tianzun would surely grant his small request.

Perhaps if the Tongtian Sect Leader found out, he would ask for a few golden pills for his disciples to keep on hand.

Then, he could ask the Tongtian Sect Leader to explain the "Eight-Nine Arcane Arts" to him, and before the Investiture of the Gods, Li Jingxiao would be able to upgrade to the seventh level of the "Eight-Nine Arcane Arts".

With this idea in mind, Li Jingxiao became even more motivated.

However, upon closer reflection, Li Jingxiao suddenly felt that he still needed to think things through carefully.

How to split the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir from Journey to the West in two.

It was refined into the Nine-Turn Resurrection Pill, which can 'repair injuries and illnesses, strengthen the body, and revive'.

There is also the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir, which can "prolong life, grant immortality, enhance cultivation, increase magical power, and allow ascension to heaven in broad daylight."

Laozi in Journey to the West is actually the founder of Taoism.

Moreover, although Laozi is the third son in Journey to the West, he has always had a good relationship with his two brothers.

It means that if the brothers are of one mind, they can suppress any opinions or dissatisfaction in Journey to the West.

There's no need to worry about this or that.

The Nine-Turn Golden Elixir and the Nine-Turn Rejuvenation Elixir are combined into one, giving one elixir multiple uses.

Not only is it convenient and effortless, but it also eliminates the need to expend twice the energy and time to refine two kinds of golden pills.

It can also prolong life and increase magical power through the Golden Elixir, and has the function of bringing the dead back to life, thus appeasing the Jade Emperor and other immortals and gods in the Heavenly Court, as well as many independent cultivators.

It can be said that Laozi in the Journey to the West world relied on the Golden Elixir, and Yuanshi Tianzun relied on preaching the Dao to firmly establish their status as Dao Ancestors.

However, Laozi in the Investiture of the Gods became the eldest of the Three Pure Ones.

But with the Dao Ancestor Hongjun above him, his two brothers below might not necessarily be completely of one mind with him.

They even stood by and watched as the second brother, Yuanshi Tianzun, and the third brother, Tongtian Jiaozhu, had a conflict.

When the Chan Sect and the Jie Sect clashed, the Chan Sect would take sides, supporting one while attacking the other.

Although the doctrine is 'purity and non-action', there are far more calculations involved than usual.

Outside, there's the Goddess Nuwa, and the Western Paradise's Guide and Zhunti are also eyeing the situation covetously.

If it were Li Jingxiao, he would be just as cautious as Laozi.

So Li Jingxiao casually crafted a simplified version of the Soul-Sinking Bell.

With a sweep of his spiritual energy, he saw that the fourteen second-generation disciples of the Chan Sect were still figuring out how to forge a replica of the Golden Cudgel.

He simply focused his mind on the two volumes of the "Taiqing Dandao Shangpian" (The Upper and Lower Chapters of the Great Purity Elixir Path) that Laozi had taught him in the Journey to the West world.

After mastering the first part, you can refine five-stage, six-stage, seven-stage, and eight-stage golden pills.

The next section details the method for refining the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir.

Of course, the two parts are said to be specifically about how to refine the Golden Elixir, but once you learn them, your alchemy skills will instantly soar to the level of the patriarch.

Given Li Jingxiao's current alchemy skills, he could refine the pills with just a little thought, provided he had the recipe.

Moreover, there are actually plenty of pills and recipes that can be obtained in the game.

In addition, the effects of various types of Golden Elixir, from the Fifth-Order Golden Elixir to the Ninth-Order Golden Elixir, basically solved all the problems.

If you're injured, take one.

I'm about to die, eat one.

If your cultivation level isn't high enough, one pill will suffice.

Even if you don't want to work hard anymore, one pill can still help you become an immortal.

Therefore, there is no need to refine other pills besides the Golden Elixir.

Li Jingxiao originally intended to skip the previous part and only read the next part.

But upon closer reflection, it can be seen as a way to learn new things by reviewing the old.

To be honest, after carefully studying the two articles for more than ten days, he actually came up with quite a few new ideas.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that Laozi taught the Dao of alchemy the most in Journey to the West.

While the old man was refining pills with Li Jingxiao, he was ostensibly making Li Jingxiao his assistant.

In reality, he just wanted to slack off and treat Li Jingxiao like a beast of burden.

However, the old man still had a conscience. During the process of refining the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir, he would teach Li Jingxiao alchemy whenever he had free time.

Since your master has passed on his true skills, Li Jingxiao is happy to accept this kind of arduous task.

But once he was able to refine the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir, his thoughts changed somewhat.

Each alchemy session takes forty-nine days, which is a huge waste of time.

But from the moment Laozi accepted him as a disciple, he wanted to cultivate Li Jingxiao to become the successor of his alchemy.

Therefore, the knowledge of alchemy was taught the most extensively and in the most detail.

In addition, he had the task of refining pills every year, so Li Jingxiao had no shortage of experience in refining pills, nor did he lack theoretical knowledge.

But Li Jingxiao was cheating. Although the Dao of alchemy was vast and difficult to learn, it was much easier for Li Jingxiao than for others.

After only a few years, Laozi realized that he had run out of things to say about alchemy, so he started to teach Li Jingxiao other things.

Not only did they pass down the "True Scripture of the Great Dao of Taiqing," but they also passed down knowledge about weapon crafting.

After all, Laozi in Journey to the West can indeed be considered the patriarch of weapon crafting.

However, the old man did take precautions.

The knowledge taught in weapon crafting is not as comprehensive as that taught in alchemy.

There was no requirement for Li Jingxiao to frequently refine weapons to practice and gain experience.

Moreover, he passed on the "Eight-Nine Mysterious Techniques" to Li Jingxiao, and then passed on the "108 Scrolls of Heavenly Book" to him.

It seems that the goal is to increase Li Jingxiao's combat power and understanding of Taoist magic and supernatural abilities, hoping that he will become a protector of the Taoist sect.

However, it also took up some of Li Jingxiao's energy and time.

However, although Li Jingxiao noticed the problem, he didn't care.

He'll learn any technique that's powerful.

Moreover, Li Jingxiao was not an honest child; if he didn't want to listen, he wouldn't listen to Laozi.

So sometimes, the old man was quite annoyed by Li Jingxiao. But Li Jingxiao was talented, worked hard in cultivation, and was the only true successor of the Nine Revolutions Golden Elixir.

Even if the old man is angry, he won't really do anything to him.

The more Li Jingxiao dared to offend Laozi, the higher his status became in the Tushita Palace and the Heavenly Court.

Occasionally, Lingbao Daozun would call him over, ostensibly to impart the Shangqing Great Dao to him.

Actually, he was just bored, so he made a few jokes about Laozi to amuse himself.

Even when Yuanshi Tianzun summoned him to listen to the Great Dao of Hunyuan with other big shots like Zhenyuanzi, Tiejiao Daxian, and Lishan Laomu, he was still a figure of great importance.

There were also some teasing remarks.

It's obvious at a glance that they're making fun of Laozi.

But this is actually a means for Yuanshi Tianzun and Lingbao Daozun to suppress Laozi.

Who made Laozi the third son in Journey to the West?

With such a great reputation and influence, he also took in Li Jingxiao, a promising successor.

Some mild and ineffective suppression became inevitable.

But let alone Li Jingxiao, even Laozi himself didn't care.

He also hinted to Li Jingxiao that he should take the opportunity to visit Yuanshi Tianzun and Lingbao Daozun more often.

The master and apprentice are actually quite similar in personality, which is why they get along so well.
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Now that he had found a way to split the Golden Core in two, Li Jingxiao originally wanted to take out the +9 Immortal Artifact Eight Trigrams Furnace.

But then I thought, since I already have a cheat code, why should I bother refining pills myself?
My mind was focused on the alchemy room in the game.

The materials for crafting the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir in the Journey to the West version can be found in so many maps in the game, and most of them can be obtained long ago.

Some items that can't be obtained through gameplay can be found in the real world.

Moreover, Li Jingxiao accompanied Laozi in alchemy for many years and embezzled quite a few precious materials.

He even dared to embezzle about a dozen truckloads of cinnabar.

Back then, during the ordeal with the One-Horned Rhinoceros King of Jindu Mountain, also known as the Green Ox Demon.

To bribe Laozi, Buddha directly gave the old man eighteen golden pills.

Those eighteen golden elixir pills were not ordinary items that could be counted one by one.

Back then, the eighteen Arhats, following the Buddha's instructions, took eighteen golden elixir pills to Jindu Mountain.

When the golden elixir sand is taken out and tossed, golden sand flies everywhere.

In just a short while, the golden sand of the entire Jindu Mountain buried the ox's feet.

A little while later, the water level rose to the waist of the blue ox.

This shows just how enormous the number of those eighteen golden pills was.

In those years, Li Jingxiao used the pretext of refining five-stage, six-stage, seven-stage, and eight-stage golden pills in the Tushita Palace.

They certainly embezzled a lot of these materials.

Therefore, alchemy was not only a piece of cake for Li Jingxiao, but he also didn't have to worry about not having enough materials.

Li Jingxiao only experimented a dozen times, right there in the game's alchemy room.

They refined the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir and the Nine-Turn Rejuvenation Elixir in the style of the Investiture of the Gods.

By the time he finished refining it, only five days had passed.

There are only twenty days left until the second weapon-forging competition.

Finally, he noticed that Jinzha and Muzha were walking over in an orderly fashion, intending to call him out of seclusion.

However, Li Jingxiao also noticed that besides Jinzha and Muzha, there was another person following the two brothers.

With a sweep of his divine sense, he noticed a unique aura emanating from this person, suggesting that he had cultivated a physical body technique.

Without even guessing, I knew it must be Yang Jian.

In Journey to the West, Yang Jian is Li Jingxiao's brother-in-law because of the Third Princess.

The two fought and drank a lot, and their relationship was indeed very close.

However, in the Investiture of the Gods, Yang Jian and Nezha were both third-generation members of the Chan Sect.

Suddenly, he became his junior apprentice.

So when Li Jingxiao came out of the thatched hut and saw the younger version of Yang Jian, he was momentarily dazed.

However, after observing for a few seconds, Li Jingxiao quickly realized that the Erlang Shen in front of him was different from his brother-in-law.

In terms of sheer presence, it's incomparable.

His attire and appearance were nowhere near as handsome and extraordinary as his brother-in-law.

Li Jingxiao was relieved.

Since they look completely different, Li Jingxiao has absolutely no connection with his brother-in-law.

However, Yang Jian, despite his young age, had already cultivated the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts to the fifth level.

Let alone the third-generation disciples of the Chan Sect, even among the second-generation disciples, their cultivation and strength are at least above average.

As for Master Yuding, his cultivation of the sixth level of the "Eight-Nine Arcane Arts" was actually equivalent to that of a true Grand Luo Golden Immortal.

However, the old man deliberately concealed his abilities and never revealed his true cultivation level.

Fortunately, this has nothing to do with Li Jingxiao, so there's no need to expose his little secret.

But Li Jingxiao also wanted to test Yang Jian's strength and see how much of a gap there was between him and Yuan Hong at this time.

Yuan Hong has been following Li Jingxiao for almost two years now, and has given him a lot of guidance in his cultivation.

He even provided guidance on the "Eight-Nine Arcane Arts".

He spent over a year in the Yin Shang camp in the North Sea, fighting dozens of battles with the leaders of the North Sea demon race, both big and small.

Last year, I advanced from the fourth level of the "Eight-Nine Arcane Arts" to the fifth level.

Before Li Jingxiao left Chentang Pass, he gained a lot of experience from the seven brothers and sisters of the Meishan Seven Freaks.

Yuan Hong was already able to provide 51 experience points at this point.

However, people like Li Jingxiao are always wary of others.

If Yuan Hong were to pose a threat to him, Li Jingxiao would suppress him, both openly and covertly.

Of course, directly suppressing Yuan Hong's or his disciple's cultivation level would be the dumbest method.

All you need to do is teach one other difficult-to-learn but seemingly powerful technique.

He even taught his disciples or retainers the arts of alchemy, weapon crafting, and formations.

Just getting into one of these subjects is enough to consume countless hours and energy.

Li Jingxiao had only briefly tested Yang Jian when he heard a notification in his mind that he had gained 55 experience points.

He couldn't help but think to himself, "No wonder this kid is the number one among all three generations of disciples of the Chan and Jie sects in the Investiture of the Gods."

Even among the Twelve Golden Immortals of the Chan Sect, only Guang Chengzi and Yu Ding Zhenren could defeat him.

Moreover, once one has mastered the "Eight-Nine Arcane Arts," one will be fearless against the vast majority of magical treasures.

Even the Heaven-Turning Seal would have difficulty suppressing him.

Only magical artifacts specifically designed to target the soul, such as the Soul-Slaying Bell and the Yin-Yang Mirror, can likely subdue Yang Jian.

However, practicing the "Eight-Nine Arcane Arts" does not make one invincible.

Yang Jian was afraid of the blood curse in Lü Yue's Plague Formation, which meant he was worried that evil spirits, plagues, and unclean blood would contaminate his body.

Fortunately, Li Jingxiao was equipped with a full set of defensive magical artifacts, and his +9 immortal artifact, the Eight Trigrams Glowing Robe, was immune to wind, fire, thunder, lightning, and evil spirit curses.

Naturally, there would be no weakness in this area.

Yang Jian was easily subdued by Li Jingxiao, and he began to feel both fear and respect for Li Jingxiao.

In particular, Master Yuding, who was Yang Jian's teacher, had hinted to Yang Jian that he should never offend Li Jingxiao.

(End of this chapter)