Cultivating immortality through titles, without bottlenecks.

Do you understand?

Wei Zhong understood perfectly.

Although Yang Jingting's alchemy was exceptionally smooth, he even slowed down at crucial steps to demonstrate to Wei Zhong.

However, Wei Zhong still couldn't understand it, especially the liquid refining technique, which was simply miraculous.

They were able to simultaneously refine multiple medicinal liquids without any interference between them.

This single step left Wei Zhong utterly bewildered.

Not to mention the remaining techniques for condensing and separating the elixir.

Thinking of this, Wei Zhong shamelessly said:

"Your disciple is dull-witted, please demonstrate again, Master."

Yang Jingting:

"good!"

……

The sun hung high in the sky, its blazing rays shining into the courtyard. Wei Zhong sat on the threshold, the fire in the alchemy furnace behind him still burning, adding to the already sweltering heat.

"Nourishing Qi Pills, these are really difficult to obtain!"

Wei Zhong let out a long sigh, his face clearly showing his sorrow.

More than a month has passed since he began learning how to refine Qi-Nourishing Pills.

Wei Zhong had never realized that alchemy was so difficult.

In that month, he attempted to refine pills forty times, and without exception, he failed every single time.

There were even mistakes in the process of preparing the medicinal materials.

It seems that the Qi-Nourishing Pill and other elixirs such as the Heart-Clearing Pill and the Yuan-Nourishing Pill are now on completely different levels.

The blessing from the "Breaking the Barrier" is good, as it removes bottlenecks and obstacles for me. However, it only removes obstacles; I still need to get to the basics of cultivation.

"Like cultivating oneself, like refining elixirs, without even producing a single Qi-Nourishing Pill, the title's blessing is utterly meaningless..."

Wei Zhong looked up at the sky, when suddenly the sound of a door being pushed open caught his attention.

A figure appeared from next door.

Wei Zhong immediately stood up:

"Junior brother, you've broken through?"

Feeling the smooth, rounded spiritual energy emanating from its body, and the mid-stage Qi Refining spiritual pressure that was difficult to fully control, Wei Zhong's face was filled with astonishment.

The other person nodded shyly, which made Wei Zhong burst into laughter:

"Good, good, I will inform my master right away. I wonder how happy he will be to hear this news."

Thanks to Wei Zhong's word, the news of Ning Zhiyuan's breakthrough quickly reached Yang Jingting and several of his close disciples.

Soon after, it spread to the inner disciples and those who had registered their names.

As night fell, Wei Zhong sat cross-legged on his wooden bed, gazing at the moonlight streaming through the window, and sighed inwardly:

"A level four Qi Refining cultivator is enough to establish a small cultivation family even if placed outside the gate."

"Like the fourth senior brother, the fifth senior brother..."

It can be said that most of the small cultivation families in the Cangwu Mountains originated from this.

Even the Wei family itself is the same.

"Junior Brother has a superior spiritual root, and his cultivation progress is indeed fast."

"Although I have a low-grade spiritual root, I have earned the title of 'Breaker' and enjoy the great power of heaven and earth, so my speed is not slow."

A wisp of spiritual energy was absorbed by Wei Zhong and circulated along the meridians within his body...

A stream of cyan magical power naturally formed within the dantian's qi sea. Upon internal observation, the entire qi sea was filled with magical power.

"The third level of Qi Refining is complete, I've succeeded!"

"Then, I broke through to the fourth level of Qi Refining."

"Let me see just how thick this bottleneck that has been blocking my junior brother's cultivation for a year really is!"

With a thought, Wei Zhong's dormant magical power in his dantian immediately began to stir.

Following the circulation of Qi throughout the body, Wei Zhong felt his meridians slightly swell, his consciousness floated, and he immediately fell into a mysterious state.

As the crescent moon rotated more than halfway, a layer of spiritual energy rippled outwards from Wei Zhong's body, forming an illusory azure circle.

She opened her eyes, her brows and eyes smiling:

"Four bottlenecks, nothing special!"

The next day, Wei Zhong used the "Concealing Qi Technique" to hide his cultivation level completely, only revealing a shallow level of Qi Refining Level 3 magic power.

The alchemy room was empty.

Since Ning Zhiyuan broke through to the fourth level of Qi Refining, the entire Qingya Sect has been in a state of enthusiastic celebration.

Many fellow disciples entered Songlinfang together, both for enjoyment and to celebrate.

This is to celebrate our junior brother, and also to celebrate the Qingya Sect.

The fate of the sect leader who had reached the pinnacle of Qi Refining was sealed; an elder at the eighth level of Qi Refining was forced to his death…

But Qingya Sect did not perish; on the contrary, it became increasingly vibrant and promising for the future.

Lighting the charcoal and starting the furnace, Wei Zhong's mind was at peace, and the various alchemy practices of the past floated before his eyes without him even having to think about them.

Clean the Vitality Grass, Spirit Gathering Flower, and Dewdrop Ganoderma lucidum thoroughly, removing any dirt and rot, and selecting the best specimens...

Thinly slice the root of the earth vein, mash the honey fungus into a paste...

Remove the surface water from the Ningling flower, grind the lime into powder and sift...

They were then successively put into the furnace and refined into medicinal liquid.

"My cultivation level and alchemy experience are inferior to Master Yang's. He can refine the liquid in one go, but I cannot."

"It would be better to refine them in stages and then fuse them together..."

"The Qi Nourishing Pill is highly potent, containing numerous medicinal ingredients that must be blended batch by batch... First, the Spirit Gathering Flower, then the Vitality Grass..."

Wei Zhong's technique was natural and flawless, his movements fluid, like playing a musical instrument.

After a while, the spiritual liquid in the furnace fused together, and the flames at the bottom of the furnace scorched it.

A concentrated, dark blue spiritual liquid gradually took shape.

Wei Zhong remained calm, showing neither sorrow nor joy, and sprinkled some lime powder, which immediately solidified.

Wei Zhong made a hand seal with one hand, ready to divide and collect the elixir at any time.

In a flash of inspiration, the medicine ball in the furnace split into two.

One is perfectly round and well-formed, while the other is charred and collapsed.

Wei Zhong raised his hand and beckoned, and the two objects fell into his palm.

Looking at the charred mess on his left hand, Wei Zhong sighed:

"The poison from the medicine was too strong, and even the elixir body could not be maintained, so it was ruined."

"but……"

His gaze shifted and focused on his right hand.

The blue elixir was perfectly round, like a work of art sculpted by nature.

Powder scraping test:

"Three-tenths of the erysipelas, making it a genuine product!"

"As expected, this little method of transferring the poison is quite good. It sacrifices half, or even more than half, of the medicinal power just to preserve a single pill."

Looking at the elixir in his hand, Wei Zhong couldn't help but burst into laughter:

"This proof is eternal. In the future, when I refine this pill, I will not fail; I will at least produce one pill!"

As night fell, all the disciples returned to their quarters.

Yang Jingting's cheeks were flushed, as if he had drunk quite a bit of spirit wine.

"Many people have come to Songlinfang today, including cultivation families from the surrounding area, and even sects that are on par with my Qingya Sect..."

"Among them are countless talented individuals and highly skilled predecessors; junior brother, you've missed out on a golden opportunity by staying within the sect..."

Yang Chupei, supporting Yang Menzhong, spoke to Wei Zhong.

At this, Wei Zhong merely smiled slightly:

"Not necessarily."

He took something out of his pocket:

"Senior sister, look what this is?"

Yang Chupei was startled, then caught sight of the cyan pill under the moonlight. Her mouth dropped open and her eyes widened.

"Qi-nourishing pills?"

This exclamation startled Yang, the sect leader beside him, awake.

He shuddered, his cheeks flushed, and turned toward Wei Zhong.

"What?"

His body trembled, and azure magic power cleansed his entire body, quickly dispelling the smell of alcohol.

Her complexion returned to normal, and she walked out with the help of her daughter.

In a few steps, he moved in front of Wei Zhong, grabbed Wei Zhong's right hand, and looked down at the elixir in his hand, examining it closely.

"The Qi-Nourishing Pill is indeed a Qi-Nourishing Pill."

"Moreover, it's not a useless pill; it contains 30% toxicity, making it a genuine product."

He suddenly looked up at Wei Zhong:

"My dear disciple, did you refine this elixir?"