Zhang Yan sat cross-legged on a futon, raising his hands in vain. A black and golden alchemy furnace was suspended in front of him. Wisps of colorful brilliance overflowed from the transparent areas around the alchemy furnace, illuminating his body. There is a mysterious atmosphere.
Not long ago, due to the help of Fang Tiandi in the Desolate Heaven Territory in cheating, Zhang Yan gained a huge amount of understanding about the Dao when he broke through the barrier of the middle stage of the Dao Dan Realm. Those insights are all engraved in his consciousness, and they do not appear to be unfamiliar. On the contrary, he can easily take and use them at will. Whether it is practice or continued to ponder and comprehend, it is not a problem at all.
After that, Zhang Yan also gradually understood why monks often said that they were "cultivating Taoism", and even called themselves "Taoist priests" and addressed others as "fellow Taoists and fellow Taoists".
I used to think it was a language habit. Only now did Zhang Yan realize that the word Tao is actually the foundation of this practice.
Just like a child of a few years old, he does not need to understand or understand how the calculation rules in arithmetic are established, he only needs to be able to use them. Even in the beginning, you just need to be able to count one by one. But after entering the intermediate school, you must understand the origins of many commonly used calculation rules and more complex applications.
This is a process of knowledge growth. It can also be used in practice.
Qi entrainment and Xuanmai can be regarded as the enlightenment stage of spiritual practice. Although this stage is longer, it will hold many people back for their entire lives.
The following Tao elixirs formally came into contact with the root of spiritual practice, Tao.
To put it bluntly, if you want to truly go against heaven, you must understand the normal principles of heaven and earth, and then you can find your own path that can go against heaven and earth.
Now Zhang Yan does not need to deliberately understand the "Tao" between heaven and earth, because he has a proctor to help him cheat. The benefits obtained were not only used to break through the realm barrier, but also included other great benefits that made Zhang Yan overjoyed.
Take the alchemy technique that Zhang Yan is running at this moment as an example. He had an inexplicable feeling that before he could only count on his fingers, but now he has learned multiplication and division. Things that were originally troublesome and laborious can suddenly become smoother with the penetration of those "principles" in consciousness. Most of the previous stiffness has also dissipated.
It’s not just alchemy either. All the spells and other methods that Zhang Yan is now involved in have undergone many qualitative changes because of the "understood principles" in his consciousness.
Suddenly, a strong light flashed, and it was suddenly retracted in less than a breath. It seemed to have gathered all the brilliance, and did not scatter it directly like when Zhang Yan was refining the elixir.
"Huh? It's... it's done?!"
Zhang Yan's heart skipped a beat. The alchemy techniques in his hand came out continuously, which could stabilize the restless spiritual energy in the alchemy furnace. At the same time, perform the final action of collecting the elixir.
This is the first time Zhang Yan has used this method of collecting pills since he started refining Biqing Pills. I felt a little nervous for no reason. Fortunately, he had a new understanding of the elixir technique at this time, and the method of collecting the elixir was not as complicated as the previous elixir techniques. In the end, it went smoothly without any problems.
Katcha!
Zhang Yan opened the alchemy furnace, and one pill was still filled with hot steam. The green pills floated up from the alchemy furnace spontaneously, and finally hovered half a foot above the alchemy furnace. In an instant, the alluring fragrance rushed into Zhang Yan's nose, and he felt an unforgettable and uplifting feeling after taking one breath.
"Is this the Biqing Pill?" Zhang Yan did not rush to grab the pill, but waited for the high temperature above to dissipate while looking at it carefully.
According to the description in the elixir book, the green elixir in front of Zhang Yan is undoubtedly Biqing Dan.
Just one pill can increase your life span by ten years!
A layman can only watch the excitement. For example, Zhou Cang, Shi Xuan and other warriors from the Desolate Heaven Realm. They saw that the effectiveness of elixirs could only be judged by "testing the medicine." As for an experienced alchemist like Zhang Yan, who knows whether the medicine he concocts on his own is successful or not, naturally he doesn't need to go through the trouble of "testing the medicine". Many details allow him to make a firm judgment.
When the temperature on the elixir subsided, the strange fragrance in the room quickly subsided, leaving only a few feet around the elixir that could still be smelled. Zhang Yan also observed and determined that there was nothing wrong with the green pill and that it was a successful pill. It's just that the quality is still at a low level. But the effectiveness of the medicine in extending life span by ten years will not be discounted.
Zhang Yan took off the elixir with a smile, then cleaned the elixir furnace and put away the changes to restore the Wanxiang Pearl to its original appearance.
Compared with the Bone-Strengthening Pill, which surprised Zhou Cang and Shi Xuan and regarded it as a rare treasure, in Zhang Yan's eyes, the Biqing Pill can be called a "treasure". Bone Strengthening Pill? That thing is just for alchemy masters. Even for physical training, it is looked down upon. There are many better elixirs for strengthening muscles, bones and blood.
He spread it on the palm of his hand and felt the first green pill he had refined. After a moment, Zhang Yan opened his mouth and swallowed it.
It melts in the mouth and disappears from Zhang Yan's perception after a few breaths. There is no miraculous sustained reaction like the Bone Strengthening Pill.
Lifespan is inherently mysterious, and increasing life span will naturally make it even more mysterious. While improving the physical body, it will also make gains in the mysterious and unconscious realm. This will extend your life by ten years. Of course, this is "life extension" under normal circumstances. There is no guarantee that you won't be hacked to death just after taking the elixir when you go out. It also doesn’t allow you to instantly recover from serious illnesses or poisons you are already suffering from.
Not much of a reaction though. But the effect can still be felt if a monk like Zhang Yan carefully experiences it. For example, Zhang Yan clearly felt that the traces left on his body and soul due to his previous use of the divine descending technique had been completely healed within a few breaths of taking Bi Qing Dan. It also means that the price of two years of life he paid before has been made up for now.
That's not all that makes Zhang Yan happy. As an elixir that can be refined by beginners in the Mysterious Vein Realm, Biqing Dan is extremely difficult. Zhang Yan only refined it after his proficiency reached the Tao Dan realm. But the alchemy techniques and alchemy skills are actually increasing. Now he can also start refining new elixirs.
For example, the efficacy is not as impressive as Biqingdan. But the threshold is higher than that of Biqing Dan, and the difficulty is also on the same level as Biqing Dan. Moreover, it is also a common item used by monks in the legendary era on earth: Peiyuan Dan.
If we were to list down which elixir has the slowest drug resistance in the elixir book, it would undoubtedly be Peiyuan Dan. In order to be able to take it effectively for a long time, the recipe of Peiyuan Dan has been adjusted countless times and finally took shape. It is said to allow monks to survive the entire Dao Dan realm under normal circumstances. If you go any higher, you will be unable to follow up. But at that time, there will still be similar pills such as "Da Pei Yuan Dan" that can be used, but the resistance will no longer be as slow as Pei Yuan Dan.
For normal monks, after entering the Dao Dan realm, they need to slowly accumulate their understanding of the Dao, and the accumulation of spiritual energy comes second. This is also the reason why the road to spiritual practice is long and long. But Zhang Yan is different. He does not need to comprehend the Tao for the time being. He only needs to accumulate spiritual energy to attack the bottleneck of the realm. So Peiyuan Dan has a different meaning to him.
