Seeing Lao Hei's reaction, Xu Qian felt proud. No matter how powerful a pet was, it still wanted to compete with his IQ?
"That's a pity. If what he said is true, and you are the key awakener, we will try our best to let you gain the ability to awaken the master. Alas! What a pity, that Ma Yuan turned out to be a liar ..." Lao Hei shook his head in disappointment.
Xu Qian was annoyed and began to regret a little.
He tried his best to hide his identity, not only for the sense of security, but also because the identity of this awakener is really not very honorable, especially being called a slave of gods and immortals, which is too unpleasant. The most important thing is that as long as you admit it, you have to take on the mission. For a character like Xu Qian who doesn't want to care about anything, that will be a huge problem.
"Um...Old Hei, let me tell you, Ma Yuan's words are actually somewhat credible. As for me, although I am not an awakening user now, who knows if I will awaken after reaching a certain level of cultivation. Right, maybe I really am the Awakener." Xu Qian was a little anxious. Of course he wanted to become powerful, but Ma Yuan's side was obviously not as valuable as Lao Hei's side. If nothing else, it was just a time flow. , it is not what Ma Yuan and the others can provide, it is definitely the method of gods! And he always felt that the organization behind Ma Yuan was not that simple. After agreeing to them and asking for the benefits, when Tu Qiongdiao met, he might be doomed. He felt that it meant making a deal with the devil and selling his soul. Lao Hei and the others don't have such worries here. They just want to find the master so that there won't be any conspiracy or trap waiting for them.
The old black man didn't even raise his head. He rolled his eyes and glanced at Xu Qian.
"Have you figured it out?"
Xu Qian scolded Lao Hei all over in his heart. It turns out that this dog has been acting for himself, and he even fooled himself. Just now, he was making fun of the other person's IQ. He must have laughed so hard in his heart now.
"How are you going to help me?"
Lao Hei said lazily: "You will be allowed to come here to practice in the future."
"Cultivation..." Xu Qian was about to protest, but then he thought, no, time flows so fast, practicing here is equivalent to a hundred times more efficient!
"You can practice here, okay! Very good!" But Xu Qian suddenly thought of a question, "Does this mean my physical body can come in in the future?"
Lao Hei shook his head, "No, at least not yet."
Xu Qian was instantly petrified. If his body couldn't come in, then he could practice a hammer!
"There is no aura of heaven and earth here, so it won't be of much use if your body comes in."
"But...but..." Xu Qian wanted to say, wouldn't it be okay if I swallowed the elixir and came in? Prepare your own spiritual energy, you don’t need to have spiritual energy here! All I want is to save time!
"Don't think about cultivating by taking pills. This is one of the reasons why I asked you to come."
"Don't take the pill?" Xu Qian didn't understand what Lao Hei meant for a while. Relying on taking pills to practice cultivation is a recognized method in the modern cultivation world, but Xu Qian learned from the description in the "Magic Book" that this is not the case.
The spiritual energy integrated into the sea of qi must be pure spiritual energy. The spiritual energy contained in the elixir is actually semi-pure spiritual energy that is between pure and unpurified. When an alchemist makes an elixir, one of the processes is purification. However, because different elixirs have different requirements for spiritual energy, the degree of purity is also different. As for elixirs specially used for cultivation, such as Qiyuan Dan, the purity level is the highest. Otherwise, a large amount of spiritual energy that is not pure enough will pour in instantly, which will put pressure on the sea of qi, just like a person stuffing a large amount of it in a short time. The food was still poorly chewed, as if the stomach couldn't handle it.
Originally, high purity was a good thing for a monk's practice, but over time, the monk's Qi Sea's ability to purify spiritual energy would be greatly reduced, just like a person who is used to eating gruel cannot digest a piece of steak. The sea of qi is the foundation of a monk's cultivation. If the sea of qi is weak, even if the realm is achieved, the foundation will be unstable and the future of cultivation will be limited.
This is the side effect and dilemma of drug taking practice. The purity of the spiritual energy of elixirs cannot be high, let alone low. In any case, if you practice through elixirs for a long time, there will inevitably be hidden dangers.
I don’t know if all modern monks understand this truth, but Xu Qian’s mind is like a clear mirror, but now the world’s spiritual energy is exhausted. If he doesn’t take drugs, he can’t even get the spiritual energy. No matter how serious the side effects of taking drugs, there is nothing he can do.
"How can I absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth if I don't take pills? Do you have any idea?" Xu Qian asked.
Lao Hei looked into the distance inscrutably, "Do you know where the elixir comes from?"
"Of course it was made by an alchemist!"
"Then let me ask you, when the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is exhausted, where will the alchemist get the spiritual energy to refine the elixir?"
Xu Qian paused for a moment. He had indeed not thought about this issue. Yes, the elixir contains a lot of spiritual energy, and doesn’t the source of this spiritual energy still come from heaven and earth? Since the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is exhausted, how can we make elixirs?
"Even if the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is exhausted, there is still some, otherwise there would not be many living beings in this world." Xu Qian uses the Great Magic Art to absorb the spiritual energy of ordinary living beings. All things in the world, as long as they are living creatures, have spiritual energy. , if this is only a theoretical understanding for other monks, then Xu Qian has actually proved it with the Great Magic Art.
Lao Hei chuckled twice, "You are right. No matter how thin it is, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth will always exist. Otherwise, everything in the world will not be able to grow. This world will be a lifeless world. The so-called thinness is only the amount required by the monks. For practical purposes, it’s just too little. But alchemists also face the same situation. Even monks don’t practice enough. Alchemy requires much more spiritual energy, so how can it be enough?”
Xu Qian couldn't answer this question at all.
"Could it be that the alchemist has the means to obtain a large amount of spiritual energy?"
Black Dog looked at Xu Qian and nodded affirmatively, "Yes, even in the age of immortals and gods, alchemists must condense spiritual energy when refining elixirs, otherwise it will be difficult to make elixirs. In this era, spiritual energy is thin, and alchemists are even more difficult. You need to gather enough spiritual energy first.”
Xu Qian had a flash of inspiration and excitedly drew inferences, "You want me to kidnap an alchemist and bring him back?"
The black dog looked at Xu Qian with a look of pity, as if to say: Go back and take medicine. If you don't take medicine, the disease will not be cured.
Xu Qian also realized that he seemed to have said something wrong, so he rubbed the back of his head and giggled.
Black Dog continued angrily: "It would be easier if you had the ability to kidnap an alchemist who would willingly cooperate with you in your cultivation."
Xu Qian giggled. He knew that Black Dog would continue talking on his own, so he was not in a hurry.
"Alchemists mainly use two methods to condense the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. One is to use spiritual weapons or even fairy weapons with this function, and the other is to set up formations. And this second method is the most common method for alchemists. It can be said that , Every alchemist is a formation master, especially some high-level elixirs or special elixirs, which even need to set up formations on the elixir when it is about to be completed."
"The alchemist is so awesome!" Xu Qian sighed.
"I'm not saying all this to make you feel emotional."
Xu Qian also knew that his focus was not quite right. "You mean, if I can have a large formation that condenses spiritual energy, I can no longer rely on pills?"
The black dog nodded. Just now it was so angry that it wanted to kick Xu Qian's butt.
Formation...
Xu Qian thought of the "26 Lectures on the Basics of Formation" that he had just redeemed with his performance points, but that was only the basics and did not involve practical content at all. Besides, even if you are proficient in the formation, you must have a formation diagram. That’s it. A formation diagram is a specific method of arranging a certain formation, which is equivalent to a recipe for a dish or a prescription for traditional Chinese medicine. Without a formation diagram, even a master of formations cannot arrange the formation. How can he create one?
The black dog seemed to understand what Xu Qian was thinking. After stretching, he lay down on the ground again.
"We can give you the formation diagram, which will also help you improve your cultivation."
Xu Qian's eyes lit up. This solved a key difficulty in arranging the formation. You don't need to swallow pills to have enough spiritual energy to practice, and you will wake up laughing in the middle of the night just thinking about it.
How much Qi Yuan Dan can be saved? It can be sold for a lot of money.
If the black dog knew that Xu Qian had such a promising future, he would definitely kick him out of the secret document.
