The Secret Realm of Five Elements.
In the cave, Zhang Yaozheng was sitting behind a sapphire table, making tea and water, drinking by himself, with a calm expression.
More than forty years have passed, and his face has hardly changed, but the aura on his body has become as vast as the abyss, with the faint appearance of a rising dragon.
The cultivation environment in the Secret Cave Mansion is far better than the Cangjiang Water Mansion.
The spiritual gathering array arranged here is of extremely high level, and the concentration of spiritual energy gathered is comparable to that of medium-sized spiritual veins. It is a rare treasure land for cultivation.
As early as more than 20 years ago, Zhang Yao had successfully reached the foundation building stage and refined his superior Dao foundation into the prototype of the golden elixir.
The next twenty years:
While polishing his own magic power and Dao foundation, he also tempered his soul and spiritual thoughts, cultivated his sentiments, and reconciled his state of mind, all in preparation for forming the elixir.
Judging from his strong foundation and the spiritual elixirs and spiritual objects he possesses, forming the elixir itself is not difficult, and he is confident enough to complete it in one go and directly refine the high-grade elixir.
But it is quite difficult to form a first-grade golden elixir.
The third level of Daoji and the ninth level of Jindan.
As a practitioner of the "Wanhuadu Tianzhen Sutra", you must form a first-grade golden elixir, otherwise your future path will be cut off, you will not be able to cultivate the 'Nine-Colored Heavenly Wheel', and you will not be able to cultivate to the Nascent Soul stage.
"Twenty years of cultivating the mind and nature, the magic power and energy are perfect, and I am 70% to 80% sure that I will be able to refine a first-grade golden elixir."
In Zhang Yao's heart, thoughts flashed slightly:
"I've done everything I can do, and I can't get any more training in the secret realm. There seems to be little point in procrastinating any longer..."
It is very difficult to form an elixir, and it is even more difficult to form a high-grade golden elixir.
As far as he knew, the several golden elixir ancestors in Dali were all middle-grade golden elixirs, and the strongest of them, the former Pingdumen ancestor, was only a fourth-grade golden elixir.
As for the lower third-grade golden elixirs, they are relatively rare. Most of them are those who follow crooked ways and seek quick success. If the foundation of the path is damaged and the golden elixir is missing, the path has long been cut off.
However, without sufficient accumulation and external rare treasures, even Tianlinggen monks would probably not be able to get a high-grade golden elixir, let alone a first-grade golden elixir that is superior to all other elixirs.
"Click."
Zhang Yao took out a piece of spiritual gold, chewed it up and swallowed it, and took another sip of spiritual tea.
For more than 40 years, he has swallowed many spiritual weapons, spiritual pills and spiritual gold materials every day, and has continuously strengthened himself through the 'Liuhe Taiyuan Guixu Formation'.
Although there are many ways to strengthen the 'Liuhe Taiyuan Guixu Formation', like Yu Wentai back then, he also chose the route that mainly strengthens his body.
First of all, this route is the most convenient, quickest, and most effective, and is relatively more cost-effective. You don’t need to search for the spiritual gold treasure materials you take;
Secondly, this route is most consistent with the path of cultivation after Jindan, has the broadest future, and can truly reach a level comparable to high-level body-refining monks.
"Well……"
Zhang Yao moved his five fingers, feeling the change in body strength, and his eyes moved slightly:
"Over the years, the physical strength of my body has more than doubled."
"It takes too long to practice to the same level as Yu Wentai, and it doesn't help much in achieving the golden elixir..."
Yuwentai had endured hardship for hundreds of years, and although he had built up his invincible strength, he had no choice but to do so.
If he could obtain high-quality soul energy, he would have broken through the golden elixir long ago and would never have to wait for hundreds of years.
"Then don't delay it!"
Zhang Yao made up his mind, stood up and drank the tea in one gulp:
"The time has come, it's time to form the elixir!"
He came to the meditation room, closed the door, and activated many formations, then sat down cross-legged and waved his sleeves.
The treasures of heaven and earth, 'Earth Milk', the third-order spiritual elixir 'Qianyuan Solid Form Pill', and the third-order spiritual object 'Thunder Soul Crystal', all appeared in front of him.
These three spiritual objects were carefully selected by the original Five Elements Sanren. They correspond to the three major stages of elixir formation. Cooperating with each other can maximize the success rate of elixir formation.
First up is ground milk:
'Tianlu' and 'Earth Milk' can be regarded as the most famous treasures of heaven and earth. The Earth Milk among them is produced from tens of thousands of feet deep underground. Only the Yuanying stage old monsters who are good at escaping from the earth can have it. Collected.
Earth milk can greatly increase and purify mana, and consolidate the foundation of the Tao. It is known as the 'first spiritual object for forming pills' and is extremely precious.
The second is Qianyuan Solid Form Pill.
Zhang Yao made this by himself three years ago. He successfully opened the furnace in one go and saved two materials.
After more than forty years have passed, he has almost digested all the knowledge and skills in Yuwentai's memory. His skills such as alchemy, weapon refining, and talisman making have all reached the third level.
Among them, the most fundamental formation attainments have even reached the middle and upper reaches of the third level, which is enough to surpass most formation masters at the golden elixir stage.
Finally, there is the third-level spiritual object 'Thunder Soul Crystal'.
This is the lowest value among the three treasures, but it is still comparable to a golden elixir magic weapon. It is mainly used in conjunction with Earth Milk and Qianyuan Solid Forming Elixir.
"call!"
Zhang Yao took a deep breath, first picked up the jade bottle that sealed the earth milk, unlocked the restraints, uncorked the bottle, and swallowed it.
"boom……"
The earth milk melts in your mouth and turns into a surging warm current in an instant. It gathers along the limbs and bones into the foundation of the road and automatically circulates around the world.
The foundation-building magic power, which was already extremely pure, began to spontaneously transform under the stimulation of earth milk.
Zhang Yao seized the opportunity and used the alchemy method recorded in the "Wanhuadu Tianzhen Sutra" to start a rapid process of purifying his magic power and further sublimate the quality of his magic power.
This is the first step of forming a pill - liquefaction of mana.
"Rumble..."
The wind and clouds gathered in the sky, and there were faint colors rising.
As the mana liquefies, the celestial phenomena in the secret realm change, converging into a giant spiritual energy vortex hundreds of miles in size, setting off a spiritual energy storm.
If this were in the outside world, such a huge change in the sky would be enough to alarm all the monks thousands of miles around.
The process of spiritual energy empowerment and mana liquefaction lasted for three hours.
With Zhang Yao's powerful mana, it was originally the easiest to liquefy his mana. Now with the help of Earth Milk, it is even more effortless. The purified liquefied mana is of higher quality.
Three hours later, the liquefaction of the mana was initially completed, and Zhang Yao used the Xuan Gong method to transfer all the mana around him into the Tao Foundation.
"Buzz!"
The Daoji that had been refined into the prototype of the golden elixir trembled rapidly, and under the continuous infusion of liquefied mana, it began to transform like a fish leaping through a dragon's gate.
This is the second step of forming the elixir - shaping the elixir.
During this process, the five formations all over Zhang Yao's body began to operate, each exerting different effects and accelerating the process of shaping the elixir.
The prototype of the golden elixir is not the real golden elixir after all.
Therefore, the step of shaping the elixir must be done quickly, otherwise if it is delayed for a little longer, it will cause the foundation to collapse, and either one will die on the spot or become a useless person.
"Wow..."
A vast torrent of mana poured into the prototype of the golden elixir all the time, even squeezing out tiny cracks in the foundation.
Obviously, if there is no external help, Zhang Yao's Dao Foundation may explode before the shaping is successful.
In the step of shaping the elixir, the more powerful the magic power, the greater the difficulty. Of course, the achievement after refining the elixir is also greater.
"It's really not that simple!"
Zhang Yao was already prepared, so he immediately picked up the small porcelain bottle on the side, took out the Qianyuan Solid Form Pill and swallowed it.
With the strength of his magic power, the difficulty of shaping the elixir is almost unparalleled in the world. Without the help of spiritual elixirs and spiritual objects, he may not dare to take this step.
"Kaka!"
After swallowing the Qianyuan Shaping Pill, it immediately merged with his own magic energy and turned into a mysterious force that fell onto the Taoist base.
In an instant, Daoji seemed to be sealed in crystal amber. The cracks immediately stopped spreading and were tightly bound by force.
This is the wonderful use of the Qianyuan Solid Forming Pill. It works with the magic power itself to solidify the prototype of the golden pill. Likewise, the stronger the magic power, the greater the effect.
After receiving the help of the elixir, Zhang Yao was also concentrating, not daring to neglect for a moment, controlling his magic power, operating the method, and constantly promoting the completion of the step of shaping the elixir.
"Stable!"
It was not until two hours later that the effect of the Qianyuan Shaping Pill gradually dissipated, and Zhang Yao's heart settled down.
Thanks to twenty years of harmonizing his mind and mana energy, his ability to control his own mana has become even better, and his ability to enter mana has become faster.
Getting there quickly can determine success or failure in many cases.
At this time, he had almost completed the steps of shaping the real elixir, and was about to enter the final and most dangerous level.
"bring it on."
Zhang Yao took out the Thunder Soul Crystal from the brocade box - it was a small translucent crystal about the size of a thumb, flashing with subtle thunder light.
He put the Thunder Soul Crystal into his mouth, pressed it under his tongue, and then boldly began to attack the last step.
"Buzz!"
Zhang Yao mobilized his soul and thoughts, crossed over his body, and poured all into the golden elixir that had solidified and started to glow with golden light.
This is the last step in forming the golden elixir - the formation of the virtual elixir.
In Zhang Yao’s understanding:
Golden elixir is not only a symbol of the realm of cultivation, but also the core of a new human body and a new life form.
The golden elixir realm monks have mastered some divine channel techniques with extremely strong life-saving abilities, which can prevent death even if the head is beheaded and the internal organs are shattered. This relies on the special characteristics of the golden elixir.
This is the significance of the step of forming the Xu Dan - to replace part of the functions of the marrow sea in the brain and carry one's own soul and will.
When life is placed in one place and perfect in one point, this is the golden elixir of the great road.
"boom!"
The moment his soul and thoughts merged into the prototype of the golden elixir, Zhang Yao felt that the golden light was shining brightly in front of him, as if the world was filled with light and there was no trace of darkness.
But Zhang Yao knew that this was the most dangerous time, when his own will and the internal conflict of the golden elixir were in conflict with each other. Once he could not overcome it, he would lose his mind and the prototype of the golden elixir would shatter and die.
He asked himself that with hundreds of years of life accumulation, his spiritual will to survive all the tribulations and the mortal world was strong enough, and he was confident that he could survive this tribulation without relying on external forces.
But now that he has a better choice, he won't take the risk and suffer.
"Crack!"
Relying on the remaining instinct and psychological suggestion, Zhang Yao bit into pieces of the Thunder Soul Crystal pressed under his tongue.
In an instant:
"Zi la la..."
The lightning flashed continuously, and tiny electric lights began to rise.
It was obviously an extremely small electric light, but when Zhang Yao's soul and mind sensed it, it was thunder that spanned the heaven and the earth and tore apart the sky.
With the help of the special features of the Thunder Soul Crystal, the obstacles and artificially created weaknesses in the inner phase of the Golden Core were broken through.
Zhang Yao seized this opportunity, mobilized his will, turned into a spear that lifted up the sky, and used all his strength to hit the golden sky.
"Boom!"
After the roar of hammer-like drums, the sky curtain collapsed and the golden light faded.
Zhang Yao's soul and will commanded his soul and thoughts, rising slowly from the thunder in the sky, as if he had experienced a thunderstorm and regained a new life.
Silently: a canopy of golden flames rose around the prototype of the golden elixir, dyeing all the original pale gold into pure and flawless gold.
The golden pill began to rotate rapidly, and an extremely harmonious and precious aura rose up.
Combining the virtual and the real, the golden elixir is forged!
"Boom!"
Zhang Yao felt his whole body shake, and a new and powerful mana poured out from the golden elixir.
His body, soul, and thoughts have all undergone radical changes under the influence of the golden elixir. This is a leap in the essence of life.
After more than two hundred years of entering the immortal world, the golden elixir has finally been achieved! !
"Golden elixir! Golden elixir!!"
Zhang Yao felt heartfelt joy.
If the Qi refining period is the beginning of embarking on the path to immortality, and the foundation building period is the struggle to enter the immortal gate, then the golden elixir period can be regarded as the real entry into the immortal path.
Golden elixir monks have a lifespan of five hundred years, with a maximum lifespan of ten years.
Looking around the world, no matter which country or place, the Golden elixir monk is an absolute big shot and an ancestor.
Only after achieving the golden elixir can an immortal monk dare to say, "My life is all mine."
"Wow..."
Zhang Yao stretched out his finger and tapped it lightly, and five-color mana with golden light rose up like a ribbon.
This is golden elixir level magic power, which is several times better than simple liquefied magic power.
A monk in the Qi refining stage can use one point of mana to mobilize four or five times the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. This is the foundation of all magic and the source of power for immortal monks.
Even in the foundation building stage, the mana is more pure, but its essence has not changed.
But the golden elixir stage is different. One point of mana in the golden elixir stage is enough to mobilize more than ten times the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. This is an essential difference.
Therefore, in ancient times, the magic power of golden elixir was also called "true essence" to show the difference from the Qi refining stage and the foundation building stage.
"The golden elixir's magic power is so powerful, not to mention that its pure level far exceeds the foundation building magic power."
"Using the same magic power and performing the same method, the power that a Golden Core cultivator can unleash is more than ten times greater than that of a Foundation Establishment cultivator!"
Zhang Yao was amazed in his heart.
If ten monks with perfect Qi refining skills join forces, it can give the new Foundation Establishment Master a slight headache; then if ten monks with perfect Foundation Establishment join forces, they are nothing more than ants that can be wiped out in front of the Golden Pill Ancestor.
Even abnormal foundation-building perfect monks like Yu Wentai and Zhang Yao are only sure of escaping unharmed in front of the real ancestor of the golden elixir.
Only after truly achieving the Golden Elixir did Zhang Yao deeply understand the power of the Golden Elixir Ancestor.
"Finally, I am no longer a dispensable ant..."
(End of chapter)
