I use my supernatural powers to prove my immortality

Chapter 191 Ten Years
People all talk about the hundreds of arts of cultivating immortals, but the most praised ones are the four arts of "Dan Fu Zhen Qi".

As long as you can get one of them, you will basically not be short of money.

For example, the art of talismans is basically the same as printing money.

Moreover, these four are also the foundation of the other hundred arts of cultivating immortals.

for example.

The art of puppetry requires a foundation in both the art of formations and the art of weapons.

Things like breeding poisonous insects and refining the body can also involve some basics of alchemy.

Without the corresponding elixir, it is basically difficult for a physical practitioner to reach the corresponding level.

Even the art of corpse refining involves some aspects of alchemy.

Therefore, the higher the level of the cultivator, the more likely they are to choose to practice some of the Hundred Arts of Immortal Cultivation as they progress to the later stages of their cultivation.

Especially some old monsters who have cultivated to the Nascent Soul stage and lived for a long time, have practiced more than one or two small paths, and can even be said to have mastered all the methods.

but.

It is not easy to truly become an alchemist.

Knowledge inheritance is the first and foremost difficulty.

Any recipe for medicine has a price.

Even if it is a recipe for a pill that is only useful for Qi training monks, a Jindan monk might keep it tightly in his hand and will not disclose it easily.

Even the specific techniques and tips for refining the elixir are kept secret.

Even if you pass the knowledge inheritance test, the practical operation is still very difficult.

Mastering any skill essentially requires a lot of practice.

but.

For cultivators, medicinal herbs that are truly old enough are extremely precious.

Take the Foundation Establishment Pill for example, it seems like it is a pill that only low-level cultivators can use.

However, many medicinal materials have certain age requirements, and some may even start from fifty or sixty years.

Even if an immortal sect like Baiyun Temple came to visit, if they wanted to gather enough medicinal materials to refine the Foundation Establishment Pill, it would still take a long time of collecting and waiting.

Wanting to use it to train newcomers is simply a dream.

If there really was a novice alchemist who ruined a furnace of Foundation Establishment Pills, he would probably face doubts and criticisms from countless disciples of the sect.

Therefore, for many novice alchemists, the only way to gain these crucial elixir-making experiences is to assist, observe, and learn from their master during the elixir-making process.

And this is destined to be a very long process!

Many novice alchemists even have masters to provide them with hands-on guidance before they can become independent.

This is also one of the important reasons why only truly powerful forces can truly and continuously cultivate new alchemists.

After learning that Zhong Lixiao already had the recipes for some elixirs, True Man Chihuo was also very happy.

This way, he doesn't have to bear the risk of leaks.

Then, various pharmacological knowledge was explained.

When he really got to this part, Zhong Lixiao's perception suddenly changed.

Having a master to teach and not having a master to teach are two completely different things.

The properties of various medicinal materials are taught in a very systematic way.

For these immortal cultivators, their memory has changed beyond recognition. Many of them can basically remember this vast amount of knowledge once.

but.

If I want to delve into this knowledge and heritage, I really don’t know how long it will take.

Comparing this with the "Classic of Materia Medica" given to him by Wei Dutou and the many pharmacological knowledge from Baiyun Temple taught to him by True Man Chihuo, one can tell which is better at a glance.

For the same recipe, if many parts of the "Classic of Materia Medica" are vague and even have errors, then the research at Baiyun Temple is much more profound.

"The inheritance of knowledge is like this. As we study more and more deeply, we will gradually get closer to its essence. But the more we know, the more unknown we may discover."

"In this world of immortal cultivation, knowledge is too closed. Many of the discoveries we are proud of now were actually discovered by the ancients or even lost, or simply are secrets in the hands of other sects."

Speaking of this, True Man Chihuo couldn't help but sigh.

Seeing this, Zhong Lixiao couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

Compared with the previous Earth, people in this world have an unspeakable devotion to knowledge.

Although he did not have much contact with True Man Chihuo, Zhong Lixiao could still feel that he was worthy of the identity of True Man Jindan and was truly very knowledgeable.

Thinking of the "Virtual Sutra Library" that his master Xu Xuanzi might launch soon, Zhong Lixiao couldn't help but say, "Repeated innovation has indeed greatly slowed down the development of civilization. Maybe we can launch a journal in the future. It will include all kinds of knowledge secrets in the world. As long as you are willing to pay, you can learn the cutting-edge knowledge in the journal."

Upon hearing this, True Man Chihuo was also stunned.

This idea is really crazy, but just thinking about it makes people feel excited.

After a long imagination, True Man Chihuo couldn't help but shook his head, "It's impossible. A pill formula can make a family prosperous. Who would be willing to make it public?"

Zhong Lixiao directly put forward the concept of "patent".

True Man Chihuo was stunned.

I couldn't help but deduce it in my mind, and it seemed like it was possible?

Zhong Lixiao smiled and said, "Take one kind of elixir for example. Even if they restore it through the formula, even if they use it themselves, it's not a big deal. After all, the shipment is small."

"But if they want to make a lot of money from this medicine, they must go through the market channel. Then the patent owner can make a lot of money by selling the patent."

After True Man Chihuo made some deductions, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that this method was feasible.

When the price of a pill is really low to a certain extent, I believe that most cultivators will choose to buy one through formal channels, rather than spending a long time learning and then refining one by themselves.

This further ensures the feasibility of patent law!
Some extremely confidential formulas will naturally not be made public, but if only some of them were made public, the world might be very different.

When the concept of patents really takes root in people's minds, the world may really usher in an era of knowledge explosion.

True Man Chihuo couldn't help but be intoxicated by it, but then he couldn't help but shook his head.

"The resources are too scarce. Even if the formula of the foundation-building pill is made public, how many forces in the world can actually gather a batch of medicinal materials?"

What True Man Chihuo said is the reality.

The formula of the Foundation Building Pill is no longer a top secret nowadays.

But how easy is it to gather all the medicinal materials together?

Many major forces in the world control the major forces under their command, largely by controlling the production of Foundation Establishment Pills.

True Man Chihuo's words made Zhong Lixiao silent for a while.

No matter which world you are in, resources are always scarce.

Some extremely scarce resources were even divided up early on.

For the vast majority of people, they don’t even have the qualifications to fight for it.

If you want to get a piece of the pie, you will either be suppressed by the existing vested interest groups, or simply defeat one of them and take its place.

Like the era of knowledge explosion he just mentioned, it seems a bit wishful thinking at the moment.

but.

Zhong Lixiao's memories and experiences from his previous life still made him believe that when knowledge and wealth accumulated to a certain level, living beings would always be able to find new ways to solve problems.

Take the fuel of the earth in the previous life for example. In the agricultural era, the mountains and fields were bare.

But once we entered the industrial age, humans discovered various fossil energy sources one after another, and we had green mountains and clear waters.

And with the discovery of nuclear energy, the times have taken a leap forward.

As long as you dare to think, the pie may really become bigger.

Zhong Lixiao smiled and said, "We are the ones who set the questions. We may not have a good solution in our generation, but as knowledge accumulates, maybe future generations will find a new solution. Take the recipe for the foundation-building pill, for example. It is not static. Many medicinal materials have been replaced, right?"

True Man Chihuo smiled and shook his head, and had no intention of continuing to argue this topic with Zhong Lixiao.

If I set a question now, I believe that future generations will be able to find new ways to solve it. Isn't this equivalent to: Why would I care if there is a flood after I die?

As for the example of the Foundation Establishment Pill that Zhong Lixiao mentioned that had undergone repeated improvements, this was not easy!
No matter how much the pill recipe is improved, some medicinal ingredients are still irreplaceable.

As for the restrictions on the age of medication, who can solve this problem now?

However, True Man Chihuo still admired Zhong Lixiao's optimism and creative ideas.

After having an in-depth conversation with Zhong Lixiao, a gifted child of destiny, he finally realized the rigidity of his thinking and his unconcealable decadence.

This made True Man Chihuo couldn't help but laugh at himself!
But soon, True Man Chihuo could no longer laugh.

because.

Master Zheng Yangzi came directly to my door.

He asked him bluntly whether he wanted to snatch his disciple from him, which was against Tiangang!

True Man Chihuo was confused.

He just wanted to help his master solve his problems and lay a small foundation for Zhong Lixiao first. How could he have the courage to rebel against Tiangang?
Then, True Man Chihuo watched helplessly as Zhong Lixiao was snatched away from his Huozhao Peak by his master.

True Man Chihuo was numb.

As for?
Master, you are a Yuanying Zhenjun, is that necessary? !
And Zheng Yangzi’s answer was, to the extent that, very much so.

No matter whether it was Zhong Lixiao or Yuanying Zhenjun Zheng Yangzi, there were naturally countless eyes focused on them.

This little "episode" was also made a laughing stock in Baiyun Temple for a while.

This added another legendary experience to Zhong Lixiao, who was already at the peak of his career, and became a topic of much discussion.

But soon, this kind of joking and teasing talk began to completely lean towards Zheng Yangzi.

As time passed, the news in Suzaku Peak that Zhong Lixiao was an unparalleled alchemy genius gradually began to spread.

At first, people didn't quite believe it.

As time goes by, more and more elixirs made by Zhong Lixiao are put on the shelves.

As for the types of elixirs, they have gradually evolved from the original ones which were only suitable for use by Qigong practitioners, such as the Yangjing Pill, the Huangya Pill, the Qi Jue Pill, the Qi Bigu Pill, and the Wuya Pill.

It extended to the Juyuan Pill, Peiyuan Pill, and Zhenyuan Pill, which were also very useful for the cultivators in the Foundation Establishment Stage. What shocked everyone even more was that all the pills made by Zhong Lixiao were of very high quality.

Even those that have been circulated contain some top-grade elixirs.

This made many monks in Baiyun Temple completely shocked.

Genius, doesn't he have any shortcomings? !

At this moment, not only the ordinary disciples of Baiyun Temple, but even those Yuanying monsters all had red eyes of envy for Zheng Yangzi.

They only knew that Zhong Lixiao was a genius, with a lot of earth energy gathered in his body, and was qualified to become "the best", but they never thought that Zhong Lixiao's talent in alchemy was so amazing.

Now the other Yuanying monsters were getting restless and wanted to attack Zhong Lixiao.

But what they didn't expect was that Zheng Yangzi, this bastard, ate all the food by himself.
Time flies, but they haven't found any loopholes.

Zhong Lixiao was completely immersed in this extremely fulfilling life and even seemed reluctant to leave.

The more you understand about the Dao of Alchemy, the more you can feel its profoundness.

In the vast history of spiritual practice, the history of external alchemy is even longer than that of internal alchemy.

For any master of alchemy, completing the nine transformations of the elixir and becoming an immortal in three days after taking it is their lifelong pursuit.

However, compared with inner elixir, outer elixir’s requirements for various spiritual materials are really too high.

Most of the medicinal herbs are now extinct.

But even so, refining a Nine-Transformation Golden Pill is still the ultimate goal of all alchemists.

In the inheritance from generation to generation by alchemists, countless recipes for the Nine-Transformation Golden Elixir have been proposed, and there have even been various attempts.

There are various examples in the "Alchemy Classic" passed down from generation to generation by Teacher Zheng Yangzi.

for example.

There are countless records of alchemists spending their entire lives to refine a Nine-Revolution Golden Pill according to their own understanding, and then "taking it and dying".

You can imagine how crazy these alchemists become when they get old!

But even so, all the alchemists have never given up their pursuit of the Nine-Transformation Golden Elixir.

Today, the proportion of internal alchemy has far exceeded that of external alchemy.

However, the achievements of external alchemy are still not low. The most typical ones are the external golden elixir and various elixirs for breaking through the realm, which are the results of their unremitting pursuit.

Just like what is currently said about Dan Jie, "When the inner elixir is completed, the outer elixir will be ready", it also contains the wisdom of countless alchemists.

This made Zhong Lixiao feel overwhelmed!

Before receiving instruction from his "teacher" Zheng Yangzi, Zhong Lixiao had never known that through external alchemy, it was also possible to cultivate a powerful golden elixir for the Dharma body.

Once the inner and outer elixirs are in harmony, the combat power can soar significantly.

Not only that, the inner elixir can also be used to refine elixirs.

It can also be refined repeatedly, eventually raising its quality to "Nine Turns".
Sure enough, following a Nascent Soul master who can make pills, one can really learn something new.

This made Zhong Lixiao even more pious!
And just when Zhong Lixiao was obsessed with studying and couldn't extricate himself, Zhong Lixiao's reputation spread completely and spread to all major forces under the jurisdiction of Baiyun Temple.

As more and more cultivators became aware of Zhong Lixiao's deeds, the name Zhong Lixiao became more like the sun and the moon in the sky, revered by everyone.

No one knows who first proposed it, but Zhong Lixiao inexplicably got the title of "the second Yu Yunmu".

Some people even call it "Xiao Yu Yunmu".

However, such a wild and even extremely inappropriate title has become more and more popular.

It even spread like a boomerang to Baiyun Temple and reached the ears of Zhong Lixiao and Yu Yunmu themselves.

This led to the official Baiyun Temple rectifying the name and refuting the rumors!

What is "the second Yu Yunmu" and what is "little Yu Yunmu"? Isn't this an attempt by someone with ill intentions to drive a wedge between Zhong Lixiao and Yu Yunmu?
Geniuses are always arrogant, especially Zhong Lixiao. How could he be depressed and be inferior to others for long?
The title of "Little Yu Yunmu" alone might even force him and Yu Yunmu to fight in the future.

But for Yu Yunmu, what is "Little Yu Yunmu"? Isn't this just a scam?

What grade?

Do you dare to call yourself "Xiao Yu Yunmu"?
What's worse, Baiyun Temple secretly has a plan called "Eight Floating Clouds".

Isn't this definitely going to attract hatred from Zhong Lixiao?

but.

Even the officials of Baiyun Temple came out to dispel the rumors, and even repeatedly issued orders prohibiting the spread of the title "Xiao Yu Yunmu" within the sect.

However, Zhong Lixiao's nickname "Xiao Yu Yunmu" is still widely circulated.

I have to admit that the person who came up with the name "Xiao Yu Yunmu" is definitely a conspiracy master, and his methods are terribly dirty.

But it is so familiar with people's hearts!
Those who don’t know the inside story can’t help but follow suit and “play with the meme”.

Those who know the inside story, even if they know the malicious intention behind this title, the sun has sunspots, so how can there be no dark side in the human heart?

In fact, ever since Zhong Lixiao became famous, there have been countless forces secretly trying to strangle Zhong Lixiao in the cradle.

In secret organizations such as "Blood Blade", "Infernal Affairs", "Netherworld", "Hand of the Fallen Immortal", and "Immortal Killing Alliance", the bounty for Zhong Lixiao's life has been rising again and again.

There will always be brave men when there is a big reward. Even though Zhong Lixiao is the true disciple of Yuanying Zhenjun of Baiyun Temple, there are still daring assassins who accept the mission.

Even though Zhong Lixiao has not appeared in seclusion for many years, these assassins who have been lurking in the dark are still very patient.

For cultivators, time is really worthless sometimes.

There is no sun or moon in cultivating immortality.

Ever since he started learning alchemy from Zheng Yangzi, Zhong Lixiao's time has been fully scheduled almost every day.

In essence, this is even somewhat contrary to his original arrangement.

After all, at the beginning he just wanted to learn how to make alchemy, and then obtain the identity of an alchemist, so as to whitewash the magical gourd.

What Zhong Lixiao didn't expect was that after Zheng Yangzi learned of his amazing talent in alchemy, he became even more strict with him.

The teaching of each subject was very strict, and Zhong Lixiao felt so exhausted that he could not even cry.

How to describe that feeling?
It was like he was the only student in the department. Once he asked for leave, the entire department would take the same leave, and all the teachers would have to focus on him in class.

In the end, Zhong Lixiao had no choice but to study hard!

After learning it thoroughly, Zhong Lixiao discovered that there was no conflict between learning alchemy and the magical gourd.

The process of learning alchemy is the process of knowing the "principles and prescriptions" in the conditions for using the magic gourd, which can greatly enhance his control over the magic gourd.

With the help of the magic gourd, the efficiency of making pills is getting higher and higher!
As Zhong Lixiao becomes more and more important in the eyes of Teacher Zheng Yangzi, the connection between him and Suzaku Peak becomes closer and closer.

Teacher Zheng Yangzi knew that Zhong Lixiao's magical power was called "Gluttonous Stomach", so he packed up almost all the waste pills from Suzaku Peak and gave them to him.

This even includes the unspent "Golden Elixir".

This pill is one of the elixirs for forming elixirs mastered by Baiyun Temple, and is as famous as the "Dust-reducing Pill" mastered by other sects.

Even if it is a waste pill, it is still very precious.

Baiyun Temple has a very complete recycling process and has even developed other uses for it.

But now it’s all Zhong Lixiao’s fault!

During this process, Zhong Lixiao was learning alchemy from his teacher Zheng Yangzi, while quickly producing various pills through the magical gourd.

As his reputation as an alchemist became well-known, Zhong Lixiao's wealth accumulated more and more.

Not only that, as he consumed a large amount of various waste pills, Zhong Lixiao's cultivation level also improved by leaps and bounds.

Probably in the fourth year after Zhong Lixiao changed his way of addressing Zheng Yangzi as teacher, Zhong Lixiao, who had been eating all kinds of waste pills as food, officially reached the late stage of foundation building in his Qi training.

In the sixth year after he changed his way of addressing Zheng Yangzi as teacher, Zhong Lixiao officially made a breakthrough in "The True Body of Hou Tu".

Successfully condensed the Earth Emperor Seal.

In the seventh year, under the insistence of Teacher Zheng Yangzi, Zhong Lixiao went against the crowd and independently refined a furnace of foundation-building pills.

Not only was the elixir successfully refined, but its quality was also better than everyone expected.

From then on, Zhong Lixiao became an independent alchemist.

His teacher Zheng Yangzi even taught him the recipe of "Golden Liquid Jade Pill", from which we can feel how much Zheng Yangzi values him.

The formula for the elixir that can form a elixir of life is an absolute sect secret.

Teaching it to him is almost like Teacher Zheng Yangzi endorsing and guaranteeing him with his Nascent Soul status!
Perhaps in the eyes of teacher Zheng Yangzi, it would take decades or even hundreds of years to gather all the medicinal materials for a furnace of Golden Liquid Jade Elixir, but for Zhong Lixiao it was a great help.

In the eighth year, Zhong Lixiao successfully completed his Qi training and reached the stage of foundation building.

From then on, Zhong Lixiao began to secretly refine the Golden Liquid Jade Pill with the help of the Magic Gourd.

Having an alchemy master teacher in the Nascent Soul stage has this advantage. Even if he does not have the opportunity to come into contact with elixirs of sufficient age, he can still obtain some young sprouts of medicinal herbs for research.

He didn't even have to expend much effort before he came into contact with the various medicinal materials needed to refine the Golden Liquid Jade Pill.

In the eyes of ordinary people, Zhong Lixiao is just purely curious.

Even though I guessed that he had the ambition to find enough medicinal materials to make pills, I still wouldn't take it too seriously.

After all, once a seedling is planted, it will take several hundred years for it to grow into a good tree.

Just like the golden nanmu tree in the world of immortal cultivation, several generations have passed away, and the medicinal materials are probably still just young seedlings.

But what no one knows is that the magical elixir gourd can turn decay into magic.

Zhong Lixiao is very confident about this.

Even if the process is more difficult and tortuous than you can imagine!
So, Zhong Lixiao used the magic gourd to make elixirs again and again, but failed again and again.

Repeated battles and repeated defeats, repeated defeats and repeated battles!
This process lasted for two years, and Zhong Lixiao finally succeeded in making a pill.

And since the first pill was completed, the second and third ones followed naturally.

From then on, Zhong Lixiao officially had the capital to form a pill.

He immediately recalled the magical power "Xuddan" from the body of the ancestor Zhong Anhe, and officially began to secretly prepare for the formation of the elixir.

Although the preparations for the Dan formation were secret, Zhong Lixiao did not hide his plan from his master Xu Xuanzi.

The core reason was that the movement of forming the pill was too loud, and he also needed his master Xu Xuanzi to help him cover it up.

Moreover, he also had his own plan. His master Xu Xuanzi had witnessed him forming a golden elixir with his own eyes, so how could he not prepare a magic weapon for him?
Hey!
(End of this chapter)