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Chapter 141: Thorough Investigation of Chen Xiao's Clouded Leopard Inner Pill

Although the inscriptionless monument is gone now.

But fortunately, Xiao Chen had just looked at it carefully and had completely memorized this martial art called "Xuan Tian's Secret Method of Taking Medicine".

He was busy comprehending the artistic conception before, and had not actually studied the mental method formally.

Now I have carefully recalled the contents and confirmed that this is not some kind of cultivation method.
Instead, it is a secret auxiliary method specifically used to help monks enhance their energy and spirit.

The specific method is to "take" different grades of earthly evil energy according to the cultivator's current level of cultivation.

Then, different benefits can be obtained based on the characteristics of different earthly evil energies.

Wait, the evil spirit of the earth?
hiss~!

Xiao Chen took a breath of cold air.

To be honest, this sounds similar to some magical skills.

If he remembered correctly, he had seen records in many biographies of the sect about some notorious demon cultivators who used the evil energy of the earth to create demonic disasters.

Moreover, whenever evil words appear in the beginning of a biography, there will definitely be a related demonic disaster in the later text.

However, even the demon cultivators only dare to use evil energy.

The "Xuantian Secret Method of Taking Food" is even more daring. It directly consumes evil energy to nourish the cultivator himself, which can be said to be stealing the fortune of heaven and earth.

I have to say that the builder of this fairy palace is really skilled and courageous.

Xiao Chen sighed in his heart, stood up and walked towards the wooden monument.

Now is not the time to study secret techniques. While there is still time, look at the wooden stele for a while. Who knows, you might get some insights.

No one would have too much of such insights.

Along the way, he also circled the other enlightenment steles several times to check for any missing or omissions, but unfortunately he did not find any new secret texts.

But his action made the other monks nervous.

I was afraid that he would destroy the other enlightenment steles.

Especially when Xiao Chen circled around and stopped behind the wood-character monument, the cultivators with wood spiritual roots became nervous.

Why did you focus on this? Could it be that there is something wrong with the wooden stele?

Fortunately, many people remembered that he had first visited the wooden-character stele before going to the stele without characters.

Since it was fine before, it should be fine now.

This is completely their overthinking.

There were no unexpected incidents over the next two days.

At noon on the ninth day, the dull reminder from within the Immortal Palace sounded again: "The Immortal Palace will close in six hours."

"I repeat, the Asgard will close in six hours."

The second reminder was loud enough to wake up a monk in meditation.

But it didn't matter, because Xiao Chen hadn't entered into a state of meditation at all. He stared at it for two days, and only clearly counted 8,888 leaves painted on the toon tree.

Therefore, after hearing the prompt, he decisively gave up continuing to comprehend and turned away.

Most of the other monks also stood up and left.

Only a few independent cultivators were reluctant to leave and wanted to stay a little longer.

There is a corridor leading to the exit at the back of the square.

In front of the water curtain at the exit, there were several corpses lying. Some were monks who did not leave in time last time, and some were from the time before that.

Chu Yuebin followed Xiao Chen closely, and the two of them passed through the water curtain at the exit one after the other.

There are others who share the same idea as him.

But as the eyes blurred.

Chu Yuebin was surprised to find that all the other cultivators around him were there, but Xiao Chen, who should have appeared in front, had disappeared without a trace.

How is this going?

Chu Yuebin originally wanted to use this method to figure out who Xiao Chen was.

But now, he could only cast his suspicious eyes on the other monks around him.

On the clear sea, the wind blows across the sea, rolling up layers of waves.

But several Jindan Zhenren arrived before the waves.

All the cultivators who came out of Xuantian Immortal Palace were immediately taken under control.

Zhao Yangming also stood aside to help determine who was the lucky one to obtain the ninth true method.

Of course, Chu Yuebin, Wen Ruoxi and others will naturally not be controlled.

The reason why they dared to show up in the secret realm was because they were not afraid of their identities being exposed.

Of course, necessary questions are still required.

Facing the covetous Jindan Zhenren, no one present dared to lie.

Soon, the pseudonym "Chen Xiao" and the information that he comprehended the wooden tablet as soon as he entered the square were all compiled.

Six hours later, the Immortal Palace closed and fell silent again.

But from beginning to end, Zhao Yangming did not see Xiao Chen appear.

"Did he miss the time?"

A Jindan Zhenren fell into deep thought: "Or is there another secret in the Immortal Palace?"

Another Jindan Zhenren snorted coldly: "Humph, it must be a trick to pass off fake things as real. Bring them all back and interrogate them. Wouldn't that reveal everything?"

Zhao Pengze was the first to shake his head: "No, there are many future Jindan Daoists here."

Throughout history, for cultivators who came out of the Immortal Palace, as long as they could gain even a little understanding from the Enlightenment Monument, the probability of forming a pill would be greatly increased.

Temporary detention is already the limit here. If they are really taken back for interrogation, it will inevitably lead to disunity.

How will we get along after the other party reaches Dan stage?

There might be more enemies.

As for eradicating the roots, that is even more nonsense.

The major forces are now too busy to win over these independent cultivators. They would rather the other forces don't want them and let their own forces take all these golden elixir seedlings back.

"There must be another way out."

After asking Chu Yuebin, Chu Haoxi took the initiative to share this information: "Yuebin saw with his own eyes that Chen Xiao left the Immortal Palace before him."

"You and I both know that when we enter the Asgard, we will be transported to the hut."

"In that case, it is very likely that Chen Xiao has been moved to another place."

His guess was immediately recognized by the other real people.

"Indeed, whether it's the content of the assessment or the rules prohibiting infighting within the Immortal Palace, it all shows that the Palace Master is very meticulous."

"You are right, fellow Daoist. Among the several secret realms I have been to, Xuantian Immortal Palace is indeed the most peaceful one."

"If that's the case, since they thought of using water mist to conceal their faces, they probably also left a different way out."

After some discussion.

The Jindan Zhenren present reached a consensus, from Jingkong Sea to nearby Wanxian Island, Black Rock Sea and other places.

Thoroughly investigate a cultivator named Chen Xiao who possesses wood spiritual roots.

Especially those with wood spiritual roots, or cultivators with dual spiritual roots and wood spiritual roots.

After all, judging from the fact that he got first place in the first three levels, he must be a person of extraordinary talent.

Based on Chu Yuebin's description, Chu Haoxi also deduced that Chen Xiao was at least an eighth-level Foundation Establishment cultivator, and possessed a top-grade magical weapon that was mainly used for attack.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to pass the first level so quickly.

After this, as the news of Chen Xiao obtaining the Ninth True Method spread, the investigation into him quickly spread to further places.

Unfortunately, no matter how hard they searched, they still couldn't find any trace of Chen Xiao.
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In the southern region, deep in the volcanic area.

Xiao Chen took a step forward and returned to the crater.

Lin Ping'an hasn't come out yet, and he is the only one here for now.

"Interesting, going back to where you came from. Even though you used the same exit, you ended up at a different entrance."

Xiao Chen turned around and looked at the entrance to the secret realm that was rippling like water waves.

"This should involve spatial shifting. I don't know when I will be able to master this power."

After waiting outside for nearly six hours, Lin Ping'an finally came out before the deadline.

It took only ten breaths of time for the Immortal Palace Secret Realm to be completely closed.

Lin Pingan exhaled: "Oh, I couldn't bear to leave so I watched a little longer. Luckily I caught up with the last minute. I made my senior brother wait for so long."

Xiao Chen didn't mind waiting a little longer: "It doesn't matter."

The previous reminder said that the fairy palace would not close for another six hours, and he took the initiative to leave first.

After all, he has already gained the greatest benefit, so there is no need to covet this last moment.

The two then returned to Lihuo Gate together.

The Cang Yan Sect's Dark Hall disciple who was responsible for checking Xiao Chen's movements saw him return and hurriedly passed the latest intelligence back.

However, the guards who stayed behind in the Dark Palace were in trouble.

Elder Lu has not made a public appearance for more than half a month.

If it were someone else, this situation of being unable to contact the other person for no reason would have been considered an accident.

It just so happens that Lu Wuqiang is the elder of the Dark Hall, and many of the Dark Hall’s tasks are inherently highly confidential.

The disciples on duty are now unsure whether they should report this unusual situation to the master.

He hesitated for a long time before finally going to pay a visit to Cheng Qihong, the leader of the Cang Yan Sect.

Cheng Qihong didn't care: "Maybe Lao Lu is busy with something. With his ability, there won't be any accidents."

The others didn't know, but he knew very well that Lu Wuqiang was carrying many second-level top-level talismans.

Even if you encounter a demonic foundation-building cultivator with bad intentions, you are fully capable of protecting yourself.

Without three or more cultivators who have reached the Great Perfection of the Foundation Establishment Stage, no one in Lizhou would be able to keep him.

Cheng Qihong never thought that Lu Wuqiang would attack and kill Xiao Chen, and was killed by someone of his higher rank.

In Cuiwei Valley.

Xiao Chen skillfully cracked the storage bag in his hand.

"Oh, no, why are you so poor?"

His spiritual sense swept through the storage bag, and found that there were only 351 spirit stones in it.

There were very few pills, only one bottle of Yongquan Pill, two bottles of Bigu Pill, and one bottle of Huichun Pill for healing.

As for miscellaneous items like spiritual herbs or spiritual minerals, there were none at all.

In the huge storage bag, there was only a set of talisman-making tools, five thick books, and two storage boxes.

To put it nicely, it is clean and tidy. To put it bluntly, it is extremely poor.

"But it's true, he must have used up all his talismans."

The purchase of that top-grade robe took quite a long time, so Lu Wuqiang naturally used up everything he could.

This is actually the norm in the spiritual world.

On the contrary, in the past, Xiao Chen was often able to end the battle quickly before his opponent could react, which was a rare thing.

He picked up the book and took a look. Unfortunately, it contained two earth-level spells and three recipes.

"Wait, this cookbook looks familiar."

Xiao Chen picked up the cookbook in the middle, feeling as if he had seen it somewhere before.

He thought carefully and suddenly remembered that this was the secret book he had seen last time. "Okay, okay, I finally caught you."

Xiao Chen took out the secret book from his storage bag, and after comparison, they were exactly the same.

"I was wondering why I was being inexplicably treated hostilely by my fellow disciples. Turns out it was the Cang Yan Sect that was causing all this trouble."

The two previous attacks on him were both cut off because the other party used poison to silence him in advance.

This time the culprit was finally caught.

Although he didn't know why the Cang Yan Sect was targeting him, since they had attacked him more than once, the reason was no longer important.

It's just adding one to the liquidation list.

Xiao Chen made a note in his little notebook and then checked the two storage boxes.

"After all, it's in a storage box, so it should be worth some money."

He opened the first storage box, which contained eight ounces of Flame Spirit Sand.

"Finally, there's something good."

Xiao Chen nodded with satisfaction.

Last time, he obtained a pound of Flame Spirit Sand from the Hundred Poison Demon. He has already felt the benefits of this thing in actual magic practice.

It can indeed save a lot of time in spell practice.

Unexpectedly, not long after I used it up, I got a new batch of spiritual sand.

In this case, I can consider picking up the "Fire Transformation Treasure Scroll" that I put aside before.

One of the benefits of joining a sect is that most spells have corresponding advancements, so monks no longer need to spend a lot of time looking for new spells.

However, the other spells that Xiao Chen had practiced before were quite special.

Basically, they are not the original spells of Lihuomen, so they cannot enjoy this benefit.

But this "Fire Transformation Treasure Scroll" is different. It is a standard Lihuo Sect spell.

The corresponding advanced spell is "Nahuo Baolu".

Xiao Chen had seen these two spells on the exchange list in the Hall of Merit before.

However, he was busy practicing Yanxia at that time, and the flame spirit sand he had was almost used up, so he did not choose to exchange for the "Nahuo Baolu".

"If I remember correctly, this spell doesn't seem to be expensive. With my contribution points, it should be more than enough."

After putting the Flame Spirit Sand away again, he opened the second storage box.

hiss~!

Xiao Chen took a deep breath, blinked, and then closed the storage box with a "click".

Then he looked around to make sure he was the only one in the room.

Then he opened the storage box again, revealing a small round ball inside.

"This thing looks like an inner elixir."

He carefully picked up the ball and observed it carefully.

Although this small ball is quite different from the ghost-faced spider's inner elixir in color and size.

But they all have an unusual weight and a unique texture that is difficult to describe but very obvious in the hand.

Now that Xiao Chen has spiritual awareness, he no longer needs to conduct troublesome tests.

Wrap the small ball tightly with spiritual consciousness and inject a little bit of magic power.

He immediately saw a shadow flash across the surface of the ball. It was a majestic clouded leopard.

"It really is an inner elixir!"

Every inner elixir of a demon beast is extremely precious because it is so rare.

Although the probability of a foundation-building monster appearing with an inner elixir is not particularly low.

However, there is not a single inner elixir that can actually be found on the market. They are basically all digested internally by major forces.

This makes the inner alchemy of monsters far rarer than treasures such as foundation-building pills and top-grade magic weapons.
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“This is really good stuff!”

Xiao Chen looked at the clouded leopard inner elixir in his hand and couldn't help but sigh.

For ordinary foundation-building cultivators, swallowing the inner elixir of monsters can not only quickly improve their own cultivation, but also permanently increase the magic power limit of the dantian.

But for Xiao Chen, it has an even more important function.

That is to replenish the elixir with the elixir!
As the saying goes, you are what you eat, and there is certainly some truth to this.

Xiao Chen originally had an inner elixir. If he could refine the rest of the inner elixir, the time for refining the fake elixir could be greatly shortened.

It is far more effective than any other natural treasures.

When refining the top-grade magic weapon before, Xiao Chen was still worried about the problem of insufficient total magic power.

At that time, I was thinking that after coming back this time, I should practice my inner elixir and try to expand my total magic power.

Now, as long as he refines this clouded leopard inner elixir, the mana capacity of his inner elixir will definitely increase dramatically.

This means that he can save a lot of cultivation resources and a lot of time.

It can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

"By the way, where did this inner elixir come from?"

Xiao Chen had never heard of the inner elixir before, so even if he wanted to collect it, he didn't know where to start.

But now that I have found the first inner elixir, there must be a second and a third...

"I'll have to pay more attention to this kind of information in the future."

But let’s talk about the future later. The most urgent thing is to refine the clouded leopard inner elixir in hand.

Of course, you can also eat the inner elixir of monsters directly.

But in that case, I will need to gradually digest and absorb it in the next half month.

As an alchemist, Xiao Chen naturally has his own unique methods.

That is to refine the inner elixir into medicinal liquid according to the alchemy techniques.

"rise!"

Xiao Chen stretched out his right hand, spread out his five fingers, and a ball of spiritual fire immediately rose in the palm of his hand.

Then he used his magic power to guide the inner elixir and placed it directly on the spiritual fire to roast it.

In just a quarter of an hour, the inner elixir had turned into a ball of medicinal liquid that was sparkling with golden light.

Xiao Chen opened his mouth wide and instantly sucked all the medicine into his stomach.

It only took half an hour for the clouded leopard's inner elixir, which had turned into medicinal liquid, to be completely absorbed by him.

Originally, his inner elixir had been initially refined and could accommodate an additional three streams of magic power.

With the addition of the Clouded Leopard Inner Pill, this effect directly increased from the original three manas to eighteen manas.

It increased sixfold in an instant!
Xiao Chen used his spiritual sense to probe into his inner elixir and confirmed that the total amount of mana in his inner elixir had reached a full eighty-four mana.

You should know that a cultivator at the ninth level of foundation building only possesses eighty-four magical powers.

This means that its inner elixir is equivalent to the dantian of a cultivator who has reached the great perfection of the foundation-building stage.

Of course, the reason for such a big improvement is also because the Clouded Leopard Inner Pill itself is a second-level Inner Pill.

"According to this progress, as long as I absorb one more second-level inner pill, it will be enough to make a fake pill."

"By that time, I alone will be able to possess the mana equivalent to that of three foundation-building cultivators."

But this is not the most critical point.

More importantly, once the fake elixir is refined, one can not only gain some of the power of the golden elixir in advance.

It can also increase the success rate of forming the golden elixir by 30% when striving for the golden elixir.

Xiao Chen only has low-grade wood spiritual roots. If he directly strives to reach the Golden Core realm, his chances of success in forming the Golden Core will only be half at most.

To be frustrating, with such a low success rate, it's basically a waste of time.

Therefore, for him, this is the most powerful aspect of the fake pill.

And you should know that the effect of fake pills in increasing the success rate of pill formation can be calculated independently and does not conflict with other means.

Think about this.

Xiao Chen went straight to Elder Chen to inquire about the latest information about the inner elixir.

"Oh? You've also heard about the inner elixir?"

Elder Chen looked at Xiao Chen in surprise.

I didn't expect that this seemingly eccentric disciple of mine actually had such an informed channel of information.

Then he slowly poured Xiao Chen a cup of spiritual tea: "Try this first, this is a good thing I specially asked someone to bring back from Hezhou."

"It's definitely not worse than your master uncle's."

Xiao Chen was a little confused, but he still picked up the teacup and took a sip.

how to say?

It's exactly the same as what I drank in the Qi Refining Hall last time. It feels like the same kind.

Elder Chen also took a sip, then said, "But it's true. The last time the inner elixir was auctioned was thirty years ago."

"If it weren't for this war, Lingyuan Sect probably wouldn't be willing to put their inner elixir up for auction."

Xiao Chen gradually came to his senses.

So he asked tentatively: "Master, I have a friend."

"He told me that what appeared this time was a second-level clouded leopard inner core. I wonder if this news is true or not?"

Elder Chen nodded and said, "Yes, it is the second-level Clouded Leopard Inner Core. Your friend is quite impressive. I only learned about this the day before yesterday."

Well, no need to ask anymore.

If nothing unexpected happens, the clouded leopard inner elixir that I ate should be the same one that Elder Chen mentioned.

Although I don’t know why it appeared on the foundation-building cultivator of Cang Yan Sect, it finally fell into my hands.

But for such extremely rare materials, the probability of coincidence is basically non-existent.

But this is when things become troublesome.

The battle in Hezhou is currently in full swing. Rumor has it that more than one late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator has died in the battle.

It is said that two more demonic Jindan appeared and fought with the Jindan Zhenren of Lingyuan Sect.

All in all, if you can avoid going to Hezhou under the current circumstances, it is best not to go.

Xiao Chen asked, "Master, don't we have any inner elixir trading in Lizhou?"

Elder Chen shook his head: "It's hard to say. I guess there shouldn't be any for the time being."

"After all, there aren't many families in Lizhou that raise spirit beasts, so naturally we can't compare to those in Hezhou."

"Besides, the Cang Yan Sect hasn't interacted much with us in the past two years. Even if they have inner cores, they may not be willing to trade with us."

Xiao Chen's eyes lit up when he heard this.

He was not afraid of difficulties, but he was afraid that Lizhou did not have the inner elixir at all.

"Master, who do you think is most likely to have the inner elixir in the Cang Yan Sect?"

Elder Chen: "It's none other than the Ji family or the Guo family. They are the only two families capable of cultivating a second-level spirit beast."

He was actually a little curious now. Why was his disciple so interested in inner alchemy today?

But the same thing applies, if Xiao Chen doesn't say it on his own initiative, he won't ask.

Sometimes keeping distance can actually bring you closer.

(End of this chapter)