The Wandering Immortal

Chapter 56 New Foundation Building Elixir Recipe

Using offensive formations to refine the body is not something that ordinary people can endure. The physical torment is only one aspect; the consumption of spirit stones is also quite terrifying. More than 10,000 spirit stones have already been used up in three months.

The effect was naturally very significant; Qinghe opened two acupoints related to the wood element, one for Jia wood and one for Yi wood.

Jiang Yuan did not tell her to stop refining her body. Two acupoints were still too few, otherwise she would not be able to break through to the late stage of Foundation Establishment. He continued to strengthen the Golden Wind Formation and tried to open up more acupoints.

Outsiders only know that Cui Qinghe's cultivation speed is astonishing, but they don't know that even with Jiang Yuan, a true immortal-level teacher, she still consumed tens of thousands of spirit stones to achieve her current level.

Jiang Yuan was also refining his body, but this time he didn't use an array. Instead, he used a set of fist techniques that combined internal and external cultivation. Not only could it strengthen the body, but when practiced to a high level, his fists and feet could also unleash true energy to injure people.

This set of "Vajra Mantra" originated from the Buddhist "Vajra Subduing Demon Skill". A master from Tianlong Star stole the Buddhist skill and modified it in order to resolve the evil energy accumulated from his excessive killing.

That man achieved great success in his cultivation and became famous for a time, but he was eventually defeated by several eminent Buddhist monks working together. By chance, Jiang Yuan obtained the Vajra Mantra, but he only studied it briefly on Tianlong Star and never practiced it seriously.

The Vajra Mantra has seven levels. With Jiang Yuan's current level of cultivation, he can only cultivate to the first or second level at most, but it is very beneficial for opening up the body's meridians and acupoints.

Old Lu's seclusion lasted for more than a year. When he came out, Jiang Yuan and his wife had already been back for half a year.

Old Lu was horrified to discover that both of them had advanced to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage. He sighed repeatedly, realizing that he was indeed getting old and couldn't compare to the younger generation.

That's true. Right now, Old Lu absolutely cannot use overly intense cultivation methods like array-based body tempering, otherwise he will severely damage his vital energy and die even faster.

His only option now is to cultivate his inner energy in quiet contemplation, relying on persistent effort to try and form the Golden Elixir before his lifespan ends.

Old Lu was reluctant to use any of those Earth Core Emulsions, but Jiang Yuan advised him to take a small amount, saying it would help delay aging.

Even a Nascent Soul cultivator can restore all their mana with just a small sip of Earth Core Milk. It is regarded as a life-extending divine item by high-level cultivators. Old Lu felt that using it now was a bit of a waste.

When it came time to test his cultivation results, Jiang Yuan would inevitably have to spar with Qing He. A fight between mid-Foundation Establishment cultivators would cause quite a stir. So, a light array with a radius of one mile was set up in the underground spiritual spring cave, and Lao Lu and Jing Xuan watched the battle from outside.

Jiang Yuan stood in the middle with almost no movement, while Qing He moved as swiftly as the wind, with petals fluttering behind her, which was quite a sight.

Those petals were meant to conceal the red lotus in his hand. Jiang Yuan only used ice crystals to counter them, and the two collided, unleashing a powerful airflow.

After five red lotuses exploded in succession, people could no longer be seen within the entire array's light barrier, and Lao Lu and Jing Xuan could only observe the battle using their divine sense.

At that moment, Qinghe changed her tactics and used the Thorn Technique. The Thorn Technique of today is not as slow as it is in the Qi Refining stage. It grows to more than ten feet long in an instant, with more than a dozen thorns carrying poisonous barbs attacking swiftly.

Even Jiang Yuan had to dodge, and if he couldn't dodge, he would use the ice mirror to defend himself.

After fighting for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, Jiang Yuan still didn't launch an attack, while Qing He had used all her skills, and the difference in strength was obvious.

Later, Qinghe actually pulled out the Green Fox Bow, and Jiang Yuan had no choice but to take out a magic shield that he hadn't used since it was refined. At the same time, he also held an Emei dagger in his right hand.

The Azure Fox Bow was, after all, a magic weapon refined by a late-stage Golden Core cultivator. Qinghe could not yet unleash its true power, but its attack power was not to be underestimated. With a single arrow, it pierced through the shield, with the arrowhead protruding half an inch.

Seeing that the shield couldn't hold out, Jiang Yuan simply threw it away, his movements instantly becoming agile, and he used an Emei dagger to strike Qinghe.

Qinghe was originally using a bow and arrow magic weapon, but the attack range was suddenly shortened, making her a little flustered.

“The biggest weakness of using ranged magical artifacts is that enemies get close. You need to make up for this weakness.”

Jiang Yuan had clearly slowed down, otherwise he would have hurt Qinghe.

Qinghe quickly put away the Green Fox Bow and used a new spell to create a wooden shield in her left hand to block the Emei daggers.

Unexpectedly, the Emei dagger, after piercing the shield, was infused with ice magic, freezing the wooden shield into a block of ice before it shattered instantly. Qinghe used the momentum to retreat, offering a red lotus with her right hand, forcing Jiang Yuan to withdraw and thus defusing the crisis.

"Great, let's do it again!"

Jiang Yuan, wielding an Emei dagger, chased Qing He all over the field, leaving her no chance to fight back.

The two were moving so fast that Jingxuan felt dizzy just watching them. Old Lu also felt that although he was now in the late Foundation Establishment stage, his true strength was far inferior to theirs.

After another incense stick's time, Qinghe reached her limit, panting heavily. "How can I be so weak? I'm no match for my husband at all."

“We are at the same level, but your magical power is not as profound as yours. It’s just that you lack combat experience and have no killing intent at all.”

"Killing intent? How can there be killing intent in a friendly spar?"

"If you want to live a long life in the cultivation world, you must treat every battle, or even a sparring match, as a life-or-death struggle. In major sects, there are many who use sparring as an opportunity to plot against their fellow disciples."

To compensate for the shortcomings of close-range attacks, Jiang Yuan instructed Qinghe to change the way she used the Thorn Technique, so that it would not have to grow from the ground every time, which would consume too much mana and would be easy for the opponent to dodge.

If an opponent gets close, a wooden splinter will grow in the palm of the hand, which can also be infused with poison; one poke and it's game over.

If you are attacking, you can transform the wooden spikes into thorns, which can be used to whip or bind people at will. This saves magic power and is more effective in actual combat.

Jiang Yuan understood that although Qinghe knew how to use poison, she would never become a bloodthirsty ruthless person. It was her nature, and he just wanted her to have more means of self-protection.

The Jiamu Divine Needle can be further refined and enhanced, and the Golden Silk Bamboo has good potential; it can be used at least until the early stage of the Golden Core realm. Under the cover of the flower petals, that thing is also a powerful weapon in combat.

After three years of living in the cave, Jiang Yuan and Qing He were both in the late Foundation Establishment stage, and the tens of thousands of spirit stones they had dug from the top of the cave were almost used up.

It seems I still need to find a way to earn some spirit stones.

Earth core emulsion and ancient ebony dare not reveal their true colors, and high-level cultivation techniques are even more conspicuous. The only thing suitable for earning spirit stones at the current level is the Foundation Establishment Pill.

Jiang Yuan finally wrote down the new Foundation Establishment Pill formula from Tianlong Star, and instructed Qinghe that Master Lu must not know about the formula, as it might cost him his life.

After reviewing the formula, Qinghe realized that two of the herbs were ones she had never collected before, but they weren't exactly rare either, and could even be cultivated. However, she would have to go out and find some living specimens. But even if she cultivated them now, it would take at least ten years for their medicinal properties to be sufficient for refining the Foundation Establishment Pill.

To solve this urgent problem, the best course of action is to purchase from a large pharmacy like Wanmiaoxuan.

So he counted the remaining spirit stones, which numbered about five thousand. He decided to use them all to buy medicinal herbs.

It didn't take long to make the trip to Shennong Peak, and the two of them even stayed there for a few days, going to the nearby mountains every day to look for medicinal herbs.

The area around Shennong Peak is rich in medicinal herbs and plants, and it is a neutral zone, so there was no trouble. In just a few days, they dug up several herbs that they had never planted before.

This trip can be considered a fruitful one. A rough estimate suggests that the purchased herbs should be enough to refine ten batches of the new Foundation Building Pill formula.

If the sale goes smoothly, there will be a profit of at least 500,000 spirit stones.

Of course, she wouldn't refine them all at once. Qinghe only refined one batch of Foundation Establishment Pills, and then refined some commonly used third-tier pills, Gathering Yuan Pills and Great Rejuvenation Pills.

Fourth-tier commonly used pills are actually rather useless. Apart from the Foundation Establishment Pill, other commonly used pills for restoring Qi and healing injuries do not sell as well as third-tier pills.

The main reason is that Foundation Establishment cultivators engage in more combat, resulting in a large consumption of third-tier pills. Fourth-tier pills are primarily used by Golden Core cultivators; once they reach the Golden Core realm, they are mostly supplied by their sects, and there are fewer instances of them engaging in desperate combat.

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