Mysterious mirror hanging high

Seventeen years is not a very long time for a foundation-building cultivator who is preparing to form a pill. Adjusting his own qi, nurturing his immortal foundation, and comprehending the secret method of forming a pill... any one of these tasks is a very time-consuming task.

But the longest period of time is still spent on honing magic power day after day. This is an extremely boring and tedious process. In order to make the process of honing magic power more interesting, many talented people in the world of immortal cultivation have made fuss and played tricks on the links of "moving qi through the meridians" and "moving qi through the meridians", trying to make it less boring... It is quite like building a Taoist temple in a snail shell.

Song Jianxu's time is running out, and Jing Yu only has a few years to form a pill. He also knows what is important and what is not. Although he is lazy, he has been very diligent over the years. It only took him more than ten years to hone his cultivation to the level of perfect foundation building.

As for the [Ku Du Treasure Body], it has also stepped into the [Third Level of Treasure Body], but the [Alien Palace Realm] comparable to the Golden Core Realm is still a long way off. Obviously, it will not be able to make any further progress in just a few years.

Even though there was no shortage of various kinds of precious medicines for body refining, and he also installed a lot of organs to assist in the speed of cultivation, as he grew older and time passed, Jing Yu also obviously realized that his body refining skills were gradually being left behind by his Qi training skills. This situation would probably only change when he was stuck at the perfection of the Golden Elixir and did not create the subsequent practice of [Questioning the Mirror to Observe Life Method].

Now Jing Yu's foundation is complete, and the magic power in his dantian is full. Even if he continues to practice, he will not make the slightest progress. Further polishing will only consolidate the foundation. So Jing Yu gradually turned to theoretical research. At this time, his spiritual thoughts penetrated into the [Spiritual Stone Embryo], and he was browsing a post about Danjie in the [Practice Experience] section of [Tianmingfang].

"[Constructing a pill is like refining an elixir, and further discussing the correlation between alchemy skills and the quality of the elixir]."

As Jing Yu browsed the post, he pondered, "The human body is like a cauldron, and spiritual objects are like elixirs. Forming an elixir is the process of refining its medicinal properties. Does [Heavenly Purple Qi] correspond to the various auspicious signs that occur when an elixir reaches its peak quality? Interesting."

"But I can't explain the [Flawless Golden Pill], could it be that once the pill is finished, it reaches a higher grade, and the miracle of the pill disappears? This theory still has some flaws..."

Jing Yu shook his head and was about to browse the next post when his expression suddenly changed and the communication talisman on his waist vibrated. He took off the talisman and saw that it was Song Jianxu who urgently summoned him: "Come to the meeting hall immediately."

Jing Yu did not dare to delay. He walked out of the retreat room without any delay and headed towards the meeting hall of Guachou Mountain.

On the road, I saw many direct lineage cultivators hurrying, seemingly heading in the same direction, with unhappy expressions on their faces. I felt a little puzzled, so I stopped a Qi training cultivator and asked:

"What happened?"

The Qigong cultivator was stopped for no reason and looked very unhappy. When he saw who was coming, he shuddered and said,

"Sir, the eldest son of the third branch of the legitimate family is dying..."

"The third branch of the legitimate family? Song Yigui?"

Jing Yu was stunned. Song Yigui was the only living child of Song Jianxu. Calculating the time, he was almost at the end of his life span. But he was gone just like that. Seeing that he might die before Song Jianxu, Jing Yu couldn't help but sigh.

However, he and Song Yigui had not had any interactions over the years, let alone any friendship, so he naturally would not see him off for the last time. He just left the Qi-cultivating cultivator behind and came to the meeting hall.

As soon as he stepped into the hall, he saw Song Jianxu sitting in the main seat. Below him sat a black-robed monk, who was none other than the Black Tiger Master who worked at the Wanfo Temple. The Black Tiger under his seat was lying quietly beside him taking a nap. The two of them were chatting casually, seemingly just exchanging pleasantries.

"Little friend Ye is here."

At this time, it was Master Black Tiger who spoke first: "Since the people have arrived, let's set off immediately."

"Real person?"

Jing Yu cast an inquiring look at Song Jianxu, but when his eyes fell on the old master, he was stunned.

Song Jianxu is very old now. It is the first time that Jing Yu has seen such an old Jindan cultivator in person. After a cultivator has formed a golden elixir, he can live for 800 years, which can be called a small immortality. Such a long time will almost make the Jindan cultivator forget that he will die.

But now, the undisguised aura of decay on Song Jianxu's body reminded him all the time that he was about to die. Jing Yu tried to read some terrifying emotions from the old man's eyes, but he saw nothing.

At this moment, Song Jianxu's eyes were filled with eternal calmness and tranquility, and he seemed to have accepted death.

"Xuanjing."

After years of getting along, Song Jianxu already knew Jing Yu's Taoist name. He said in a gentle voice:

"You will go out with me and Master Black Tiger."

Jing Yu hesitated and said, "Master, Jinghong and I are both on the verge of forming our Dan, so would it be inappropriate for us to go out now?"

Song Jianxu struggled to open his involuntarily drooping eyelids and said slowly:

"It doesn't matter."

"I just cast a divination to conceal the secrets of heaven. No one will be able to predict our whereabouts in a short period of time."

"Besides, there are other twists and turns in the matter of forming the elixir."

Master Black Tiger added, "To achieve elixir formation, a cultivator not only needs a elixir center with rich spiritual energy like Xingluo Island's Guachou Mountain, but also ensuring a stable spiritual state is crucial."

"The Zhang and Wang families will not sit idly by and watch you and Jinghong successfully form your golden elixir. They will definitely take action to disrupt the spiritual energy around Xingluo Island. If the spiritual energy is disrupted, the mana of the cultivators will be reversed when they form their golden elixir. At the very least, the golden elixir will be delayed, and at worst, the formation of the golden elixir may fail."

"What should we do?"

Song Jianxu said, "The plan now is, first, to borrow a few magical instruments that can stabilize the Taixu and balance the spiritual energy. Second, we should visit a few Jindan families that have good relations with the Song family and see if we can get a few Jindan True Immortals to help us fight against the Zhang and Wang families."

This reason is barely tenable, but Jing Yu doesn't quite understand why he should be brought along?

Song Jianxu seemed to understand what Jing Yu was thinking and whispered:

"Firstly, I have not much time left, so I want to hand over my many years of connections to you."

"Secondly, it's also a way to reassure those old friends... and to let the aristocratic families of the Red Dust Sea see your potential!"

The three of them did not alert anyone and quietly left Xingluo Island in a covert manner. Song Jianxu used divination to conceal his tracks along the way and indeed did not encounter any obstacles. They arrived smoothly at a place called [Huosheng Island].

"I have an old friend whose Taoist name is [Li Yan Zhenren], and this is his Taoist temple."

Song Jianxu said, "This person is at the middle stage of the Golden Core Realm. Although he's a casual cultivator, he's a renowned weapon refiner in the Red Dust Sea. He has a magical weapon called the Red Cloud Treasure Cover, which is perfect for calming spiritual energy. Given my friendship with him, it shouldn't be difficult to borrow it."