Traveling through time to cultivate immortality: a life and death test

The ice cave's barrier suddenly opened, and Liu Xing suddenly appeared at the entrance to the underground river. Duoduo sensed something, opened his eyes, stood up, stretched, and then, as if teleporting, slipped into Liu Xing's pet bag.

"Deputy Sect Leader Liu, you're out?" Li Mu finally realized what was happening and immediately stood up and ran to Liu Xing's side. Seeing Liu Xing come out unharmed, he was delighted, guessing that he must have made a great discovery.

"Well, the information you provided this time was very accurate and effective, and you have made a great contribution. The prizes I have prepared include magic tools, skills, and elixirs. You can pick any one." Liu Xing received a large bunch of ice spirit fruits and was in a very good mood. He was ready to reward Li Mu well.

"My thoughts day and night are all about how to improve my cultivation, so please give me the elixir. I will be grateful." Li Mu chose the elixir without much thought. Knowing that this was a great opportunity for him, he fell to the ground in prostration.

"It's rare that you are so determined to pursue the Tao. Well, this is a Blood Evil Pill, which can improve your foundation-building cultivation and at least save you ten years of hard work. Keep it." Liu Xing looked at Li Mu crawling on the ground indifferently, thinking that this boy was quite well-behaved. However, he was not surprised that Li Mu chose the elixir, as he would have made the same choice if he were in his place.

Li Mu raised his hands high, took the pill, carefully put it into the storage bag, then kowtowed three times solemnly before standing up.

Liu Xing then summoned Jiao Jiao and took Li Mu back to the sect. The journey was smooth and peaceful. When they were fifty miles away from the sect, Liu Xing stopped.

"Li Mu, it should be safe here. To avoid being too conspicuous, we will separate here and you will return to the sect alone." Liu Xing ordered.

"Thank you, Vice-Master Liu!" Li Mu got off the dragon, flew on the flying sword, and saluted Liu Xing respectfully.

"Goodbye." As soon as the words fell, Jiao Jiao flapped its wings and flew away, and Liu Xing disappeared from sight.

Although Li Mu had experienced Jiao Jiao's speed a long time ago, he was still envious. He secretly made up his mind to work hard to cultivate and become a master of Jindan.

Liu Xing returned to his cave, gleefully surveying the Ice Spirit Fruits in his hand. There were a dozen or so fruits in the bunch, enough to make a dozen Ice Soul Pills. On his way back, he stopped by the Sakura Garden Market and bought the necessary supplementary ingredients, spending a considerable amount of spirit stones. Even the supplementary ingredients for a Jindan-stage elixir were quite expensive. Jindan-stage elixirs were too precious, and he was still unsure of his master alchemist skills, so he decided to visit the Alchemy Pavilion to discuss his experience with an alchemist.

"Junior Brother Liu, your visit has brought honor to my humble abode." When Liu Xing went to the Alchemy Pavilion, the first person he thought of was naturally Xue Gui, his former comrade. Xue Gui was refining a batch of pills when he heard that Liu Xing was coming, so he immediately stopped and went out to greet him.

"Senior Brother Xue, I'm here as agreed. I hope I didn't disturb you?" Liu Xing said to Xue Gui with a smile. The agreement he was referring to was the agreement the two of them had made privately during the war between good and evil to exchange ideas about alchemy.

"Don't disturb me, don't disturb me, Junior Brother Liu, please come in." Xue Gui hurriedly and politely invited Liu Xing in.

Back then, the two were only in the late Foundation Establishment stage, and Xue Gui was surprised by Master Alchemist Liu Xing's prowess, leading to their agreement. Now, Liu Xing was the last disciple of the sect's Grand Elder and a candidate for the position of Sect Leader. His status was so high that even the Alchemy Pavilion Master had to treat him with respect. Naturally, Xue Gui valued Liu Xing even more, doing everything he could to befriend him.

In the ensuing conversation, Xue Gui shared everything he knew, sharing not only his core techniques but also his other alchemy methods and skills without reservation. Liu Xing reciprocated, sharing his own alchemy techniques that combined the strengths of various schools. This conversation lasted three days and three nights, and both of them gained a lot, and seemed to be still wanting more.

When the conversation got heated, the two would even bring out the herbs and practice refining the elixir on the spot. Liu Xing was a quick learner, often grasping and mastering many new techniques and skills instantly. Xue Gui was stunned by this, deeply impressed by Liu Xing's talent. He attributed Liu Xing's high success rate to his skillful technique and innate talent, and naturally, Liu Xing would not mention anything about the strange spiritual energy.

Liu Xing had read numerous books on alchemy before, but they were all relatively basic theories. He lacked the theoretical and practical experience of higher-level alchemy beyond the Jindan stage. Xue Gui had also just reached the Jindan stage, so he was also lacking in this area. So, Xue Gui took Liu Xing to browse through the books on alchemy in the Alchemy Pavilion.

He became a bookworm again, reading tirelessly. As a man of noble status and abundant financial resources, he borrowed all kinds of rare and precious books.

In three months, he read all the books related to alchemy above the Jindan stage, and got to know many spiritual medicines and precious materials that he had never heard of before. His vision and knowledge were greatly improved.

The Alchemy Pavilion is responsible for the alchemy task of the entire sect. As an alchemy master in the Jindan stage, many fellow Jindan practitioners will come to him to make alchemy, and Liu Xing will shamelessly watch from the side.

Sometimes he would even take over the task and make the pills himself. As time went by, Liu Xing's pill making efficiency and quality were higher than Xue Gui's, which made Xue Gui ashamed.

Because Liu Xing was hiding in Xue Gui's cave, helping the sect refine pills under Xue Gui's name, no one knew of his existence. They thought Xue Gui was a rare alchemy prodigy, and the rumor spread like wildfire within the sect. Even Xue Gui's master, the rarely seen head of the Alchemy Pavilion, summoned Xue Gui to his cave to question him.

"Disciple, I heard that you have been refining pills recently as if with divine help, quickly and well. Your master knows that although you have a good talent, it is impossible for you to be so incredible. What's going on?" The head of the Alchemy Pavilion asked curiously.

"Master, I do have a master helping me. This person is Liu Xing, the senior disciple of Elder Su. His talent in alchemy is a thousand times higher than mine." Xue Gui said with a wry smile.

"Oh, there is such a thing. Tell me about it." Speaking of Liu Xing, the Pavilion Master had seen him at the elders' meeting and was deeply impressed by him.

So, Xue Gui told the Pavilion Master in detail about his communication and performance with Liu Xing during this period.

"The pill recovery rate is as high as 90%, and he can master various techniques once he learns them. Is this boy's talent really so incredible?" The Pavilion Master thought silently in his heart, this is a genius that is hard to come by in a thousand years. Elder Su is so lucky, and Qianji Sect is so lucky.

"You guys continue, I won't ask any questions. Liu Xing has a bright future, so you should try your best to make friends with him, which will be of great help to your future practice." The Pavilion Master muttered to himself for a while, then gave Xue Gui a special instruction and sent him away.

"Disciple will follow Master's teachings." Xue Gui bowed and said goodbye.