bookcurios Chapter 307 The middle stage of pill formation
Chapter 307 The middle stage of pill formation
"Senior Brother Lu, I wonder how the progress is with the medicinal herbs I asked you to help collect?" Liu Xing asked nervously.
"Haha, Junior Brother Liu, all these medicinal herbs you want are rare treasures in the world. They really cost me a lot of effort. Some of them were snatched at a huge price at a Nascent Soul auction. Here, I'm glad I have fulfilled my mission!" Lu En handed Liu Xing a storage bag with a smile.
"Thank you, Senior Brother Lu!" Liu Xing was ecstatic to see that Lu En had really helped him collect all the elixirs, and expressed his gratitude from the bottom of his heart.
He opened the storage bag, and found more than a dozen jade boxes and jade bottles, all of which were filled with thousand-year-old elixirs and the essence and blood of level seven or eight monsters. Liu Xing took out a storage bag with about six million spirit stones in it and handed it to Lu En.
"Junior Brother Liu is indeed wealthy, but he gave too much." Lu En took the storage bag with a smile and took a look at it. He found that the spirit stones given by Liu Xing were 20% higher than the market price, so he joked.
"Brother Lu, the elixir is priceless, and money cannot express my gratitude. If you need my help in the future, I will do it without hesitation." Liu Xing made a solemn promise with a fist clasped.
"Junior brother Liu, that's not true. It's enough for me to have this heart." Lu En was very satisfied with Liu Xing's gratitude. He really cared about this junior brother.
"By the way, you have made great contributions to the sect this time. The reward has been transferred to your bank card." Lu En added.
"Thank you for your kindness! Goodbye!" Liu Xing clasped his fists again.
He said goodbye to Lu En and returned to his cave.
Everything in the cave remained the same, but no one had been in for many years and a thick layer of dust had accumulated.
"I need to refine a few puppets to take care of the cave and clean it." Liu Xing thought as he cast a spell. Suddenly, a breeze blew up and swept away the dust and foul air in the cave.
He returned to his herb garden and insect room, inspecting them without much surprise. Some of the spirit insects had advanced, but only to level two or three at best, offering little help. He casually sprinkled a handful of Spirit Feeding Pills on the hungry bugs and left them alone. The herb garden was overgrown with weeds, so Liu Xing picked some ripe herbs and released Duoduo to help catch the insects and weed.
Liu Xing returned to his quiet room and first refined a Jindan-stage puppet. Its purpose wasn't to fight, but rather to help with household tasks. He'd spent considerable effort on its image, and now that he occasionally thought of Dongfang Qing, he'd unconsciously crafted a puppet that bore a resemblance to her. Liu Xing was mesmerized by the vivid puppet before him, its beauty as celestial and its smile etched on its lips.
"I'll call you Qing'er from now on." Liu Xing murmured. He felt extremely lonely at this moment.
The Qing'er puppet stood quietly by the side, without any rich expressions and no independent consciousness. Although every move and every word was very realistic, it was still a cold magical weapon.
After arranging Qing'er to take care of the daily affairs of the cave, Liu Xing no longer cared about it. He took out the alchemy furnace and started to make pills.
It took him nearly half a year to refine several bottles of pills that broke through the bottleneck. As his magic power improved, his pill refining skills also rose rapidly. The success rate of pills was very high and no medicinal materials were wasted.
Now that I have the pill, there is no time to lose and I will go into seclusion and take the medicine.
Spring goes and autumn comes, and three years pass in the blink of an eye.
With the help of a large number of rare medicinal pills, Liu Xing successfully broke through to the middle stage of Jindan. After the breakthrough, he did not rush to leave the retreat, but continued to take medicine to improve his magic power and consolidate his cultivation.
With the breakthrough of his realm, his magic power and spiritual awareness have been greatly improved. Now he is not inferior to the old monsters in the early stage of Yuanying. If he has more secret techniques, he can also defeat the old monsters in the early stage of Yuanying.
Over the past three years, he had mastered the Sword of Consciousness, finally developing a legitimate spiritual attack technique. He estimated that for fellow Daoists in the Jindan stage who hadn't specifically cultivated their primordial spirits or possessed spiritual protection instruments, his use of this technique would be enough to instantly annihilate their primordial spirits, effectively killing them without even realizing it.
Liu Xing was very satisfied with this secret technique and was eager to try it out. He wanted to find someone to try it out.
He suppressed his inner impulse. A killer move is not for showing off. It must be used by surprise to achieve twice the result with half the effort.
His primary cultivation technique, the Wind and Cloud Power from the Wind and Thunder Manual, had also reached the next level, and the internal wind was twice as strong as before. The secret technique of the "Illusionary Sound Sutra" within the jade flute had also reached the second level. The flying swords and knives conjured from the jade flute were now more condensed and twice as powerful. The illusions created by the sonic wave technique were also more realistic, capable of directly trapping and killing opponents of the same level.
His physical body had not been greatly enhanced. He had already mastered the "Art of Inducing Evil" and did not have any other physical training techniques. He estimated that the strength of his physical body could only reach the current level.
Liu Xing felt the increase in strength brought by his realm advancement, and his confidence grew stronger. He felt that his vitality was more vigorous, and his lifespan seemed to have increased. He had plenty of time to plan the next step of his cultivation.
On this day, Liu Xing, who was practicing hard, suddenly felt depressed and had a sharp pain in his heart.
"Oh no, something happened to Yingying!" Liu Xing rushed out of the cave in shock.
He arrived in front of Su Yingying's cave almost instantly. The restrictions of the cave were intact, and the outside was covered with moss and shrubs. It was obvious that it had not been opened for decades.
Liu Xing waved his hand to open the restriction and slipped into the cave like a ghost.
"Yingying!" Liu Xing called softly.
In the quiet room, Yingying was sitting quietly. Her appearance had not changed at all. She was still as beautiful as a flower, but she had no aura at all!
"Yingying, are you leaving me too?" Liu Xing was heartbroken and tears welled up in his eyes.
He stretched out his hand, raised it halfway and then stopped. He wanted to touch her face again, but he didn't dare. He was afraid that his Yingying would be blown away by the wind.
He just stood there quietly, tears streaming down his face, crying silently.
He thought of the hardworking and ambitious girl he had met in the Sutra Library, the passionate beauty, and his lover who was always worried about him. Scenes from the past surfaced in his mind, and when he was tired, suffering, or lonely, he could always find comfort here.
Now, his lover has left him, and he has to continue to move forward alone.
If the heavens had feelings, they would also age. Life is full of vicissitudes. Why is the wicked heaven so heartless? Liu Xing screamed and cursed in his heart. His lover, his Yingying, who would be in the future? He dared not think. The path of cultivating immortality is destined to be lonely!
Finally, his hand touched Yingying's face. Yingying's body turned into dust and drifted away bit by bit. Liu Xing burst into tears.
Yingying failed to break through, and in her final moments, she used her remaining spiritual energy to maintain her image. She didn't want Liu Xing to see her old and frail appearance at the end of her life. Yingying was proud, stubborn, and deeply in love with Liu Xing. Even at the end of her life, she wanted to not disappoint her lover.