I Cultivate Immortality With Scientific Thinking

Chapter 56: Human Body as a Great Medicine

Inside the Cave Mansion, Lin Chen sat in the study.

Ever since he had his own private Cave Mansion, Lin Chen had copied most of the laboratory data for easy access and inspiration.

The study was neatly arranged with books, and the walls were covered with anatomical charts, meridian charts, and acupoint charts of the human body. The illustrations were so vivid and lifelike.

Even if one of these charts were to be revealed, it would cause a great sensation in the medical field.

Even in the Immortal Cultivation World, it would greatly help cultivators who were just starting out and couldn't yet understand the locations of meridians and acupoints.

Although Lin Chen was not a medical student in his previous life, after transmigrating for so many years, he had dissected hundreds of bodies and had some understanding.

After all, practice makes perfect, and as a transmigrator, he had to summarize something.

Moreover, in order to cultivate immortality, he had studied a lot of knowledge in this world, such as medicine, formations, materials, and drugs, and had even mastered many top martial arts in the mortal world with the help of cultivators.

He did all this to acquire enough knowledge to better pursue the Great Dao of longevity.

And now, these experiences from his early years were also providing him with considerable help in exploring the Gold Core.

"In this world, cultivators need to refine various herbs, Beast Cores, or materials from Demonic Beasts with different attributes to make pills, and then consume them to break through in cultivation.

The emphasis is on plundering all things in the world to nourish oneself and complete the path of sublimating one's essence of life."

Lin Chen lightly tapped the table, recalling his summary of this life and his knowledge from his previous life, lost in thought.

In this life, the Qi Refining method emphasized plundering all things to nourish oneself.

But in his previous life, the Inner Dan technique was different. It emphasized that the human body itself was a living being and had great medicinal value.

The organs, essence, various systems, and even the emotions and thoughts of the human body could all be considered as a kind of medicine.

The pursuit was to rely on the changes in one's own body to cultivate a great medicine within the human body. After the great medicine was completed, its essence could be directly integrated into the body. From then on, whether it was cultivation breakthroughs or improving one's cultivation, it could all be achieved.

In theory, as long as there were enough great medicines, the essence would continue to grow without any limitations. There would be no obstacles to cultivation or breakthroughs.

In Lin Chen's opinion, he couldn't understand how the Inner Dan technique in his previous life treated the human body as medicine.

Setting aside the issue of viruses and how to manipulate the ethereal Qi with one's thoughts to condense it into medicine, just the continuous refining of the essence, Qi, and spirit of the human body into a great medicine left Lin Chen puzzled.

In his view, since the essence, Qi, and spirit existed, their quantity should be limited. The Inner Dan technique only focused on cultivating great medicines, but it didn't explain how to replenish them. So, it seemed like the human body was being treated as a perpetual motion machine, constantly producing without replenishment.

"Perhaps there are some key points or knowledge that I don't understand..." Lin Chen pondered, but couldn't find an answer.

After all, in his previous life, he didn't cultivate, he just read some novels. How could he expect to be proficient in this?

"But from a conceptual point of view, the Inner Dan technique is better than the mundane martial arts in this world."

"The martial arts in the mortal world are similar to cultivators. They mainly cultivate the Qi and blood within the Body Refining realm to communicate with the bridge between heaven and earth, and advance to the Innate realm by condensing Innate Qi."

"But the Inner Dan technique uses the human body as a furnace, the essence, Qi, and spirit as medicinal ingredients, to refine an impeccable Gold Core, achieving the unity of heaven and man."

"The two paths are different, and the latter is obviously superior because it not only cultivates the essence, Qi, and spirit simultaneously, but even achieves the unity of heaven and man in the Late Stage. Its future is vast and far beyond the reach of these Innate martial arts."

"But the problem now is, how do I practice the Inner Dan technique? I was just an ordinary college student in my previous life, not a disciple of the Dao. I only know some theories about the Inner Dan technique from novels, but when it comes to practical application, I'm completely clueless."

He was just an ordinary college student in his previous life, not a disciple of the Dao. The Inner Dan technique was only something he had read about in novels, and he only knew some theories. But when it came to actually practicing it, he was at a loss.

"Hmm..."

After much contemplation, Lin Chen gradually came up with an idea.

"I have read some theories about the Inner Dan technique in the cultivation novels of my previous life. Perhaps I can try to combine them with the laws of spiritual energy that I have summarized in this life and make some modifications."

"Although it may not be certain, at worst, I can establish a few more topics and gather more experimental materials. I will definitely find a way out. I'm just afraid of not even having a direction to think in..."

Soon, Lin Chen made up his mind and began recalling his knowledge from his previous life.

From what he understood, the most crucial thing in alchemy was the "Human Body Great Medicine."

By relying on the changes in one's own body, condensing essence, qi, and spirit, cultivating the Human Body Great Medicine, and then using the body as a furnace, combining it with the right timing to refine it, ultimately creating an impeccable Gold Core.

"I'm not sure if this is the entirety of alchemy, but if I combine it with the Qi Law I summarized in this world, it seems feasible..."

"Because essence, qi, and spirit are truly existent in this world, and they can even manifest in reality. In this way, alchemy becomes possible."

"However, the essence, qi, and spirit of the human body will be consumed and need to be replenished with food and water... Hmm, if I think about it this way, does alchemy synthesize basic materials like water and food into High-Level materials that contain the essence, qi, and spirit of the human body?"

Countless thoughts flashed through Lin Chen's mind as he picked up his notebook and wrote down his ideas stroke by stroke.

Steps for practicing alchemy:

Step 1: Self-refinement. Whether it's martial arts or cultivation, the first step is to eliminate distractions during the training process and achieve tranquility, only then can one cultivate.

Step 2: Foundation Building. This step involves supplementing nutrition, strengthening the body, compensating for any deficiencies, laying a solid foundation for the alchemical cauldron, and cultivating a strong and healthy body to produce enough Human Body Great Medicine.

Step 3: Adjusting the medicine. In this world composed of spiritual energy, there is also qi and blood within the human body, representing essence and qi respectively. By mixing the two and integrating them with the cultivator's spirit, the rudimentary form of the Human Body Great Medicine is adjusted.

Step 4: Cultivating the medicine. Using the subtle essence of water and food to replenish the essence, qi, and spirit of the human body, thereby cultivating the Human Body Great Medicine.

Step 5: Harvesting the medicine. Collecting the Human Body Great Medicine, nourishing the physical body, and refining and manifesting the essence, qi, and spirit.

Step 6: Refining the pill. Melting the essence, qi, and spirit of the human body, condensing an impeccable Gold Core.

As Lin Chen wrote up to this step, his hand suddenly paused.

He had a basic understanding of the process of refining the Human Body Great Medicine, but how to melt the essence, qi, and spirit of the human body and condense the Gold Core was the part he needed to figure out.

"This is troublesome," Lin Chen frowned.

To explore the mysteries, he had to cultivate alchemy and reach the stage of cultivating the Human Body Great Medicine.

The problem was that it was just his speculation, and he wasn't sure if he could actually practice it.

"I must clear the previous steps before I can explore the process of condensing the Gold Core..."

Should he continue experimenting?

As soon as this idea arose, Lin Chen abandoned it.

The reason was simple: he lacked the ability.

This kind of cultivation required active participation. Setting aside whether the cultivator was suitable or not, just the problems encountered in the process were beyond Lin Chen's ability to solve.

Even though he had spent ten years researching alchemy, he only knew some principles, but he didn't know the specific operational procedures.

If you asked him to modify a cultivation method to make it more suitable for himself based on his own situation, or create a simple cultivation method based on some principles, he could do it.

But to create a Core Formation technique that was different from the orthodox methods in the Lingnan Immortal Cultivation World from start to finish, he was currently incapable of doing so!

"So the best way is to spread it out, let countless people practice and perfect it in the end..."

"However, I can't do it in the Lingnan Immortal Cultivation World. Otherwise, if a Gold Core cultivator is born and comes looking for me, I'll be in big trouble..."

"So it's best to spread it in the mortal world, integrate it with the Martial Dao, and refine a Martial Dao Gold Core. Even if it goes out of control, with the power of the Immortal Dao and its unpredictable means, can't it suppress a newly formed Martial Dao Gold Core?"

"And this path of integrating alchemy with the Martial Dao is also known as 'Alchemy Martial Dao'?"

(End of this chapter)