Immortality Begins with the Master of Alchemy

Chapter 120 Mingshen breaks the evil, I am the master of the hall (please subscribe)

 “Don’t mention it, stop it!”

Mi Shuhua waved his hand quickly, "Where there is land fire, most of it is occupied by sects or cultivating families, which is not something that we, casual cultivators, can get involved in."

 As usual, just mention some conditions.

He really can't solve the fire.

Seeing Luo Chen's mouth tightening, Mi Shuhua shook his head and smiled.

"You, why do you think so much? You can't force you to have high-grade pills. As long as you can refining middle-grade chalcedony pills stably, you can make more and more money in the future. If it doesn't work, I can just give you the entire middle-grade or high-grade pill furnace in the future. "

 If high-end technology cannot overcome it, why should we choose to keep improving on the low-end?

This old guy is quite shrewd.

 Luo Chen spread his hands to show that he had listened.

“Besides, when I ask you about Earth Fire Fiend, I mainly want to remind you.”

Mi Shuhua looked serious and said with a warning tone: "When monks don't build foundations, it's best not to come into contact with too many things related to evil spirits. You can't control it."

 “Huh? How to say it?”

“The evil spirit is too destructive. If it accidentally enters the body, it will have a serious destructive effect on the Dantian meridians and even the refined spiritual power.”

“If you want to live a few more years, don’t touch that thing.”

Luo Chen blinked, is there any other way to say this?

 He didn’t know.

Moreover, when he was refining the elixir before, he used the Evil Control Technique to guide the Earth Fire Evil, and he didn't feel any discomfort at all!

 …

Luo Chen didn’t know if Mi Shuhua had deceived him, so he asked this question when he and Wang Yuan were having dinner.

And Wang Yuan's answer surprised Luo Chen.

“Evil spirit is indeed harmful to Qi refining monks.”

 “But it depends on what kind of monk he is.”

Wang Yuan ate the meat slowly and said at the same time: "Any monk who focuses on refining qi is best not to come into contact with evil spirits, unless after establishing the foundation, the spiritual consciousness can be released and the evil spirits can be accurately detected when the evil spirits enter the body."

“But we Qi-refining monks can barely see inside, and with the use of spiritual vision, can’t we detect evil spirits?”

Wang Yuan glanced at him and said, "You have killed someone before!"

Luo Chen was stunned. As a glorious time traveler and immortal cultivator, he must not be exempt from the secular world!

“Killing people will also accumulate evil spirits, but they are invisible evil spirits and are usually called divine evil spirits.”

“Then have you noticed the evil spirit in your body?”

This time, I asked Luo Chen.

 He really didn't notice the evil aura on his body.

 But he also believed what Wang Yuan said.

 Any time you kill too many animals, you will accumulate evil spirits. Even a butcher who kills pigs will often give people a feeling of fierceness.

 If you look into it deeply, it definitely did not happen suddenly, but was accumulated through the process of killing again and again.

 In other words, the few tribulation cultivators Luo Chen killed might have really brought some evil aura to him.

 But he never discovered it.

With the topic now at this point, Luo Chen asked him about the last sentence.

“Monks who focus on refining Qi will be harmed by evil spirits, but other monks will not?”

 “Physical refiners can’t.”

Wang Yuan slowly ate another piece of meat. He pointed at himself and said, "Like me!"

Luo Chen was startled.

"Why do you think my cultivation level has advanced so quickly?" Wang Yuan said lightly: "The reason is that I use evil energy to hone my spiritual power and then polish my body."

Hone your spiritual power?

Isn’t that what we need to do in the later stage of Qi refining to purify spiritual power?

Luo Chen really couldn't sit still now, "Can the evil spirit be used to purify spiritual power?"

“Of course, the evil spirit is extremely fierce and evil, and there is no external substance. If a wisp of evil spirit enters the body and is properly controlled, the impurities in the spiritual power can be continuously worn away.”

“But wouldn’t that damage the monk’s body?”

 “Then what do you think of my physical condition?”

Luo Chen suddenly realized.

Wang Yuan's physique, even before he refined his Qi, was already extremely powerful.

 The masters of secular martial arts talk about strong qi and blood and a strong body.

From the time when Wang Yuan first created the palm technique of breaking mountains and breaking monuments, it can be seen that his physique has been tempered for a long time.

 After starting to practice Qi refining, I am afraid that I will become stronger and stronger under the tempering of spiritual energy.

“Of course, for evil spirits to enter the body, it not only requires a strong body, but also a perseverance to fight against it.”

“The path taken by the Qi Refiner is mainly to refine Qi, and the refining of Spirit is a supplement. But for the Body Refiner, the main focus is to refine the body, and the refining of the mind is a supplement.”

“If the will is not strong, the pain caused by the physical training process will be unbearable by ordinary people.”

 Very rare, Wang Yuan spoke for a long time.

 There is no intention to show off, just a simple statement of facts.

He looked at the slightly disappointed Luo Chen and shook his head: "I can also teach you how to use evil energy to polish your body and temper your spiritual power. But I don't recommend you try it, because it is really painful."

 As for physical fitness, Luo Chen actually always thought that he was not bad.

 With the spiritual rice and monster meat often eaten, Peiyuan Spiritual Liquid can also strengthen Qi and blood and wash away physical impurities.

It is precisely because of these factors that he started to use Xiaoyaoyou and opened mountains and stone tablets very quickly.

 But compared with Wang Yuan, it really pales in comparison.

Even Wang Yuan said it was very painful, so you can imagine how terrible it is to have the evil spirit entering the body.

 But he is still unwilling to give in. If he can't use it now, will he not be able to use it in the future?

 After he has reached the ninth level of Qi refining, he can completely improve his physical strength and try to enter the evil spirit into his body.

Wang Yuan did not hide his secrets and directly told Luo Chen the secret method he mastered word for word.

 “Mingshen destroys evil?”

“Well, after I reached the pinnacle of martial arts, I personally killed a big demon in the martial arts world.”

 When talking about the past, Wang Yuan's tone was a little sad.

"After I killed him in the devil's cave, I got his inheritance, which included this Mingshen method of breaking evil spirits."

“At that time, I realized why my senior, who was so respected in the past, had become a big demon causing trouble in the world in just a few years.”

“He found a place with evil spirits, and with his martial arts knowledge of two thousand years, he created this martial art called Ming Shen to break evil spirits. He used the evil spirits to refine his body, then refined the energy, and forcibly transformed the martial arts into the immortal way.

“But it was the evil spirit that entered the body, coupled with old age and physical weakness, and over the years, my mind was lost and I entered the devil’s way.”

“The reason why I was able to embark on the path of spiritual practice later was more or less due to the influence of that senior.”

From these past events, it is not difficult for Luo Chen to imagine how happy Wang Yuan was in the world of martial arts.

 Practice martial arts and become innate.

 Enter the devil's cave and kill the devil's head.

 And the big devil who was killed may have had an extremely glorious past experience.

Two years of martial arts experience, that’s one hundred and twenty years.

If you include the teenage years when he did not practice martial arts, I am afraid that the big devil is also one hundred and thirty-four years old.

 At this age, he is already older than most monks in the Qi refining stage.

Shaking his head, Luo Chen picked up the wine glass and took a sip.

I was about to take a bite of the food when I realized that all the meat on the table was gone!

 It’s all gone!

 No wonder Wang Yuan stopped and talked to him so much that he finished all the meat in a long time.

 But his previous movements had always been very "slow"!

Luo Chen rolled his eyes and asked the waiter to serve a few more plates of meat.

 Having just received the dividend, he was still very rich.

This store is also newly opened in Dahefang and is offering discounts. It’s a good time today!

 While waiting for the dishes to be served, Luo Chen handed over a jade bottle.

“This is the chalcedony elixir that was recently refined. Even among the middle-grade elixirs, it is the one with the best appearance and potency.”

“Brother Wang, take it and try it.”

Wang Yuan smiled and was about to say that he didn't really need this kind of elixir, but it was difficult for Luo Chen to have such a desire.

But as soon as his expression changed, he continued silently.

 Next, the two drank and drank the meat of monsters and beasts, and they did not separate until the evening.

 …

“Blood Burning Pill, a first-level elixir derived from the Blood Evil Pill?”

 “Let me find someone to try the effect?”

In the secret room, Wang Yuan looked at the two red pills with a look of emotion on his face.

I thought that Luo Chen had not been news for so long, and he thought that Luo Chen gave up the second -order Dan Fang.

 Unexpectedly, he always took it to heart.

Although he still hasn’t refined the blood-evil elixir, he has worked hard to deduce a first-order elixir from the same source.

 “Try the medicine?”

Wang Yuan smiled softly, turned around and left the secret room.

 When he came to Jiao Hall, he summoned his men.

“Today’s gang, Gang Leader Mi has decided to establish a stronghold in Taishanfang.”

"I don't want to delay it. You will follow me to Taishanfang tomorrow morning and ask the Cheng family whether they will allow Chu clan land to come."

“If you don’t give in, a fight will be inevitable. Everyone, be prepared!”

 …

 “Ming Shen destroys evil!”

 “The mind is clear and the nature is clear, and the mind and spirit are unified.”

“It’s not so much a method of tempering evil spirits as it is a secret method of tempering by divine will.”

After thinking about it carefully for more than a dozen times, Luo Chen came to this conclusion.

As for what divine will is, Luo Chen understands it as divine soul and will.

As for the soul, almost all monks are involved.

 Because the soul gives birth to spiritual consciousness, which is the foundation for monks in addition to refining qi.

As for will, this is easier to understand, as it is something that almost all living beings have.

Those with a weak will will be frightened when others look at them.

Those with a strong will can remain calm even if they are cut to pieces by a thousand swords.

 That represents the great tolerance for pain, sadness, despair and other negative emotions.

Luo Chen doesn’t dare to use Ming Shen Breaking Evil to guide the evil spirit into his body now. In Wang Yuan’s view, his physical condition is far from qualified.

And polishing the body is not something that can be accomplished overnight.

 Hence, Luo Chen first planned to practice this method of destroying evil spirits.

 Not much else to say, let’s first improve our will.

 How to improve willpower?

 Ming Shen Sha Sha mentioned above is very simple, fight against negative emotions!

 Does Luo Chen have any negative emotions?

  More or less, but definitely not much.

 After all, refining elixirs and cultivating every day, there is no life or death crisis, and there is no need to hide around, it can be regarded as a happy cultivation of immortality.

 But not, you can create it!

 The simplest negative emotion is pain.

According to Ming Shen's method of breaking evil spirits, Luo Chen mobilized a small amount of spiritual power and came to an acupuncture point on his feet.

Yinlingquan point is an acupoint on the Spleen Meridian of Foot Taiyin.

This acupoint is a joint point of the entire meridian. The qi and blood of the spleen meridian gather here. Once the qi and blood are blocked here.

 A slight touch will cause severe pain.

Taking a deep breath, Luo Chen blocked the spiritual energy.

 “Hey, it’s okay!”

“It seems that I, Luo Chen, am also a person with a strong will!”

 …

 Early the next morning, Gu Caiyi got up early.

After washing up, he left the courtyard and called Luo Chen to have breakfast with him.

 The two were walking on the foggy street, casually chatting about the many decisions made by the gang yesterday. Suddenly, Gu Caiyi looked at Luo Chen with a frown.

 “What’s wrong with you? Why are you limping when you walk?”

 “Hiss, it’s okay! It’s really okay!”

Luo Chen said with a normal expression.

But when Gu Caiyi looked at the veins on Luo Chen's forehead that pulsed from time to time, she still felt something was strange.

 …

 …

Luo Chen underestimated the skill of Ming Shen Sha Sha.

 I don’t feel it at first, but as the Qi and blood become blocked, the feeling of soreness and pain becomes more and more intense.

Moreover, this is just the first acupuncture point.

 According to Wang Yuan, there will be a total of thirty-five more involved in the follow-up.

The Yinlingquan point on the sole of the foot is just the easiest one.

Luo Chen felt a little numb when he thought that there were so many acupuncture points waiting for him to stimulate one by one.

But Luo Chen can also understand why this technique is so demanding.

Whether he is a martial arts master or an immortal cultivator, his body itself is already very strong.

—

With repeated stimulation of acupoints, a person’s pain tolerance threshold will continue to increase.

To put it another way, the will is getting stronger and stronger!

Only one with a strong will can endure the pain of evil spirits entering the body.

The so-called "break" does not mean to break the evil spirit, but to break the pain caused by the evil spirit.

 At the beginning, the big devil found the place of evil energy, but not the place of spiritual energy.

 So he can only use the evil spirit to stimulate the body and refining the qi in a somewhat passive manner.

It is a pity that he was old and frail, and he could not withstand the erosion of evil spirits after all.

 In comparison, Wang Yuan is much luckier.

 After attaining the innate martial arts skills, he started to practice this technique.

 Later, I came to Dahefang and came into contact with the world of immortality. I was able to absorb enough external free spiritual energy.

With the two complementing each other, he truly embarked on the path of becoming a body refiner.

“Logically speaking, Ming Shen’s breaking of evil spirits can be regarded as a cultivation technique, but why is there no entry displayed on my panel?”

 “Is it because I haven’t really started yet?”

Suffering the severe pain all the time, Luo Chen thought about this problem.

 At the moment when he was distracted, a burning smell came out.

“Hall Master, this chalcedony elixir has failed.”

"Ok, I know."

Luo Chen’s expression remained unchanged, and he waved his hand to signal them to stop what they were doing and prepare for cleaning.

 After leaving the alchemy room, Luo Chen frowned.

 He can still bear the severe pain caused by stimulating the acupuncture points.

However, being distracted actually had a negative effect on alchemy.

Although the proficiency of Chalcedony Pill has reached the master level, even the master level still has a failure rate as high as half.

 But the furnace of elixir just now did not fail after the elixir was completed.

  But before the completion of the Dan, it was because of a small detail that was distracted and failed to be completed, resulting in failure.

“It seems like I’ll have to pay more attention in the future.”

Luo Chen has never thought about giving up practicing this skill. Even though the evil spirit has not entered the body yet, he must persist.

 Because it involves will and even the subsequent soul.

To be honest, Luo Chen is not very optimistic about his own will.

 For a person who grew up in a safe country, it is a joke to say how strong-willed he is.

Perhaps a failure in an exam or a job loss can make people depressed.

Even though it has been almost two years since I traveled through time and I practice every day, it is just because of my perseverance.

 Luo Chen is determined to live forever!

 The pursuit of immortality is bound to go through an extremely long journey.

 On this journey, I have to go through countless ups and downs.

 If you don’t have a strong enough heart, sooner or later you will get lost on the path of spiritual practice.

Now that he has this skill that can temper his mind and sharpen his will, how can he give up?

 In comparison, several alchemy attempts failed.

 Completely acceptable.

 And the consequences of failure will be borne by the Poshan Gang.

  In the end, the profits shared among him were only a few dozen spirit stones.

  Minutes and seconds passed by slowly while refining the elixir.

 In the evening, when counting the finished chalcedony pills and raw material consumption, Sikong Shoujia found that the failure rate was a bit high today.

 In the past, at the end of the day, the rate of elixir formation was always about half.

 But today it is less than 30%.

 Luo Chen’s explanation for this is simple.

"My practice is not going well, and I am quite troubled, which makes me feel uneasy when I am refining the elixir. When I adjust, I will be back to my best condition."

Sikong Shoujia nodded, he believed this statement.

 …

 In the cave, the spiritual energy is rich.

 A figure is sitting cross-legged on the futon, lips opening and closing.

With a deep breath, two transparent tornadoes were faintly swallowed into the belly.

Luo Chen opened his eyes and was satisfied with the end of today's practice.

 The progress has progressed a little further, getting closer and closer to the eighth level of Qi Refining.

Looking down on the ground, he saw that the pot of moonlight grass that Fu Xiuxiu gave him was growing extremely vigorously.

　　It used to be only a few centimeters tall, but now it is as big as his palm.

“It seems that the large amount of wood spiritual energy gathered by the spirit gathering array is also very beneficial to the growth of this elixir!”

With a sigh, Luo Chen put on his coat and walked out of the cave.

 Following the specially opened underground tunnel, he soon arrived at Changyin Mountain.

The Breath Condensation Spirit Art was functioning normally. Luo Chen breathed in the fresh mountain air and felt refreshed.

Stepping out of the narrow opening, Luo Chen walked towards the outside.

 He planned to explore Changyin Mountain.

Of course, this is the territory of monsters, and they must not be arrogant.

Luo Chen just planned to explore the outside world a little bit, at least to get familiar with the surrounding environment.

Even if he encounters danger in Xianyue Valley in the future, he will use the underground tunnel to escape here without panicking.

The cunning rabbit still has three burrows, so Luo Chen naturally has to find more safe habitats for himself.

 The exploration scope this time is not large, only five miles.

 Occasionally when encountering some potentially dangerous places, he would take the initiative to play out the spent chalcedony beads and throw stones to ask for directions.

 If the situation is not right, retreat immediately.

When the sky gradually turned white, Luo Chen returned to Xianyue Valley knowingly.

 The exploration situation today was okay, and most of the nearby situations were determined.

Moreover, he discovered that there were far fewer demonic wolves nearby than before.

I don’t know if too many people died in the civil war or if they moved to other places.

Before going up, Luo Chen followed his usual practice to clean up any evil spirits that might be contaminated in the mountains.

 In this process, it is natural to avoid the trace of spiritual power on the shoulders.

"Huh?"

With a slight sigh, Luo Chen's face gradually darkened.

The last time I checked, although this spiritual power was pure, it was actually in a state of overflow and had a tendency to gradually weaken and dissipate.

 But this time, he found that his spiritual power was back to what it was before.

 High-level power, with its own legend that its magic power lasts forever.

 But at the relatively low-level foundation building stage, he had never heard of any means of permanent spiritual power.

In other words, this restored spiritual power has only recently been supplemented by new spiritual power from the same source.

 “Yesterday?”

“Mi Shuhua didn’t just come to me to talk about the Earth Fire Demon. I’m afraid he secretly used means to consolidate this spiritual mark.”

Without any hesitation, Luo Chen instantly locked onto the truth.

Luo Chen sighed as the weather was uncertain.

That old man, really keep an eye on him!

 …

 Ten days later.

　　"57 collected elixirs, forty-one of the lower grade, and sixteen of the middle grade."

　　After spitting out this number, Sikong Shoujia was surprised. To prevent mistakes, he counted it again.

 But no matter how many times I count the pills, the number of pills on the plate is still the same.

He couldn't help but ask: "Hall Master, why is the elixir success rate today lower than yesterday!"

you ask me?

Luo Chen glanced at him expressionlessly, turned around and left.

 Nonsense, he stimulated another acupuncture point last night and it hurt him to death.

The fact that he can barely preside over the alchemy today can be considered a conscientious person.

I am sick and go to work. I shouldn't praise him for coming. Why do you blame him for leaving him here?

 “Luo Chen!”

“I am the master of the hall. I don’t need to explain too much to a layman like you about alchemy.”

 After saying that, he went directly into the stone house and activated the formation.

He didn't bother to explain, but Sikong Shoujia couldn't sit still.

 Not to mention his share of the profits from the Alchemy Hall.

Just five days ago, his son had a dark ceremony and truly became the son-in-law of the Mi family.

 The income from the alchemy hall is closely related to his son’s future cultivation resources.

 Now that the income is less, he is more anxious than anyone else.

 There was no nonsense. After get off work, he went straight to the Mi family's land and met Mi Shuhua.

“Gang leader, the number of completed elixirs in the elixir hall this month is a bit low!”

"Um?"

Mi Shuhua seemed to have just returned from abroad, and his face looked a little tired.

 He rubbed his brows and asked about the situation.

“In a total of eleven days, Luo Chen only refined 820 low-grade chalcedony pills and 357 medium-grade chalcedony pills.”

 “This quantity, compared with the previous months, is almost 20% less!”

 Hearing this data, Mi Shuhua couldn't help but become serious.

 “Does Luo Chen have any explanation?”

Sikong Shoujia replied: "He said that his practice was not smooth and his mind was restless, so that he could not concentrate when refining the elixir."

 Problems caused by spiritual practice?

Mi Shuhua narrowed his eyes slightly and stroked his beard subconsciously.

Luo Chen does not have the five spiritual root qualifications, so it is normal to encounter problems in practice.

 Similar situation has not happened before!

 Perhaps there is a possibility that the alchemy path has encountered a bottleneck. Last time, he mentioned that he wanted to use the earth fire demon to increase the level of the elixir.

 If a breakthrough fails, will the technology regress instead?

 The specific situation is unknown to Mi Shuhua.

  It is really difficult for outsiders to give a thumbs up on the technical work of alchemy.

Mi Shuhua thought for a while and said: "He is a smart man and will definitely adjust. We need to give him more time."

“Besides, you can bring him good news tomorrow.”

 While speaking, he handed over something.

Sikong Shoujia's eyelids twitched when he looked at that thing.

 (End of this chapter)