Yu Xian

Chapter 279 The alchemy path is as vast as the sea, and the sect competition begins

Haotian Zhengzong knows that there are many people in Hua Yuandu, the Second Holy Son, and it can even be said that everyone knows it. After all, how can anyone not know the reputation of the Holy Son?

But there are very few people who know Hua Yuandu.

Not to mention the Qi Condensation disciples of the outer sect, even the foundation-building disciples of the inner sect have only heard of his name but never seen him.

The last time he was looking for trouble at the entrance of Yu Xian's courtyard, it was just a sudden appearance. There were no more than thirty foundation-building disciples of the entire Haotian sect who knew him.

So when he came to speak in front of Yu Xian at this moment, in other people's eyes, he was just a monk in the late stage of foundation building who came to ask for elixirs, so he didn't cause any sensation.

Only a handful of foundation-building monks who knew him suddenly shrank their pupils, their faces full of shock!

Hua Yuandu, the second holy son of the Haotian sect, actually came to ask Yu Xian to make elixirs! ?

His master is the second elder of Nascent Soul, Li Shengjiang. Does he want any elixir?

Yu Xian frowned slightly and looked at Hua Yuandu in front of him, also thinking secretly that Hua Yuan was just looking for trouble, or was he really asking for alchemy.

He and Hua Yuan almost had a fight that day, but were finally stopped by Li Shengjiang. Hua Yuan was also half-dead angry at the time, with angry eyes and a posture that would make him look good in the future.

But later he didn't target himself. Four or five years later, there was no movement.

Until now, he appeared in front of me again, what did he want? Simply asking for alchemy? It shouldn't be.

After all, he has such a strong master, so he doesn't lack any pills, right?

"Fellow Daoist Hua, are you asking me to help you make elixirs?"

But regardless of whether he is a friend or an enemy, ask him first before talking. Yu Xian said calmly: "How come you are short of elixirs?"

"Why can't I use elixirs?"

Hua Yuandu waved his hands and said: "My master is my master, I am me, why do I need to find a master when I can do things by myself? I just ask you, can you help me practice? You must remember the little grudges from back then." No matter what, I turned around and left."

Yu Xian had naturally forgotten the so-called "hate" back then.

The two of them weren't fighting at all, were they?

Therefore, Yu Xian nodded and said: "I am the master alchemist, and you ask for the elixir. I have no reason not to refine it. But whether I can refine this elixir depends on the recipe. If I can't refine it, there is nothing I can do. "

"You can even refine the fifth-level medium elixir, but you can't just do the fifth-level low-level elixir casually?"

When Hua Yuandu heard this, he smiled and waved his hand, and a storage bag flew towards Yu Xian.

"Take a look."

Yu Xian raised his hand to take it, and when he looked inside, he saw a large pile of nearly a thousand kinds of spiritual herbs, two fifth-level low-level demon pills, and a pill recipe.

"Is this...two servings?"

Yu Xian thought to himself, then placed his eyes on the pill recipe. As soon as he looked at it, his brows suddenly furrowed.

The next moment, he took out the elixir and looked at it carefully. The more he looked at it, the more he frowned.

Spirit Sword Pill, a fifth-level inferior treasure pill.

But even though it is marked on the elixir prescription, this elixir is a fifth-level inferior elixir.

But its complexity is the only elixir recipe that Yu Xian has seen so far!

And the most important thing is that this elixir recipe looks more like a weapon refining than an elixir!

The elixir recipe that combines alchemy and weapon refining just to refine a sword elixir?

So is this sword elixir a magic weapon or an elixir?

How to take it?

It's just that this pill prescription is just a pill prescription. It doesn't describe how to take the sword pill, or how to use it. I think only Hua Yuandu should know how to take it and how to use it.

"The combination of alchemy and weapon refining... is strange... strange..."

Yu Xian frowned and thought, watching Dan Fang fall into deep thought for a moment.

"Hello?"

I don't know how long it took, but suddenly a voice rang out. Hua Yuandu frowned and looked at Yu Xian and said, "You've been watching this for three hours. It's already dark. Are you able to practice?"

"oh?"

Yu Xian was awakened by these words. He had just been immersed in the mystery of this elixir and completely forgot about time.

At this moment, he came back to his senses, shook his head with a wry smile and said: "This elixir is too complicated. With my current elixir knowledge, it is already difficult to understand it. How can I refine it? I can't refine it."

"Isn't this the fifth-level low-grade elixir?"

Hua Yuandu looked at Yu Xian and frowned: "You can refine the fifth-level medium elixir, but not the fifth-level low-level elixir? If you don't want to refine it, why do you have to find such an excuse?"

Upon hearing this, Yu Xian looked at Hua Yuan and smiled and said: "Fellow Daoist Hua, you have misunderstood me. Although this elixir is of the lower fifth level, it is extremely complex. It belongs to the category of extraordinary elixirs and cannot be compared with ordinary levels. But if it is Fellow Daoist Hua believes in me. It’s better to let me study this elixir for a while. After half a year, I may try to refine it.”

"Do you want to understand the elixir?"

Hua Yuandu frowned and looked at Yu Xian, and after a moment he said slowly: "No, you can't practice, so I have to find someone else to practice. How can I do it if others don't have the elixir?"

"Yeah, that's true."

Yu Xian nodded, put the elixir into the storage bag with his backhand, and threw it back to Hua Yuandu, saying: "Maybe I, the master of the alchemy sect, and the second elder can refine this elixir, you can go and pray for it." Please give me one or two.”

Hua Yuandu took the storage bag but did not leave. He only frowned at Yu Xian.

If he went to ask the master of the alchemy sect and the second elder to make alchemy, it would still cost the master's face, not his own.

As for himself, although he is the Holy Son, before he entered the realm of golden elixir, he was not qualified to ask Hong Shao, the master of the alchemy sect, and even the second elder Chen slowly to help him refine the elixir.

Maybe these two people will do it for them because of their master's reputation, but...it's better to go to the master directly!

Or... can I let this Yu Xian try?

In the past, this Yu Xian naturally had no qualifications to make friends with me.

But now he has shown such an amazing talent for alchemy, and his cultivation is also the great perfection of foundation building. Maybe one day he can become a master of golden elixir alchemy, so he can help me for a long time in the future.

Of course, after I reach the Nascent Soul stage, he will be left behind by me and there will be no trace of him anymore.

Thinking so in his heart, Hua Yuandu suddenly smiled and said: "Forget it, I picked a fight with you at the beginning, and my words were not nice. You can keep this recipe for your understanding. It is my compensation. I will come to you again in half a year."

Yu Xian was slightly stunned, and smiled helplessly: "Okay."

He is good at calculating. This recipe was given to him to make elixirs for him, but now it has become his compensation to himself?

But Yu Xian naturally would not dwell on this matter.

Seeing Yu Xian agreed readily, Hua Yuandu waved his hand, and the storage bag flew to Yu Xian, saying with a smile: "You can also keep the alchemy materials. You may be able to comprehend faster by comparing the materials. If you are missing any materials, you can also tell me in time and I will go to collect them. Comprehend them well. If you can really help me refine the Spirit Sword Pill in half a year, I, Hua Yuandu, will make you my friend! If you have any problems in the future, I will definitely help you!"

Yu Xian smiled and said: "Daoyou Hua trusts me so much, I will definitely not let you down."

"Well, goodbye."

Hua Yuandu raised his hand as a greeting, and then turned and left.

Yu Xian watched him leave, shook his head and smiled again, then stood up, and regardless of the shocked expressions of the disciples around him, he said calmly: "It's late today, I will refine it tomorrow."

After that, he turned around and went to the inner hall.

As the chief alchemist, he had to sit in the hall for three consecutive months, and there was naturally a special resting place for him in the inner hall.

Seeing this, Xiaoyu hurriedly followed, wanting to serve Yu Xian to rest, or to be a servant, to pass on messages and fetch things, as she had done to Guo Pin before.

Seeing this, Yu Xian turned around and said, "You go and do your own thing, I don't need you to serve me."

Then he walked into the inner hall.

Xiaoyu looked at Yu Xian's back, with a trace of regret in her eyes, bit her lip, and could only turn around and leave.

Yu Xian entered the inner hall, took a look, and then walked into a side hall, waving his hand to close the door.

The decoration in the hall was simple, with three refreshing incense sticks burning, a few cushions, and rich spiritual energy.

Yu Xian sat cross-legged, without practicing, but took out the recipe of the Spirit Sword Pill and read it again.

And in the outer gate, a new message quickly spread.

Yu Xian and the second saint son Hua Yuandu, are actually friends!

When this news came out, I don't know how many foundation-building cultivators felt cold in their backs, and felt very fortunate...

...

The rest of the time was very leisurely.

During the day, Yu Xian made pills for the main alchemist, either one, two, or none every day.

At night, he continued to comprehend the recipe for the Spirit Sword Pill.

Two months passed like this without him noticing.

In these two months, Yu Xian's reputation was completely solidified and even higher!

The name of the great alchemist Yu was already known to everyone in the Haotian Sect!

Because in just two months, Yu Xian had refined the fourth-grade superior and fifth-grade pills that Guo Pin had to make for several years or even ten years in the past!

He didn't know how many foundation-building disciples who had no way to get pills in the past had to use the stock materials accumulated for many years.

His efficiency, the quality of his pills, his not deliberately making things difficult for others, nor asking for benefits in a weird way, or making false excuses.

It made countless people sigh in their hearts! Praise! Recognize!

Similarly, Yu Xian also benefited a lot.

In these two months, he came into contact with more fourth-grade pills and even fifth-grade pill recipes. A huge amount of alchemy experience filled his alchemy path, and his alchemy path was also rapidly improving.

The most important thing is the recipe of the Spirit Sword Pill.

The more you look at this recipe, the more mysterious it becomes. The combination of refining tools and refining pills is definitely the idea of ​​a great master of refining pills, who is also a great master of refining tools!

It's just that the combination of these two ways is too complicated.

Therefore, even the strong man who can create the sixth-level or even seventh-level pill recipe can only create this fifth-level inferior pill recipe. He can't create any higher ones.

Too complicated, too mysterious, too profound.

The more Yu Xian comprehends, the more shocked and solemn he becomes.

This recipe is okay at the beginning, but it is simply obscure and difficult to understand when you look at it later!

Sometimes he even has to overturn the previous refining method inference and re-examine it!

It seems that I have been bragging for half a year...

Perhaps, even Hong Shao and Chen Manman have never seen such a recipe!

I don't know where Hua Yuandu got this recipe.

Spirit Sword Pill... Was it created by a strong man who combines sword, pill, and refining tools?

…

Another month passed.

Yu Xian sat in the hall for three consecutive months, a total of ninety days. According to the calculation that he sat in the hall for five days a month and rested for twenty-five days, he had a year and a half of free time.

However, after these three months, he also understood.

The rule of the alchemy sect says that the great alchemist must sit in the hall for five days a month, but in fact, this rule is dead, and people are alive.

This actually means that if I want to sit in the hall, I will sit in the hall, and if I don’t want to come, I don’t have to come!

Of course, I can’t not come for a long time, it depends on my own control.

At the beginning, Guo Pin only sat in the hall for more than a month in a year at most.

At the least, he didn’t sit in the hall once a year!

Even if it is normal, he would only sit in the hall for a dozen or twenty days a year.

As for the so-called sect rules... Chen Manman and Hongshao have no time to care about them.

And You Xiaohua herself rarely sits in the hall, so she is not qualified to use the sect rules to bluff others.

So it is unheard of for Yu Xian to sit in the hall for three consecutive months.

In addition to his efficiency in alchemy, Yu Xian has almost finished refining all the fourth-level medium and fourth-level superior pills needed by the disciples in the late stage of foundation building and the great perfection of foundation building in these three months!

On this day, after Yu Xian finished refining a fourth-level superior treasure pill, he put away the pill furnace, exhaled, stood up and said: "Today's alchemy is over, fellow Taoists, I will not sit in the hall from tomorrow onwards, and I will sit in the hall if I have time in the future."

As he said, he put the jade bottle containing the pill in his hand into the storage bag and threw it to a disciple in the late stage of foundation building in front of him.

When the monks around heard this, their faces changed. Hundreds of monks bowed to Yu Xian and said, "Thank you, Master Yu, for sitting in the hall to refine pills for three months! Help us practice!"

Yu Xian sat in the hall for three consecutive months, and it was reasonable for him to stop today.

Yu Xian raised his hand to return the greeting and said, "No need to be polite, goodbye."

After that, he stepped down from the high platform, left the alchemy hall, and went to the top of the mountain.

Hong Shao had three more days of alchemy teaching, so he had to go.

Yu Xian couldn't guess how high the alchemy attainments of an alchemy master were, but it was definitely beyond his imagination at the moment.

Because even a fifth-grade superior pill was not something Yu Xian could touch now.

Not to mention refining the sixth-grade pill that represented the alchemy master.

All the way to the main hall of the sect, Yu Xian bowed and said, "Disciple Yu Xian, pays homage to the sect master."

"Come in."

In the hall, Hong Shao's voice followed.

Yu Xian stood up, straightened his robe, and walked in.

"Follow me."

Hong Shao did not sit on the throne, but stood there. When she saw Yu Xian coming in, she said something calmly and went to the inner hall with her hands behind her back.

Yu Xian followed immediately.

The outer hall is where Hong Shao usually summoned disciples and passed messages.

The inner hall is where Hong Shao usually lives, practices, and makes pills.

Yu Xian followed Hong Shao, passed the inner hall, and soon came to a beautiful garden.

This place is full of exotic flowers and plants, and all kinds of light fragrances surround it, forming a refreshing fragrance that makes people feel comfortable. The spiritual energy is also very rich, almost like fog. Obviously, there is a separate spiritual vein here.

In the shadows of the branches of the flowers in the distance, Chen Manman was in a pavilion, talking to You Xiaohua with a serious face. You Xiaohua listened carefully and nodded continuously.

This garden is not small, covering an area of ​​hundreds of feet. Hong Shao took Yu Xian to another pavilion, and did not interfere with Chen Manman in the distance.

"Yu Xian, what do you think the way of alchemy is?"

After entering the pavilion, Hong Shao sat down calmly, looking at Yu Xian standing beside her, and asked calmly.

"What is the way of alchemy?"

Yu Xian was slightly startled, and after thinking carefully, he said: "The way of alchemy... is to condense the essence of all things born from heaven and earth, and complement each other so that it can be absorbed by the cultivators to the maximum extent, and help the cultivators to cultivate."

"You are right."

Hong Shao nodded and said: "The way of alchemy is to condense the essence of heaven and earth, and use it to shorten the cultivation time. In ancient times, there was no way of alchemy. Spiritual herbs could only be eaten raw, and the medicinal effects were absorbed. Later, the sages and great men comprehended the nature of all herbs, assisted each other, and finally achieved the way of alchemy, which was then passed down by countless creatures."

Yu Xian looked at Hong Shao, not understanding why Hong Shao was telling him this.

Hongshao said slowly: "So the way of making pills is actually cultivation."

...

Yu Xian's eyebrows twitched suddenly, revealing a look of sudden realization, and bowed and said: "Thank you for your teachings, Master. I understand!"

"Yes."

Hongshao nodded with satisfaction, raised her hand and said: "I have seen you make pills in the past three months. Your foundation is very good and solid. If it is a first- or second-level pill, I think you can make it into the best. But although your method is steady, it is still insufficient. In particular, you are too cautious and have lost your spirituality..."

Yu Xian's expression was condensed and he listened carefully.

Hongshao began to talk about pills, and her various knowledge was vast like a sea of ​​smoke.

Yu Xian listened carefully, as if he was swimming in the sea, absorbing various knowledge of the way of making pills.

In the final analysis, it is not wrong to be cautious and strictly follow the pill formula.

But if the alchemist loses his spirituality, what should he do once he has exhausted the pill formula in the future?

Without your own creativity, your own ideas, and your own feelings, even if you refine the elixir well, you can see the end of the road ahead at a glance.

The highest elixir recipe in the world is the ninth level, but what about after the ninth level?

Or, what if there is no elixir you need in the fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth level elixir recipes? What to do?

Then you need to create!

Creation is the soul of an alchemist! If you don’t have a creative heart, you are just an imitator.

Yu Xian listened with his heart and learned humbly. Of course, he would have questions and ask questions during the period.

Hong Shao was not angry, but showed a look of relief and answered them one by one.

Disciples with questions are good disciples.

No questions, they seem to understand everything, unless they are the kind of monsters who defy the heavens, otherwise they are just pretending to listen, pretending to understand, and not really learning at all.

And the kind of monsters who defy the heavens are only imagined, and do not exist in reality.

No matter how strong a genius is, he has to learn step by step, and no one is born knowing.

Time passed, and Yu Xian seemed to have just taken a few buckets of water from the alchemy ocean, and three days had passed.

As soon as the three days were up, Hong Shao stopped talking about alchemy, looked at Yu Xian and said with a light smile: "Let's talk about it for now. You can go back and understand it for yourself, and come back in a few months."

When Yu Xian came back to his senses, he felt that three days was really short, but when the time was up, he wouldn't do more ink. He would wait for a while and save up for a few days before asking for advice.

Therefore, he bowed and said respectfully: "Thank you very much, Master, for teaching me the way of alchemy. Disciple, please leave."

"Go ahead."

Hongshao nodded slightly and waved his hand.

Yu Xian took three steps back, turned around and strode away.

In the past three days, he gained a lot from Hongshao. The alchemy taught by the alchemy master was extraordinary.

After returning this time, Yu Xian had to spend a month or two to absorb, understand, and convert it into his own alchemy way.

After leaving the sect master's hall, Yu Xian went down to the alchemy gate and went straight back to his small courtyard. After entering the house, he sat cross-legged and began to comprehend without stopping.

In this way, another three months passed without realizing it.

In three months, Yu Xian spent one and a half months to transform the alchemy taught by red peony root into his own alchemy.

In the remaining time, he continued to study the Sword Spirit Pill recipe non-stop.

But half a year was really not enough, and there was nothing Yu Xian could do about it.

He must not forcibly make an elixir without understanding the elixir recipe!

But just after the seventh month was halfway through, there was movement from the formation in the small courtyard. At some point, Hua Yuan was already standing at his door, knocking on the door and calling someone.

"Why……"

Yu Xian knew that he was here to get the pill, but Yu Xian had only half understood the Spirit Sword Pill.

For the remaining half, Yu Xian didn't dare to guarantee when he would realize it. He told Hua Yuan about half a year ago, but he was really abrupt.

Sighing, Yu Xian stood up and walked out of the main room, opening the door of the formation court.

Hua Yuandu stood at the door. When he saw Yu Xian opening the door, he immediately smiled and said: "Master Yu, how are you? Maybe you have made alchemy?"

Yu Xian smiled bitterly and shook his head: "To be honest with fellow Taoist Hua, this Spirit Sword Pill recipe is really profound. I have studied it for several months, but I can only understand it three to four points. If I want to fully understand it... I guess it will take one or two. Years or so."

"ah?"

Hua Yuandu was stunned on the spot. He looked at Yu Xian for a long time and couldn't help but said, "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

"this……"

Yu Xian smiled bitterly and said, "I never thought at the time that this elixir recipe would be so difficult to understand. I am overconfident in my words, and I ask fellow Taoist Hua to forgive me."

Hua Yuandu frowned and looked at Yu Xian. After a long time, he exhaled and said in a deep voice: "Okay, I believe you again. One or two years, that is two years. After two years, I must get the spirit sword." Pill, use this pill to break through the foundation of Dzogchen and become my sword pill."

Naturally, Yu Xian didn't dare to make a guarantee, so he just nodded and said, "I will go all out."

"Um!"

Hua Yuandu took a deep breath, suppressed the disappointment in his eyes, turned around and walked away quickly.

It is not difficult to break through the Foundation Establishment Dzogchen, but to achieve the most perfect breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment Dzogchen, the Sword Spirit Pill is very important.

He does not allow his path of cultivation to be imperfect at all, so he would rather wait!

Seeing Hua Yuandu go away, Yu Xian also let out a breath, turned around and went back to the house to continue studying the spirit sword elixir recipe.

Now that I have understood the spirit sword elixir recipe, I am no longer making elixirs for Hua Yuandu!

But he must understand this elixir!

This is his own alchemy heart!

The way of alchemy is profound, especially the elixir recipe that combines alchemy and weapon refining, which is even more obscure.

Yu Xian was immersed in it again, thinking and understanding, and pursuing hard.

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye it was another two months.

But on this day, the entire Haotian Zongzong suddenly echoed with bursts of bells.

The huge bells were heard from the main peak, the mountain gates of each sub-peak, and even the outer gates, covering a radius of hundreds of miles!

At this moment, all Haotian's authentic disciples were moved in their hearts!

Especially those monks who are in the later stages of foundation building and have completed the foundation building process, have expressions of surprise, joy, worry and worry on their faces!

The much-anticipated Haotian Authentic Inner Sect Foundation Building Competition is finally about to begin!

In this competition, ten people will be selected from among the hundreds of foundation-building disciples, and the sect will use all their strength to help them condense their elixirs and become powerful golden elixirs!

This is an opportunity for countless Foundation-Building Dzogchen monks who have been struggling to stay in the Foundation-Building Dzogchen realm and find it difficult to break through!

In the main room of the small courtyard, Yu Xian was immersed in the comprehension of the spirit sword elixir formula. Suddenly he heard the ringing of the bell, and his brows moved as he woke up from his comprehension.

"Is the time up...it's so fast..."

Looking up and looking forward, Yu Xian put away the pill prescription in his hand and stood up.

In the sect's foundation-building competition, the top ten's resources were tilted. These resources were enough to create a strong golden elixir.

And Yu Xian naturally needs these resources too!

He is bound to win the top ten! This was a decision I had made long ago after learning about this competition.

Stepping out of the small courtyard, Yu Xian went straight to the main square of the main peak.

At the same time, countless disciples also headed straight to the main square.

These disciples, who are in the later stage of foundation building and have completed the foundation building, are going to sign up to participate in the competition, while most of those in other realms are going to the theater.

Such a big scene, a big competition, might not happen once in tens or even hundreds of years. It was a grand event. How could they let it go?

Yu Xian walked forward. The monks he saw along the way all greeted him respectfully or flattered him, and gave him gifts. They no longer treated him with cold eyebrows and sarcastic mockery a few months ago...

Yu Xian did not put on airs, but nodded with a smile, and at the same time, he moved faster and faster, quickly passing through the crowd and arriving at the central square of Haotian Sect.

He saw more than a dozen people emitting a powerful aura, and two figures were even more magnificent, standing in the center of the square.

The third supreme elder Sun Liancheng.

The fifth supreme elder Fu Ningan.

And seventeen middle and late Jindan masters.

Fu Ningan looked at the increasing number of disciples gathered around him, and said slowly: "Today, in the inner sect foundation building competition of Haotian Sect, although all foundation building disciples are eligible to participate, I still want to say that disciples who have not reached the late foundation building stage or above should not waste their efforts in vain, so as not to waste time!"

He spoke directly. After all, disciples in the early and middle stages of foundation building may rely on various means to turn the tables and defeat those in the late stage of foundation building, or even those in the great perfection of foundation building, in the wild.

But in the sect competition, under the restrictions of various rules, they basically have no chance of beating those in the late stage of foundation building, or even those in the great perfection of foundation building!

However, it is hard to say how many disciples in the early and middle stages of foundation building will listen to him.

Luck or self-confidence filled everyone's heart.

"Okay, let's start the registration."

Sun Liancheng looked calm, and when he saw that almost everyone had arrived, he waved his hand calmly.

Seventeen Jindan masters immediately waved their hands, and each of them flew out dozens of jade cards.

"Those who are qualified to participate in the duel, each take a jade card."

Fu Ning'an's voice was calm, but it resounded in all directions.

Seeing this, Yu Xian immediately raised his hand and a jade card flew into his hand.

Other cultivators who were in the late and perfect stages of foundation building also waved their hands and took the jade cards.

As for the cultivators in the early and middle stages of foundation building, many of them couldn't help but reach out and take the jade cards.

Losing doesn't matter.

What if you win all the way in?

PS: It's too tiring to divide the chapters, I don't want to divide them anymore. Now, this is a big chapter of 8,000 words, and it's definitely two chapters in one. I didn't cheat.

If the number of updates tomorrow exceeds 750, I will continue to add more and compete with you!