novelapdf Chapter 452 Alchemy
Chapter 452 Alchemy
"The blood of four kinds of true spirits?"
Zhan Hongxiu felt relieved: "It seems that Senior has taken a fancy to the dragon demon corpse in Hongxiu's possession? After all, that Divine General has a fourth-order superior cultivation level, so extracting a portion of 'True Dragon Blood' should not be a problem."
Regardless, the other party was a legendary great cultivator, and she needed to remain respectful.
"That's not enough. I also want the inner core of that dragon." Fang Qing smiled and stated another condition.
"The essence and inner core of the dragon... are the most precious items on that dragon general's body... but Hongxiu is willing to offer them to you, senior."
Zhan Hongxiu smiled sweetly, patted her storage bag, and a fist-sized golden inner core and a bottle of essence blood appeared.
"Good, that was satisfying!"
Fang Qing nodded in satisfaction: "The main ingredients for the 'Five Saints of Yuanji Pill' have now been collected... I see that the materials are plentiful enough to refine it two or three times, but the auxiliary materials are still slightly insufficient... I'll leave those to you to find. If you can gather three sets of auxiliary materials, and if there is an extra 'Five Saints of Yuanji Pill' in this refinement, I can exchange it with you."
"It's a deal!"
Zhan Hongxiu readily agreed, but then frowned slightly, thinking about the auxiliary materials for the 'Five Sacred Pills of Primordial Essence': "Even just the auxiliary materials require quite a few ten-thousand-year-old spiritual herbs..."
"Isn't this perfect? Before, the Water Moon Palace and Thunder Sound Temple dared to plot against you, and you were only forced to cooperate with them because of the threat from the Divine Ray Palace. Now it's time to settle the score... wipe out those two, and we can also plunder the millennium-old spiritual herbs!"
This wasn't something Fang Qing controlled; it was simply its intention...
"That's good... but we still need to ask this person's opinion."
Despite her unwavering resolve, Zhan Hongxiu asked, "What are your thoughts on the Water Moon Palace and the Thunder Sound Temple, Senior?"
"They're nothing but guard dogs... They're even more wary of rogue cultivators. I think these two forces bear the majority of the responsibility for the East Sea cultivation world's lack of Nascent Soul cultivators for ten thousand years." Fang Qing naturally had no goodwill towards these two families and sentenced them to death outright.
"Thank you, senior. I understand." Zhan Hongxiu was overjoyed and bowed again before taking her leave.
Lingkong Island.
At this time, Lingxi was in a low period, with not a single Nascent Soul cultivator on the island, and the spiritual energy was only around the third level.
Rumble!
Several Qi Refining cultivators were cleaning up the mangled remains of demonic beasts on the island when a shadow suddenly appeared above their heads.
They all looked up and saw an island imbued with bloodthirsty energy descending upon the sea like a floating city, casting a shadow of oppression upon all living beings.
"The Eye of the Sea of Return to the Void...The Gate of the Celestial Palace of the Heavens".
Fang Qing stood atop a mountain peak with his hands behind his back, overlooking the Ruins of Guixu.
Haiyan sighed, "It truly feels like a lifetime ago..."
He had been here before. The spiritual energy on Lingkong Island was incredibly abundant, and various spiritual objects would randomly condense there.
At this time, it was just like the dry season of a river, with nothing particularly special about it.
"Master!" Tian Sha, Ming Yue, A Da A Er, Tian Shuang and other cultivators stood respectfully behind Fang Qing.
"I'm going to refine pills here. You all choose a site to settle Blood Fiend Island, the rest of you can do whatever you want..." Fang Qing waved his hand, transformed into a stream of light, and flew to the edge of the Guixu Sea Eye.
Now, the omnipresent devouring power is like a gentle breeze to him, who has reached the peak of the Nascent Soul stage.
"To refine near-fifth-tier or even true fifth-tier pills... we still need to utilize the power of the sea eye, and the East Sea eye is the best one; even Nascent Soul cultivators can use it to refine pills..."
His body shimmered with the radiance of the [Zhen Water], transforming into the perfected Purple Mansion of the [Zhen Water] Dao. Mysterious energy gathered around him, transforming into surging waves that subtly merged with the power of the vast ocean…
Even Fang Qing had to admit that the perfected Purple Mansion, which reached the pinnacle of the Four Methods, was said to be the same as the perfected Nascent Soul, but its wonders far surpassed that of the Perfected One.
At this moment, based on the four supernatural powers of "Landing in the Abyss," "Fish in the Deep," "Transforming into Clouds," and "Leaping over the Dragon Gate," although he had not yet reached the level of the Divine Ray Palace Master who could easily gather water-based divine light, he was not far off...
Protected by the surging light of the Zhen River, he was able to walk easily through the eye of the sea.
After a quick tour and some investigation, Fang Qing sat cross-legged and silently activated the [Zhen Shui] technique.
Splash!
It's unclear when it started, but the whirlpool in the ocean eye suddenly began to rotate at an accelerated speed, growing larger and larger...
On Lingkong Island.
"This is……"
A Core Formation cultivator stared blankly at a wisp of strange spiritual energy in the void: "Fourth-tier spiritual energy... Lingxi is back? How could she be back so quickly this time?"
But this was only the beginning of a cataclysmic change in the world!
As night fell, hazy clouds obscured the moon and stars, and the sound of rushing tides could be heard.
Tick tock!
One raindrop falls, followed by thousands of raindrops, and in an instant, a torrential downpour begins!
"When the wind blows from the Ji and rains from the Bi, it is the perfect time for alchemy."
Fang Qing stood up, as if he had returned to the Azure Sea Sect, to the time when he first came into contact with water-based alchemy.
"The highest level of water-based alchemy is to borrow the power of heaven and earth, using the sea eye to refine pills..."
He chuckled softly, his Purple Mansion magic power flowing endlessly, as if he wanted to completely control this largest sea eye.
Based on the divination in his heart, he arrived at a certain place and took out a bottle of essence blood. As soon as the jade bottle was opened, a five-colored celestial phoenix flew out, forming the shape of a bird with blood, and tried to enter the void, but fled in panic.
Whoosh!
A bolt of lightning flashed in the sky, forcing it back.
Whoosh!
A layer of void storm appeared, engulfing the flying bird formed from the essence of the Heavenly Phoenix and instantly blasting it into dust.
"The Five Sages of the Primordial Ultimate should correspond to the Five Elements."
Fang Qing muttered to himself as he went to another spot in the sea eye and patted his storage bag.
A large number of rare and precious medicinal herbs were scattered into the sea eye as if they were free, and were crushed and absorbed by a powerful force... Gradually, they condensed their medicinal properties, washed away their impurities, and left only the purest essence.
In the blink of an eye, several months have passed.
The cultivators of Lingkong Island went from initial wariness and fear to gradually becoming accustomed to it and commencing trade with the Bihai Sect... everything happened naturally. Only the Guixu Sea Eye, not far away, seemed to have prematurely entered its explosive phase, frantically gushing seawater...
The courtyard of Shuiyue Palace is deep and shimmering with countless reflections of water. Occasionally, women dressed in palace dresses can be seen playing, as if they were celestial maidens descended to earth.
Deep inside, in a hall, the Water Moon Palace Master pondered for a long time before finally arriving at this place, a bronze mirror appearing in her hand.
With a flick of her sleeve, she activated the restrictions around the hall, and a stream of magic power entered the bronze mirror. The surface of the bronze mirror rippled instantly, like water, and then a figure was reflected in it.
He was wearing a kasaya, had a fat head and big ears, and always had a smile on his face. Who else could he be but a holy monk from Leiyin Temple?
"The Grand Palace Master... has finally contacted this old monk."
The Holy Monk Leiyin clasped his hands together and said, "You and I both know... that person is currently at the Eye of the Returning Void, seemingly using the power of the eye to refine something... The only things that require such a massive amount of heaven and earth power are probably a few rumored fifth-tier pills. With this help, that person's supernatural powers and magic will surely advance even further..."
The Palace Master of Shuiyue Palace spoke with a heavy voice: "Even so, what can we do? You and I both know that our foundation has been largely exhausted. We are still not even at the Nascent Soul stage. This is the weakest we have been in ten thousand years. Human cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage have a lifespan of at most two thousand years. It's just a matter of a few generations of disciples..."
The Holy Monk Leiyin, his face filled with compassion, clasped his hands together and said, "We need to be patient and compliant. Perhaps in a few hundred years, this one will find the mortal realm tiresome and ascend to immortality on his own?"
"Hmph, that sounds nice. What if what we did back then were discovered?" Palace Master Shuiyue couldn't help but say.
"Your Highness, please be careful what you say!"
The Holy Monk Leiyin transformed into the form of the Vajra Wrathful Sun: "Back then, we only had the intention, but not the action... The world judges by deeds, not intentions, and by intentions, no one in the world is perfect. The power of transformation into a deity is mysterious and unfathomable; you and I need not mention this matter again, lest it cause unnecessary trouble..."
Given the domineering nature of Shuiyue Palace and Leiyin Temple, they certainly wouldn't want to see any cultivators in the East Sea cultivation world who aren't from their own Nascent Soul stage.
They even suppress outstanding individuals.
However, the world was in chaos back then, and the nine major forces were fighting each other, which undoubtedly resulted in the loss of many intelligence channels and control capabilities. Then, someone rose to power too quickly, almost as if he had sprung out of a stone. Before the Water Moon Palace could react, he had already reached the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm, a legendary great cultivator capable of killing the Six Fiends Old Monster.
At that point, the only way to talk about checks and balances would be to cut off the path to becoming a god.
They never expected that Fang Qing would completely ignore them.
"On the contrary, the leader of the Myriad Stars Alliance... I heard that he was chased by True Spirits before, but he was unharmed, which is the most suspicious."
The Holy Monk Leiyin spoke up: "You and I really did inquire about his secluded cultivation location, which was leaked to the Divine Ray Palace, attracting the Flood Dragon General... Unless everyone involved at the time is silenced, this matter will eventually be discovered."
"Hmph, we are the true successors of the Zhou Tian Star Palace. The rest are nothing but remnants, just like the Devouring Sea Demon Sect..."
The Palace Master of Shuiyue snorted coldly: "His breakthrough allowed him to kill the Flood Dragon General, but he only benefited from the secret technique... You and I both know the secrets of the Big Dipper Divine Light. As long as we find out his whereabouts, the two of us can join forces to kill him."
"Amitabha Buddha, I had the same thought..."
Just as the Holy Monk Leiyin agreed, a crisp cracking sound rang out.
The Holy Monk Leiyin picked up the prayer beads in his hand and saw that one of them was already broken.
His expression immediately turned extremely grim: "Our temple... has another Nascent Soul disciple pass away..."
In recent days, Shuiyue Palace and Leiyin Temple have been busy recovering lost territory and engaging in open and covert struggles with other major powers, while also dealing with provocations and suppression from newly emerging Nascent Soul forces...
Losing Nascent Soul cultivators is not an everyday occurrence, but it is a normal phenomenon.
However, losing several digits in a row is not normal and is clearly targeted.
"Impossible... Junior Brother Xinglan has always been in this temple, protected by the Ten Thousand Buddhas Paying Homage Formation..."
The Holy Monk Leiyin's expression was extremely grim as he asked, "A Nascent Soul cultivator was killed within the sect's grand formation?"
"A method to achieve the Nascent Soul stage?"
Palace Master Shuiyue narrowed her eyes: "Or... that girl has returned? Fellow Daoist, rest assured, I will immediately emerge from seclusion to assist you..."
"Thank you, fellow Daoist."
The Holy Monk Leiyin's expression improved slightly, but it remained as gloomy as water.