Chapter 111: Alien Branding

  Listening to Lie Ruo Hai's detailed explanation of the wonders of Dan medicine, Chu Ping was momentarily enchanted and wished he could refine a furnace of top-grade divine elixir himself, becoming an immortal deity in one leap.

  Innumerable spiritual herbs, after being screened by quantity and mastered by fire, are combined with a series of mysterious combinations to refine the elixir pills. The creative principles contained in them, the dense spiritual energy, enable a person to transform their body, change their tendons and marrow, and achieve an extremely strong state where the physical body does not die or decay. This can almost be said to be the way of achieving enlightenment, where even chickens and dogs ascend to heaven!

  "We four, although also disciples of the Temple of No Appearance, after all did not have elder guidance nor master teachings. Everything could only be explored on our own, occasionally hearing a few great elders expound the dharma and listening to their teachings to resolve some doubts in cultivation. However, it was far from comparable to inner sect disciples, who could only search everywhere for alchemical formulas and miraculous medicines as a shortcut."

  Lü Ruo Hai's face revealed a bitter smile, his expression somewhat self-deprecating and resentful. "However, those extraordinary elixirs are all the sect's most precious treasures, comparable to cultivation techniques. How could we possibly obtain them easily? This one Beneficial Qi Nourishing Life Elixir was exchanged for by us four people with decades of accumulated crystal stones and spiritual grass. Although it's not some kind of magical medicine, at least it's somewhat beneficial for our cultivation, barely better than nothing!"

  Alchemical medicine refinement is like internal elixir cultivation, also a kind of spiritual practice. In the Chinese alchemy world, the Dan Ding Sect is known for its external alchemy and flying ascension. However, the Alchemy Gate Sect often has profound cultivation but lacks combat power, which is why it's not well-known in the alchemy world despite being revered by other sects. Many cultivators who have reached a bottleneck can borrow the corresponding elixir to comprehend its mysteries and grasp the wonders of creation and transformation, thus breaking through the bottleneck. As for these alchemical sects, many have requests, and no one dares to offend them easily, lest they provoke the pursuit of various major sects.

  These things, Chu Ping naturally did not know, and Li Ruohai may not have known either. The two of them would not be involved in this matter.

  "No wonder, under the Kunlun sect's grand gate, there is also a separate alchemy lineage like Xuan Pu Hall. I didn't expect the Dao of Alchemy to be so profound, it's really like looking at the sky from the bottom of a well!" Chu Ping thought to himself, as if he had gained some insight.

  Just then, the flames under the dan furnace suddenly surged several points, and a burst of explosive sounds came from inside the furnace, like thunderclaps, like lightning flashes, extremely dazzling.

  Lü Ruohai's face lit up, his hands moved swiftly as he cast a spell, and several golden lights poured into the furnace. The bronze walls of the furnace were heated by the intense true fire, and in an instant, they became transparent like white jade. Through the furnace wall, one could see a ball of energy swirling around inside, as if it had a spirit, mixed with a flash of light that flickered and shone, as if it was about to burst out of the alchemy furnace at any moment!

  Golden light entered the furnace, and in an instant, it was like a dragon dancing and swirling around the air mang, wrapping itself around the true fire at the bottom of the furnace. The bright flames enveloped the air mang, constantly compressing and transforming it. Moreover, dozens of seal marks flew back and forth inside the furnace, continuously injecting glowing energy into the air mang. As the seal marks were injected, the air mang gradually stabilized and began to take shape!

  Upon seeing the scene in the furnace, the four people's faces all showed joy, and they slowly withdrew their magical powers. As the true fire dissipated, a sudden explosion was heard from within the furnace, the lid flew off, and a beam of crystal light shot up into the sky, like a long rainbow piercing through the clouds, shining brighter than the stars!

  Lihai stretched out a pair of slender, white hands, and several golden lights like flying dragons and snakes wrapped around the crystal fragments that flew out of the dan furnace. In her hand, she suddenly had a pure white sheep fat jade bottle, and all the crystal fragments flying in the air flew into the bottle.

  Under Chu Ping's divine awareness scan, he had already seen clearly that the cluster of crystal lights gathered by Lie Ruo Hai was more than a dozen round and smooth dan pills, with a cyan color, flowing light, similar to the golden dan in his own body.

  "Master Chu, please take a look, this is the Beneficial Qi Nourishing Life Elixir." Lü Ruo Hai handed over the jade bottle and approached Chu Ping.

  Chu Ping took out one, smooth to the touch like silk fabric, indescribably comfortable, and a cool feeling was transmitted, like mercury, moving back and forth in his veins, extremely refreshing. When he squeezed it hard, it was surprisingly solid, without any deformation at all.

  "Master Chu, you can try taking one pill. Although it's just a solid foundation-building elixir, its ability to nourish and supplement the energy is still exceptional." Qī Tiān Fēng said cautiously, as outer sect disciples always showed great respect towards inner sect disciples like Chǔ Píng, especially since Chǔ Píng was also one generation higher.

  Chu Ping smiled slightly, "Then I'd rather obey than show respect!" At that moment, she put the Rejuvenating Dan in her hand into her mouth. Strangely, the originally hard-as-iron dan was moistened by saliva and immediately dissolved into a warm current that flowed through her five viscera and six bowels. Her whole body suddenly felt warm and cozy, her spirit floating as if flying into the ninth heaven, riding on clouds and commanding the air to leave.

  Since Chu Ping started cultivating, he had never taken any elixirs. This one pill entered his abdomen and instantly made him feel a mysterious and profound truth deeply entering his soul. As Chu Ping comprehended it, it was just some simple and wonderful principles and realms, but there were other mysteries. Although the benefits were not great, it was also a kind of consolidation.

  The five internal organs were filled with this spiritual energy, and the connection became even tighter. However, under Chu Ping's inner vision, which illuminated the internal organs, a discordant true energy was suddenly discovered mixed in with the spiritual energy. Compared to the primordial chaotic energy, although its effect was subtle, it had a different kind of fiery energy.

  "These four people refined the elixir, but they used their own true energy to drive the true fire to refine the elixir. Originally, the spiritual herbs that absorbed the spiritual essence of heaven and earth did not contain alien true yuan, but after being refined by humans, they were burned with a certain person's true fire, and inevitably contained a certain person's imprint. It is beneficial to eat it yourself, but if others eat it without paying attention, it is a hidden danger! It is also because I have been absorbing the pure and unadulterated primordial energy of chaos for a long time that I can detect it, but others may not be able to detect it!" Chu Ping slowly drove his own true energy, forming a weak golden true fire in various parts of his body, refining and absorbing this alien true yuan.

  Lü Ruo Hai and the other three were all watching Chu Ping absorb the medicinal effect, but saw him frowning slightly, and their hearts all skipped a beat. Then they waited for Chu Ping to open his eyes, and Qi Tian Feng asked, "Shifu, how do you feel?"

  Chu Ping smiled and said, "The medicinal effect is extremely good, but this medicinal power contains the true energy imprints of your four people's origins. For you, it is a great tonic, but for others, they still need to dissolve this imprint and convert it into their own true energy, which takes some effort!"

  Lü Ruo Hai and the other three were stunned, Chu Ping's right hand wiped his left hand ring, instantly dozens of dazzling crystal stones, each with a different shape, some fiery red, some jade green, various colors shining together, light waves undulating, extremely dazzling.

  "This elixir pill I also can't eat for free, these are some crystal stones I've accumulated over time, keeping them serves no purpose, so I'll give them to you as an exchange!"

  Four people, including Li Ruohai, stared at the crystal stone in front of them, their breathing a bit rapid. They were just some outer door disciples, and the crystal stones they usually got were also occasionally discovered by themselves. But now, Chu Ping took out the spoils of war from Sun Boji. Sun Boji was the senior brother of Moyin Gate, and although Moyin Gate was only a small school of magic, it was not nothing. As the senior brother, the crystal stone in his hand was naturally not an ordinary product. The high-quality crystal stone and the medium-quality crystal stone shone with a dazzling light, very magnificent.

  "Master, you're being too polite. These crystal stones are top-grade materials, far more valuable than the elixir in this furnace. How can we four accept them?" It was Lü Ruo Hai who spoke up, his voice calm and collected.

  Chu Ping said, "If it's this furnace of elixir, although it's not an ordinary object, there are still ways to measure its value. But the four of you have introduced me to a new path of elixir, broadening my horizons, and it can't be measured by material standards. Moreover, I don't usually use this crystal stone, leaving it would be useless, so it's better to give it to you, and it will come in handy!"

  After speaking, he placed the crystal stone on the futon and floated away.