Chapter Thirty-Eight: Water and Fire Refining

  Yue Ling'er and Su Huan kept glancing at Jiang Nan with a puzzled expression, wondering why he was so certain that these few pieces of stone were rare treasures.

  "Dad, this was bought by Zikawa for his daughter, but she doesn't dare take credit."

  Yue Ling'er suddenly came to her senses and hastily said: "Just now, Zi Chuan said that if this deal makes a profit, he will send me a copy of the Medicine King's Manor's divine-level pill formula, as well as equip ten spiritual pills. If it loses, he will help the Medicine King's Manor refine spiritual pills for a year. Father, did this deal make a profit or lose?"

  "Made a profit? That's an understatement! These few pieces of treasure are not ordinary minerals, but divine gold that can only be refined by masters who have achieved spiritual enlightenment. They are the essential materials for crafting spiritual artifacts, and are extremely rare to come by. Compared to spiritual-grade elixirs, their price is at least ten times higher! In other words, from that transaction just now, you've made a profit of at least tenfold!"

  Yue Shiting also repeatedly measured Jiangnan, with a hint of surprise in his eyes, and smiled: "Are you Zi Chuan? You saved my daughter's life, and you are already an honored guest of the Medicine King's Mansion. Now, you have again recognized the treasure, how can a mere divine-level dan formula express Yue's gratitude? My Medicine King's Mansion has nothing else, but it has many dan formulas for spiritual elixirs and wonderful medicines. The Miao Dan Pavilion where we store dan formulas is open to you, you can choose whatever dan formula you want to learn! Since you want to learn alchemy, I will also ask the best alchemist in my Medicine King's Mansion to teach you alchemy, all the medicinal materials are at your disposal!"

  Yue Ling'er couldn't help but laugh and say: "Dad, you don't know, Zi Chuan's alchemy skills are absolutely not bad..."

  She was about to reveal everything about Jiangnan's Ten Perfection Pill, but Jiangnan suddenly coughed, and Yue Ling'er came to her senses, hastily shutting her mouth.

  Yue Shiting didn't think much of it and turned to leave, probably to prepare the funds for purchasing the Tianpeng Feather Transformation Great Technique. Although the Medicine King's Manor was rich beyond compare, it didn't have any particularly profound martial arts techniques. This time, the sudden appearance of the Tianpeng Feather Transformation Great Technique made him determined to get his hands on it no matter what, so he had no spare energy to think about Jiangnan's affairs.

  Su Huang couldn't help but feel envious, saying: "Congratulations to Brother Zi Chuan. The Miao Dan Ge of the Medicine King's Mansion is a sacred temple that countless alchemists dream of, with formulas that cover all things, including top-grade and extreme-grade formulas, and even ancient formulas are not lacking. Even my Jianwu Kingdom's imperial family envies the Miao Dan Ge!"

  Jiangnan also had a few moments of excitement in his heart, and he continued to stroll with Su Huan and Yue Ling'er for a while before returning to the residence of the Medicine King's mansion.

  He thought of today's harvest and his heart beat a few more times involuntarily.

  Miao Dan Ge is absolutely a key place in the Medicine King's Manor. Yue Shi Ting might think that he was only interested in alchemy, but in fact, his level of alchemy wasn't very good, so he would be so happy to let him come and go freely in Miao Dan Ge.

  If he knew that Jiang Nan actually possessed the treasure of Tulou Shenhuo, which could easily refine a 10% spiritual elixir, he might not have been so pleased.

  Apart from the power to enter and exit the Miao Dan Pavilion, he also has the Tian Peng Feather Transformation Great Method. This feather transformation technique that has moved countless people's hearts, even the strongest divine wheel cultivators' most desperate mental state, was deduced by him using the Mo Yu Xuan Tai Jing as 78%.

  Before long, he could deduce all the previous moves of Tianpeng Feather Transformation Great Technique!

  Compared to the Ming Wang Shen Yin, the Tian Peng Yu Hua Da Fa is much more inferior. The Mo Yu Xuan Tai Jing's Mo Zhong Tui Yan Ming Wang Shen Yin took a full eight days and still wasn't completed, whereas calculating the Tian Peng Yu Hua Da Fa takes much less time and is also much easier.

  What's even more exciting for Jiangnan is that he actually gained a string of Buddhist beads this time, which contains a rich Water Yuan force. Not only has the water method of refining Dan finally taken shape, but he can also achieve the fusion of water and fire as mentioned by Jiang Xue, tempering his essence, energy, spirit, and body!

  Jiang Nan eagerly took out the Buddhist rosary, lightly twisted it, and broke the golden thread that connected the jade beads, taking out the jade bead that contained the water yuan force.

  In the pearl, that one drop of water was crystal clear and transparent, reflecting all sorts of colors. He gazed intently at it and saw that this drop of water had also split into many circles, each circle a different color, with as many as six in total.

  "Green, blue, cyan, white, red and black - six colors. This must be the Youming Divine Water that Jiang Xue sister once mentioned."

  Jiang Nan thought to himself, "The effect of the You Ming Divine Water is far inferior to that of the Huang Quan Divine Water, and it's even more so compared to the Dou Lüe Divine Fire. However, for now, I can only use the first two layers of divine water to refine my body, and there's no difference between the You Ming Divine Water and the Huang Quan Divine Water. That vendor who sold me this Buddhist rosary must have obtained it from somewhere, could he really have been to some ancient cave?"

  This kind of place is hard to come by, it depends on fate. In Jiangnan, Tiezhu the long-tongued man had mentioned many legends about this place. It's said that someone fell off a cliff and instead of dying, they accidentally fell into an ancient cave mansion, obtaining divine skills and secrets, and from then on, they soared to great heights. Others lined up to jump off the cliff, but ended up smashing themselves to pieces.

  Jiang Nan didn't think much, and with a light pinch, he crushed the jade bead. The drop of water inside the jade bead suddenly fell off and dropped down. Jiang Nan's true energy wrapped around the drop of water, bringing it to his own brow.

  His eyebrows suddenly felt a chill, and the water droplets immediately hid in his brow, disappearing from sight.

  Jiangnan closed his eyes, looked inward at the center of his eyebrows, and "saw" a flame floating quietly in the center of his eyebrows, a drop of water, with the flame on top of the water droplet, extremely unusual.

  "According to Jiang Xue sister, the purple mansion is in the middle of the eyebrows. After cultivating the divine wheel, one can develop the purple mansion and transform the divine wheel into divine powers! After opening up the purple mansion, using the divine powers to refine the treasure, it will be stored within the purple mansion."

  Jiangnan Dark Way: "The Netherworld Divine Water also has several layers of true water, each layer's impact force is stronger than the last. If used cleverly, it would be a treasure for refining the body and elixir, but if one accidentally touches a deeper layer of divine water, I'm afraid the water element force could scrub me to the point where not even half a root of my bones are left!"

  He carefully divided his true energy into two paths, triggering the Douluo Sacred Fire and the Youming Sacred Water. Suddenly, water and fire burst forth simultaneously, surging through his entire body.

  Jiang Nan let out a muffled groan, and a surge of fishy smell rushed up his throat. The Water Element Force and the Fire Element Force collided within him, each collision causing an explosion, and in just one instant, he was severely injured!

  Water and fire are also known as yin and yang, also known as dragon and tiger. They are two kinds of strange powers that restrain each other. However, if they can be combined, yin and yang can be born together, and the effect will be unmatched!

  However, wanting to achieve harmony between water and fire, yin and yang, is extremely difficult, and very few people can accomplish it.

  This can be said to be the problem that confines the vast majority of martial artists, even if they attain spiritual powers, very few people can achieve this. Only a high-level mental method can confine water and fire, make yin and yang compatible, and subdue dragons and tigers!

  "My Demon Prison Heavenly Fetus Scripture doesn't know if it can subdue the dragon and tiger? If it can't, this time I won't die but will lose half my life!"

  Jiang Nan's forehead was sweating profusely, and he hastily activated the Demon Prison Xuan Tai Jing. The Water Yuan Force of the You Ming Divine Water and the Fire Yuan Force of the Dou Lai Divine Fire were contained within him. He felt that the Water Yuan Force of the You Ming Divine Water and the Fire Yuan Force of the Dou Lai Divine Fire were no longer as violent, gradually becoming compatible with his true energy, harmonious and unobstructed. They flushed through his body, tempering his meridians, muscles, skin, bones, true energy, and spirit.

  He even felt that some impurities in his body, which had not been refined by the Chaotic Fire of the Gods, were being penetrated by the Requiem Water of the Netherworld and washed away, making his bone marrow as pure as jade!

  Even his true energy and gang energy were cleansed and tempered, becoming even more tenacious.

  What surprised him the most was that the demon seed in his dantian had also been tempered by the Youming Divine Water and the Douluo Divine Fire, turning it snow-white and silver-bright. The speed at which he refined true energy into divine energy was now even faster!

  "No wonder Jiang Xue said that water and fire tempering is the best way to refine one's body and elixir, it's indeed true!"

  Jiang Nan was both shocked and delighted, feeling that the impurities in his body had been washed and refined repeatedly, with the divine fire having been tempered and the divine water having been quenched, the effect was several times better than just using a single divine fire!

  Before long, Jiang Nan felt that the medicinal power of the Sheli Lingdan he had taken earlier was exhausted, and the aura in his body increased by one or two percent. He hastily took another one.

  His internal strength was also rising steadily, and in just a short period of time, he had increased his Five Tigers' Power by five levels, achieving the Four Symbols and Five Tigers' Power!

  After a long time, the two elemental forces slowly dissipated.

  Jiang Nan let out a breath, calmed his mind and spirit, and his true energy began to flow along a peculiar route. Suddenly, he heard a whooshing sound, and his true energy overflowed, transforming into a palm-sized black feather.

  Then, more black feathers made of true energy appeared, densely packed with thousands and hundreds of them. Suddenly, the sound of clanging metal came from his body, transforming into a series of bone-like condensed bodies of true energy on his back, like a pair of skeletal wings.

  The wind howled, and a dense flock of black feathers flew in, landing on the pair of bone wings, transforming them into black wings!

  This is precisely the Tianpeng Feather Transformation Great Method!

  The orthodox Tianpeng Feather Transformation Great Method transforms into a pair of Golden Winged Peng, but the True Qi of Jiangnan actually transformed into a pair of Black Wings due to the connection with the Moyu Xuantai Jing, making it almost impossible to discern that this technique is the Tianpeng Feather Transformation Great Method!

  "I wonder if the Tianpeng Feather Transformation Great Method I've cultivated can really let me fly? The great roc spreads its wings, but the sky is too low!"

  Jiangnan urged Tianpeng's great method of transformation, flapping his wings and flying up more than two zhang high, swiftly shuttling back and forth inside the house, coming and going like the wind.

  Jiang Nan was overjoyed in his heart, flying back and forth to practice, exploring the secrets of winged flight. After a short while, he suddenly felt a severe pain in his brow, his true energy collapsing with a loud crash, shattering along with his bone wings. Jiang Nan instantly lost control, plummeting from mid-air.

  "Huh?"

  He tapped his toes, and lightly floated down to the ground, slightly furrowing his brow: "Strange, I deduced that the Tianpeng Feather Transformation Great Method shouldn't be inferior to the orthodox Heart Method, so why can it only fly for less than half an hour? Could it be that only the aura of a cultivator can support this heart method, freely soaring?"

  Jiang Nan thought carefully, and suddenly a flash of insight appeared in his mind: "It's not necessarily that my true energy is not strong enough, I'm afraid it's because my essence, spirit, and vitality have not yet become strong enough to sustain the transformation into flying!"

  Jiang Xue once told him that as one cultivates to the realm of external circulation, the stronger one's essence, energy and spirit are, the more powerful the aura will be.

  Jing Qi Shen, can also be said to be Blood Qi Shen. Qi is the true energy of the body, while Jing refers to the vast energy stored in the blood vessels during circulation. As for "Shen", it's the most mysterious and represents the willpower and intention of a high-level martial artist. In the future, after cultivating the divine wheel and refining one's skills, they will transform into divine thoughts.

  The stronger the mental spirit, the greater the condensing power of the true energy and the aura, and the more powerful the move will be. This is not obvious when the boundary is low, but when the martial arts cultivation reaches the level of emitting aura, it will suddenly emerge.