Chapter Thirty-One: Those Who Live Near Ink Are Blackened

  Today's fourth update!!!

  However, Zhang Chong's opposition in Changshengmen had little effect, and after only a few days, Ting Fengluo came to talk to him.

  "This time's Genius War, held once every ten years, although most of the participating young geniuses have already reached the Divine Power level, this opportunity is too rare, so I also hope you can go, on one hand to practice your courage and on the other hand, to get acquainted with some young talents from other sects."

  "But, my disciple's skills are not yet complete. If I were to let him go like this, I'm afraid it would bring shame to our master." Zhang Chongli stood there, speaking respectfully, his heart unwilling but ultimately seeking a reasonable excuse.

  "This doesn't matter, you're still young, there are plenty of opportunities to make your teacher proud. There's no need to discuss this further, let's just settle on this for now. You have four months' time, during which you can also prepare more." After saying this, Feng Xia fell silent and signaled Zhang Chong to withdraw.

  Having no choice but to leave, Zhang Chong could only reluctantly retreat.

  With only four months left, he couldn't compare to Liu Sheng's rapid progress, having already reached the 9th stage of Body Refining. Now, he had no choice but to think of a way to properly cultivate the life-saving technique 【One Specific Heaven and Earth】.

  After returning home, Zhang Chong immediately began his cultivation. The four-month period was extremely pressing, which also made him dare not to be careless in the slightest.

  After unknowingly cultivating for a long time, he was exhausted and fell asleep again. This time, he stood in front of the four words "Refining Dan, Refining Talismans", and suddenly had an extreme curiosity about refining dan. This curiosity was no longer the interest generated by thinking that refining dan could make money as before.

  In the midst of practicing talismans, he felt all sorts of wonders, which also made him feel a strong curiosity towards alchemy, this completely new and strange thing.

  His fingers lightly pointed at the two words "Lian Dan".

  A slender, pale hand emerged gently in mid-air, palm facing upwards, with delicate and long fingers moving in a graceful posture. As it moved, the dark space around it emitted a faint mist of water vapor that made a soft "hissing" sound, floating in the air.

  They were like a long, thin earthworm, swinging their tails in the air as if they were alive, and then, as if they had heard an order, flew neatly and uniformly towards the white palm of his hand.

  They happily floated above the palm, with a light movement of the fingers, in that place, slowly rotating, forming a huge ball condensed from silk-like water vapor.

  The sphere's surface area is roughly the size of Zhang Chong's head, and it's hollow inside. However, as the rotation speeds up, a small white dot slowly forms and grows at the very center of the sphere.

  This small dot quickly grew to the size of a bullet, pure white like jade, with a flowing light flashing on it, like a pearl.

  "Is this the Dan?" Zhang Chong's hand had disappeared for a long time before he came back to his senses, still feeling the artistic movement that had just occurred. A sense of yearning arose in his heart, and although he did not yet know what use this Dan had, at first glance, it already seemed like no ordinary thing.

  Recalling what he had just seen, Zhang Chong also stretched out his right hand. Now, after practicing the seal, his technique was no longer as stiff as it used to be. However, the rhythm of his finger movements in his memory was still a considerable challenge to fully display.

  He tried a little bit, after dozens of failures, and finally brought out a faint mist of water vapor, which rotated in his palm, and the feeling of being light as nothing made it extremely difficult for him to control the center of gravity of this sphere.

  It wasn't long before the sphere dispersed, and a wisp of water vapor splashed onto Zhang Chong's face, giving him an instant feeling of coolness. This sensation was quite similar to what he would experience in reality.

  "Try again..." Zhang Chong gritted his teeth and gently pinched the sore right hand, then started practicing once more.

  It wasn't until after a long time that he was finally able to get the sphere to rotate extremely smoothly in his hand. However, at this point, he discovered that making white dots appear inside the sphere was more than ten times harder than balancing it.

  And white spots become red, that goes without saying, it should be even harder.

  However, Zhang Chong did have a personality that refused to admit defeat. After seeing the extremely beautiful appearance of Dan Xi before, he had a determined mindset to refine it.

  However, after refining for a while, he slowly understood the truth that "haste makes waste". The longer the time, the more difficult it is to calm down, and as a result, things will become even worse.

  He then quit his dream and started practicing "Shen Xing Bai Bian" and "Yi Ding Qian Kun" again.

  The joyful days of cultivation passed by, and before he knew it, a month had already gone by, without distinction between day and night.

  On this day, Zhang Chong finally refined the first Lao Dan. His heart was overjoyed as he looked at the faintly glowing white dan in his hand, feeling the gentle aura flowing within it.

  "Good Dan!" Zhang Chong exclaimed, but he wasn't a connoisseur. For the time being, he could only put the dan into the light green ring, and this time, Wang Daozhong didn't appraise it for him.

  "Give me eleven third-grade crystal stones." Wang Daozhong's words made Zhang Dazhuang furious.

  "What? Living in my pale green ring, and even daring to ask me for crystal stones. I'm already giving you face by not asking for rent, yet you still have the nerve to ask me for crystal stones."

  At this point, he burst into a loud scolding. However, Wang Daozhong seemed to have become immune to his words and remained unmoved, only repeating the sentence again.

  "Want to know? Fine, bring me a crystal stone in exchange."

  After using all sorts of tricks, Wang Daozhong didn't budge. However, Zhang Chong also didn't dare to rashly go find Wan Ruosheng to identify it. He might be able to identify it, but this time, if he was asked about its origin, he wouldn't be able to use his senior's words to bluff his way out of it.

  At present, judging from this task, thinking about it, it seems that I can only discuss it with Wang Daozhong.

  He spent a lot of effort and finally negotiated with Wang Daozhong for three third-grade crystal stones.

  "I've succeeded in concentrating my mind, and it's also beneficial to you." After saying this, Wang Daozhong happily received the crystal stone. In a daze, he felt that being with this stupid person for so long had already made him somewhat tainted, three third-grade crystal stones, which were originally completely worthless to him, now made him extremely excited.

  "Could it be that I have fallen to such a state?" In Wang Da Zhong's heart, he shed tears and let out a long sigh.

  "This is Baiyang Dan, worth 50 three-grade crystal stones. It's a very good elixir that contains the energy of water and the power of heaven and earth. If used properly, it has great benefits for the body's muscles and bones."

  "How can it be used properly?" Zhang Chong had already been stunned by the fifty third-grade crystal stones, and he didn't expect the price of this pill to be so expensive. After hearing Wang Daozhong's next sentence, he quickly asked again.

  Wang Daozhong stopped talking at this point.

  "Eight Three-Product Crystals, I'll tell you again."

  This sentence immediately made Zhang Chong furious. However, he, who had been scratched to the itchy place in his heart, also had no choice but to scold while putting eight third-grade crystal stones into the ring.

  It was at this time that Wang Daozhong finally spoke out the answer.

  "Just take it orally." His casual remark made Zhang Chong repeat the scolding "old cheat" over a hundred times before stopping.

  After taking the White Yang Dan, he immediately felt a surge of energy spreading from his lower abdomen to his entire body, rapidly expanding through his muscles and meridians. In an instant, he felt refreshed and invigorated, far surpassing the effects of the "Qufa Fu" by many times.

  "It's indeed a good elixir." Zhang Chong waited for a while before activating the [Divine Movement Hundred Changes]. This time, he broke through to the eleventh form with extreme agility. He felt that his body's flexibility had increased by about 10% compared to before.

  Baiyang Dan is considered to enhance one's innate physique. For the rich and noble, some people rely on the power of elixirs to achieve even the level of a Nightwalker, as you can imagine, the effect of elixirs is quite remarkable.

  However, in battle, the power exerted by those who cultivate through hard work and those who rely on elixirs are vastly different. Without actual combat experience, merely having an advantage in level is not enough; even if they reach the Divine level, those spoiled brats who only rely on elixirs will still be unable to create their own domain like Liu Sheng did.

  The path of cultivation is extremely long-winded. In the end, which strong person can completely rely on elixirs to achieve their goal?