Chapter 6: Rebirth from the Bones

  Another half a quarter of an hour passed, and a faint scent of fragrance floated out from the small round hole on the lid of the cauldron. The black dragon on the body of the cauldron suddenly shook its head slightly, and Du Feiyun finally woke up from his cultivation, letting out a silent sigh of relief.

  According to the Li Shan Yao Dian records, when such a scene appears, it is a sign that the elixir will be successfully refined.

  After counting his breath, Du Fei Yun's mouth corner revealed a hint of a smile, and he steadily withdrew his right hand that had been supporting the bottom of the Nine Dragon Cauldron. He spat out a mouthful of turbid air, then reached out to open the cauldron lid.

  Bowing down to look, all that can be seen is a green pill the size of a peanut lying quietly in the dark nine-dragon cauldron, with thick life energy and yuan force rising up.

  Du Fei Yun's face was filled with joy as he carefully took out the elixir from the cauldron and held it in his palm, meticulously examining the elixir that he had just successfully refined for the first time.

  Holding the slightly heavy dan medicine, smelling its faint fragrance and yuan force aura, Du Feiyun's mouth curled up with a hint of a smile, his face filled with delight.

  This rebirth dan is his guarantee for rapid growth in power and also his trump card in dealing with future crises.

  Holding the Detoxification and Rebirth Dan, Du Feiyun suddenly remembered that according to the records of the Lie Shan Medicine Classic, the quality of the dan medicine was also divided into high and low grades, just like the division of a cultivator's realm, which was also divided into nine grades.

  For example, a cultivator in the Refining Body stage, with the first layer being the weakest and the ninth layer being the strongest.

  And Dan medicine is also so, among which one product of Dan medicine has the most ordinary quality and nine products of Dan medicine have the most perfect quality.

  In the alchemy world, most alchemists can only refine dan medicines that are one to three grades at best. Being able to reach four-grade quality is already excellent. If they happen to refine five or six-grade dan medicine, then they would be a renowned alchemy master!

  As for those perfect quality elixirs of the 7th to 9th grade, they probably only exist in legend. Ordinary cultivators will likely not see them even after a lifetime of searching.

  These were all seen by Du Fei Yun in the Lie Shan Yao Dian, and he also specially checked the method of verifying the quality of Dan medicine. The simpler methods are to observe its color, smell its fragrance, look at its texture, and estimate its quantity.

  Of course, this is just the simplest method, and there are many more profound ways to identify high-grade elixirs, such as using the yuan Shen to explore, using pure yang water to explore, using virtual empty sand to detect and other mysterious methods, but it's not something he can understand now.

  According to the records of Lie Shan Yao Dian, Du Fei Yun carefully examined the cloud pattern, color and fragrance of this Dan medicine, and carefully tasted its fragrance and quantity. In the end, he concluded that this Dan medicine he refined was at least a third-grade Dan medicine, and it was also possible that it was a fourth-grade Dan medicine.

  This is because Du Fei Yun himself explored the door, no high-ranking person was assigned, nor was there any experience to assist, so he could only come up with such a vague conclusion. However, even though he was still excited, the first attempt at successfully refining Dan medicine was enough to be exhilarating, let alone a three-product Dan medicine that wasn't bad in quality!

  It should be known that the vast majority of experienced alchemists can only refine first or second grade elixirs.

  Having cast aside the many distracting thoughts in his mind, Du Fei Yun gradually immersed himself and began to hold his breath and concentrate. He took a deep breath, adjusted his mood, and then picked up the Rebirth Bone Dan and put it into his mouth.

  As soon as the elixir entered his mouth, it dissolved in water and a refreshing and slightly bitter taste spread throughout his mouth. The fragrance of the elixir lingered between his lips and teeth. He swallowed it down with one gulp, and the elixir entered his abdomen.

  He then closed his eyes, assumed a five-heart-to-heaven posture, kept his spiritual platform clear and bright, and began to dissolve and absorb the medicinal power in the elixir.

  Half a time later, the medicinal power of the rebirth pill gradually dispersed in his abdomen, and a warm current like spring water quietly surged towards his limbs. The medicinal power of this rebirth pill was not fierce or scorching hot, but rather quietly merged into his meridians and bones like spring breeze and rain.

  Tu Tai Huan Gu Dan, its main function is to comb the meridians, expand the capacity of the meridians, and reshape the strength of the meridians and bones. It usually takes ten days or half a month to be fully absorbed.

  However, the speed at which the medicinal properties of Dan medicine are absorbed is also directly related to its quality. The higher the quality, the faster the absorption and fusion of the medicinal properties, the more refined and concentrated the efficacy, and the less waste of medicinal properties during absorption.

  Du Feiyun's use of this Rebirth Dan, although not considered top-notch in terms of quality, was also not an ordinary product. Its efficacy was at least 30% stronger than that of ordinary dan medicines.

  At this time, he only felt that his body was filled with warm and moist yuan force flow, his limbs were comfortable like soaking in a hot spring, and the yuan force seed in his dantian also grew quietly.

  Taking advantage of the automatic circulation of the medicine's power along with the yuan force between the dantian and the meridians, Du Fei Yun also took the opportunity to check his own meridian situation. Although a body-refining cultivator was still unable to achieve inner vision and could not see the scenery of the meridians in his body with his mind, he could still vaguely sense the situation inside his body with the help of that warm and moist medicine power.

  To explore the condition of one's own meridians, one must start from the Dan Tian and thoroughly examine all twelve major meridians in order to gain a clear understanding. Du Fei Yun concentrated his mind and spirit, manipulating the Yuan Li (original energy) within his Dan Tian to emit a weak thread of Yuan Qi, which slowly flowed along the Shao Yang Meridian and then into the other eleven major meridians.

  Although Du Feiyun himself has mediocre qualifications and an unremarkable foundation, he excels in having a solid base, with a high degree of convergence of his yuan energy. This is largely due to the fact that he has been diligently cultivating under the supervision of his mother, Madam Du, since the age of eight. Over the past six years, although his progress has been slow, he has made up for it with a solid foundation.

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  Lancang Town is a remote small town in the Qianjiang City area, nestled among mountains. There are only over 400 households in the town, mostly fishermen and hunters, and most families are very poor.

  A river of white stone runs through Lancang Town, with clear water, a wide surface and a depth of over 6 feet. The source of this river is the peaks of Laojun Mountain, passing through Baishi Town, flowing through hundreds of miles of mountains, passing through Lancang Town and flowing downstream.

  Next to the Baishi River, there are low-rise civilian houses, all of which are built with wooden boards and tree trunks, simple and unadorned. In one of the low-rise wooden houses, a bright light is shining brightly, and the fragrance of fish is wafting out with the gentle night breeze.

  A middle-aged woman in a simple dress and apron was holding a coarse black ceramic bowl, pouring the fish soup that had been simmering on the stove into it. The woman brought the half-bowl of fragrant, creamy white fish soup to the bedside, gently stirring it with a spoon while blowing on it to cool it down quickly.

  An middle-aged man with a turban made of hemp on his head, apparently the master of the house, put down the water pipe in his hand and helped up a young man lying on the bed. The woman scooped up a small spoonful of fish soup, blew it cool, and fed it to the tightly pursed lips of the young man, bit by bit.

  "Old man, why hasn't this young fellow woken up yet? When we pulled him out of the river, more than half his bones were broken, and now he neither dies nor wakes up. This is really strange." After finally finishing feeding the fish soup, the woman put down the bowl and wiped her hands on her apron while puzzledly saying to the middle-aged man.

  A thin, middle-aged man puffed on his water pipe, his turbid eyes narrowing slightly as he spoke in a low voice: "This young fellow is no ordinary person. Not only does he have a dignified appearance, but the purple satin on his body looks very expensive at first glance, obviously from a wealthy family. Moreover, after drifting in the icy river for so long, he still has a breath of life left in him, and he's definitely not an ordinary person."

  After a pause, the middle-aged man continued: "A hundred miles up the Baishi River, there is only Baishi Town. It seems that this young man is likely to be the young master of some family in Baishi Town."

  When the middle-aged man said this, a glimmer of light flashed in the woman's eyes. She walked up to him and whispered: "If we save this young master's life, when he wakes up, he will definitely send us a generous gift as thanks. With his identity as a rich family's son, sending us dozens of taels of silver as a thank you gift should be easy for him."

  Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man raised an eyebrow and glanced at the woman. Not only did he not smile, but his expression became even more solemn.

  "Saving people is what should be done, no need to think about returns or thanks. Let's not talk about gratitude for now, just hope that it won't bring trouble."

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