Chapter 15: The Method of Ascending Elixir

  But with his current strength at the sixth layer of the Refining Body stage, he is still not enough to win the victory in the family comparison conference. The young juniors of the Qin and Bai families are mostly not mediocre, and there are even one or two talented youngsters who have emerged.

  So he still needs to refine the Shaoyang Pill as soon as possible, and after taking the Shaoyang Pill to enhance his strength, he can win in the Clan Competition and obtain the Nine-Leaf Purple Lotus.

  With all things settled in his mind and a firm decision made, Du Fei Yun cast aside the distractions in his heart, sat cross-legged on the wooden bed, and began to meditate.

  After a moment, Du Feiyun finally entered an empty state of mind, expelling all the distracting thoughts in his heart, and only then did he open his eyes.

  At the mere thought, the Nine Dragon Cauldron automatically flew out from his chest and hovered in front of him, quickly transforming into a size of one foot. He had already prepared all the materials for refining the Shaoyang Dan, including the hundred-year-old ginseng and Chinese angelica that Old Lady Liu had sent over tonight, which he had just washed clean and chopped up as materials.

  His left hand stretched out flat and stuck to the bottom of the Nine Dragon Cauldron, a weak thread of yuan force was transmitted from his left arm, the yuan force stored in the Nine Dragon Cauldron was mobilized, gradually condensing into a true fire of yuan force.

  Under Du Fei Yun's manipulation, the temperature inside the Nine Dragon Cauldron rapidly rose and soon reached the degree needed for refining elixirs. Du Fei Yun's right hand shot out like lightning, his five fingers spread wide to accurately grasp a small pile of neatly arranged materials and put them into the Nine Dragon Cauldron.

  In his heart, he silently recited the materials needed to refine the Shaoyang Dan. Du Feiyun's right hand brought up a trail of residual shadows, quickly putting the materials into the cauldron one by one, with the order and sequence not differing in the slightest.

  Refining the elixir is a very rigorous matter, not allowing any slight mistake or negligence, so Du Fei Yun has always been cautious. The eighteen materials were all put into the cauldron, and after covering the lid, he continued to maintain his yuan force output, controlling the true fire of yuan force inside the cauldron.

  As the incense stick gradually passed, Yuan Li Zhen Huo had already melted the dozens of medicinal materials and cinnabar in the cauldron. His mind was sensing the situation inside the cauldron, and Du Fei Yun's expression became increasingly solemn, because the most critical moment had arrived.

  Because next he will try one of the commonly used alchemy methods for human-grade elixirs, that is, the Ascension Elixir Method!

  Dan medicine is divided into nine grades in terms of quality, and can be divided into four levels: human grade, spiritual grade, mysterious grade, and soul grade. Taitai Huangu Dan and Shaoyang Dan both belong to the human-grade dan medicine, but Shaoyang Dan is more advanced and more difficult to refine.

  The so-called ascending Dan method is to extract the essence of the medicine material to the greatest extent after melting, and then condense it to improve the quality and efficacy of the Dan medicine through the transformation of Yuan Li Zhen Huo.

  In his mind, he silently recited the operation method and secrets of ascending Dan, Du Feiyun's heart was fully immersed in the Nine Dragon Cauldron, and beads of sweat gradually appeared on his forehead.

  Inside the cauldron, a True Fire of Yuan Force resembling a swimming dragon was stirred up and down under his control, dispersing the medicinal materials that had been dissolved into powder ash, and then fusing them together.

  Manipulating the yuan force, true fire wrapped in medicinal materials rolling and jumping at the same time, he also needs to control the amplitude of the true fire, changing back and forth, sometimes rising and falling. This is extremely exhausting mentally, without a strong mental cultivation, it is impossible to achieve such meticulous subtlety.

  Only cultivators who have reached the congenital boundary can use the method of ascending elixir smoothly. Although Du Feiyun's cultivation is low, his heart and spirit are extremely strong, comparable to those of a congenital period cultivator, so he can barely do it.

  His mind was highly concentrated, almost forgetting everything, fully immersed in the cauldron. At this moment, his mind only had that rolling and jumping yuan force true fire. Every moment, every second, he needed to pay extremely hard work, mental consumption was too great, also making his face paler and paler.

  It was just a brief moment, but it seemed like an eternity. After using all 36 true fire techniques of the ascending elixir method, the technique was finally complete. Du Fei Yun secretly let out a sigh of relief, but didn't dare to take his mind off wiping away the sweat on his forehead, continuing to maintain the output of yuan energy and keeping the yuan energy true fire in a stable state.

  If it can be maintained for another quarter of an hour, the Shaoyang Pill will be successfully refined. Thinking of this, a hint of a smile appeared on Du Feiyun's mouth, and a hint of expectation arose in his heart.

  However, at this time, something unusual appeared in the cauldron. The yuan force true fire was gradually weakening, and the temperature was also slowly dropping. At this moment, what was most needed for refining the elixir was a stable and intense yuan force true fire. If the true fire was allowed to weaken further, then the Shaoyang Dan would definitely be damaged.

  He had painstakingly collected enough materials to start refining the Shaoyang Dan, but now a strange phenomenon has occurred in the Nine Dragon Cauldron, and just as he was about to succeed, Du Feiyun's heart suddenly rose to his throat.

  The original power of the true fire gradually weakened, it was clear that the original power stored in the Nine Dragon Cauldron was about to be exhausted. Du Fei Yun suddenly understood the reason and couldn't help but secretly curse his bad luck.

  The Jiulong Ding itself would automatically absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, condensing it into yuan force stored in the ding. However, after he used it several times, the stored yuan force would naturally be depleted. But he never thought that it would run out of yuan force just as he was refining the Shaoyang Dan, which was really too coincidental.

  This furnace's Shaoyang Dan has cost him a lot of heart and soul, and it is also his guarantee to improve his strength and participate in the clan comparison conference. If this alchemy fails, then his loss will be too great.

  Almost without hesitation, when Du Fei Yun sensed that the True Flame of Yuan was gradually weakening, he unhesitatingly increased his Yuan output in an attempt to enhance the True Flame of Yuan. Fortunately, the True Flame of Yuan only gradually weakened and did not suddenly dissipate; otherwise, he wouldn't even have had a chance to salvage it.

  Although his yuan force was very weak and did not greatly amplify the true fire, he desperately transferred all his yuan force, causing the gradually thinning yuan force true fire in the cauldron to become even more condensed, and its temperature also rose again.

  Persevere, you must persevere! Du Feiyun shouted to himself in his heart, no matter what, don't lose spirit and give up.

  Although Du Feiyun was exerting his full strength to transport the yuan force within his body, his yuan force was too weak and had little effect on the true fire, so the yuan force true fire in the cauldron continued to shrink.

  Du Feiyun's eyes were filled with anxiety, his forehead's blue veins faintly throbbing, the yuan force within him rapidly draining out, gradually making him feel fatigued and weak. In the tripod, the originally over one foot long yuan force true fire that resembled a swimming dragon was still shrinking, becoming thinner.

  Time, at this moment, is like torture for him, a short minute seems as long as a year. In just this short minute, he has exhausted the yuan force in his body, and there is no longer any energy left in his dantian, his body is extremely weak.

  Fortunately, fortunately, although the yuan force is getting weaker and weaker, the elixir still condensed successfully in the end. When he felt that the Shaoyang Dan in the cauldron had finally condensed successfully, a pale face suddenly showed a hint of relief and joy, and then his body, like a virtual collapse, collapsed to the ground.

  Du Feiyun's body was soft and weak, lying on the bed, one hand clenched into a fist around the warm Shao Yang Dan, his eyes closed as he breathed faintly. Despite his exhausted body and mind, a hint of a smile appeared on his face. The Nine Dragon Cauldron, which had lost its Yuan force storage, fell powerlessly from mid-air onto the bed, but Du Feiyun didn't bother with it, focusing on recovering his physical strength as soon as possible.

  After a long time, the weak and limp arms finally had a bit of strength, Du Feiyun sat up with his back straight, hands in front of his chest making several special gestures, then placed them on his lower abdomen. His right hand stretched out, bringing the still warm and slightly bitter smelling Shaoyang Dan to his mouth, ready to take it.

  As soon as the elixir entered his mouth, a bitter and astringent taste immediately spread between his teeth, Du Fei Yun's eyebrows slightly furrowed, forcing himself to swallow the bitterness down his throat, then he began to cultivate, absorbing the medicinal power of the elixir.

  The warm and gentle Shao Yang pill fell into his abdomen, suddenly bursting open like a flame, instantly scorching his five internal organs with intense heat. A powerful medicinal force erupted in an instant, surging through the meridians like a mighty flood.

  His entire body felt like it was on fire, with all 36,000 pores seemingly spewing out flames. Du Fei Yun's face instantly turned bright red, and large beads of sweat began to trickle down his forehead. A searing pain, like a thousand needles stabbing him from the inside out, spread throughout his body. The veins on his face bulged, his muscles tensed up, and he gritted his teeth, forcing himself not to make a sound.

  His meridians, although having undergone transformation through the Dan's refinement, were still as fragile as paper under the unmatched medicinal power of the Shaoyang Dan. The torrential medicinal power surged forth like a flame, tearing open his narrow meridians like a fierce tiger bursting out of its cage, rushing towards the twelve main meridians of the human body.

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