Chapter 27: Refining the Elixir, Transferring Power

  Back home, Gu Cangqiong was waiting in the courtyard. Seeing Gu Chen return, he immediately went up to greet him, "Chen'er, the auction has ended for so long, why did you just come back?"

  The tone was full of worry.

  "I'm buying medicine in Nancheng." Gu Chen said, and didn't mention anything about Liu Huachan's matter. After seeing Gu Chen's true face, Liu Huachan died without exchanging words with anyone, this small episode will disappear along with Liu Huachan's life.

  "I heard that ten bottles of top-grade Yuan Spirit Liquid were auctioned off this time... " Gu Cangyun asked with concern, only then remembering the purpose he was waiting for Gu Chen to return.

  Gu Chen looked at his father's expression and nodded slightly.

  "A one-time auction of ten bottles of top-grade Yuanling liquor, this will bring you great trouble. Your current strength is not enough, what to do when you've stirred up trouble? I heard it was bought by Liu Huachan for 500 spirit stones. You're only a postnatal cultivator, what do you need that many spirit stones for?" Gu Cangtian's face was full of blame.

  "Father, with more spiritual stones, it's good for you to cultivate too."

  "How is my body? I'm not even sure yet. Even if you give me more spiritual stones, it won't make a big difference. What do you want to give me?" Gu Cangtong said angrily: "What if your identity is exposed? Next time, be so reckless again, and I'll slap you with two big ears."

  Gu Chen raised his hand and three wooden boxes appeared in it.

  "What is this?" Ancient Qingyun was stunned by Ancient Chen's actions.

  Gu Chen opened the wooden box one by one.

  "Lingxincao? Huangjingzhi? Ziyuanhua? What are you buying these for?"

  "Practice alchemy."

  "Refine Dan?" Gu Cangqiong was taken aback, and then his eyes lit up, his face changed, "A spiritual grass Refine Dan that is over 300 years old?"

  "Yes, father, I can refine a pill that accelerates the cultivation of the Innate Boundary."

  "Really... really?" Gu Cangqiong's voice trembled, accelerating the elixir of congenital realm cultivation? Originally, the entire Leishui City didn't even have elixirs that accelerated acquired realm cultivation, but now, Chen Er... he was actually able to refine elixirs that accelerated congenital realm cultivation?

  "Well, these three spiritual grasses are the materials for refining the Primordial Spirit Pill and the Yuan Spirit Pill. Taking the Yuan Spirit Pill will surely allow you to catch up with Gu Cangyue's cultivation soon."

  "Yuán Líng Dān?" Gu Cang Qiong's tiger eyes revealed deep regret, as he held Gu Chen in his arms, "Chen Er, I..."

  "Dad... let's work together." Gu Chen patted his dad's back with both hands.

  "Alright, let's work together." Gu Cangqiong said loudly, "With a son like you, I can die contentedly in this life."

  ……

  There were dan furnaces, utensils and instruments, as well as Huang Jingzhi, Ling Xincao, and Zi Yuanhua and other materials for practicing alchemy. After passing through the hands of Gu Chen, a master of Dan medicine, it took only one day to successfully refine the Yuanshen Dan.

  Yuán Líng Dān is a spiritual elixir, while Jù Yuán Líng Yè is a spiritual liquid. The spiritual elixir and the spiritual liquid are not on the same level at all. Compared to the highest quality Jù Yuán Líng Yè, the Yuán Líng Dān contains a spiritual energy density that is more than a hundred times higher.

  Huang Jingzhi, Ling Xincao, and Zi Yuanhua each contributed one stem, along with some supporting herbs, to produce three Yuanling Dan pills, including one mid-grade Yuanling Dan pill, which is enough for a cultivator in the middle of the Pre-Heavenly stage to refine for several months.

  After the Lingdan was successfully refined, Gu Chen handed over all three Yuanshen Dans to his father. Gu Cangtian's hands trembled with excitement as he received the three Yuanshen Dans.

  "This is a spiritual elixir! The Leshui City has never had anyone cultivate the Ling liquid, and now the ancient Cangtian holds in his hand the spiritual elixir that can increase the innate boundary cultivation. Even in the major sects of Xianmen, Yuanshen Dan is also a high-grade elixir, but not every disciple of the major sects has the fate to obtain it."

  After obtaining the three Yuanling Dan, Gu Cangqiong decided to retreat and cultivate in seclusion. The three Yuanling Dan were enough for him to refine for nearly half a year. He had already entered the Fourth Layer of the Prenatal Realm for almost a year, and with these three Yuanling Dan, he might be able to break through to the Fifth Layer of the Prenatal Realm.

  Gu Chen thought that if he continued to take the Yuanshen Pill and cultivate, even if his father couldn't break through the First Heaven's sixth layer, he would definitely reach the peak of the First Heaven's fifth layer and touch the barrier of the First Heaven's fifth layer.

  In his past life, Gu Cangyue's cultivation had stopped at the Seventh Layer of the Pre-Heaven Realm. The peak of the Fifth Layer of the Pre-Heaven Realm was not enough to fight against the Seventh Layer with the Tian Gan Quan Ti Great Technique.

  So, before Gu Cangqiong closed the door, Gu Chen taught Gu Cangqiong the Tian Gang Quan Ti Da Fa with the excuse that his master allowed it in a dream. In the third layer of Xian Tian realm, he can practice the third heavy Tian Gang Quan Ti Da Fa, as long as two years later, Gu Cangqiong can practice Tian Gang Quan Ti Da Fa to the third heavy, and his cultivation reaches the peak of Xian Tian fifth layer.

  In a state where physical strength increased threefold and power increased threefold, Gu Cangyun was not entirely without a chance of winning against Gu Cangyue.

  Moreover, Gu Chen also found the spiritual grass, the raw material for refining the high-grade spirit pill, Xican Dan, in the Haotian Cave Mansion. A year later, he was able to gather the three materials of Yinhun Flower, Blood Quenching and Tiger's Inner Elixir, and use the Three Extremes Array to break through the Mustard Gold Vajra Great Array, obtaining the spiritual grass. After getting the spiritual grass, Gu Chen could refine Xican Dan.

  Gǔ Cāng Qiú takes the Dust Washing Pill, shedding his old body and replacing it with a new one. Breaking through the six layers of innate realm is absolutely no problem. If Gǔ Cāng Qiú uses the Heaven Defying Forging Body Technique on the six layers of innate realm, then his chances of winning against Gǔ Cāng Yuè will be greatly increased.

  Gu Chen smiled slightly, and for the upcoming Clan Leader Contest in two years, he already had a few percent chance of winning, so there was no need to worry too much. The only thing that worried Gu Chen was the power that had bloodbathed his family in his previous life. The leader of the opposing side had a cultivation base of Nine Layers of Innate Realm, just one step away from becoming a Great Master of the Divine Sea Realm.

  Gu Chen constantly urged himself to improve his strength as quickly as possible. The struggle for the position of Gu family head was imminent, and Gu Cang Tian would definitely participate in it. However, only Gu Chen had the qualifications to take on this responsibility, which would determine the life or death of the Gu family.

  The ancient sky closed for a long time this time, and Gu Chen would live alone for a very long period. Every day, Gu Chen would run to the top of Lingfeng Mountain to cultivate bitterly.

  The next day after Liu Hua's death, his body was found in a dense thicket of grass about ten miles southeast of Leshuicheng.

  The strongest of the three major Xian families in Le Shui City, the Liu family, the younger brother of the patriarch Liu Huayuan, Liu Huahan, actually died silently more than ten miles away from Le Shui City?

  This news shocked all the people in Lesu City.

  It is said that after Liu Huachen's death, his face still maintained a look of shock for a long time, with his eyes wide open and unable to close them. He was suddenly severely injured and then died from a sword piercing his throat.

  Every cultivator in Leishui City knew that Liu Huahan was a sixth-level cultivator of the Innate Realm, and except for three big shots at the seventh level of the Innate Realm, he was one of the top cultivators in Leishui City. How could he die so quietly?

  Who exactly killed him? This question has been puzzling the curiosity of countless people, and was able to instantly severely injure Liu Huachan, making it impossible for him to make any resistance before being pierced through the throat by a sword. Even the three innate seventh-level experts from Leishui City would find it difficult to achieve this.

  Three of the seven innate layers in Leishui City were occupied by two members of the Liu family, one being the patriarch Liu Huayuan and the other being the Supreme Elder Liu Xinghen. The remaining innate seventh-layer cultivator was Gu Cangyue from the Gu family. During the time of Liu Huachan's death, Gu Cangyue had been in public places all along.

  The three innate seven-layered peak masters of Le Shui City were all excluded from the suspects who killed Liu Huahan.

  Then... who was it that Liu Huachan died at the hands of? Why did he have such an incredulous look in his eyes when he died? Why did he die with his eyes open?

  Nobody knows this answer.

  No one would have thought that the person who killed Liu Huachan was Gu Chen, a young man from the ancient Gu family in Leishui City, who had always been known as a waste.

  Even if the government and the Liu family guessed that the person who killed Liu Huachan was the one who auctioned off the Yuanyuan Ling liquid, they would still suspect every cultivator in Leshui City, but Gu Chen would be one of the last suspects.

  No matter how much of a stir Liu Huachan's death caused in Lesui City, Gu Chen went to Lingfeng Mountain every day for bitter cultivation. Under his diligent practice and bitter training, the Tianxia Zhuan Body Great Method quickly made progress again.

  Gradually, Gu Chen used the Tian Gang Quan Ti Dafa to cultivate his physical body, and its strength and power reached the ninth level of the acquired realm. However, this was not the end, as the first stage of the Tian Gang Quan Ti Dafa had not been fully cultivated yet.

  It's been several days since then, and it's already been half a month since Gu Chen killed Liu Huaheng. Finally, under Gu Chen's daily persistence and hard work, the Tian Gang Quan Ti Dafa has reached the first level of its realm, and when running the Tian Gang Quan Ti Dafa, the strength and power of the flesh will explode by a factor of two.

  The day after tomorrow, the sixth layer will have a strength of six stones. After running the Tianxia Zhentu Dafa, it will reach a power of twelve stones, which is completely comparable to the physical body of a first heaven realm cultivator.

  In the state of running Tian Gan's Great Law, Hou Tian Jing's cultivator, Gu Chen can completely sweep through.

  When the Tianxia Tempering Body Great Technique reached the first level, Gu Chen's cultivation did not stop. Every day at dawn, there would be a young man with a white fox on his shoulder who would climb to the top of Lingfeng Mountain and use spiritual liquid as food instead of eating. He would cultivate for an entire day.

  Days went by one after another, and the cause of Liu Huachan's death remained a mystery. The people of Lesui City gradually lost interest in this matter.

  The Liu family didn't know where the person who auctioned off the Spiritual Liquid was either. Although they wanted to find out what happened to the owner of the Spiritual Liquid, they had no way of doing so and could only secretly lay down their men to wait for the next time the owner appeared at an auction to make a move and capture them.

  However, after waiting for half a month until the end of the month when the auction was supposed to open, the owner of the Spiritual Liquid still did not appear.

  Half a month has passed again, and by the time of the auction opening in mid-next month, the owner of the spiritual liquid still hasn't appeared.

  It's been a whole month since the last auction, and since then, Gu Chen had decided that he would never sell spiritual medicine at an auction again. The consecutive auctions of Yuanyuan Spiritual Liquid, especially after selling ten high-quality ones in one go, made Gu Chen realize that there were probably countless pairs of eyes staring at the owner of that spiritual liquid in the dark.

  At this moment, Gu Chen was sitting on the top of Lingfeng Mountain, his eyes slightly closed, and the true energy in his body flowed like a divine dragon swimming in the sea. In his body, it rapidly clashed, suddenly, all the true energy condensed into a ball, like a spirit snake coming out of its lair, rushing towards a place at the top of the sky.

  A lot of true energy flows along the spine to the top of the head and seeps out of the body, forming a layer of white mist.

  Gu Chen was impacting the seventh layer of the Post-Heaven Realm.

  After killing Liu Huaheng, he spent a whole month in a hurry, and after continuous consumption of the top-grade Gathering Spirit Liquid for cultivation, his cultivation had reached the peak of the sixth layer of the acquired realm, touching the barrier of the sixth layer of the acquired realm.

  Breaking through the six-layered barrier, Gu Chen will enter the realm of post-heaven seven layers, entering the late stage of the post-heaven realm.

  Compared to a month ago, Gu Chen's true energy had thickened several times over, like a giant snake darting through his body. Each time it charged towards the top of his head, it made the six-layered wall barrier tremble on the verge of collapse.

  Time and time again, the impact, under countless impacts, finally once a powerful true energy struck the six-layered wall barrier into smithereens, like a divine dragon emerging from the sea, wildly rushing out from the top of the sky.

  Suddenly...

  It seems to have opened up the connection between the body and the universe, a extremely comfortable feeling suddenly spreads from the top of the head throughout the whole body, countless heavenly energy and essence pour into the body from the top of the head, transforming into a powerful force.

  Gu Chen Meng's body suddenly burst forth with a powerful force, leaping over three zhang in height, letting out a long whistle towards the sky, as his entire being exploded with an extremely fierce power.

  The Seventh Layer of the Post-Heaven Realm.

  Finally set foot in the late stage of the Post-Heaven Realm.

  In just two and a half months, Gu Chen's cultivation rose like a rocket, breaking through from the second layer of the Post-Heaven Realm to the seventh layer.

  Landing, clenching his fists and using force, Gu Chen's entire body let out a loud cracking sound as all his bones cracked.

  One punch was thrown out, and the fist seemed to tear through the air, bringing up a sharp whistling sound.

  This punch shattered even the air.

  The sound of breaking wind continued to rise, Gu Chen's fists flew out one after another, and soon a complete set of Dah Lieh Jin Gang Fist was finished. Gu Chen still had energy to spare, feeling as if his strength was boundless.

  Hoo hoo hoo hoo......

  ……

  He threw the Great Power Fist ten times in a row, and Gu Chen finally stopped his body, opened his mouth to spit out a breath arrow from his mouth, which shot out more than two feet long before gradually dissipating.

  The difference between the seventh and sixth layers of acquired state, although only one boundary apart, is the difference between the late stage and middle stage of acquired state. Raising a level, cultivation has increased by a whole grade.

  "Chirp...chirp..." Gu Chen stopped, Xiao Bai jumped onto his shoulder and cheered excitedly, as if applauding for Gu Chen.

  Xiao Bai drank a bottle of mid-grade Yuan Spirit Liquid every day, and after a month had passed, although his figure hadn't changed much, his weight had increased by more than half. Constantly absorbing the Yuan Spirit Liquid, Xiao Bai's strength was also constantly increasing.

  Although Gu Chen didn't know how to measure Xiao Bai's cultivation level, Xiao Bai's speed was getting faster and faster, more than twice as fast as a month ago. From this aspect alone, it could be seen that Xiao Bai was also growing rapidly.

  Looking down at the foot of the mountain, the entire Yueshui City was in Xiao Yi's eyes. He cast his gaze towards the location of the ancient Gu family mansion. In Gu Chen's heart, he thought: "In my past life, the Gu family was washed away by blood, leaving only me to survive in hiding. Such a thing will absolutely not be allowed to happen again. With me, Gu Chen, the Gu family will flourish in this life..."

  "Squeak squeak squeak, squeak squeak squeak......" Xiaobai seemed to sense Gu Chen's mood and excitedly called out.

  Gu Chen smiled and looked at Xiao Bai, stroking its head, saying: "You like to talk so much, I don't know when you'll be able to speak human language?"

  "Squeak, squeak, squeak...!" Xiaobai's two hind legs grasped Gu Chen's shoulders, while its two front legs kept waving, pointing upwards and then backwards.

  Gu Chen rolled her eyes and walked down the mountain.