Chapter 65: True Qi Transformation

  Yaoshen Valley is a cave heaven opened up in the vast canyons within the Tianlong Kingdom, similar in size to the Longevity Palace. The scenery is also similar, with all sorts of rare flowers and herbs planted everywhere. The difference lies in that the trees in the Longevity Palace are mostly strong species with dense spiritual energy, while those in Yaoshen Valley are mainly practical medicinal materials for refining medicine. Moreover, compared to the Longevity Palace, Yaoshen Valley has an additional pure fire element!

  As soon as he entered the valley, Mu Yuan immediately felt that vigorous and scorching fire elemental energy, his whole body was like falling into a fiery pit, surrounded by jumping fire spirits, seemingly also sensing the thick Longevity True Qi on Mu Yuan's body, cheering and jumping excitedly wanting to squeeze in, burning everything!

  His muscles and bones were scorched, and a layer of dark purple True Qi immediately appeared on Mu Yuan's body, isolating the invading Fire Element from the outside. Only then did he feel slightly better. Looking back at Qi Wei, there was also a faint layer of dark purple True Qi on his body, which, although somewhat inferior to Mu Yuan's, still managed to isolate the Fire Element.

  Dan Huo Lao Dao smiled slightly and handed over two bright red pills, "This is Ling Mu Dan, specially prepared for the cultivators coming to Ben Gu. The fire attribute yuan force in the valley is too dense, many cultivators from other sects come here, if their heart methods conflict, they will feel a bit uncomfortable. Ling Mu Dan forms a spiritual energy shield outside the body to isolate the fire yuan, although it's not very useful, but it's very practical. You two are pretty good, thinking back ten years ago, Chen Taiyi from your sect came to the valley and was directly scorched unconscious!"

  Mu Yuan and Qi Wei took the Lingmu pills, but felt that the medicine sank into their bodies and immediately transformed into a circle of swirling red light, dispersing into countless whirlpools around them. Those dense fire elements, as soon as they approached, were immediately dispersed and dissolved by these whirlpools, scattered and dissipated, and could no longer squeeze in!

  Mu Yuan only then raised his head to look around, but saw in the valley a strange and steep mountain peak, like a huge tripod standing upright, with strange rocks towering above it, as if surrounded by carvings of beasts, having been roasted by the fire yuan for many years, presenting a dark brownish-red color. From the mountain peak spreading out in all directions, countless halls and pavilions were made of jade stone, shining brightly and dazzling to the eye!

  "How can such a dense fire element grow medicinal herbs? It's impossible for all of them to be fire-type spiritual roots!" Mu Yuan thought curiously, approaching the field where the medicinal herbs were planted. However, he discovered that a gloomy and icy aura was emanating from the field. Upon touching it, he realized that there was an invisible light shield similar to a spirit curtain pellet isolating the fire element on the surface of the field!

  "What a big handwriting!" Each type of medicinal material has different characteristics and requires different yuanqi, so Yaoshen Valley categorizes the herbs, divides them into regions, and sets up various spiritual arrays to gather yuanqi. However, outside the medicine field, it is pure and dense fire yuan, which is used for the disciples inside the gate to cultivate the Dan Yang Shen Jue. In this regard, it is very different from the Chongsheng Palace!

  Changsheng Palace is not specifically for plant cultivation, and all kinds of spiritual energy exist in the palace. Each type of plant takes what it needs, so the wood-based yuan force is thick only because there are too many spiritual roots. The massive wood yuan force gathers over the years, which is also a very normal thing!

  Like the Medicine God Valley, there are pros and cons. The medicinal herbs cultivated here have very stable properties, but they will never evolve on their own. On the other hand, the plants in the Longevity Palace have infinite possibilities. It's like raising children - the Medicine God Valley is like a place where everything has already been planned out for them. These children grow up quickly and easily succeed, but that's it. They'll never experience the natural world and will only carry out someone else's ideas!

  The plants in the Changsheng Palace may wither and die, but they will also flourish and thrive, standing out alone, and constantly changing and adapting to the environment, maintaining their most vigorous vitality!

  Mu Yuan suddenly stood up, not making a sound, and a young servant came to greet them. The old Daoist Dan Huo instructed, "Take these two guests to Longxiang Hall, don't be slow!"

  The children hurriedly agreed, and Mu Yuan followed Qi Wei to bid farewell to Dan Huo Lao Dao and Hua Xing Yun. Following Tong Er's lead, they turned several times in Yao Shen Gu and finally arrived at a group of connected buildings at the back of the valley. On the horizontal board above the building complex, three large characters were written in a flying dragon and dancing phoenix style: Long Xiang Yuan!

  Mu Yuan settled in one of the rooms, but before half a day had passed, Hua Xing came running over with an excited look on his face, calling out as soon as he entered the door, "Brother Mu, it just so happens that one of our master uncles is firing up the furnace to refine elixirs, I'll take you along to go take a look!"

  Muyuan was indeed an outsider to the art of alchemy, but he had a mind to take a look. He immediately followed Huaxin out the door and the two rushed to a nearby small mountain peak. There, they saw that a large crowd had already gathered, with an old Taoist sitting in the middle, his white beard and hair a stark contrast to the giant dan furnace in front of him, which was over three feet tall. At the bottom of the furnace, a ball of fierce flames danced and leapt.

  This is the real fire, following the old Taoist's instructions, constantly rising and falling, strong or weak. The furnace emits a faint scent of medicine, occasionally making a crisp sound, crackling like stir-frying beans. Suddenly it becomes quiet, then makes a gurgling water sound, with fragrance wafting and mist swirling, presenting an extraordinary scene, but just looking at it makes one feel comfortable all over the body.

  Mu Yuan was just a spectator, but Hua Xing and the other disciples of Yao Shen Valley knew how to control the fire, they carefully observed Lao Dao's techniques and learned from them.

  After a while, Muyuan felt a bit bored and his eyes were fixed on the misty smoke rising from the dan furnace. The more he looked at it, the more he felt that the smoke was constantly changing, transforming into countless shadow prints, like talismans, like medicinal herbs, which made Muyuan quite curious. He took another look at the old Taoist's hand seals and suddenly discovered that the mysterious symbols transformed from the smoke were exactly the same as the old Taoist's handprints, only delayed by a lot of time!

  However, as for alchemy, Mu Yuan didn't have much of an idea about it. In his opinion, alchemy was not as useful as refining equipment. Although he needed to use the Ding Shen Pill now, it was just a precaution and not necessarily something he had to use. Moreover, relying on external objects was not as good as relying on oneself. For now, he only thought about when he could get the Ding Shen Pill and hurry to go overseas to condense his aura.

  After a short while, a loud explosion was heard, the lid of the alchemical furnace burst open, and a strong medicinal fragrance suddenly spread out. Several dozen transparent and round pellets of medicine rolled around, and the old Taoist's hand held an additional white porcelain bottle, which he used to collect the pellets one by one. He then closed the furnace, tossed the porcelain bottle to a young man wearing a scarlet long shirt, and departed without looking back!

  When the elixir was fired, Mu Yuan felt a strong and almost solid spiritual energy rushing towards him. He thought to himself, "No wonder so many people are willing to take the elixir, just the external spiritual energy is already so rich, let alone the spiritual energy contained within the elixir. It's perfect for breaking through boundaries. Otherwise, sitting in meditation and cultivating energy day after day would take a long time."

  "Go, I'll go ask Master Zihuang for a pellet. You try its effect!" Huaxin excitedly pulled Muyuan forward and said to the young cultivator wearing a fiery red long shirt, "Master Zihuang, may I have one of your Purple Crystal Pellets?"

  Called Zihuang's smile, opened the porcelain bottle, handed over a grain, and looked at Mu Yuan, "Who is this? Why haven't I seen him before?"

  "Hua Xuan introduced, 'This is Mu Yuan Dao friend from the Long Life Palace. He came back with us this time to find some calming pills. Brother Mu, this is the big disciple of that Fire Cloud Shifu we just met, Zi Huang Shixiong.'"

  Mu Yuan nodded slightly, acknowledging that he had seen him before. However, he felt that Zi Huang's aura was obscure and vast, like a boundless sea of smoke, impossible to fathom. His heart became vigilant.

  The two of them didn't have much to say, just exchanging pleasantries like "nice to meet you", and then they parted ways. After they had gone far away, Hua Xuan smiled at Mu Yuan and said, "This Zi Jing Dan is a commonly used medicinal pellet among our sect's disciples, it has great benefits for cultivation, why don't you try one?"

  Mu Yuan smiled bitterly in his heart, "Is this elixir something to be taken lightly?!" However, seeing Hua Xing's enthusiastic expression was hard to refuse, he knew that although Hua Xing appeared rough and violent, he was actually meticulous and wouldn't let him take anything harmful, so he swallowed it down immediately.

  The entrance of the Dan medicine was soft and fluffy, it dissolved in the mouth, a warm current flowed down the throat, spreading to the four limbs and hundreds of bones, immediately a rolling and surging spiritual energy filled the air, Mu Yuan hastily activated the four major true energies to refine these spiritual energies one by one. The lower abdomen suddenly became somewhat swollen, the scene of the four major true energies transforming instantly disappeared into thin air, the tide of true energy was hazy and fluttering, refining some more, it actually condensed into droplets of water, crystal clear and translucent, each like a pearl. And the Longevity True Energy condensed into grain-like seeds, mixed with the Furnace True Energy!

  The true energy of the oven has transformed into a small, delicate appearance like the Dan furnace seen by Mu Yuan today, with a yellowish-brown color. The green long-life seed shrinks inside and absorbs the water droplets condensed from the tidal true energy, and begins to sprout and take root!

  Muyuan was amazed at this change, having never heard that the Longevity True Qi could condense into seeds. He didn't know that since the creation of the Five Elements Way, cultivators would always solidify their foundation after completing the three layers, but there had never been anyone like Muyuan who could absorb so much spiritual energy to consolidate his foundation after completing the three layers. Moreover, wood takes root in earth and sprouts with water, which is a rare occurrence!

  The Five Elements Ancestor who created the Five Elements Way back then had five great disciples under him, but because the Five Elements Ancestor himself was suppressed by a powerful being, the five great disciples fell apart and lost the true essence of the Five Elements Way.

  At the time when Mu was extremely curious, the vast spiritual energy stored in the Purple Crystal Elixir was suddenly divided into four true energies in a short period of time. Except for the Furnace Technique, the Tidal Flow, and the Longevity Technique, which each condensed into a Dan furnace, water droplets, and seeds, the Dragon King's movement itself did not change much!

  "I wonder what changes these three kinds of true energy will undergo if I continue to cultivate them!" Mu Yuan thought curiously in his heart, and couldn't help but have some thoughts!

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