Chapter 4: Soul Power

"This ambergris is really extraordinary" Looking at the herb with a strong aura in his hand, Li Lao's joy could no longer be concealed, thinking that this herb would be able to play a huge role in the near future, and he forgot the pain of the flesh and skin on his body for a while.

"If it's with my peak combat strength, what can I do with the beasts who are waiting for the dragon grass?" Thinking of this, Li Lao was sad: "I'm afraid the time limit is coming."

Elder Li put what he had gained today into the box and meditated cross-legged and ran the exercises. Although the power was lost, this residual exercise could still be cultivated, and Li Lao entered meditation, and the world suddenly quieted down.

Long......

"Elder Li, I'm back from my cultivation," Lin Mu's voice came from afar

Li Lao took a deep breath, and then expelled the turbidity gas out of his body. Then he returned from his meditative state to reality and walked out of the room.

Li Lao: "Mu'er, today I will teach you to refine medicine, you come with me" After saying that, he walked into the side room

Lin Mu was taken aback, "What's wrong with this old man lately, he is actually going to teach me something today" Without thinking, he also walked with Li Lao

Lin Mu has studied pharmacology with Li Lao since he was a child, and he has long been proficient in the properties of all kinds of herbs he sees, but this refining medicine, Li Lao never teaches half a point on weekdays.

"Alchemy is divided into two steps, extraction and condensation. The first step is to perform the exercises to release the mana and gather the mind, feel the aura within the herbs, and connect with it as a part of the body. When the mana and spiritual power are fused, the essence of the herbs can be extracted. You see"

Li Lao ran the exercises and gathered his mind. I saw that my hands kept shining with golden shimmers

"This is the release of mana, you haven't stepped into the cultivation of the Fa now, and you haven't learned the exercises, you just need to keep it in mind."

As soon as the words fell, I saw the King Kong Fruit suspended between Li Lao's hands, shrouded in golden light, and this golden light seemed to be about to merge with the King Kong Fruit.

After a while, in Lin Mu's surprised eyes, the vajra fruit shrank rapidly until it dried up, and a drop of medicinal liquid was suspended.

Li Lao: "At this point, the extraction has been completed, this drop is the essence of this diamond fruit, and it is also the key to the next step, continue to be optimistic"

I saw that Li Lao gathered his mind again, and his hands continued to be blended with the mana released in the air, and the essence also rotated, getting smaller and smaller, gradually condensing, and turning into a pill.

Lin Mu didn't dare to blink his eyes, for fear of missing something.

This is the second step: solidification. The liquid medicine was fused with the mana released to condense it into substance, and the refining was completed. Elder Li explained his own refining medicine just now

Lin Mu scratched his head, puzzled, "That's it, it's over?"

It seemed that he also saw the disdain in Lin Mu's expression, and Li Lao said: "This alchemy seems to be simple, but it is actually extremely difficult, and there is no strong soul power to control the mind, let alone three or five years, even if you practice for decades, it is difficult to learn." Soul power is mostly innate, and there is no great opportunity in the later stage, so I am afraid it will be difficult to improve"

This was the first time Lin Mu had heard Elder Li talk about soul power, so he put away his playful expression and listened carefully.

"This soul power refers to the soul power of the cultivator, and it is crucial to the path of cultivation," Li Lao paused and continued

"The strength of a cultivator depends on the grade, the exercises they practice, the techniques they practice, and the strength of their soul power. If it is a practice, the technique belongs to chance, and this soul power is the innate talent of the cultivator. For the same exercises, if the techniques are in the hands of cultivators with different soul powers, they will also exert different powers."

Lin Mu nodded thoughtfully and asked, "Old Li, then you see, I ...... now"

"It's not early, Mu'er, you go and rest" Li Lao interrupted Lin Mu's question, and then fell silent.

Lin Mu stuck out his tongue and knew that he was bored, so he withdrew from the side room, secretly remembering the knowledge that Li Lao had taught today.

Back in the room, Lin Mu remembered what Elder Li had said and thought that he had been practicing his physique since he was a child, under the strict requirements of Elder Li, and had set foot in the ninth rank five years ago. It is said that now that he has already reached the bottleneck of his physical body, he really doesn't understand why Li Lao has not allowed himself to break through.

"Forget it, I don't want to do this" Lin Mu threw away distracting thoughts, meditated cross-legged, closed his eyes and entered meditation.

Sink the dantian and concentrate on it. Lin Mu felt the rich aura between heaven and earth, but because he had not broken through, he could not absorb it. Looking at the dantian inside, it seems to be another world, for Lin Mu, strange and mysterious, difficult to touch. Lin Mu tried countless times to use his internal force to break through the defense line of the dantian, but he was in vain, and he touched the threshold countless times, but he felt a strong tiredness from his body.

Nothing to say all night......

In the following days, Lin Mu continued to practice every day, consolidating his body strength step by step, and Li Lao would also go out early in the morning and return in the evening. Although Lin Mu had doubts, he didn't dare to ask more, only knowing that Li Lao would carry a medicine basket on his back every day.

Day after day. Lin Mu's birthday is also coming, and the curiosity in his heart about the great opportunity that Li Lao said is also increasing.

After many days......

The next day was Lin Mu's sixteenth birthday. Lin Mu woke up early to greet Li Lao.

"Old Li, are you still going out today?"

Today, Li Laoyi changed his usual and still meditated with his eyes closed

"Mu'er, tomorrow is your sixteenth birthday, and it will also be your adulthood. The breakthrough is imminent, and today you need to go to the canyon of the Wuling Mountains to pick the last medicinal herb: dragon scale fruit."

"Dragon Scale Fruit! This is an herb that is not inferior to ambergris," Lin Mu was puzzled.

"The dragon scale fruit was born in the most dangerous cave in this Wuling Canyon, and there must be spirit beasts to protect it, you need to be more careful" After speaking, Li Lao waved his hand.

"This old man, isn't it a test for me?" Lin Mu walked out of the courtyard, and with doubts, he rushed away

Seeing Lin Mu leaving, Li Lao couldn't stop the sharp pain in the depths of the dantian after all, and coughed up blood

"It seems that the end is coming!" Li Lao wiped away the blood and fell into deep thought......

After a while, Lin Mu arrived at the edge of the largest canyon in the Wuling Mountains. Looking at the bottomless cliff, I muttered in my heart. Helpless, I could only look for this damn cave, thinking of this Lin Mu and crawling down the cliff little by little.

I don't know how long it has been, Lin Mu has come to the halfway point of the cliff. I saw that the fog covered the canyon, and the vision was constantly blurring, so it was gloomy, and the temperature seemed to drop suddenly. In the canyon, the chirping of flying spirit beasts continued to echo, and the cliff walls were also covered with ice.

"Where is this cave?" Lin Mu, who continued to go down, was also worried in his heart. This is already the depths of the canyon, and the birdsong is extinct, as if it were icy and snowy. Lin Mu was helpless, but remembered that Li Lao had told him that the depths of this canyon were extremely mysterious, and the cave was hidden at the bottom of the canyon. Lin Mu could only continue to go down.

I don't know how long it took, Lin Mu was surprised to find that his vision no longer seemed to be obscured by the fog, so he looked up and was stunned at a glance.

I saw that the mist hovered in mid-air, like a cloud, covering the sky and the sun. The bottom of the canyon can already be seen with the naked eye, and the stalactites that can be seen everywhere scatter strange light, illuminating it, and the bottom of the canyon is like another small world.

Finally, Lin Mu came to the bottom of the canyon and looked around.

"I didn't expect that there would be a hole in the depths of this canyon," Lin Mu, who has lived in the Wuling Mountains since he was a child, couldn't help but sigh at this moment.

"It's just, where is this damn cave?" Lin Mu remembered the purpose of this trip, and he didn't care about appreciating this beautiful scenery, so he looked for it.

At this time, a pair of eyes that did not belong to people in the dark slowly opened, and in this deep hole where the five fingers were missing, a terrifying green light emitted, and then closed again, hiding in the shadows again.