Time flies, and it has been 11 months since I came to this world unconsciously, and the longer I stay in this world, the more I feel that this world is not simple.

For example, Dongfang Shuo talked about the secret realm near Kunlun Mountain, which is really like the legendary Yaochi Holy Realm where the Queen Mother of the West lives.

To be honest, I really wanted to go to the secret realm for a long time, but considering my own strength and the fact that I didn't have enough time, I finally gave up my plan to go to the secret realm.

It was already late autumn, and it should have been a gathering of withering things, but the flowers and trees around the Hou Mansion were green and full of vitality.

The reason why this is actually the case is because the aura gathered by the formation inadvertently nourishes the surrounding flowers and trees, so that the life field of those flowers and trees becomes more active, and the resistance to the climate naturally increases a lot.

Although the main purpose of this gathered aura is to improve the quality of the elixir, less than one percent of those who have returned from the gathering have actually been absorbed by the elixir, and the other ninety-nine percent have returned to heaven and earth.

After the dissipated spiritual power wandered around in the elixir, it was easier to be absorbed by the surrounding flowers and trees, and under the nourishment of these spiritual powers, the life field of flowers and trees seemed very active, and it was normal that it still did not wither in late autumn.

It's just that this abnormal situation made Liu Che even more suspicious, and at the same time, he was more sure that the pill that Zhou Bufan was refining was indeed extraordinary.

Just dissipated a trace of medicinal power, it can make the surrounding flowers and trees enter late autumn without withering, so the refined elixir is very likely to be the elixir of immortality that can make people immortal.

Therefore, there are more and more Praetorian Guards stationed around the Hou Mansion, and the defense is strict, but it is no worse than the palace.

The reason why he did this was because on the one hand, he was afraid that someone would snatch the elixir that was being refined, and on the other hand, he was afraid that after Zhou Bufan practiced the elixir, he would suddenly leave without saying goodbye with the elixir.

Regarding the increasing number of people outside the Hou Mansion, Zhou Bufan is quite calm, anyway, before the pill is refined, it must be safe, and after it is refined, it will be seen when the time comes.

In the past few months, there have also been a lot of back-ups, although it is definitely not possible to be tough with the imperial court, but if you just want to escape quietly, it is not too difficult.

The refining of the second batch of pills was indeed much smoother, but without the attack of the thousand-year-old demon, the time seemed to be a lot longer, a full month had passed, and forty percent of the impurities had not turned into ashes and receded.

The energy of the space gem had recovered to more than ninety percent, and it had already begun to emit a silver-green glow, and when it was usually in a state of highly static qi training, it could even sense a trace of spatial curvature caused by the space wave emitted outward.

Because it has been relatively quiet for a while recently, with the help of that convenient divine sense, a lot of basic research has been carried out on the curvature of space.

An attempt is being made to construct a formation using talismans and runes, and then to fold the space with the help of this spatial curvature theory.

This matter was originally studied with Grinda in the magic world, and there was a portal technology in the rune array, which involved spatial bending and folding.

It's just that the data at that time was incomplete, and there was no ready-made space wave as a reference for comparison, but now with the space wave released by the space gem as a reference comparison, it feels like a tiger with wings when it is studied.

It's only a matter of time before you figure out the portal technology and formation storage space based on space folding, and as for the materials, you may be able to use your own essence blood as the material for the rune formation.

Although he doesn't have the bloodline of a demon slayer, when he integrates the blood of Jing Yuan to draw rune formations, he can form a fairly stable rune circuit, and his efficiency is even a grade higher than those synthetic formation materials.

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The backyard during the day seems to be particularly deserted, and in recent times, Xia Bing has always gone out to collect some materials and inquire about the situation by the way, while Xiaobai is of course hiding in the room to sleep, and Xiaoqiu and they will also practice in the offering hall during the day.

In the huge backyard, only Zhou Bufan sat alone next to the Dan furnace, of course, occasionally Ruan Yu would also appear, and the greeting of serving tea and pouring water was very thoughtful, but Zhou Bufan had recently put all his thoughts on deducing the rune formation, and basically only responded politely.

What is being deduced is a rune array that can cause spatial bending, to be precise, a combined formation that borrows the spatial bending caused by the interaction of two groups of formations to carry out spatial folding.

Theoretically, this thing could be used as a portal technology, but of course, what is trying to construct now is not a portal technology, but a spatial folding technology that can store items.

If this combination of rune formations is made, it is theoretically possible to cram a large amount of things into a limited window.

For example, the device that is made now is just a piece of ten centimeters in diameter and less than one centimeter in thickness, and theoretically it is possible to stuff an iron rod with a diameter of less than ten centimeters and a length of several meters or even tens of meters......

Of course, this is only a theory at the moment, and it is indeed impossible to accomplish this feat with the current conditions, and the current synthetic magic materials are indeed too poor.

The first experimental device that I tried to make in the past few days, after activating that formation, the spatial curvature caused by it was completely negligible, and even half a millimeter of space could not be expanded.

In fact, I also thought about inlaying the space gem into the device as an energy source for the output of the space wave, but at present, I don't dare to try indiscriminately, lest I have some accidents and cause myself to return to the real world, which will be a big trouble.

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“…… There are a lot more Praetorian Guards outside, not 10,000 but 8,000, isn't Master in a hurry at all? After nightfall, Xia Bing, who returned from going out, did report the discovery as soon as possible.

"What's the use of being in a hurry?"

"Actually, what I want to ask is, is the elixir refined this time even more powerful than the first one!"

"On the contrary, this refining is because there are no thousand-year-old demons to sneak attack, and there is no huge essence energy integrated into the elixir, so the elixir contains much less energy than the first batch."

"Is this batch of pills like those Janissaries rumored, it can rejuvenate people?"

"You also said it was a rumor...... Xia Bing, what do you want to say? ”

"This, Master's batch of pills, can you give me one too?" Xia Bing asked a little embarrassed.

“…… Okay. "Although I really wanted to take all the pills away, I finally agreed after thinking about it.

"My lord, my lord's wrong!" Yue'er suddenly ran out.

"What's wrong?"

"Sister Xiaoqiu is gone."

"Where and when?"

"When I woke up from the silence, Sister Xiaoqiu was gone, this is the letter she left." As he spoke, a letter floated out of the room in the distance and fell into Zhou Bufan's hand.

The content is quite simple, this girl actually went to the Kunlun Mountain Secret Realm to investigate the situation on her own initiative, but the reason was that she wanted to find a few more elixirs for Zhou Bufan.

Because the few elixirs found before were actually found in some small secret realms, and this time Dongfang Shuo mentioned the secret realm, she has also quietly consulted quite a lot of ancient books in the past few days.

Judging from the description in the ancient books, the secret realm in the depths of Kunlun Mountain is quite high-grade, and there is a chance that some very high-grade elixirs can be found.

After reading the letter left by Xiaoqiu, Zhou Bufan really didn't know what to say, and he could only pray that something would happen to Xiaoqiu, but the others were powerless.

“…… My lord, why don't I pick it up? Yue'er whispered.

"It won't help you if you go, it's better to continue practicing Qi cultivation in the mansion with peace of mind, I believe that with Xiaoqiu's ability, it shouldn't be a problem to run away in case of trouble."