Chapter 18: Cloud Surge

At night, people who have worked all day walk out of their homes, and Shangling, a huge city, becomes lively again.

Joy, lightness, boredom, anger, sadness, jealousy, resentment......

Countless emotions drifting in the noisy air.

With the Danhui Square in front of the palace as the core, a huge array covering most of the Shang Ling was quietly moving.

This endless power of emotion, sorrow or joy, under the guidance of a certain force of the great array, flowed from the air to the ground little by little, like a stream that merges into the ocean, silently, without a trace of dissonant fluctuations.

It ends at Danhui Square.

Streams of emotions converge here, turning into a sea of emotions, with churning waves and storms.

In the middle of the ocean, there is a huge eddy, black and unfathomable, as if connected to a mysterious realm.

At the other end, it is a temple-like megalithic building!

This is a place to worship the heavens and ancestors, and every new emperor will come to worship the heavens and the earth after ascending the throne and announce the establishment of his rule. After that, on the first day of each year, the royal family and the fifty major surnames also came here to worship their ancestors.

The huge statue on the outside of the building is the founder of the Qing Dynasty and several heroes of the world.

No one would have thought that this holy place would now become a hideout for evil!

In the darkness, a pair of eyes slowly opened.

Chaos, turbid, unfathomable.

…………… Divide............ Cut............ Line...............

The next day, Zhang Shen unsurprisingly received the news of passing the second round of Dan Meeting.

"Master, please." The guards behaved more respectfully than they had done in the previous two days.

There are only five alchemists who are qualified to participate in the third round of the Dan Meeting, and the level of these five people can be imagined.

The five alchemists, including Zhang Shen, were given a very grand reception, and the old emperor Yao Zhen, the ministers, and the high-ranking officials of the fifty surnames were all present, and they were more polite than the other.

After the greetings, the five of them began to take turns to examine the old emperor's body.

There is still a saying in secular medical theory that "the right medicine is prescribed for the case", and there are naturally similar theories in alchemy.

The Qing Guo doctor pays attention to seeing and hearing when diagnosing diseases, while the alchemist is much simpler, directly using his thoughts to perceive the flow of blood and qi in the patient's body, the balance of the five elements of yin and yang, and so on, so as to refine the corresponding elixir.

Zhang Shen followed the local customs, and his fingers lightly rested on Yao Zhen's outstretched wrist.

The powerful spiritual power gushed out, and the moment it entered Yao Zhen's body, it behaved like a tame sheep, so as not to affect his already weak physique.

"I'll go ......" The spiritual power turned around in Yao Zhen's body, Zhang Shen was startled, and then, a strange feeling of admiration arose, "Yin and Yang are out of balance, and the qi of the five elements is depleted......"

If the five elements of qi in a normal human body are compared to ten, Yao Zhen only has two or three in his body!

The direct manifestation of the deficiency of the Qi of the Five Elements is the failure of the organs in the body and the inability to perform normal functions.

Under normal circumstances, the Qi of the Five Elements had failed to such an extent, and coupled with the almost complete imbalance of Yin and Yang, it would have been fated a long time ago. Yao Zhen has been able to survive until now, and it is also the result of constantly taking precious pills.

Sure enough, the medicine can't be stopped.

While deserting and turning strange thoughts, Zhang Shen's movements did not pause, and after roughly understanding the situation in Yao Zhen's body, his spiritual power was further subdivided, divided into wisps, and carefully investigated the state of his internal organs.

About the tea effort, Zhang Shen let go of his hand.

"Master, how is Lone's condition?" Yao Zhen suddenly spoke, majesty and solemnity could not hide the fatigue and weakness left by time, and those deep and wise eyes revealed a deep fear of death and endless attachment to life.

The strong emotions made Zhang Shen's expression move and his heart was dizzy.

Zhang Shen was the third person to examine his body, and it was also the first time Yao Zhen spoke. What was the result of the first two rounds of Dan Meeting, Yao Zhen was very concerned and clear, so he knew that his "delusion" of continuing his life would fall on the person in front of him nine times out of ten.

"I do my best." After a few turns of thought, Zhang Shen left a sentence that was neither salty nor light.

The next moment, the deep dead silence and endless despair flashed in Yao Zhen's eyes.

The emperor's mind is exquisite, and he does not show his appearance in front of others, so that no one can guess his true thoughts. Therefore, this emotion, in a flash, is very secretive.

Zhang Shen keenly captured this ray of light.

In a trance, pictures flashed through my mind.

The fear of ordinary people facing the threat of zombies and alien beasts......

In the face of the overwhelming spiders, the cries of the people of Rogue ......

The despair of people who can't get on the boat and can only wait quietly for death......

The powerlessness of the residents of Hina, who can only watch the giants devour their relatives and friends......

As if thunder fell, Zhang Shen's body stiffened, his thoughts were like a tide, and the angry waves were rolling.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, it's no problem."

After a few seconds, Zhang Shen spoke slowly, his tone firm.

The old emperor was stunned for a moment, and then, in ecstasy, the old body trembled slightly.

"Uh-huh, then, leave everything to the master." Taking a deep breath and trying to calm his excitement, Yao Zhen bowed to Zhang Shen gratefully.

The hall was full of civil and martial arts, fifty surnames, alchemists, with expressions and thoughts, and for a while, the strange atmosphere was full of four voids.

Zhang Shen turned a blind eye to the various lines of sight that crossed his body from time to time, and the old god returned to his seat on the ground and began to think about what kind of elixir to refine to make up for the depleted Five Elements Qi in Yao Zhen's body and restore the balance of yin and yang.

He didn't know that just when his mind was surging, in the darkness in the depths of the ancestral temple, two points of essence flashed away.

In the darkness, there was a faint snort of doubt.

…………

Under the leadership of the eldest prince Yao Ling, Zhang Shen and the five went to the inner treasury of the palace.

It has been hundreds of years since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, hundreds of years of accumulation of more than ten generations, and how many rare treasures are stored in the inner treasury of the palace.

To put it bluntly, it's to bang luck.

Of course, the management of the inner treasury of the imperial palace cannot be so deserted, and the only things that really need to try their luck are a small number of things that are not currently in the record.

The inner treasury of the palace, plus the treasure house of fifty surnames, is almost equivalent to the accumulation of hundreds of years in a country, and in these two days, all of them are open to Zhang Shen and the five people!

Although it is limited to the alchemy raw materials, it is also quite amazing.

This is also the reason why a Dan Society can attract so many alchemists.

With a somewhat piercing "buzzing" sound, the door made of copper and iron slowly opened.

The extremely rich medicinal gas is rushing to the face!

It was as if he had fallen into the ocean in an instant, and in all directions, all the seawater was full of medicinal gas, and it was pervasive.

Not!

The other four alchemists let out a muffled snort in unison, and were slightly injured by the impact of the chaotic heaven and earth aura that suddenly appeared. Zhang Shen's face was also a little pale, but fortunately, he restrained his thoughts in time to avoid embarrassment.

With a turn of his eyes, Zhang Shen noticed that a flash of schadenfreude flashed in the eyes of the eldest prince Yao Ling, who seemed to have known it for a long time, but he didn't say it, he wanted to see the jokes of a few people.

"Even if there is no one on his side among the five alchemists who have entered the third round, as the eldest prince, he will not make such a small move...... His heart is a little weird! ”

No matter what kind of elixir the five alchemists finally refined, it would not affect their status in the next few decades. As the eldest prince, even if he can't be the emperor, if he makes such a small move at this time, if he is found out and offends five people, most of the future will not be easy.

As a great prince who has received education in power since childhood, how could he be naïve to this extent?

It's really puzzling!

"Could it be that this also has something to do with the person behind the scenes? If that's the case, then the task given to me by Elder Yu is really a hot potato that is not simple......"

With doubtful thoughts, Zhang Shen and the other five alchemists raised their feet and stepped into this huge treasure house.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it's another day.

Zhang Shen selected more than 30 kinds of treasures from the inner treasury of the palace, and the fifty surnames also sent the remaining several treasures, and here, the raw materials for refining the pill were collected this time.

Most of the other alchemists still had the intention of taking more to refine other pills, but Zhang Shen didn't have this idea.

For him, the precious herbs of this world, in the Great Will of Space, can be exchanged for a large cart for a few hundred universal points.

Moreover, he came to this world for the purpose of alchemy and alchemy, refining pills, and just a "head" in his spare time.

Among the materials selected by Zhang Shen, there are three very rare, and so far, he has only gathered a little more than one raw material, that is to say, he can only succeed in alchemy this time, and cannot fail!

In order to avoid being disturbed by external factors, he also moved to a quiet manor arranged by the old emperor.

In the spacious and bright dojo, Zhang Shen was checking a total of forty-three alchemy raw materials for the last time.

The prototype of the elixir he refined was called "Qi Ling", and its effect was also to replenish the five elements of qi that was missing in the human body and balance the yin and yang in the body. Zhang Shen made a few changes to the physical condition of the old emperor Yao Zhen.

After confirming that it was correct, Zhang Shen drew a refining array on the ground.

That's right, it's the alchemy formation array!

Forge into a formation and start!!

In the silver electric light, the plant minerals in the array began to condense at a speed visible to the naked eye!

At the same time of shrinkage, the useless part of the dust generally peels off from the surface layer and disappears.

After more than ten minutes, Zhang Shen stopped refining the formation, and when he looked closely, the items in the formation had changed their appearance and changed greatly.

Originally, more than forty kinds of raw materials were placed on the refining array, which looked a little messy. Today, these objects seem to have been illuminated by a shrunken lamp, and they have become quite miniaturized, the largest of which is no larger than a fist.

Moreover, the color of each ingredient becomes quite pure, and even if there are several colors mixed, it gives people a natural beauty.

This is the product of Zhang Shen's use of alchemy to refine and condense them.

Next, it's the alchemy method.

Zhang Shen's mind moved, and his strong spiritual power came out of his body.

In a moment, a thick medicinal qi that was almost visible to the naked eye floated around the room, whistling and whistling.

Immediately, he unleashed a wisp of spiritual power and turned into a sharp blade, cutting a small piece from each refined raw material, crushing and blending it into a round Dan Yin.

The thought moved again, and the medicinal qi that galloped away like a wild horse began to converge towards the elixir.

Zhang Shen held his breath and concentrated, concentrating all his energy to control the movement, compression, entanglement, and fusion of each wisp of medicinal qi.

Time passed minute by minute, and fine beads of sweat gradually appeared on Zhang Shen's forehead.

Finally!

The brilliance flashed, and the stagnant atmosphere converged for a while.

Dan, it's done!!

Looking at the crystal bead-like elixir in his hand, Zhang Shen smiled slightly:

"Your formation is a combination of the essence of alchemy and alchemy, then, let's call you—"

"Life One!"