Chapter Twenty-Five: Two Years
Two days later, Yu Xiao returned to the Chiyuan Mountain Range, and he didn't encounter any trouble along the way, and the experience of leaving the sect for the first time was not bad.
On the way back to Yewang Peak, he happened to bump into Ma Wenliang, Wei Kang and Yang Shiping from Luoxia Peak, they were talking and laughing, their faces were full of envy, and they didn't know what happy things they encountered.
"Yu Daoyou, it's been a long time, have you come back from your errands?" Ma Wenliang has obviously seen the transmission note left by Yu Xiao, and he has been out of the sect for more than half a month, although it has not been a long time, but if you calculate carefully, they have not seen each other for two months.
"Well, it's done." Yu Xiao nodded and asked rhetorically, "Looking at the appearance of the three Taoist friends, they must have drunk a more wonderful immortal brew than Narcissus Elixir." ”
"Neither nor not!" Wei Kang shook his head and explained rather mysteriously, "Do you know what day it is? ”
"What day? Is something terrible going to happen to the Floating Light Sect? Yu Xiao held his chin and thought about it, and he didn't gain anything from thinking about it.
At this time, Yang Shiping took over the words and smiled: "Yu Daoyou, you have been either in retreat or gone out for the past two months, the news is naturally relatively closed, today is our Luoxia Peak Senior Sister Luo Huan's foundation building ceremony, but unfortunately you are late, the foundation building ceremony has ended, Yu Daoyou is afraid that there is no chance to witness Senior Sister Luo Huan's demeanor." ”
"Oh, the foundation building ceremony, I thought something was going on." Yu Xiao shook his head nonchalantly, obviously not interested in what they said about Senior Sister Luo Huan at all, and even had no impression at all.
After all, there are so many disciples in the Fuguang Sect, and there are also Zhuji disciples above the room, and he rarely walks around the sect in general, let alone asks about Senior Sister Luo Huan.
Ma Wenliang and the three of them were completely different, and they seemed to be still immersed in the end of the foundation building ceremony, and invited together: "Yu Daoyou, although you don't have the opportunity to witness it with your own eyes, you can listen to us talk about today's wonderful scene, why don't you go to the cave of Jiuyi Jushi together, how about we drink and talk?" ”
"Well, forget it, I just returned to the sect, and I still have a lot of things to deal with, and I don't know if there are any powerful demon beasts in Night King Peak during this time." Yu Xiao refused.
"Okay, then we'll talk another day!" Ma Wenliang nodded, and did not force it, and the three of them left together.
Back at Night King Peak, Yu Xiao inspected the surrounding mountains, everything was as usual, and soon entered cultivation.
On this day, he sat cross-legged in the cave mansion, holding a crystal bottle the size of a baby's fist in his hand, which was the spirit storage bottle that Elder Zhong gave him when he went to the Dantang Alchemy Academy a year ago.
As early as half a year ago, he used his mana to fill this spirit storage bottle, and since then he has been silent in his storage bag.
Now that a year has passed, and Elder Zhong's appointed date has come, he naturally does not dare to disobey an elder's decision, thinking that he has to go to the Alchemy Academy.
In fact, he had already studied that spirit storage bottle, there was really nothing peculiar, except for the mana that could be stored injected, there was no other use, he was just curious, what Elder Zhong was using his mana for.
When he came to the Luoxia Peak Alchemy Academy, Yu Xiao understood his intentions, and a disciple pointed out to him the second-story attic in the depths, signaling him to go there to find Elder Zhong.
After a short walk, in front of a Qingshui attic, Yu Xiao saw Elder Zhong again.
However, at this time, Elder Zhong seemed to have something to do, and a woman in green clothes was half-kneeling on the ground not far from him, hanging her head, unable to see her face, only a back.
"Luo Huan, I won't refine the corpse pill for you, unless you let your master Zixu come to me in person, or the head of Luoxia Peak speaks." Elder Zhong calmly studied the Danpu in front of him, and did not look up at the kneeling woman in front of him from beginning to end.
"Well, she's Senior Sister Luo?" Yu Xiao stood not far away, looking at the delicate back, and was very curious in his heart, what kind of elixir was the corpse pill, which could actually make a disciple who had just completed the foundation building ceremony come to Elder Zhong to refine it, and Elder Zhong still didn't like her at all.
Perhaps it was Elder Zhong who noticed Yu Xiao, he finally raised his head, glanced at Luo Huan, and then said slowly, "Is the Spirit Storage Bottle full?" ”
Yu Xiao knew that Elder Zhong's words were meant to him, and hurriedly stepped forward and handed over the spirit storage bottle: "Elder Hui's words have been filled." ”
"Yes, you're doing a great job." Elder Zhong nodded and replied with great satisfaction, "Say, what reward do you want?" ”
He is not short of pills now, let alone spirit stones, after hesitating for a moment, Yu Xiao suddenly thought of something, and replied in a deep voice: "The disciple has the courage to ask the elder for a solid life pill. ”
Since hearing Wei Kang's words, Yu Xiao has no idea whether he can successfully build a foundation in the future, although the Solid Life Pill cannot help him build a foundation, but it can increase his life span by thirty years.
For monks in the Qi refining period, the length of longevity will directly determine the number of times the monk attacks the foundation building period.
This kind of elixir may be relatively rare for loose cultivation in the outside world, but in the Fuguang Sect, Zixu Zhenren can take it out casually to reward disciples, which can be seen that it is not uncommon.
Making such a request was not only reasonable, but it would not make Elder Zhong feel excessive.
Sure enough, Elder Zhong didn't even hesitate for a moment, and directly took out a small vial and threw it to him, which was a solid life pill.
"Thank you, Elder, disciple retires!" Yu Xiao happily accepted the pill and retreated without stopping, as for whether Senior Sister Luo Huan asked for the pill in the follow-up, it was not something he could manage.
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There is no cold and heat in the fairy family, winter goes to spring and comes again, time is in a hurry, and two years have passed in a blink of an eye.
Night King Peak, Yu Xiao's cave mansion, after two years of expansion, he also doubled the size of his residence, added a little decoration, and looked unique.
Now that the aura on his body is much thicker than two years ago, as early as six months ago, he had already broken through the fifth layer of qi refining, and he was one step closer to the threshold of the seventh layer of qi refining disciples.
This is the ninth year that he has entered the Floating Light Sect, and the third year since he became a disciple of the Mountain Guard.
Just as Ma Wenliang said, there are really not many people willing to do this kind of chores like the disciples of the mountain guard, and they only need to move their tongues slightly, and those disciples who are on duty on the rotating task will dispel the idea of rotation, and Yu Xiao will easily continue to be re-elected, and he has done it until now.
At this moment, his consciousness is in the Immortal Mansion on the clouds.
The spirit field where the Spirit Grass was originally planted was still planted with Spirit Grass, but after Yu Xiao broke through the fifth layer of Qi Refining, these Spirit Grass had changed several times, and now it was the sixth batch.
Because he had already begun to try to refine the Qi Extraction Pill, it was a process that required continuous accumulation of experience and lessons from failure, and it might be prohibitive for many people to get started.
It's really a bottomless pit for the early investment, if it weren't for the support of the Cloud Immortal Mansion, Yu Xiao wouldn't be able to hold on at all.
The Jiling grass he harvested each time was about 100 plants, and there were more than 500 plants in the five crops.
To refine a furnace of Qi Extraction Pill, it takes about five to six Cultivation Spirit Grasses, and usually produces about ten finished pills.
Before refining the Qi Extraction Pill, he had carefully studied the content of the alchemy part of the "Six Arts Miscellaneous Book", and even so, when he tried, he still failed to the point of almost breaking down.
Because in the process of refining, every step needs to be carefully controlled, and the slightest carelessness will fail.
He tried to refine a total of 100 furnaces of Qi Extraction Pill, the first thirty furnaces all failed without exception, and the back started, and slowly improved, and the middle thirty furnaces, the failure rate was still far greater than the success rate, and even if it was refined, the quality of the Qi Extraction Pill was also very average.
In the later thirty furnaces, Yu Xiao had accurately grasped the heat and timing to every point, which greatly improved the success rate of alchemy.
Now, when he was refining the Qi Extraction Pill, there would only be a failure rate of one furnace in ten furnaces at most, and it was still in the case of distraction or interference, otherwise it would be impossible to fail.
If the probability of failure is too high, it can only mean that you have not practiced enough and have summarized too few experiences and lessons.
Alchemy is like walking a different dark path with no lights and many traps and potholes, and the Qi Extraction Pill is just one of them, and in a hundred attempts, he has walked every corner of this path, seen all the potholes and traps, and knows how to avoid and deal with them.
As he walked this path over and over again, over time, he could complete it with his eyes closed.
Even if something unexpected happens in the middle, he can deal with it accordingly based on past experience and lessons.
Otherwise, the older the alchemists, the easier it is to refine complex pills, and that is all the experience accumulated through continuous attempts.
On the road of alchemy, there is no talent, it is nothing more than the handy after practice makes perfect.