"Why?" Sun Li asked, "Is it because I haven't worked hard enough?"

The gray-haired old man shook his head, "It's not about hard work or hard work. ”

"Then why ......"

"Because it's related to strength, your strength is not enough, so you can't learn alchemy. ”

"Huh?" Sun Li frowned.

"Come here. The gray-haired old man said suddenly, and then walked towards the cave, and Sun Li quickly followed.

The gray-haired old man walked all the way to a bronze shelf deep in the cave, then took out a large iron box from it and opened it.

Then, Sun Li found that the inside of the iron box was still an iron box, but it was only one size smaller.

Then the gray-haired old man opened the iron box, which was one size smaller, and inside was an iron box.

The old man opened the iron box again, and inside was a purple wood box.

When the purple wood box is opened, the box inside becomes made of sandalwood.

And inside the sandalwood box is an ice jade box.

Finally, I opened the ice jade box, only to find that there was a long-necked porcelain bottle lying quietly inside.

The old man carefully took out the long-necked porcelain bottle, opened the stopper, handed it to Sun Li, and then said, "You smell it." ”

Sun Li's eyes flashed slightly, and then he leaned up expressionlessly, sniffed hard, and his face changed greatly the next moment.

Sun Li instantly felt as if a giant hammer had hit his head, and the indescribable pain spread throughout his head, making him feel unbearable. And this feeling lasted for three breaths before it slowly disappeared.

By the time everything returned to normal, Sun Li's face had become extremely pale, and he looked at the long-necked porcelain bottle in the old man's hand with a little palpitation, his eyes were solemn, "This is ......"

"This is Dan!" The old man's voice was not loud, but there was a magical magic that made Sun Li feel his heart skipping uncontrollably.

"This is Dan!" Sun Li repeated the old man's words, and the surprise in his heart became indescribable.

"This is an elixir called Tianxiang Xuanyin Pill, the function is to increase people's cultivation, and the medicinal properties are quite mild, but that is also relative. The old man's voice was slightly raised, "Dan is different from medicine, medicine can be taken by anyone, but Dan can't." Dan can only be taken by people in the Naling realm, and people who are out of the realm or who have no cultivation at all can't stand the volatile medicinal power when they smell it, let alone persuade them to use it. Even if you really take it forcibly, there will only be one result, that is, you will explode and die. ”

"So, I said you can't learn, not because you don't work hard enough, it's just because your strength is not enough. You will suffer greatly even if you smell it, so how can you start learning to refine it?"

"But disciple, I want to learn this alchemy. ”

"Then there's only one way, quickly improve your own cultivation, and wait until you are promoted to the Na Ling Realm. ”

"How can I quickly improve my cultivation and be promoted to the Na Ling Realm?"

"There are many ways to do that. The old man said slowly, and then paused slightly, "But the best thing is to go to the Ten Thousand Spider Cave." ”

"Ten Thousand Spider Caves?"

"That's right, Ten Thousand Spider Cave!" the gray-haired old man's tone was a little solemn, "Ten Thousand Spider Cave is a dangerous place in Jinhua Mountain, there are endless demon spiders in it, and entering it to kill demon spiders is the best way to hone oneself and improve one's cultivation. Once you had a senior brother who also encountered the same problem as you, he went to the Ten Thousand Spider Cave, stayed there for a year and eight days, and when he finally came out, he was promoted to the Naling Realm, and then learned alchemy. ”

"What about this senior brother?" Sun Li began.

Then Sun Li saw that the old man's body was obviously shocked, and said with a sigh: "He came down the mountain seven years ago, and now he ...... I don't know if I live or die. ”

Sun Li immediately fell silent.

In fact, from the old man's intentional or unintentional conversation, Sun Li also had a general guess about what happened to this senior brother. This senior brother should be a very proud disciple of the gray-haired old man, but because of some things, he was forced to leave Jinhua Mountain.

"Well, it's useless to talk about the past. In short, if you really want to learn alchemy, then go to the Ten Thousand Spider Cave. ”

"The disciple is willing to go. Sun Li thought for a while and said seriously.

The old man nodded without any surprise, and then waved his hand into the depths of the cave, "Get ready, you can go at any time, just don't forget to come back at night." After all, I taught you alchemy just to give me a hand and save some effort. ”

"Yes, the disciple wrote it down. Sun Li said in a deep voice, watching the old man walk away step by step, and finally disappeared into a compartment deep in the cave.

Sun Li retracted his gaze, turned around and walked into the cave, which the old man had specially cleaned out for himself.

The compartment is not large, only a little more than a zhang in circumference, a stone bed takes up most of the space, and some simple living utensils are placed around it.

Sun Li gently glanced at his cubicle, then walked to the corner, borrowed a wooden basin, and began to wash his hands and face.

Sun Li washed very carefully, washed very carefully, and did not stop until the washing could no longer be clean, and then looked at the faces reflected in the wooden basin in a daze.

It was a bland face, a little pale because it hadn't seen sunlight for a long time.

And because of more than a month of hard study, the whole face has become very thin, and the lines on it have lost their softness and become sharp, like the edges and corners of a craggy rock.

Sun Li looked at himself in the water intently, and after a long while, he sighed faintly, "Alas." ”

The sigh is soft, and it dissipates quickly.

After the sound of sighing completely disappeared, Sun Li had already taken off his clothes that had not been washed for several days, changed into a strong suit suitable for battle, and then put on a gray disciple's robe outside, and quickly walked out of the cave with a long sword.

Crisp, sharp and decisive.

The sun was scorching outside the cave, which made Sun Li, who had not been out of the cave for more than a month, feel very uncomfortable for a while, and couldn't help but squint his eyes. But the steps under his feet did not stop, and he walked quickly in one direction, until the Ten Thousand Spider Cave appeared in front of him.

Jinhua Mountain, Ten Thousand Spider Caves!

As the name suggests, the Ten Thousand Spider Cave is a huge and incomparably large cave, and it is hard to believe that until now, the people of Jinhua Mountain have not found out how many layers the cave has.

And inside is rich in all kinds of demon spiders, which are endlessly killed and destroyed. Since the establishment of the Jinhua Mountain faction, there have been disciples who have entered it to hone and hone, and it has been hundreds of years now, and the number of demon spiders killed is definitely an astronomical number, but the number of demon spiders in the Ten Thousand Spider Cave has never decreased.

Therefore, this has also become a very famous place in Jinhua Mountain, where almost all disciples will come here when they encounter a bottleneck and look for opportunities to break through through battles.

As a result, this Ten Thousand Spider Cave has also become the most lively place in Jinhua Mountain.

At this moment, I saw that in front of this Ten Thousand Spider Caves, there were all Jinhua Mountain disciples coming and going, some were outer disciples wearing gray robes, some were inner disciples wearing blue robes, and some were elite disciples wearing blue robes.

Some of them had a little nervousness and eagerness on their faces, they were newcomers who had come to the Ten Thousand Spider Cave for the first time.

There are also some people with a bit of solemnity and caution on their faces, this is the old fritter who has come to the Ten Thousand Spider Cave for trials many times.

The last few people have large and small injuries on their bodies, these are the trialists who have just come out of the Ten Thousand Spider Cave.

These people who have just walked out of the Ten Thousand Spider Cave are all on the verge of life and death, and they all have a bad spirit in their gestures, and of course, there is also a joy that is not covered up.

I saw one after another, walked to a stone wall not far from the Ten Thousand Spider Caves, and then took out large or small cloth bags and handed them to a middle-aged man.