The Yuan Shi Sword Sect, when the Qitang rose, added a huge spiritual stone mine, which was really a sign of the great prosperity of the sect.

Therefore, on the basis of a steady supply of resources, the sect has increased the cultivation of more than 300 inner disciples. As a result, in less than two months, more than 20 people stood out and became the best among their peers. Among them, there are Zhixu, Jianzhang, and Wu Xiaoxian, and the most eye-catching is Huo Qinglu from Jinxia Peak.

Huo Qinglu, a girl who is impressed by even the elders of the sect in terms of alchemy talent. Such a genius will naturally not be buried. Because of this, she was directly accepted by Elder Hanzhu of Jinxia Peak as her first disciple and became a dazzling star of tomorrow.

After this vigorous cultivation, the Council of Elders comprehensively weighed and evaluated the "first batch" of the twenty-eighth generation of inheritors, and finally identified a large list of forty-five people. The competition for places on the list is actually a sect infighting without gunsmoke. At the end of the list, a name is added and deleted over and over again. In the end, it ended in deletion.

That's Dugu Hexuan!

It's just that after the list was confirmed, Dugu Hexuan got a "title" - the chief disciple of the Yellow Academy!

Time is like an arrow, and it is September in a blink of an eye. The atmosphere on the entire Huang Ting Peak was extremely lively, and one after another, unfamiliar new faces appeared here. The very perfect "self-renewal" mechanism of the giant family fundamentally ensures the continuous generation and continuous file of talents, which can indeed be precipitated overnight.

However, these major sect events are just like that for marginal figures.

Dugu Hexuan, although he had cultivated the first level of the Cihang Nine Styles "Pure Yang Xuanming Sword Technique" when he was in the second level of the Qing Spirit Realm, although he showed outstanding talent in refining weapons, in the end, he still got nothing and had nothing. originally thought that he had found a reliable "ally", and the elixir in the future had been settled, but who knew that on the second day of the rise of others, he broke off contact with himself.

Reality is cruel and cruel.

Even though he has been accustomed to seeing the warmth and coldness of the world since he was a child, time has passed, and his empathy at this time has a "new taste". What should I do? Defeat the people who give me cold eyes by legitimate means, and create my own stage? Or do you have to get by, and continue to be the marginal figure who is unknown? Dugu Hexuan asked himself repeatedly, weighing the current situation, as if his every road was blocked by someone.

Fortunately, there is no endless road. At this delicate moment, Yuan Shifeng, who managed himself, extended a "helping hand".

On this day, it was the third day of the ninth month, and Elder Yuanyu took Dugu Hexuan to a side room in the treasure hall.

He asked straight to the point: "Senior Nephew Hexuan, the sect has treasure refining, alchemy, beast taming, refining arrays, refining tools, and poetry and books, which one do you want to cultivate?"

Dugu Hexuan asked: "Refining treasures and poetry books, what do you mean?"

"Weapons belong to treasures, and treasures are not all instruments. Poetry and books refer to things like excerpts from the 'study hall'. ”

"Alchemy!" Dugu Hexuan replied without thinking, "I want to defeat Huo Qinglu!"

"Huh?" Yuan Yu frowned and said, "Ten monks and nine alchemists. Your choice makes sense. It's just that the way of alchemy is so difficult that it is extremely difficult to succeed. Among the millions of alchemists, there are often less than 100 people who can break through to the fourth rank of the Dan master. Hexuan, do you know the length and width of the Yuanming Immortal Road?"

"Thirty-three zhang long and nine zhang wide. However, from the Yuan Ming List to the east, the sect seems to be expanding vigorously. ”

"Yes, your future alchemy path is equivalent to paving a road thirty-three zhang long and nine zhang wide with spirit stones. The thickness of the spirit stones on this avenue is what you can achieve. Yuanyu smiled faintly and said, "Are you afraid?"

"Don't be afraid!" Dugu Hexuan said resolutely: "Although thousands of people are going to me!"

"Having a strong mind is a good start. Yuanyu took out a scroll of silk silk and said: "This sutra is called 'Qing Capsule Sutra', which is written by a great sage of the human race in the last days of the primeval times, which completely contains the Danfang of twelve different grades from one product to the Tai Rank. By chance, it was obtained by an ancestor in the third generation of the sect. Because there are only Dan recipes in the scriptures, there is no Dan recipe, so it is extremely difficult to refine. Under the intensive research of the predecessors of many sects, it was determined that the elixir in this sutra was far inferior to the alchemy avenue of Taihua and Jinxia. Therefore, this scripture is only stored in the treasure hall, and no one cares about it. With the special gift of my brother, I have decided to pass on this book to you. In the future, you will have to keep it for a good time. ”

"Uncle Shi, is it really that difficult?" asked after taking the silk scroll. Dugu Hexuan understood that if it was really an important secret book, it would not be possible to give it to himself.

"It's really hard. The spiritual materials required by the Danfang recorded in this silk scroll are only the first and second grades in the Hongmeng realm, and the third grade and above have long been extinct, or they do not exist in this realm. The predecessors of the sect have passed down some experiences, and if you want to refine the elixir in this silk scroll, you must 'first easy and then difficult', 'clear the customs first, and then advance'. "Yuanyu will pick out one or two other things related to this Danshu to Dugu Hexuan.

"Thank you Uncle for your teachings!" Dugu Hexuan was polite and thanked Elder Yuanyu.

"Senior Nephew Hexuan, you are a smart child, after experiencing the incident in the Qitang, you must have understood many potential rules in the sect. Uncle Shi didn't say anything more. In the future, if you really go through alchemy, then the most basic Dan furnace, all kinds of spiritual materials, etc., will have to be obtained by yourself. ”

"Juniors understand!" Dugu Hexuan got up and said goodbye. In the treasure hall and the two major Dan halls, he purchased a complete Dan furnace, the salary of the furnace fire, etc., and then purchased more than ten kinds of alchemy spiritual materials, and returned to the house early.

In the following days, it was nothing more than devoting excess energy to alchemy in addition to the arduous cultivation. Dugu Hexuan relied on his own wisdom to understand each of the first-grade pills, and then relied on his own continuous supply of spirit stones to refine it repeatedly until the quality was the best.

In a trance, half a moon passed quietly. Dugu Hexuan had already mastered the refining know-how of the three first-grade elixirs. And these elixirs were all eaten by themselves, but there was no effect at all. Sometimes, Dugu Hexuan himself wondered if he was really not suitable for cultivation. It stands to reason that with so many elixirs, even if it is a pig, it is possible to become a pig who has attained the Tao.

"What secrets do I have?"

This question has occupied Dugu Hexuan's entire mind. I searched through my memories and couldn't find any clues. Grandpa and Daddy, as well as the group of old men, never mentioned half a word. It was as if that group of people silently handed over the answers to all the mysteries to him, and he personally revealed the truth.

The elixir is the best aid to cultivation, and it is a powerful guarantee to assist monks to break through the bottleneck of cultivation. However, when Dugu Hexuan encountered the bottleneck of breaking through from the second to the third of the Qing Spirit Realm, it was the same whether there was a spirit pill or not, and even that bottleneck was invisible and indelible, but it really existed and hindered.

"I really can't feed you?"

Dugu Hexuan's stubborn face showed the belief of "not believing in evil". Therefore, this kind of ruthless blow made him strengthen his belief in alchemy. As a result, he was in a state of "madness", a state of complete loss of "reason". A large number of spirit stones are replaced with spirit materials, and the spirit materials are refined into spirit pills, and the spirit pills are devoured by mysterious things in the body, and such things circulate indefinitely.

Time flies, and another two months have passed in the blink of an eye.

On this day, night fell, and the galaxy was bright. Huang Tingfeng's heavenly courtyard, earthly courtyard, and Xuanyuan became more and more lively, laughing and scolding, chasing and fighting, endlessly. And on a hillside not far from the Yellow Courtyard, a lonely figure stood in the wind. After cultivating for nearly a year, the sect gave pills to cultivate before and after, and he accumulated a large number of spiritual materials, but he was still stagnant in the double realm of Qingling. Anyone understands what that means.

Dugu Hexuan raised his eyes to look up at the starry sky, and a bright star was reflected in his eyes, causing a circle of light ripples. Time is long, the years are silent, and the strong do not believe in tears. Looking at the north in the vast night, a pair of resolute eyes are full of longing. A voice shouted in his ear, roaring, reminding Dugu Hexuan not to forget his sacred mission. After returning to the house, he ate the newly refined first-grade elixir, habitually lay on the bed and meditated, and orderly comprehended the bits and pieces taught by a group of people.

Suddenly, the spiritual aperture between the eyebrows heated, and a touch of emerald green slowly appeared. Suddenly, Dugu Hexuan's soul gradually became ethereal, and he had no place to return. A trace of "roots" slowly grew in the spiritual aperture, absorbing the spiritual power scattered in the meridians throughout the body. With the nourishment of spiritual power, this "root" began to spread to the depths of the spiritual aperture, looking for a place to take root.

The powerful life force in the "roots" traction and channeling the blocked tendons and veins, expanding the veins and nodules of uneven thickness, and tearing apart the strong and horizontal body after the spiritual power forging. The spiritual power accumulated for nearly a year dried up quickly. The muscles and veins and the body are reshaped, because of the lack of spiritual power, it seems to be dry and cracked into thousands of holes, and the muscles and veins will be broken at any time, and the skin will be cracked, and its danger is like a thousand shots.

Suddenly, a "clear spring" suddenly appeared in the Jade Mansion, like a "well of living water", which was endless, filling in the midst of thousands of holes. All the scars were quickly repaired. The "roots" seemed to sense this powerful and abundant spiritual power, and began to share and absorb it. After obtaining new resources, the spread of the "roots" gradually accelerated, penetrating deep into the spiritual aura. At the same time, the souls that have no place to return begin to be active again, drifting in the direction of the spread of the roots, searching.

Under the development of the powerful power of "Roots", a jade bi gradually appeared in Dugu Hexuan's mind, as if it was an isolated ethereal mirror. The roots sense its presence and want to take root in it. The soul is also aware of its presence, and wants to enter it as a attachment to explore the powerful elemental power within it.

Just as the roots advanced to the place where they could reach each other, the "clear spring" suddenly disappeared, and the roots instantly lost the source of power to move forward. After a violent concussion, he barely leaned against the edge of the area, unable to enter it again. Perhaps because of the "invasion" of the roots, the ethereal mirror emitted a powerful rebound force, shaking the soul open. The "booming" thunderclap in his head sounded continuously, and Dugu Hexuan only felt that his head was about to explode, and his soul wanted to get out of his body.

In the endless pain and torture, Dugu Hexuan's endurance had exceeded the limit, and the whole person fell asleep groggy. When I woke up, everything was back to normal, and I was so energetic.

After sobering up a little, Dugu Hexuan meditated cross-legged and looked at himself. The spiritual power that spreads all over the body is purer and more abundant, and it is obvious that it is to break through the bottleneck and reach the third realm of the Pure Spirit Realm. There is a looming "root" in the spiritual aperture, which has no source, no roots, and is just quietly horizontal into the depths of the spiritual aperture. Thinking about the situation last night for a long time, the "clear spring", the ethereal mirror, is so clear, it is so unpredictable.

Suddenly, the root began to tremble violently, as if something wanted to break free from its confinement and shackles, and soared into the sky.