Chapter 228: Qingyuan Miaodan Method reaches minor accomplishment, consuming Qi-Harmonizing Elixir

Time flies like a shuttle, the prime of youth passes in a flash.

Looking back, a year has already gone by.

In the warm yet quiet meditation room.

Luo Chen held his breath and focused his attention, staring intently into his vast dantian.

A vortex was spinning at high speed.

As his spiritual sense withdrew, the rotation speed of the vortex became slower and slower.

He carefully controlled the rhythm of his spiritual sense's withdrawal.

"If the Qingyuan Miaodan Method is to reach minor accomplishment, it must operate autonomously without the control of spiritual sense."

"Only in this way can it effectively inhibit the production of elixir toxins."

"After a year of effort, whether it succeeds or fails depends on today."

Thoughts flickered in his mind; he hesitated no longer and completely withdrew his spiritual sense.

In that instant, the vortex, which had weakened to the extreme and slowed to the extreme, paused.

It seemed as if it were about to dissipate.

Hum!

Seemingly accustomed to the presence of this vortex in the dantian, just as it was about to dissipate, a drop of pure spiritual liquid dripped into it.

At this very moment, the stalled vortex began to rotate slowly once more.

It drew the surrounding stray spiritual energy into itself.

Seeing this scene, Luo Chen finally let out a sigh of relief.

"It's done!"

"The Qingyuan Miaodan Method has reached minor accomplishment; from now on, I can continue to consume elixirs for cultivation."

He did not rush to test it with an elixir.

He was waiting for this small vortex to fully take shape; at this moment, it was still in its nascent stage and very fragile.

With nothing to do, Luo Chen opened his attribute panel.

【Lifespan: 36/160】

【Spirit Root: Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth】

【Realm: Foundation Establishment Second Layer 4/100】

【Cultivation Method: Yi Wood Medicine King Scripture Perfect 47/100, Mingshen Posha Grandmaster 01/1000, Myriad Beast Scripture 10/100】

【Spells: Second Tier: Mountain Collapse Proficient 10/100, Glazed Sky Curtain Proficient 10/100】

【First Tier: Healing Spell Grandmaster 700/1000, Earth Mountain Spell Perfect 40/100, Billowing Wave Spell Perfect 40/100, Sound Insulation Spell Perfect 31/100, Soul-Stunning Spell Mastery 70/300, Great Perfection Spells (Click to view details)】

【Elixir Arts: Great Perfection Zheyu Hand, Suxin Hand Grandmaster 13/1000, Huanxi Hand Proficient 170/1000, Huayun Hand Proficient 141/1000, Qingyuan Miaodan Method Mastery 01/300】

【Wu Gong: Mountain Opening Tablet Breaking Palm Great Perfection, Heavenly Maiden Scattering Flowers Perfect 400/1000, Wang Family Secret Manual Entry 89/100】

【Skills: Second Tier Alchemist: Grain Bigu Powder Great Perfection, Zhongmiao Pill Great Perfection, Jade Marrow Pill Great Perfection, Blood Burning Pill Mastery 04/300, Tongyou Pill Proficient 107/1000, Dilium Jiang Entry 3/100】

【Achievement Points: 10】

He glanced at his lifespan; unsurprisingly, he was now thirty-six years old.

Luo Chen was about to look at the next entry, but his gaze paused.

"160——165"

"My maximum lifespan has increased by five years?"

"Strange, I haven't broken through to a new realm, have I?"

Amidst his confusion, Luo Chen suddenly had a realization.

That's it!

It must be the chain reaction triggered by the Qingyuan Miaodan Method reaching the mastery level of proficiency, which is minor accomplishment.

The dantian must not be defiled, how can the Dao foundation tolerate filth?

Returning to nothingness has no early or late, dissolving toxins requires a clear source.

This elixir art is not just as simple as dissolving elixir toxins.

Through long-term cultivation, it can also actively expel impurities from the body, making the cultivator's body increasingly pure and clean.

It vaguely leads to the concept of "flawlessness."

In this way, with a healthier body, one can naturally live a few years longer.

Luo Chen couldn't help but reveal a smile.

This elixir art is quite good; it detoxifies and beautifies. Over the past year, his skin has improved significantly.

When he was younger, because he refined elixirs every day, hovering in front of the stove and fire pit, his complexion tended to be reddish.

Now, it would be no exaggeration to call his face as white as jade and his skin delicate.

But as a man, he didn't care that much about his appearance.

Luo Chen smiled and turned his attention to his realm.

The progress bar for the Foundation Establishment Second Layer had only moved a little in a year, reaching 4/100.

To be honest, this progress was truly too slow.

Even without consuming any elixirs to increase cultivation, he had been diligent every day, persisting in the cultivation of the Yi Wood Medicine King Scripture.

For this reason, even the proficiency of the Yi Wood Medicine King Scripture was about to reach the Grandmaster level.

In other words!

Without elixirs, it would take at least another four years to break through to the Foundation Establishment Third Layer.

And one must know, this was under the premise that he possessed a second-tier spiritual vein cave dwelling!

"This is only the early stage of Foundation Establishment, the stage where cultivation is easiest and improvement is fastest."

"If it were the later stages..."

Luo Chen remembered very clearly that when he was in the Qi Refining stage, the early and middle stages were calculated in months.

By the late Qi Refining stage, it increased more than tenfold, calculated in years.

The spiritual energy required for the Foundation Establishment stage would only be more than that of the Qi Refining stage.

By then, it wouldn't just be a tenfold increase.

A hundredfold, a thousandfold!

Pursing his lips, the joy from the increase in his maximum lifespan gradually subsided.

At least, everything was moving in the right direction!

Regarding cultivation methods, there was nothing much to say.

He had long since figured out that it required twenty cycles of the Yi Wood Medicine King Scripture to barely increase proficiency by one point.

It was still a bit short of the Grandmaster level, which meant five hundred more cycles; he could fully operate the cultivation method five times a day.

"A hundred days?"

After muttering to himself, Luo Chen focused his attention on another cultivation method.

Mingshen Posha!

Grandmaster level!

The Earth Fire Sha extracted from Xiaohuan Mountain had long since been exhausted.

Later, for the sake of cultivation, he had sent people to purchase a batch of Earth Fire Sha in Tianlan Immortal City, and finally, through persistent effort, he had raised it to the Grandmaster level.

And the Grandmaster-level Mingshen Posha gave him a huge surprise.

With a thought!

His spiritual sense projected outward and then suddenly recoiled.

It formed a thin, membrane-like film that tightly wrapped around his sea of consciousness.

Vaguely, it seemed to form a defensive mechanism.

Withdrawing his control, his spiritual sense gradually returned to his sea of consciousness.

Luo Chen let out a long breath.

The Grandmaster-level Mingshen Posha did not extend his offensive means, but rather a defensive one.

He could feel that beneath that layer of spiritual sense gold film, he could resist spiritual sense attacks from the outside world.

"Could this change be from that set of body-refining cultivation methods from Wang Yuan?"

In the Wu Gong column, an extra entry had appeared.

Wang Family Secret Manual.

Over the past year, Luo Chen had focused on the practice of the Qingyuan Miaodan Method.

But this did not mean he had done nothing else.

Besides daily cultivation, he would occasionally practice a set of fist techniques from the secret manual Wang Yuan had given him.

It didn't take much time anyway; he would just get up and move around after sitting in meditation for a long time, practicing a set while he was at it.

This set of fist techniques was not known for body refining or attacking.

Instead, it focused on health preservation and defense.

It combined a portion of willpower and soul, emphasizing that every move and style should extend one's willpower along with the body.

Over time, it had made Luo Chen feel much more energetic every day.

Unexpectedly, after Mingshen Posha reached the Grandmaster level, it also formed a defensive gold film.

"Perhaps I can study it more, solidify this layer of spiritual sense gold film, and completely wrap it outside the sea of consciousness."

Luo Chen knew that soul attacks were always the most dangerous and extreme type of attack.

With a single strike, there would be casualties!

When Gao Tingyuan used the Soul-Stunning Spell on him back then and ended up suffering a backlash himself, that was an example.

And to defend against soul attacks was extremely difficult; one often had to just take it head-on.

There was simply no such thing as winning against the strong with the weak.

If your soul foundation is deeper than theirs, you can withstand it.

If not, you will be injured.

Moreover, even if you withstand it, there is a possibility of a momentary stiffness or pause.

Thereby revealing a huge flaw in battle.

He decided that the practice of Mingshen Posha could not stop!

"There isn't much Sha Qi left on hand; I have to go buy some more."

His gaze slid downward.

He came to the spell column.

There was no need to look at the first-tier spells anymore; the main ones were the two second-tier spells.

Mountain Collapse and Glazed Sky Curtain had both reached the proficient stage.

This was good news.

But Luo Chen didn't care.

The shortcomings of such large-scale spells were always very obvious.

The cliché spiritual power consumption was one thing, and the casting time was another.

Unless it was like the Fireball Spell, cultivated to the level of instant casting, and even the fused Blazing Sun Spell was fast enough to cast.

Only then could it be used to fight the enemy.

Luo Chen practiced these two spells only because he valued their potential.

"Take it slow!"

He muttered to himself.

Luo Chen looked at the miscellaneous things on the attribute panel.

He scanned downward and paused at the elixir column.

The Blood Burning Pill and Tongyou Pill had also reached the proficient level.

This was related to the fact that he had taken the time to refine a few batches of elixirs over the past year.

Currently, he had no use for these two types of elixirs.

But the Blood Burning Pill could indeed increase a cultivator's instantaneous combat power.

Competition in Tianlan Immortal City was fierce, and one never knew when a battle might suddenly break out.

These Blood Burning Pills were trump cards he had prepared for the senior management of the Luotian Society, and even for late-stage Qi Refining cultivators.

Facts had proven that the Blood Burning Pill indeed had miraculous effects in battles between low-tier cultivators.

During the Battle of Xiaohuan Mountain, the Luotian Society was able to keep casualties to a minimum.

It was all thanks to the Blood Burning Pill.

Since then, because Luo Chen had to prepare for the Foundation Establishment breakthrough, he hadn't refined many.

As a result, during the Battle of Gaoling Plain, the Luotian Society suffered its largest casualties since its founding.

Out of a scale of over three hundred people, only one hundred and fifty survived in the end.

Even his good friend Zeng Wen had remained there forever.

If there had been a batch of Blood Burning Pills on hand at that time, at least dozens more people could have survived!

With this lesson from the past, Luo Chen would rather spend some time.

As for the Tongyou Pill, it was a Foundation Establishment spiritual medicine prepared by Luo Chen for those few cultivators in the Luotian Society who were close to the Qi Refining Great Perfection.

Moreover, he also wanted to know if, after his own Foundation Establishment.

Ordinary Tongyou Pills would still have any effect on him.

If low-grade ones didn't work, what about middle-grade? High-grade? Or even top-grade Tongyou Pills!

Compared to top-grade Zhongmiao Pills and top-grade Jade Marrow Pills, both of these were too lackluster for Luo Chen.

But if top-grade Tongyou Pills were useful, Luo Chen would rather spend a great price to refine them.

Spiritual medicines that could increase soul foundation were simply too rare!

And in the process of grinding for top-grade Tongyou Pills.

These extra low-grade Tongyou Pills would naturally not go to waste.

Luo Chen knew deeply what miraculous effects a strong soul foundation would have for breaking through to Foundation Establishment.

In fact, he didn't need many Tongyou Pills.

A small batch of elixirs could give Duan Feng and the others a higher chance of Foundation Establishment.

"Achievement points, they've reached ten again."

Looking at those ten achievement points, ripples stirred in Luo Chen's heart.

Once at Foundation Establishment, he could spend normal achievement points to enter the corresponding second-tier cultivation methods, spells, or even elixir formulas.

He had no cultivation methods that needed to be entered.

In terms of spells, he had extremely high talent.

In other words, all his achievement points were actually prepared for elixir formulas.

And elixir formulas?

With a thought, two elixir formulas appeared in his hand.

One was animal skin, which recorded the Blood Sha Pill.

One was a bamboo slip, which recorded the Jade Dew Pill.

"Originally, it should have been used to enter the Blood Sha Pill; this was my promise to Wang Yuan back then."

"But I have explored this elixir formula for many years, and even based on this elixir formula, I have researched the Blood Burning Pill."

"I don't need achievement points; give me some more time, and I can figure it out thoroughly."

The current Luo Chen was already quite confident in the way of elixirs.

If it were an unfamiliar elixir formula, he would still be at a loss and unable to enter quickly.

But having had the Blood Sha Pill in his hands for so many years, he had already researched it seven or eight-tenths of the way.

Moreover, the problem with refining this elixir had never been the difficulty of refining.

The problem lay in the main materials for refining.

Therefore, he wanted to save this achievement point.

"Jade Dew Pill..."

While muttering, the effects of the Jade Dew Pill flowed through Luo Chen's heart.

For female cultivators, especially those practicing water-type and ice-type cultivation methods, it had miraculous effects on cultivation.

The effect was far greater than orthodox cultivation elixirs.

This was not just recorded in the elixir formula!

Because the Jade Dew Pill itself was a very popular elixir in another great domain.

Its effects had long been known to the world.

It was just because the distance was too far, and the Jade Dew Pill was difficult to refine, so it was rarely circulated in the Yuding Domain.

"If I can refine it, it will definitely be a huge source of wealth!"

"However, if I do this, it will easily attract the covetousness of major forces, so I still need to deliberate a bit."

"If the Jade Marrow Pill can earn wealth, there's no rush to refine the Jade Dew Pill."

Thinking about these things, Luo Chen gradually made a decision.

He planned to leave seclusion tomorrow and go to the Luotian Society to see the market research situation on Gu Caiyi's side.

It had been a year!

That batch of Jade Marrow Pills should be enough to collect all the market feedback.

Time gradually passed.

After Luo Chen took stock of his current attributes.

It was already morning.

At this time, the tiny vortex in Luo Chen's dantian had finally fully taken shape.

Even if it didn't have the power of active casting, it was at least operating autonomously.

In this way.

When consuming elixirs, the medicinal power would first enter the vortex and then be decomposed.

Luo Chen had a thought, and two bottles of elixirs appeared in his hand.

One was called the Rising Dragon Pill, refined by Qingdan Valley, third-turn level, with a quality reaching low-grade.

One was called the Qi-Harmonizing Elixir, refined by the Medicine King Sect, exclusively sold by the Spirit Medicine Pavilion.

There was no need to mention the quality; it was naturally also low-grade.

These major sects seemed to only sell low-grade elixirs to the outside world, and the marked price was extremely high.

Middle and high-grade elixirs, except during auctions, were rarely sold to loose cultivators.

The name of the Qi-Harmonizing Elixir was simple and natural, sharing the same style as the naming of the Qi-Nurturing Pill and the Dust-Dissolving Pill.

"Next, I need to test the effect of consuming elixirs during the Foundation Establishment stage."

"Spiritual power conversion, frequency of consumption, and the Qingyuan Miaodan Method's ability to clear and inhibit elixir toxins."

"Finally, through testing, clarify the general direction of my cultivation."

Luo Chen first chose the Qi-Harmonizing Elixir.

It was a specialty of the Medicine King Sect, after all; if nothing else, the quality was certainly guaranteed.

This bottle in his hand had the standard quantity of ten pills.

Purchased at the Spirit Medicine Pavilion, the current market price had already risen to six hundred low-grade spirit stones per bottle.

It was truly ridiculously expensive.

Although it was expensive before, at least four or five hundred spirit stones per bottle was still within a normal range.

"The war has been going on like this; not only are the prices of magic tools remaining high, but even various cultivation resources have become increasingly expensive."

"Sigh, I don't know when it will end."

Luo Chen sighed and swallowed the Qi-Harmonizing Elixir.

The moment it entered his mouth.

The Yi Wood Medicine King Scripture instantly operated at full power.

Spiritual power flowed through specific meridians and acupoints throughout his body, thereby bringing the Qi-Harmonizing Elixir into his stomach.

If it were in the past, the elixir would have exploded at this time, and the massive medicinal power would be operated by the cultivation method, like a stream joining a great river, thereby entering the dantian and becoming a part of the cultivator's spiritual power.

In the middle, there was a process of digestion, release, conversion, purification, and finally becoming one's own.

But this time, that massive medicinal power.

During the operation of the Yi Wood Medicine King Scripture, after entering the dantian, it did not merge immediately.

Instead, it was brought to the side of the vortex formed by the Qingyuan Miaodan Method.

"No wonder it must reach minor accomplishment to be effective."

"Cultivators can generally only operate one cultivation method at a time; when consuming elixirs, they mostly choose their natal cultivation method. In this situation, it is difficult to be distracted by another cultivation method to dissolve elixir toxins."

"Over time, elixir toxins were left behind."

"But after the Qingyuan Miaodan Method reaches minor accomplishment, it can operate autonomously."

Under Luo Chen's full concentration, the massive medicinal power brought by the Qi-Harmonizing Elixir entered the vortex.

For a moment, the vortex almost collapsed.

But with the help of the pure spiritual power that had turned into liquid all around, it was finally stabilized.

The medicinal power entered the vortex and spun at high speed.

One wave after another of abundant medicinal power was converted into spiritual energy, and then spun out, merging into Luo Chen's own spiritual power.

It was also in this process.

Above, invisible wisps of gray and black substances were flung out of the dantian.

Luo Chen had been paying close attention to the refining process of the elixir.

Until it ended.

He opened his eyes.

Luo Chen lifted his clothes and touched his navel.

Vaguely, there was a feeling of sweat.

"Is this the manifestation of inhibiting elixir toxins?"

He casually cast a Cleaning Spell to keep himself in a clean and refreshed state.

Luo Chen let out a huge sigh of relief.

Now, he could finally barely cultivate with the help of elixirs.

Even if the vortex formed by the Qingyuan Miaodan Method was not as powerful as active casting, it could already inhibit the production of a large amount of new elixir toxins.

As for the remaining ones, he could spend time later to clear them completely.

"It's just that I have outstanding talent in the way of spells; if it were someone else, it would take at least several years to reach this step."

"And if one wanted to reach great accomplishment, that would be even more remote."

After sighing, Luo Chen began to estimate how much spiritual energy one Qi-Harmonizing Elixir added.

If it were someone else, they might only get a rough idea.

But he had the system.

The attribute panel could quantify it very well.

He called up the attribute panel again, his gaze landing on the realm column.

【Foundation Establishment Second Layer 4/100】

"No change?"

"Is the medicinal power of one Qi-Harmonizing Elixir not enough to reach the spiritual energy amount of one progress point?"

Luo Chen's gaze flickered, and he already had a plan in mind.

Next, spend a little more time to summarize and experiment with it!

End of chapter.