Chapter 17 Secrets of Sword Cultivation
Liang Yan followed Zhuo Bufan into the cave, passing through medicinal fields and several stone chambers, in which maids were busy working. In some stone chambers, there are many precious artifacts, which are so precious that you can tell they are extraordinary at a glance.
Liang Yan thought to himself: "The caves of the elite disciples of the outer sect are indeed surprisingly large. It's just that Senior Brother Zhuo looks elegant and ordinary, but he didn't expect to prefer these precious treasures."
Think like this. Then, Zhuo Bufan had led him to a closed stone door. He took out the token from his waist and placed it in a groove on the wall of the stone door. After a moment, there was a rumbling sound, and the stone door Then slowly opened.
As soon as a crack was opened, a strong aroma of medicinal herbs came out from inside. As soon as you smell it, you feel energetic. When the stone door was fully opened, a half-person-high alchemy furnace was placed in the middle of the room. Although the alchemy fire was not lit, there was still a curl of green smoke rising from the top of the furnace. There are many vermilion wooden shelves placed around the room, and many spiritual materials and medicinal materials are neatly stacked on them. Most of them cannot be named by Liang Yan, but there is enough spiritual energy in them, and you can tell they are extraordinary at a glance.
Liang Yan secretly thought in his heart: "I heard that Qi Practitioners cannot make elixirs through their own elixir fire and need to use earth fire. Brother Zhuo is so proud that he asked the sect to draw a line of earth fire from the earth fire room for him. The alchemy room in the cave is specially designed for It is used in alchemy.”
While thinking this way, Zhuo Bufan had already entered the alchemy room, picked out a few spiritual herbs from the surrounding wooden shelves, and picked them from his storage bag. Take out some materials.
After everything was prepared, Zhuo Bufan said to Liang Yan: "Junior Brother Liang, please arrange the formation now. When I reach the critical stage of refining the Qi Condensation Furnace, I will remind him loudly that when the time comes, At this time, Junior Brother Lao will be in charge of the formation for me and guard the spiritual energy in the furnace."
Liang Yan nodded, took out the formation plate and formation flag given to him by Senior Brother Zhuo, and began to carve formation patterns on the ground and arrange the formation equipment. After half a day's work, Liang Yan stood up tiredly and said, "Senior Brother Zhuo, I have completed preparations and can activate this spirit gathering formation at any time."
"Okay!" Zhuo Bufan did not delay and said The prepared materials were put into the alchemy furnace one by one according to the proportion, and then he raised his hand to shoot out a formula. A bright red flame immediately rose under the alchemy furnace, and the power of the fire continued to change with the formula in Zhuo Bufan's hand.
Liang Yan knew that when refining the elixir, he needed to concentrate on it and was most afraid of being disturbed, so he found a random spot on the ground, sat cross-legged and meditated silently, and started practicing with his luck.
As time passed by, Zhuo Bufan was always sitting upright, with the spells in his hands non-stop, and he meticulously operated the earth fire alchemy furnace. Sitting aside, Liang Yan couldn't help but secretly admire him, and thought to himself: "This alchemy technique is really not something that ordinary people can learn." He has an out-of-touch personality, and if he were to master the temperature of the alchemy furnace so delicately, he would probably explode nine out of ten furnaces. Furnace, the remaining one may still be residue.
I don’t know how much time has passed. Just when Liang Yan secretly guessed that it was already night outside, Zhuo Bufan suddenly changed the technique in his hand. The fire in the alchemy furnace was strong, and at the same time he drank: "Liang Junior brother, it’s now! Quickly activate the formation, help me guard the spiritual energy and stabilize the elixir!"
Liang Yan was shocked when he heard the sound and immediately stood up to activate the formation. At the same time, a medicinal fragrance that was so strong that it could not be dissolved overflowed from the alchemy furnace and spread to all directions.
Because of what Zhuo Bufan told him before, Liang Yan knew that this was a sign that the spiritual energy of the elixir was leaking, so he couldn't help but muster up his energy and concentrate on presiding over the formation. The array flags and array disks in the array listened to his orders and kept changing. The scattered spiritual energy seemed to encounter an invisible barrier and was guided by the array. It slowly moved forward in a specific trajectory in the air, and finally returned to the elixir like hundreds of rivers returning to the sea. furnace.
A hint of joy flashed in Zhuo Bufan's eyes, but he did not relax at all. Instead, he concentrated more on controlling the fire and refining the elixir.
An unknown amount of time passed like this, and just when Liang Yan was exhausted physically and mentally, Zhuo Bufan suddenly stopped the magic technique, and the fire in the furnace was extinguished in an instant. He stretched out his hand and slapped the pill furnace in the air, and the pill furnace exploded with a "Crash!" sound. The lid of the furnace rose into the sky, and a strong aroma of medicine first came out. Then two yellow pill pills flew out, and finally they all fell into the Zhuo Zhuo. Extraordinary hands.
Liang Yan immediately smiled at Zhuo Bufan and said, "Congratulations to Senior Brother Zhuo for mastering this elixir!"
"Haha! It's done!" Zhuo Bufan couldn't suppress the joy in his heart and was satisfied. face smile.
"Junior Brother Liang has contributed a lot to Zhuo's practice of this elixir. This is the promised reward. You can continue." After saying that, he waved his hand and shot three snow-white elixir pills towards Liang Yan. Liang Yan stretched out his hand to take it. Next, it turned out to be the three spirit-gathering pills from before.
After he accepted it with satisfaction, he turned his attention to the two pills in Zhuo Bufan's hand. He saw that the two pills were very small, no more than the size of a fingernail, and they were all yellow. What's unusual is that they are trembling slightly in Zhuo Bufan's hands at this moment, and they actually make a faint sound of swords!
Zhuo Bufan was in a good mood at the moment. He caught a glimpse of Liang Yan's eyes and knew that he was curious. Then he said: "Junior Brother Liang, does he know what kind of elixir I am refining in this furnace?"
"Haha, I don't know anything about elixirs. Please give me some advice from Senior Brother Zhuo!"
Zhuo Bufan He nodded and said, "Actually, this is a sword-raising pill!" "Sword-raising pill?" Liang Yan was shocked. This was the first time he had heard of this kind of pill.
"It's normal that you haven't heard of it. After all, although there are many sects and hundreds of schools of thought now, there are indeed very few sword cultivators. This sword-raising pill is specially prepared for sword cultivators."
Liang Yan had already made a guess when he heard the name, but now it was confirmed, which aroused his interest even more. I couldn't help but ask: "What is the specific effect of this sword-raising pill?"
Zhuo Bufan smiled lightly and said: "Junior brother Liang seems to be quite interested in sword cultivation? Forget it, I will tell you." Then he paused and then said: "Did you know that the sword cultivators in our Qi training period are not actually sword cultivators in the true sense, they are just monks playing swordsmanship at best."
Liang Yan frowned after hearing this and said in confusion: "I would like to hear the details."
"The real swordsmanship is to make a flying sword into a magic weapon. When facing the enemy, We, the Qi-training monks, just use the spiritual sword as a spiritual weapon and learn some sword techniques to hurt the enemy with our swords.”
Liang Yan suddenly said: "So, if you want to achieve sword cultivation, you need to practice your own flying sword?"
"Yes! But the flying sword is a first-rate magic weapon, how difficult it is to practice, and If you want to control the magic weapon, you must obtain the Juyuan Stage No, even foundation-building cultivators can only activate top-quality spiritual weapons."
Liang Yan was shocked after hearing this: "Isn't that the case where there is no sword cultivator under Juyuan?"
Zhuo Bufan glanced at him and said with a smile, "Not quite." However, the natal flying sword is a relatively special magic weapon that needs to be cultivated by oneself slowly. As long as our monks reach the foundation level, they can start to incorporate a flying sword of their choice into the body's dantian, and use their own spiritual power to continuously accumulate it. Raise the flying sword until Reaching the first state of sword cultivation, training the flying sword into a sword embryo in the body!"
"This is the first state." Liang Yan murmured to himself, and then asked, "What about the next step? What other realms are there? ”
"Haha, sword cultivation is an extreme method passed down from ancient times. We haven't even reached the first realm, so how can we know what happens next? And it is said that once the sword is mastered, it will not be able to reach the next realm. You can no longer use it to hurt the enemy, you can only find another ordinary flying sword. It can be said that once a sword cultivator reaches the sword embryo stage, his strength will not increase but will decrease!"
"It seems that this sword cultivation is really difficult to achieve," Liang Yan said with a slight wry smile, "By the way, what is the purpose of refining this sword nourishing pill, senior brother?"
"This is simple. , because we sword cultivators need to incorporate the spiritual sword into the body to nourish the sword embryo, but the dantian is the most important place for people. The sword energy of this spiritual sword is sharp, and if you are not careful, it will pierce the dantian and repair it. In order to avoid the risk of being completely useless, this sword-raising elixir can cultivate the subtle connection between the owner and the flying sword, indirectly nourishing the flying sword's spirituality, and ultimately achieve a perfect integration between the flying sword and the flying sword. When the flying sword enters the body, it will be completely safe. "
"That's it." Liang Yan suddenly realized, "Thank you, Brother Zhuo, for your advice."
Zhuo Bufan said. Hand smiled and said: "No need to thank me, there will be many days when I have to trouble Junior Brother Liang. I need to take this sword-raising pill from now on, once a month, and slowly enhance my connection with the Dingguang Sword. From now on, I will take it every month I have to trouble Junior Brother Liang to set up a protective formation for me to refine the pills. As for the reward, it is still the same as three spirit-gathering pills. What do you think?”
"Haha, Senior Brother Zhuo is so generous. Junior Brother, how can I say no? From now on, if Senior Brother Zhuo makes alchemy, just call me, and he will definitely help you!"
Liang Yan was secretly happy in his heart. You must know that the handyman disciples make elixirs every six months. There is only one Spirit Gathering Pill, but from now on he can receive three pills every month. This is a treatment only enjoyed by outer disciples. It seems that this Zhuo Bufan is truly a disciple of the Dan family, and he is generous with his actions.
"Okay! Junior Brother Liang is really happy!" Zhuo Bufan looked extremely happy as he took Liang Yan's hand and walked out of the alchemy room. He also ordered the servants to prepare a table of wine and food. They had a drink with Liang Yan that night, and Liang Yan did not refuse. The two of them exchanged glasses, as if they were old friends for many years.
It was already late at night when Liang Yan came out of Zhuo Bufan's cave. Although he was drunk, as a cultivator after all, he would not be drunk. That night, he did not go to Lingquan Cave to practice, but went straight back to his residence. He directly refined a Spirit-Gathering Pill and felt the pill entering his body. The fit between himself and the spiritual energy was slightly improved. Liang Yan's eyes filled with joy, and then he laughed at himself: "It seems that this Spirit-Gathering Pill is really suitable for me." What about a person with insufficient qualifications?"
(End of Chapter)