I seek immortality by chance

Chapter 508: The late Yuanxiang period, the dispute over the medicinal lead

Spring goes and autumn comes, and the years fly by.

Forty years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Although there are waves in China, the Linchuan Dao is as peaceful and tranquil as ever, with fairy-like scenes.

There was naturally peace in the Tingni Dojo.

But under the cover of the great formation, the Taoist temple was filled with the fragrance of elixirs, which lasted for decades.

The fragrance of this elixir is so strong that it is rarely seen in the world. Even if only a trace of it leaks out, it will spread for thousands of miles, making all the spirits and creatures in the Taoist temple feel refreshed and as if they are floating in the air.

But at this moment, a ray of light came rushing over, transformed into the appearance of a boy, and fell into the cliff of the Taoist temple.

The boy had a look of sorrow and hesitation on his face, full of helplessness.

But he did not dare to delay, and followed the fragrance of the elixir, moving forward quickly, and soon he saw a red palace.

This scarlet hall should have been newly built in the past few decades. Although it has been baked and licked by countless fire spirits, the red flames, copper and gold inside have not completely lost their luster, otherwise the entire hall should be a red gold color.

On the left and right sides of the hall, there are two three-meter-tall, burly and mighty golden-armored warriors guarding them.

These strong men are the Sea-covering Strongmen, all of whom have reached the fourth level of cultivation and are extremely brave. But at this moment, they are guarding the hall respectfully, meticulously, and do not dare to slack off even for a moment.

"Token!"

Even though they saw a familiar boy, the two strong men shouted loudly and demanded to verify his true identity.

The boy was in a sad mood at the moment, and did not care about the attitude of the strong man. He hurriedly took out the token, verified his identity, and walked into the hall.

"呲呲!"

"Hoohoo!"

As soon as I walked into the hall, I was hit by a scorching hot anger.

In the middle of the red-gold floor tiles in the main hall, there was a huge Lilong alchemy furnace. Under the furnace, black flames formed the shape of twelve dragons, licking the bottom of the furnace day and night, constantly refining the elixir in the furnace.

From the elixir furnace, wisps of elixir fragrance overflowed and transformed into the shapes of orchids and jade grasses hanging in the palace.

Behind the alchemy furnace, an old man with white hair and beard, a green jade hairpin in his hair, and wearing a white alchemy robe was sitting cross-legged, quietly guarding the alchemy furnace.

Occasionally he would make hand gestures to control the spiritual fire and change the temperature.

As the old man manipulated the furnace, the fragrance of the elixir in the furnace became stronger and stronger. Although the boy was feeling quite uneasy at the moment, when he smelled the fragrance, his whole body was shocked and the depressed mood in his heart dissipated a lot.

"Where's the medicine?"

At this moment, the old man suddenly opened his eyes, with a divine light in his eyes, and looked at the boy.

"Reporting to the Great Alchemist, I was unable to obtain the medicinal ingredients."

The boy bowed his head and said with a sad face.

"What happened?"

The old man looked at the alchemy furnace with the fire burning brightly and asked with a frown.

"The steward of the Spiritual Origin Palace said that all the [Earth Sky Spiritual Sulfur] in the past hundred years has been taken by one person. If you want to get more, you can only wait for the next hundred years!"

The boy bowed his head, feeling uneasy.

"absurd!"

"I have already reached the critical moment of refining this furnace of precious pills. How can I wait another hundred years?"

"Didn't you say before that it would only take ten years at most for a new batch of [Earth Sky Spirit Sulfur] to be available? Why did you go back on your word?"

The old man's expression turned cold and he couldn't help but question.

This furnace of precious pills is of great importance. It not only concerns that person's cultivation, but is also the key to one's own advancement. Nothing can go wrong.

When did the deacon of Lingyuan Palace become so bold that he even dared to go back on his promise to Qingcheng Dongtian?
"The little boy doesn't know!"

"I have revealed my identity, but the manager just tried to smooth things over, saying that the [Earth Sky Spirit Sulfur] is gone. Seeing that this journey is hopeless, I can only return to report to the Great Alchemist."

The boy said cautiously.

Upon hearing this, the old man frowned even deeper, and a bad premonition emerged in his heart.

But at this moment, when the alchemy came to this point, he could not split himself, so he had no choice but to take out a copy of the sword, hand it to the boy, and said:
"Go find Fairy Rong'er, the manager of the Taoist temple, and let her arrange this matter. See if we should report it to Master Donghua."

"Yes!"

The boy respectfully took the sword, turned around and left, flying towards the thunder pool in the Taoist temple.

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The fragrance of elixir fills the air and the room is full of light.

Gu Yuan sat cross-legged in the cave, with a colorful pill spinning endlessly in front of his knees.

Every time this precious pill rotated, a wisp of pill energy would be emitted and then inhaled into his mouth and nose.

"Crash!"

As the Dan Qi entered Gu Yuan's body, a rumbling sound suddenly came from his body, like a surging river, deafening and endless.

"boom!"

An unknown amount of time had passed. As the last wisp of Dan Qi dissipated, a huge roar suddenly came from Gu Yuan's body, like a river destroying a dam, thunder shattering mountains, and the entire cave began to shake.

The vibration of Dantian causes the heaven and earth to tremble.

Use your own small world to connect to the big world.

This is the reaction of magic power reaching its limit.

"Boom!"

As the vibration came, the spiritual energy between heaven and earth suddenly surged like a tide, and in the blink of an eye it condensed into a big cocoon, like a huge tornado, wrapping Gu Yuan inside.

It was unknown how long it had passed before the cocoon slowly dissipated, and the terrifying spiritual energy that filled the sky and earth slowly calmed down.

"bass!"

Gu Yuan opened his eyes.

Golden thunder flashed from the void, illuminating the entire cave. After more than ten breaths, the golden light slowly dissipated.

"The late Yuan Xiang..."

"As expected of a treasure trove of immortal seals, it is indeed too vast..."

Feeling the endless and vast magic power in his body, Gu Yuan showed joy on his face.

For forty years, he has not left his house and has been practicing hard in the temple.

Firstly, he wanted to avoid the mysterious skeleton and Qin Xuan.

Secondly, of course, it’s because of the thousand-year-old elixir in the Cave Heaven Immortal Seal!

He alone obtained twenty-one thousand-year-old elixirs at the foot of the mountain. Later, although the elixirs developed intelligence and kept dodging, the heart-eating insects still obtained nine of them, and the medicinal properties of all of them were extremely strong.

Adding them all together, that’s a total of thirty plants!

They are all rare and precious medicines!

Apart from some that can only be used as spiritual materials for magic seals, there are twenty plants that can be used to enhance magic power.

This is an extremely vast fortune.

With such a treasure trove, practicing hard in seclusion is no longer a hardship but a pleasure.

Gu Yuan spent a year carefully selecting an "alchemy master" from Qingcheng Dongtian Sect, promising him a precious elixir that could break through the realm of heavenly spirit, and asked this person to open the furnace to refine the elixir for him to achieve the greatest medicinal effect.

A contract was signed for this purpose, prohibiting the disclosure of the secret of the medicine.

There is nothing we can do about this.

Gu Yuan's progress in cultivation was incredibly fast, and his techniques were varied. The "Dragon Transformation Method" that he once was proud of was now powerless in front of such a powerful medicine, and he could only rely on the help of others.

Fortunately, given his status, although it was surprising that he had to take out so many medicines, it was barely acceptable.

In this way, I spent nearly forty years in peace.

With the help of precious elixirs and magical medicines, Gu Yuan made rapid breakthroughs. In just forty years, he had broken through to the late Yuanxiang stage, and had traveled a path that ordinary people would take hundreds of years to travel.

However, he has a congenital physique and has very little resistance to elixirs, so he can swallow them at will.

Even while swallowing the pills and feeling the medicinal properties, he had a subtle understanding of the method of alchemy.

If he were to start refining pills now, he would not fail in making many fourth-grade pills.

The strength of the innate body becomes more and more obvious during practice.

"There is another furnace of [Yuan Xiang Da Huan Dan]. After this pill is successfully refined, swallowing and refining it can almost reach the peak of Yuan Xiang..."

"The remaining medicine can also be used to refine the [Breaking Heaven Pill], which is the key to breaking through the realm of the Heavenly Spirit..."

With just a few breaths, Gu Yuan completely mastered the vast mana of the late Yuan Xiang, and then thought about his current wealth. The legacy of the Cave Heaven Immortal Seal allowed him to practice safely to the Heavenly Spirit Realm without leaving home.

The legacy of the Immortal Seal is so terrifying.

It was also the first time that Gu Yuan felt so "rich".

It’s so cool!

This is how one should cultivate to be an immortal!
Feeling happy, Gu Yuan always had a smile on his face.

But at this moment, a gentle voice came from outside the cave: "Master, are you well? Rong'er has something to report to you. I wonder if you have time?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Yuan frowned slightly.

When he was in seclusion, he had already instructed that no one should be disturbed unless it was an important matter.

Now that I have just made a breakthrough, Lin Ronger came to report to me. Could something big have happened?
"Shh!"

With a wave of his sleeves, Lin Ronger was sucked into the cave out of thin air.

"master!"

Seeing this, Lin Ronger hurriedly bowed.

"What's the matter?"

Gu Yuan asked.

"My lord, I have received a message from Master Shan Yutang in the Lilong Pill Palace, saying that something went wrong with the refining of the Yuanxiang Dahuan Pill. I dare not make the decision on my own, so I can only come here to report this to you, lord!"

Lin Ronger took out the sword and handed it to Gu Yuan respectfully.

Gu Yuan took it, scanned it with his mind, and a trace of surprise suddenly appeared on his face: "The medicine is gone, how could this happen?"

Gu Yuan had already obtained the main ingredients of the Yuanxiang Dahuan Dan from the Dongtian Immortal Seal, and they were all top-notch items.

But precisely because the spiritual materials that Gu Yuan obtained were too precious and had extremely strong medicinal properties, in order to melt them into pills and stimulate their medicinal properties to the maximum extent, he needed [Earth Sky Spiritual Sulfur] as a medicine guide.

This item is produced deep in the earth veins. It has rich medicinal properties and can be integrated into various medicines without damaging their medicinal properties. It is a must-have item for refining the [Yuanxiang Dahuan Dan].

However, this item is still a spiritual material for cultivation, and the quantity is small. Only Lingyuan Palace in the Taoist vein has the ability to collect it.

Before the furnace was opened, Shan Yu Tang and Ling Yuan Hall confirmed that a portion could be taken out ten years later as a medicine guide.

[Yuan Xiang Da Huan Dan] It would take at least twenty years to start refining the furnace. Now that he had received the promise, Shan Yutang would start the furnace first, and wait until ten years later to get the medicinal ingredients before proceeding to the next step.

But now, the ten-year period has arrived, and he sent the boy to Lingyuan Palace, but found nothing.

Even if you bring up the name of Qingcheng Cave Heaven, it will be useless.

He knew that something must have happened, which led to this letter.

"I am known as the Qingcheng Cave Heaven, but I can't even get a portion of [Earth Sky Spirit Sulfur]?"

Gu Yuan frowned slightly, a little surprised.

Anyone who can refuse to sell the name of Qingcheng Cave Heaven must not be an ordinary person.

However, this [Yuanxiang Dahuandan] cannot be delayed.

"After staying here for forty years, it's time to move around..."

Gu Yuan put away the letter, looked into the distance, and muttered to himself.

If he doesn't sell the name of Qingcheng Cave Heaven, it will be useless for ordinary people to go there, so he has to go there himself.

He wanted to see who was so domineering?
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Lingyuan Palace.

This palace is where the Linchuan Taoist sect manages spiritual materials and minerals. The palaces are connected and are located in the Luofu Cave Heaven.

There were numerous escaping lights, one after another, all coming to seek for many spiritual materials.

When asking for help from others, one should naturally be respectful.

But at this moment, a flash of lightning came roaring with a huge and loud sound.

Seeing this escaping light coming at him without any cover, as if it was about to crash into the hall, a strong man who was guarding outside the hall suddenly became furious, and he exhaled with all his strength, shouted angrily:
"Who dares to act so presumptuously outside of my Lingyuan Palace?"

Seeing this, another strong man beside him tried to hold him back to stop him from speaking, but it was too late.

The lightning dissipated, revealing a unicorn about ten feet tall, with thunderclouds rising above its four hooves, its scales and armor clearly visible, and it looked extremely majestic.

On top of the Qilin, there is a Taoist who is handsome and looks like a banished immortal.

The Taoist priest sat on the Qilin and said nothing. He just glanced at the plaque of Lingyuan Hall indifferently.

Seeing this Taoist priest, the other guard's face changed drastically, and he quickly bowed and said, "So it's Master Donghua. I wonder what you have to say to me at Lingyuan Palace?"

Having said that, he quickly pulled his companion beside him to salute.

Anyone who can ride a mount and gallop in the Dao vein with great fanfare must be a person with background, otherwise how dare he be so rampant?

As guards of strong men with low status, when they see such a person, they can only be humble and submissive to avoid getting hurt. How could they scold him?

"Greetings to the Reverend Donghua!"

The strong man also reacted and quickly bowed.

"So it's Senior Brother Gu here. I wonder what's the matter? Please come into the hall and have a chat!"

Such a commotion naturally could not be hidden from the people in the hall. A middle-aged Taoist with a three-foot long beard hurried out and bowed to Gu Yuan.

"There is a deacon in Lingyuan Hall named Kong Yang. I wonder where he is now?"

Gu Yuan sat on the Qilin, looking down at the Taoist priest, and asked indifferently.

"So that you can let me know, I am Kong Yang!"

The middle-aged Taoist bowed and spoke slowly.

"Are you Kong Yang?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Yuan's gaze fell on this person, and golden flames slowly appeared in his eyes.

The man was suddenly horrified and felt a strong sense of palpitations.

You should know that the masters of the first halls of Daomai all have the cultivation level of Tianling, the deacons of the first hall all have the cultivation level of Yuanxiang, and the strongmen all have the cultivation level of the fourth level.

As a deacon of Lingyuan Palace, he was naturally a Yuanxiang cultivator. However, facing a look from Gu Yuan, his legs trembled and he could not stand still.

"Ten years ago, you promised me a portion of [Earth Sky Spirit Sulfur]. Today, a boy came to my temple. Why did you break your promise and not give it to me?"

Gu Yuan stared at the man without moving, and just asked calmly.

But this person was extremely nervous, feeling that if he gave a wrong answer, he would be beheaded.

But thinking about where he was standing now, he felt more confident, but he didn't show any radical expression on his face. He just replied seriously: "Reporting to Senior Brother, it's not that I don't want it, but someone has already taken away all the [Earth Sky Spirit Sulfur], and there is really no more in the hall."

"Since you have already promised, why do you give it all to others? Why don't you leave a copy and inform my temple?"

Gu Yuan asked coldly.

"It's not that I don't want to, but that person wants it so badly that I have no choice but to give it to him."

The middle-aged Taoist said with a wry smile.

"Breaking promises and making sweet words, are you trying to deceive me, Qingcheng Dongtian?"

Gu Yuan asked again.

"Brother, why do you have to force me? It's not that I don't want to, but that person from Liyun Mountain has taken all of them. If you need them urgently, you might as well go to Liyun Mountain to ask for some. Maybe you can get another one."

The middle-aged Taoist saw this and sighed helplessly, but he had a hint of meaning.

Liyun Mountain is the sacred mountain Taoist temple where Jiuxiang Dongtian is located.

The Nine Elephants Cave Heaven is one of the ten great cave heavens, and it is the cave heaven where the Mahayana Supreme is located!

"Of course I will go to this mountain, but you broke your promise, provoked the two caves, and wantonly distributed spiritual objects, so you should be punished."

"Although I have no law enforcement status, the Dao Lineage Laws decree that upper lineage disciples can punish injustice!"

After he finished speaking, a brilliant sword light slashed out in an instant and circled around the neck of the middle-aged Taoist priest.

The middle-aged Taoist wanted to stop it, but by the time he reacted, the sword light had already circled around his neck.

He was horrified and couldn't help but touch his neck. He found that his head was still there and his body was intact.

"what!"

But at this moment, a sharp pain came from his sea of ​​consciousness, making him unable to help but let out a scream and fainted.

The disciples inside and outside the hall were all horrified when they saw this.

In the Lingyuan Hall, an old Taoist opened his eyes, a hint of doubt in his eyes, but he did not make any move. He allowed Gu Yuan to punish Kong Yang and then left.

(End of this chapter)