Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 760 The Deciphering of the Leping Elixir

To experience this peculiar feeling, Yang Zhengshan withdrew his gaze, turned around, and walked out of the study.

"How is it? Can you cultivate?" Yu Qingyi had been waiting outside the study.

Actually, she was also very curious about what immortal cultivation was like, and of course, she was also worried that Yang Zhengshan's cultivation might go wrong.

"Haha, you can cultivate." Yang Zhengshan put his arm around her shoulder and laughed loudly.

Yu Qingyi's eyes immediately lit up, shining like stars. "What changes have occurred after cultivating?"

Yang Zhengshan led her to sit on the daybed in the inner room and recounted the story of the spiritual aperture and divine consciousness.

After listening, Yu Qingyi said with some disappointment, "It seems that I really can't cultivate anymore!"

Yang Zhengshan thought for a moment and said, "Not necessarily. Martial artists who reach the Martial God Realm also need to cultivate their primordial spirit. Maybe you can switch to cultivating the immortal path then!"

This is his speculation, but it is highly likely that this speculation is incorrect.

Because there are quite a few Martial God Realm experts in the Sea of ​​Spiritual Beauty, but none of them cultivate the Immortal Path.

The three major sects have possessed ancient arrays for over a thousand years, so they certainly don't lack immortal cultivation techniques. However, they did not cultivate immortality, which is enough to show that after reaching the Martial God Realm, it is impossible to switch to cultivating immortality.

"Fine, I'll just cultivate martial arts then!"

Yu Qingyi was only disappointed for a short while before regaining her composure.

There's really nothing to be disappointed about. Compared to before, what they've received now far exceeds their previous expectations.

Previously, they only wanted to obtain the Golden Body Technique, which could be cultivated to the Martial God Realm. Now, they possess twenty cultivation techniques that can be cultivated to the Martial Immortal Realm. Even without any immortal cultivation methods, this far exceeds their initial expectations.

With these cultivation techniques, given time, the Spirit Source Land will surely produce Martial God-level experts, or even Martial Immortal-level experts.

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Alchemy workshop, beside the alchemy furnace.

Wang Mingzhe looked at the ashes taken out of the alchemy furnace, his face scrunched up like a piece of burlap.

"Failed again!"

"Why did it fail? It was clearly the simplest fasting pill!"

He muttered to himself, feeling utterly depressed.

Yang Chengyu examined the bamboo slips carefully. "Uncle-Master, have we made a mistake somewhere?"

The bamboo slips in his hand were obtained by Yang Zhengshan from the ancient array. Yang Zhengshan obtained more than thirty bamboo slips about alchemy, which was no less than the number of array inheritances.

These bamboo slips on alchemy not only record many alchemical techniques of the immortal path, but also record seven alchemical formulas.

The most important of these is a bamboo scroll called "Le Ping Dan Jie". This book does not record any particularly profound alchemy techniques, but rather some insights and understandings of an ancient cultivator named Le Ping during his study of alchemy. These are all relatively basic things.

At this time, Wang Mingzhe and Yang Chengyu were refining the lowest-level and most common elixir of immortality, the Bigu Dan, according to the records in "Leping Dan Jie".

The formula for Bigu Dan (a fasting pill) is very simple, containing more than a dozen common spiritual substances and medicines such as Lingmi (spiritual rice), ginseng, deer antler, and Lingzhi. Moreover, it does not have very high requirements for medicinal materials. Ginseng only needs to be over a hundred years old, and even ordinary deer antler is sufficient. Its main ingredient is Lingmi.

These medicinal herbs are abundant in the land of spiritual energy. Apart from deer antler, which is relatively scarce, the other medicinal herbs can be obtained in any quantity one desires.

Back then, Yang Zhengshan scattered seeds all over the mountains and fields, and he didn't know how many seeds of various precious medicinal herbs he had sown. Over the years, these precious medicinal herbs have not only continued to grow, but have also reproduced naturally.

You can find many mature medicinal herbs on any mountain.

In addition, Wanbaotang has also planted many medicinal herbs and developed large areas of medicinal fields in recent years.

Therefore, the Lingyuan Land currently has no shortage of low-grade medicinal herbs.

High-grade medicinal herbs may be scarce, but low-grade medicinal herbs are absolutely countless.

Wang Mingzhe took the "Leping Dan Jie" from Yang Chengyu and began to study it carefully.

During this time, he and Yang Chengyu studied these alchemical texts. After their research, their understanding of talismans and alchemy became more and more profound, but they still could not refine the simplest elixir among them, the Bigu Pill.

Logically speaking, this Bigu Pill should be very easy to refine. In the "Leping Dan Jie", it is just a low-grade pill, the kind of pill that beginners use to practice.

Now, Wang Mingzhe is a true alchemist, capable of refining four types of low-grade spiritual pills. With his abilities, he should be able to refine the Bigu Pill.

Just as the two were wondering about their previous failure, Yang Zhengshan strode into the alchemy room.

"Cough cough!"

Yang Zhengshan coughed lightly, startling the two who were engrossed in the alchemical text.

"Master!"

"grandfather!"

Upon seeing Yang Zhengshan arrive, the two immediately bowed in greeting.

"Well, how's your research on alchemy going these past few days?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

Elixirs are an indispensable resource not only for martial arts practitioners but also for immortal practitioners.

Even more so than martial arts practitioners, immortal cultivators rely on elixirs.

Yang Zhengshan had been practicing the "Green Wood Longevity Scripture" for more than half a month, but the more he practiced, the slower his progress felt.

It's not that his cultivation speed is slow, but rather that compared to martial arts, his cultivation speed in the immortal path is incredibly slow.

The reason for this difference is that the circulation of magical power needs to go through the spiritual aperture, and the time spent cultivating one major cycle is almost equivalent to the time he used to cultivate two major cycles.

Secondly, the spiritual energy absorbed by the breathing and qi-guiding method is more refined, which is both a good thing and a bad thing. Naturally, the more refined the absorbed spiritual energy, the better. However, if the spiritual energy is too refined, it means that the absorption speed will become slower.

The third reason is mental strength. Cultivating the "Green Wood Longevity Scripture" requires mental energy and cannot be practiced for a long time. He needs to rest after each two major cycles of cultivation, which undoubtedly limits his cultivation speed.

Therefore, after discovering these problems, Yang Zhengshan focused his attention on elixirs.

Ordinary low-grade elixirs were of little use to him, but he discovered a certain type of elixir that was very effective.

The Spirit Nourishing Pill is made from dragon bone fruit, which is also known as the Mind-Concentrating Fruit. The Spirit Nourishing Pill is a mid-grade spiritual pill, and its function is to nourish the mind and enhance spiritual power.

If the Nourishing Spirit Pill can provide him with spiritual energy, then his daily cultivation time will be extended, which will undoubtedly greatly increase his cultivation speed.

"Master, we can't refine the Bigu Pill!" Wang Mingzhe said with a bitter face.

Yang Zhengshan stepped forward, took the "Explanation of Leping Elixir" and carefully read it through. After pondering it for a long time, he said, "Come, prepare the medicinal materials, I'll give it a try!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Mingzhe and Yang Chengyu immediately and efficiently began preparing the medicinal herbs. Wang Mingzhe's abilities were beyond question; aside from Yang Zhengshan, he was the most skilled alchemist in the Spirit Origin Land.

Yang Chengyu was no less outstanding. He was Wang Mingzhe's eldest disciple, and he and Wang Chengxue were considered the most outstanding alchemists among the younger generation.

Wang Chengxue is Wang Mingzhe's eldest son.

The two quickly prepared all the medicinal materials needed for the Bigu Pill, but Yang Zhengshan did not rush to refine it. Instead, he stood in front of the alchemy furnace with the "Leping Dan Jie" and tried it for a while before lighting the fire to refine the pill.

In fact, he already knew why Wang Mingzhe couldn't refine the Bigu Pill. It wasn't because Wang Mingzhe's skill level was lacking, but because Wang Mingzhe wasn't a cultivator.

The alchemy techniques of immortal cultivators and martial cultivators differ in some ways, mainly in the control of subtle details.

A small difference can lead to a huge error!

Putting aside other things, just take the art of fire control. Most martial arts practitioners and alchemists rely on the flame array that comes with the alchemy furnace, using spirit stones as energy and the array to adjust the size of the flame.

Immortal cultivators can not only release flames themselves, but also possess spells such as fire control techniques.

The size of the flame can be adjusted freely at any time.

Yang Zhengshan cannot release flames, nor does he possess any fire control techniques. However, he has spiritual awareness and is extremely sensitive to changes within the alchemy furnace. This enhances his control over the furnace and allows him to promptly detect problems that arise during the refining process.

Therefore, after he ruined three batches of medicinal materials, he successfully refined one batch of Bigu Pills. Although he only refined three Bigu Pills, he had undoubtedly succeeded.

"Master, what's going on? Why can't I refine it?" Wang Mingzhe asked, puzzled. He felt that his previous steps were almost identical to Yang Zhengshan's, so why did Yang Zhengshan succeed while he failed?

Yang Zhengshan glanced at the Bigu Pill, shook his head slightly, and said, "Do you know why there are no Bigu Pills in the Sea of ​​Spiritual Beauty?"

"Why?" Wang Mingzhe asked.

Yang Zhengshan said, "Because this thing is even more difficult to refine than a high-grade elixir! Refining it requires extremely skilled control over flames; there can be no mistakes whatsoever!"

The Sea of ​​Spiritual Beauty does not have any pills like the Bigu Pill, firstly because these are difficult for martial arts practitioners and alchemists to refine, and secondly because they are not very useful for cultivation.

Bigu Dan, as the name suggests, is for fasting.

These are the elixirs that ancient cultivators used when they went into seclusion.

However, martial artists usually do not stay in seclusion for very long, ranging from two or three days to more than ten days.

Unless one forges a spiritual foundation and creates a golden body, like Lu Fusheng, who secluded himself for five years at a time.

However, Lu Fusheng's seclusion was not a continuous sitting in the cave. He was surrounded by countless servants who served him, provided him with food, and fed him.

Therefore, the Bigu Pill was the most commonly used and basic elixir in the hands of ancient cultivators, but in the eyes of martial arts practitioners, it was a useless pill.

"You can't just copy this alchemy manual, because it's an ancient method of alchemy used by cultivators. Some things that seem insignificant are things you can't do."

"You can learn from the experience here, but you can't rely on it too much!"

"I suggest you try out some of the techniques and runes on this. If you can master them, then they'll be useful to you. If you can't, then there's no need to waste your time on them!"

The alchemy techniques of martial arts practitioners today are very different from those of ancient immortal practitioners. Although the alchemy techniques of martial arts practitioners originated from those of ancient immortal practitioners, they have undergone tens of thousands of years of development and expansion, and are no longer what they used to be.

Perhaps the alchemy techniques of ancient immortal cultivators were more mysterious and magical, but we cannot conclude that their alchemy techniques were better because of these factors.

What suits you best is the best!

Wang Mingzhe is a martial arts cultivator, not a celestial cultivator, so the alchemy techniques of martial arts cultivators are more suitable for him nowadays.

"For example, look here. When Daoist Leping was an apprentice alchemist, he worked as a fire-tending boy for three years. He was very skilled in fire control. From this, you might think that his fire control skills were just his proficiency in adjusting the flame array, right?"

"Actually, that's not right. Ancient cultivators possessed fire control techniques. They used many kinds of alchemical fire, such as magic arrays or earth fire. Their methods of controlling flames came from their own fire control abilities, not from other methods!"

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Yang Zhengshan carefully explained to Wang Mingzhe the differences between ancient cultivators and martial artists, and then extended the discussion to the differences between them in alchemy. Although he didn't know these things very well, it was enough to guide Wang Mingzhe.

And so, Yang Zhengshan stayed in the land of spiritual energy, living a simple and ordinary life every day.

He cultivates, refines pills, studies runes, checks on the situation at the weapon-refining workshop, and visits the Azure Wolf King and the others when he has time.

The Blue Wolf King was living a very comfortable life in the Land of Spirit Source.

Although the Spirit Source Land doesn't have as many spiritual creatures and exotic beasts as the ancient ruins, it doesn't restrict its breakthrough to become a divine beast. So even though its life is a bit simple now, it still feels very comfortable.

However, the wild beasts of the Spirit Source Land suffered greatly. These blue wolves were all big eaters, the kind that could eat two sheep in one meal. With such a group of ferocious beasts around, those wild beasts naturally became their prey.

Therefore, Yang Zhengshan had no choice but to move the cattle on the grassland to the vicinity of the wolf den.

Yang Zhengshan naturally wouldn't be their poop scooper, so he abandoned hundreds of cattle in the valley where the wolf den was located, letting the wolves raise them themselves.

Dogs can herd sheep, so why can't wolves raise cattle?
The Blue Wolf King is no less intelligent than humans, so there's no reason why he couldn't learn how to raise cattle.

Furthermore, raising cattle in the land of spiritual energy doesn't require too many skills. Just make sure the cattle are well-fed and watered, and don't let them run around.

This is something that Qinglang can handle.

Time flies by, and half a year has passed in the blink of an eye.

On Lingquan Mountain, amidst the lush forest of spiritual fruit trees, Yang Zhengshan made a hand seal and slowly awoke from his meditation.

He reached out and took the bamboo slips in front of him, unfolding them with a whoosh.

Qinghua Thunder Technique

The first thing that catches the eye on the bamboo slip is the four large characters.

The "Qinghua Thunder Technique" was a cultivation method that Yang Zhengshan obtained in the Transmission Hall of the ancient remnant array. However, he had not practiced it before and only started practicing it now.

Because he has now transformed all the true essence in his body into magical power, completely transforming himself from a martial artist into a celestial cultivator.

This "Qinghua Thunder Technique" is not an internal energy cultivation method, but a set of magical arts and supernatural powers.

That's right, it's a set, not just one.

The Qinghua Thunder Technique contains two offensive techniques and one technique for refining one's natal magic weapon.

The two offensive techniques are the Azure Thunder Pearl and the Nine Heavens Wood Divine Thunder, while the technique for refining one's natal magic weapon is the Azure Wood Purple Lightning Sword.

With Yang Zhengshan's current cultivation level, he is not yet able to cultivate the Nine Heavens Yi Wood Divine Thunder, nor can he refine his natal magic weapon.

The only thing he can cultivate is the Azure Thunder Pearl.

(End of this chapter)