Lord of Time: From a Five Elements Cultivator to a Master of All Daos

Chapter 139 Ascension to Spirit
[Fourth-level Alchemy·Fire·Mastery (21%)]

Compared with the 3% progress when he was promoted to the fourth level before, it seems that there is not much improvement, but the actual level of proficiency has already surpassed that of ordinary alchemists.

When Wei Zhong reached the third level, he was proficient enough to occasionally refine medium-quality elixirs, and even four or five low-quality elixirs in one furnace.

Nowadays, the number of Blood Ginseng Pills and Earth Profound Pills being refined is small, and people are not familiar with the pill formulas, which leads to a high failure rate.

Now that he has received Shan Qin's investment in spiritual medicine, Wei Zhong is confident that within a few years, he can transform them all into fourth-tier spiritual pills, and the number will be far more than just twenty.

While talking with the two, Shan Qin suddenly said:
“Now that Fellow Daoist Wei has been promoted to a fourth-level alchemist, although his identity has not been announced at the meeting, everyone knows that a new fourth-level alchemist has appeared.

In the future, someone will probably contact you through the token and ask you to make an elixir. You must do it according to your ability."

Wei Zhong understood that Shan Qin was telling him not to be too proud after being promoted to a fourth-rank alchemist, so as to avoid ruining other people's elixirs and offending the masters.

Even if the identity is kept secret, there is a possibility that it may be made public in the future.

Wei Zhong nodded in agreement.

After the two girls finished explaining the important matters, they said goodbye and left.

Wei Zhong watched the two of them go away, and then Ling Ziwei appeared.

As the host of the formation, he had already noticed something when Shan Qin and the other girl arrived, but he did not show up.

Now that Shan Qin and the other two had left, she walked behind Wei Zhong and sighed:
"My husband's status is very different now!"

Wei Zhong turned around with a slight smile on his face and raised his hand to push away the black hair on Ling Ziwei's forehead.

"What's the difference? He's still your husband, isn't he?"

The latter's face turned a little red due to Wei Zhong's teasing.

"I didn't tell anyone about my advancement in alchemy, did I?"

Ling Ziwei grabbed Wei Zhong's right hand:

"Ziwei knows how cautious her husband is, so she dare not speak nonsense."

"That's good. In the future, this identity may have to be hidden for a hundred years until the Nascent Soul is condensed before it can be made public."

Wei Zhong looked thoughtful.

Ling Ziwei leaned close to Wei Zhong's chest, narrowed her eyes slightly, and said softly:

"Husband, Sister Ling'er has just advanced to the middle stage of foundation building and is now consolidating her cultivation in the training room."

Wei Zhong's expression straightened up: "Finally advanced!"

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A hundred miles away from Qingbo Island, a white cloud floated in the sky, moving away into the distance at a terrifying speed.

Looking closely, it was not a cloud at all, but a ball of smoke formed by condensed spiritual energy, and the source was the pipe on Miaoli Shan's waist.

"It's just like what Grandpa Jie said. Wei Zhong doesn't want to submit to us," Shan Qin smiled bitterly, "Even my kindness, he is unwilling to accept it."

Miaolishan looked at Shan Qin and shook his head:

"Perhaps the things we brought out were too valuable, which made them wary for a moment, so they tried to shirk responsibility."

"Thanks to Aunt Miao for coming up with the idea. Now we are close partners with Wei Zhong. If we ask for anything in the future, he probably won't refuse."

Miaoli Shan nodded:
"But I think this trick is not as good as the token you gave me. Wei Zhong is very cautious. I'm afraid he values ​​the token that can conceal his identity and trade with others very much."

Shan Qin thought about it and came to the same idea.

"Wei Zhong doesn't want to reveal his identity as a fourth-level alchemist, so we have to keep it a secret to prevent those villains from tripping him up."

"Besides you and me, the only person who knows about this is Xu Xuan from the local Yunji Building. We need to do something about it."

Having said this, Yanyun changed direction and headed straight for Yuelan City.

There are countless ways to find out information in the cultivation world, and foundation-building cultivators like Xu Xuan have become the biggest breakthrough point.

Whether asking him to swear an oath or simply erasing his related memories, Shan Qin and the others must prevent the possibility of the news leaking out from here.

Qingbo Island,
Wei Zhong checked Xie Linghua's cultivation, then nodded and said:
"Yes, your spirit, energy and soul are perfect, and your cultivation is not superficial, it is improving steadily."

Xie Linghua looked delighted when she heard Wei Zhong's praise.

Ling Ziwei on the side joked:

"It's only natural for me to practice with the top-grade Qi-combining pills given by my husband. I've never enjoyed such treatment before."

As he spoke, he reached out and touched Xie Linghua's waist, teasing her and making her laugh.

Wei Zhong also smiled as he looked at the scene in front of him.

"Okay, Linghua, can you show me your natal cloud energy?"

The two girls stopped playing. Xie Linghua closed her eyes and made a hand gesture. A cloud of gas instantly spread throughout the courtyard with her as the center.

Wei Zhong probed with his spiritual sense and found that the ability of the clouds to conceal his spiritual sense had been strengthened to a certain extent.

It seems that while the other party's cultivation level has improved, he has not neglected this aspect.

"Don't resist!"

After saying this, Wei Zhong condensed a huge hand of spiritual power and grabbed all the clouds into his hand, forming a sphere with a diameter of no more than half a foot.

The condensed clouds formed flocs, and there seemed to be a flow of spiritual energy in the middle.

Wei Zhong waved his sleeves, and a dozen Thousand Spirit Water Stones appeared. He looked at Xie Linghua and said:
"Hold your breath and concentrate. I will help you refine this."

Seeing Wei Zhong so serious, the other party straightened his expression, nodded, and sat cross-legged on the ground.

Ling Ziwei stepped aside and looked at the two people sitting cross-legged facing each other in the yard.

The spiritual consciousness extended outside the courtyard to protect the two of them.

After a moment, Wei Zhong looked at the cloud in his hand with satisfaction.

'It can barely reach the peak of the middle stage of the second stage, which is probably enough to forge a medium-grade water spirit root.'

After standing up, he called the two to follow him.

Arriving at the training room, Wei Zhong looked at the two of them seriously. Seeing Wei Zhong being so serious, Ling Ziwei and Xie Linghua also acted seriously.

"Next, I will teach you a unique method called 'Spirit Planting Method'. It was obtained by accident, and then it was finally formed after my own verification and improvement."

"Spirit planting?"

When Ling Ziwei heard this, she looked thoughtful and had a vague guess in her mind.

"This method must not be leaked, otherwise we will suffer a bloody disaster. So..."

The two girls understood the weight of Wei Zhong's words, and they all swore an oath to the Heavenly Dao to prevent the possibility of the magic being leaked.

Wei Zhong nodded, and two rays of light emerged from his fingertips and flew towards the eyebrows of the two.

It includes the entire content of "The Method of Planting Spirits" and Wei Zhong's understanding as a reformer.

The two girls meditated for several hours before they woke up one after another.

There was disbelief in Ling Ziwei's eyes:

"There is actually a method in this world to transform one's innate spiritual roots?"

Xie Linghua was also delighted. She didn't expect that her poor qualifications would be able to turn around here.

"Spiritual roots are born with mystical powers, so it is normal for us mortal cultivators to have doubts about this.

But in the eyes of those powerful people with profound Taoism, perhaps there are no secrets at all.

This method is derived from a blood-based method called "Blood Spirit Scripture", which is suspected to be inherited from the upper realm. Perhaps in the world above the human world, this method of transforming spiritual roots has already been spread, but we in the lower realm are not allowed to spread it. "

The two women both nodded. The might of the Nascent Soul was something they could not estimate, not to mention the upper realms that only the Spirit Transformation could ascend to.

Most of the monks among them are probably extremely powerful!

“Linghua, you can stop practicing for a while and take some time to familiarize yourself with this method so as to prepare for the next step of gathering your spiritual roots.

According to my estimation, there will be no problem in condensing a mid-grade spiritual root this time. If I perform this method many times in the future, it won’t be far to condense a high-grade spiritual root.”

Xie Linghua nodded, with irrepressible joy in her eyes.

"As for Ziwei, you just watch from the sidelines. If you want to use this method in the future, you can also gain some experience. If you have any questions during your comprehension, you can ask me."

Afterwards, the three of them sat cross-legged on the cushions, contemplating their own methods. From time to time, there were questions and discussions among them.

What Wei Zhong was holding in his hand was the alchemy inheritance from Shan Qin, which recorded the key points of refining the fourth-level elixir, as well as some tips on refining various kinds of elixirs.

'As expected, it was written by an experienced alchemist. The author of this jade slip is probably a leading figure in the Yunji Chamber of Commerce.'

Wei Zhong's spiritual sense only read one or two percent of the contents of the jade slip, but he gained a lot.

He even felt itchy and wanted to take out the alchemy furnace and make elixirs on the spot to verify what he had learned.

But when he saw the two women comprehending the Dharma in front of him, he put such thoughts aside and just kept replaying the alchemy scene in his mind.

It took Xie Linghua half a month to be ready.

Seeing this, Wei Zhong took out the bottles of pills, one bottle of soul-nourishing pills, and one bottle of small dust-reducing pills that weakened the efficacy of the medicine.

The soul planting process consumes a lot of spiritual consciousness. Xie Linghua's spiritual consciousness is still lacking in strength now, and she needs to use soul nourishing pills to support the entire soul planting process.

The small Dust-Reducing Pill was because Xie Linghua's cultivation had just entered the middle stage of foundation building, and it was difficult for her to consume the medicinal power of the third-level Dust-Reducing Pill.

Wei Zhong specially weakened it and refined a weakened version.

Although the medicinal power has diminished, its effect of reversing the innate nature is better than that of ordinary low-grade dust-reducing pills.

This is all thanks to the improvement of Wei Zhong's alchemy skills. Now, when he refines this kind of low-level elixir, it is always top-notch.

The two sat opposite each other, and Wei Zhong gently reminded them of the various precautions in planting spirits.

"Do you remember it?"

Xie Linghua nodded slowly.

"Then let's begin!"

A spiritual force captured the soul-nourishing pill and placed it in the mouth without dissolving it, allowing its medicinal power to slowly dissipate to support the entire soul-nourishing process.

Then he took out the small dust-reducing pill from another pill bottle and swallowed it to refine it.

A sense of clarity that went straight to the soul suddenly emerged from Xie Linghua's body.

"Concentrate, don't miss this great opportunity!"

Wei Zhong's voice sounded in his ears, as if it was close by, yet as far away as the sky.

Xie Linghua knew that this was the most important moment. The white ball in her lower abdomen slowly turned, and strands of pure water spirit energy containing her own imprint emerged from it...
"Husband, where is Sister Ling'er?"

Wei Zhong shook his head slowly:

"We have entered the critical state of cultivating spirits. Outsiders cannot interfere. Just wait quietly!"

It took Wei Zhong a full year to grow top-quality spiritual roots, and it took Xie Linghua at least half a year this time.

Sitting cross-legged beside him to protect him, Wei Zhong waited patiently.

Half a year is nothing considering Wei Zhong’s life span of more than 500 years.

Time passed slowly, and the servants on Qingbo Island had not seen the island owner and the steward Xie for a long time.

Only the hostess surnamed Ling occasionally shows up to handle island affairs.

Wei Zhong has been in seclusion for a long time and has not shown up for decades. The servants have become accustomed to it.

However, the fact that Manager Xie had not shown up for such a "long" time was enough to surprise everyone.

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Wei Zhong looked at Xie Linghua who was slowly opening her eyes. It seemed that she had just emerged from that mysterious state and had not yet adapted to reality.

He walked forward and stroked her slightly messy hair, and asked softly:

"How does it feel?"

The latter leaned on Wei Zhong's arms:
"very good······"

After saying these two words, he began to sob intermittently.

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The idea that spiritual roots are innate has long been deeply rooted in the human world. Many people are unable to embark on the path to immortality because they do not have spiritual roots, and regret it for the rest of their lives.

How many monks are unable to advance due to their own qualifications and die with regrets.

Xie Linghua used this method to improve her own qualifications and had the possibility of glimpsing the great Dao. How could she remain calm?
There is no doubt that "Spirit Planting Method" is a method that can change the current landscape of the cultivation world, and Wei Zhong knows this very well.

'It's too deeply involved, I can't expose it at this moment.'

Wei Zhong did not yet think that his supernatural powers were great enough to spread this method without being found by worldly cultivators.

The traces of True Lord Xuehai, who has countless burrows like a cunning rabbit, have been discovered by himself and others, let alone himself who does not have the method of splitting himself.

"I wonder if Master Xuehai escaped the pursuit of the gods after he was exposed in the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range last time?"

Wei Zhong shook his head and put it behind him.

All in all, Wei Zhong did not announce his idea of ​​"Soul Planting Method" in a short period of time.

'From the Blood Spirit Scripture, we can roughly glimpse that the method of improving spiritual roots has been integrated into the cultivation method of the cultivators in the upper realm.

I wonder if there is a general method to improve spiritual root qualifications alone?

The "Spirit Planting Method" in my hand is a derivative of the "Blood Spirit Scripture", and it barely touches the edge of universal use, but it still has considerable limitations.'

"At least the middle stage of foundation building, a unique life creation. The soul nourishing pill that supports the entire soul cultivation process, and the dust-reducing pill that reverses the innate nature."

Regardless of the method, the above requirements are not something that ordinary practitioners can achieve.

Planting a spirit is very valuable, and if you calculate it carefully, it is almost the same as the resources for forming a pill.

How many foundation-building cultivators can achieve this?
'Xie Linghua was able to succeed with the support of her own resources.

If he were left to work hard on his own, even if he collected these elixirs and succeeded in getting promoted, he probably wouldn't have time to use his improved qualifications to practice.

As usual, it ends in a hopeless avenue.'

Wei Zhong was well aware of the limitations of the "Soul Planting Method", but there was nothing he could do.

After all, Wei Zhong was only a reformer of the method, not its creator.

Since Wei Zhong's cultivation level is only at the Jindan stage, how could he understand the profound methods concerning spiritual roots?

I just stood on the shoulders of my predecessors, made some small attempts, and found a path that suits me.

To want to make further progress on this basis is nothing but wishful thinking.

'You should practice hard and improve your own cultivation.'

"With Jindan cultivation, no matter what you do, you have to think ahead and behind!"

(End of this chapter)