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

Chapter 188: The Tribulation of Dan Formation
"A thousand-year-old blood ginseng and a ball of silkworm silk. The things in your Jinguang Pavilion are really similar to those in Zhigang Palace."

Wei Zhong once disguised himself to help Zhigang Palace eliminate external enemies, and was rewarded with these two items.

"It turns out that Master Wei also knows that Zhigang Palace has these two items. To be honest, these are what we got when we explored a secret place together.

"It's a pity that the place was developed by our two families many years ago, but now it is..."

"Alright, I don't mean to force you to reveal the location of the secret realm. I just think it's a bit strange that your two hostile sects have united to explore the secret realm."

Jia Pingjian smiled awkwardly:
"Although our two families occasionally have conflicts, we cannot say that we are hostile to each other..."

Wei Zhong nodded:
"It is not easy to refine a fourth-level magic weapon. Come back in two months to get the sword."

Wei Zhong waved his hand, Jia Pingjian bowed and slowly left.

After sensing that this person had left Qingbo Island, Ling Ziwei and the other person came to meet him.

"My husband is so confident in refining a fourth-level magic sword? And he didn't even tell me what compensation would be in case of failure?"

"It's just an ordinary fourth-level magic sword. Your husband can easily capture it with his skills."

Then he looked at the Tiancan silk in his hand. Wei Zhong had collected several balls of this material in order to refine the Seven-Colored Golden Bamboo Umbrella when he gathered at the Chamber of Commerce. Now he got another piece and had enough to refine a fourth-level robe.

"I just happened to have a few extra balls of silkworm silk, so I can make some fourth-level robes for us. As for you, Ling'er?"

Wei Zhong pulled his wrist and checked his cultivation level.

"I am in the late stage of foundation building, probably the ninth level. I am still some distance away from the peak, but I haven't slacked off in my practice. I still have at least 50 years to live, and there is hope for me to achieve the formation of the elixir."

Hearing Wei Zhong's murmurs, the latter showed a hint of joy on his face, and then heard Wei Zhong continue to ask:
"How is the spiritual root progress?"

Xie Linghua shook her head:

"After the master left, Ling'er tried the 'Spiritual Planting Method' twice. Although it was successful both times, it was still a long way from a top-grade spiritual root."

"If your spiritual roots are not of the highest quality, there is still a risk of forming a pill. In the next period of time, in addition to practicing, you should focus on cultivating your life energy."

Then he took out a pile of blue-veined glass stones, more than two hundred in total.

Some of these were collected from several Jindan families under the Wang family, and some were obtained from the Yunji Chamber of Commerce.

"These quantities are probably enough for you to enter the upper-grade spiritual root stage. If not, you can come and ask me for them."

Xie Linghua accepted it with great joy, and Wei Zhong looked at Ling Ziwei again.

The other party's cultivation has not improved significantly in recent years and is still in the middle stage of Jindan.

This is the current situation of most Jindan cultivators, rather than Wei Zhong's rapid progress.

"Does Ziwei need to switch to other techniques to practice this "Spirit Planting Technique"? "

The other party thought for a moment and chose to refuse:
“Not yet. I have been practicing this technique for hundreds of years. If I change my practice rashly, I may not be able to make the same progress.

“Besides, I still have plenty of time, and it is possible for me to use my superior spiritual roots to advance to the Nascent Soul stage.

"If I fail, it won't be too late for me to switch to another technique then."

Wei Zhong nodded. Ling Ziwei was not very old and could be said to be well-off enough to reach the Jindan realm.

Even if one reaches the peak of Jindan with such aptitude, there will still be at least a hundred years of remaining lifespan, which is enough to change one's cultivation method and modify one's spiritual roots.

Seeing that he had something in mind, Wei Zhong no longer tried to interfere.

After giving the two some instructions on cultivation, he returned to the cave and began to deal with the fourth-level magic sword.

Black and red flames emerged from Wei Zhong's palm. With Wei Zhong's strong cultivation, it was no problem for him to support this flame for alchemy and equipment refining.

As soon as the flame touched the nightmare gold on the ground, a ball of black evil spirit spewed out from it and headed straight for Wei Zhong's face.

Fortunately, a black stream of water blocked it.

"This is truly a spiritual material that is full of evil spirit. How powerful would a fourth-level magic weapon made from this material be?"

Thinking of Jia Pingjian, a Jindan cultivator, would he dare to use a weapon made of such materials?
It is already difficult for a Jindan cultivator to control a fourth-level magical weapon, let alone a magical sword like this that is filled with murderous aura.

Although it is powerful, it hurts both the enemy and yourself.

"Just keep refining it. If possible, try to restrain the evil spirit within..."

The flames continued to burn, and the Earth Nightmare Gold gradually turned into a liquid substance mixed with gold and black.

Tempering the body, shaping...

After a month, this fourth-level magic sword began to take shape in Wei Zhong's hands.

"The rest is to draw the runes, sharp and restrained, and preferably add a clear spirit, and..."

After exactly two months, Wei Zhong finally succeeded in refining this magic sword.

Looking at the magic sword in front of him with a black base and golden threads running through the entire sword body, Wei Zhong nodded with satisfaction.

"This is the best masterpiece I have ever made in refining a fourth-level magic sword. The fusion of various spiritual materials has reached the limit of what I can control, and so is the power of the magic weapon."

He raised the sword, but there was no whistling sound of it cutting through the air. Instead, it was not much different from an ordinary iron sword.

This is because the power of the magic weapon is all restrained by the runes within the sword body.

Only by injecting spiritual energy to remove the restrictions will its original appearance be revealed.

"Not bad, but if there is Moonlight Sand and Hundred Cloud Gold, this sword should be able to be upgraded to a mid-grade grade. However, this time I am refining a weapon for others, so there is no need to spend so much time on it.

"As far as this sword is concerned, the two items Jia Pingjian brought out are already a great bargain."

After taking the sword out of the seclusion and handing it to Pavilion Master Jia who had been waiting there for a long time, Wei Zhong instructed:

"This sword contains evil spirits. Do not use it unless necessary. It is easy to kill the enemy, but it is not difficult to hurt yourself. A cultivator in the middle stage of Jindan can only swing the sword once at most. Even Pavilion Master Jia can only swing it twice at most. If he swings more than that, his life will be in danger."

Jia Pingjian took the sword with some doubt, thanked Wei Zhong and then said goodbye.

Wei Zhong sent him out of the spiritual island, turned around and returned to the cave, with a ball of black spiritual fire emerging from his hand.

[Golden Flame Grandmaster (1%)]

"This spell is progressing very quickly, much faster than the Black Water Spiritual Robe."

Considering that he often uses it to refine medicine and weapons, and even uses it to fight enemies, it is equivalent to daily high-intensity training, so such progress is reasonable.

"The black flame is definitely at the fourth level, but it also increases the consumption of spiritual energy. It's fine for fighting enemies, but for daily alchemy and equipment refining, it's better to use a lower level."

The black flames differentiated and the color gradually faded, black-red, golden-red, golden...

The random upgrading and downgrading of the spiritual fire indicated that Wei Zhong's control over the golden flame had further deepened.

"I wonder what the peerless level is like? Flying Throwing Technique, Breath Containing Technique, etc. all condense magic runes. Can they also condense the runes of Golden Flowing Flame?"

Wei Zhong thought about it and then put away the fire.

It took seventy to eighty years to go from the master level to the grandmaster level, and it is unknown how many hundreds of years it would take to reach the peerless level.

It is useless to consider this matter at this moment.

Wei Zhong walked to the Golden Thunder Bamboo Forest. After observing the growth of the main Golden Thunder Bamboo plant, he casually cut off a thousand-year-old Golden Thunder Bamboo.

This plant is probably more than 2,000 years old, and is considered one of the older ones in the bamboo forest.

Xie Linghua's foundation-building skills are becoming more and more perfect, and she still needs to prepare one or two secret treasures to overcome the tribulation.

"Thousand-year-old golden thunder bamboo, combined with third-level spiritual silk, and mixed with some heavenly silk, is used to refine a seven-color golden bamboo umbrella..."

A month later, a cyan-gold spiritual umbrella was produced, which was of the middle third grade.

"This thing is probably more than enough to deal with the Jindan thunder tribulation."

The handle of the spirit umbrella is hollow, and inside it is a spirit-absorbing rune drawn by Wei Zhong. It is used to draw the spiritual power from the spirit stone to power the spirit umbrella and reduce the burden on the user.

In this way, even if Xie Linghua is at the foundation-building stage, it won't be a big problem to use this umbrella. "To be on the safe side, we should refine another third-level robe. In addition, we need to refine another soul-summoning pill. With both the inner demon tribulation and the thunder tribulation under control, we can deal with the pill-forming tribulation without any worries."

Lingyan had just been promoted, and Wei Zhong was able to use it to make pills and weapons with great ease, and he even felt a little unsatisfied.

In half a year, he not only refined a third-level lower-grade robe with lightning-proof effect, but also refined a fourth-level robe for himself and Ling Ziwei respectively.

It was made after Wei Zhong absorbed his recent experience in Qi refining and used the golden flowing flame after his promotion. Its power is even greater than the robe he gave to the Shadow Moon Sect that day.

It has strong defensive capabilities and is mixed with some anti-magic effects, so it has a certain ability to reduce damage when dealing with magic such as the Five Elements or thunder magic.

It can be regarded as the culmination of Wei Zhong's current weapon refining skills.

Ten years have passed, and the Golden Thunder Bamboo has not yet reached the ten thousand year mark, but Xie Linghua's cultivation has already reached the perfect foundation building stage.

"Your spiritual roots are still a little weak at the moment. Have you really considered forming a pill now?"

The latter nodded heavily. Seeing this, Wei Zhong sighed and stopped trying to dissuade him.

"I have prepared everything I can for you. Although there is a high probability that you will survive this disaster, there are always unexpected things."

"Master, there is no need to dissuade me. Ling'er has made up her mind."

Xie Linghua knew very well that she was not young anymore. If she continued to wait, her body would continue to weaken. By then, even if she could forge a top-grade spiritual root, her chances of successfully forming a pill would not be very high.

"The master can form a pill with a body of middle-grade spiritual roots, why can't I do it?"

"In that case, you should start preparing. All the materials needed to form a pill and survive the tribulation are in your hands. Take good care of them."

Then Wei Zhong and Ling Ziwei left the cave together.

Ling Ziwei said with a sad face:

"Husband, can Sister Ling'er form the elixir this time?"

Wei Zhong shook his head:

“I don’t know. Although a mid-level spiritual root has the potential to form a pill, it also depends on the opportunity and luck.

"I have made all the necessary preparations. If it still doesn't work, I can only wait until his spiritual roots are upgraded before trying again."

Ling Ziwei sighed faintly:
“The speed of our progress still puts too much pressure on them, especially since news of my husband’s status as a fourth-rank weapon refiner came from Yunzhou City a few years ago.

"Sister Ling'er has been practicing harder and harder, and has not rested in seclusion for many years. If it weren't for her husband's return this time, I'm afraid she would have practiced to the peak of foundation building in one breath before coming out..."

At this point, Wei Zhong could only sigh in his heart. He and Ling Ziwei would naturally move forward step by step. It was impossible for him to stand still and wait for her on this path of cultivation.

Wei Zhong tried his best to remove the restrictions on resources and qualifications. If these conditions still cannot be met, then Wei Zhong would have no other choice.

Just as Wei Zhong was deep in thought, a huge cyclone of spiritual energy hovered over the Spirit Island.

Clouds and mists were all over the sky above the Spirit Island. This was the strange phenomenon caused by Xie Linghua's practice of "Qingyun Jue" absorbing spiritual energy from the outside world.

Everyone on Ling Island couldn't help but stop and watch this scene.

"This is?"

The coverage of the clouds was getting wider and wider, not only covering the sky, but also spreading to the bottom of Ling Island.

Wei Zhong frowned, and with a move of his big hand, he gathered all the clouds over the training room.

Ling Ziwei also connected the spiritual island magic circle with the same mind.

A large amount of free spiritual energy was drawn by the formation and poured into the training room below.

Only then did the clouds stop spreading.

The spiritual cyclone lasted for a hundred days before slowly dissipating at noon on a clear day.

"The pill has been formed, and the next step is the inner demon tribulation."

Before Wei Zhong finished speaking, dark clouds gathered on Qingbo Island.

"It passed, so fast!"

Ling Ziwei's voice was full of surprise.

In the sky above, dark clouds gathered and gradually took shape.

Xie Linghua's body escaped from the training room, glanced at Wei Zhong and Ling Ziwei beside her, and smiled.

Flying up, breaking away from the formation and heading straight for the thunder tribulation.

"Husband."

Ling Ziwei's hands tightly grasped Wei Zhong's robes, and Wei Zhong patted her palms lightly, indicating to comfort her:

"Nothing, Ling'er is more prepared than you and me to survive the tribulation."

The pill has been condensed, the inner demon tribulation has passed, and what remains is the thunder tribulation.

If one can overcome this calamity, one will achieve the stage of Jindan.

If you fail, you will turn into a handful of incense ash.

There is absolutely no turning back.

Wei Zhong looked up at the sky. At this time, the thunder tribulation had already condensed into shape, and the first bolt of lightning struck directly towards Xie Linghua.

Xie Linghua had a resolute expression on her face, and the clouds in her hands condensed and turned into a ball that wrapped herself up in it.

The lightning struck the white cloud until it was charred black and turned into ashes, revealing Xie Linghua with an indifferent expression inside.

He did not use any magic weapon to resist, but simply used his own magic body and defensive techniques to take it on.

But this is only the first thunder tribulation, there are eight more powerful thunders to come.

The second way, the third way...

Finally, when the fourth thunder tribulation came, Xie Linghua had to take out the colorful golden bamboo umbrella that Wei Zhong had prepared for her.

The power of the Jindan thunder tribulation was so extraordinary that other cultivators could feel the mighty power even though they were dozens of miles away.

Many monks were attracted by it and moved towards Qingbo Island.

Wei Zhong's consciousness seemed to sense something, and he split his mind into two and escaped into the magic circle, activating the five elements puppets within it. The range of the magic circle expanded to an area of ​​five miles, forming five giants towering into the clouds to guard the four directions.

The giant rumbled:

"Construct the elixir to overcome the tribulation, all idle people should leave!"

The roar, which carried the pressure of a Jindan stage, spread over dozens of miles, shocking the cultivators who came to watch the excitement so much that they immediately stopped in their tracks, expressions of horror on their faces.

"Is this the voice of Master Wei from Qingbo Island? I didn't expect that he would return secretly after going to Yunzhou City."

Wei Zhong's comings and goings were extremely low-key, and only people like Jia Pingjian who had deliberately inquired about him knew about him.

More than ten miles away from Qingbo Island, a middle-aged man and an old man were floating in the air.

The old man spoke slowly:
"Zhengsheng, this is the third-level alchemist Master Wei you mentioned."

"That's right. It's a pity that this person has not yet entered the fourth level. Otherwise, we wouldn't have to pay a high price and ask the fourth-level alchemist of the Yunji Chamber of Commerce to make the elixir."

The two people were Yao Zhengsheng and Lian Chengjue who came from Qingmu Sect.

Lian Chengjue has been at the peak of the Jindan stage for many years. In recent days, the Qingmu Sect has finally collected enough spiritual medicines with the supply from the Wanshou Mountain Range. He is thinking of going to Yunzhou City to find the Yunji Chamber of Commerce and seek one or two fourth-level precious pills to break through to the Yuanying level.

Wei Zhong's spiritual sense also discovered two people among the cultivators. He showed surprise, but then ignored them.

He then stared vigilantly at the surrounding monks to prevent any accidents.

(End of this chapter)