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

Chapter 215: Intermediate Puppet, Fengzhou Changes
In the main hall of Yunduan Mountain, the disciples of the Chamber of Commerce left and returned.

"Have you found Elder Wei?"

Huang Yunqi asked the merchant in front of him.

"Elder Wei just came out of retreat. He received a commission from the Chamber of Commerce to refine pills, and he has been in retreat to refine pills. My disciple went there at an unfortunate time, and did not meet Elder Wei."

Zhuge Zhao sighed:
"Since he has come out of retreat, he must have known the news you and I conveyed. When he finishes refining the elixir, he will definitely come over to take a look."

Huang Yunqi could only nod and wave his hand to disperse the disciples in front of him.

Turning his head to look at the half-refined fourth-level puppet in the hall, he was very troubled by Wei Zhong's attitude.

But Wei Zhong was already a Nascent Soul cultivator after all, and cultivation was the most important thing for him, so Huang Yunqi and the others didn't say much.

"It's a pity that one of us doesn't know the art of puppetry, and the other one is not proficient in refining equipment. Otherwise, we could really take down this fourth-stage mid-stage puppet."

Zhuge Zhao smiled:

"Who said that we both have our own strengths and weaknesses? Elder Wei is worse than me because he is involved in both fields and has made achievements."

While the two were talking about Wei Zhong, Wei Zhong was refining elixirs in Lingshan.

In the side hall of Yunxiao Lingshan, Nie Yuansen even asked about Yi Liu's strange behavior.

"Sixth son, just now?"

The latter smiled bitterly:
"Uncle Master, do you still remember that a hundred years ago, Senior Brother Yao and I went to Yunzhou and entrusted the Haoyuan Pill and Jinchan Pill to be refined?"

Nie Yuansen nodded. He naturally had an impression of the Golden Zen Pill, the only third-grade body-refining elixir in the sect.

"Could it be that?"

"Yes, this pill was made by this Wei Danshi. At that time, he was not a member of the Yunji Chamber of Commerce, but a third-level independent alchemist living in Luohe Prefecture. He was just a little famous in Luohe Prefecture.

“My cultivation is only at the early stage of Jindan, which is much lower than that of my senior brother and me.

"But over the past hundred years, the changes have been so great. Not only has his alchemy skills advanced to the fourth level, but his spiritual cultivation has also reached the Nascent Soul stage. He has also joined the Yunji Chamber of Commerce, one of the major forces in Yunzhou City.

"This encounter is really..."

Yi Liu didn't know how to describe it in words, and his face was full of complexity.

A person whose cultivation was not as good as his own a hundred years ago, but now he has to be called a senior by himself.

The feeling in it made Yi Liu, a talented man, feel extremely emotional.

Seeing this, Nie Yuansen could only pat him on the shoulder and comfort him:

"The wealth of the alchemist is far beyond what you and I can imagine. This Senior Wei must have both talent and opportunity to achieve his current achievements, which is beyond the reach of ordinary people.

"No need to compare yourself with him, just be yourself. Once you get the Thunder Yuan Dan, you will enter the fourth level sooner or later..."

In Nie Yuansen's opinion, the one with the greatest hope of reaching the fourth level in Qingmu Sect is none other than Yi Liu in front of him. In terms of probability, he is even more likely to do so than himself, who has already reached the late stage of Jindan.

He is also more promising than those up-and-coming talents in the sect. This is determined by his qualifications, and also stems from Yi Liu's firm determination to pursue the Tao.

His practice has been unstoppable, without any bottlenecks. If it were not for resource constraints, he would have been able to reach the fourth level of body refining long ago.

Nie Yuansen didn't want to see his own fourth-level seedling suffer a setback here.

After some persuasion, Yi Liu just nodded slowly. As for what he was thinking in his heart, Nie Yuansen had no idea.

At this point, he could only sigh.

Wei Zhong naturally had no idea about what the two were talking about, even though this sacred mountain was within the reach of Wei Zhong's Nascent Soul consciousness.

But Wei Zhong was busy refining the elixir, so he had no time to care about the idle chat between the two.

In front of him, fourth-order golden flames rose and the alchemy furnace rolled.

With a slap on the furnace cover, a green elixir shot into the sky, and Wei Zhong grabbed it lightly and put it in his hand.

"Unfortunately, with my current proficiency, I can only refine one Dingling Pill. If I force the pill to be divided, its grade will drop to the lower grade, and it will become a completely useless pill, unusable."

Wei Zhong's alchemy skills were already very advanced, but the medicinal materials needed to make the elixir were too precious and he had too little experience in making it.

In this way, even if you have the best alchemy skills, if you are not proficient enough in a pill recipe, the chance of success will ultimately be low.

"But fortunately, a pill was produced, otherwise the promised elixir would have to be withdrawn from the Alchemy Palace, which would be very embarrassing."

After putting the green elixir into the jade bottle, Wei Zhong took out the ancient jade slip.

"The Thunder Yuan Pill is a thunder-type elixir made from Thunder Eye Stone and Eight Desolate Grass. Its medicinal power is extremely powerful. It can temper the cultivator's body, purify the blood and qi in the body, and cultivate the Thunder Yuan..."

"This effect is really an excellent elixir for practicing the Lightning Body Refining Technique."

The refining process from the first to the third stage is almost the same, and the age of the medicinal materials used is increasing. The difficulty is not high.

Wei Zhong started refining pills directly. With the help of the master-level fourth-order refining technique, three pills were produced in the first furnace.

The second furnace produced five pieces, four of which were hit.

As the number of times he refined the recipe increased, Wei Zhong's proficiency in the recipe improved at a speed visible to the naked eye.

By the time the fifth furnace was finally created, third-grade, top-quality Thunder Yuan Dan had been produced.

In the end, eleven furnaces were used to refine the elixir, with a total of eighty-three elixirs, thirty-three of the third-grade lower grade, thirty of the middle grade, and twenty of the upper grade.

"It's a lot easier to refine a third-level elixir."

Wei Zhong looked at the silver elixir in his hand that was covered with lightning patterns. Lightning flashed from time to time, and the whole elixir looked like a ball of silver lightning.

"The properties of this kind of elixir are somewhat similar to Tao Ming's Golden Marrow Pill.

"It is difficult for anyone who is not a thunder-type cultivator to refine this pill. Just swallowing it into the stomach, the lightning force is enough to pierce the cultivator's intestines and stomach."

"This is much stronger than the universal body-refining elixir Golden Zen Pill that was once refined for the Qingmu Sect. At least it is more suitable for thunder-type body cultivators like Yi Liu.

"It also helps me a lot in the Seven Apertures Thunder Power."

After the pill was refined, Wei Zhong did not rush to come out to deliver the pill, but took out a low-grade elixir and swallowed it into his stomach.

Suddenly, he felt a ball of lightning rising from his throat, esophagus and stomach. He quickly practiced the "Seven Aperture Thunder Power" to absorb the power of the lightning.

At the same time, the Heaven-Breaking Divine Thunder also emerged from his body, flowing from the lower dantian to the surrounding area, reaching the stomach of the pill, eliminating its lightning power, and absorbing and refining it into a part of Wei Zhong.

It took two days of refining before Wei Zhong completely absorbed the elixir.

Wei Zhong opened his eyes and there was a look of satisfaction in his eyes:

“Even if I can only refine five lower-grade Thunder Yuan Dan in a month, it will be enough to speed up my practice of the Seven Aperture Thunder Art by 30%, which is six times stronger than the half-percent practice of attracting lightning.

"If you refine a medium-grade elixir, the refining time will be extended, but the cultivation speed can be increased accordingly. It is indeed an excellent elixir for thunder-type body-refining cultivators.

"The Qingmu Sect is really lucky to be able to find this kind of elixir recipe."

Looking back on the experience of the Aoki Sect, it can be described as a record of the rise of a grassroots sect.

Although it is located on the edge of Yunzhou, it can capture the secret realm of Bai He, the incarnation cultivator, and take it for itself.

One can also absorb cultivation resources from it, and obtain half of the inheritance of the Divine Transformation, and improve one's own skills.

Later, after the secret realm was broken, he marched into the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountains, advancing step by step, and continuously obtaining cultivation resources from the rich mountains.

In just over two hundred years, they had accumulated a huge amount of wealth, enough to refine the Dingling Pill twice, providing two opportunities for the late Jindan cultivators in the sect to test their Nascent Soul.

The remaining types of wealth further promoted the overall strength of the Qingmu Sect.

Although no Nascent Soul cultivator has been born in the sect so far, the sect has a continuous stream of excellent disciples, and in time, a Nascent Soul cultivator will surely appear.

It was only a matter of time. The development experience of Qingmu Sect was enough to be envied by most Jindan Sects. There was no special risk involved. Even during the crisis of Blood Sea Master, there was a Yuanying cultivator named Tan Tai Lin who stepped forward to rescue him.

It can be said to be the destination of good fortune.

If one could see the fortune of the sect clearly, it would surely be a very thick column of luck and fortune.

With a sigh, Wei Zhong selected 30% of the 82 elixirs for his own use.

This was the condition that had been agreed upon long ago. Qingmu Sect paid the price to Yunji Chamber of Commerce and commissioned the alchemist in the chamber of commerce to refine the elixir. The alchemist could also take another 30% of the refined elixir.

Wei Zhong's move was in line with the consistent rules of the Yunji Chamber of Commerce.

However, since only one Dingling Pill was produced, it is inconvenient to divide the profits, and the full amount must be handed over to Qingmu Sect.

Go out of the customs.

Wei Zhong placed more than fifty elixirs in front of the two men.

Nie Yuansen picked up the elixir excitedly and thanked Wei Zhong profusely.

Yi Liu also couldn't hide his excitement. The importance of Lei Yuan Dan to him was self-evident.

Without this pill, he would have to stay in the Jindan realm for an unknown amount of time.

"We have low-quality, medium-quality and high-quality ones." After tapping the elixir in front of him, Yi Liu bowed to Wei Zhong, "Thank you, Master Wei!"

Wei Zhong waved his hand to signal him not to be polite:
"Among them, I have already taken 30% of the share of the Thunder Yuan Dan and the spiritual elixir. These are all yours..."

After finishing his instructions, Wei Zhong waved his hand:
"Okay, the elixir has been successfully refined. You two can leave first. I have something else important to do."

After hearing this, the two naturally did not stay any longer, but thanked him repeatedly and left Yunxiao Lingshan.

A disciple from the Chamber of Commerce came to the hall:
"Elder Wei, Elder Huang and Elder Zhuge want to see you."

Once again, a disciple was waiting for Wei Zhong to finish refining the elixir and come out of seclusion.

Wei Zhong thought about the news that the two had made a breakthrough in puppet refining and nodded.

"I should definitely go and take a look. After all, Shan Gu has entrusted me with the task of refining the puppet, so I can't just ignore it."

He leaped up into the air, silver lightning surrounded Wei Zhong and headed towards the Yunji Mountains.

The two people from Qingmu Sect, who were not far away yet, saw the silver lightning above their heads and showed admiration on their faces. Then they saw that it was flying out from the Yunxiao Lingshan behind them, and immediately knew that this was Master Wei.

"It turns out that this Master Wei is also a Thunder Master."

Seeing that the speed of this escaping light was several times faster than Yi Liu's, Nie Yuansen immediately looked at his side with worry, and saw that his face was complicated, as if he was thinking.

With a slight sigh, he urged them to leave together.

The Yunji Mountains are where the Yunduan Mountains are located.

Huang Yunqi and Zhuge Zhao learned that Wei Zhong was about to arrive, so they hurriedly waited outside the palace gate.

Wei Zhong's light of escape fell, and the two immediately stepped forward:
"Finally, we have waited for Fellow Daoist Wei!"

Wei Zhong explained with a smile:

"I was busy practicing and refining pills, so I delayed the puppet matter. I hope you two Taoist friends can bear with me."

"You're welcome. We have been studying for a long time and have made some progress. I hope Brother Wei can help verify it."

"Oh?"

Wei Zhong followed the two into the hall, and a wave of blazing fire rushed towards him.

There were many busy weapon refiners and puppeteers in the hall. Monk Wei Zhong recognized some of them, but was unfamiliar with some.

Seeing this, Zhuge Zhao explained:

"Many old monks in the temple have passed away, so many young monks have been recruited to replace them."

Wei Zhong nodded and followed the two to the core of the hall.

On a stone platform half a person's height, there is a spherical object hanging. It is covered with spiritual patterns and is uneven. It is one of the core parts of the fourth-level puppet, the spiritual core.

Wei Zhong was already very familiar with it and could tell its grade at a glance: a mid-level fourth grade.

"This is one of the results of my many years of research..."

Huang Yunqi looked at the spirit core on the stage with satisfaction. Wei Zhong was not at all surprised that he could refine this thing.

After all, as the top weapon refiner in the Yunji Chamber of Commerce, if he didn't have this ability, how could he hold the position of Chief Manager of the Weapon Hall and Special Elder?

"The spirit core has been successfully refined. What about the divine box and the puppet body?"

Zhuge Zhao shook his head:

“The puppet’s main body isn’t complicated, but the divine box is related to the power of divine consciousness. With my and Daoist Huang’s cultivation, it’s difficult to break through.

"Now I am asking Brother Wei to help me solve this matter."

Wei Zhong nodded.

After all, Huang Yunqi and Zhuge Zhao are both Jindan cultivators, and they are indeed a little stretched when it comes to the secret treasures of spiritual consciousness that involve the Yuanying level.

The two handed over a large number of refining records to Wei Zhong, which recorded the details of their multiple attempts to refine the magic box.

Although they all ended in failure, it was also an experience.

The three of them studied and verified each other's ideas, put forward various ideas, and finally successfully refined a fourth-order medium-grade magic box a year later. It took another half a year to successfully assemble the puppet.

Huang Yunqi and Zhuge Zhao looked surprised, but Wei Zhong was very calm.

This is because this level is too far away from the fifth level required for the Spirit Transformation.

The two of them might not know the existence of the Puppet Trial, but they just continued to study it according to the tasks assigned by the leader Shan Gu.

But Wei Zhong clearly understood the meaning behind it.

If you don’t reach the fifth level, no matter how many fourth-level puppets you have, they are just toys.

It can only be used as an offensive weapon and is of no use to the ascension opportunity behind the puppet trial.

“Thanks to the seniors above and the spiritual materials supported by the same-level sects, we have achieved today’s results…”

The two were very excited.

Wei Zhong shook his head secretly:

'The two of them were happy too early. Perhaps one day, the two gods would simply cancel this plan when they saw no hope of refining a fifth-order puppet.

'After all, the resources consumed during this period of time are not a small amount.'

Wei Zhong was about to say goodbye and leave when suddenly the token in his arms flashed.

"The Fengzhou Qianshui Demon Sect was massacred by the demon clan. More than half of the disciples stationed in the Demon Sect were killed or injured. Except for the sect's Grand Master, the Sect Master and other Nascent Soul Elders are all missing..."

Just over a hundred words made Wei Zhong's heart tighten.

"This is the third largest force in Fengzhou. How could it be possible..."

Sensing that a storm was about to come, Wei Zhong said goodbye to the two people in front of him with a serious face.

They fled all the way to the main hall of the Yunji Mountains, and saw that except for the leader of the meeting, Shan Gu, all the other Nascent Soul cultivators in the meeting had gathered there, and they all had solemn expressions on their faces.

(End of this chapter)