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

Chapter 320: Refining the Void Pill
Wei Zhong had just come out of retreat after refining his weapon, and had seen the letter talisman. He discovered that the two were staying inside the Shahe Gate, so he immediately showed up.

"Fellow Daoist Wu Se, the two of us are here to seek treasures. I wonder if you still have the Wind and Thunder Spirit Pearl?"

Wei Zhong stroked his chin and shook his head slowly:
"It is really unfortunate that you two Daoists came at such an inopportune time. I do not have this pearl in my possession due to a lack of spiritual materials.

"There are quite a few other second-rate five-element spirit beads of dual attributes such as water and fire, earth and wood, and gold and water."

Moro and the other man looked at each other and shook their heads slowly:

"Fellow Daoist's weapon refining skills are indeed profound, but it's a pity that we must have the Wind and Thunder Spirit Pearl and the Five Elements Spirit Pearl on this trip."

Wei Zhong spread his hands:
"Without spiritual materials, I am also a skilled cook who can't cook without rice."

As she spoke, Yu Hui took out a storage bag and handed it to Wei Zhong:

"Fellow Daoist, take a look. Are there enough spiritual materials?"

Wei Zhong took the items and examined them, and was surprised at the two's ability to collect such high-level spiritual materials.

Although the items in the storage bag do not contain rare treasures such as the hundred thousand year old golden thunder bamboo, they are of considerable age and are sufficient to be used to refine a sixth rank wind thunder bead.

“What it lacks in quality, it more than makes up for in quantity.”

Wei Zhong bowed:
"You two will have to wait here for a while. I will go and refine the weapon right away."

"It's okay. We two can wait."

After saying that, Wei Zhong said goodbye to the two of them and returned to the practice room.

He took out two beads and placed them in front of him.

Both beads are mixed with five colors, but they are different from each other.

One of them is Wei Zhong's natal magic weapon "Five Elements Pearl", and the other is a disposable Five Elements Spirit Pearl magic weapon that Wei Zhong refined after he had some enlightenment after refining his natal magic weapon.

"The Five Elements Spiritual Pearl is the most powerful magic weapon of its class in the Spiritual Pearl Refining Heritage, and its power is even greater than that of the Wind and Thunder. It is better to hold such a powerful weapon in your hands, and not expose it to outsiders easily."

This is the reason why Wei Zhong did not tell the two people from Xuanxiao Sect about the existence of this pearl.

“Unfortunately, among the seventh-level spirit bead refining inheritance, the strongest one is only the wind and thunder bead refining method, and there is no five-element spirit bead refining method, which is really a pity.

"But it is precisely because of this that I have the financial resources to buy this item. Otherwise, it would have been snatched away by other major forces long ago."

After putting the two beads away, Wei Zhong took out the storage bag given to him by Yu Hui.

After tinkering with various spiritual materials, sorting them into different categories, he began to refine them.

Wei Zhong was already very familiar with the refining of the Wind and Thunder Pearl. Even though he was using unfamiliar spiritual materials this time, he had no difficulty in refining it.

In just three months, Wei Zhong came out of seclusion and handed the two spirit beads to the two men.

The two were overjoyed to see the spiritual materials they had collected transformed into two wind and thunder beads in Wei Zhong's hands.

He took out six top-grade spirit stones and handed them to Wei Zhong:

"This will be considered as your hard work fee."

Wei Zhong gladly accepted it and turned to ask about the matter of Ge Mingyuan:

"You two are here to obtain the Wind and Thunder Pearl, but is it for the Abyss?"

The two nodded repeatedly:
"That's right. I won't hide it from you, Fellow Daoist Wu Se. For the past hundred years, we have been wandering around the periphery of the Ge Ming Yuan, and rarely explored the interior.

“But a year ago, the Supreme Sect issued an order, calling on all forces to deepen the exploration of the Ge Ming Yuan and advance to the middle level.

“Our sect has received the order and will send two of us there.

"We are fully aware of the dangers involved, so we have come here to ask for the protection of the Spirit Pearl."

"Outer layer, middle layer? The outer layer needs Lianxu to guard it, so doesn't that mean Hedao needs to take action in the middle layer?"

Yu Hui nodded upon hearing this:

"Fellow Daoist Wu Se is right. This time, there will be a senior from the Five Elements Immortal Sect who will stay in the Ge Ming Yuan for a long time to prevent any accidents."

"Sure enough, it attracted Hedao to take action."

The three of them talked for a while, and then the two people from Xuan Xiao Sect said goodbye and left in a hurry as if they had received a message.

Wei Zhong watched the two of them fleeing towards Feiyu Immortal City. Without turning back, he asked Jiang Changyu behind him:

"How's the news about the Dan Fang going?"

Jiang Changyu stepped forward and explained:

“As for the sixth-level cultivation pills that Senior needs, according to the information we have obtained, there are currently only three companies in Feiyu Immortal City that can sell them openly. One is the Xuanxiao Sect, the second is the Liu family of Feiyu Immortal City, and the third is Qingfengling in the southeast of Baifeng Spiritual Domain.

"These three factions are all selling spiritual elixirs for cultivation. Among them, the Purple Sun Gathering Spirit Pill of Xuanxiao Sect has the best quality and the highest output. The Qinglian Condensing Qi Pill of the Liu Family is second, but the price is affordable and is quite popular among cultivators in the early and middle stages of the Refining Void Stage.

"As for Qingfeng Ridge's Ningyuan Miaodan, it is the worst among the three. Its quality and output are not as good as the other two."

Wei Zhong frowned.

After he was promoted to the realm of refining emptiness, he no longer had enough high-quality elixirs to use for cultivation.

Due to this restriction, Wei Zhong's cultivation speed was also affected.

For this, he had to start inquiring about the news about the elixir.

"These three are the most popular in the market. There are also other types of cultivation elixirs. However, because their sources are unknown, we at Shahemen are unable to find them out."

Wei Zhong rubbed his eyebrows:
"Do these three companies have any intention of selling the pill formula?"

Jiang Changyu replied:
"Currently, only Qingfengling has this idea. But the price is quite high."

"How many?"

"Fifty top-grade spirit stones."

"Huh, why doesn't he go and rob?"

Wei Zhong didn't even spend fifty top-grade spirit stones in the entire auction last time. It was wishful thinking for Qingfengling to sell it at such a high price with just a pill recipe.

"Not only is the price quoted by the other party extremely high, but it is also said that the various rare spiritual medicine resources needed for alchemy are firmly in their hands, which are difficult for ordinary people to find."

"Forget it, forget it. I won't consider this Neng Yuan Miao Dan. You should pay more attention to the elixirs circulating in the market. If anyone takes the initiative to sell the recipe, notify me immediately."

"Yes, senior."

Wei Zhong took a step forward and disappeared here.

In the high-altitude clouds, Wei Zhong controlled the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and rushed to Feiyu Immortal City at an extremely astonishing speed.

“No wonder Lianxu is able to crush Huashen. This massive mobilization of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is beyond the reach of Huashen’s ability.”

Wei Zhong waved his hand casually, and the spiritual energy within a thousand miles was controlled as if by his heart. With all his strength, he could expand the range to more than three thousand miles.

I wonder how much spiritual power reserves this is equivalent to that of many great masters who have reached the state of incarnation.

"Moreover, the quality of the immortal spirit energy is not something that can be matched by mere divine power. The two are completely on a different level."

Wei Zhong was able to suppress Le Lin temporarily only because he took advantage of the dead shadow's corpse energy. If he delayed any further, he would still be defeated.

After only one day of escape, the outline of Feiyu Fairy City appeared in Wei Zhong's eyes.

After paying the spirit stones to enter the city, he went straight to the commercial building where Xuanxiao Sect was located. He saw the plaque of Dan Pavilion hanging on it, and went in and directly stated what he needed.

"Take a look at your sect's Zi Yang Ju Ling Dan."

When the maids in the pavilion saw Wei Zhong talking about the sixth-level elixir, they knew that a big business had come, and they hurried forward to serve him, saying:
"Please wait a moment, senior. A sister has gone to inform the shopkeeper." Wei Zhong nodded. Not long after, an old woman appeared. Wei Zhong saw that her cultivation level was at the Refining Void stage, and he couldn't help but be surprised at the powerful strength of the Xuanxiao Sect.

In general, there is only one Void Refining cultivator in the general Void Refining forces. However, in the Xuanxiao Sect, which has Hedao as the in-house doctor, there are four or five Void Refining cultivators in the sect, just as Wei Zhong knows, and this person is not any of them.

"My name is Zhuma, nice to meet fellow Taoist Wu Se."

The other party saluted first and pointed out Wei Zhong's identity in one sentence.

Wei Zhong was not surprised at all. He was famous for refining the magical weapon Lingzhu, and his portrait must have spread throughout the entire Feiyu Fairy City.

Wei Zhong had no intention of hiding his identity as he was going to buy the elixir.

"You are welcome, fellow Daoist Zhu. I am here only to ask for the elixir. Please take me to see the Purple Sun Gathering Spirit Pill."

"Yes, yes, fellow Taoist Wu Se, follow me."

Wei Zhong followed the other person's footsteps and walked up the stairs. The environment changed in his eyes, and in an instant he was found on a green grassland, where birds were singing, flowers were blooming, butterflies were flying, and it was a harmonious and natural scene.

Moreover, it seems to be much larger than the first floor of Dan Pavilion.

Looking up, there was a blue sky, but there were spiritual patterns flashing in the sky from time to time.

Wei Zhong blurted out:

"Space treasure?"

Zhuma smiled and said:

"It's just a formation to expand space. It's not so easy to get a space treasure."

As he was speaking, a blue bird came to Zhuma with the elixir bottle in its beak. Zhuma took it down and handed it to Wei Zhong.

Wei Zhong opened the bottle cap and saw a purple gold pill inside.

"Is this the Purple Sun Gathering Spirit Pill?"

Although the name of this pill contains the words "Spirit Gathering Pill", it is completely different from the ordinary Spirit Gathering Pills in the human world.

The pill is a sphere about one inch in size.

The pill is a mixture of purple, gold and red, and there are Taoist patterns on the surface that are as solid as substance. It is obvious at first glance that it is not an ordinary object.

Wei Zhong could sense that from the moment he smelled the fragrance of the elixir, the flow of the immortal energy in his body increased a bit.

I heard Zhuma's introduction:
"The Purple Sun Gathering Spirit Pill is a precious pill for refining emptiness that has been passed down in our sect for thousands of years. It has no grade classification, and once it is made, it must be a top-grade pill. Whether it is a cultivator in the early or middle and late stages of refining emptiness, they can all use it to improve their cultivation.

“In the entire Baifeng Spiritual Realm, it is the only one among the Refining Void Spirit Pills.

"You won't suffer any loss if you buy this pill, fellow Daoist."

Wei Zhong did not reply, but carefully examined the elixir, memorizing all the Dao patterns on it, and then asked:
"Can your sect sell this pill recipe?"

Zhu Ma chuckled helplessly, as if it was not the first time she had heard such words.

"The secrets of our sect cannot be leaked. I hope that fellow Taoist Wu Se will forgive me."

Wei Zhong was not surprised at all, but he felt secretly regretful.

"The quality of this medicine is definitely good, but unfortunately I don't know how to make it. If I spend spirit stones to buy it, it will probably be a huge expense."

"What's the price?"

"For ordinary people, it costs eighty high-grade spirit stones per piece. However, we have already made arrangements within the sect, and we can offer you seventy-five high-grade spirit stones per piece."

'Tsk, tsk, it's really expensive.'

Wei Zhong worked hard to refine a sixth-level single-attribute spirit bead, but it only sold for one spirit stone, which is only a hundred high-quality spirit stones.

After deducting the cost, the maximum profit would be thirty or forty high-quality spirit stones, which could only be exchanged for half of the elixir.

The price is undoubtedly very high, but Wei Zhong works hard to refine the equipment, so he can afford it.

Moreover, this elixir is of top grade and can be used even by cultivators in the late stage of refining emptiness.

It's worth the price.

Wei Zhong waved his hand and took out 750 high-quality spirit stones:
"Let's try ten first."

Since spiritual objects can be purchased with high-quality spiritual stones, Wei Zhong naturally had no reason to use top-quality spiritual stones.

"Fellow Taoist, wait a moment!"

Zhu Ma took the spirit stone and blew a whistle. Soon, a bird that was several sizes larger than the previous blue bird flew to the two of them, with nine pill bottles on its back.

Wei Zhong took it down, checked it one by one, and confirmed that there was no problem with the pill. Only then did he accept it with satisfaction.

Having achieved the purpose of this trip, Wei Zhong was about to leave, but unexpectedly a bird came to Zhuma's head with a letter tube in its beak.

After taking it down and checking it, he said to Wei Zhongyan:
“Fellow Daoist Wu Se, please wait a moment. Fellow Daoist Gong, the weapon refining elder of our sect, has great respect for your weapon refining skills and would like to invite you to discuss Dao with us.

"There will be other weapon refiners participating in this discussion, which will be held at Mulan Peak ten years from now. Fellow Daoist Wu Se, please be willing to show your presence."

Wei Zhong heard this and did not refuse.

'Although I am adept at refining spirit beads, I am not necessarily more skilled than others in refining other types of magical instruments.

"This opportunity to exchange ideas and gain experience should not be missed."

"Then please help me pass on the message, I will definitely go next time."

After saying that, he said goodbye to Zhuma and left Dan Pavilion.

Wei Zhong went in and out of many shops along the street and bought a lot of high-level spiritual materials needed for refining equipment.

Finally, I arrived in front of Liu's shop, where a plaque was hung with three large gold-plated characters "Linglong Pavilion" appearing before my eyes.

Also straight to the point:

"I am here to buy the Qinglian Qi Condensing Pill."

Seeing that the visitor was in a state of refining emptiness, the first thing he said was the business of the sixth-level elixir. The maid in the store immediately invited the shopkeeper in the pavilion.

The other party was a middle-aged man. Seeing that his cultivation was only at the level of transformation, Wei Zhong sighed in his heart:
"Sure enough, any force in Feiyu Immortal City, no matter how wealthy they are, is far inferior to Xuanxiao Sect."

As a subordinate sect of the Five Elements Immortal Sect, the platform that Xuanxiao Sect stands on and the resources it can obtain are far beyond the reach of these ordinary refining forces.

The various rare inheritances and even treasures within the sect have led to the emergence of many Void-refining monks, and there are also countless elixirs and miraculous methods.

"Meet Senior Five Colors."

The other party also recognized Wei Zhong's identity, invited him to a private room, and placed a bottle of pills in front of Wei Zhong.

Wei Zhong opened the bottle cap and looked inside, revealing a jade-colored elixir, about the same size as the Purple Yang Gathering Spirit Pill. The spiritual patterns on the pill vaguely formed the shape of a green lotus.

After smelling the fragrance of the elixir, Wei Zhong did not see any obvious reaction in his body like he did with the Zi Yang Gathering Spirit Pill.

'It's a lot slower than expected.'

After hearing the introduction, Wei Zhong asked about the elixir recipes for sale as usual.

"If an ordinary person asks, our Liu family will naturally refuse, but Senior Wu Se is different. Our Liu family does not ask for spiritual stones, but only asks that you can exchange the method of refining spiritual beads with us."

Wei Zhong was stunned. He had already prepared himself to be rejected, but he didn't expect to hear such a reply.

"Is the Liu family so easy to talk to?"

(End of this chapter)