Traveling through the heavens from swallowing

Chapter 409: Layout and support, research on new elixirs, series of great elixirs, half a month and 1 star!
"Sanyuan Alchemy?" Liu Mang held an ancient scroll in his hand and read it carefully.

Ouyang Lie stood by like a servant and explained with a smile:
"My lord, this is something I accidentally found when I was studying at Canaan College a few years ago. It is a secret alchemy technique left by a sixth-grade alchemist. It also comes with three recipes, namely the sixth-grade Imperial Pill, the sixth-grade Breaking Sect Pill, and the seventh-grade Transformation Pill."

Liu Mang turned the scroll to the end and found these three pill recipes.

Not to mention the alchemy itself, the three complimentary recipes alone are worth a fortune. Although this is knowledge that cannot be lost once given away, the fact that Ouyang Lie could offer such a thing as a favor clearly showed that he had come here sincerely to seek cooperation.

Now, Ouyang Lie has become Liu Mang's lackey. Needless to say, this is full cooperation, and it can be regarded as achieving the goal, right?

"Okay, Ouyang Lie, I am very satisfied with what you have presented. When these pills are refined, you will definitely get a share!"

Liu Mang patted Ouyang Lie on the shoulder and praised him highly, being very satisfied with his ability to know the current situation.

"Thank you, my lord, for the reward!" Ouyang Lie also showed a smile from the bottom of his heart. Being able to work for a Dou Huang who is also a high-level alchemist, he has a good chance of becoming a Dou Huang!
At this moment, he no longer thought about making treasures to present to Jia Xingtian to please him and take a further step. As long as he could become the Douhuang, the entire Jiamao Empire would have to support him!
Since he is going to be a dog anyway, why doesn't he choose one with a brighter future?

He got a Douling Pill before he even surrendered. After he offered the Sanyuan Alchemy Technique, he got another pill for improving cultivation that was even more effective than the Douling Pill - the Douwang Pill.

It is said that this Douwang Pill is a sixth-grade elixir developed by the lord himself, which can improve the cultivation of Douwang three stars and has amazing effects.

Being able to research sixth-grade elixirs by himself, it is obvious that the lord's alchemy level is above sixth grade. This makes him the highest-level alchemist in the empire. Even Gu He, who is known as the King of Alchemy in Yunlan Sect, is only a fifth-grade alchemist at this time.

In the original novel, Gu He, who was a Dou Wang with the cultivation level of a sixth-grade alchemist, could control Dou Huang. Liu Mang is currently at the peak of Dou Huang and is at least a sixth-grade alchemist. No wonder Ouyang Lie is so willing to bow down to him.

Liu Mang temporarily put aside the Three Yuan Alchemy Technique and asked Ouyang Lie:
"Do you need political achievements and merits to seek a central position?"

Ouyang Lie hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "Yes, my lord. But it is not necessary now. Following you is far more promising than going to the Gama Center!"

Liu Mang shook his head: "No, you need it! It will take some time for the Xiao family to develop to the imperial capital. If the center has your help, it will be a good thing for the development of my Xiao family."

"What does my lord mean?" Ouyang Lie asked.

Of course he knew what Liu Mang meant, but subordinates should not speculate on their superiors' thoughts, otherwise they would either be framed or take the blame in the future. It would be rare for them to be praised for their intelligence and appreciated.

It doesn’t matter if you appear a little dumb, as long as you can get the job done, nothing else matters.

Liu Mang didn't play tricks on him and said bluntly: "I need you to go to the center to open up some conveniences for the Xiao family's business. I don't need you to take special care of it, just prevent others from deliberately suppressing it."

Ouyang Lie hesitated and said, "I am only a two-star Dou Wang. Even if I use the Dou Ling Dan and Dou Wang Dan, I am only a six-star Dou Wang. I am afraid that I don't have much say in the center."

Joining the core only means a change in the location and nature of work, not an immediate improvement in status and voice.

What he will do specifically after entering the core will be determined based on his cultivation and ability. A 6-star Dou King is already a top figure in the entire Jiama Empire, but he cannot cause much trouble in the imperial capital, the Holy City of Gama.

The official position one holds is not entirely determined by one's personal cultivation. In the entire imperial capital, even the royal guardian, the 8-star Dou Huang and Xing Tian, ​​cannot have the final say. As a 6-star Dou Wang, he dare not guarantee that he can complete Liu Mang's job.

In terms of cultivation, he will naturally be stronger than most of the central officials when he reaches the six-star Dou Wang level in the future. However, if his scope of authority has nothing to do with the development of the Xiao family, he will not be of any help at all.

"Don't worry." Liu Mang looked up and took out the first-grade Huangji Pill and the first-grade Pozong Pill that he had "picked up" before and gave them to Ouyang Lie.

"What is this?" Ouyang Lie wondered.

"Take one Huangji Pill and one Pozong Pill to the imperial capital and give them to Jia Xingtian to ask for a suitable position." Liu Mang said lightly.

Ouyang Lie's heart was shaken, and his hands unconsciously tightened the two bottles.

Is this the ease of a sixth-rank alchemist?
The elixir paved the way, he was afraid that Jia Xingtian would not be able to resist and follow Liu Mang!
"Is it enough for you to be the third in command in the imperial capital?" Liu Mang's voice interrupted Ouyang Lie's thoughts.

He bowed, a smile appearing unconsciously on his face, "That's enough!"

"Xingtian is now an 8-star Dou Huang. This Huangji Pill is enough to make him reach the peak Dou Huang level. With the addition of a Pozong Pill, Dou Zong is just around the corner. He can't help but be tempted!"

"Let alone being the third in command, even if he bypasses the emperor and becomes the second in command, it is not impossible!"

Officially, the top leader of the Jia Ma Empire is Jia Xingtian, and the second in command is the current emperor. Does Ouyang Lie mean that Jia Xingtian might place him above the emperor for the sake of this elixir?

Even Liu Mang was confused. The current emperor was the grandson of Jia Xingtian. How could he allow an outsider to stand above the royal family?
Seeing Liu Mang's confused expression, Ouyang Lie explained with a wry smile:

"The Douqi Continent is a world of the strong, and secular power is not worth mentioning to the strong. If Jia Xingtian becomes a Dou Zong, then no matter whether the royal family controls the power of the empire or not, they are the unquestionable gods of the Jia Ma Empire, and they can take almost any resources of the entire empire."

"If you can do nothing and still enjoy endless resources, who would want to be that crappy emperor? The empire is not the empire of the royal family, but the empire of Jia Xingtian. If it weren't for the Yunlan Sect, the empire would be Jia Xingtian's one-man show!"

"So, the position of emperor is actually not important, and secular power is not important either. The royal family only needs resources and status to climb the road to becoming a strong person. As long as you have strength, power will naturally come."

"Oh, so that's it." Liu Mang thought thoughtfully. It turned out that the emperor of the Douqi Continent had such a status, which was similar to the emperor of the immortal world.

"In that case, I will go straight to the imperial capital and kill Jia Xingtian. Then, I will have the final say in the empire," Liu Mang said jokingly.

Ouyang Lie hurriedly said: "My Lord!"

"Okay, I'm just kidding." Liu Mang waved his hand and said, "It takes time for power to be unified. There is no need to start a war if things can evolve peacefully. War is only the last resort."

"Although I am confident that I am invincible, I cannot kill all the opponents, right? Opponents can also create value."

Ouyang Lie breathed a sigh of relief. He really thought that Liu Mang was going to kill God and Xingtian directly.

There is no conflict between the Xiao family and the royal family, and the Xiao family currently does not have the strength to rule the Gama Empire. Even if Liu Mang can conquer the empire with his personal strength, the ultimate achievement will only be Liu Mang's personal achievement, which will not benefit the Xiao family.

If you don't put in any effort in the process of reaching the top, you don't deserve to enjoy the scenery at the top.

Of course, Liu Mang could just take action and kill all the top figures on the continent, such as Gu Yuan and Emperor Hun Tian, ​​shock the continent, and force the Xiao family to the top.

But the Xiao family is just Liu Mang's dependence. Once Liu Mang is gone, the Xiao family will fall apart in an instant.

As the head of the Xiao family in this life, he naturally did not want to build such a Xiao family. He also hoped that the Xiao family's foundation would last forever and that it could still suppress the continent without him.

Therefore, they can only take it step by step, allowing the Xiao family to climb up step by step and take a more solid path, so as to have a long-term foundation.

Ouyang Lie left with the gift that the Xiao family gave to Jia Xingtian. Before that, he had already taken Douling Pills and Douwang Pills at the Xiao family, and his cultivation level had advanced to the 6-star Douwang level.

After all, he was carrying a treasure that even Dou Zong would covet, and he wouldn't dare to leave unless he improved his cultivation to the current limit.

The cultivation level of a 6-star Dou Wang is enough to enter the top ten strongest people in the Jia Ma Empire. When Nalan Jie appeared in the original novel, he was only a 6-star Dou Wang, so it was relatively safe for him to move around in the empire.

However, the power of the Nalan family is far greater than that of the Ouyang family. It is not certain whether the ranking of the top ten strongest people is influenced by family power.

Among the top ten strongest men, there are only five Douhuangs, and the strength of the Plus Empire is just so-so.

In the original novel, if it weren't for the Soul Clan and Xiao Yan, even Yun Yun, the most talented person in this group, might not have become a Dou Zong in the end.

The Jia Ma Empire had a Xiao Yan, which was truly a great honor for its ancestors.

Now with Liu Mang here, the green smoke is expected to rise straight into the sky.

After Ouyang Lie left, Liu Mang studied the Sanyuan Alchemy in detail.

The so-called three elements are heaven, earth and man. Corresponding to specific things, they are the energy of heaven and earth, earth fire and fighting spirit.

This is a method of refining medicine without the help of fighting spirit flames, which is considered a crooked way in the current medicine refining world.

The reason why alchemists only use fighting spirit flames to make pills is mainly because fighting spirit is the power that humans can best control, while the energy of heaven and earth and earth fire are extremely difficult to control.

You can imagine how difficult it is to use this to make elixirs.

However, there is an advantage to refining the elixir in this way, that is, because a large amount of energy from heaven and earth is integrated, even ordinary medicinal materials can be used to make elixirs, greatly reducing the requirement for the age of the medicinal materials.

Moreover, a large amount of energy from heaven and earth is sealed in the refined elixir, which will be gradually absorbed by the elixir, making the efficacy of the elixir higher with the passage of time, until the sealed energy from heaven and earth is consumed.

Moreover, the flame used is earth fire, and the fighting spirit only plays a regulating role. The consumption is far less than that of traditional alchemy. Naturally, the requirements for cultivation are not high.

According to the records in this volume of Sanyuan Alchemy, its author was a sixth-grade alchemist, but his cultivation was only at the Grand Fighter level. Thanks to the Sanyuan Alchemy, he was able to refine sixth-grade pills.

Generally speaking, refining fifth-grade elixirs requires the support of the cultivation level of a Dou Wang. The Three-Element Alchemy Technique allows a great Dou Master to afford the cost of refining sixth-grade elixirs, which shows its advantages.

But all the advantages cannot outweigh one disadvantage, that is difficulty!

Even if Liu Mang used the Sanyuan Alchemy Technique himself, he had no confidence that he could make a pill now, even if it was only a second-grade one.

Controlling the energy of heaven and earth and the earth's fire is different from controlling one's own fighting spirit. To put it nicely, it is difficult to control, and to put it bluntly, it is impossible to control!
The vast majority of the content of the Sanyuan Alchemy Technique is about how to use Dou Qi to control medicinal materials according to the changes in the energy of heaven and earth and the earth fire. There is no intention to control these two things at all. It is purely the person following the force, not the force following the person. Isn't this 90% based on luck?

Even with Liu Mang's knowledge, he could only sigh that the original author was truly a chosen one by God. This method that relied heavily on luck could make him a sixth-grade alchemist. Liu Mang simply couldn't imagine how lucky he was!
Obviously, this Three-Element Alchemy Technique is of no use to Liu Mang. He is not restricted by insufficient cultivation, nor does he have the worry of insufficient medicinal materials. He also knows a lot about luck and does not need the Three-Element Alchemy Technique.

However, the Sanyuan Alchemy Technique is not completely worthless. At least, it told Liu Mang that medicinal materials can be upgraded by injecting a large amount of energy from heaven and earth, and most importantly, how to seal the energy from heaven and earth in elixirs.

The most important process of cultivating Dou Qi is to absorb the energy of heaven and earth, refine it and transform it into Dou Qi. Everyone's attraction to the energy of heaven and earth during cultivation is different.

During cultivation, what restricts the rapid growth of fighting spirit is not the refining of the energy of heaven and earth, but the absorption.

Due to the limited absorption rate, the refining speed of most people is much faster than their absorption rate of the energy of heaven and earth. Therefore, only natural treasures rich in massive energy of heaven and earth and a high-energy environment can quickly improve a person's cultivation.

In the past, the only way to speed up the practice was to use natural treasures and increase the surrounding energy concentration, but now the emergence of the Three-Element Alchemy Technique has brought new opportunities.

"Is it possible to seal a large amount of energy from heaven and earth in elixirs, and then speed up cultivation by taking the elixirs?" This was Liu Mang's idea.

Since it is difficult to absorb the energy of heaven and earth by relying on my own body, why don’t I just swallow a large amount of energy of heaven and earth and start absorbing it from my body and then directly refine it? Wouldn’t that save a lot of time in absorbing the energy of heaven and earth?
Liu Mang actually had this idea a long time ago, but he put the idea aside because he had no way to store the energy of heaven and earth stably in elixirs.

Now that the method has been presented to him, he decided that it was time to study this energy elixir.

This kind of elixir is very similar to those elixirs in Eternal Life that are used as cultivation resources and currency. The main ingredients are the energy of heaven and earth, so Liu Mang decided to name it something closer to Eternal Life, calling it XX Pill.

According to the applicable stage, it is called the Fighter's Great Pill, the Fighter Master's Great Pill, the Great Fighter Master's Great Pill, and so on to the Fighting Emperor's Great Pill.

This naming method is clear and concise. You can tell what it is used for at each stage at a glance. It is also easy to remember and avoids being confused by all kinds of strange names.

Liu Mang randomly picked up some nourishing herbs and threw them into the furnace and started to make the elixir. Even though the main ingredient was the energy of heaven and earth, necessary medicinal substances were indispensable. After all, the energy of heaven and earth needed a carrier, and it was not a gas that could be wrapped in a shell.

Even if it is possible, the shell needs to be made of something, right?
Anyway, it’s not a bad idea to strengthen the body. They are just common medicinal herbs. Liu Mang has plenty of them on hand, so he can use them at will.

There is a secret technique in the Sanyuan alchemy called the Tianyuan Juling Seal. When used in conjunction with the alchemy furnace, it can forcibly gather a large amount of energy from heaven and earth into the alchemy furnace and lock it.

Liu Mang doesn't need it. His speed and range of attracting energy from heaven and earth are higher than that of the Tianyuan Gathering Spirit Seal, so he can just absorb it directly.

There was no sudden realization this time, and the energy of heaven and earth that Liu Mang could attract was not as much as the last time he created the strange fire. However, compared with the average Dou Huang, it was still much stronger.

With the idea of ​​starting with the Fighter's Pill first, Liu Mang did not intend to seal too much energy from heaven and earth in each pill, and it would be best if it was suitable for fighters to use.

When the energy of heaven and earth reached the standard he set, he immediately used the Human Yuan Locking Soul Seal from the Three Yuan Alchemy Technique.

This is to use one's own fighting spirit to carve the patterns of the soul-locking seal on the elixir, driving the energy of heaven and earth within it to flow along the patterns, and then even if the fighting spirit is withdrawn, the soul-locking effect will not disappear, because the energy of heaven and earth replaces the fighting spirit to complete the self-locking.

This Human Yuan Locking Spirit Seal is simple but not low-level. Liu Mang finds it difficult to estimate its upper limit. It is most likely that the author of the Three Yuan Alchemy Technique obtained it accidentally rather than creating it himself.

Ask yourself, even if Liu Mang did the research himself, it would not be easy to create such a simple yet powerful Soul Locking Seal. It would take decades, but it would not be impossible even after hundreds of years.

Liu Mang didn't think that the author of the Sanyuan Alchemy Technique could be more awesome than himself, and the Great Fighting Master didn't increase his lifespan, so a few decades might be enough for him to live from birth to death.

But no matter who created it, now that Liu Mang has it, it is his and he can use it.

Regardless of whether the creator is dead or not, or will come to the door to complain, Liu Mang has no intention of paying patent fees. He will defeat him if he can.

Even if a powerful master from the universe came, under the principle of equality of all beings, Liu Mang's cultivation would never be inferior to his. In a one-on-one fight with a master of the same realm, he would be invincible in this world.

As the Soul Locking Seal was completed, the ten pills in the furnace flashed with a hazy luster, and engraved patterns appeared on the surface of the pills, looking exquisite and beautiful.

Liu Mang retracted the flame and took the ten hot pills into his palm.

This pill is much larger than ordinary pills. Ordinary pills are about the size of longan, but this pill is almost the size of a small lychee.

It’s obvious that such a large pill cannot be swallowed directly, it has to be chewed.

Liu Mang took one and put it in his mouth. He took a bite and the taste was like chocolate, a little sticky and a little slippery.

Before he could swallow it, the energy of heaven and earth that was locked inside was suddenly released, because the Soul Locking Seal was bitten and lost its soul-locking function.

A large amount of energy from heaven and earth dissipated from the mouth, and only a very small part was absorbed.

Liu Mang was silent. There was no doubt that this first version of the elixir had failed. Most of the energy of heaven and earth had been wasted and could not be supplied to the human body for refining.

Even if you swallow it without chewing, there will be a problem of energy dissipation too quickly. After all, the human body cannot completely isolate the energy of heaven and earth. There will always be a large amount of energy from heaven and earth that will be dissipated and wasted through the human body.

"We have to limit the speed at which the energy of heaven and earth is released. It would be best if it were just the same as the speed at which the fighter refines the energy. Also, it has to enter the stomach before it starts to release."

The dissipation of energy from heaven and earth is because the Soul Locking Seal has been destroyed. However, the Soul Locking Seal only has two states: effective and ineffective, and cannot adjust its power.

This problem can be solved by layering the elixir. Divide the elixir into multiple layers and engrave a soul-locking seal on each layer. As long as they are divided appropriately, the effect of limiting the emission speed can be achieved.

When the pill enters the stomach, the gastric acid corrodes the pill. Every time a layer of the pill is corroded, the energy of heaven and earth is released. As long as it is divided finely enough, the release can almost be considered steady.

By controlling the number of layers and the energy content of heaven and earth in each layer, the speed can be controlled.

In this case, the pill must be swallowed whole and can only be made smaller.

Liu Mang regretted that the size of the pill did not live up to its name, but he still decided to make it smaller. After all, a big pill could also have a great effect.

A new batch of pills came out quickly. This time the pills were the same size as ordinary pills, and were divided into ten thousand layers inside. Each layer was independently engraved with a soul-locking seal, and the overall energy of heaven and earth contained was the same as the previous one.

Liu Mang took it directly to try the effect.

There was no reaction at first, but after about 10 seconds, the stomach acid finally corroded the outer layer of the shell and touched the surface of the pill. Hard shell protection was necessary, as this pill was very delicate. Without protection, the Soul Locking Seal could be destroyed by a slight squeeze through the esophagus.

After about another second, the first layer of the elixir was corroded and the Soul Locking Seal was destroyed. A burst of energy from heaven and earth suddenly filled the stomach and spread throughout the body.

Liu Mang practiced his skills to refine the energy, and all the energy was absorbed into his dantian and was soon refined into fighting spirit.

After another second, the second layer of the Soul Locking Seal was also destroyed, and another burst of energy from heaven and earth was emitted and immediately absorbed by the Dantian for refining.

It maintained a speed of about one layer per second, and the pill lasted for more than 166 minutes before it was completely consumed. The energy it emitted was equivalent to one percent of the fighting spirit of a one-star fighter after being refined.

Since the energy dissipation speed is slightly lower than the fighter refining speed he set, it can be considered that the energy has been completely refined.

In other words, by taking this pill to practice, you only need to refine 100 pills to increase your cultivation by one star in the fighter stage!
The time it takes to refine 100 pills is only 277 hours in total. If you practice diligently 24 hours a day, you can break through to one star in 11.5 days.

Even if you are a little lazy and only practice for 8 hours a day, 34.5 days, or more than a month, is enough to upgrade one star.

As long as you are not too lazy, this pill can help people go from a 1-star fighter to a 9-star fighter within a year.

This speed is infinitely faster than absorbing the energy of heaven and earth to practice!

The Fighter's Great Pill was successful!
However, it is only a theoretical success now. After all, the refining speed is set by himself, and the refining speed of a real fighter has not been measured yet.

Moreover, the refining speed of a 9-star fighter is naturally faster than that of a 1-star fighter.

There are many people in the family who are at the fighter stage. Liu Mang randomly picked 100 lucky people to conduct the experiment, and the data he finally obtained was much better than the data he set up on his own.

Only then did he remember that everyone in the entire Wutan City had undergone the spiritual rain to change their muscles and cleanse their marrow, and their qualifications were extraordinary.

The speed at which this pill releases energy cannot keep up with their refining process, about twice as fast.

In other words, the energy contained in this pill needs to be doubled before it can be suitable for use by the Xiao family fighters.

When Liu Mang made this elixir, he naturally gave priority to the cultivation of his family members, and the standards were naturally set according to the Xiao family. Thus, the Fighter's Pill doubled its energy based on the second version and was finalized.

Even if they sell it to others in the future, it will not be adjusted according to other people's standards. They can only accept this waste.

The current Fighter's Pill can improve one star in half a month when used by the Xiao family!
The Fighter's Pill with ten thousand layers requires the alchemist to carve a Soul-Locking Seal on each layer. Although the Soul-Locking Seal is not complicated, it is still a huge project.

However, for Liu Mang, he has already mastered this kind of delicate operation, and he can do it easily and quickly.

But no matter how fast he goes, how fast can he go by himself?

"Industrial mass production is a must!" Liu Mang thought to himself.

(End of this chapter)