Mortal Cultivator: Lin Tianzun

Chapter 102 The middle stage of pill formation
Time is like quicksand on your fingertips, passing by silently and quickly, and thirty years have passed in the blink of an eye.

During this long time that seemed like a fleeting moment, Lin Fan's immortal cultivation cave was always filled with rich spiritual energy. The spiritual energy was like materialized mist, permeating every inch of the cave, constructing an extraordinary and otherworldly practice field.

Lin Fan immersed himself wholeheartedly in the monotonous yet fulfilling hard training day after day.

He was completely focused, as if isolated from the world. Only his ardent and persistent pursuit of a higher realm of cultivation supported him in forging ahead on this thorny path of practice.

His life was completely filled with cultivation. He meditated, circulated his spiritual power, and studied martial arts over and over again every day. He had long forgotten the hustle and bustle of the outside world.

After thirty years of unremitting efforts without any slackness, Lin Fan finally achieved a crucial breakthrough in his cultivation journey - he successfully entered the middle stage of the Jindan realm.

In an instant, the magic power in his body was like a surging river bursting its banks, surging and rushing endlessly.

This powerful force flowed freely in his meridians, achieving a qualitative leap compared to his previous cultivation.

Now, he exudes a powerful aura in every move he makes, and his body seems to be surrounded by an invisible spiritual shield. He is completely different from the past.

Looking back on the long thirty years of cultivating immortals, Lin Fan’s path of practice is closely connected with the ancient elixir.

These ancient elixirs are all made from thousand-year-old elixirs and are refined through complicated processes. Each one can be regarded as the perfect crystallization of natural treasures.

They lay quietly in the jade box, emitting a soft and dazzling spiritual light, just like the brightest stars in the night sky.

Every time he swallowed it, the vast spiritual power would surge in Lin Fan's body like a surging tide.

This force powerfully washed his meridians, continuously supplying tremendous power for his practice, helping him to break through numerous difficulties and obstacles and cross the barriers of one realm after another.

It is no exaggeration to say that without these extremely precious ancient elixirs, it would have been impossible for him to step into the middle stage of Jindan so quickly, and he might still be groping and struggling on the long road of cultivation.

While wholeheartedly pursuing the improvement of his realm, Lin Fan always remains vigilant in honing his own strength in all aspects.

He knew full well that the world of immortal cultivation was full of uncertainties and dangers, and that merely possessing a superior realm was far from enough. Drawing on his years of dedicated research and profound experience in the field of weapon refining, he retreated once again, devoting himself wholeheartedly to the refining of magical treasures.

After countless days and nights of meticulous craftsmanship, several powerful magical weapons were finally created in his hands. The first was an ancient bronze mirror, its body gleaming with a faint green light, its surface smooth as ice. Upon closer inspection, it was engraved with dense, mysterious runes.

These runes flickered and jumped in the dim light, as if telling the ancient secret language of cultivating immortals. They could gather spiritual power at the critical moment, releasing a powerful defensive shield to resist deadly attacks from the outside world.

The small tripod on the side has an exquisite shape, and a strange colorful light flows around it.

The cauldron's body is engraved with delicate patterns, which intertwine to form a unique magic circle. When spiritual energy is injected into it, the cauldron hums and releases a powerful attraction, sucking the enemy's magic weapons or spiritual energy into the cauldron, reducing them to dust.

And that seemingly ordinary shield actually holds a secret.

The surface of the shield is covered with tiny runes. When stimulated by spiritual power, these runes will emit dazzling light, forming an indestructible spiritual barrier that can easily resist attacks from magic weapons and impacts from spells.

The rope looks soft, but it is actually very tough.

The rope is woven from a special spiritual silk and inlaid with countless tiny rune gems.

Once it is cast out, the rope will quickly grow longer and thicker, tightly wrapping around the enemy like a nimble python, making it unable to move. The rune gem will also continuously erode the enemy's spiritual power, weakening its ability to resist.

The small bell, when shaken, can emit a clear and pleasant sound that also carries powerful spiritual fluctuations.

This sound is like an invisible sharp blade that can directly penetrate the enemy's soul, causing it to fall into a state of dizziness and confusion, and lose its combat ability.

These magical weapons embody Lin Fan's countless efforts and wisdom, and each one has become his powerful assistant in the world of cultivation.

In the days to come, whether it is exploring treasures in secret realms shrouded in danger, or engaging in thrilling life-and-death battles with powerful enemies, they will fight side by side with Lin Fan, protecting him from the wind and rain, and carving out a world of their own in this cruel world of cultivating immortals.

In the field of talisman making, Lin Fan's achievements are equally remarkable.

He devoted himself to study and tried repeatedly, injecting his own spiritual power and hard work into every stroke, and carefully drew more than 500 intermediate talismans.

Most of these were intermediate and beginner-level talismans. To craft these talismans, Lin Fan had to hold his breath and use a specially crafted talisman brush to meticulously trace his spiritual energy onto the talisman paper.

Every line and every rune seems to be communicating with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, guiding the flow and convergence of spiritual power.

These intermediate and beginner-level talismans are relatively easy to make, so there are more of them.

Although their grade is not high among the intermediate talismans, their power should not be underestimated. Once activated, the power that bursts out instantly is roughly equivalent to a full-strength attack from an early stage foundation-building cultivator.

The few mid-level and intermediate talismans are Lin Fan's masterpieces.

When drawing them, the difficulty increases exponentially.

Lin Fan not only needs to consume a large amount of spiritual power, but also needs to have extremely precise control over the arrangement of runes, the timing and intensity of spiritual power injection.

In order to draw these talismans, he often secluded himself for several days to adjust his condition to the peak to ensure that there would be no mistakes.

These intermediate-level talismans, when activated, release tremendous power that is comparable to the power of a cultivator in the late stage of foundation building when he exerts all his strength.

Lin Fan also put a lot of effort into the art of formations. He painstakingly studied and successfully refined seven or eight sets of high-level formations.

Each set of formations contains unique mysteries and powerful forces, and each one can steadily block the attacks of a Jindan stage expert for more than an hour.

Once these formations are properly arranged, they will be like an indestructible line of defense for him, and at the critical moment, they can become the key factor in turning the tide of the battle.

At this moment, Lin Fan has reached a critical juncture in his practice of the "Spirit Forging Technique".

The results of the fourth level of cultivation were remarkable, and he was only a hair's breadth away from perfection. According to his estimation, it would only take a few years to completely break through this level.

Over the years, Lin Fan has endured unimaginable hardships in order to continuously improve the "Spirit Forging Technique".

He set aside a lot of time every day to immerse himself in the practice of martial arts.

Every time the "Spirit Tempering Technique" is practiced, it is a cruel test of one's will, a severe pain that penetrates deep into the soul.

During cultivation, the soul feels as if it is being repeatedly pierced by thousands of steel needles, or as if it is being roasted in a raging fire. Wave after wave of pain comes like a surging tide, which is simply unbearable for ordinary people.

Once the fourth level of "Forging the Soul Art" is fully cultivated, the changes it brings will be beyond imagination.

The first thing to be affected is his spiritual power, which will usher in an unprecedented explosive growth.

By then, the strength of his spiritual consciousness will undergo a qualitative leap and can reach seventy or eighty miles.

This powerful spiritual consciousness can play a huge role when he casts spells and controls magic weapons.

In the past, even though he had become quite proficient in casting spells, there were always certain limitations.

But when his spiritual consciousness becomes powerful, he will be able to grasp every detail of the spell clearly, truly realize the ability to send and receive spells freely, and release the power of the spell without reservation.

The same is true when it comes to controlling magic weapons. Currently, the connection between him and the magic weapons still requires the use of spiritual power as a bridge of transmission. But after the "Spirit Forging Technique" is perfected, he only needs a thought, and the magic weapons will be able to change in an instant and burst out with the most powerful combat power.

More importantly, this powerful spiritual consciousness will play an immeasurable role in his future efforts to reach the Nascent Soul stage.

The Nascent Soul stage is an extremely important and difficult threshold on the path to becoming an immortal. Countless cultivators have spent their entire lives trying to cross this chasm.

And the powerful spiritual consciousness is like the key to open the door to success. It can help him understand the various mysteries of the breakthrough process in advance, give him decisive assistance at the most critical moment, and greatly increase the probability of successful breakthrough.

Another three years passed in a flash. During these three years, Lin Fan was in the secret training room, accompanied by loneliness and pain, and was immersed in the practice of "Forging the Soul Art" without distraction.

Spiritual energy surged in the secret room, his body trembled continuously under the powerful force of the technique, and every breath was accompanied by the tempering of the depths of his soul.

Finally, on a day that seemed ordinary but was destined to be extraordinary, a dull yet heart-shaking roar came from Lin Fan's body.

"The Art of Forging the Soul" successfully broke through to the fourth level!
In an instant, his sea of ​​consciousness seemed to be suddenly illuminated by a strong light, and the originally calm spiritual power surged wildly like a lit powder keg.

He slowly opened his eyes, and a sharp light flashed in his eyes, as if the light could see through everything in the world.

At this moment, his perception became extremely sharp, and no subtle changes in the surroundings could escape his awareness.

He clearly captured the fluctuations of spiritual energy emitted by every spirit stone in the cave, the faint flickering of runes on the wall, and even the gentle swaying of leaves in the mountains and forests outside the cave.

Lin Fan sat cross-legged on the cushion in the cave, spiritual energy flowing slowly around his body. He closed his eyes slightly and began to try to release his spiritual consciousness.

At first, that spiritual consciousness was like a flexible silk thread, cautiously emerging from his sea of ​​consciousness, and spreading out of the cave in an extremely slow but steady manner.

As his spiritual consciousness continued to extend, Lin Fan's brows furrowed slightly. He clearly felt that there was an invisible force blocking him in front of him. That was the cave magic circle he had set up with his own hands.

This magic array was originally meant to protect the safety of the cave and resist outside snooping and intrusion, but now it has become an obstacle for him to test his spiritual sense.

Lin Fan did not back down. A firm belief surged in his heart, and he decided to forcibly break through the restrictions of this magic circle.

In an instant, he mobilized the spiritual power in his body and continuously injected it into his spiritual consciousness. The originally thin thread of spiritual consciousness instantly became thicker, like a surging torrent, and launched a violent attack on the magic circle.

"Boom!" With a slight fluctuation of spiritual power, Lin Fan successfully broke through the defense of the magic circle.

His spiritual consciousness was like a wild horse, galloping freely into the distance. In the blink of an eye, it spread over seventy miles away.

However, when he tried to continue extending his spiritual sense, he felt a sense of powerlessness.

He knew clearly in his heart that at his current mid-Jindan stage, the strength of his spiritual consciousness was still somewhat inferior to that of a Yuanying stage expert.

However, there was no trace of frustration in Lin Fan's eyes, but instead a glimmer of expectation.

He knew very well that as long as he successfully advanced to the late stage of Jindan, his spiritual awareness would surely experience another surge with his profound accumulation and unique cultivation method.

By then, he was fully confident that his spiritual power would be far stronger than that of ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators, and could even be several times stronger than them.

(End of this chapter)