The Path to Immortality: Starting with an Analysis of Basic Concepts

Chapter 430 Refining Pills with Spirit Patterns (Please Subscribe)

Immortal Tomb and Spirit Ruins.

The Green Lotus Tower, the Underworld.

The second level of the inverted tower is where the altar is located.

The shimmering white vortex slowly dissipated, and the altar's array patterns receded.

Zhu Yu opened the spider silk bag, and one by one, the size of rice grains, the shape of jade and glass came into view. He reached out and took one out, feeling the faint spiritual origin, the strange wind attribute aura, and the ancient life aura unique to the insect world contained within it. He was amazed beyond words.

Although it wasn't the first time I'd looked at the "God-given Fruit," each time I did, I couldn't help but be awestruck by this unique resource from the "Insect Realm."

Its results are profound. Compared to the insect race in the insect world, he felt that the various "divine gifts" of the insect world were the true masters of the insect world, the true path, and the things closest to the Dao.

"Unfortunately, it cannot be analyzed—"

Zhu Yu shook his head slightly, clearing his mind of distractions. He gathered his sleeves and put away the spider silk bag containing the Life Stone and the essence blood of the "Flower Ghost" and "Severed Tail." He then used his mind to sense the insect realm's avatar and learned some information.

Perhaps it was due to the "World Seed" nurtured by the inactive "World Tree" seed that the origin of his divided spirit bloodline was far deeper than he had anticipated.

Although it is not yet known what kind of bloodline talent or supernatural power one will gain, it is certain that one will at least gain a fox-like bloodline talent and supernatural power with "True Spirit Bloodline".

at the same time.

The "Boundary Seed" is also slowly merging with the "Life Bag".

He carefully sensed that this breakthrough to the Mountain Lord realm would likely take years.

"Fortunately, Cai Ling was there to watch over him; otherwise, this breakthrough by the Divided Spirit might have encountered unexpected setbacks—"

Zhu Yu suppressed his senses, sighed inwardly, shook his head, took a step, and his figure suddenly disappeared. When he reappeared, he was already in front of the bronze door on the first floor of the Inverted Tower.

With a quick release and release of his breath, the door to the side of the main room opened immediately, and Zhu Er hurriedly ran out, arriving before Zhu Yu and immediately kneeling down.

"This servant, Zhu Er, greets Your Excellency—"

Zhu Yu waved to help him up, examining the worn runes on his exposed skin. He shook his head inwardly. Several years had passed, and Zhu Yi had cultivated his rune warrior skills to the peak of the first tier, while Zhu Er was still only at the mid-first tier.

Judging from the state of the runes on his body, it's uncertain whether he still possesses the strength of a mid-stage Tier 1 cultivator.

He wanted to offer some words of encouragement, but looking at the cautious Zhu Er, his heart softened. After all, Zhu Er was someone who had followed him from the beginning, and had done a good job cultivating corpses in previous years. It was just that Zhu Er had advanced to the Foundation Establishment Realm too quickly, which prevented Zhu Er from playing a significant role.

Faced with Zhu Yu's scrutiny, Zhu Er felt his heart pounding like a drum and his head spinning, fearing he would hear the words that had worried him day and night.

Fortunately, he quickly looked away, preventing himself from collapsing to the ground.

At this time.

A voice, cold and emotionless, rang in his ears.

"Master, I've recently taken some time to study 'spiritual runes' as a supplementary skill, but I'm still lacking a test subject. If you'd like to be that test subject, please come find me on the second floor later."

"Spiritual Marks - The Experimenters -"

Zhu Er's mind went blank for a moment. Before he could think, he felt a weight on his chest. Zhu Yu's voice came again, and at the same time, a strange memory that did not belong to him surfaced in his mind.

"There are some 'spiritual items' in the bag. Dispatch your disciples to deliver them to the addresses and quantities I gave you, according to the names and addresses I provided."

"Yes, sir."

Zhu Er was startled for a moment, then hurriedly bowed and agreed.

After waiting for a long time without any response, he carefully straightened up, breathed a sigh of relief, glanced at the unfamiliar memory, then, with the spider silk bag in his arms, opened the bronze door and went out.

Arriving at the door, he saw a cold, hard-looking young man in armor, holding a long spear, with an expressionless face, like a statue. He nodded in satisfaction and waved his hand.

"Three, come here."

Liu San's tense expression relaxed slightly. He turned around and walked to his father, respectfully calling out, "Second Steward."

Zhu Er was even more satisfied. In the past, he felt that his son's personality was too rigid. Now it seemed that he was still very rigid, but as a gatekeeper, this personality was perfect.

He hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Third, have you broken through to the mid-stage of Qi Refining?"

Liu San shook his head.

Zhu Er shook his head inwardly. This was also why he hadn't cultivated his own son before, but instead cultivated his nephew. After all, no matter how many opportunities there are, you have to seize them.

"Where's that young butler?"

Liu San was taken aback, but still replied in a serious tone, "Senior Brother Cao Kun has already advanced to the late stage of Qi Refining."

The Yinming Mansion disciples all gained something from their trip to the "Martial World," and those who dared to enter the Mechanical City reaped even greater rewards.

Liu San belonged to the former group and only picked up some spirit rice.

Cao Kun belongs to the latter group, entering and leaving the Mechanical City to acquire various resources.

He wasn't naturally gifted to begin with, and over time, the gap between the two widened considerably.

"Late stage of Qi Refining—" Zhu Er couldn't help but exclaim, "The head steward has given birth to a fine son!"

As she spoke, she glanced at Liu San and saw that he remained unmoved. She felt both helpless and somewhat pleased.

It's best for people to have self-awareness; the worst thing is to not have it.

The thought flashed through his mind, and Zhu Er hesitated for a moment before sighing, "Now there's an opportunity for you to catch up with the head steward's son."

Without Liu San asking, he explained that Zhu Yu lacked someone to test his skills in cultivating "spiritual runes".

After saying that, he asked seriously, "Third, it depends on whether you are willing to change your path. If you are, your father will risk his reputation and go to the master to ask for an opportunity for you."

Liu San's expression changed slightly. "Father—I—"

Zhu Er raised his hand to interrupt him, and said solemnly, "Master said that there is a lack of people for testing, but is there really a lack?"

He didn't explain further, patted Liu San on the shoulder, and laughed, "Alright, I still have to go do things for the master. Think it over carefully. No matter what, your father will support you."

After saying that, he left leisurely, leaving Liu San looking conflicted.

He was dull-witted but not stupid, and he naturally understood the implication in his father's words.

Changing course sounds simple, but it's actually quite difficult.

Simply put...

If you cultivate the "Heavenly Dao Sect" method, you belong to the "Heavenly Dao Sect" and can barely be considered half a master. However, if you change your path, no matter what path you choose, you will become a servant.

One is half the master, but the future is bleak.

One is a servant, but his future prospects are clearly visible.

How can I stop him from being conflicted?

the other side.

Unaware of the turmoil in the hearts of the Zhu father and son, Zhu Yu returned to the second level of space and went straight to the mountainside where the "Starry Sky Tree" was located.

The past half month has passed.

At this moment, the Starry Sky Tree is surrounded by divine spiritual energy, making it exceptionally dazzling. Among the branches and leaves, the plump and lustrous divine fruits are like tiny stars, shimmering with bright light.

Zhu Yu flashed by, and before the Starry Sky Tree could even notice, he checked its condition. There were less than three days left before the fruit ripened.

"Three more days—"

He nodded in satisfaction, and then checked the second half-acre of second-tier spirit plants, "Golden Silk Flower" and "Ink Jade Grass". Under Gen's careful care, not a single plant withered and they were growing well.

Moreover, with the flesh and blood of the "Great Marsh Spirit Ruins" and various spiritual minerals as resources, the "Root" recovers its vitality extremely quickly, and the three acres of medicinal fields that have been derived from it have already reached the second-tier mid-grade quality.

"I'll just buy some spirit seeds with Senior Brother Chongshui—"

Zhu Yu thought of the Lord-level "Worry-Free Flower and Tree Divine Fruit" that had been teleported through his distraction. With a slight thought, he conjured a bronze door and stepped inside.

Foundation building realm.

The thick black fog obscured everything, making it impossible to see more than three feet into the ground.

In front of a bronze gate, over four zhang tall, painted with wave patterns, flowers, and fish.

Zhu Yu's figure materialized, and he waved his hand, injecting a stream of magical power.

The wait was short.

A stream of light emerged from it, revealing a handsome Taoist priest in a light blue robe, exuding an air of otherworldly elegance.

Seeing Zhu Yu's expression, Zhu Yu's eyes showed surprise, and he said with a smile, "Junior Brother Zhu, do you wish to refine pills?"

Upon hearing this...

Zhu Yu nodded, took out a spider silk pouch containing the divinely bestowed fruit of the "Worry-Free Flower Tree" from his sleeve, and waved it to "Master Chongshui," saying, "I'll have to trouble you again, Senior Brother. Besides asking you to refine pills, I'd also like to purchase some second-tier 'Spirit Seeds.'"

Master Chongshui nodded noncommittally, opened the spider silk bag, and was stunned when he saw the "Worry-Free Flower Tree" divinely bestowed fruit. After regaining his senses, he examined it closely, gave Zhu Yu a deep look, and said, "Junior Brother, you have quite the skill."

He didn't ask where this lord-level "divinely bestowed fruit," which was rare even in the "Insect Realm" and even more so in the outer realms, came from. After pondering for a moment, he said, "Although this exotic fruit is not as good as the one my junior brother brought last time, its effect of purifying the soul is still quite remarkable. If you want to use it as a medicinal ingredient to refine pills, the auxiliary materials needed will not be less than last time."

He paused for a moment, then said simply, "How about we collect the pills from the four hundred streams of spiritual essence in half a month?"

"Four hundred paths—"

Despite knowing it wouldn't be cheap, Zhu Yu still felt a toothache; alchemy was just too profitable. Suppressing his thoughts, he handed over four hundred strands of spiritual essence to True Person Chongshui and asked, "Senior Brother, what about the spirit seed?"

Master Chongshui gathered his sleeves and put away the "Spiritual Ruins Origin," smiling as he said, "Spiritual seeds are rare, and I usually don't sell them to outsiders, but what can I do when my junior brother and I have a connection?"

He waved his hand generously and said, "Well then, Junior Brother should still have some 'Life Dew,' right? Give me one drop and I'll give you two strands of Spirit Void Origin, how about we exchange that?"

"A shrewd businessman—"

Seeing his expression of wanting to trade but not sell, Zhu Yu cursed inwardly. After thinking for a moment, he said, "This kind of conversion is too troublesome. In my opinion, how about one drop of Life Dew and two second-tier spirit seeds?"

Master Chongshui frowned and pondered for a moment, then said with an expression of great loss, "Since my junior brother and I hit it off immediately, let's leave it at that."

Zhu Yu was too lazy to argue with him. The most important thing now was to refine the pills. Once the pills were ready, he could refine them and further increase the amount of divine soul particles he could condense, thus breaking through to the second level of Foundation Establishment sooner.

At that time, Xiang Sui will be taken in as an affiliated Foundation Establishment cultivator. Once he breaks through to the second rank, he will have a second-rank alchemist, and there will be no need to spend the spiritual essence to hire someone to refine pills. The medicinal field at the root can grow sixty second-rank spiritual herbs per acre.

He spent eighty drops of "Life Dew" to exchange for eighty Golden Silk Flowers and eighty Black Jade Grass Spirit Seeds from Master Chongshui.

Immediately afterward, with Master Chongshui smilingly seeing him off, Zhu Yu rode away in his escape light and returned to the mortal world. He handed over 160 second-tier spirit seeds to Gen Gengzhong, who had returned from outside, and gave him and Xiao Hei half of the one million life stones.

After doing all this.

Zhu Yu went to "Da Ze Ling Xu" for a look.

With Whale's tireless efforts, the "Swamp Crocodile" knight he envisioned began to take shape. However, the swamp crocodiles were all cubs and needed time to grow. Meanwhile, the "Fishman" tribe quickly adapted to the "Great Swamp Spirit Ruins".

They adapted faster than he had expected. They split into small tribes and continued to expand outwards. They had no worries about food and drink, and had almost no natural enemies. Many "fish people" gave birth to offspring.

It was foreseeable.

Before long, the number of "trolls" will explode.

In order to enrich its population, it needs to have a rich heritage.

Zhu Yu released all the monsters and races related to the "Tuyuren" nurtured by the "Yuanhai" into the "Daze Lingxu".

After viewing "Daze Lingxu".

Zhu Yu returned to the mortal world and probed his mind into the "Spiritual Ruins of His Destiny," glancing at Xiao Qing, Xiao Bai, and Meng, who were refining the black water.

More than half a month has passed, and the black water has done a lot of damage to them, but fortunately, it has not caused any fundamental harm.

Moreover, after being tempered by the black water, his aura became noticeably more composed.

"good--"

Zhu Yu nodded in satisfaction, composed himself, and went to the mountainside to look at the medicinal herbs. He chatted with them, as well as Xiao Hei and Xiao Qi, from time to time.

Not long.

While he was chatting idly, he saw Zhu Er walking quickly over with a dull-looking young man.

"master."

"Liu San greets the master."

Upon approaching, Zhu Er immediately pulled the young man to kneel down.

Zhu Yu glanced at the young man, recognizing him as Zhu Er's son and understanding why he had come. He nodded slightly, waved to help the young man up, and said casually, "Did you send someone to escort him?"

Zhu Er hurriedly replied, "Reporting to Master, everything was delivered as instructed." He paused, then added, "The ones that were farther away were also delivered to the Chamber of Commerce by my disciples."

Zhu Yu nodded slightly and asked, "Have you thought it through?"

"This servant wishes to express my deepest gratitude to Your Excellency for your kindness."

Zhu Er nodded hurriedly, then pulled Liu San to kneel down again, "Master—"

Zhu Yu raised his hand to interrupt, and laughed, "Fine, you and your son can both be the test subjects."

After speaking, a bronze door appeared, taking the two into the laboratory of the "Life Spirit Ruins".

With his current "spirit rune" skills, it wouldn't be difficult to strengthen the father and son to the peak of the first tier, but strengthening them to the second tier would be much more difficult. It wasn't a problem with his skills, but rather that he was afraid the two of them wouldn't be able to withstand it.

Thinking of "spirit patterns", Zhu Yu thought of the nascent "swamp crocodile knight". Even if the swamp crocodile grows up, it will only be a first-class high-grade monster combat power.

To truly develop them into an elite force for invading foreign lands, this alone is far from enough.

"Spirit runes, equipment, bloodlines—"

Zhu Yu's mind was filled with all sorts of thoughts, but he quickly suppressed them. He decided not to rush into creating the "Swamp Crocodile Knight" and would wait until he advanced to the second level of Foundation Establishment before proceeding step by step.

After waiting for the root to plant and germinate the spiritual seed, they chatted for a few moments, then turned around and returned to the third-level space, immersing themselves in meditation and cultivation.

Day and night alternate.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

"call--"

Zhu Yu opened his eyes, sensed the more than two thousand divine soul particles that had increased in his divine sea, nodded in satisfaction, got up from the bed, manifested a bronze door, and stepped inside.

The space is on the second floor, halfway up the mountain.

Zhu Yu appeared, gazing expectantly at the fruits shimmering with starlight among the branches of the Starry Sky Tree.

Just then.

A series of hurried footsteps came from the side.