Immortality: Starting with the Fruit of Taiyin

"Ha, they're all seasoned veterans."

Wang Xuan shook his head slightly and casually gave Han Li some pointers on alchemy.

Now his alchemy skills have greatly improved, and he has no weaknesses. He is proficient in all kinds of pills, and even his teaching level has been greatly improved.

Considering that Han Li often brings news, he doesn't mind putting in some effort to ensure that her alchemy skills don't fall behind her two "fellow disciples".

A moment later, after watching the girl leave with great satisfaction, Wang Xuan returned directly to his quiet room.

Things were all on track, and the resource shortage problem was solved, so he could finally go into seclusion for a few years.

……

Time is like an arrow, the sun and the moon are like a shuttle.

After that day, the Han and Huang families ceased their activities, and the crowd that had gathered in Dan Pavilion dispersed once again.

Although behind-the-scenes struggles between the two sides were unavoidable, the open conflict had come to an end.

Apart from the fact that the Lu family's trusted subordinates who came to mediate did not leave but instead remained in Baihe Market, everything returned to normal, and Wang Xuan's life returned to normal.

During his first year of seclusion, with the help of Ye Yan, he opened up a secret sales channel for pills outside the Han family.

One after another, Azure Cloud Pills of varying quality flowed from his hand, transforming into various spiritual herbs, spiritual rice, and monster food in several nearby markets.

The former was refined by Wang Xuan into a first-grade high-quality Wind Spirit Pill. This pill, suitable for wind-attribute demon beasts, was used to accelerate Xiao Qing's growth and level the gap between it and its resource-rich kin.

The latter was used to replenish his own physical cultivation consumption and to offset the drawbacks of practicing the physical cultivation path simultaneously.

Unexpectedly, Wang Xuan actually had some talent in the art of body refinement, roughly equivalent to the level of a top-grade spiritual root among Qi Refining cultivators.

If one focuses on body cultivation, there is a good chance of achieving the peak of the second-tier body cultivation.

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In the second year of his meditation retreat, which lasted for more than three years, Wang Xuan finally broke open a jade slip in the lower courtyard's scripture pavilion, revealing the contents recorded within.

It was a first-order array inheritance jade slip, which was considered a fine piece among inheritances of the same order.

After immediately studying the Dao of Arrays and confirming that he indeed lacked talent, Wang Xuan opted to use a cheat code and successfully entered the realm of this immortal art.

However, in his perception, perhaps because the path of array formation is one of the most complex and difficult among the hundred arts, the progress of comprehending the inheritance of array formation is slower than that of alchemy, and the 'experience bar' of the same level is longer.

This is normal. In contrast, comprehending the Dao of Talismans will be slightly easier, and the 'experience bar' at the same level will be shorter.

Therefore, Wang Xuan only scratched the surface and did not delve too deeply into it. He did not insist on being inclusive and knowledgeable of all schools of thought during the Qi Refining stage.

Once he reaches the Foundation Establishment stage, he will most likely rent an independent spiritual peak for a long period, rather than continuing to live among others.

If he intends to learn formations, he would likely choose that time to do so.

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In the fourth year of meditation, with ample resources, perhaps due to the long-term nourishment of the Taiyin magic power, and the fact that the time required for the initial stage of the first level was indeed not long, I was able to cultivate.

Wang Xuan's body refinement technique successfully broke through the barrier and entered the mid-stage of the first tier.

At the same time, as the year drew to a close, the Azure Shadow Sparrow's aura finally reached the final step before reaching the second tier.

It took eleven years to complete the first stage.

He only needs to spend a year or two honing his skills and accumulating enough foundation before he can attempt to break through to the second tier and escape his status as the lowest level in the cultivation world.

Almost simultaneously, in the quiet room, Wang Xuan, with his aura calm and focused, successfully took the crucial step of breaking through to the late stage of Qi Refining while circulating his cultivation technique.

"Whoosh..."

Inside the quiet room, magical energy surged, producing a sound like waves.

The [Taiyin Jade Book] flowed through his entire body, revealing a hazy light that made Wang Xuan's figure resemble a jade statue under the moon, serene and indifferent.

There was still no bottleneck to speak of. The obstacles that ordinary mid-grade spiritual roots would take three to five years to overcome, and even high-grade spiritual roots would take a year and a half to overcome, were as easy as walking on flat ground for him.

Half an hour later, Wang Xuan opened his eyes and got up.

With the blessing of the [Taiwei Escape Chapter], his spiritual sense, comparable to the peak of Qi Refining, swept across the surroundings.

Sensing its master's intention, the bluebird immediately flapped its wings and flew over.

"Chirp..."

"Thanks a lot."

With a slight smile, Wang Xuan comforted his natal spirit beast.

In the marketplace, the Blue Shadow Sparrow spends most of its time suppressing its nature, unable to fly or play freely.

Wang Xuan didn't have much of a solution for the time being, so he could only spend more time with Xiao Qing on weekdays to prevent her from feeling too stifled.

"Once I reach the Foundation Establishment stage and become a second-tier alchemist, I will rent a spiritual vein myself."

"Then you can fly however you want, the whole mountain will be yours."

"Chirp—!"

After casually drawing a picture of a pie in the sky, Wang Xuan left the quiet room.

He didn't hide his aura too much—mainly because it wouldn't have mattered anyway.

Although the [Taiyin Jade Book] has the ability to conceal, it is more about hiding its abnormal purity, power and characteristics of magic power, so that it looks like a normal foundation-building technique when not in contact with it, rather than concealing its own strength.

Therefore, it's hard to say for those at the same cultivation level, but in front of Foundation Establishment cultivators, it's unlikely that Wang Xuan would pretend to have not broken through.

After all, since there is a so-called secret technique for concealing one's aura in the cultivation world, there is naturally a corresponding method for observing one's aura.

Nobody's a fool; you have to be wary of those who pretend to be weak but are actually strong.

Therefore, given that the gap in understanding cannot be bridged, it's better to be more generous than to be passively discovered.

"The royal army."

"It's Han Li."

Wang Xuan nodded slightly and greeted him with a smile.

More than a decade has passed since the Han clan was established.

Although resources are somewhat lacking, their talents are also rather ordinary.

Given enough time, several of Wang Xuan's apprentices also began to strive to become formal alchemists.

Perhaps in terms of breadth, they have not yet reached the standard recognized by major powers, but they have already achieved a remarkable success rate in producing genuine pills in several areas where they excel.

As a result, in recent days, Han Dao and Han Bo, the two "genius teenagers" of the Han family, have somewhat reverted to their old ways, and have even started calling him "Master Wang Dan".

Wang Xuan said he didn't care about this change.

This wasn't a disciple he genuinely accepted, so the other party's attitude wasn't within his scope of concern.

In contrast, it seems that Han Changde has finally begun to lose his composure...

"Master Wang, the Second Elder asked me to tell you that he needs to see you in a few days."

He gave a slight bow and explained why he had been waiting there.

He gently raised his head; his figure was still somewhat thin. Han Li said with some concern:

"Master, I noticed the Second Elder seemed to be in a bad mood just now..."

"It's alright."

Wang Xuan waved casually and just smiled.

"It seems that Fellow Daoist Han is unsure about something lately; he will figure it out himself."

"Wang is not his subordinate, so this is none of my business."

Recently, Han Changde has been coming to talk to him every few days, and Wang Xuan can roughly guess what he means.

However, on certain issues, he was destined to be unable to reach an agreement with the other party.

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Note 1: Regarding the issue of cultivation speed, I'll repeat it here. The time required for each level of the Qi Refining Realm of a mid-grade spiritual root was clearly stated dozens of chapters ago, down to the year. Ignoring the mid- and late-stage bottlenecks, the simplest calculation method is to multiply this time by two for low-grade spiritual roots and divide it by two for high-grade spiritual roots. Using this formula, one can even calculate in advance when the protagonist will break through to the ninth level and when they will reach Qi Refining Perfection.

Note 2: I have a notebook. Every event in this article with a time span of more than a month has a chance of being recorded down to the chapter number and what happened during that period, so there is no issue of time discrepancies.