Immortality and cultivation begin with alchemy and accounting.

More than ten days later,

Outside the alchemy room, Bai Xuanjing sat cross-legged, the Azure Scale Sword and the Black Gold Sword dancing around him.

Compared to the past, a faint light blue mist appeared on these two flying swords.

It appears to possess more spiritual power than ordinary ritual implements.

With a thought, Bai Xuanjing swung the Azure Scale Sword toward the bank of the lava river.

There, on the other side, were some fire rock shrimp that were mostly rotten.

These fire rock shrimp were severely damaged and unusable, but fortunately their shells were harder than ordinary stones, so Bai Xuanjing used them to test his sword.

hum!

A crisp sound rang out.

Sword energy crisscrosses!

The fire rock shrimp's hard shell was as fragile as paper, easily sliced ​​by the flying sword.

The next moment, the fire rock shrimp's corpse turned into countless fragments.

"The speed of the flying sword... is indeed much faster than before using the Long Cry Sword Qi Technique, and its power has also increased significantly."

Baek Hyun-kyung was very satisfied with the result.

At present, I have only just begun to practice this technique. I cannot even condense sword energy out of thin air. Yet, it already has such power. This shows how powerful the technique is.

With a thought, the two flying swords returned to Bai Xuanjing's hands.

After sitting cross-legged for a while, Bai Xuanjing opened her eyes again.

He put the flying sword into his storage bag and exchanged it for a scroll of pill notes.

"Corpse Puppet Pill..."

Although I had read through this pill manual when I was refining the first-grade low-rank corpse puppet pill.

But now, after some time has passed, and especially after her alchemy skills have improved, Bai Xuanjing has gained some new insights.

The medicinal properties of some spiritual herbs related to the refining of the Corpse Puppet Pill involuntarily surfaced in his mind.

"Although I haven't encountered Blood Red Flower before, its medicinal properties are actually similar to those of Red Jade Fruit, Earth Crab Grass, and other spiritual herbs. I can draw upon these similarities during the refining process..."

Bai Xuanjing couldn't help but think.

About half an hour later, Bai Xuanjing put down the pill manual, feeling that the time was ripe.

With a thought, he took out the Mackerel Elixir Furnace and the Locust Tree Spirit Pearl.

Let the alchemy begin!

……

Half a month passed in the blink of an eye.

"The raw materials for ten Corpse Puppet Pills only yielded three batches..."

Bai Xuanjing took out two pill bottles from his storage, a thoughtful expression on his face.

The new elixir can naturally not compare to the Azure Water Elixir.

Although the alchemy conditions were the same, the settlement scores for the Corpse Puppet Pill were generally low, and the feedback from the three batches of pills all focused on the improvement of cultivation and alchemy skills.

Moreover, due to the low rating, he only underwent intensive training in September.

"It's enough."

Bai Xuanjing's brows relaxed as she opened a pill bottle, inside which lay three round, dark pills.

Three bottles make nine pills, which means that without refining additional Corpse Puppet Pills, Bai Xuanjing can refine nine mid-grade first-tier Corpse Puppet!

Thinking of this, Bai Xuanjing suddenly felt a surge of heat.

However, the corpses of killing monsters are not easy to find.

This place is, after all, the Vast Ocean, and using the corpses of demonic beasts for direct cultivation is not the mainstream practice.

Even if a cultivator hunts a monster that is capable of killing, they usually just take the materials, process them, and then sell them in the market, rather than taking the whole corpse with them.

Whether or not monster materials are processed also affects the price, which can range from a few low-grade spirit stones to more than ten low-grade spirit stones.

The cultivator I encountered in Jing'an Market last time must have looked down on such a small difference in the price of spirit stones.

In addition, he hunted a lot of demonic beasts, so he was too lazy to process the demonic beast materials, which is why Bai Xuanjing ran into him.

Collecting a large number of intact monster corpses without prior planning is not easy.

You need to frequent the marketplace to encounter them.

Bai Xuanjing doesn't go to the market often, and when she does, she doesn't stay for long.

Whether you can find a complete monster corpse depends entirely on luck.

Clearing his mind of distractions, Bai Xuanjing took out two corpses of blue-armored leopards from his storage bag.

Looking at the two demon corpses, Bai Xuanjing's heart stirred. He absorbed the magic power, and a point of light immediately condensed at his fingertips.

It is the sword energy condensed from the "Long Cry Sword Qi Technique".

During this period, although Bai Xuanjing was refining the Corpse Puppet Pill, he did not neglect his other cultivation.

The cultivation of the "Long Cry Sword Qi Technique" has improved, and it is now possible to initially condense sword light.

As for the effect...

"go!"

Bai Xuanjing struck the blue-armored leopard's body with her sword.

puff!

A hissing sound came from behind.

The moment the sword light touched the blue-armored leopard armor, it shattered and dissipated.

Weak and powerless.

Its power is truly nothing to brag about.

Fortunately, there was no one else around, so Bai Xuanjing didn't feel awkward.

He stared intently at the spot on the blue-armored leopard where it had just come into contact with the sword's edge, thinking to himself, "It seems the sword's edge, detached from its magical artifact and unleashed independently, still lacks something!"

He wasn't discouraged, but pondered some details of when he unleashed the sword's light, and seemed to have gained some insight.

If you don't accumulate steps, you can't reach a thousand miles.

Spiritual practice is a gradual and continuous process.

Moreover, his speed was not slow to begin with.

After withdrawing her thoughts, Bai Xuanjing decisively summoned the Azure Scale Sword and channeled her magic power.

A sword light suddenly appeared on the Azure Scale Sword.

This sword is a low-grade first-tier magic weapon, so it should be quite difficult to break through the defenses of the blue-armored leopard.

However, with the blessing of the "Long Cry Sword Qi Technique", the situation may change.

The reason why Bai Xuanjing did not use the first-tier mid-grade black gold sword was because he wanted to test the power of the "Long Cry Sword Qi Technique".

The fact that a mid-grade first-tier magic weapon could break through the defenses of a mid-grade first-tier demon beast is nothing special.

However, if it is a low-grade first-tier magic weapon that breaks through, then it can be considered quite remarkable!

hum!

A sword rang out.

Within moments, the Azure-Armored Leopard's forehead was breached by the Azure-Scaled Sword, but only a crack appeared.

"Even though they're already dead, and without deliberately using demonic energy to defend themselves, they still have such defensive power?"

Bai Xuanjing's gaze immediately sharpened.

Logically speaking, after a demon beast dies, even if it still retains some demonic energy, it cannot mobilize it and is like a scattered soldier, so its defensive power will be greatly reduced.

Immediately, he felt a surge of joy.

The Azure Leopard is intended to be refined into a corpse puppet, so its strong defensive capabilities are naturally a good thing.

Thinking of this, Bai Xuanjing chuckled to himself.

The magical sword is his, and so is the demonic beast. Whether the former is stronger in attack or the latter is stronger in defense, it seems to be a good thing for him.

It has a somewhat contradictory feel to it.

He shook his head, dismissing the thought, and quickly increased the amount of magic power he poured into the Azure Scale Sword.

It took a while to dig a small hole in the blue-armored leopard's forehead.

After doing all this, Bai Xuanjing took out the Corpse Puppet Pill and carefully placed it over the small hole.

The next step is to use magic to condense runes.

Before long, jet-black runes appeared in mid-air.

These runes are almost identical to those used to craft early-stage first-tier corpse puppets, except for a few extra strokes.

As Bai Xuanjing thought, the runes flew toward the corpse puppet's forehead, wriggling and merging into it.

Then, with the blessing of the runes, the medicinal power was refined, and the medicinal power was used to nourish and condense the meridians around the corpse puppet so that the corpse puppet could be driven.

After finishing the work,

Looking at the corpse puppet before him, which was connected to his thoughts, Bai Xuanjing felt a slight stirring in his heart.

Then, he activated the magic technique within his body, and the blue-armored leopard corpse puppet began to move.

Lying down, standing up, running, charging...

Driven by Bai Xuanjing, the Azure Leopard performed each action.

"Although it's not as agile as a demon beast in its lifetime, it's still a decent helper."

Bai Xuanjing nodded in satisfaction, then his gaze fell on another blue-armored leopard corpse.