Yunmeng Immortal Clan

Upon hearing his senior brother's words, Song Linyu nodded. He had no interest in the so-called Heroes' Gathering. He only wanted to return to Qinglian Island. However, since it was his master Liu Hanjun's suggestion, Song Linyu felt embarrassed to refuse. After all, although he possessed a rare earth spirit root aptitude, he believed that without his master's help in terms of cultivation resources, he would not have been able to progress so rapidly in the path of cultivation.

After exchanging a few more words with Song Linyu, Cheng Peng left Song Linyu's cave.

After Cheng Peng left, Song Linyu sat cross-legged on the futon, contemplating the gathering of heroes in a few days.

After all, he was the only true disciple of the Golden Core True Person. The upcoming Heroes' Gathering was aimed at all Qi Refining disciples below the Foundation Establishment stage within the Bamboo Creek Sect. With his cultivation level of the seventh level of Qi Refining, it was unlikely that he could win the championship at the Heroes' Gathering. However, if he performed poorly at the gathering, he would undoubtedly lose face for True Person Liu.

Although those with earth-elemental spiritual roots have almost no bottlenecks in Foundation Establishment, in the eyes of cultivators like those from the Bamboo Creek Sect, their so-called Foundation Establishment cultivation is nothing more than a lackey of the sect.

Just as Song Linyu was planning the gathering of heroes in a few days within the Zhuxi Sect.

In a cave atop Qingsui Peak in the Qinglian Islands.

From within a pill-refining furnace, a figure in a blue Taoist robe, with spiritual light flashing in his palm, unleashed a flame. His divine sense then enveloped the spiritual herbs, carefully controlling the flame according to the steps in the pill formula, melting the herbs into liquid.

The person before them was none other than Song Daoxuan, who had been hiding within Qing Sui Peak, diligently studying the art of alchemy.

As time passed, the alchemy furnace was filled with the fragrance of pills. Song Daoxuan was overjoyed and reached out to take out three plump pills from the furnace.

The fasting elixir is complete.

Song Daoxuan then continued refining the Bigu Pill, a second-tier elixir. He found that he could now guarantee one out of every three batches of Bigu Pills would be successfully refined. However, Bigu Pill was one of the easiest second-tier elixir to refine, and it was also relatively inexpensive. Song Daoxuan did not feel any sense of accomplishment after successfully refining Bigu Pill.

Having regained some of his energy, Song Daoxuan then turned his attention to another pill formula on the Yuanqing Pill Record—the Youth Preservation Pill. The Youth Preservation Pill was quite popular among female cultivators in the cultivation world, and it sold for a relatively high price in spirit stones. If he could refine the Youth Preservation Pill, he could sell it in the markets of the cultivation world to earn spirit stones.

He currently possesses several thousand spirit stones, which seems like a lot, but they are all low-grade spirit stones. Low-grade spirit stones are not very helpful to Foundation Establishment cultivators, and consuming the spiritual power within them one by one is a huge waste of a Foundation Establishment cultivator's time. Several thousand low-grade spirit stones are only equivalent to a few dozen mid-grade spirit stones.

Dozens of low-grade spirit stones can only support a Foundation Establishment cultivator for a portion of their cultivation time.

Song Daoxuan believed that as an alchemist, he could earn spiritual energy by refining pills relatively quickly in the current cultivation world. However, even after reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, Song Daoxuan still felt that he didn't have enough spiritual stones to make pills.

In the world of cultivation, if there are no special means to earn spirit stones, and cultivators want to reach a higher level of cultivation without any so-called cultivation opportunities, then they can only resort to killing and plundering.

Those high-level cultivators in the cultivation world have all achieved their goals by stepping on countless bones; none of them are easy to associate with.

In Song Daoxuan's view, in the cultivation world, whether they are righteous cultivators or demonic cultivators, they are just different in their methods and stances. In essence, they are all plunderers who will stop at nothing to achieve the Great Dao of Immortality.

The cultivation world is extremely dangerous, which is why Song Daoxuan is so cautious in the cultivation world he is in. However, caution does not mean not competing for cultivation opportunities. If he wants to gain more benefits in this world of great competition, he must be more ruthless and vicious than those plunderers.

Several months later, Song Daoxuan finally succeeded in refining the so-called Youth Preservation Pill.

Having just refined the Youth Preservation Pill, Song Daoxuan swallowed one himself.

Song Daoxuan is actually in his thirties. Compared to ordinary people, he is considered to be middle-aged. However, compared to the proportion of Foundation Establishment cultivators who are two hundred years old, his age is less than 20% of his lifespan.

Song Daoxuan's current appearance can be described as being at its peak. Now that he has taken the Youth Preservation Pill, he will be able to maintain his current peak appearance thanks to its miraculous effects. No matter how time goes by, his appearance will not change in the slightest.

Song Daoxuan believed that the refining of the Youth Preservation Pill was extremely difficult, and the formula for the Youth Preservation Pill was extremely rare in the entire cultivation world. It was quite a coincidence that Yuan Qing Sanren was able to obtain the formula for the Youth Preservation Pill back then. Such a cultivator was able to successfully cultivate to the late Foundation Establishment stage with his status as a rogue cultivator, which must have been due to great fortune.

But who would have thought that such a cultivator would be so enraged for a woman? In Song Daoxuan's eyes, this behavior was quite ridiculous.

After Song Daoxuan took the Youth Preservation Pill, he immediately felt a surge of spiritual energy washing over his limbs and bones. All sounds, temperatures, and smells became temporarily ethereal. After a short while, Song Daoxuan's six senses were fully restored.

Song Daoxuan felt an immense lightness throughout his body; this strange sensation must have been due to the full effect of the Youth Preservation Pill.

After continuously refining pills for a long time, Song Daoxuan's physical and spiritual energy depletion reached an astonishing level.

Song Daoxuan then ingested the Bigu Pill, and countless filth flowed out from his limbs and bones, leaving him covered in dirt and grime.

However, just after this stream of filth flowed out of his body, Song Daoxuan felt that his pores were filled with spiritual energy.

After cleansing his marrow and removing his hair, and clearing away the turbid qi of the five grains, the effects of the Abstaining from Grains Pill were immediate. From then on, Song Daoxuan was no different from those legendary immortals who did not eat grains and only drank sweet dew and immortal herbs.

Song Daoxuan simply took a clean bath with a happy expression, washing away all the impurities from the fasting pills he had taken, and then changed into clean clothes.

Then a sound transmission talisman instantly appeared in front of him.

The message on the talisman actually said that his nephew, Song Linyu, who was cultivating in the Zhuxi Sect, was about to return to the clan.