If Gou Cheng becomes the Dao Ancestor, the monkey will come to become his disciple.

He looked at the acre of blood ginseng and polygonatum in front of him, his eyes filled with anticipation, and began to devour the spiritual herbs according to plan...

Three days later,

Under the cover of darkness, he secretly devoured all the spiritual herbs, gaining another 180 years of lifespan, bringing his remaining lifespan to a record high.

Looking at the system panel,

Name: Jiang Chuan (24 years old)

[Remaining lifespan: 189 years]

【灵根：金3、木10、水2、火5、土2、风1、雷1、光1、时1、空1（可投入寿命进行演化）】

[Cultivation Level: Qi Refining Level 9 (Can be evolved using lifespan)]

[Taoist Techniques: Evergreen Skill: Mastery, True Flame Technique: Beginner, Thick Earth Skill: Beginner... Vajra Body: Mastery...]

Illusionary Word Secret Basic Version 1.0: Perfected, Movement Word Secret Basic Version 1.0: Perfected, Fireball: Perfected, Healing: Perfected.....

Talisman Dao: First-tier, mid-grade; Alchemy: Beginner; Weapon Forging: Beginner; Array Formation: Beginner... (Can be evolved by investing lifespan)

[Lifespan Barrier: 1 acre (Tier 1, Low Grade, can be evolved using lifespan)]

Jiang Chuan did not immediately evolve and improve his alchemy skills, but instead turned his attention to offensive techniques such as fireball, weapon control, arrow condensation, and blinking sword technique.

He now,

For defense, there is the body-refining technique "Diamond Body".

Regarding concealment and transformation, there is a basic version of "Phantom Word Secrets".

For movement techniques, speed, and escape, there is a basic version of the "Xing Zi Mi" (行字秘).

Defense, disguise, and escape have all been temporarily replenished, barely enough for him to use during the Qi Refining stage.

However, it still lacks a lot in terms of offensive spells.

The strongest attack at present is a savage attack using a high-grade magic weapon, a flying sword. It relies entirely on brute force, lacks any skill, and is devoid of more flexible and effective methods.

Now that we have a long enough lifespan, it's time to upgrade.

You dedicate your lifespan to studying various offensive spells.

[You have diligently studied the "Blinking Sword Technique" for five years, achieving a "perfect" level of mastery over it. You are now proficient in ordinary sword moves.]

[You have diligently studied the Art of Weapon Manipulation for ten years, achieving a "perfect" level of mastery over this technique. Weapons such as flying swords have become almost extensions of your body.]

You absorb the essence of various martial arts techniques, learn from their strengths and make up for their weaknesses, and combine them with your own learning and understanding, hoping to innovate and create a new sword technique... After ten years of comprehension, progress is minimal.

Undeterred, you continued to focus on comprehending and developing new sword techniques. Twenty years later, through tireless efforts, you finally succeeded in creating a new sword technique with significantly increased attack power.

As the simulation ceased, as before, a wealth of insights flowed into his mind, eventually forming a powerful sword technique.

"Phew, it took 45 years to finally comprehend all the sword techniques and create a powerful sword technique."

With a thought, the silver flying sword seemed to come alive and landed in his hand, emitting a series of sword cries, instantly giving him a sense of blood connection.

"Is this what the legendary feeling of 'man and sword as one' feels like?"

Then, Jiang Chuan infused his magic power, activating the newly derived sword technique. The silver flying sword in his hand emitted a three-foot-long sword beam, its chilling light causing the surrounding air temperature to drop several degrees.

Guided by spiritual awareness and propelled by magical power, the flying sword broke free of spatial constraints with a clang and attacked a shield forged from refined iron.

With a click,

The iron shield shattered instantly, turning into fragments on the ground. The silver flying sword, its power undiminished, pierced through the iron shield and then burrowed into the bluestone ground, leaving a dark hole over ten meters deep. Only then did the flying sword cease its flight, emitting a clear, ringing sound...

"Wow, this power is incredible! It's pretty amazing!"

Jiang Chuan muttered to himself, his pupils shrinking slightly, deeply shocked.

The power of his full-force attack now is several times greater than before.

Previously, his attacks using flying swords relied purely on brute force, lacking any skill.

Now, based on the "Weapon Control Technique" and the "Blinking Sword Technique," he has created a brand-new attack secret technique that can better unleash the power of flying swords, increasing their power several times over.

"Since the sword is for killing, let's call this sword technique the 'Slaughtering Sword Art'. This is the basic version 1.0, and we will continue to improve it in the future."

Having acquired the secret techniques for attacking, Jiang Chuan turned his attention to alchemy, immediately investing in the evolution and enhancement of his lifespan.

[You have diligently studied and comprehended "The Understanding of Alchemy" for five years, and have basically mastered its key points. You attempted to refine a low-grade first-level "Grain-Breaking Pill," and succeeded after five failed attempts.]

[You continued to study and research alchemy for three years, attempting to refine various low-grade first-tier pills. Your success rate was less than 20%, but you were undeterred and continued your focused study... Ten years later, your mastery of basic alchemy had reached the perfect level of low-grade first-tier pills. You could successfully refine low-grade first-tier pills such as the Grain-Breaking Pill, Qi-Condensing Pill, Aperture-Opening Pill, and Yuan-Nourishing Pill, with a success rate of 80%.]

[You were not satisfied with your alchemy skills, so you continued to study alchemy for thirty-five years. You broke through your own bottleneck and successfully refined a mid-grade first-tier two-pattern Qi Condensation Pill and a two-pattern Acupoint Opening Pill, with a success rate of 30%.]

[You have continued to study alchemy for ninety years, and based on your existing alchemy skills, you have successfully broken through the bottleneck and refined a first-grade high-quality three-pattern Qi Condensation Pill with a success rate of forty percent.]

"...Phew...It took 143 years to successfully break through to the first-grade upper level of alchemy. If I want to continue to improve my alchemy to the first-grade upper level, another hundred years won't be enough. Let's stop here for now."

Jiang Chuan took a deep breath and stopped his deductions about alchemy. All the knowledge about alchemy in his mind instantly merged into his mind and became his body's instinct.

"The art of alchemy is indeed profound and extensive. If compared with the knowledge of my previous life, it encompasses various disciplines such as biology, chemistry, mathematics, pharmacy, and medicine. It is certainly not something that ordinary people can afford to learn."

"If I were to return to my previous life on Earth, becoming a renowned expert in traditional Chinese medicine, a chemist, or a biologist wouldn't be too difficult for me now."

A smile appeared on Jiang Chuan's lips, but then, thinking about the depletion of his lifespan, a new idea came to mind.

"When deducing techniques and skills, if I have some understanding of them, the time spent on deduction is indeed not much. However, if I force myself to deduce them without any clue, the lifespan consumed will increase several times over..."

"It seems there's another task ahead: to gather as much advanced knowledge as possible, whether it's cultivation techniques, secret methods, or immortal cultivation skills..."

Looking at the system panel, the remaining lifespan is only 11 years.

His original idea of ​​continuing to evolve the [God-Breaking Talisman] was temporarily shelved.

According to Biyanglou, this is an ancient talisman. Although it is incomplete, its level is at least first-grade high-quality. If it can be deduced and completed, it will definitely play a trump card role when used against cultivators below the Foundation Establishment stage.

However, the monster uprising has basically ended now, and he himself doesn't like fighting. He'd rather focus on improving his alchemy skills to earn spirit stones first, and then work on deducing the [God-Breaking Talisman] once he has a longer lifespan...

"Now, you can go buy an alchemy furnace and become a distinguished alchemist."