The First Venerable of All Paths

Let me tell you the truth.

Fang Xuan said, "This Soul-Stabilizing Pill can indeed help you repair your soul and even enhance your soul power, but it is ultimately only a temporary fix and will only make things worse, so it is not advisable."

"But......"

"Let me finish what I have to say."

Fang Xuan said, "But I can refine another kind of pill for you to directly repair the foundation of your sea of ​​consciousness. Once the foundation is repaired, you can take this Soul-Stabilizing Pill and naturally enhance your soul power."

"Really...really?"

Li Xintong was somewhat excited, and her voice trembled as a result.

"Would I lie to you?"

Fang Xuan smiled and said, "However, the prerequisite is that you have to trust me. And it has to be unconditional trust. Can you do that?"

As he finished speaking, Fang Xuan's tone became serious.

"I......"

Li Xintong seemed hesitant, but she still said, "Fang Xuan, may I ask how confident you are?"

Fang Xuan said, "As long as you cooperate with me, I'm 80% confident."

80%?

Already high.

Her master helped her find many alchemists, but even the one with the highest confidence only had a 50% chance of success.

"I trust you."

Li Xintong clenched her fist and looked into Fang Xuan's eyes: "Fang Xuan, I believe you."

No one wants to die if they can live.

Li Xintong is no exception.

"Alright then."

Fang Xuan said, "From now on, do as I say."

"Now?"

Li Xintong was taken aback.

"good."

Fang Xuan said, "From now on, I need you to seal your sea of ​​consciousness and not use even the slightest bit of your divine soul power."

Before Li Xintong could speak, Fang Xuan continued, "Because the foundation of your sea of ​​consciousness has already begun to be damaged, once you use your divine soul power, the damage to your sea of ​​consciousness will become even more severe."

Upon hearing this, Li Xintong believed what Fang Xuan said.

Because Fang Xuan wasn't the only one who said this to her.

But Li Xintong couldn't control herself.

"In addition, I will concoct a spiritual elixir to nourish the soul. You need to take it daily to repair your soul."

Fang Xuan said, "When the time is right, I will refine a pill to repair your sea of ​​consciousness."

Li Xintong asked curiously, "May I ask what kind of pills you're refining?"

"Nourishing Spirit Elixir".

Fang Xuan didn't hide anything and said, "Although this pill is a third-grade pill, even some fourth-grade alchemists don't have a high chance of successfully refining it, so I need to prepare for a while."

"You can take advantage of this time to repair your soul."

Elixir for Nourishing the Spirit?

Li Xintong also knows many alchemists and is quite knowledgeable about various elixirs.

But this was the first time she had ever heard of the Nourishing Spirit Elixir.

However, since she had already agreed to Fang Xuan's request, Li Xintong had no reason to doubt it.

"Let me recover my energy first."

Fang Xuan said, "I'll refine a nourishing elixir for your soul tomorrow."

"Uh-huh."

Li Xintong nodded obediently.

Fang Xuan ignored Li Xintong and sat cross-legged to the side, beginning to circulate his internal energy to recover his strength.

Seeing Fang Xuan enter a meditative state, Li Xintong suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.

This was the first time she had ever been alone in a room with a man.

Moreover, this person had also had intimate contact with her.

Thinking that she would have to listen to him for the next period of time, Li Xintong's cheeks inexplicably felt hot.

Why did you agree on a whim?

Silent all night.

The next morning, Fang Xuan awoke from his cultivation, his internal energy now fully replenished and much purer than before.

Fang Xuan knew that his cultivation had improved once again.

With a slight smile, Fang Xuan turned his head and saw that Li Xintong was still fast asleep, so he took out a storage ring.

This ring was the one he had snatched from Mingche.

A divine soul mark has been implanted on the ring, preventing anyone from peeping at it.

Fang Xuan sneered, and his divine soul power surged out, directly breaking through the divine soul imprint in the ring.

"Wow, quite a lot of good stuff."

As soon as his divine soul power entered the ring, Fang Xuan smiled.

There weren't many spirit stones inside; it's likely that Mingche spent most of them at the auction house.

On the contrary, there were over 100,000 yuan, which was an unexpected windfall.

In addition, there are several kinds of medicinal herbs, elixirs, weapons, and even martial arts techniques.

Of course, these things are of little significance to Fang Xuan.

His gaze fell on a piece of animal skin.

This animal hide is the very fragment of the map to the secret realm.

With a thought, Fang Xuan took out the fragment of the secret realm map, and then took out the fragment of the secret realm map that he had obtained from Nie Song.

After trying it out, Fang Xuan perfectly pieced the two fragments together.

The map was mostly incomplete, making it impossible to tell where we were.

"This terrain seems familiar."

Just then, a gentle voice sounded in my ear.

Fang Xuan turned his head and found that Li Xintong had moved closer to him at some point.

"What did you say?"

Fang Xuan suddenly turned his head, and their faces were very close, as if they were pressed together.

Feeling the warm breath from Fang Xuan's mouth, Li Xintong quickly moved away, her cheeks flushing again.

"I said, this terrain on the map looks familiar, like I've seen it somewhere before."

Li Xintong hurriedly looked away, pointed at the map, and said, "I just can't remember for the moment."

"Most mountains and terrains in the world are pretty much the same."

Fang Xuan said, "Perhaps you've mistaken me for someone else."

"I'm a second-grade Soul Master, how could I not even see this difference?"

Li Xintong snorted coldly and said, "The Azure Lotus Secret Realm? Is that the secret of this map?"

"Um."

Fang Xuan put away the two animal hides and transferred everything from Mingche's storage ring to his own before saying, "Next, I'm going to refine some spiritual liquid for you to help nourish your soul."

"oh."

Feeling that her attitude was somewhat perfunctory, Li Xintong quickly said, "Don't worry, I won't bother you."

The spiritual liquid that Fang Xuan was going to refine was called Soul-Soothing Elixir.

Although it's not a pill, it still requires at least a second-grade alchemist to refine.

Crucially, one also needs the prescription for the Soul-Soothing Ointment.

This is also a soul-nourishing medicine recipe recorded in the inheritance of the Dan Ding Empress, and it is of great value.

The ingredients needed for the Soul-Soothing Ointment are few, only eight.

Thanks to Mingche, he actually had quite a few of these medicinal herbs in his storage ring.

Considering Ming Yang's identity as a Soul Master, Fang Xuan guessed that these medicinal herbs might have been prepared by Ming Che for Ming Yang.

Now, it's Fang Xuan who benefits.

According to Fang Xuan, refining the Soul-Soothing Elixir is not difficult.

With his current alchemy skills, he can basically complete the process in half a day.

"call!"

Fang Xuan flipped his hand, and the Undying Phoenix Flame appeared in his palm.

Immediately afterwards, Fang Xuan threw a section of the Soul-Soothing Vine into the flames.

Anhun Teng is the main ingredient in Anhun Linggao (Anhun Spirit Ointment).

He circulated his Yuan energy and released his divine soul, carefully controlling the temperature of the flames and removing impurities from the Soul-Soothing Vine.

Li Xintong was completely shocked when she saw Fang Xuan refining pills.

Refining elixirs with bare hands?

Without using a pill furnace or medicine cauldron, has his alchemy skill already reached such a level?

Even the alchemy master she had met couldn't possibly refine pills with his bare hands.

perhaps.

The Soul Nourishing Elixir he refines does not require the aid of a medicine cauldron.

should be.

Li Xintong didn't dare to disturb Fang Xuan. She just quietly watched him as he placed medicinal herbs into the flames in his palm, refining them one by one.

However, Fang Xuan was unaware of this.

Just as he destroyed the divine soul imprint on Mingche's storage ring, in a secret room in Mingyang County.

Mingche, who was in seclusion healing his injuries, suddenly opened his eyes, a cold glint flashing within them.

"Found it!"

The divine soul imprint on the ring was planted by Mingche himself.

He will know immediately once the seal is broken.

This made Mingche somewhat anxious.

The breaking of the soul imprint means that the fragmented map of the secret realm has fallen into the hands of the other party.

"As expected, it's still within the territory of Mingyang County, it is..."

Mingche sensed something and suddenly looked in a certain direction.

"Towards Qingniuling!"

Mingche suddenly stood up, his eyes filled with murderous intent.

"Fang Xuan, this time, I'll make you wish you were dead!"

As soon as he stepped out of the secret room, a subordinate hurriedly said, "Young Master, we just received news that the Wen family seems to know Fang Xuan's whereabouts and has already sent men to arrest him."

"Oh?"

Mingche asked, "Where is it?"

"Qingniu Ridge".

Upon hearing this name, Mingche's eyes flashed with a sharp light.

"How did the Wen family find out?"

Mingche was somewhat excited.

He was only able to perceive a vague outline by relying on the divine soul imprint on the storage ring.

But the Wen family went directly to Qingniu Ridge.

Who delivered the message to them?

"I don't know the specifics."

The subordinate said, "But Wen Donglin has already led his men to search, and they may have already arrived at Qingniu Ridge."

Wen Donglin is the head of the Wen family and Wen Lin's father.

"Notify Elder Mingzhang to immediately gather manpower and rush to Qingniu Ridge."

Mingche immediately said, "Hurry!"

"yes!"

The subordinate dared not delay and hurriedly went to convey Mingche's order.

Mingche hesitated for a moment, then headed straight for his father Mingyong's cultivation room.

......

Qingniu Ridge.

It is also a spur of the Lost Souls Mountain Range, named for its resemblance to a blue ox.

The mountain is not high, and the area is not large.

The strongest of the monsters living there is only at the third rank.

For the people of Mingyang County, Qingniu Ridge is the most suitable place for trials.

Today, at the foot of Qingniuling Mountain.

A dozen or so figures arrived at the foot of Qingniu Ridge.

The leader appeared to be around forty years old, but his hair was gray, and his aura was quite strong.

It was astonishing that he had already reached the level of a half-step divine being.

It was Wen Donglin, the head of the Wen family.

Beside him, a young man who looked seven or eight parts similar to him was staring at an array plate in his hand, as if waiting for something.

At a certain moment, points of spiritual light lit up one after another on the array plate, and a smile appeared on the young man's face.

"Father, it's done!"

The young man said, "The formation is complete; not even a fly can escape!"

"good!"

Upon hearing this, Wen Donglin grinned maliciously and said, "Everyone, follow me up the mountain."

"Remember, once you find that little beast, don't make any rash moves."

Wen Donglin's face was contorted, his voice filled with chilling murderous intent.

"I will personally tear that little beast apart, skin him alive, and obliterate his soul!"

Inside the cave, as Wen Donglin led a group of Wen family warriors up Qingniu Ridge.

Li Xintong's face changed when she saw the lump of ointment in front of her.

"Um... Fang Xuan, can I not eat?"

This paste-like substance is... indescribable.

The color was so dark, but the worst part was the smell... Ugh!

"What are you thinking about?"

Fang Xuan said irritably, "This is for absorption, not for eating!"

"what?"

After Fang Xuan explained, Li Xintong carefully took out a little bit of the elixir and placed it between her eyebrows.

The next moment, wisps of colorful soul power emanated from the spiritual ointment and entered Li Xintong's sea of ​​consciousness.

"Hmm~"

As soon as her soul came into contact with this soul power, Li Xintong let out a soft, comfortable moan.

This unusual sound stirred something within Fang Xuan.

But Li Xintong was completely unaware, greedily absorbing the power from the elixir.

For so many years, her soul had never felt so at ease.

Seeing this, Fang Xuan also breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that this calming ointment can indeed help Li Xintong.

Just as Fang Xuan was about to take a break, a glint flashed in his eyes as he looked out of the cave.

"They found this place so quickly? And they even sealed off the mountain with an array, interesting!"