A Niang said to be careful of those fairies!

"I haven't seen you for thirty years. Senior sister has become more charming." Chang He smiled sweetly, her tone filled with infinite joy and charm. She waved her hand and brought her most concerned senior sister to her side.

Ji Yingxuan had a helpless expression on her face. She pointed her jade finger at Chang He's forehead and said, "You are so dishonest even in broad daylight."

Chang He's pretty face showed a silly smile, and in an instant, the time was stunning. The magical herbs and fairy flowers she planted bloomed one after another. She said coquettishly, "I miss you. It's boring to be in seclusion in the cave for thirty years."

As a person who has reached the Out-of-Body Realm, she has a keen sense of perception and instantly discovered that her senior sister has a strange aura. Her face suddenly changed and turned cold, and the air in the whole hall became three points colder: "Senior sister, are you looking for a man?"

Ji Yingxuan found it funny, poked her smooth and clean forehead with her slender jade finger, and teased: "My junior sister is angry? Don't worry, you may find a good man in the future."

Chang He said coldly: "Sister, you know me well. I hate men. If you really have an affair with a man, then the sisterhood between you and me will no longer count!"

Ji Yingxuan looked resentful and suddenly realized: "So the friendship between me and Junior Sister is so simple?"

Chang He was extremely anxious after seeing this, and a look of anxiety appeared on her pretty face. She quickly said, "No, Senior Sister! I'm just afraid that Senior Sister will become distant from me after she finds a Taoist partner, so I just cut off all ties with her to avoid unnecessary sadness in the future."

"It is precisely because I value the friendship between me and Senior Sister that I am unwilling to share her joy with others!"

"Well, there's really nothing I can do with you. Just go and see the truth with your own eyes." Ji Yingxuan sighed helplessly and placed a jade slip between her junior sister's eyebrows. Suddenly, a huge amount of memories flooded into her sea of ​​consciousness.

Many years ago, a beautiful fairy with boundless magical powers and powerful strength left Xuannv Palace to travel and saw all kinds of worldly things. On her way, she encountered bandits slaughtering a village, so she killed the bandits and got rid of the harm to the people.

Before she took action, the villagers in the mountain village had already been slaughtered by bandits, and in the end only a baby with great spiritual energy was found.

The baby in the cradle was very cute, with intelligence in his eyes. He looked at her straight without crying or getting angry, and was extremely well-behaved.

So the fairy brought an extra child with her on her way back, and raised the child in hiding in the outer gate.

The baby boy grew a little bit older every year. A few years later, the fairy taught the boy how to read and write, and used spiritual objects to cleanse the boy's mortal body and strengthen his foundation for becoming an immortal. The boy was well-behaved and obedient, and accompanied the fairy through many years.

Later, the boy grew into a teenager and began to climb the Immortal Peak. He joined the Immortal Palace and became an outer sect disciple. Until recently, he began to practice the basic Qi Refining Technique.

Today is the day when the young man succeeded in practicing Qi and announced the good news to the fairy. It also happens to be the day when the master of Xuannv Palace comes out of seclusion.

After reading some fragmented memories from more than ten years ago, Chang He's expression relaxed and her hostility towards the third party disappeared.

Her eyes were dim, still a little jealous, and she was jealous: "So, Senior Sister, you just adopted a son casually?"

"You, why do you have to be so mean to a child? Why don't you just become his mother? I saw that Xuan'er had a good impression of me, so I brought him back to the sect to raise him. Maybe you will like that child?"

"I don't want it! Senior sister, you should have less contact with him in the future. He has grown up and should be able to stand on his own!"

"Junior sister, you are too overbearing. You only want to occupy me. Xuan'er is still young and needs my care to prevent him from having any demonic thoughts."

Chang He frowned slightly and said in disbelief: "Senior sister, you have changed. You refuted Junior Sister for an outsider!"

Ji Yingxuan looked gloomy and said, "Who is an outsider? Junior sister, don't be too extreme. He is my child, and you are his elder!"

"I don't accept it! Senior sister, the child you adopted has nothing to do with me. I only want you, Senior sister!"

So the senior and junior sisters parted unhappily. They were both firm in their own ideas, but could not convince each other.

For the outer disciples, practicing was the best way to kill time, and more than ten days passed quickly.

Lin Xuan only had two spirit stones left. He used eight to buy Qi Gathering Flowers, and the remaining two were obviously not enough to last until the next time he received his monthly salary. He had to find a way to earn spirit stones.

He thought about it and suddenly remembered that he had obtained the system ten days ago and received a novice gift package. The moment he thought of the system, many illusory bubbles appeared in front of his eyes, one of which contained the first volume of alchemy.

The practice of alchemy also requires money. Lin Xuan kept the last spirit stone to buy raw medicinal materials for alchemy.

He chose Qi Ju San. Firstly, the second volume of alchemy contained the recipe and techniques. Secondly, Qi Ju San was simple to make and easy to sell. Many outer disciples relied on Qi Ju San for their practice.

Moreover, one spirit stone can buy many sets of raw medicinal materials for Qi Gathering Powder, which is enough for him to practice and make mistakes.

Chapter 4: What do you want a bicycle? There is hope for alchemy

The path of cultivating immortals from scratch is extremely difficult, so it took Lin Xuan more than a month to cultivate to the first level of Qi training. It was actually easier to reach the second level of Qi training, and it took a total of about twenty days to break through from the first level to the second level.

The spirit stones played a huge role in this. If there were not enough spirit stones, he could have broken through to the second level of Qi training a few days faster.

The second level of Qi training is a little stronger than the first level, with more mana and a little more power.

Next, he would put his cultivation aside and practice magic and alchemy, and he had to set aside half of his time every day for cultivation.

Frost Rain is a yellow-level offensive spell. The core point lies in a frost rain rune, which is used to attract heaven and earth to bring down freezing rain and cold air.

The Frost and Rain Rune is not complicated, but it is quite difficult to outline it perfectly. On the first day, Lin Xuan could only outline an incomplete rune. On the third day, the rune was complete, but it was unstable and fell apart as soon as it was hit.

It was not until the fifth day that the Frost and Rain Technique could exert its normal power. Lin Xuan felt dizzy from practicing it, so he decided to put the Frost and Rain Technique aside and turned to study the Qi Refining Technique. There was a simple market outside the sect where he could buy raw medicinal materials for alchemy.

Qi Gathering Powder is the most commonly used elixir for cultivators in the Qi training stage. It is in great demand and it is relatively easy to find buyers.

Qi Ju San is a medicine for external use. Placing the powder on the ground can gather, generate, and refine spiritual energy, greatly increasing the speed of Qi training.

Its raw medicinal materials are also easy to buy. They are almost all ordinary medicines, with only one low-level spiritual medicine as the main ingredient. One spiritual stone can buy more than a dozen raw medicinal materials.

After buying the herbs, Lin Xuan returned to his disciple's residence first. He planned to study alchemy for three more days before starting to make the elixir. He spent his last spirit stone on the herbs. If he failed, he would be heartbroken.

Three days later, he left his disciple's residence and went to Danfeng. There was an alchemy room built on Danfeng, which was divided into a free alchemy room and a rental alchemy room. The former was free to use, but the environment, alchemy furnace, fire source, etc. were far inferior to those of the rental alchemy room, and might even affect the efficiency of alchemy.

Thinking of this, a strange thought popped up in Lin Xuan's mind: "Why would you want a bicycle if it's free?"

He probably understood what it meant. Using the terms from the world of immortal cultivation, how could something given to you for free be a treasure or something like that?

He found an unused alchemy room and occupied it, then he closed the door and began his alchemy career.

"Will I be successful in refining the elixir for the first time? What quality of Qi Gathering Powder can I produce?" Lin Xuan's mind was in a mess, resulting in the first three batches of elixirs being wasted. The entire alchemy process was full of mistakes, and the waste residue piled up into a small mound of earth.

He realized the problem and immediately stopped refining the elixir to clear his mind. At the same time, he reviewed the previous three elixir-refining processes, learned from his failures, and made up his mind to only consider refining the Qi Gathering Powder successfully and discard unnecessary distractions.

Two hours later, he lit the furnace fire again, threw the pills into the furnace according to the order of the recipe, used his magic power to control the churning of the herbs, used the furnace fire to burn away the impurities to refine a pure liquid medicine, and then fused the liquid medicine.

The magic power not only plays a controlling role, but also has an enlightening effect on the medicine liquid. Gradually, the medicine liquid is successfully fused, and the impurities are further removed. It is cooled into a paste-like substance, and then it is burned again in the alchemy furnace. After it is burned into a hard lump and ground into powder, it is the finished product.

The entire medicine refining process took two incense sticks. Lin Xuan was very excited. The Qi Gathering Powder was refined, which meant that he had the spirit stone!

He meditated to restore his magic power. The quality of the Qi Gathering Powder he refined was not as good as the finished product he bought with spirit stones. He had to continue refining pills, and he had to improve the quality and refining speed of the Qi Gathering Powder.

He spent the next two days in meditation and refining pills, and his cultivation level improved slightly. The most important result was that he managed to refine a good quality Qi Gathering Powder, and his skills improved greatly.

The second-to-last batch of Qi Gathering Powder is very close to the finished Qi Gathering Powder purchased with spirit stones. One batch of the finished product can be cultivated for one to two days.

The alchemy room was built by the disciples of Danfeng, and there were disciples who specialized in harvesting, so Lin Xuan went to find them to save trouble.

"Hey, a new face? Junior brother, do you want to sell pills from me?" The disciple who was collecting the pills showed surprise in his eyes.

"Yes, senior brother, please help me count the spirit stones." Lin Xuan nodded and took out a jade bottle.

Now, I can use a spirit stone to refine ten or so Qi Gathering Powders. At least I have to make my money back first before I can have a chance to earn more spirit stones, right?

"Well, ten bottles of inferior Qi Gathering Powder, one bottle of low-grade Qi Gathering Powder, and one and a half low-grade spirit stones!" The senior brother who collected the pills gave the price. Because he wanted to make a profit from the price difference, the collection price would be lower.

"Deal! Thank you, senior brother." Lin Xuan sold it directly, and after paying the money, he received one and a half low-grade spirit stones.

After collecting the Qi Gathering Powder, Senior Brother Caishou asked, "I see that you look unfamiliar, Junior Brother. Have you learned how to make pills recently?"

"That's right. Spiritual stones cannot be banned. Junior Brother, you have no choice but to find a skill to earn spiritual stones and delve deeper into it."

Brother Caishou nodded with deep concern. In Xuanhe Immortal Cultivation World, there was no shortage of basic resources. What was lacking was advanced materials, such as high-quality elixirs. Purchasing elixirs required spirit stones, a lot of spirit stones!

"I see that my junior brother's skills are crude. You might as well come to Danfeng more often. There are often opportunities to observe the elders refining pills at Danfeng. From there, you can comprehend some subtle alchemy skills, which will be beneficial to your alchemy."

"Thank you for your guidance, senior brother. I will go and see it when I have the chance!" Lin Xuan thanked him and left Danfeng.

The disciple who collected the medicine was not giving Lin Xuan advice for no reason. He intended to develop a friendship with Lin Xuan. After Lin Xuan achieved some success in alchemy, it would be a new source of medicine for him, and he would be able to gain a lot of benefits in the future.

"The path to immortality is difficult, and it all depends on one's ability. If I hadn't had any talent for alchemy, I would have skipped reselling and made my own elixirs."

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However, after Lin Xuan got the spirit stones, he no longer bought the raw material of Qi Gathering Powder. He directly bought a bottle of finished low-grade Qi Gathering Powder, which was of better quality than the one he made himself. He then began to practice Qi training hard, because it was almost time to receive his monthly payment, and the spirit stones could allow him to practice for a while longer.

If spirit stones were not scarce, why would he bother to study the art of alchemy? He also envied those true disciples and even direct disciples, who were all fed with spirit stones.

Lin Xuan returned to his disciple's quarters and arranged the Qi Gathering Powder, then began a new practice. Every time he practiced the Yellow Level Qi Refining Technique, he would also practice the Nine Revolutions Sacred Technique. His magic power clearly exceeded the expectations of this technique.

Three days later, the Qi Gathering Powder placed on the ground had been ineffective for more than a day. At this time, Lin Xuan suddenly opened his eyes and frowned deeply. Just now, after he completed the Nine Revolutions Sacred Art, his magic power suddenly increased a lot.

What puzzled him was that the time did not match, and the transformation of his magical power occurred a few days earlier.

"Could it be that my magic power was tempered when I was refining the Qi Gathering Powder three days ago?" Lin Xuan murmured to himself. He frequently consumed his magic power when refining the elixir, and perhaps this process had a tempering effect.

"As your cultivation level increases, similar opportunities will become rarer, after all, your mana will increase in quantity."

After figuring it out, Lin Xuan stood up and ended his training. Today was the day to collect his monthly salary, the same ten spirit stones.

Then, the three Mo brothers robbed him of seven more pearls. Even though he had already reached the second level of Qi training, he didn't see much chance of winning, so he spent money again to avoid disaster. However, this time he didn't go to his mother crying to complain.

Chapter 5: Self-reliance; Shu Yixiang

Lin Xuan clearly remembered what his mother had said about the outer sect being a test, so he decided to rely entirely on himself to survive in the outer sect.

"Three spirit stones are just three spirit stones, enough for me to refine dozens of Qi Gathering Powder!" He went to the market, took a large bag of raw medicinal materials to Danfeng, and found a vacant alchemy room to occupy.

In the past three days, he has been studying and refining the Qi Gathering Powder every day, and he believes that his skills will improve a lot.

On the first day, Lin Xuan concentrated on refining pills, practicing techniques, and practicing magic, and his schedule was fully scheduled.

On the other side, two beautiful fairies waited in the cave for a whole day but no one came.

Chang He said sarcastically, "It seems that the boy adopted by Senior Sister is a white-eyed boy. He doesn't even come to the cave to see Senior Sister."

Ji Yingxuan could only frown. The flawless fairy felt a little angry and said angrily, "There's no need for Junior Sister to sow discord. Maybe Xuan'er has encountered something. Let me take a look myself!"

"Senior sister, you are so mean to me! We have been sisters for hundreds of years, but you are mean to me just for a kid who has only been with me for more than ten years!" The ethereal and pure yet charming fairy smiled with her red lips moistened by the rain, and her eyes were full of resentment and pity.

"Forget it, let me see what Xuan'er is doing." She avoided her junior sister's gaze. She had been tormented badly every night in the past half month. If she was allowed to get away with it, she would suffer even more.

Ji Yingxuan's huge spiritual power swept across. With her spiritual power in the Yuanshen period, she could see most of the outer gate of Xuannv Palace at a glance. In an instant, she saw Lin Xuan in an alchemy room in Danfeng, dozens of miles away.

Lin Xuan had just refined a furnace of Qi Gathering Powder and was meditating to cultivate his Qi when he suddenly opened his eyes and stood up.

"Mother, does she have something to talk to me about?" he muttered to himself, and left after handing the alchemy room over to Brother Caishou. Now that he had reached the second level of Qi training, it was much easier for him to rush from Danfeng to the mountain where the canteen was located.

He had lived in A Niang's cave for more than ten years, so he was familiar with the route and it only took him half an hour.

As soon as I arrived at the cave, I saw a beautiful woman with a voluptuous figure standing at the entrance. She was wearing a light pink pomegranate skirt today.

"Mother!" Lin Xuan called her affectionately with a smile on his face, but when Ke came near, he looked at her curiously.

"What's wrong, Xuan'er? Is there something dirty on my face?" Ji Yingxuan asked with a smile. Suddenly, a fragrant breeze blew on his face. Her skin was whiter than snow, her eyes were as clear as spring water, and her smile was so beautiful and charming that Lin Xuan was stunned and stood there.

He shook his head and explained, "No, I must have had an illusion so I looked at it more."

Seeing the young man's expression, the beautiful woman was secretly delighted. She immediately took him into her arms and said softly, "Maybe Xuan'er is tired from training. I want to ask you, why didn't Xuan'er come to see me today? Is he tired of me?"

"No, mother! Xuan'er loves you the most, how can I feel disgusted with you?" The boy blushed with shame on his delicate and fair face, but his eyes were firm. He scratched his head and said, "Xuan'er just doesn't want to trouble you, mother, and plans to be self-reliant."

The beautiful woman's eyes were as soft as water as water, and she comforted the young man, "I don't think it's a trouble. If Xuan'er wants to pursue the immortal path, I will definitely help him. If Xuan'er asks for help, I will be happy!"

"Mom!" Lin Xuan was deeply moved. He buried his head in the beautiful woman's arms and acted coquettishly. The faint fragrance entered the boy's nose, making him feel comfortable. All the fatigue from recent practice was swept away!

"Has Xuan'er already found a way to earn spirit stones?" the beautiful woman asked in a soft and gentle voice.

Lin Xuan nodded in the warm wrapping: "Yes! I have learned how to refine the Qi Gathering Powder and can sell it."

"Is that so? Since Xuan'er has his own opinion, I feel relieved." The beautiful woman glanced towards the cave and was extremely displeased with her junior sister's whispering behavior. She brought up Xuan'er herself, so how could she have been wrong?

Chang He was in the cave, looking at the loving mother and filial son at the entrance and felt extremely jealous. She bit her moist pink lips and wished she could replace the young man. Her senior sister had only been like this to her before!

The beautiful woman talked to the boy for a long time, and gave him some pointers. She looked at the boy's cute, round and delicate face. His skin was so white and crystal clear that it would make female cultivators envious. Her expression became serious when she thought of something.

The young man saw the beautiful woman showing a rare expression and asked quickly, "What's wrong, mother? Is there something wrong?"

The beautiful woman sighed with a look of sadness and warned: "Xuan'er, remember to be more cautious around female cultivators in the future!"

The young man was confused, then he thought of the deacon with a strange look in the Sutra Repository, and nodded ignorantly. Since his mother said so, he would be more careful in the future to avoid being cheated by others.

By the way, he has already learned the Frost and Rain Technique, and he can go to the Sutra Library to return the jade slip of the technique later.

"Xuan'er, remember your mother's warning. Be careful. If a female cultivator relies on you, you will be in trouble."

He nodded and showed a firm look to the beautiful woman, and the gentle woman finally breathed a sigh of relief.

She did not teach the young man much about matters between men and women, in order to prevent his mind from being led astray from the path of immortality.

The mother and son talked for a while, and then the boy said goodbye and left. He didn't want to stay in his mother's arms forever.

Although it was so warm and pleasant, A-niang's scent was so sweet that people wanted to indulge in it.

Lin Xuan quickly quickened his pace. He was afraid that if he thought about it for a few more seconds, he would not be able to help but turn back and drown in A Niang's arms.

Ji Yingxuan watched him leave and returned to the cave, instantly turning into a cold and noble fairy. Then she saw her junior sister biting a close-fitting gauze dress, feeling very jealous, and jealousy was about to overflow from her beautiful eyes.

"Junior sister, your posture and demeanor are inappropriate! You ask me for things every day, so why are you being so jealous with a child? You are too paranoid and greedy. I have never been meant for you alone." She couldn't help but sigh.