Longevity and Immortal Cultivation: Starting from Controlling Your Own Essence.

Chapter 198 Golden Elixir!Jindan!
Five Elements Secret Realm.

Inside the cave mansion, Zhang Yao was sitting behind the sapphire table, making tea and water, drinking and pouring himself, with a calm expression.

For more than 40 years, his face has hardly changed, but his aura has become as vast as the deep sea, with the hidden appearance of a dragon rising.

The cultivation environment in the secret cave mansion is far better than the Cangjiang water mansion.

The spirit-gathering array arranged here is extremely high-level, and the concentration of the gathered spiritual energy is comparable to that of a medium-sized spiritual vein. It is a rare treasure of practice.

As early as more than 20 years ago, Zhang Yao had reached the completion of the Foundation Establishment as a matter of course, refining his own high-level Dao Foundation into the prototype of the golden elixir.

Next 20 years:

While polishing his mana and Dao foundation, he tempered his soul and mind, cultivated his sentiment, and adjusted his state of mind, all in preparation for the alchemy.

In terms of his strong foundation and the elixir and spiritual things he possessed, forming alchemy itself is not difficult, and he is confident enough to do it in one go and directly refine the top-grade golden elixir.

But it is quite difficult to form a first-grade golden core.

Daoji third class, Jindan ninth grade.

As a practitioner of the "Wanhuadutianzhenjing", one must form a first-grade golden elixir, otherwise the path will be cut off in the future, and the "nine-color sky wheel" cannot be cultivated, and the Yuanying stage cannot be cultivated.

"After 20 years of cultivating the mind and nature, the mana, energy, and mechanism have been perfectly integrated, and I am [-] to [-]% sure of refining the first-grade golden elixir."

In Zhang Yao's mind, thoughts flickered slightly:

"I have done everything I can do, and I can't get more tempering in the secret realm. It seems that it doesn't make much sense to drag it on..."

It is very difficult to form a pill, and it is even more difficult to form a top-grade golden pill.

As far as he knew, the several golden elixir ancestors in Dali were all middle-grade golden elixir, and the strongest one among them was only a fourth-rank golden elixir.

As for the golden cores of the lower third rank, they are relatively rare. Most of them are obtained quickly by taking crooked ways and eager for quick success.

However, without sufficient accumulation and the support of external rare treasures, even cultivators with Tianlinggen would probably not have access to the top-grade golden elixir, let alone the first-grade golden elixir that surpasses all elixir.

"Crack."

Zhang Yao took out a piece of spiritual gold, chewed it up and swallowed it, and took another sip of spiritual tea.

For more than 40 years, he has swallowed a lot of spiritual tools, elixir and spiritual treasures every day, and continuously strengthened himself through the "Liuhe Taiyuan Returning to the Ruins Formation".

Although there are many ways to strengthen the "Liuhe Taiyuan Return to the Ruins Formation", like Yu Wentai back then, he also chose the way to mainly strengthen his own body.

Firstly, this route is the most convenient, fast, and effective, and it is relatively cost-effective, and there is no need to search for spiritual treasures to eat;

Secondly, this route is the most suitable for the cultivation path after the golden core, and has the most promising future, which can truly reach the level comparable to that of high-level body training monks.

"Well……"

Zhang Yao moved his five fingers, felt the change in the strength of his body, and his eyes moved slightly:

"Over the years, the physical strength has more than doubled."

"It takes too long to practice to the same level as Yu Wentai's main body, and it doesn't help much in achieving Jindan..."

Back then, Yu Wentai had endured for hundreds of years. Although he had established the invincible strength of the foundation, he had no choice but to do so.

If he could obtain high-quality soul energy, he would have already broken through the golden core, and he would never have to wait a hundred years.

"Then don't delay!"

Zhang Yao made up his mind, got up and drank the tea in one gulp:

"The time has come, it's time to form a pill!"

When he came to the meditation room, he closed the door and opened many formations before sitting cross-legged and waving his sleeves.

The rare treasure of heaven and earth 'Earth Milk', the third-level panacea 'Qianyuan Solid Forming Pill', and the third-level spiritual object 'Thunder Soul Crystal' all appeared in front of him.

These three spiritual objects were carefully selected by the Five Elements Sanren back then, and they correspond to the three major stages of alchemy, and their cooperation with each other can maximize the success rate of alchemy.

First is ground milk:
'Tianlu' and 'Earth Milk' can be regarded as the most famous rare treasures of heaven and earth. The earth milk is produced in the depths of tens of thousands of feet. collected.

Ground milk can greatly increase and purify mana, and strengthen the Dao foundation. It is known as the "No. [-] spirit of alchemy", and it is extremely precious.

The second is Qianyuan Guxing Dan.

This was made by Zhang Yao himself three years ago, and the furnace was successfully opened once, saving two materials.

After more than 40 years, he has almost digested all the knowledge and skills in Yuwentai's memory. The skills of alchemy, refining, and making talismans have all reached the third-level level.

Among them, the most fundamental attainment of formation has even stepped into the middle and upper reaches of the third rank, which is enough to surpass most formation masters in the Jindan stage.

Finally, there is the third-order spiritual object 'Thunder Soul Crystal'.

This is the least valuable of the three treasures, but it is still comparable to a golden elixir magic weapon, and it is mainly used to cooperate with the ground milk and Qianyuan solid shape elixir.

"call!"

Zhang Yao took a deep breath, first picked up the jade bottle where the ground milk was sealed, undid the restraint, uncorked the bottle, and swallowed it with his head up.

"boom……"

The ground milk melts at the entrance, and instantly turns into a surging warm current, which gathers into the foundation of the road along the limbs and bones, and automatically runs the cycle of heaven and earth.

Under the stimulation of the ground milk, the foundation-building mana, which was already extremely pure, began to transform spontaneously.

Zhang Yao, on the other hand, seized the opportunity to operate the alchemy method recorded in the "Wanhuadu Tianzheng", and started the rapid process of mana purification, further sublimating the quality of mana.

This is the first step of forming alchemy - the liquefaction of mana.

"Rumble..."

The wind and clouds gathered above the sky, and five colors of splendor rose faintly.

Along with the process of mana liquefaction, the celestial phenomena in the secret realm changed, converging into a giant aura vortex hundreds of miles in size, setting off a storm of aura.

If it was outside, such a huge celestial change would be enough to alarm all monks thousands of miles away.

The process of aura empowerment and mana liquefaction lasted for three full hours.

With Zhang Yao's own majestic mana, it was the easiest to liquefy the mana, but now with the help of the ground milk, it is even more effortless, and the purified liquefied mana is of higher quality.

Three hours later, the liquefaction of the mana was initially completed, and Zhang Yao operated the Xuan Gong method to transfer all the mana in his body into the Dao Foundation.

"Buzz!"

Dao Ji, who has been refined into the prototype of the golden core, trembles rapidly, and under the continuous infusion of liquefied mana, it begins to transform like a fish leaping over a dragon's gate.

This is the second step of forming the alchemy - the shaping of the alchemy.

During this process, the five formations all over Zhang Yao's body began to operate, each exerting different effects and speeding up the process of shaping the Shidan.

The prototype of the golden elixir is not the real golden elixir after all.

Therefore, the step of shaping the Shidan must be fast, otherwise, if the delay is longer, the Dao Foundation will collapse, and you will either die on the spot or become a disabled person.

"Wow..."

The mana like a vast torrent poured into the prototype of the golden elixir non-stop, and even squeezed Daoji into tiny cracks.

Obviously, if there is no external help, I am afraid that Zhang Yao's foundation will explode before the shaping is successful.

In the step of shaping the real pill, the more powerful the mana is, the greater the difficulty will be. Of course, the achievement after refining the golden pill is also greater.

"It really isn't that simple!"

Zhang Yao was already prepared in his heart, and immediately picked up the small porcelain bottle on the side, took out the Qianyuan solid shape pill and swallowed it.

With the strength of his mana, the difficulty of the step of shaping the shape of the Shidan is almost unmatched in the world. Without the help of the spirit pill, he might not dare to take this step.

"Crack!"

Qianyuan Guxing Pill swallowed it into his stomach, and immediately combined with his own magic power, turned into a mysterious force and fell on the Dao Foundation.

In an instant, Daoji seemed to be sealed in the crystal amber, and the cracks stopped spreading immediately, and were firmly bound.

This is the magical function of the Qianyuan Solid Forming Pill. With the mana itself to solidify the state of the golden elixir prototype, the stronger the mana, the greater the effect.

With the help of the spirit pill, Zhang Yao also concentrated his attention, did not dare to neglect for a moment, controlled the magic power, operated the method, and constantly promoted the completion of the step of shaping the real pill.

"Stable!"

It was not until two hours later that the effects of Qianyuan Guxing Pill gradually dissipated, and Zhang Yao's heart also settled down.

Thanks to 20 years of harmonizing his mind and mana energy machine, his ability to manipulate his own mana is better, and his speed of entering mana is also faster.

Get on it fast, and in many cases it can determine success or failure.

At this time, he has almost completed the steps of shaping the Shidan, and is about to enter the last and most dangerous hurdle.

"bring it on."

Zhang Yao took out the Thunder Soul Crystal from the brocade box—it was a small translucent crystal the size of a thumb, shining with a subtle thunder light.

He put the Thunder Soul Crystal into his mouth and pressed it under his tongue, and only then did he boldly take the last step.

"Buzz!"

Zhang Yao mobilized his soul and mind, crossed his body, and put them all into the golden core that had solidified and started to glow with golden light.

This is the last step of forming a golden elixir - the illusory elixir forming a phase.

In Zhang Yao's understanding:

The golden elixir is not only a symbol of the realm of practice, but also the core of a new human body and a new life form.

Some of the super-life-saving divine channel techniques practiced by monks in the Golden Core Realm can prevent death even if the head is beheaded or the five internal organs are smashed, thanks to the special nature of the Golden Core.

This is the meaning of the step of forming a phase of the virtual pill—to replace part of the functions of the marrow sea of ​​the brain, and to carry the soul and will of the self.

Life is entrusted to one place, harmony and perfection are one point, this is the golden elixir of the great way.

"boom!"

The moment his soul and mind merged into the rudimentary form of the golden elixir, Zhang Yao only felt the golden light in front of his eyes, as if the world was full of light without a trace of darkness.

But Zhang Yao knew that this was the most dangerous time, the will of the self and the inner phase of the golden core conflicted with each other, and if he couldn't get through, he would lose his sanity and the prototype of the golden core would shatter and die.

He asked himself that with the accumulation of hundreds of years of life, the spiritual will to survive the catastrophe and the world of mortals is strong enough, and he is sure that he can survive this catastrophe without relying on external forces.

But now that he has a better choice, he will not take the risk to suffer.

"Crack!"

Relying on what remained of instinct and psychological hints, Zhang Yao bit the Thunder Soul Crystal under his tongue.

In an instant:
"Zi la la..."

The thunder light kept flickering, and a series of tiny electric lights began to rise.

It's obviously an extremely small lightning, but in Zhang Yao's spiritual sense, it is a thunder that traverses the world and tears the sky.

With the help of the special features of the Thunder Soul Crystal, the obstacles of the inner phase of the Golden Core were broken through, and the weaknesses were artificially created.

Zhang Yao seized this opportunity, mobilized his own will, turned into a spear holding up the sky, and rallied all his strength to hit the golden sky.

"Boom!"

After the roar of hammering drums, the sky collapsed and the golden light faded.

Zhang Yao's mind and will commanded his soul and mind, rising slowly from the sky full of thunder, as if he had experienced a thunder disaster and regained his life.

Silently: a canopy of golden flames rose around the prototype of the golden elixir, dyeing the original pale gold into a pure and flawless gold.

The golden pill spun rapidly, and an incomparably round, precious and complete breath rose out.

The combination of reality and reality, the golden pill is refined!
"Boom!"

Zhang Yao felt a shock all over his body, and brand-new mighty mana gushed out from the golden core.

His body and physique, his mind, soul and mind have undergone radical changes under the influence of the golden elixir, which is a leap in the essence of life.

After stepping into immortality for more than 200 years, Jindan has finally achieved it! !
"Golden Dan! Golden Dan!!"

Heartfelt joy rose in Zhang Yao's heart.

If the Qi refining stage is the beginning of stepping on the fairy road, and the foundation building stage is the struggle to step into the fairy gate, then the Jindan stage can be regarded as the real entry into the fairy road.

The lifespan of Jindan monks is five hundred years, and the limit lifespan is ten Jiazi.

Looking all over the world, no matter which country or place, Jindan monks are absolute big shots and ancestors.

And only after achieving the golden elixir, can the immortal monks dare to say "my life is up to me".

"Wow..."

Zhang Yao stretched out his finger, and with a light touch, five-color mana with golden light rose up, like a ribbon.

This is Jindan-level mana, which is several times better than pure liquefied mana.

A monk in the Qi refining period can leverage four or five times the aura of heaven and earth with one point of mana. This is the foundation of all spells and the source of power for immortal monks.

Even in the foundation building period, the mana is more pure, but the essence has not changed.

But the Golden Core stage is different. A fraction of the Golden Core stage's mana is enough to leverage ten times the spiritual energy of the world. This is an essential gap.

Therefore, in ancient times, golden elixir magic power was also called "true essence" to show the difference from the Qi refining period and the foundation building period.

"Golden Core's mana is so powerful, not to mention that its pure level is far beyond the foundation-building mana."

"Using the same magic power and using the same method, the power that the Golden Core cultivator can explode is more than ten times that of the Foundation Establishment cultivator!"

Zhang Yao was amazed in his heart.

If it is said that ten consummated qi-refining monks join forces, it can cause a headache for the newly promoted Daoist Zhuji, but the ten consummated foundation-builders teamed up are nothing but ants that can be wiped out in front of the ancestors of Jindan.

Even Yu Wentai and Zhang Yao, who are perverted monks who have completed the foundation establishment, can only be sure to retreat in front of the real Jindan Patriarch.

It was only after he truly achieved Jindan that Zhang Yao deeply understood the strength of the ancestor of Jindan.

"Finally no longer a dispensable ant..."

(End of this chapter)