When I take my cultivation to the extreme

Chapter 93: The Nascent Soul realm is getting more and more difficult?
The fourth elixir discovered by Li Fan is called Yin Mo Bai Xue Dan.

After Li Fan looked at the pill recipe, he couldn't help but look surprised due to his calmness.

The Yin Mo Hundred Blood Pill is different from the previous three very 'righteous' pills. The name suggests that it has an evil aura.

In fact, that's exactly what happened.

The elixir required for this elixir cannot be said to be very rare, but it is just very expensive. It can still be collected at a cost of forty or fifty thousand spirit stones.

However, the most difficult and scary part of this elixir is to collect the 'Spiritual Roots and Hundreds of Blood'.

Hundreds of spiritual roots and blood means collecting the blood of one hundred people with spiritual roots.

This kind of blood cannot be ordinary, but the owner of the spiritual root must be uniformed and put into a special formation, and then bled. When a quarter of the blood is released, the person who has been bled will feel desperate. Resentment and other negative emotions, and at this time, the performer must use a sharp blade to pierce the heart of the person being bled and collect the heart blood.

Fill a skin bag with this kind of blood, and if you accumulate a hundred of them, you can refine the 'Yin Demon Hundred Blood Pill'.

The purpose of Yin Mo Hundred Blood Pill is also to extend life span.

It's just that this kind of life extension is not in the same direction as the Tianling Life Extension Pill and the Spirit Turtle Life Extension Pill.

The Yin Demon Hundred Blood Pill can extend life by 200 years, but the price is that the monks who take this pill will no longer be called 'humans', but will be similar to a creature between humans and demons, feeding on human blood. , and will hate the light from then on, and his mentality and mind will undergo great changes.

This elixir is definitely a panacea from the perspective of life extension, but the cost is too high whether it is made or taken.

After Li Fan read the description of the prescription, he felt a chill.

He now understood what the blood powder condensed in the skin bag he saw in the third warehouse was.

It's all human blood.

Each skin bag contains the hard work of a practitioner with spiritual roots, a life.

Li Fan took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.

He looked at the surrounding furnishings again, and a completely different feeling from before came to his mind.

Before, Li Fan thought that the senior monks who built the alchemy room here were decent people through the external formation settings, and he didn't feel anything about it yet.

But at this moment, Li Fan felt that even if the owner of this place was originally a decent person, but he didn't know what happened later, he might have gone crazy and even collected such evil pill formulas as Yin Mo Bai Xue Dan, and it seemed that he was crazy. Really refined.

The only good thing is that this alchemy room has been deserted for maybe 2000 years. No matter how crazy the owner of the alchemy room is, he will probably be reduced to a pile of loess by now.

Li Fan calmed down and continued to read the pill recipe.

His consciousness discovered that in the jade slips, in addition to four elixir recipes and the experience of refining elixirs, there was also a note of emotion left by the owner of this place.

Li Fan looked carefully.

I only saw the content inside:

“I don’t have much time left!
It's pitiful, it's a pity that when I achieved the golden elixir, even though it was only of middle grade, my life span was eight hundred years. I just felt that the years were long and that I could fulfill my great wish in this life slowly.

However, the years are ruthless and fleeting, and time is like a thief. When I wake up, my remaining life span is only 30 or [-] years.

My heart is so shaken!

I have three hatreds,

One hates not knowing a person well enough, making the mistake of making bad friends who are treacherous and treacherous, causing harm to Taoist couples, children, and relatives.

The second hatred is that the Taoist heart is not firm, and the golden elixir is slack in practice, and there is no chance of immortality.

The third hatred is that the way of heaven is ruthless. The heaven and earth in the Tianyuan Realm are not what they used to be. It is as difficult to achieve Yuanying as it was a thousand years ago. It is as difficult as climbing to the sky. My way forward is cut off.

I am unwilling to accept it!

Now, I have obtained the Yin Demon Hundred Blood Pill prescription from the remnants of the demonic disaster. After thinking about it over and over again, I decided to take the risk and give it a try.

When a person is about to die, he realizes that everything is illusory. Only immortality is the right way to practice. It is too late to regret, but it is not necessarily impossible to make up for it.

The Yin Demon Hundred Blood Pill should be considered as the last attempt in this life.

——Taoist Ziyang. "

Li Fan saw the words recorded behind Dan Fang and remained silent for a long time.

He sort of figured out what was going on.

The owner of this place should be this Ziyang Taoist, who has achieved middle-grade golden elixirs and has a lifespan of eight hundred years.

However, something happened to Taoist Ziyang. He might have been betrayed by a friend, and both his family and his fellow Taoists suffered misfortune.

This Ziyang Taoist was unwilling to give up, but his deadline was coming, and he didn't have much longevity. In the end, he couldn't withstand the pressure and temptation. He got the prescription of Yin Mo Bai Xue Dan from somewhere, and it seemed that he really went there. Refining this evil elixir.

Li Fan sorted it out and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Monks, even if their lifespan is longer than that of ordinary people, even golden elixir monks still have a limit to their lifespan.

Once the deadline is reached, the pressure that monks face is actually greater than that of ordinary people.

After all, mortals are going to die, they are going to die, there is no way to extend their lifespan, and there are no other possibilities. Whether you want to die or not, you will have to face such a calamity. If you look at it more carefully, you might be able to die happily.

The monks are different.

What monks cultivate is life. Combat prowess is just the foundation of protecting the Tao. The core is longevity.

Monks, especially foundation-building overhaul cultivators who have reached a certain height, and even golden elixir cultivators, are actually even more anxious when facing the end.

Mortals have no choice, but the higher the cultivation level of monks, the more choices they have.

Life-extending elixirs, body snatching, or some evil methods can extend some life span.

Under the pressure of depleted longevity, many monks failed to resist the temptation and eventually embarked on various paths.

This Ziyang Taoist embarked on the evil path of refining the Yin Demon Hundred Blood Pill.

Although Li Fan didn't know whether Taoist Ziyang succeeded in the end, but when he saw this recipe, he knew that there would be endless troubles. Even if he lived for 200 more years, it would be extremely difficult to improve his skills later.

I don’t know if it’s worth giving up the path I adhere to in my heart and walking on the path of evil, even if I gain 200 years of life in exchange for it.

Li Fan sighed for a moment, but in his heart he became more determined about the path he wanted to take.

"In the final analysis of cultivating immortals, the most fundamental way is to seek immortality. There are thousands of Taoist methods and magical powers, but what you seek is just the word immortality."

"No matter what the outcome of this Taoist Ziyang is, I should take it as a warning and never slack off. Don't regret that your Taoist heart is not firm until the day when you are helpless."

Li Fan thought.

He has read all the contents of the jade slip.

Li Fan actually still doesn't understand something.

Of the three major hatreds mentioned by Ziyang Taoist Yu Jian, the first two are easy to understand, but the third hatred, Li Fan, is not very clear.

"What does it mean that the world is ruthless and that it is extremely difficult to achieve Nascent Soul?"

"Shouldn't the world of Tianyuan Realm always be like this? What's the difference between now and the past?" Li Fan thought to himself.

At this time, Luo Caicai seemed to have finished reading another jade slip.

She turned her head and met Li Fan's eyes.

"This jade slip of mine is the fundamental technique left by the master of this place, a monk named Ziyang Taoist. The Ziyang Xuantian Jade Record records that the technique can be practiced from the Qi refining stage to the Golden elixir stage. However, It seems that the highest level can only be achieved is the middle-grade golden elixir, which is considered to be the upper-middle level among the basic techniques."

"I remember that there should be no such basic technique among the Ten Thousand Dao Sects. Taking it back can be exchanged for a lot of good deeds."

"What's in your jade slip?" Luo Caicai asked.

"A few ancient elixir recipes." Li Fan replied.

That's it for the Jade Void Pill. This is an ancient pill recipe and is of high value, but it can only be used on a daily basis.

The two elixir prescriptions of Tianling Life Extension Pill and Linggui Life Extension Pill are a bit hot to deal with.

As for the Yin Demon Hundred Blood Pill...

Li Fan has decided that if it is not necessary, let this elixir become a secret and hide it in his heart.

In the world of cultivation now, there must be a lot of old monsters who are nearing the end of their lifespan. Not only are there old devils among evil heretics, but there are also many among famous and decent sects.

Although the formulas for the Tianling Life Extension Pill and the Spirit Turtle Life Extension Pill are rare, in the future Li Fan can try to refine it even if he is stronger. If he can successfully refine it, he doesn't have to worry about others knowing about it. After all, he has a background from the Ten Thousand Dao Sect and others cannot use him. How about it.

But if the recipe for the Yin Demon Hundred Blood Pill is leaked, God knows how much trouble it will cause. Who can be sure that the senior officials of a well-known and upright family don't want to extend their lifespan by 200 years?
Li Fan was ready to let this secret rot in his stomach.

now.

Luo Caicai looked into Li Fan's eyes and said, "In the cave, this Ziyang Xuantian Jade Record is of great value. Can your ancient elixir match it?"

"I said, do you want me to compensate you for part of the harvest to balance it out?"

Li Fan smiled when he heard this.

In fact, he feels that the value of the ancient elixir prescription is about the same as that of the basic technique, and maybe the ancient elixir prescription is more valuable.

After all, neither Li Fan nor Luo Caicai can switch to practicing basic skills, and the Danyang Taiqing Jade Palace Scripture practiced by Li Fan is obviously better than the Ziyang Xuantian Jade Record. This will be achieved from the level of the golden elixir achieved in the future. figure it out.

This basic skill can only be exchanged for good deeds, and it is a one-time deal.

But as long as the life-extending elixir is refined, you will never have to worry about selling it, and there will always be people buying it.

And if you include the Yin Mo Hundred Blood Pill, the value of the ancient elixir square jade slip is overwhelmingly greater than the value of the Ziyang Xuantian Jade Record.

But Luo Caicai may not see it that way.

Li Fan didn't know if Luo Caicai was really fair and kind in his actions, or if he just said that.

Li Fan said casually: "If you are willing, you can."

"Well, okay, let's do this," Luo Caicai nodded, and actually took out the gray cloak worn by Taoist Black Owl and two boxes of spiritual stones from the storage bag.

"I originally wanted to keep this cloak, but think about it, the black nail magic weapon and the curved blade are not easy to use, and I might not be sincere if I give it to you, so I will give you this gray cloak."

"In addition, maybe I still took some advantage and repaid you with two boxes of low-grade spiritual stones worth 2000 yuan."

"If you want to see the basic skills, you can memorize them first. However, there are visualization diagrams in the jade slips, so the jade slips are unique. Do you want to see if you still need to memorize them?"

Luo Caicai said.

She placed the cloak and the stone box containing the spirit stones on the stone table and pushed them towards Li Fan.

"Haha." Li Fan smiled.

Luo Caicai is a friend of Zhongjiao.

Li Fan was not polite, collected the cloak and spirit stones, and then said: "I got a prescription of Jade Void Pill here."

Li Fan explained the functions of the Jade Void Pill, and then said: "The later the foundation building stage is, the more elixirs are needed to calm the inner fire and inner demons. Since you are so fair, I also have some sympathy."

"If I become a master of alchemy in the future and can refine this Jade Void Pill, I promise to give you the first batch of the elixir."

"Hehehe, it's so difficult to advance to the level of alchemist, how long do I have to wait?" Luo Caicai said with a smile, "But I just believe you, it's a deal."

Li Fan stretched out his palm, Luo Caicai stood on tiptoes and gave him a high-five.

"Senior Sister Luo, I want to ask you something. Is it getting more and more difficult to practice in Tianyuan World?"

"In my impression, in the legendary storybook, there were great masters at the Nascent Soul stage in the Tianyuan world, and now our Wandao Sect is already the leader in the southeast of the Tianyuan world, but the leader is only in the late Golden Core stage, not far away from the Nascent Soul stage. You know how far away it is." "Senior Sister Luo, do you know why this is happening?"

Li Fan asked.

Luo Caicai thought for a while and said: "I don't know very well, but listening to the conversation between mother and father, it seems that after the demonic disaster 3000 years ago, there were very few Nascent Soul monks in the Tianyuan world."

"I don't know the specific situation, but your master, Elder Yi, should know the whole story."

Li Fan nodded.

Please go back and ask Master Yi Chaosheng about this matter.

Li Fan and Luo Caicai carefully inspected Ziyang Taoist's cave and found nothing else of value.

They left the cave and went to the alchemy room.

There was a destroyed alchemy furnace there, as well as some elixirs, but like the herbal elixirs, the spiritual energy had long since dissipated and was of no use after 2000 years.

Li Fan and Luo Caicai searched carefully and finally determined that there were no more treasures left here, so they decided to leave.

Before leaving, Li Fan used incandescent fireballs to destroy the cave.

Especially the third warehouse, Li Fan had dealt a heavy hand, and it was so ruined that its original appearance could not be seen.

Seeing Li Fan's methods, Luo Caicai was a little puzzled.

"You and I have explored this place, and we may reveal some information when we return to the sect."

"If you destroy this place, no one else will be able to see what value it originally had. Even if someone comes again, they won't be able to get any evidence."

"But if it is not destroyed, someone may be jealous." Li Fan said.

In fact, he also knew that the reason was a bit far-fetched.

However, Li Fan's real purpose is to destroy the warehouse where the Yin Demon Hundred Blood Pill is located, to prevent others from inferring that Li Fan has this evil ancient pill recipe, and to nip possible future dangers in the cradle.

Luo Caicai narrowed his eyes and nodded, accepting Li Fan's words.

After Li Fan destroyed the traces here, he controlled the flying sword and left the cave together with Luo Caicai.

There is nothing to miss here.

Li Fan and Luo Caicai returned all the way.

After returning to the cave where he fought with Lord Black Owl, Li Fan fired an incandescent fireball and burned Lord Black Owl to ashes.

Luo Caicai nodded repeatedly from behind.

"Destroy the corpses and eliminate traces, I understand." She said.

Li Fan laughed, maybe this was a new habit for Luo Caicai.

Li Fan wielded his sword and returned to the original route with Luo Caicai.

After a stick of incense.

Golden Hook Valley, the end.

A ray of light flashed, and two figures flew out with swords from the seemingly real and illusory ripples in the stone wall.

It was Li Fan and Luo Caicai.

It was noon when the two entered the ruins of the cave.

When I came out at this moment, the sunset had already set in the west.

The black stone walls in Golden Hook Valley are also stained with a lot of red.

Luo Caicai looked up at the sky.

Seeing clouds all over the sky, Luo Caicai seemed to be moved.

"After the work is done, you accompany me to sit up there." Luo Caicai said.

With that said, she controlled the giant flying sword and flew towards the Golden Hook Valley.

Li Fan shook his head slightly, and Yu Jian followed.

Not long after, the two of them had flown upwards a thousand feet and arrived at the top of the black rock wall of the Golden Hook Valley.

I saw that this place was actually very flat, with a black stone plateau above it. At this time, the afterglow of the setting sun was setting, and there was a red glow.

On the black rock cliffs, there is tender grass growing, showing its tenacious vitality, which is different from the loneliness in the stone valley below.

The dusk falls between the cliffs like a red gauze curtain.

"The sunset smokes the fine grass, and the dusk reflects the sparse curtains." Li Fan blurted out a poem that he had forgotten where he saw it.

When Luo Caicai heard this, he couldn't help but look back at Li Fan for a while.

"I saw you fighting with others without hesitation. I didn't expect you to have some fun." Luo Caicai said.

She tugged at the corner of Li Fan's clothes and said, "Come, watch the sunset with me."

With that said, Luo Caicai walked towards the edge of the cliff. The giant sword flew in the air, but she sat happily on the edge of the cliff.

Li Fan shook his head slightly, but did not go against her intention and walked over.

Li Fan also sat down on the edge of the cliff, his feet hanging on the peak of Qianren Black Rock.

"Look, how beautiful the sunset is!" Luo Caicai pointed to the horizon and said.

Li Fan's thoughts were not here.

What he was thinking about was what he should do after returning to Wandao Sect.

"This time I went out to explore and gained quite a lot."

"With the magic weapon of the Earthly Evil Black Gold Soul Suppressing Bell, I can be invincible when fighting with other monks... After this object returns to Wandao Sect, it should be refined first."

"The other thing is my own spiritual power. I haven't noticed it before, but this time when I fought against the Demonic Blood Bat and the Black Owl Venerable, I found that the Qijue Sword is quite strong, but it consumes more spiritual power, so I need to use it as soon as possible. If you continue to practice the Danyang Taiqing Jade Tower Scripture, you will need jasper and jade soil to seal the first level of the Jade Tower."

"However, with the current progress, there is no need to be too anxious for the time being. We will have three to five years to slowly search for it and it will not delay entry."

"In addition, I already have a lot of elixir recipes on hand, and the reserves are sufficient. In addition to the harvested spiritual stones, elixirs, and demon blood bat teeth, etc., I have exchanged them for good deeds when I went back. The remaining part is enough for me to refine the elixirs. The ability reaches a certain height."

"I have a white bead mark. As long as I work slowly, I will be able to achieve the ability of an alchemist within a year. At that time, I can consider refining the Jade Void Pill. Many foundation-building disciples in the sect need this item. It can be sold. Not bad, and if there is a chance later, I will refine a furnace of Tianling Life Extension Pill or Spirit Turtle Life Extension Pill, so that I will be prepared for any trouble, and I can take it myself or trade it."

"In the final analysis, the most important thing is your own cultivation. Taoist Ziyang has learned from the past. You can't relax just because you still have a lot of life. You must be firm in your Taoist heart. You don't know what will happen in the future, so you need to make some preparations in advance and take precautions. .”

Li Fan entered into such thoughts.

Gradually, the sunset sets, the moonlight emerges, and the stars gradually light up along with the moon.

The moon is particularly round tonight, and when viewed from here, it is light silver, giving people a feeling of coldness and loneliness.

Li Fan was still thinking about what he had to do after returning to the sect, when he suddenly felt his left shoulder sinking.

He turned to look.

Luo Caicai tilted his head on Li Fan's side, leaning on Li Fan's shoulder, and actually fell asleep.

There was still some glistening saliva at the corner of her mouth.

Li Fan laughed dumbly.

Maybe it was due to fighting with others in the cave ruins and the mental stress that made his body a little tired. Luo Caicai relaxed at this time and actually fell asleep here.

Li Fan shook his head slightly.

"It's a thousand feet high here. It will be great fun if you fall down. You really trust me." Li Fan thought to himself.

He looked up and looked at the silver moonlight.

For a moment, Li Fan felt a sense of relaxation that had stolen away from him for half a day.

...

Two days later.

Li Fan and Luo Caicai returned to Wandaomen.

After returning to Wandaomen, Li Fan did not delay and went to Tianxiao Peak to find his master Yi Chaosheng. He reported the encounter with Lord Black Owl in the cave ruins and handed over Lord Black Owl's notes, letters, etc. Take things out.

In Tianxiao Palace, in the main hall.

When Yi Chaosheng heard about this, he also took it seriously.

Yi Chaosheng checked the notes, letters and other items and determined that they were not forgeries, but that they were true.

His judgment is similar to Li Fan's.

Yi Chaosheng looked cold and said with a sneer: "Okay, I really didn't expect that the Moyuan Sect would extend its hand so far, right under my Wandaomen's nose. This is a trick under the lamp!"

"Donghua Sect, Yunhe Valley, Xuanyin Sect, these sects also have ulterior motives, and they are secretly collaborating with Moyuan Sect. They really deserve to be punished."

"I will hand this thing over to the leader and discuss this matter with the elders."

After saying that, Yi Chaosheng looked at Li Fan and said, "You and the girl from the Luo family did a good job this time. Although the news was unexpected, it served as a warning to our sect. I will discuss it with the leader and do good deeds." Let’s talk to Elder Li from the pavilion and give you more rewards.”

Li Fan responded politely.

After a while, Li Fan asked: "Master, how do you think the head will handle this matter? Will it conflict with those three sects?"

Yi Chaosheng shook his head and said, "Probably not."

"Although the notes and letters you obtained can warn our sect, they are not of sufficient value."

"The so-called Lord Black Owl is just a late-stage foundation-building monk. His apparent identity is still a casual cultivator. He is also dead. There is no evidence of his death. Even if the notes and letters are placed in front of the heads of the three sects, the other party will You can also deny it or even bite back."

"These evidences are not enough for our sect to start a war."

"For the Wandao Sect, at most, the Shanggong Pavilion will give some assignments to explore information. The headmaster and the elders will attack these sects on other occasions."

Li Fan didn't feel surprised after hearing this.

The weight of evidence is still not enough, and this can only be done.

After Yi Chaosheng finished speaking, he felt a little emotional and said: "It is said that the Tao tree attracts the wind. Our Wan Dao Sect is the leader in the world of immortality in the southeast of Tianyuan. Even if things are fair enough, there are still many people who are not convinced."

"Actually, this is not a matter of fairness, but there are only so many resources for cultivating immortals. If Wan Dao Sect takes more, other sects will have less. In their eyes, my Wan Dao Sect is big enough and strong enough. This is a sin. I wish our sect would fall so that they could have enough to eat."

"Hmph!" Yi Chaosheng said, and he snorted proudly and said, "It's just that my Wandao Sect is not coveted by some second-rate sects?"

Li Fan nodded.

After a while, Li Fan changed the topic and said, "Disciple, I have something to ask."

"While exploring the ruins, I saw a suicide note from a Golden Core Stage monk, saying that it is getting more and more difficult to break through the Golden Core Stage in the Tianyuan Realm and reach the Nascent Soul Stage."

"Master, why is this?"

(End of this chapter)