Chapter 1: When the father suffers humiliation, the son will surely avenge him

  One night without a word, on the second day, Xiao Chen raised his slightly sore head and shook it helplessly. The way of array is vast and profound, covering all things, and it's absolutely not something that can be learned in one morning and evening. Fortunately, he only chose some simple illusory arrays to block his line of sight, and after a night of contemplation, he managed to learn how to set up two relatively low-level arrays.

  Mirage Array, with extremely low array consumption, can automatically generate a faint white mist to block the line of sight after deployment.

  Warning array, as its name suggests, has no attack or defense capabilities, but can provide timely warnings.

  After spending three hours and failing seven or eight times, Xiao Chen finally managed to set up the two arrays outside the valley with great difficulty. After installing the two crystal stones, he looked at the gradually rising white mist and a hint of satisfaction appeared on his face.

  Returning to the stone house, leaving most of the items behind to give others the illusion that he still lived there, Xiao Chen had already entered the medicine garden deep within the mountain.

  He put the "Introduction to Alchemy" aside, and Xiao Chen repeatedly went over it in his mind several times, making sure there were no mistakes before he began to refine the pill. For his first attempt at refining a pill, Xiao Chen chose the Spirit Gathering Pill, a type of spirit pill suitable for use during the Qi Refining stage, which was one rank below the top grade, and the materials needed were relatively simple.

  Hurry!

  With a sudden movement of his hands, Xiao Chen poured a strand of spiritual energy into the alchemy furnace. Instantly, a wave of heat rose from within.

  Be careful to put the materials in order according to the records, and a faint scent of medicine came after a short while. Xiao Chen's heart was delighted, but the dull sound that followed immediately made him stunned for an instant.

  Xiao Chen opened the medicine stove and looked at the dark brown powder inside, letting out a helpless sigh.

  The first attempt at alchemy ended in failure without a hitch.

  Raising his spirits, Xiao Chen quickly cleaned up all the medicinal dregs and began his second attempt at refining the elixir.

  First put in the bluegrass, wait until the grass turns into **then just add the withered branch flower, and finally it's the rhododendron.

  This time, Xiao Chen was extremely careful. The fragrance of the medicine in the furnace grew more intense and it had now reached the point where the Dan medicine would take shape. If he could just hold on for a little while longer, it would be successfully refined. Suddenly, Xiao Chen's face changed color and at the same time, a muffled sound came from within the furnace.

  The second attempt at alchemy ended in failure.

  Xiao Chen's face was somewhat gloomy, and he calmly cleaned up the remaining residue, starting his third attempt.

  Failure.

  Failure.

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  Failure.

  Failure!

  After ten consecutive failures in a row, Xiao Chen sat on the ground somewhat dejectedly. Perhaps he really didn't have much talent for alchemy.

  There was one last medicinal herb, Xiao Chen had originally intended to give up on it, but still casually tossed it into the medicine cauldron, mechanically injecting a bit of spiritual energy before closing his eyes and sitting in meditation. With his current cultivation at the peak of the first layer of the Qi Refining stage, refining the Spirit Gathering Pill had already consumed more than half of the spiritual energy within his body.

  Operating the "Grass and Wood Transformation Secret", the dense spiritual energy from the outside world suddenly surged into his body. Xiao Chen let out a sigh, his mind focusing on the golden seal that emitted tiny starlights.

  This golden seal is made of unknown material, and it can actually merge directly into the cultivator's Yuanshen. This kind of thing, Xiao Chen had never heard of before. His divine sense carefully surrounded the golden seal, but he couldn't detect any abnormalities.

  "This golden seal is in my primordial spirit, it shouldn't harm me, I might as well merge my divine consciousness into it and see what reaction occurs." If it were another cultivator, they would absolutely not dare to act so rashly without thoroughly grasping the golden seal first. Because the divine consciousness is the foundation, recovering from damage is a hundred times more difficult than physical injuries, and the process is even more extremely painful. However, Xiao Chen has only recently set foot on the path of cultivation, so naturally he doesn't have too many worries in his heart.

  The water and milk blended together seamlessly, and Xiao Chen's divine consciousness entered the Golden Seal without any hindrance.

  Within a radius of fifty zhang, any movement of the wind and grass clearly appeared in his mind, small floating light points, lightly floating in the air.

  This must be spiritual energy.

  Xiao Chen's heart felt a few points of excitement, and his consciousness entered the Golden Seal, only to be magnified fivefold. This was probably another one of its heaven-defying abilities!

  His divine sense slowly withdrew from the surroundings, and Xiao Chen's divine sense swept over the medicine furnace. His eyes suddenly condensed, and a burst of spiritual energy erupted. At this moment, under his divine sense, he could clearly see all the changes inside the medicine furnace. In his eyes, it was no longer the fusion of medicines, but a more fundamental existence - medicinal power!

  Alchemy is the result of countless years of experimentation and exploration by cultivators, who have reasonably combined the medicinal properties of various spiritual medicines to create all sorts of extraordinary spiritual pills. However, even the best alchemists in the world or beings who have reached the Great Vehicle stage can't detect the changes in the medicinal properties within the spiritual pill. The abilities that Xiao Chen currently possesses have already exceeded the understanding of the cultivation world!

  From then on, any elixir in front of Xiao Chen was no longer a challenge. As long as he saw the finished product and knew the combination method of the medicinal properties, he could adjust the materials himself and recreate it!

  "Hmm!" A dull sound came from the medicine furnace, and without anyone's control, the alchemy failed unexpectedly.

  Xiao Chen opened his eyes, completely unbothered, with a hint of excitement on his face. He took a few deep breaths to calm himself down, then reached into his storage bag and pulled out an Aggregating Spirit Pill. After scanning it with his divine sense, he immediately understood the composition of the medicinal properties. Only after carefully examining it several times did Xiao Chen slowly withdraw his divine sense.

  Quickly clearing out the dregs from the medicine cauldron, Xiao Chen waved his hand and input a bit of spiritual power, and once again the cauldron emitted waves of heat. Opening the furnace lid, he tossed in all the materials needed to refine the Gathering Spirit Pill. Since he could sense the changes in the medicinal properties, he would adjust them later, so naturally there was no need to worry about the order of adding the herbs.

  The medicinal materials entered the dan furnace and quickly turned into a stream of medicinal liquid, merging together. Xiao Chen didn't dare to be careless, his divine sense completely entering it, arranging according to the combination method of the Lingdan's medicinal properties he had seen earlier.

  A faint scent of medicine wafted from the dan furnace, growing thicker at this moment. Suddenly, Xiao Chen, who had been closing his eyes, opened them and shouted in a low voice: "Done!"

  In an instant, the fragrance of the medicine in the crucible suddenly became extremely rich. Xiao Chen carefully opened the crucible and found a dozen or so round pellets of Dan medicine quietly lying inside.

  Success!

  Xiao Chen's heart suddenly surged with excitement, and he took the elixir out of the crucible and held it in his hand. After carefully comparing them for a while, they were indeed identical to the one in his hand.

  With the help of Jin Yin, refining the spiritual pill was no longer difficult for Xiao Chen, and this place also had such an excellent secret medicine garden, with all kinds of spiritual medicines available.

  With such a multitude of opportunities, Xiao Chen's future path in cultivating the Tao is beyond measure!

  Jīn dān... even Yuányīng, as long as he is given enough time, it's not entirely impossible.

  Thinking of this, Xiao Chen's whole body trembled with excitement.

  Half a day later, Xiao Chen finally calmed down, his face contemplative as he stared at the Spirit Gathering Pill in his hand.

  "This Lingdan was successfully refined, but upon scanning it with his divine sense, he still found some errors in the combination of medicinal properties. Was this also a necessary part of refining Dan medicine?"

  "Or is this originally a flaw in the elixir, if it can be corrected, what will happen, can it improve the grade of the elixir?"

  Any kind of elixir is divided into three grades: upper, middle and lower. There are also legendary top-grade elixirs. However, in today's cultivation world, most cultivators take lower-grade elixirs. Middle-grade elixirs are extremely rare and only occasionally appear through accidental alchemy. As for the higher-grade upper and top-grade elixirs, no one has ever heard of such elixirs being created.

  The materials for refining the Lingdan were quite ordinary, and Xiao Chen quickly collected several sets in front of him, then began to refine the dan once again.

  This time when combining medicine power, Xiao Chen finished the fixed part and then began to decompose and reorganize the disordered medicine power.

  As time passed bit by bit, Xiao Chen's face gradually turned pale when he closed his eyes, and fine beads of sweat also appeared on his forehead.

  "Bang!" A muffled sound came from within the dan furnace. At the same time, Xiao Chen's eyes snapped open and his face suddenly turned somewhat gloomy.

  The spiritual energy consumed by disassembling the chaotic medicinal properties far exceeds several times that of assembling, and just now Xiao Chen carefully disassembled more than half of it, but due to excessive consumption of spiritual energy, a slight mistake occurred, disrupting the medicinal properties, and the alchemy naturally failed.

  "It seems I'm still too impatient, with my current spiritual power, wanting to clear up the chaotic medicinal properties in the bullet all at once is indeed a bit too ambitious." Xiao Chen's mouth curled into a bitter smile, and he sat down cross-legged on the cushion, today's spiritual consumption was too much, the experiment could only continue tomorrow.

  The next day, Xiao Chen opened his eyes and regained his spirited appearance. After a night of meditation, the spiritual energy within him had become even more abundant, it seemed that he was not far from breaking through to the second layer of the Refining Qi stage.

  Clean up the dregs of medicine in Dan furnace, Xiao Chen put in a set of materials for refining Lingdan again.

  When the elixir took shape, Xiao Chen began to analyze its medicinal properties again. This time he had a plan in mind and waited until it was almost halfway through before withdrawing his divine sense. Opening the furnace, he saw that the dozen or so Spirit Gathering Pills inside had greatly enhanced colors, fragrances, and appearances. A hint of joy appeared on Xiao Chen's face.

  Medium-grade Spirit Gathering Pill!

  As expected, his speculation was correct. If he continued to decompose the chaotic medicinal properties of the combination, then even top-grade and extreme-grade pellets would no longer be a problem for Xiao Chen.

  He carefully placed the dozen or so mid-grade Gathering Spirit Pills into a jade bottle and stored it in his storage bag. A hint of contemplation appeared on Xiao Chen's face. Originally, with the help of the Golden Seal, his cultivation speed had already become extremely astonishing. Now, adding this almost cheating pill-refining technique to that, under the accumulation of a large amount of pills, his future cultivation speed would undoubtedly increase explosively.

  After that, Xiao Chen constantly fired the furnace to refine the elixir. After his spiritual power and divine consciousness were exhausted, he swallowed the elixir and sat down to cultivate. In this way, the speed of cultivation was a thousand miles a day, and the progress was extremely fast.