Chapter 118: Golden Elixir

  Azure Cloud Peak

  In the stone temple at the foot of the mountain.

  Lin San slowly opened his eyes, gently exhaled a breath, and a joyful smile appeared on his face: "Finally absorbed the immortal energy inside the green orb."

  It took Lin San ten whole days to finally absorb all the immortal energy inside the green bead.

  "Bang!" The blue orb suddenly burst and turned into a wisp of smoke that drifted away with the wind.

  Lin San took a look at his own cultivation and was suddenly overjoyed. Lin San had now reached the late stage of the tenth layer of Qi Refining and Foundation Building, and he could try to condense the Golden Elixir at any time. Lin San stood up, stretched his limbs, and sat upright on the high platform for ten days, his body feeling a bit numb.

  Lin San had been meditating for ten days and surprisingly didn't feel a bit hungry, his whole body was full of energy.

  After cultivating in the Stone Temple for three days and stabilizing his realm, Lin San couldn't wait to try and condense the Golden Elixir. As it turns out, Lin San had too little experience. Generally speaking, after advancing to a new realm, one should spend more time consolidating their foundation before rushing to charge towards the next realm. Doing so is extremely dangerous, as failure to solidify one's own Dao could lead to a backlash. However, Lin San didn't understand these things and only wanted to quickly rush into the Golden Elixir stage.

  Lin San still sat cross-legged on the high platform, his hands stretched out flat on his knees, his eyes slightly closed, and began to mobilize the Xian method throughout his body towards the Dantian. The Dantian started from its initial white color slowly changing to cyan, a small whirlpool formed slowly from deep within the Dantian.

  As time goes by, the vortex in the dantian rotates faster and faster.

  "Rip!" Lin San's clothes were all torn apart, scattered around the high platform, and a strong, muscular male body was revealed.

  At this time, Lin San's complexion was slightly flushed, his eyebrows were tightly locked, and a painful expression appeared on his face.

  After an unknown period of time, Lin San suddenly raised his head and let out a long whistle, causing the stone walls around the Stone Temple to hum with vibration. The high platform where Lin San was sitting also appeared with several long cracks.

  "Hum, hum, hum……" The 'Wind Chaser' short sword inserted on the high platform also began to tremble slightly with Lin San's whistle, and layers of red light halo shot out from the sword, enveloping Lin San's body.

  Outside Qingyun Peak, a strong wind suddenly rose, the sky turned dark, and black clouds slowly gathered above Qingyun Peak. In the clouds, thick lightning flashed from time to time. "Boom!" A dozen or so arm-thick bolts of lightning burst out of the dark clouds and struck Qingyun Peak with great force, sending countless rocks tumbling down the mountain.

  The sky grew darker and darker, the area of gathering dark clouds grew wider and wider, and the lightning that split the Qingyun Peak also became more and more frequent, thicker and larger.

  Lin San's body slowly rose from the high platform, countless white light spots rapidly surged into Lin San's body, and the Wind Chaser Short Sword quietly floated above Lin San's head, emitting a circle of red light halo guarding Lin San's safety.

  A golden light suddenly flashed from Lin San's dantian, and a golden bead slowly rose from the dantian. Countless immortal energies surged into the golden bead, and as soon as it appeared, the vortex in the dantian stopped rotating.

  In an instant, the golden bead grew to the size of a chicken egg and slowly floated around Lin San's body.

  At this time, Lin San slowly opened his eyes, a ray of light flashed from his eyes, and his tone was filled with boundless excitement: "I succeeded, I moved, I condensed the Golden Elixir..."

  "Boom!!!" A deafening roar, Qingyun Peak suddenly split in two from the middle, a massive bolt of lightning rapidly hacked towards Lin San's head.

  Lin San was shocked and subconsciously grabbed the Wind Chaser short sword, and with a random swing, he slashed out a beam of sword light.

  The sword light and lightning struck each other fiercely, disappearing without a trace.

  "Phew..." Lin San let out a breath, glanced at the Wind Chaser short sword in his hand: "Luckily you're here, otherwise I'd have been struck by lightning and split into two halves."

  A loud crash, and two more thick bolts of lightning descended from the sky, striking Lin San with a ferocious attack.

  Lin San lightly shouted, leaped into mid-air, and swung the Wind Chaser short sword, swiftly slashing out two sharp sword lights.

  Just like before, two sword lights and two lightning bolts cancelled each other out, neither gaining the upper hand.

  In an instant, three more bolts of lightning struck down...

  In a brief moment, the thunder and lightning grew in intensity, its power beyond imagination.

  Looking at the six bolts of lightning that filled the sky, Lin San sneered: "Is it over yet?" As he spoke, he swung his Wind Chaser sword and slashed out six beams of sword light.

  Just as the six sword lights were about to collide with the thunder and lightning, a strange change occurred. The six thunders suddenly dispersed, and two of them bypassed the sword light and rushed directly towards Lin San's face.

  Lin San was shocked and hastily held the Pursuing Wind Short Sword horizontally in front of him.

  "Boom!" Two bolts of lightning struck heavily on the Wind Chaser Short Sword.

  "Whoosh!" Lin San was thrown flying by a huge impact force and crashed into the stone wall, almost fainting.

  After the six paths of lightning disappeared, the dark clouds in the sky began to disperse slowly, and the sky gradually brightened.

  "Cough, cough, cough..." After a long while, Lin San finally caught his breath. He let out a few more violent coughs: "The power of the Heavenly Tribulation is indeed not to be underestimated! If it weren't for the Wind Chaser Sword protecting me today, I'm afraid my soul would have scattered by now." Every time a cultivator advances in their realm, they will encounter a Heavenly Tribulation. As one's realm grows higher, the power of the tribulation also increases. Only after surviving the tribulation can one consider their advancement to be truly successful.

  Today, Lin San was really lucky. When he broke through to the Golden Elixir stage, half of the power of the heavenly tribulation was blocked by Qingyun Peak (Qingyun Peak was directly split in two by a massive crack caused by the violent lightning, with one entire mountain peak being torn apart). The remaining half of the heavenly tribulation was neutralized by the Wind Chasing Short Sword given to him by Zi Ling Xianzi. If it were anywhere else, Lin San would have been reduced to dust by the lightning long ago.

  Lin San got up from the ground, immediately holding the Wind Chaser sword horizontally in front of him, carefully examining it: "Fortunately, you haven't been damaged." Just now, the Wind Chaser sword had blocked two lightning bolts for Lin San, and he was really worried that the sword would be harmed.

  At this time, the stone temple was in a mess, with broken stones everywhere, and the high platform had been broken into several sections.

  "Bang!" A huge thing suddenly fell from the sky and landed in the stone temple, splashing up a lot of dust.

  Lin San looked up and was taken aback for a moment. The thing that had fallen from the sky was actually that large, blood-red spider.

  The cave where the red spider was located was struck by a violent thunderbolt and accidentally fell into the stone temple.

  Lin San sneered, picked up the Wind Chasing Sword and walked towards the Blood Red Spider: "Damn it, I was just thinking of finding you to take revenge, didn't expect you to come knocking on my door!" Now Lin San is already a Golden Dan period expert, with a divine weapon in hand, he no longer fears the Blood Red Spider.

  The crimson spider had been trembling slightly ever since it fell into the stone hall, crouching in a corner and not daring to move.

  Lin San walked up to one meter in front of the crimson spider and raised his Wind Chaser sword, striking out a beam of light at the crimson spider.

  "Ding!" A light sound, the sword's glow surprisingly failed to harm the crimson spider, only leaving a shallow white mark on its back.

  "Eek!" The crimson spider let out a pained cry and quickly scurried to one side.

  Lin San was taken aback: "Wow! The skin is quite thick, let me try a few more swords." After finishing speaking, Lin San wielded the Wind Chasing Sword and was about to slash down at the blood-red spider.

  "Wooo..." The blood-red spider suddenly let out a muffled cry, its entire body prostrating itself on the ground. A pair of large eyes were filled with fear, and the blood-red spider had already gained sentience, clearly sensing the powerful aura emanating from Lin San's body. It knew it was no match for Lin San, so it didn't dare to attack. Moreover, the fierce killing intent emanating from the Pursuing Wind Sword in Lin San's hand also made the blood-red spider tremble with fear.

  Lin San furrowed his brow: "Are you begging for mercy?" After finishing, Lin San self-deprecatingly smiled: "I'm not playing the lute to a cow, how could you possibly understand what I'm saying...... uh?" As he said this, Lin San's eyes suddenly snapped open.

  The red spider surprisingly nodded its head like a human nonstop.

  "Damn it!" Lin San suddenly blurted out a curse: "Can you understand what I'm saying?"

  The red spider nodded again.

  Lin San fell silent for a moment, then suddenly said: "You roll over for me."

  The scarlet spider sprang up from the ground and did a quick somersault.

  Lin San slightly raised the corner of his mouth: "Really can understand what I'm saying... has become a spirit..."

  At this time, the red spider was lying on the ground, not daring to move a single step.

  It took Lin San a good half day to calm down, and after sizing up the blood-red spider from head to toe, he thought to himself: This large spider is surprisingly spiritual and has quite some skills. If I can make it my own, it will definitely be a great help. But this spider is born with a cruel nature, would it be willing to submit to me? Suddenly, Lin San's eyes lit up as he remembered the Blood Oath of the Wind Chaser sword. Since the Wind Chaser sword could recognize its master through blood, why couldn't this blood-red spider do the same?

  A blood-red spider crouched on the ground, staring straight at Lin San, its two eyeballs constantly rotating in their sockets, as if thinking about something.

  Lin San raised his head and looked at the blood-red spider: "Are you willing to acknowledge me as your master?"

  The red spider nodded repeatedly.

  Seeing the crimson spider willing to acknowledge its master, Lin San's face eased up a lot: "Alright, come here, I'll give you a drop of blood to acknowledge your master!"

  After listening to Lin San's words, a hint of hesitation appeared in the blood-red spider's eyes, but it still crawled to Lin San's feet and lay obediently on the ground.

  Lin San picked up the Wind Chaser sword and lightly drew it across his finger, a drop of blood instantly appearing on the tip. Lin San lightly flicked his finger, and the drop of blood flew to the center of the Blood Red Spider's brow. In an instant, the drop of blood had seeped into the brow and vanished without a trace. At this moment, a light red line appeared on the back of the Blood Red Spider, parallel to three golden lines.

  Since Lin San's fresh blood dripped onto the red spider's brow, the red spider became more and more well-behaved, even using its big head to constantly rub against Lin San's calf to show its affection.

  "I'll give you a name, it's more convenient for you to call me that from now on." Lin San seemed to be seeking the opinion of the crimson spider.

  The red spider of course did not dare to have an opinion.

  Lin San furrowed his brow and racked his brains for half a day, finally coming up with a pretty cool name: "From now on, you'll be called the Azure Blood Spider!" After saying that, Lin San burst out laughing: "I'm really too talented, to have actually come up with such a cool name!"

  The scarlet spider also jumped happily twice, seemingly very satisfied with the name "Emerald Blood Spider".