Longevity: My Talents Are a Bit Abundant-Chapter 471: Alchemy Dao Achieved
Shen Xuan rolled his eyes as he looked directly into Zhu Yingying’s clear eyes.
"You really think highly of me!"
"That’s the Demon Lord of the Hehuan Sect!"
"It’s not that I can’t beat him."
"Even if I could, would the Hehuan Sect let me go for killing him?"
Shen Xuan spoke nonsense with his eyes closed.
Without blushing or pausing.
There was no way he’d risk killing the Xuan Ye Demon Lord for Zhu Yingying.
"Sigh. You’re only at the Late Stage of Foundation Establishment. The two of us together don’t stand much of a chance!"
Zhu Yingying said disappointedly.
She told Shen Xuan that the Xuan Ye Demon Lord was a woman, a fellow disciple and close friend of her mother’s.
Before attempting Core Formation, her mother entrusted her to the Xuan Ye Demon Lord.
On the surface, the Xuan Ye Demon Lord readily agreed.
She accepted some of Zhu Yingying’s mother’s treasures.
In truth, the Xuan Ye Demon Lord had ulterior motives.
She placed a restriction on Zhu Yingying.
Controlling Zhu Yingying.
As long as they were within a certain range.
The Xuan Ye Demon Lord could destroy Zhu Yingying’s Divine Soul from a distance.
Causing her to perish and disappear.
"Why would the Xuan Ye Demon Lord do such a thing?"
"Wasn’t she your mother’s friend?"
Zhu Yingying said softly, "Mother was foolish!"
"Demon Sect cultivators are heartless, not recognizing family. For their own benefit, there’s nothing they wouldn’t do!"
Shen Xuan nodded, agreeing with her statement.
Human nature is inherently evil.
If you assume others are bad,
the harm you suffer will be much less.
"Why does she target you?"
To Shen Xuan, since the Xuan Ye Demon Lord had formed a Fake Pill, there was no need to imprison a junior.
Zhu Yingying softly uttered two words: "Body snatching!"
Shen Xuan suddenly understood: "You are her backup body?"
"What else?"
Zhu Yingying recounted.
Her mother and Xuan Ye Demon Lord attempted to form a Demon Pill together, entrusting their affairs to each other.
Her mother failed, perishing and disappearing.
The Xuan Ye Demon Lord formed a Fake Pill, which turned out reasonably well.
However, her Fake Pill wasn’t very stable.
Cultivating in the Demon Sect inherently had heavenly and harmonious damages, with unstable foundations.
In terms of lifespan, it was far inferior to Spirit Cultivators.
Zhu Yingying had good talent and was of the same Water Attribute, and her cultivation technique was also the Hehuan Celestial Desire Charm Technique.
She clearly made a great target for body snatching.
Putting a restriction on Zhu Yingying, controlling her, became a matter of course.
If her flesh body was damaged, and the Fake Pill was about to collapse.
She would seize Zhu Yingying.
The matter of body snatching was something Zhu Yingying suspected.
In her mind, she couldn’t be wrong.
Otherwise, why would the Xuan Ye Demon Lord put restrictions on her, limiting her personal freedom?
Shen Xuan deeply sympathized with Zhu Yingying’s situation.
"Unfortunately, the Xuan Ye Demon Lord is a Fake Pill Demon Lord, and even if we joined forces, we couldn’t defeat her."
"Otherwise, we would risk everything to help you eliminate such a demon!"
Shen Xuan said indignantly.
When parting, he took out a stack of Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Talismans.
All high quality, totaling twelve pieces.
He advised Zhu Yingying to bear it for now.
And wait until both of them had perfected their Foundation Establishment.
To see if there was any chance of killing the Xuan Ye Demon Lord.
They talked a bit about old times.
Knowing that Ding Yuyao died peacefully, Zhu Yingying felt quite sorrowful for a while.
Finally, in the watery moonlight, they left secret contact marks and reluctantly bid farewell.
...
"This girl, so many years without seeing, can lie without changing expression."
Upon returning to Chunfeng Island.
In the cave mansion’s practice room.
Shen Xuan thought about what Zhu Yingying had said, and couldn’t help but feel emotional.
Shen Xuan didn’t believe the Xuan Ye Demon Lord intended to snatch her body.
Body snatching wasn’t so easy.
Even as a Fake Pill Demon Lord, attempting to snatch another’s body faced immense risk.
If the person being snatched didn’t cooperate.
The success rate was less than twenty percent.
Moreover, Daoist Sects and Demon Sects explicitly prohibited high-level cultivators from body snatching.
Regarding Zhu Yingying wanting to use him to deal with the Xuan Ye Demon Lord.
Shen Xuan wasn’t angry.
Smart people use all available resources to profit for themselves, which is normal.
If he fell into a trap so easily, he could only blame himself for being stupid.
"The more beautiful a woman is, the more she can deceive!"
"Avoid getting involved in others’ affairs, and focus on doing your own thing!"
Shen Xuan wasn’t worried about Zhu Yingying revealing his identity.
Doing so would bring her no benefit.
His suggestion that they wait until they both perfected Foundation Establishment before dealing with the Xuan Ye Demon Lord was a delaying tactic.
Letting Zhu Yingying see hope in killing the Xuan Ye Demon Lord, she wouldn’t risk everything in desperation.
Once close comrades, now scheming against each other.
What had become of this!
Shen Xuan sighed.
Slowly closed his eyes and resumed his daily cultivation.
...
Two years passed by in the blink of an eye.
In the practice room.
Shen Xuan finished refining the last bit of Flood Dragon essence blood.
This time, the refining process took longer than usual.
It took nearly three years.
Mainly because while refining the Flood Dragon essence blood, he had to eliminate the contained Demonic Qi.
Furthermore, cultivating "Dragon Blood Boiling" somewhat damaged the Dao Foundation.
Even with "Endless Life" and "Self-Healing" skills, it consumed a lot of essence.
To be safe, Shen Xuan halved the amount of Flood Dragon essence blood refined each time.
Each time refining only one percent.
Thus, there was almost no damage to the Dao Foundation Spirit Sea.
While the refining time doubled.
"Luckily, it’s all worth it!"
Golden characters flickered on the .
[Dao Rhyme: 88328] 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢
[Talent: Dragon Blood Boiling Great Success (18/1600)]
[Lifespan: 140/341]
"Dao Rhyme stored nearly ninety thousand points!"
"Flood Dragon essence blood paired with diligent practice, Dragon Blood Boiling reached Great Success!"
"With Endless Life, by this progress, within four years, lifespan could have increased by a year. Instead, it decreased by a year."
After achieving Great Success in [Dragon Blood Boiling], once it’s unleashed, the combat power instantly surges, the strength doubles, and other aspects like attack, defense, and agility all receive a boost.
The key is, after Shen Xuan transforms into the Flood Dragon Dharma Aspect, when he then unleashes [Dragon Blood Boiling], he can vaguely perceive some of the rules of the Divine Dragon’s innate divine powers.
Though his current physical condition doesn’t meet the requirements to unleash divine powers.
But when casting various other techniques, the power is greatly enhanced.
"So, my first body refining divine power is [Dragon Blood Boiling]?"
Achieving Great Success in [Dragon Blood Boiling] means that Shen Xuan’s combat power limit has doubled.
It’s said that an ordinary True Pill True Master can compete with three Fake Pill True Masters.
If that’s truly the case, after he activates [Dragon Blood Boiling], he wouldn’t be much weaker than an ordinary True Pill True Master.
This is the easiest Divine Dragon skill for Shen Xuan to improve right now.
Even without Tier Three Divine Dragon descendant essence blood.
He can still enhance his skill proficiency through diligent practice.
However, unleashing [Dragon Blood Boiling] has a clear backlash on the body.
With each practice session, while increasing skill proficiency, the body’s potential is also consumed.
Afterwards, there are Great Success and Perfection stages.
The backlash will become increasingly strong.
"It’s a good thing my lifespan is long enough!"
"Ordinary Dharma Realm Body Refining Masters wouldn’t dare to train like this!"
Body Refining Masters naturally have a shorter lifespan.
Like him, squeezing out the potential of the flesh body and consuming life span in advance.
Might lead to dying of old age before even reaching the Divine Power Realm.
...
Shen Xuan finished his practice and walked out of the Practice Room.
"Master has exited seclusion! The Sea Dragon Girl and Chen Huixue are in the Alchemy Room refining pills."
Bai Xiaomeng, who had been waiting at the door, stepped forward and said.
"Rest for a day. Tomorrow, I will open the furnace to refine Life Extension Pills."
"Yes, Master."
"Tell them, if they have time, they can come and observe."
"They will definitely have time!"
Bai Xiaomeng looked at Shen Xuan with eyes full of reverence.
Now, she counts as a Tier One Middle Grade Water Technique Alchemist.
Only able to refine Essence Nourishing Pills for use during the Middle Stage of Qi Cultivation.
Chen Huixue is slightly better.
She can refine Yellow Dragon Pills for use during the Late Stage of Qi Cultivation.
As for the Sea Dragon Girl, though she can refine Spirit Gathering Pills for the Early Stage of Foundation Establishment.
The pill success rate is unspeakable.
Each furnace can only produce one to two pills.
It’s almost always a loss-making situation.
Yet, the Sea Dragon Girl still revels in it, claiming herself as a Tier Two Pill Master.
After all, she is wealthy, and wasting some medicinal ingredients means nothing to her.
In Bai Xiaomeng’s eyes.
Shen Xuan is like a divine figure.
As long as he opens the furnace, whether it’s Foundation Establishment Pills or Life Extension Pills, he always refines three pills each time.
As steady as Mount Tai, never making a mistake.
These are the Tier-Breaking Spirit Pill Foundation Establishment Pills and Longevity Spirit Pill Life Extension Pills.
The pill success rate is so high that no one would believe it if told.
Before Bai Xiaomeng started alchemy, seeing the master was like a frog in the well looking at the moon in the sky.
After she started alchemy, seeing the master was like an ant looking at the blue sky.
Terrifying!
...
A month later.
In the Alchemy Room.
The Ten Thousand Dragons Profound Water Furnace emitted bursts of medicinal fragrance.
Shen Xuan formed a spell with his hands, casting a pure ice spiritual power, skillfully opening the furnace to solidify pills.
The Spirit Pill solution instantly cooled, crystalizing into pills.
Shen Xuan opened the furnace.
Three Life Extension Pills fell onto Shen Xuan’s palm.
One of them was radiant, with eight Dao patterns on its surface, crystal clear, like a green lotus.
Shen Xuan revealed a slight smile.
After refining over ten furnaces of Life Extension Pills.
He finally refined the first high-quality Life-Extending Pill.
He glanced at the golden small characters on the Mysterious Jade Talisman.
[Foundation Establishment Pill: Great Success (188/1600)]
[Life Extension Pill: Small Success (28/800)]
[Life-Extending Pill: Mastery (12/400)]
"Once the Life Extension Pill skill reaches Small Success, it’s possible to refine high-quality ones."
"Though both are Longevity Spirit Pills, Life Extension Pills and Life-Extending Pills have similar refining methods, providing cross-reference effects."
This is also why Shen Xuan didn’t directly enhance the [Life Extension Pill].
The more he practices refinements, the more he learns.
A successful Pill Master needs a wealth of alchemy experience.
Shen Xuan packed the high-quality Life-Extending Pill and the ordinary Life Extension Pills separately.
Next to him, Chen Huixue and Bai Xiaomeng, who were assisting, were both filled with envy.
The Sea Dragon Girl was even drooling.
This kind of alchemy was only displayed for them by someone like Shen Xuan.
Some of the skills and methods were common among Water Technique Alchemists.
Even without Shen Xuan’s explanation.
Just by observing a few times, they would have some insights.
It’s like reading.
Reading three hundred Tang poems, even if you can’t write poems, you will still be able to chant them.
"Alright! The alchemy is complete. Xiaomeng, go inform Chen Dafu that I have exited seclusion."
"Sea Dragon Girl, you are free to do as you please!"
"Huixue, come with me."
Chen Huixue followed Shen Xuan to the Practice Room.
In front of Shen Xuan, she demonstrated the results of her cultivation of the [Ice Soul Cold Water Technique] and [Condensed Water Blade Technique].
"Just reached twenty years old, already at the Qi Cultivation Sixth Layer."
"[Condensed Water Blade Technique] at Small Success, [Ice Soul Cold Water Technique] at Mastery."
"What a natural Ice Spirit Body, not only is the cultivation speed fast, but the dantian spiritual power is also stable."
Shen Xuan couldn’t help but sigh.
If he were a natural Ice Spirit Body, his path would not be so difficult.
Every step is filled with calculation.
"Master Shen, I didn’t make any mistakes, right?"
Chen Huixue’s lips slightly curved up, inadvertently showing a hint of pride.
Three years ago, after moving to Spring Breeze Island, she got along well with Bai Xiaomeng and the Sea Dragon Girl.
Her character became more lively.
After understanding Shen Xuan’s temperament, she became bolder.
Daring to boast in front of Shen Xuan.
"You didn’t make mistakes. However, some areas still need attention."
Shen Xuan corrected some of Chen Huixue’s subtle mistakes in her spellcasting.
After listening, Chen Huixue performed it again.
Correcting most of the subtle mistakes.
The power of the Ice Technique was enhanced.
This aptitude and talent made Shen Xuan feel a bit envious.
"Not bad! But do not be arrogant!"
"Come, let me tell you a story."
The story Shen Xuan told was about a great talent surnamed Han, who almost had his body seized by his master when he was young and apprenticing.
After hearing it, Chen Huixue’s neck lowered, her face blushing, softly saying: "If Master Shen needs, Xue’er is willing."
