A small casual cultivator!

Chapter 424 Alchemy Competition

After all, even the Pengling Sect disciple was unsure of the effects of that potion.

However, Xu Feng smiled and shook his head, saying, "No, although that tempering was very difficult, I still persisted and benefited a lot from it."

"What's going on?"

Lu Luan became even more confused.

"Haha, something went wrong with my sperm refining technique, that's it." Xu Feng showed a bitter expression and said dejectedly.

"What's wrong?" Lu Luan frowned in confusion.

"Ah," Xu Feng sighed and explained, "It's a long story. More than 20 years ago, I rescued the patriarch of a small family. In order to repay me, he gave me a jade pendant passed down from his ancestors. In it was the Jing-Refining Technique that I practiced. It was fine at the beginning, and my strength improved significantly."

“But later on, fatal flaws began to appear. Qi and blood would flow backwards from time to time, colliding with the lungs. I couldn’t regulate my breathing no matter what I did. I had no choice but to give it up. After completely erasing all traces of the technique on my body, my body became weaker.”

"So that's it."

Lu Luan felt sorry for him. In fact, no matter what kind of martial arts it was, only after practicing it personally could one know if there were any flaws. Otherwise, it would be very difficult to find any abnormalities just by reading the text description.

This was also the reason why the one-armed disciple did not dare to accept him in the Pengling Sect because Xu Feng had not yet mastered the Innate Five Qi Art and the God-Slaying Art. After all, disciples in the sect are precious, and if someone like Xu Feng appeared, it would be tantamount to wasting his own talent.

"Are you still soaking in that liquid?"

After Lu Luan drank the cup, he asked again.

"Brother Lu, how did you know?"

Xu Feng looked at him in great surprise.

"I smelled that strange smell in your room as soon as I entered the door."

Lu Luan looked around.

"So that's how it is," Xu Feng explained, "I want to disperse the abnormal energy in my body, but this will inevitably shake the origin. However, I accidentally discovered that imitating those mortals who practice martial arts and soaking their bodies in liquid medicine can actually slowly recover. Although it is not as effective as elixirs, it has no disadvantages."

The potion is made from a combination of various spiritual medicines. It has not been tempered by alchemy fire, so it rarely produces the toxic medicinal properties of the elixir, also known as elixir poison. It is naturally safer in comparison.

"Where did you get the prescription?" Lu Luan was puzzled.

Xu Feng smiled bitterly and said, "There is no prescription at all. I just replaced the mortal herbs with spiritual medicines of the same pharmacology. Moreover, after I passed the last stage of the medicine test at Pengling Sect that day, Daoist He Yun not only compensated me with a lot of spiritual stones, but also gave me a few books on medicine in the Pijia Sect."

As he spoke, he took out three yellowed books from his storage ring and handed them to him: "If Brother Lu is interested, you can also take them for research."

"Is this something from the Armored Gate?"

Lu Luan took it curiously and flipped through it. He was very familiar with the Pijia Sect because the physical body form he was practicing now was the martial arts of the Pijia Sect.

"Brother Lu, when do you plan to leave?" Xu Feng asked.

Lu Luan thought for a while and said, "Maybe in two days."

"So soon? Why don't you stay and discuss the contents of these books with me."

Xu Feng tried to keep him.

"No need, Brother Xu, this will be too much trouble for you."

Lu Luan shook his head slightly. Although he was very interested in the contents of the book, he was too busy to do it. Moreover, with his current body, he didn't need it.

"Isn't it really necessary?"

Xu Feng asked without giving up.

Seeing Lu Luan nod, he could only say disappointedly: "Then Brother Lu, you can stay for a few more days. There will be a large-scale alchemy competition in Liushuang City in a month. Then, we will go to watch it together."

"Alchemy Competition?"

Lu Luan searched for the information on the purchase and found that it did exist.

"Well, it is a comparison between the various forces around Liushuang City and the young generation of alchemy geniuses from other races. It will be very lively then. However, alchemy has always been the strong point of our human race, and other races are just here to accompany us," Xu Feng nodded, with pride in his eyes when he talked about the latter.

Lu Luan nodded in agreement.

The moon was bright in the sky, and the two of them had a long talk under the moon.

Under the cover of night, everything was exceptionally quiet. Even the Baidang Mountain in the distance had lost its imposing presence during the day, as if it were asleep.

Before I knew it, it was already morning.

After a night.

Xu Feng looked at the morning light in the sky and said to him apologetically, "Brother Lu, I have to go to Zhou's house now because of my job. I'm sorry for not hosting you well."

"It's okay, Brother Xu, go ahead."

Lu Luan smiled.

"Brother Lu, due to the special position in the Zhou family, I really can't spare the time during the day." Xu Feng explained, fearing that he would overthink.

Lu Luan naturally understood. After all, dealing with so many spirit stones in a month was definitely not an ordinary job.

After saying goodbye, Xu Feng flew to Baidang Mountain.

Lu Luan sat in the pavilion, holding a few books, flipping through them, and muttered:

"Strange, this kind of thing is very valuable, but He Yun is so generous to give it away."

"Hey, maybe that's why we think it's precious. In the eyes of disciples of large sects, compared to the rich collection of scriptures in the pagoda, these are nothing more than a few old books."

When he thought about the fact that the other party had even abandoned his physical body, he felt relieved. It was not difficult for such a person to break through to the Golden Core stage. Ordinary things were indeed not pleasing to his eyes.

Xiao Shen flew out of Huangting, took a book and flipped through it. After discovering that ginseng was used to make medicine, he said in surprise: "I didn't expect that in addition to using it to make pills, I can also use it to temper my body."

Lu Luan looked at it speechlessly.

"Brother, are you planning to watch the alchemy competition?"

Xiao Can turned his head, looked at him and asked.

Lu Luan smiled and said, "Such a grand event is rare, so I have to go and see it."

Since alchemists are extremely valuable everywhere, he has hardly ever met one in his entire cultivation, let alone witnessed the alchemy process. Now that he has this opportunity, he is determined to broaden his horizons.

"Right."

Xiao Chan agreed, and then he became playful and said, "Brother, a month is not a long time anyway, why don't we go around and take a good look at what other races look like?"

Lu Luan frowned upon hearing this and said, "It's still a short time, go practice quickly."

"Oh."

After being scolded, Xiao Can sat down beside him reluctantly and began to practice.

Lu Luan put the booklets away, took out the spiritual tea he had prepared, drank it, and started practicing.

Without spiritual stones, his physical strength could not be improved and his cultivation entered a stagnant period, so he began to comprehend the art of beheading gods.

This soul-refining technique is his trump card, and he relied on it to escape death many times. Even though it is very difficult to practice, it takes time to increase its power.

Especially now that he doesn't plan to take the magic fruit, without the external source of sword energy, he can only rely on his own spiritual power. This requires him to practice the God-Slaying Art to a more advanced level in order to unleash its powerful power.