Mortal Bones

"Sister Lingyue, please help me see what this copper stove is used for?"

Then, Xu Taiping held up the copper stove with his hands and handed it to Fairy Lingyue with a curious look on his face.

"Xiao Taiping, you are really lucky."

Fairy Lingyue did not answer directly, but looked at Xu Taiping with a smile.

"Why did sister say that?"

Xu Taiping felt that there was something in Fairy Lingyue's words.

"This object is an alchemy furnace, a magical tool used by monks to refine alchemy. It can be used by you to refine the Qi Gathering Pill for the next breakthrough."

Fairy Lingyue explained to Xu Taiping.

"Refining the Qi Gathering Pill? But I heard the Master Ziyang say when he lectured that if you want to break through the Open Door Realm, you only need to practice the Canxia Gong to the freezing stage, accumulate the energy of the Dantian, and break through the acupoints all over the body in one fell swoop. Can."

Xu Taiping was a little puzzled.

"Xiao Taiping, you are a mortal, so there are naturally more obstacles on your way to practice than other monks."

Fairy Lingyue sighed with some pity.

Xu Taiping was startled when he heard this, a trace of injustice flashed in his eyes, but his eyes immediately became firm again and said:

"Sister Lingyue, please teach me how to refine the Qi Gathering Pill!"

…

More than two months later.

Yunlu Mountain is like spring all year round, and the scenery in the mountain does not change.

Xu Taiping's life is generally the same. He practices Canxia Gong every day at hour, noon, and You hour. During this period, he practices boxing, archery, chopping firewood, watering, hunting, and learning alchemy. His life is very fulfilling.

The only thing that made him regretful was that Uncle Bai had not been here since that meal, and the spiritual bird that transported the items was replaced by a bald eagle with a bad temper.

In addition, the nine-leaf white perilla in the medicine garden has been ripe for another season, and he finally gathered enough medicinal materials to buy the "Qi Gathering Pill".

"Excluding the money for buying medicinal materials and the expenses in the past two months, there are still ninety-six merit coins left. Although the purchase of the True Fire Talisman is still far away, at least there is no need to worry about not having any merit coins to hand over to the sect. ”

That night, Qingzhu lived in the backyard. Looking at the medicinal materials placed in the bamboo basket next to him, Xu Taiping felt filled with a sense of accomplishment.

However, at this time, Xu Taiping was still facing the biggest crisis——

After half a month, if he fails to break through the Open Door Realm, his name will be erased from the spirit bone tablet, and he will also face the crisis of being expelled or even punished by Qingxuan Sect.

"The moon has reached its zenith. You can call sister Lingyue to come out and refine the Qi Gathering Pill together."

Xu Taiping glanced at the full moon above his head and murmured to himself.

According to his agreement with Fairy Lingyue, on the full moon day in two months, it will be the time for them to refine the Qi Gathering Pill together.

In the past two months, he himself had actually secretly tried to use the techniques taught by True Lord Ziyang to break through the realm, but no matter how hard he tried, he failed in the end.

So now there is only one way in front of Xu Taiping - to refine the Qi Gathering Pill.

"Sister Lingyue, the time has come."

Xu Taiping stood up and whispered towards the medicine garden.

"Well……"

Not long after, a lazy voice came from the direction of the medicine garden.

"Huh... I had a really comfortable sleep this time."

After a while, Fairy Lingyue, who still had a bit of sleepiness in her eyebrows, appeared in front of Xu Taiping, stretching and yawning.

"Sister Lingyue, did you not sleep well when you were outside the mountains?"

Xu Taiping was a little curious.

"Outside the mountains, the spiritual energy is barren, and sleeping is a kind of torture for my remnant soul. But it is different here. The spiritual energy is abundant. Sleeping is not only harmless, but beneficial, and can nourish the soul."

Fairy Lingyue smiled.

When Xu Taiping asked this question, the sleepiness on her face obviously disappeared a lot.

"Have you gathered all the medicinal ingredients?"

Fairy Lingyue asked Xu Taiping.

Before falling asleep, she had made an appointment with Xu Taiping, asking him to prepare all the materials needed for the Qi Gathering Pill during this period.

"It's all together."

Xu Taiping nodded and pointed to the small bamboo basket placed beside him. He saw that bags of medicinal materials had been placed there in different categories.

"They are all ordinary medicinal materials. I saved just enough merit coins to buy one pair."

he added.

"The medicinal materials required for the Qi Gathering Pill, like the bone-cleansing and marrow-cutting soup, are not expensive. The important thing is the refining method." Fairy Lingyue glanced at the medicinal materials on the ground, and then looked up with a solemn expression. Xu Taiping, "But after opening the door, the medicinal materials and elixirs used to assist cultivation are very expensive. Taiping, you have to be mentally prepared."

"Yes!" Xu Taiping nodded vigorously, "No matter how much it costs, I will definitely get these medicinal materials together."

"Then let's get started."

Fairy Lingyue nodded with satisfaction.

Xu Taiping took out the small copper stove from his arms and placed it on the ground. He then placed his other hand on it and began to inject true energy into it.

"boom!"

With a loud bang, the copper stove, which was originally only the size of a fist, suddenly became as tall as the stove.

Xu Taiping's reaction was very calm, after all, he had seen it many times.

"Taiping, I believe you already know how to operate the medicine furnace. Now you can start adding charcoal to it."

Fairy Lingyue ordered Xu Taiping.

"This elixir furnace is also a very ordinary magic weapon. As expected, after refining a furnace of elixirs, the spiritual power will dissipate and turn into an ordinary furnace. So Taiping, you must listen to my command clearly. Control the heat of the alchemy furnace and the timing of adding the medicinal materials.”

While Xu Taiping was adding charcoal to the stove, Fairy Lingyue continued to warn him, showing a rare seriousness in her expression.

"Sister Lingyue, don't worry. I have rehearsed many times in advance in the past two months, and there will be no mistakes."

After adding charcoal, Xu Taiping stood up and looked at Fairy Lingyue with firm eyes.

The subsequent alchemy process was just as Xu Taiping promised Fairy Lingyue, without any mistakes from beginning to end.

"The little guy actually practiced such complicated timing of dosing medicine and controlling the temperature of the furnace fire so skillfully. He is not inferior to some monks who have studied alchemy for several years. How much energy did he spend on it?"

Looking at Xu Taiping who put his hand on the medicine stove and kept controlling the temperature of the fire with his own Qi, Fairy Lingyue's eyes became more and more intense.

Because compared to cultivation, alchemy is what Lingyue is best at. Now that she sees a young man with such a talent for alchemy, how can she not be jealous.

"Xiao Taiping, please be my disciple."

Fairy Lingyue almost blurted out, but when the words came to her lips, she still held back.

"Now that I am like this, I cannot be a competent master. Moreover, if someone sees the inheritance of the exercises he practices and knows that he is my disciple, I am afraid that he will cause countless fatal disasters in the future. That's all. That's all. …”

Fairy Lingyue's expression dimmed.