Zhang Ling's current alchemy tasks are much heavier than when he first arrived here, but fortunately, they are still within his control.
After all, the Immortal City provides them with shelter, so alchemy is naturally their duty. With his current alchemy level, he basically still has eleven or twelve days of cultivation time a month.
During this time, he also met several Foundation Establishment stage alchemists. Their tasks were mostly the same as his, with only a few possessing superb skills and refining some special elixirs.
The entire Nanli Mountain gathers nearly a hundred alchemists, including more than thirty Foundation Establishment stage alchemists.
Alchemists from various sects and some rogue cultivators gather here.
In addition to alchemists, there are seven or eight similar places. Most of them are for alchemy, weapon refinement, and talisman crafting.
These special talents of theirs are responsible for supplying materials to the cultivators of the entire Immortal City, in order to ensure the consumption of a large number of cultivators.
Ordinary alchemists like Zhang Ling mostly refine common elixirs on the market.
As for their rewards, they are settled with Immortal City merit points, and spirit stones are secondary.
During this time, through communication with other alchemists, not only has his alchemy level greatly increased, but he has also exchanged for several elixir formulas suitable for the Foundation Establishment stage from some familiar cultivators.
For example, one of them, an ancient elixir called Zeng Yuan Dan(增元丹: Zeng Yuan Pill), is very suitable for him.
With the elixir formula, other things are easy for Zhang Ling. He has a mysterious bead, and he planted all the required spiritual herbs in the cave.
In the next period of time, he refined the Zeng Yuan Dan(增元丹: Zeng Yuan Pill). Coupled with the previous elixirs, his cultivation advanced rapidly.
However, the Foundation Establishment stage is not as easy to break through as the Qi Refining stage. With his current speed of spiritual power improvement, it may take him another ten to twenty years of hard work to break through to the late Foundation Establishment stage.
This is still the speed with the assistance of a large number of elixirs. If it were an ordinary cultivator, it would take at least thirty to forty years of cultivation.
This gave Zhang Ling a sense of urgency. After all, it is now a time of war. If he can quickly break through his cultivation, his life can be better guaranteed.
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On this day, Zhang Ling was in the stone room of the cave, performing a secret technique called "Blood Spirit Curse".
He saw the hand gestures in his hand changing continuously. After a while, the spiritual light condensed. Then Zhang Ling opened his mouth and a mouthful of blood essence spurted out.
Zhang Ling's face was a little pale, but he stared at the corpse bear next to him, and the sound of incantations sounded in his mouth.
I saw the blood essence spouted by Zhang Ling merged with the spiritual light mass in his hand and turned blood red.
Thin blood-colored lines, like hair strands, intertwined and changed in it. After another quarter of an hour, these blood-colored lines condensed into a blood-colored talisman.
"Go"
Zhang Ling gave a low shout, the blood talisman flashed, and submerged into the head of the corpse bear. Immediately, the body of this monster trembled violently.
After a long while, the corpse bear stopped trembling. Zhang Ling moved his divine sense, and the corpse bear waved its paws, feel out a mass of gray-white corpse fire on it.
"Finally completed"
Zhang Ling then showed a smile. This corpse bear has now also broken through to the middle stage of Foundation Establishment. Its strength can be said to have greatly increased.
The reason why it was able to break through so quickly was because it swallowed the two green-haired monsters that ambushed them in the Changsheng Hall before.
He also checked some books for that kind of strange green-haired monster, and it seemed to be a kind of corpse monster.
The greatly increased strength of the corpse bear is even more difficult to control. The "Blood Spirit Curse" he just cast is a secret technique to strengthen the control of the corpse bear.
This kind of secret technique was obtained from the "Netherworld King Art" technique in his brain.
Netherworld King Art is a complete technique, most of which are ghost way secret techniques. After research, Zhang Ling couldn't help but tsk tsk in wonder.
Among them, powerful secret techniques can only be used if you practice this technique. Fortunately, there are some secret techniques that can be used without practicing Netherworld King Art.
"Blood Spirit Curse" is one of the secret techniques he can cultivate. This is a secret technique to strengthen the control of puppets with one's own blood essence and spiritual power.
Moreover, it can also control other cultivators, and it is best for him to use it to control the corpse bear.
There is also one more thing worth mentioning. In the past few months, in addition to the cultivation of the Dry Earth Skill, the vines parasitic on his body have also recovered as before.
Now he is starting to refine the strange demon core he obtained from Wei Shen, which is the Human Yuan Evil Pill refined by Wei Shen.
A large amount of evil energy is also gathered on this thing, which is very strange. Zhang Ling was also extra careful when studying it.
As for how to refine it, the Mysterious Soul Refining Demon Art he obtained was prepared for this.
It's just that the refining is very slow, but if this demon core can be completely refined, his vine will also greatly increase in strength.
Zhang Ling is very much looking forward to it.
After re- consecrating and refining the corpse bear, Zhang Ling entered into steady cultivation.
In addition to the main cultivation technique, Dry Earth Skill, he also practiced the Nameless Soul Refining Technique. After getting the Soul Nourishing Wood from the ancient cultivator's cave, he intercepted a section and made it into a soul牌(魂牌: soul tablet), which he wore on his body, so his divine sense also increased slightly.
At this time, his strength can be said to have undergone earth-shaking changes compared to before.
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At noon this day, a sound transmission talisman floated into Zhang Ling's cave. Soon after, he left Nanli Mountain and headed to a market in the Immortal City.
In a teahouse quiet room, a woman in white was sitting opposite Zhang Ling.
"Fellow Daoist Bai, I wonder what you want from me." Zhang Ling looked at Bai Xin Yao and guessed something in his heart.
After Zhang Ling asked, Bai Xin Yao smiled bitterly and softly requested: "Junior Brother Zhang, I am very grateful that you can come."
"Girl Bai, you don't need to be so polite. Girl Bai is looking for me, I think it's to ask about Senior Brother Bai's matter." Zhang Ling waved his hand and said politely.
"Yes, half a year ago in Red Rock Mountain, my brother and you went to Qingyue Pool and never returned. I only recently heard that Junior Brother Zhang, you returned safely. I wonder if my brother is…"
Bai Xin Yao hesitated, but still opened her red lips and said the purpose of looking for Zhang Ling.
"Girl Bai, please accept my condolences. Zhang did see Senior Brother Bai die tragically." Zhang Ling frowned and said truthfully.
"I expected it a long time ago. Thank you for telling me, Junior Brother." Bai Xin Yao's body trembled when she heard this.
The woman's face was also stunned, but then she said to herself as usual. "The world is unpredictable. When we cultivators embark on this path of cultivation, there is no turning back."
"I wonder, Junior Brother Zhang, do you know how my brother died?"
The woman still asked this question, Zhang Ling thought for a while, and was about to answer.
"This,"
Bai Xin Yao suddenly raised her hand and placed a white jade plate on the table.
Zhang Ling couldn't help but be stunned, "Girl Bai, this is."
