1. Chapter 1 A boy has a dream
In a secret room in the Fang Clan's Dan Pavilion, the aura of heaven and earth frantically poured into the red pill like a tide, and a unique fragrance of the pill spread, indicating that this furnace pill was about to take shape.
Master Fang, one of the only three alchemists in Qingcheng, had a solemn face, and his ten fingers were linked, playing one alchemy technique after another, and proceeding to the final steps.
Harvest Dan.
The incense of the pill was pervasive, the aura was surging, and thirty-six purple pills the size of a dragon's eye flew out from the ding, suspended in mid-air, flowing with a refreshing and pleasant breath.
Master Fang rolled up his sleeves and put the pill into the storage ring, a relaxed smile appeared on his slightly tired old face.
This pill is called the Cleansing Pill, and it is the most difficult one of the Nine Pins Pills to practice. With his Dan Dao attainments, it is not easy to refine this Danshu, but once he refines the Purifying Pill, it means that he is only one step away from the realm of the Eight Rank Dan Dao.
This is the reason why Master Fang is happy, he studied alchemy at the age of eighteen, and at the age of thirty he entered the list of Nine Rank Dan Masters, and after twenty years, he is still hovering in the Nine Rank realm, unable to go further, which is really a pity for him. However, at this moment, the refining of the marrow cleansing pill made him see a glimmer of hope, and the door of the Dan Dao Eight Rank Realm was slowly opening to him.
"Ling Xian, the Purifying Pill can be refined, thanks to your dedicated assistance, the old man is here to thank you. Master Fang smiled slightly and looked at the young man in Mai who was standing aside.
The boy was about fourteen years old, with handsome facial features and a tall figure, although he was dressed in coarse linen clothes, but he naturally exuded a calm and quiet temperament.
"Master Fang has an overreputation, I'm just an alchemy apprentice, just a starter. Ling Xian smiled indifferently, and the whole person had a maturity and stability that was extremely inconsistent with his age.
Master Fang waved his hand and exclaimed, "Don't be modest, you've been an apprentice with me for six years, and I still don't know you? ”
"That's what I'm supposed to do. And even without me, with Master Fang's Dan Dao attainments, refining the Purifying Pill would not be difficult. Ling Xian said softly.
"Haha, don't brag about me, you kid, I know my own skills. Master Fang stroked his beard with a smile, although he knew that Ling Xian was praising him, he still couldn't help but dance with his eyebrows, it could be seen that Ling Xian's words were still very useful.
Ling Xian smiled and said nothing, he was a side child of the Ling family, his parents died when he was a child, and he had been living on the family's relief until he was eight years old, until he came here six years ago to become an alchemy apprentice and give Master Fang a hand, and his life was a little better.
Ling Xian was very grateful to Master Fang who was willing to take him in and teach him alchemy, so he naturally wouldn't take credit and do that kind of noisy thing that annoyed people.
"Alas, in terms of understanding of the elixir alone, you are no less than me. It's a pity, if you were able to cultivate, you would have already become a Nine-Rank Alchemist three years ago. Master Fang looked at the handsome young man in front of him with a look of regret, and sighed.
"Master Fang, you've said this thirty-seven times. Ling Xian smiled bitterly, since he could remember, the sentence he had heard the most was a pity, if you could cultivate.
It's a pity that he can't cultivate.
"If I can make you an alchemist a few more times, then I would rather keep this sentence on my lips all day long. Master Fang stroked his gray beard, and the regret in his heart was even worse.
If it weren't for Ling Xian's inability to cultivate, he would have taken him under his sect a long time ago and inherited the mantle.
After a long period of contact, he deeply understood the excellence of the young man in front of him, and he was also deeply shocked. Over the years, among the alchemy apprentices who came to work here, none of them had an alchemy talent comparable to Ling Xian. Not only does he have a memory that surpasses ordinary people, he has a calm and calm mind, but he also has a perception that is rare in the world.
It's just that if you can't attract the aura of heaven and earth into your body, no matter how good your talent is, it's in vain.
"This is fate, an irreversible fate. Ling Xian sighed softly.
For ten years, he racked his brains, but he still couldn't do anything, as long as any aura entered his body, it would disappear without a trace in an instant, as if it had never appeared.
According to the records in ancient books, there are two reasons for not being able to cultivate. One is that he is born unable to guide the aura into the body and belongs to mortals. One is that the dantian is injured and the meridians are injured, and the inhaled aura cannot be gathered, which belongs to the waste.
And Ling Xian is neither a mortal nor an invalid. But no matter how hard he cultivated and devoured the pills, he was never able to gather his qi and become an immortal cultivator.
This made him very helpless.
Since he was a child, he has had a dream to reach the top of the Nine Heavens and be proud of the world.
But if you can't even cultivate, how can you step on the peak?
"Immortal cultivators are looking for immortality, asking about the Great Dao, and rebelling against the Mandate of Heaven. Ling Xian, you must not give up, although your situation is quite special, I think there will always be a solution. Master Fang shook his head and comforted.
Ling Xian nodded, and said in a deep voice: "I have never thought of giving up, it's just that I don't plan to continue to swallow the pill and do useless work now, I am going to buy an eye-opening pill and make a last stand." ”
"Eye-opening pill?" Master Fang frowned and said, "Ling Xian, although the eye-opening pill can increase the chance of opening the heaven's eye a little, you and I both know very well that it is really too slim. The Eye-Opening Pill has existed for 10,000 years, and there are only three cases of successful eye-opening after taking it, which can be described as a 1 in 100 million chance. ”
"I'm fighting for that little bit of chance. Ling Xian's eyes lit up firmly, and he said, "Apart from opening the Heavenly Eye, I can't think of any other way to change my fate." ”
The Heavenly Eye is one of the most powerful and wonderful forces in the Immortal Cultivation Realm.
There are a total of one hundred and eight known Heavenly Eyes, each of which has the powerful power of Heaven and Earth Creation and Zhong Qiankun's Mystery. And the monks who can awaken the eye of heaven are all the proud sons of heaven who are blessed with great luck. Even if it is not the Heavenly Eye that is not used for battle, it will be pulled together by various major sects and ascend to the sky in one step.
For example, the 99th ranked Wangqi Pupil. This heavenly eye can see the unique aura of all treasures, even if it is a treasure that has been sealed and become ordinary, it can also be seen through at a glance, and it can also be used to find the world's spiritual veins, relics, etc., which can be called infinitely useful.
According to ancient records, 30,000 years ago, there was a loose cultivator who opened the pupil of hope by chance, and in just a few years, he used this eye to find several spiritual veins, as well as hundreds of dusty treasures, and finally relied on endless resources to become a famous powerhouse in the world of cultivating immortals, known as the true monarch of many treasures.
"Since you have made up your mind, the old man will not persuade you. Here are five hundred spirit stones, which should be your reward for this alchemy. With a wave of his hand, a pile of strange stones containing pure aura appeared out of thin air.
"This ......"
Ling Xian's heart warmed, in the past, he assisted in alchemy, and at most it was five spirit stones. And this time, it was obviously Master Fang who helped him buy the Eye-Opening Pill in this way.
Master Fang saw his hesitation and chuckled: "Don't be hypocritical, even if the old man sponsors you, with your talent, once you open your eyes or embark on the path of cultivation, then you will definitely be famous in the future, and I can be regarded as investing in advance." ”
Ling Xian was silent, he had been lonely since he was a child, and he was unable to practice, and he had long been accustomed to the indifference and ridicule of others. However, one of the only three alchemists in Qingcheng, the leading big man, not only favored him, but was also willing to contribute to let him fight for that illusory opportunity, which made him very moved.
After being silent for a while, Ling Xian put the five hundred spirit stones into the storage bag, and then bowed deeply to the old man with a warm smile in front of him, and said in a deep voice: "If you can go to Qingyun in this life, go to the soup to repay this kindness." ”
"Okay, that's enough for you. The old man doesn't want you to repay me anything, but he doesn't want you, a good seedling, to be destroyed by the storm, so he will help you. Master Fang smiled with satisfaction and said, "Go ahead, it's already noon, I know that you will have to go to Lao Wang to work in a while, so I won't leave you to drink tea." ”
Ling Xian nodded, turned around and walked out of the secret room, his heart full of excitement and gratitude.
What Master Fang gave him was not only five hundred spirit stones, but also a chance, a chance to become a dragon and soar for nine days!
"It's going to work. Ling Xian said silently in his heart, and immediately walked in the direction of the Treasure Pavilion.
Although the Eye-Opening Pill is one of the recognized chicken rib pills in the entire immortal cultivation world, it is also a genuine seven-rank pill. In Qingcheng, only the Treasure Pavilion, which specializes in selling the world's rare treasures, will be sold.
The price is seven hundred spirit stones, which is not much for a monk with strength and background, but for a person like Ling Xian who cannot cultivate, it is an astronomical amount. Fortunately, he has always been thrifty, and in the past few years, he has accumulated nearly three hundred spirit stones by working part-time, plus the spirit stones given by Master Fang, it is enough.
Not long after, Ling Xian came to an antique three-story pavilion, which was a treasure pavilion with business all over the world.
However, just as he was about to enter the Treasure Pavilion, an old voice suddenly sounded in his heart, as if it was far away in the sky, and it seemed to be close at hand.
"Hey, it turned out to be a person who was pregnant with the forbidden power, and in a mere place, there would be such a peerless genius?"
Who?
Ling Xian was startled, he could clearly feel that a pair of deep eyes were looking at him.
"I can't imagine that the old man has been sleeping for tens of thousands of years, and as soon as he wakes up, he can meet such a talented seedling, which is really a great creation. The voice said to herself, as if lamenting the passage of time and her own good fortune.
"I don't know which senior passed by here, so please don't joke with me. I was born a wasted person, where is the peerless genius that my predecessors said. Ling Xian was cautiously guarded, although there was a trace of nervousness in his expression, but there was not the slightest panic. Fourteen years of suffering have made him suffer countless blank eyes and ridicule, but it has also created his tenacious, mature and steady heart.
"Wasted?" The voice froze, and he couldn't help laughing: "This is the funniest joke I've heard in 30,000 years, if you are a waste, then the nine holy bodies of the human race and the three major divine bodies of the spirit race are all rubbish." ”
Ling Xian frowned, he knew that the Nine Holy Bodies of the Human Race were known as the darlings of the heavens, each of which was amazingly talented and peerlessly powerful. And the meaning of that old voice, the qualifications of this wasted person are even stronger than the Nine Holy Bodies?
"I know you don't believe it, but that's okay, you'll believe it later. The voice sounded again.
The next moment, Ling Xian saw a painting fly out of the Treasure Pavilion, flashing with a dazzling glow of nine colors, flowing with a desolate ancient aura, enveloping him and disappearing.
It's like going to another world.