Chapter 17 Secrets of Sword Cultivation

Liang Yan followed Zhuo Bufan into the cave, passing through medicinal fields and several stone chambers, where maids were busy working. In some stone chambers, there are many precious artifacts, which are so precious that you can tell they are extraordinary at a glance.

Liang Yan thought to himself: "The caves of the elite disciples of the outer sect are indeed surprisingly large. It's just that Senior Brother Zhuo looks elegant and ordinary, but he didn't expect that he would prefer these precious treasures."

Thinking like this, Zhuo Bufan already led him to a closed stone door. He took out the token from his waist and placed it in a groove on the wall of the stone door. A moment later, there was a rumbling sound. , the stone door slowly opened.

As soon as it was opened a crack, a strong aroma of medicinal herbs came out from inside. As soon as you smell it, you feel energetic. When the stone door was fully opened, a half-person-high alchemy furnace was placed in the middle of the room. Although the alchemy fire was not lit, there was still a curl of green smoke rising from the top of the furnace. There are many vermilion wooden shelves placed around the room, and many spiritual materials and medicinal materials are neatly stacked on them. Most of them cannot be named by Liang Yan, but there is enough spiritual energy in them, and you can tell they are extraordinary at a glance.

Liang Yan secretly thought in his heart: "I heard that Qi Practitioners cannot make elixirs through their own elixir fire and need to use earth fire. Brother Zhuo is so proud that he asked the sect to draw a line of earth fire from the earth fire room for him. The alchemy room in the cave is specially used for refining alchemy."

While thinking this way, Zhuo Bufan had already entered the alchemy room first, picked through the surrounding wooden shelves, selected a few spiritual ingredients, and took out a few materials from his storage bag.

After everything was ready, Zhuo Bufan said to Liang Yan: "Junior Brother Liang, please arrange the formation now. When I reach the critical stage of refining the Qi Condensation Furnace, I will remind him aloud, and then I will have Junior Brother Lao take over for me. Preside over the great formation and guard the spiritual energy in the furnace."

Liang Yan nodded, took out the array disk and array flags given to him by Senior Brother Zhuo, and began to carve array patterns on the ground and arrange array weapons. After half a day's work, Liang Yan got up tiredly and said, "Senior Brother Zhuo, I have made preparations and can activate this spirit gathering formation at any time."

"Okay!" Zhuo Bufan did not delay, and put the prepared materials into the alchemy furnace one by one in proportion, and then raised his hand to cast a magic formula. A bright red flame immediately rose under the alchemy furnace, and with the magic in Zhuo Bufan's hand Jue, constantly changing the power of the fire.

Liang Yan knew that when refining the elixir, he needed to concentrate on it and was most afraid of being disturbed, so he found a random spot on the ground, sat cross-legged and meditated silently, and started practicing with his luck.

Time passed by, Zhuo Bufan always sat upright, the magic formula in his hand kept on, and he meticulously operated the earth fire burning alchemy furnace. Sitting aside, Liang Yan couldn't help but secretly admire him, and thought to himself: "This alchemy technique is really not something that ordinary people can learn." He has an out-of-touch personality, and if he were to master the temperature of the alchemy furnace so delicately, he would probably explode nine out of ten furnaces. Furnace, the remaining one may still be residue.

I don't know how much time passed, but just when Liang Yan secretly guessed that it was already night outside, Zhuo Bufan suddenly changed the magic formula in his hand, and the fire in the alchemy furnace became strong. At the same time, he drank: "Junior Brother Liang, it's now! Quickly activate the formation, help me guard the spiritual energy and stabilize the elixir!"

Liang Yan was startled when he heard the sound and immediately stood up to activate the formation. At the same time, a medicinal fragrance that was so strong that it could not be dissolved overflowed from the alchemy furnace and spread to all directions.

Because of what Zhuo Bufan had told him before, Liang Yan knew that this was a sign of the spiritual energy of the elixir leaking out, so he couldn't help but muster up his energy and concentrate on presiding over the formation. The array flags and array disks in the array listened to his orders and kept changing. The scattered spiritual energy seemed to encounter an invisible barrier and was guided by the array. It slowly moved forward in a specific trajectory in the air, and finally returned to the elixir like hundreds of rivers returning to the sea. furnace.

A hint of joy flashed in Zhuo Bufan's eyes, but he did not relax at all. Instead, he concentrated more on controlling the fire and refining the elixir.

An unknown amount of time passed like this, and just when Liang Yan was exhausted physically and mentally, Zhuo Bufan suddenly stopped the magic technique, and the fire in the furnace was extinguished in an instant. He stretched out his hand and slapped the pill furnace in the air, and the pill furnace exploded with a "Crash!" sound. The lid of the furnace rose into the sky, and a strong aroma of medicine first came out. Then two yellow pill pills flew out, and finally they all fell into the Zhuo Zhuo. Extraordinary hands.

Liang Yan immediately raised his hands to Zhuo Bufan and smiled: "Congratulations to Senior Brother Zhuo for mastering this elixir!"

"Haha! It's done!" Zhuo Bufan couldn't suppress his inner joy and smiled all over his face.

"Junior Brother Liang has contributed a lot to Zhuo's practice of this elixir. This is the promised reward. You can continue." After saying that, he waved his hand and shot three snow-white elixir pills at Liang Yan. Liang Yan reached out to take them. Sure enough, they were the ones from before. Three spirit-gathering pills.

After he accepted it with satisfaction, he turned his attention to the two pills in Zhuo Bufan's hand. He saw that the two pills were very small, no more than the size of a fingernail, and they were all yellow. What's unusual is that they are trembling slightly in Zhuo Bufan's hands at this moment, and they actually make a faint sound of swords!

Zhuo Bufan was in a good mood at the moment. He caught a glimpse of Liang Yan's eyes and knew that he was curious. Then he said: "Junior Brother Liang, does he know what kind of elixir I am refining in this furnace?"

"Haha, I don't know anything about alchemy, so I ask Senior Brother Zhuo for some advice!"

Zhuo Bufan nodded and said, "Actually, this is a sword-raising pill!"

"Sword-raising elixir?" Liang Yan was shocked. This was the first time he had heard of this elixir.

"It's normal that you haven't heard of it. After all, although there are many sects and hundreds of schools of thought now, there are indeed very few sword cultivators. This sword-raising pill is specially prepared for sword cultivators."

Liang Yan had already made a guess when he heard the name, but now it was confirmed, which aroused his interest even more. I couldn't help but ask: "What is the specific effect of this sword nourishing pill?"

Zhuo Bufan smiled lightly and said: "Junior brother Liang seems to be quite interested in sword cultivation? Anyway, I will tell you." Then he paused and said: "Do you know that the sword cultivation in our Qi training period is actually not the real meaning? Those who practice swordsmanship are nothing more than sword-playing monks at best."

Liang Yan frowned after hearing this and said in confusion: "I would like to hear the details."

"The real sword cultivator is to make a flying sword a magic weapon of his own. When facing the enemy, whatever the intention is, he can hurt the enemy thousands of miles away. But we Qi cultivators just use the spiritual sword as a spiritual weapon. In addition, I have learned some sword techniques, so I can hurt the enemy with my sword."

Liang Yan suddenly said: "So, if you want to become a swordsman, you need to master your own flying sword?"

"Yes! But the natal flying sword is a first-class magic weapon, so it is very difficult to practice. Moreover, if you want to control the magic weapon, you must reach the Juyuan stage. Even foundation-building monks can only activate the best spiritual weapons."

Liang Yan was shocked after hearing this: "Doesn't that mean there is no sword cultivator under Ju Yuan?"

Zhuo Bufan glanced at him and said with a smile: "That's not necessarily the case. The natal flying sword is a relatively special magic weapon that needs to be cultivated slowly. As monks like us, as long as our cultivation reaches the foundation level, we can start to take a mouthful of whatever we like. The flying sword is incorporated into the Dantian within the body, and the flying sword is continuously cultivated with its own spiritual power until it reaches the first state of sword cultivation, and the flying sword is cultivated into a sword embryo within the body!"

"This has reached the first realm." Liang Yan murmured to himself, and then asked, "What other realms will follow?"

"Haha, sword cultivation is an extreme method passed down from ancient times. We haven't even reached the first realm, so how can we know what happens next? And it is said that once the sword is mastered, it will not be able to reach the next realm. You can no longer use it to hurt the enemy, you can only find another ordinary flying sword. It can be said that once a sword cultivator reaches the sword embryo stage, his strength will decrease instead of increasing!"

"It seems that this sword cultivation is really difficult to achieve," Liang Yan said with a slight wry smile, "By the way, what is the purpose of refining this sword nourishing pill, senior brother?"

"This is simple, because we sword cultivators need to incorporate the spirit sword into the body and nourish the sword embryo. But the Dantian is the most important place for people. The sword energy of this Spirit Sword is sharp. If you are not careful, it will pierce the Dantian and your cultivation will be exhausted. There is no risk of becoming useless. And this sword nourishing pill can cultivate the subtle connection between the master and the flying sword, indirectly nourish the spirit of the flying sword, and finally achieve the perfect integration of the flying sword and the flying sword. When the flying sword enters the body, it will be completely safe."

"That's it." Liang Yan suddenly realized, "Thank you, Senior Brother Zhuo, for your advice."

Zhuo Bufan waved his hand and said with a smile: "No need to thank me. There will be many days when I have to trouble Junior Brother Liang in the future. I need to take this sword-raising pill once a month from now on to slowly enhance my connection with the Dingguang Sword. After that, I Every month when I refine pills, I have to trouble Junior Brother Liang to set up a protective formation for me. As for the reward, it remains the same as three spirit-gathering pills. What do you think?"

"Haha, Senior Brother Zhuo is so generous. Junior Brother, how can I refuse? From now on, if Senior Brother Zhuo makes alchemy, just call me and I will definitely help you!"

Liang Yan was secretly happy because he knew that the handyman disciples only received one Spirit Gathering Pill every six months, but from now on he could receive three pills every month. This was a treatment only enjoyed by the outer disciples. It seems that this Zhuo Bufan is truly a disciple of the Dan family, and he is generous with his actions.

"Okay! Junior Brother Liang is really happy!" Zhuo Bufan looked extremely happy as he took Liang Yan's hand and walked out of the alchemy room. He also ordered the servants to prepare a table of wine and food. They had a drink with Liang Yan that night, and Liang Yan did not refuse. The two of them exchanged glasses, as if they were old friends for many years.

It was late at night when Liang Yan came out of Zhuo Bufan's cave. Although he was drunk, as a cultivator, he would not be drunk. That night, he did not go to Lingquan Cave to practice, but went straight back to his residence. He directly refined a Spirit-Gathering Pill and felt the pill entering his body. The fit between himself and the spiritual energy was slightly improved. Liang Yan's eyes were full of joy, and then he laughed at himself: "It seems that this Spirit-Gathering Pill is really suitable for me." What about a person with insufficient qualifications?”