Chapter 186: Increased Authority

"Thank you, senior, for the gift!"

Wei Zhong cupped his hands to thank him, but Cheng Zhenglu just shook his head:

"It's just an exchange of interests, there's no need for that.

"In the future, if our sect has a request for weapon refining, we will look for you..."

After leaving some words, Cheng Zhenglu handed Wei Zhong over to Cheng Ruirui, and then turned around and left because the sect was busy with affairs.

Wei Zhong was anxious after receiving this spiritual method.

Cheng Ruirui originally wanted to invite Wei Zhongyou to visit the sect, but seeing that he was distracted, she had to let him leave.

"Senior Brother Wei, why don't you take care of important matters first and come visit me and our Shadow Moon Sect later?"

Wei Zhong apologized:

"Then I'll visit you again tomorrow. I'm very sorry."

Then he left under the watchful eyes of Cheng Ruirui and the disciples guarding the mountain.

After leaving the Shadow Moon Sect, Wei Zhong was not in a hurry to return to the Yunji Chamber of Commerce, but directly escaped into the portable cave.

Recalling the inheritance of the "Secret Records of Spirit Replenishment" he had received in his mind, Wei Zhong walked to the depths of the bamboo forest in the cave.

"The Spirit-Building Secret Record is not as accurate as the Spirit-Building Secret Record. It describes a large number of methods for cultivating elixirs and secret methods for accelerating the growth of spiritual plants."

After looking through the entire secret law, Wei Zhong found the part he needed.

"Spiritual beings that are nearly ten thousand years old or more than ten thousand years old can be born using this 'same extraction method'...

“There are several key points to this method:

"First, there must be multiple spiritual plants of the same species, choose one of them as the main plant, and use various means to deprive the nutrients of the growth of other spiritual plants in order to speed up the cultivation of the main plant...

"Second, we need a spiritual object, five-color spiritual soil. Its appearance is black, but it actually contains the five elements of spiritual energy..."

‘Isn’t this the spiritual soil in the secret realm of the cave? ’

Wei Zhong and others discovered that there was a lot of five-color spiritual soil in the secret realm of Golden Thunder Bamboo.

Wei Zhong also used this to give birth to Dajin's accompanying spiritual plants, and there were a lot of such spiritual soils in the bamboo forest at this moment.

‘There is no shortage of this. ’

"Third, use the monk Shou Yuan as a guide and the formation as a supplement to reverse the natural law of spiritual plant growth..."

"A thousand-year spiritual plant requires about twenty years of elixir formation..."

"The lifespan consumed is not that much. After all, it is just an introduction, not a secret method that uses the monk's lifespan to transfer it to the spiritual plant."

"In addition to these three conditions, there is a suitable growth environment and sufficient spiritual energy. These can be created using spiritual stones, which is not difficult."

After comprehending this method, Wei Zhong left Dongtian and returned directly to Yunji Chamber of Commerce.

For this cultivation method, Wei Zhong still lacks a lot of spiritual materials, so he has to replenish them at the Chamber of Commerce before proceeding.

On that day, Wei Zhong purchased a large amount of various rare spiritual materials in the Chamber of Commerce. After the preparations were completed, he escaped from the Chamber of Commerce and found a deserted place in the outside world to enter the cave.

They came and went so fast that even Miaoli Shan and Shan Qin, who were looking for something to do with Wei Zhong, didn't catch up.

"This guy went to the Shadow Moon Sect and saw more and more divine dragons disappearing. I wonder what he was busy with?

"Probably you have gained something in Shadow Moon Sect and are busy cultivating spiritual plants."

"It's a pity. I also want to ask the other party about his alchemy level and whether he is sure about refining Fengyuan Dan."

Recently, in order to replenish his spiritual stone vacancy, Wei Zhong began to refine a large number of fourth-level elixirs, and middle-level elixirs appeared frequently. After Miaoli Shan learned about this, he gave Wei Zhong the idea of ​​​​refining Fengyuan Dan.

"Qier, you can't wait forever. The sooner you enter Nascent Soul, the greater the possibility of advancing to become a god in the future."

Shan Qin smiled bitterly:

"Aunt Miao, I just formed the elixir."

"Haha, it's not difficult for Yuanying to face Qin'er. If it weren't for that unique foundation, there would be no need to wait until this point.

"Let's see when that boy Wei turns around. I'll ask again later..."

What Miaolishan didn't know was that the wait would last five years.

In the cave sky, Wei Zhongzheng set up a magic formation in the Golden Thunder Bamboo Forest.

This formation is not of high quality. Even Wei Zhong, a three-legged cat, can lay it out like a gourd.

"The Golden Thunder Bamboo clusters here meet the conditions for the use of the secret technique. The entire bamboo forest is used as a supplement to support the growth of this nine thousand year old spiritual bamboo.

"The catalytic effect should be very obvious."

Wei Zhong also moved a large amount of five-color spiritual soil in the cave to various places in the bamboo forest.

"The only thing left is for the monks to use their essence, blood, and longevity as a guide to cast magic spells!"

Wei Zhong stepped forward and sat cross-legged on a formation node. He beat his chest, and golden blood essence dripped down and fell onto the formation pattern drawn below.

Despite the loss of essence and blood, Wei Zhong's face did not show signs of depression, but he was aware of the close connection between himself and the essence and blood outside his body.

The key to how to consume a monk's life essence is here. This bit of essence and blood is a hole in Wei Zhong's body.

Shou Yuan is constantly flowing out and injected into the Golden Thunder Bamboo in this bamboo forest.

Taking a deep breath, Wei Zhong's spiritual power was injected into the formation pattern under his feet, and the entire formation lit up layer by layer.

With Wei Zhong's many years of Krypton level experience, he immediately noticed the loss of Shou Yuan.

"But is this too fast?"

Wei Zhong looked around:

"Is it because there are too many spiritual bamboos inside the formation? I hope it doesn't suck me dry!"

Wei Zhong closed his eyes again and concentrated on casting spells.

After the formation was activated, a huge spiritual energy cyclone hovered over the Golden Thunder Bamboo.

All the floating spiritual energy in the cave was attracted here.

Although there are only third-level spiritual veins in the cave, there is still a vein of spiritual stone supporting it underground. Therefore, there was no lack of spiritual energy, but such a big movement disturbed the soul-devouring ghost bees in the cave.

The bee colony was agitated for a moment due to the massive loss of spiritual energy, but soon calmed down under the control of the queen bee and continued its work of making honey.

Jin Mei in the wine shop also scratched his head and looked at the spiritual energy cyclone not far away with a puzzled expression.

Outside the square, the play between Dai Jin and Jiucai stopped, and then resumed after a while.

Time flies by, and Wei Zhong has been sitting cross-legged in the formation of the bamboo forest for nearly five years.

Opening his eyes, Wei Zhong showed a wry smile.

"Where is twenty years of life? These five years have given me at least forty years of life.

"Fortunately, these forty years are just a drop in the bucket to me. If an ordinary monk were here, he might be sucked to death by the formation."

Wei Zhong cut off the connection between himself and the formation and stood up:

"The passage between the spiritual bamboos has been built by my longevity, so I don't have to sit here anymore."

For five years, in order not to affect the growth of the Golden Thunder Bamboo, Wei Zhong did not practice the exercises himself, and really sat there for five years.

Looking around at the spiritual bamboos, I found that the entire bamboo forest had undergone great changes. Most of the thousand-year-old spiritual bamboos had fallen into decline, with only a few remaining strong.

The hundred-year-old and ten-year-old bamboos were even more unbearable and almost retreated to the ranks of ordinary bamboos.

The nine-thousand-year-old Golden Thunder Bamboo at the core of the formation became increasingly golden, and golden lightning could occasionally be seen flowing between the bamboo body and leaves.

Wei Zhong sensed something and found that in just five years, it had increased by nearly three hundred years.

“It’s really a terrifying growth rate, but it’s more of a plunder than a birth.

"This spiritual bamboo uses this unique magic circle to turn the entire bamboo forest into a root system for extracting spiritual energy, and even steals the nutrition and spiritual energy of the 'root system' itself.

"This makes the growth rate particularly obvious. However, in the coming time, the growth rate may slow down. After all, the grade of the entire bamboo forest has dropped a lot."

Wei Zhong recalled other secret techniques in the "Secret Record of Replenishing Spirits", as well as various birth-inducing techniques he had collected in the past.

"Perhaps while using the same extraction method, other secret methods can also be used to accelerate the growth of these auxiliary plants."

Thinking of this, Wei Zhong left the cave and then returned to Yunji Chamber of Commerce.

Another large-scale purchase within the Yunji Chamber of Commerce.

This time, the two Miaoli Shan girls finally caught Wei Zhong. After Wei Zhong finished collecting it, they invited Wei Zhong to a pavilion.

"I wonder what the senior and the young lady have to do with me?"

The two girls looked at each other, then Miaoli Shan spoke:

"How is your alchemy skills going now, fellow Daoist Wei?"

Wei Zhong looked surprised for a moment:

"It has only been a few decades since Pindao entered the fourth level of alchemy. How much progress does Senior Miao think I can make?"

When the latter heard this, he sighed quietly.

He took out a jade slip and pushed it to Wei Zhong:

"Fellow Taoist, can you see if this elixir is reliable?"

Wei Zhong picked it up and penetrated it with his spiritual consciousness.

"Feng Yuan Dan?"

After reading the entire prescription, I frowned deeply.

The complexity of this elixir is far beyond what Wei Zhong has seen, and so is the difficulty of refining it.

Far from being the so-called Infant Training Pill, it is comparable to the Dixuan Pill and others.

Evaluating his own level, Wei Zhong found it difficult to make a judgment.

"Is this thing prepared for Miss Shan?"

The latter nodded:

"To be honest, Brother Wei, this thing is the Yuanying opportunity prepared by my father for me. As long as I refine this elixir, I will step into the realm of Yuanying soon."

Wei Zhong probed the other party's cultivation level and found that it was indeed in the late stage of pill formation and extremely solid. It seemed that the other party had stayed in this state for a long time.

‘Have you been waiting for this elixir for all these years of business in the Restaurant Chamber of Commerce? ’

"I wonder how many materials the meeting leader has prepared for the lady?"

"One serving!"

Wei Zhong was a little embarrassed:

"This is a bit troublesome," he raised his head and asked, "Have you ever asked Senior Du?"

"I have looked for it, but Elder Du's success rate is only 30%, but spiritual materials are rare, how can a 30% success rate reassure us.

"May I ask fellow Daoist Wei how sure you are?"

Wei Zhong shook his head:

"Both of you are too high-minded. Since senior Du can't do it, how can the next rookie do it?

"If you can only refine one elixir from a spiritual material, I estimate that your success rate is only around 20%.

“But if there is a second share, the 20% can rise to 50%.

"It's a pity that spiritual materials are limited and cannot be wasted like this. You two should find another job."

After hearing Wei Zhong's answer, the two women couldn't hide their disappointment. But looking back, Wei Zhong became a fourth-level alchemist only a few decades ago, while Du Longfeng has been around for four to five hundred years.

The alchemy attainments between the two are not like a chasm, but rather very close.

Doesn't this mean that in a few decades, Wei Zhong's alchemy skills will be equal to or even surpass Du Longfeng's?

The two of them seemed to see hope. Even if the guild leader could not find the God Transformation Pill Master, there was still hope that Wei Zhong could refine the pill in a few decades or a hundred years.

"I wonder what Fellow Daoist Wei is busy with during this time. Are you studying alchemy?"

When Wei Zhong heard this, he instantly understood what the other party was thinking.

"I'm busy cultivating spiritual plants. I just make some elixirs and earn spiritual stones every day."

The two women looked at each other:

"To be honest with you fellow Taoist, this elixir is very important to Qin'er, it can be said to be related to the path of spiritual practice in the future.

"However, we don't have a good solution now. Elder Du has not improved his alchemy skills for many years, so we have to place our hope on fellow Taoist."

Wei Zhong nodded, and Miaoli Shan continued to add.

"Therefore, I intend to propose to increase the quota of spiritual medicine for fellow Taoists, at least to maintain it at the same level as Elder Du."

This time it was finally Wei Zhong's turn to be surprised.

'Although I am indeed jealous of those ten thousand year spiritual medicines, I am just a newcomer. Will the Chamber of Commerce agree to this? '

"Will this be suspected by other senior members of the Chamber of Commerce? Will the proposal be difficult to pass?"

"Don't worry, such important events concerning the future of the Chamber of Commerce are generally not opposed by members of the Chamber of Commerce. In addition, with the authority of the Chamber Master, this matter is not a big problem."

Wei Zhong did not ask any more questions after hearing this. After discussing with the two for a while, he said goodbye and left.

After returning to the cave, he arranged various spiritual plant stimulating methods to accelerate the growth efficiency of the entire Golden Thunder Bamboo Forest.

After the arrangement was completed, it was already three months later.

Wei Zhong came out of retreat and found that his authority had indeed increased.

Just as Miaoli Shan said, the proposal was passed without any obstacles.

"The number of spiritual medicines available for withdrawal has increased, but the number of corresponding elixir tasks that need to be completed has also increased.

"This Chamber of Commerce has really made the power and obligations as equal as possible."

Wei Zhong looked at all the spiritual medicine tasks and found that the number of these elixirs was not a pressure for him at all.

"Just reallocate the time for future practice and spend more on alchemy. Anyway, the growth of the golden thunder bamboo does not need to be taken care of by yourself, and there is still a lot of free time."

In the sky above the Chamber of Commerce, Du Longfeng and Yu Tian sat opposite each other.

"Brother Du, why didn't you oppose Miao Yatou's proposal? You know, the spiritual medicine share that person increased was taken from you, Master Du."

The latter looked calm, without any anger:

"I am old and lack energy, and I am lazy about alchemy, which is a mentally exhausting thing.

"It's a good opportunity to take off some of the burden on my shoulders, teach the disciples in the hall in the future, and live a more ordinary life. Isn't it a good thing?"

"Haha, Brother Du's words are interesting," Yu Tianze laughed when he heard this.

Du Longfeng shook his head gently:

"I'm old and too lazy to fight for it. What's so funny about it.

"And I've also seen the pills that young man refines. Each pill is full of spiritual energy. In time, it will surpass me and catch up with Brother Jie."

"Oh, Brother Du has a very high opinion of this person. But as the general manager of the Dan Hall, do you know his true identity?"

Du Longfeng shook his head:

"I don't know, but I have one or two guesses."

Looking up and glancing at Yu Tianze:

"I advise Brother Yu not to try to find this person. Since he concealed the identity of the general, there must be a reason.

"As the elders of the Chamber of Commerce, we only need to protect the actions of the Chamber Master."

"Haha, never mind, I am just a little curious. Since Brother Du said so, I will just put my curiosity aside."