Chapter 18 Research on the Method of Refining the Spirit
Qingyun Sect, Yunyang Peak, in the cave.
Although he was in charge of the work of the medicine garden, the delivery of medicinal materials was once every month for three months. Although there was a requirement to be on duty at other times, there was no cultivator to check on him, so he was just slacking off, you know.
‘These days, it’s hard to find a job that is both lucrative and leisurely…’
Lin Chen sighed, and then focused his attention on what was in front of him.
In front of him, the bronze tripod was placed in the center of the room, and next to the bronze tripod was a miniature formation, with three low-grade spirit stones placed at the junction of several lines.
This was a fire control formation recorded in the "Basics of Alchemy", which could stimulate the spiritual power in the spirit stone through a special method and turn it into a high-temperature flame, which could shorten the time required for alchemy, and the flame of the formation burned very stably, which helped to increase the success rate of alchemy.
Although Lin Chen was not refining the alchemy, he was also refining the spirit medicine, and the flame was one of the key factors for success, so its importance was self-evident.
Although he could use his true qi to stimulate the flame, the consumption was too large and unstable, which had a certain impact on the success rate.
In fact, whether it was an alchemist or a pharmacist, they all used earth fire to make pills. The earth fire has a higher temperature, is relatively stable, and is extremely long-lasting, which is really a good choice.
But Lin Chen estimated the spiritual stones in his wallet and suddenly felt that using the array to make medicine was also a good choice.
"Thousands of spiritual stones were burned just like that..." Lin Chen's face twitched.
Even though he had reduced all kinds of waste as much as possible, the consumption was still very shocking.
'Scientific research is really expensive...' Lin Chen gritted his teeth.
He was just replacing and changing the medicinal materials on the basic prescription.
After just a few dozen repeated experiments, at least two thousand spiritual stones were burned. This was based on the fact that he secretly withheld a lot of medicinal materials from the spiritual medicine garden, otherwise the consumption would be even more shocking.
In his previous life, Lin Chen heard that scientific laboratories were very expensive, and he thought there was something fishy. Now it seems that he misunderstood.
Lin Chen shook his head, cleared his chaotic thoughts from his mind, and focused on the present.
Ignite, preheat, put in spiritual medicine, extract essence, fuse essence... Soon, a familiar medicinal fragrance emanated from the bronze tripod.
Success?
Lin Chen's face was neither sad nor happy, and his hands were not slow at all. However, just as he was about to take the next step, the medicinal fragrance changed and emitted a burnt smell.
'Failed again, it seems that the fire is too hot... It's okay, it's only nearly a hundred spiritual stones, I have plenty of money. '
Lin Chen's face was calm, but the veins on his hands suddenly bulged.
Ignite, preheat, put in spiritual medicine, extract essence, fuse essence... The small tripod exuded a familiar medicinal fragrance again.
However, after a while, Lin Chen numbly poured out the medicinal residue in the tripod.
'Continue...'
The third time to refine the medicine, failed. The fourth time to refine the medicine, success. The fifth time...
After three quarters of an hour, Lin Chen's pale face looked a little haggard, and his long hair fell on his shoulders, but his eyes were exceptionally bright, and his dark pupils were deep and far-reaching.
The refined powder was mixed with spiritual liquid by Lin Chen, and made into incense sticks, which were placed in front of him.
'The revised version 3.0 of the soul-nourishing incense is finally made...'
Even though Lin Chen's face was calm, he rarely showed a smile.
In this world, if the body is the treasure boat for crossing the world, then the soul is the foundation for becoming an immortal!
A sufficiently powerful soul can not only speed up the practice speed and make up for the lack of innate qualifications, but also has all kinds of unpredictable powers.
There are even rumors that in ancient times, there were high-level cultivators who specialized in the soul, abandoned the flesh, and lived in the world with [Primordial Spirit]. Not only could they travel to the North Sea in the morning and Cangwu in the evening, but they also had various magical powers such as soul-stealing, calling the name to fall from the horse, and nailing the head with seven arrows, which made people extremely afraid.
Even in the world of immortal cultivation where the practice of Qigong is popular nowadays, the soul is a very important existence.
Whether it is the Jindan stage of "three flowers gather on the top of the head, and the golden elixir is born from now on", or the Huashen stage of "no inner thoughts, no outer thoughts, I am independent, without any thoughts, without any awareness, I see that the five aggregates are empty, the four bodies are false, and I have a true self", the soul is closely related to it, and it can even be said to be the foundation of everything!
But in this Lingnan immortal cultivation world where resources are scarce and only the golden elixir can be born, the skills and elixirs that increase the soul can be said to be very precious.
As far as Lin Chen knows, he has never heard of the skills of cultivating the soul. Although he judged that Qingyun Sect should have it, it is not something that he can touch at this level after all.
As for the elixir that increases the soul, as far as he knows, so far, in the Qigong stage, there is only one kind of elixir, [Soul Nourishing Pill], and it is the kind that is priceless. Even if he can afford it, he can't find a way!
Lin Chen's various studies on cultivating immortals all pointed out the importance of the soul in cultivation.
If he once neglected this and fell behind other cultivators in this regard, then one step behind would lead to another, and one day, it would affect his immortal path.
This problem once troubled Lin Chen.
After killing nearly a hundred evil cultivators, touching the bodies of a large number of cultivators, and visiting the Taobao streets of the four markets of Qingyun Sect, but finding nothing, Lin Chen finally realized that he really did not have the treatment of a protagonist.
After thinking hard for a long time, Lin Chen felt that it would be better to make it himself instead of trying to find it by chance!
And the soul-nourishing incense is one of the results of Lin Chen's research on the soul.
Lin Chen discovered that the mind-restoring medicines in the mortal world had an effect on mortals, so he suddenly thought, if the ordinary medicinal materials in the secular mind-restoring prescriptions were replaced with elixirs, would it have an effect on monks?
Lin Chen originally thought that other monks would not have thought of such a simple method, but now, this situation does not appear in the world of immortality. Maybe there is some kind of problem.
However, ordinary people can use this prescription to nourish their spirits. There is no reason to replace it with a more powerful elixir that will not work for practitioners.
After hesitating for a while, Lin Chen felt that the experiment would eventually lead to true knowledge, so he started directly.
So a lot of time was spent on research and development and experiments, and finally, the first version of the soul-nourishing incense was successfully released.
After experiments, its effect is only one-thousandth of the efficacy of the soul-nourishing pill in the Qi Refining Stage. Without comparative observation experiments, the subtle differences cannot be seen at all.
Lin Chen guessed that this subtle effect of medicine, which is difficult to detect, should be the reason why the monks failed to insist on continuing to improve the mortal medicine.
But for him, no matter how weak the effect of the medicine is, it only needs to be useful, not to mention that it can be used in large quantities.
Lin Chen lit at least nine soul-nourishing incense sticks every day, and its effect was comparable to one percent of the soul-nourishing pill.
Over time, Lin Chen was equivalent to taking a soul-nourishing pill every three months!
It seems quite desolate, and you can only take one pill every three months, but in the world of immortal cultivation in Lingnan, where resources are scarce, pills that can grow the soul can be said to be rare.
Being able to take one every three months is already the treatment given to the core disciples of the sect and the direct descendants of those big families.
Not to mention, Lin Chen can also upgrade the soul-nourishing incense to have stronger medicinal effects.
Version 2.0 of Nourishing Soul Incense is an advanced version developed by Lin Chen after searching for prescriptions that require various precious medicinal materials in the mortal world, and then replacing them with various spiritual objects!
However, just as taking the same medicine for a long time will develop drug resistance, even if Lin Chen made it into a soul-nourishing incense and avoided taking it directly, resistance gradually developed in the body, resulting in no effect at all.
Therefore, Lin Chen had to continue to develop a new generation of soul-nourishing incense. Even though this process is very troublesome, the effect is also very significant.
With the help of soul-nourishing incense, Lin Chen's soul now far exceeds that of monks of the same level.
Not only that, Lin Chen also developed a simple method of refining gods.
Although Lin Chen didn't know what the nature of the soul was. But he discovered through observation and research that the soul, like the body, will become stronger with more exercise.
Based on this concept, refer to the Taoist methods of previous lives. After your soul is exhausted and exhausted, you can calm down and meditate to rest your mind.
At this time, just like replenishing nutrients in time after physical exercise, Lin Chen lit the soul-nourishing incense to nourish his soul. With the blessing of these two, he made rapid progress in his soul.
Lin Chen combined this simple method of refining gods with the method of making soul-nourishing incense, and created what he knew so far, one of the three major forces in Lingnan Cultivation World and the only one on the bright side of Qingyun Sect. The method of refining the gods——
[Lingxiang Nourishing Soul Sutra]!
Thinking of this, a smile flashed across Lin Chen's face.
If you don't have something, create it yourself, that's what you're capable of!
[Ling Fragrance Nourishing Soul Sutra] is part of his three paths of essence, energy and spirit, which is the way of God [Shen Nourishing Technique].
It is his own unique god-refining method that he developed over the past ten years with existing resources without the availability of peerless skills and immortal elixirs.
This method is extremely precious. Lin Chen can be sure that once he exposes any information related to this method, it will definitely cause huge waves in the Lingnan Immortal Cultivation World, and even the high-ranking Jindan Master will personally fight for it.
Maybe it won't work on high-level monks, but compared to soul-nourishing pills, it has lower cost and safety. It can greatly change the strength and potential of monks at the bottom of a force, thus profoundly affecting the entire Lingnan. situation.
'Oh, what a pity. If I had enough strength, I could bear the backlash of exposing this sutra and gain enough benefits...'
People are afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being strong. If Lin Chen exposes this, he will definitely be pushed to the forefront and cause a lot of trouble.
Even though the Qingyun Sect would try its best to protect him, Lin Chen really didn't want to feel the feeling of leaving his fate in the hands of others.
Besides, even within the Qingyun Sect, it is not necessarily safe.
If you hand in this sutra, you will definitely receive a generous reward, but he does not have the strength to match it, so how can he hold on?
Not to mention, in this world of immortality, once you have huge interests that are not in line with your own strength, it is extremely easy to cause death!
'Forget it, don't even think about these things until you are strong enough...' Lin Chen shook his head, then looked at the soul-nourishing incense on the table and fell into deep thought.
‘The revised version of Soul Nourishing Incense 3.0 has just been developed, and experiments are still needed to determine its efficacy and whether it has any hidden dangers. Also, about the experiment of the soul in the breakthrough of the foundation period...'
Lin Chen's eyes moved slightly as if he thought of something.
He originally thought that since he was a human being in two lifetimes, his soul should be far superior to others and his training efficiency should be higher. However, in reality, there is no difference between his training speed and those with the same talent.
From this point of view, the soul mentioned in this life is not just the consciousness, memory, etc. recorded in the previous life. I am afraid it also represents other things.
‘And, interestingly, in the previous life, the Taoists called it [Soul], [Soul], [Soul], [Soul] is a Western term, but in this life it is called [Soul]...’
‘Combined with the aura law that I have concluded that everything in the world is composed of aura, so, the word soul is just a simple different name, or does the spirit of the soul refer to... aura? ’