PDLP Chapter 31: People in the Celestial Palace
Chapter 31: People in the Celestial Palace
These three families monopolize most of the business in the Great Wei Dynasty, and whenever an old medicine appears, it will most likely end up in their hands.
That is why the three families were able to cultivate grandmasters.
Qin Jianhe opened each jade box, and immediately a fragrant aroma of medicine wafted out.
Yang Jiuli's eyes lit up as he scanned the jade boxes.
"A three-hundred-year-old fire spirit mushroom..."
"A 280-year-old purple ginseng..."
"That's a four-hundred-year-old Vermilion Fruit..."
"It's settled..." Yang Jiuli thought to himself, finally the third 'Past Life Talisman' is settled.
"Is my nephew satisfied?" Qin Shisan asked Yang Jiuli.
"Uncle, you've gone to so much trouble!" Yang Jiuli said. "With these precious medicines, I can recover my strength, and this trip will surely be a success."
"Excellent!" Qin Shisan said excitedly upon hearing this, "If my nephew has any further needs, my Famous Sword Manor will do its utmost to meet them!"
"Thank you, Uncle!" Yang Jiuli bowed and then packed up the medicinal herbs and returned to the Snowdrift Manor team.
At this moment, Yang Qin, the commander of the Shadow Guard, had already set up a tent for him and placed a bed inside.
Yang Jiuli sat cross-legged on the bed, took out the medicinal herbs from the jade box, and began to refine them.
The Three Lives Stone can transform the energy of many precious medicines and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, thereby condensing the 'Past Life Talisman'.
This first-tier "Past Life Talisman" can be successfully condensed from approximately two precious herbs that are over three hundred years old.
If it is a second-tier 'Past Life Talisman', the spiritual energy required to condense it is ten times that of a first-tier 'Past Life Talisman'.
The required age of the medicinal materials will also be greatly increased.
"Let's refine these common medicinal herbs first..." Yang Jiuli's eyes flickered as he refined three medicinal herbs that were about two hundred years old.
The prototype of the "Past Life Talisman" (65/100).
Next, he refined the 280-year-old purple ginseng.
'Past Life Talisman' 3, to be used.
Finally, the "Past Life Talisman" was successfully condensed, and three "Past Life Talismans" floated beside the Three Lives Stone.
"The situation in the 'Black Abyss' is unclear, and it's not advisable to carry too many medicinal herbs... Perhaps we should refine this Fire Spirit Mushroom again..."
Yang Jiuli pondered for a moment and said, "This Vermilion Fruit can help people restore their spiritual power, so it is advisable to carry it with you for emergencies."
He then began refining the Fire Spirit Mushroom.
The fourth prototype of the "Past Life Talisman" (51/100)
At this point, Yang Jiuli stopped refining medicinal herbs.
"This place is on the edge of the Black Abyss. I wonder if there is any spiritual energy here?" Yang Jiuli thought to himself.
"Taiqing Response Technique..." Yang Jiuli thought to himself and began to circulate the cultivation technique he had obtained in his previous life, the Taiqing Response Technique.
This is an ancient and top-grade cultivation technique from the cultivation world of Tianyun Star.
It can sense various spiritual energies of heaven and earth.
"Ignore everything, hold fast to the One..." Yang Jiuli silently recited the mantra.
He formed a mudra with his hands, palms facing upwards, focused his mind and calmed his spirit, achieving a unity of mind and body.
In the blink of an eye, he became one with the heavens and earth.
In this vast world, it seemed as if he was the only one left.
Yang Jiuli seemed to be suspended in the void, surrounded by air currents.
It has a black, malevolent aura.
A gray, malevolent aura.
Extremely cold Yin energy.
There is also a miasma of corpses.
resentment.
And the sparse spiritual energy of the five elements.
There is an abundance of spiritual energy in the world.
Whether one can cultivate depends on the density of spiritual energy.
Mortal realms lack spiritual veins, and the five elements of spiritual energy are extremely scarce. Even if a cultivator dedicates their entire life to cultivating, it is difficult to accumulate enough spiritual energy to break through to the second level of Qi Refining. Only in places with spiritual veins, where spiritual energy is abundant, can one continue cultivating and break through realms.
At this moment, Yang Jiuli's mind and body were in harmony with heaven and earth, and countless energies rushed towards him.
The evil energy surged into his pores, causing his skin to ache.
The miasma from the corpses further damages human flesh and blood; absorbing too much of it will sever one's life force.
As for resentment, it can corrupt one's mind and mind.
These impure energies are all harmful to cultivators.
Therefore, cultivators need special techniques to draw a certain beneficial spiritual energy into their bodies for cultivation.
If one were to absorb all the spiritual energy into their body at once, it would only disrupt their five elements and sever their life force.
"There's so much malevolent energy here!" Yang Jiuli frowned slightly as he sensed the mixed energy.
"However, the concentration of the five elements' spiritual energy here far surpasses that of Snowdrift Manor!"
Yang Jiuli said in a low voice, "Let's first draw out a wisp of it and have the Three Lives Stone test its spiritual energy level!"
In that instant, he used the ordinary "Earth Qi Condensation Technique" to draw a wisp of earth-yellow spiritual energy into his sea of consciousness between his eyebrows.
This wisp of spiritual energy was absorbed and transformed by the Three Lives Stone.
"Spiritual energy concentration level... 0.6!"
A row of data appeared on the Three Lives Stone.
"Not even level one!" Yang Jiuli murmured upon seeing this. "Perhaps we can reach level one in the depths of the 'Black Abyss'."
A first-order spiritual vein can help one cultivate to the ninth level of Qi Refining.
To achieve Foundation Establishment.
It needs to be at least close to level two spiritual veins.
There are two reasons:
First: The spiritual energy nurtured by second-tier spiritual veins is of higher purity.
Second: High-grade medicinal herbs can grow near second-tier spiritual veins, which are also needed for foundation building.
Without a second-tier spiritual vein, it is very difficult to establish a foundation.
Yang Jiuli went to great lengths to come to the "Black Abyss" in order to determine whether his world had spiritual veins.
What level of cultivation can one reach based on the level of that spiritual vein?
For cultivators, time is extremely precious. If they miss the best time to establish their foundation, their future potential will be greatly diminished.
Yang Jiuli also possesses the Three Lives Stone.
Otherwise, at his age, if he hasn't even mastered Qi cultivation, his chances of reaching Foundation Establishment in the future are almost nonexistent.
Subsequently, Yang Jiuli used the "Taiyin Yanshen Jue" to guide the Taiyin Qi into the Three Lives Stone to conduct a concentration test.
"Spiritual energy concentration level... 0.7."
"The Yin energy is even more concentrated than the Earth element energy. It seems there is a Yin spiritual vein here," Yang Jiuli murmured.
However, Yang Jiuli was not in a hurry to refine his Qi.
He chose to draw upon the Yin energy, transform it into power, and condense it into the "Yin Qi Talisman".
For a whole night, Yang Jiuli condensed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, using the Three Lives Stone to transform it into the 'Taiyin Qi Talisman'.
……
It is late at night.
A crescent moon hung high in the sky, and occasionally a few rays of moonlight pierced through the black mist, illuminating the depths of the 'Black Abyss'.
Deep within the Abyss.
On the stone platform in front of the long river.
Wei Zhan sometimes frowned, looking at the stone wall in front of him, and sometimes looked at Qin Zhixue beside him with a face full of jealousy.
At this moment, Qin Zhixue was still sitting cross-legged on the stone platform, her body enveloped in golden light, seemingly meditating.
"Attain utmost emptiness, hold fast to stillness..." Qin Zhixue felt as if she were floating in the vast void, sitting cross-legged beneath the boundless starry sky, her eyes closed.
Concentrate and calm your mind.
Gradually, she fell into a delicate state.
The entire void seemed to merge with her.
hum!
In the starry sky, a ripple spread through the void.
Golden light shone from the center of Qin Zhixue's illusory form.
The fourteen mantras flashed, their dazzling light illuminating the heavens and connecting time and space.
In that instant, the void in front of them caved in, and a spacetime tunnel appeared.
At the end of the time-space tunnel, there is a celestial palace shrouded in clouds and mist.
A woman dressed in a long purple gauze dress, her long hair flowing like a waterfall, sat cross-legged on a jade platform with her eyes closed.
Cranes circled around her, and fairy springs and waterfalls cascaded down her slopes.
Suddenly, she opened her eyes, revealing a pair of bright and clear eyes that seemed to see through eternity.