Chapter 133: Fate to Bad Luck
Putting down the jade slip in his hand, Li Chuyi sighed.
A year has passed, and before he knew it, Li Chuyi was almost fifteen years old. Although he is almost 2 years older, Li Chuyi's appearance has not changed much. He is still the chubby and cute look before.
Over the past year, he has devoted himself to practicing hard. Under the coordination of the "Tao Canon", he has practiced several methods. Although his cultivation cannot be said to be a thousand miles, it is several times faster than that of ordinary monks. He has reached the middle stage of elixir formation, and even has a faint breakthrough. The posture in the late stage of pill formation.
He did not take the pill that increased his cultivation, but as Master Baijie suggested, he planned to wait until he encountered a bottleneck before taking it. Although he has not encountered a bottleneck so far, it does not mean that he will not encounter it in the future. He still understands the principle of using a good knife on the edge.
Although he studied it frequently, the progress of "Tao Canon" was extremely slow, and it could even be said that there was no progress at all. Only the second chapter, which has a healing effect, was slightly improved. I wonder if it was because of his several serious injuries that he made some progress. The aura of "Tao Dian" has increased a bit.
The most direct benefit of the increase in the aura of "Tao Canon" is that it allows him to learn another skill, and his mana increases faster.
Under Ye Zhichen's guidance, his swordsmanship also continued to improve. Although he was still at the level of swordsmanship, he was no longer as unsophisticated as he was a year ago. Now, when he enters the situation, he no longer has to enter slowly with the Wandering Dragon Sword Steps like before. Instead, he can operate smoothly and can do it at his fingertips. Nowadays, his swordsmanship is even more ethereal and weird. Even Wang Yuan, who comes to see him occasionally, admits that regardless of his magical power, he is no match for Li Chuyi in terms of swordsmanship alone.
This was enough to make other monks shocked and dumbfounded by the speed of improvement, but Li Chuyi was still dissatisfied and thought it was still too slow.
The slow progress of "Tao Canon" made him a little worried, but what troubled him the most was the jade slip in his hand.
This jade slip was given to him by Taoist Baijie. It contains various methods of refining medicine and some of Taoist Baijie's own experiences. If this jade slip were given to others, they would definitely regard it as a treasure, but Li Chuyi wanted to smash it.
It's not that he can't understand the contents of the jade slips. In fact, he has been able to recite them by heart since he studied them frequently. In theory, he is already a moderately successful alchemist, but in fact, he has not been able to make one so far. A pill.
For some reason, every time he tried to make an elixir, he would fail. Even the most basic Qi-recovering elixir for monks in the Qi-refining stage would be turned into ashes in his hands.
The method was correct. The furnace temperature, order, and techniques were strictly in accordance with the methods in the jade slips. He even ignored Taoist Baijie's strange look and even asked how many times he breathed during the alchemy process and how long the interval between each time was. Clearly.
However, he still failed and never succeeded once.
When Taoist Baijie found out, he thought there was something wrong with his skills, and personally supervised and guided him in refining the elixir.
The result is still the same, it is still red ash when the furnace is opened.
Taoist Baijie was also very puzzled. From his point of view, Li Chuyi's method was already quite proficient. Logically speaking, it should be successful, but for some reason it still failed.
Unable to understand, he asked Li Chuyi to sit aside and let him demonstrate it himself to see if Li Chuyi would have any insights.
Under the personal operation of Taoist Bai Jie, a furnace of Qi Restoration Pills was quickly prepared. At the moment when the furnace was turned on, Li Chuyi was dumbfounded when he looked at the ashes in the alchemy furnace, while Taoist Baijie's face turned dark.
Li Chuyi wanted to comfort him with a few words, but Taoist Baijie didn't say a word and started the second furnace with a wave of his sleeves. Time passed little by little, and the second furnace was completed, but the result was still the same.
In the end, Taoist Bai Jie looked at Li Chu up and down with a dark face for a long time before saying a word.
"You are not destined for this Tao, and you have committed a big taboo. You are not allowed to go even half a step closer to the alchemy room in the future, so as not to bring bad luck to others."
Li Chuyi was just about to retort a few words, but he didn't expect Taoist Baijie to turn around and leave. He disappeared within a few breaths, leaving only the unfavorable words drifting from afar.
"This bastard is so evil. Not only is he incompatible with alchemy, but he can actually influence others even by sitting next to him. No, I have to sweep it with banana leaves when I get back to prevent the bad luck from lingering."
Listening to Taoist Bai Jie's words, Li Chu kept wanting to curse, but in the end he could only sigh helplessly.
He also saw that he really had no connection with the way of elixirs. It was as if there was an invisible force hindering him. As long as he refined the elixirs, he would inevitably fail, and even people close to him would be affected. .
Although he could not refine elixirs, he did not give up on alchemy. Instead, he studied various alchemy classics more diligently.
When he thought about it, he had too many skills to overcome. Learn more knowledge in this area and you will not be deceived by others with fake medicines in the future.
Besides, who is unlucky enough to live forever? If one day in the future the power that hinders him disappears, won't he be able to make elixirs? Therefore, it is necessary to prepare sufficient theoretical knowledge first.
The dream of making money through alchemy was shattered, and Li Chuyi could only think of other ways to make money. After much deliberation, the best way is Wanshitang.
The tasks in Wanshitang are all-encompassing, ranging from assassinating the emperor of the Dayan Dynasty to helping an old lady in the town cross the street. It's such a good thing that you can both experience yourself and get rewarded, so why not do it?
So from that day on, Li Chuyi's figure often appeared in Wanshitang.
We won’t go if it’s too dangerous, and if there’s too little money, we won’t go. Although there aren’t many left, those who are picky can always find the right one.
Frequently taking on tasks at Wanshitang, he gradually got to know many people. Everyone else thought that this cute little chubby boy was the new disciple of Divine Sword Peak. Although they were surprised by his heaven-defying cultivation at the Alchemy Stage at such a young age, they all thought that he got something by chance to increase his cultivation. The elixir was forcibly improved, and no one thought that he had cultivated it on his own.
This is exactly what Li Chuyi meant.
Keeping your talents private and keeping a low profile are what Taoist priests taught him since he was a child, and they are also his motto. In his heart, he wished that everyone in the world would think that he was promoted by taking drugs.
Under his acquiescence, some monks showed disdain for him, but more showed sympathy. They guessed that no one told this little chubby kid that if the improvement of the great realm relied only on elixirs, it would be difficult to save for a long time after the improvement.
Because although the quantity of mana is sufficient, the quality has not changed. Many monks rely on elixirs to improve their cultivation because their Taoist realm has not kept up, making it difficult for them to refine their own magic power, and may even stop their cultivation.
Regarding the monk who showed disdain to him, Li Chuyi showed a disinterested smirk on his face and cursed in his heart: "Silly x, I still haven't taken out the token given by the old man Baijie. You all have to take it out." Kneel down!"
To the monks who wanted to show sympathy and kindness, Li Chuyi responded with a sweet smile and told them that he had indeed misused the elixir due to ignorance as they thought.
Gradually, Li Chuyi began to become famous in Shenjian Peak. Everyone knew that Shenjian Peak had a "little genius" who relied on elixirs to advance to the pill-forming realm. Moreover, this "little genius" was also a foodie. Many monks saw him spending all his hard-earned money on food and drink, and his spending spree could be called crazy.
Li Chuyi became even more disdainful of this.
Silver is something external to one's body, and it was originally used to spend money. Now that there is no need to worry about where to live, the silver will naturally be used to satisfy his only hobby of "eating".
As for the elixir and magic weapon, there is no need to spend money.
He has an animal skin long sword, and nothing has ever been able to hurt this sword until now, not even the fire demon's magma body and the restrictions of the Burial King's death place.
He also has three three-refined Qi pills that contain the perception of the element of fire. Now that he understands the knowledge of alchemy, he naturally knows the value of these pills.
In the Ninth Refining of Alchemy, ordinary elixirs are only refined once or twice by the elixir fire and are called ordinary medicines. The elixir that has been refined three to five times by elixir fire is called elixir. It can no longer be bought with money and can only be exchanged for treasures or spiritual stones of equal value. When the elixir has been refined more than six times, it is already in the category of elixir, and it is said that it will never appear in the human world. And if it reaches the highest nine times of refining, the elixir can no longer be called a fairy medicine, but a miracle medicine. It is said that even in the fairy world, the magic medicine is a rare and unique treasure.
The several times of refining here do not mean that you can burn a furnace of elixir several times. It is related to the medicinal materials themselves, the elixir furnace, the elixir fire, as well as the refiner's own cultivation and elixir realm, and that The legendary Nine-Refining Magic Medicine is said to be closely related to the time of day, location, people, and the environment, climate, and even the time of year when the elixir was made. It can be said that a pot of medicine involves all kinds of opportunities.
The Three Refining Qi Pills in Li Chuyi's hands are already rare elixirs in the human world and cannot be bought with money.
Moreover, Li Chuyi also has a priceless treasure on his body, which is the Taoist magic weapon that the Taoist priest got for him. Although he can't use this treasure yet, he knows its value clearly. This is something that even monks in the tribulation stage or even the ascension stage will be jealous of.
None of the magic weapons that a silver tael can buy is as good as his, and the elixirs that a silver tael can buy are even less useful to him. If he doesn't use his hard-earned money to eat, what else can he do?
Besides, he is not stupid. He spends his money as he spends it. Occasionally, he hides the herbs, materials and spiritual stones that are rewarded to him in some missions.
Especially Lingshi. Now that he is no longer a novice, he naturally knows the value of Lingshi. It is a hard currency used as money among high-level monks. Not only can it be used to barter, but it can even directly extract the spiritual energy inside. to restore oneself. It's just that the spiritual energy in the spiritual stone is too complex, and it takes a lot of effort to refine it after being introduced into the body.
Good things should be placed close to the bird!
Li Chuyi, who was very principled, redesigned a secret pocket in his crotch early, filled it with thick silk instead of cotton, and placed a few spiritual stones that were used as capital.
Thinking of his old fortune, Li Chuyi couldn't help but reach out and touch his crotch, showing a silly smile.
Suddenly, the sound of brisk footsteps reached his ears, and Li Chuyi couldn't help but roll his eyes.
"This girl, why are you here torturing me again!"