Midnight, campsite.
Chen Yun, drinking the middle-strength version of Liangjing Huazhi Tang, was quietly waiting for the drug force to take effect.
After a moment, he felt a warm current surging towards his spleen from his abdomen.
Following that, copious amounts of essence and qi erupted.
The erupted essence and qi were simply too much; he could feel it, almost tens of times more than that of the basic version of Refining Essence into Qi Soup.
"If it were my previous body, it would certainly not be able to withstand such a powerful outburst of essence and qi. However, my cultivation has become deeper, and my physical body has also become incredibly powerful. I can handle this outburst of essence and qi."
While thinking this way, Chen Yun was still secretly surprised by the copious amounts of essence and qi emitted by the middle-strength version of Liangjing Huazhi Tang.
The explosion of essence and qi that is tens of times more than the basic version of Liangjing Huazhi Tang represents drug efficacy that is tens of times more potent.
Of course, that's just his guess; whether it's true or not remains to be seen.
Moreover, up to now, he hasn't experienced any unexpected surprises he had hoped for.
For instance, what kind of function does the middle-strength version of Liangjing Huazhi Tang possess?
As he was contemplating, the essence and qi emitted from the spleen began to circulate within his body.
"It has begun!"
Chen Yun steadied himself and concentrated on the automatic transformation of essence and qi into true qi energy.
At first, it was no different from his previous practice of refining essence into qi. The essence and qi split into two streams, originating from the left and right Taiyang meridians, then surged along the way to the root of the great teeth, through the Taiyang acupoint, and into the mud palace.
Here, there is almost no difference from his own cultivation method.
Chen Yun was somewhat puzzled, "Is the middle-strength version of Liangjing Huazhi Tang merely stronger in its drug force, without any other differences from the basic version? However, upon further reflection, it seems incorrect because some of the medicinal herbs have obvious functions beyond simply refining qi energy."
Just as he was contemplating, the differences became apparent.
When Chen Yun felt the qi flowing into the mud palace, through the back of the head, and gradually descending through the twelve rings of Xionghuang Lou, over Jiazhi Lian, through Weilu and Yuezhui until it entered directly into his heart, he experienced the first time of different sensations.
He felt the Qi passing through the heart rapidly, continuing to course through the gallbladder.
Soon, Chen Yun felt a slight bitterness in his mouth, and a mouthful of golden and jade-like liquid was born, turning into dew drops.
After swallowing it, he felt warmth spreading throughout his chest.
Then, as the true qi descended, Chen Yun "felt" his body gradually expand, his spirit soaring, and the sun, moon, rivers, and mountains within him. He had a sense of towering to the heavens and standing firmly on the earth; his limbs felt as if they had no place to be.
Just like before, he reached out and touched.
The situation where his true god spirit leaves his body was no different from when the true qi energy descended previously.
Naturally, the difference does not lie in the "god" aspect.
Chen Yun truly felt the differences after the true qi energy descended.
When the "god" spirit returned to his body, Chen Yun saw a bright light at the center of his chest, as if encapsulated in a ball, suddenly falling down.
According to his previous cultivation experience, at this point, the true qi should retreat to the lower dantian, and then a small cycle of cultivation would come to an end.
However, this time the descent of true qi was not like that.
About two-thirds of the true qi indeed followed the same pattern as before, smoothly descending into the lower dantian to lie dormant.
But, approximately one-third of the newly born true qi circulated through the limbs and bones.
Suddenly, a magical scene emerged!
Chen Yun felt that about one-third of the true qi was constantly forging his physical body and occasionally merging into his flesh!
Chen Yun suddenly opened his eyes, looking both surprised and uncertain, "This one-third of the true qi is actually actively refining my physical form! And the way it refines is incredibly similar to the FeiLing Jade Script, but whereas the FeiLing Jade Script relies on celestial and earthlyqi, my refinement now is assisted by the newly born true qi within me!"
What is most incredible to him is that the effect of true qi refining physical form seems to be far better than relying on celestial and earthly qi for refining!
"It turns out that the middle-strength version of Liangjing Huazhi Tang possesses the ability to refine physical form……"
Suddenly, Chen Yun recalled that after he broke through to the middle-level wizard realm, his true qi also had the ability to refine physical form, but at that time, the effect was not very obvious. This might be related to the fact that he had cultivated a relatively small amount of life-giving true qi actively. Now, with the massive amount of true qi generated by the middle-strength version of Liangjing Huazhi Tang, the effect of refining physical form has increased accordingly, which is why he could clearly sense it.
He couldn't help but sigh, "My cultivation in the Dantian Sect is indeed different from other schools, focusing not only on cultivating one's own strength but also on refining physical form. I even suspect that when I reach a higher level of cultivation, there might be aspects such as nourishing spirit. It can be said that the later emergence of Dantian Qigong as the mainstream of spiritual practice is not an accident."
I'll make a separate record of the method of circulating qi for refining physical form later.
Currently, the Liangjing Huazhi Tang is still functioning, and Chen Yun has no time to modify the cultivation method.
He continued to watch as the drug force within him transformed into true qi energy.
Time ticked by second by second.
A small circle.
Three small circles.
Nine small circles.
A time of one hour, and the drug force has only traveled nine small circles.
As with the basic version of Liangjing Huazhi Tang.
However, the amount of true qi born was massive to the point of disbelief!
Chen Yun felt an incredible increase in the true qi within his body.
"It's only been an hour, but I've equivalent to a year of hard cultivation I used to do!"
Incredulously, he sensed the growth in the amount of true qi within him. For the past three years, without the assistance of Liangjing Huazhi Tang, he had toiled hard every night in his cultivation. Over these three years, his true qi had increased from the early stage of a rank five wizard to the middle stage, which was already a considerable amount.
However, compared to the tonight's middle-strength version of Liangjing Huazhi Tang, he felt like he had wasted time in the past three years.
One night is equivalent to a year of hard cultivation!
Doesn't this mean that in just three nights, he could match the three years of his hard cultivation before?
Chen Yun estimated that based on the current growth rate, he might be able to break through to rank four wizard in just a month's time, reaching the mid-level of medium wizards.
As for when he would break through to the upper-level wizard, he could roughly estimate that it would be between three to six months.
"At this pace, by the time I reach the Ruyi Spring with everyone, my true qi should have been cultivated to the level of an upper-level wizard!"
This cultivation speed can be described as terrifying.
Under normal circumstances, it would take a person with extraordinary talent decades to break through from the middle-level wizard to the upper-level wizard. For those with slightly less talent, even those considered geniuses by ordinary people, it may take hundreds of years, or even a lifetime, to fail to break through to the upper-level wizard.
And yet, for himself, taking the middle-strength version of Liangjing Huazhi Tang would reportedly only take as little as half a year?
This is not the most astonishing thing to Chen Yun, what he finds most incredible is that the middle-strength version of Liangjing Huazhi Tang also has a powerful refining effect on physical form, "I practiced for an hour just now, and the refining effect on physical form is almost comparable to half a year of hard cultivation of FeiLing Jade Script."
Chen Yun's cultivation of the FeiLing Jade Script has reached the middle stage, with strength equivalent to that of a mid-level wizard in the late stage. If he can reach the upper stage, his physical strength will probably be comparable to that of an upper-level wizard and a high-level wizard. To reach the level of a sect leader, he needs to cultivate the FeiLing Jade Script to perfection.
That means, currently, his strongest aspect is physical cultivation, followed by true qi, and finally, his yin spirit.
Just as any cultivation method becomes more advanced, the difficulty of breaking through will also change.
After Chen Yun reached the middle stage of cultivating the FeiLing Jade Script, his progress in practice slowed down.
He thought it would take a long time before he could possibly break through to the upper stage.
As a result, after taking the middle-strength version of Liangjing Huazhi Tang tonight and judging the progress, he realized that it would only take at most half a year for himself to cultivate the FeiLing Jade Script from the intermediate stage to the advanced stage.
At that time, both the true qi and the physical body will possess the strength of an upper-level wizard. He estimates that he will be several times stronger than his peers at the same level.
He even dares to assert that if he could cultivate to the middle stage of an upper-level wizard, he would be unbeatable among his peers, just as he is now unbeatable among the medium-level wizards.
"Who created this miraculous recipe for the 'Da Luo Ling Tang'? I really want to meet this peerless genius who created it."
Chen Yun couldn't help but feel a longing towards the creator of the "Da Luo Ling Tang".
He couldn't help but suspect that the creator of this recipe might be one of the Three Pure Ones, the Three Realms, or the Three Treasures Celestial Lord.
The Supreme Lord Yuanshi Tianzong?
The enigmatic and mysterious Lord Lingbao?
Or perhaps the Great Teacher Laojun who controls the threads of heaven and earth?
Other than these three highest deities, Chen Yun couldn't think of anyone else who could create the 'Da Luo Ling Tang'.
Whoever created the 'Da Luo Ling Tang', Chen Yun has benefited greatly from it.
Chen Yun secretly smiled for a moment before gradually calming his emotions.
"First, let's modify the cultivation method."
He reached out and with a gesture, took out paper and ink from the space he had opened with Gu Tian Shu, then began to write down his new insights from the cultivation.
Qin Ming was sitting opposite him, watching. Seeing that he had woken up, he asked with concern, "Teacher, have you finished cultivating?"
Chen Yun nodded and said, "You wait a moment, I'll record my insights from the cultivation, and then I'll tell you later."
Qin Ming quickly replied, "Alright."
Shortly, Chen Yun recorded down his cultivation insights and retrieved the space created by Gu Tian Shu.
He raised his head and looked at Qin Ming across from him, smiling and saying, "Thank you for protecting me during my cultivation just now."
However, Qin Ming was staring at Chen Yun's face with a distant look, as if he hadn't quite snapped out of it.
Chen Yun reached out and shook his head, saying, "Qin Ming? Qin Ming?"
Qin Ming finally snapped out of it and said in a somewhat suspicious manner, "Teacher, after your cultivation, I feel that you seem to have changed somewhat, so I am a bit surprised."
"Hmm?" Chen Yun asked with a smile, "Where's the difference?"
Qin Ming furrowed his brow and said, "I feel that your cultivation has improved greatly all at once, yes, it's like that. As if the teacher before and now are two completely different people."
He deserves to be called an upper-level wizard. Even though he is currently in a state of weakness, his eyesight is still acute.
Although Chen Yun had only cultivated once using the middle-strength version of Liangjing Huazhi Tang, it was actually equivalent to a year and a half of normal hard cultivation. Both his true qi and physical body had greatly increased, which would naturally give him a very different feeling.
He did not feel arrogant or satisfied because both his true qi and physical body had greatly increased.
Chen Yun yearned to cultivate to a higher level.
The middle-strength version of Liangjing Huazhi Tang is now starting to take effect.
Then set a goal for yourself, to break through to rank four wizard as soon as possible, and then break through to the upper level wizard.
Once he breaks through to the upper-level wizard, then he will be getting closer and closer to refining a Golden Pill.
Refining a Golden Pill is the path to becoming an immortal!
Chen Yun yearns to become a Taoist immortal, yearns to obtain an endless lifespan, so that he can understand the changes of the Dao and one day truly grasp the forces of heaven and earth.
"Since the middle-strength version of Liangjing Huazhi Tang has been brewed, and we will be staying in the Ruyi Grotto for a long time, I may as well set a new goal for myself. For instance, I could gather all the heavenly and earthly roots required for the high-strength version of Liangjing Huazhi Tang?"
If that were truly possible, Chen Yun felt that once he left the Ruyi Spring Grotto, he would be able to strive for the realm of a high-level wizard.
After all, according to his previous guess, it is very likely that he will cultivate to the rank of an upper-level wizard within half a year.
There are one month and twenty days left until we exit the Ruyi Spring Grotto. At that time, I might have even reached the middle stage of an upper-level wizard.
With the high-strength version of Liangjing Huazhi Tang, striving for the realm of a high-level wizard is not impossible.
Alright, then add another goal, gather all the medicinal materials required for the high-strength version of Liangjing Huazhi Tang!
(The end of this chapter)
