External Department.
Another room inside.
Ning Yang Hole, Ning Zhuandao Zheng and their respective wives Ning Zhang Shizhi, Ning Lu Shizhi are counting the account books.
After Ning Senior and Yu Lüping descended from the mountain, they opened a restaurant in Yuzhao Town with their combined savings.
Due to the excellent cooking skills of Ning Senior, the restaurant named "Ning Ji" has already become the top establishment in the town.
Later, they hired cooks, managers and other staff members, and started to become a hands-off boss. They also invested in some other industries, which were mostly related to food.
As Ning Yangdong and Ning Chuandao established their families and careers.
Ning Senior gave each of his two sons a shop.
However, in order to control his two sons, he demanded that each of them hand over half of their pure profits every month.
Therefore, Ning Yangdong and Ning Chuandao often had to settle accounts with their wives.
Ning Zhangshi suddenly asked, "Dalang, what's the real identity of this Chen uncle?"
Ning Lushizi quickly followed, saying: "Yes, the madam served the elixir given by Mr. Chen last night. When I woke up this morning and looked in the copper mirror, I found that the wrinkles on my face had decreased."
Ning Yangdong knew a bit about it, "Dad and mom have mentioned that when they were young, they worked for immortals at the Ningshan South Mountain Ningyangdong Transmission Temple. Our Mr. Chen is of the same generation as my parents and is quite familiar with them. They talk about things from several decades ago, so I guess he must be an immortal."
Ning Chuandao followed, saying: "Yes, Mr. Chen's age should be similar to my parents, but he looks so young. It must be because he is an immortal."
After he said that, Ning Zhangshi and Ning Lushizi couldn't help but glance at each other.
Right away, Ning Zhangshi coaxed, "Hey, Dalang and Erlang, since Mr. Chen is an immortal and it's not easy for him to come and stay with us, can't you bring our children along so that Mr. Chen can see if they have the immortal's destiny?"
Ning Lushizi was also staring intently at the two brothers.
Ning Yangdong frowned and scolded, "You're a woman who is never satisfied. Mr. Chen has bestowed a miracle elixir to our family, which is already a great fortune for us. How dare we have other greedy demands?"
Ning Zhangshi, reprimanded, lowered her head and remained silent.
Ning Chuandao's temperament was relatively more gentle. He explained, "I've heard dad and mom say that immortals look for disciples according to their karma. If Mr. Chen thinks that my brothers and sisters have a chance to become his disciples, he will definitely take us in without me having to say anything. But if there is no chance, no matter how hard I argue, there's no use."
Ning Lushizi suddenly came up with an idea and suggested, "Since Mr. Chen might not be willing to take us as his disciples, why don't you ask him for some precious items to protect our family?"
Ning Zhangshi quickly nodded in agreement, "That's right, that's right."
Ning Yangdong and Ning Chuandao didn't pay any attention to the two untrustworthy women.
On the one hand, they have been strictly educated by Brother Ning and Yu Lüping since they were young. They know what to do and what not to do.
On the other hand, although Ning Yangdong and Ning Chuandao knew in their hearts that Mr. Chen might indeed be an immortal, they had never seen one before and had no idea of what exactly was so extraordinary about them.
Now that they are living a good life, it doesn't matter to them whether there are any so-called treasures to protect their home or not.
The few of them had just spoken a few words.
Suddenly, a faint trace of purple-gold light could be seen floating through the gaps in the roof of the inner courtyard.
These traces of purple and gold light gathered and ascended to a height of several hundred meters above the roof.
At first, no one noticed.
Suddenly, this trace of purple and gold light suddenly rolled up half the floating clouds in the sky.
The thunderous roar sounded like the collision of jade and gold.
The purple and gold light spread out across the sky, turning half of the heavens into a purplish gold hue.
Ning Yangdong, who was sitting by the window and busy with accounting, subconsciously raised his head and exclaimed, "Purple Qi from the East? Gold Nature Immortal?"
Ning Chuandao looked over in a hurry.
He saw the purple and gold clouds gathering in the eastern sky.
The trace of purple and gold light was continuous, surging like a dragon, extending for several miles.
Ning Zhangshi and Ning Lushizi also hurriedly looked up.
At the head of the purple and gold light, there was a swirl of white clouds, shaping into the likeness of a young man's face — wasn't it Mr. Chen's?
On the other side, Brother Ning and others also noticed it.
The youth formed by the purple and gold light and white clouds had a mantis resting on his shoulder.
Just as everyone was amazed by the extraordinary phenomenon.
Suddenly, "star rain" began to fall from the sky.
A few grains of starlight, about the size of rice, began to fall from the sky.
Even the withered and yellow weeds on the ground gradually sprouted tender sprouts!
Some branches of the towering trees that had partially withered and were losing their leaves began to spontaneously emit a faint green color.
Even the wilted peony in the garden, which had long died, was now bursting with flower buds!
...
In the quiet room.
Chen Yun was fully absorbed in refining the "refining gas soup" and completely ignored that during his cultivation, the drug force was too huge to be completely absorbed. The qi force spread out from his body and ascended to the sky, triggering natural phenomena and causing thousands of people in Yuzhao Town and even Chang'an City in the distance to notice it.
At this moment, a series of hot gases continuously rose and permeated his body, covering the golden elixir with a layer of purple.
The huge drug force transformed into qi force, like a flood breaking the dam, recklessly boosting its own strength.
What surprised him was that as a large amount of qi force was absorbed into his golden elixir and it grew stronger, the originally golden color of his elixir began to change towards purple.
Of course, this is from an internal perspective.
Chen Yun pondered in his mind: "Since ancient times, purple qi has been the most valuable. When Laozi left the Han Pass, the purple qi rolled for three thousand miles. Now that the qi force in my elixir is changing from gold to purple, does this mean that the quality of the qi force is improving?"
He felt that it should be the case.
Chen Yun felt a little confused. When the true qi changed before, it was often at the edge of a breakthrough.
Now that he had just entered the initial stage of immortality, why did his qi force transform?
While sensing the drug power as it continuously moved within his body according to the "Inner Elixir Formula" from the second turning, Chen Yun quietly pondered.
Gradually, Chen Yun began to understand some things.
The reason why his qi force was originally golden was because it was essentially the same color as the true qi.
So, from this we can conclude.
So, it can be inferred that.
The actual "energy" properties had not truly changed in essence.
The initial stage of the Immortal Realm is where one truly enters the path of immortality.
Therefore, "energy" begins to change in essence, transitioning from gold to purple.
Chen Yun estimated that when he had reached the initial stage of the Immortal Realm before, his qi force had already begun to change in essence. However, the quantity of purple was too sparse and was overshadowed by a large amount of gold, so he had not noticed it.
Now, the drug power produced by the "Refining Qi Soup" is too great, and it has greatly enlarged the golden elixir, making the purple more prominent. Even without deliberately paying attention, it can be easily noticed.
"Oh, I see. The attribute of the qi force is different, so the color it presents is also different."
Chen Yun found it interesting but also thought it was a given.
According to Taoist cultivation, the path of the Golden Elixir also has different levels.
There are small Elixirs, Great Elixirs, Seven Returning Elixirs, and Nine-Turning Elixirs, etc.
For example, the small Elixir is the refining stage of condensed essence into qi, also known as "building foundation skills".
The small Elixir is the process of returning from the postnatal to the prenatal, with the ultimate goal of refining an internal elixir.
The Great Elixir refers to further cultivation on the basis of the small Elixir, forming a true golden elixir.
This step usually requires seven returns and nine repatriations, ultimately achieving the supreme celestial fruit of heavenly immortality.
In Zhang Guolao's "Taishang Jiuyao Xin Yin Miao Jing," it accurately describes the cultivation of the golden elixir as divided into nine turns.
Moreover, it corresponds to different levels of small Elixir, medium Elixir, and great Elixir.
According to Zhang Guolao's inner elixir technique, refining the "Great Elixir" requires nine turns and nine refining cycles to achieve immortality.
Chen Yun roughly understood why.
As expected, the cultivation of the elixir needs to be step by step "refined."
Thus, the "energy attribute" becomes increasingly powerful.
Now that purple qi has appeared within his body, it must be the refining process.
In other words, if all the qi released from his golden elixir is refined into purple qi, he should be able to enter the next stage.
For example, entering the Earthly Immortal Realm?
These things are things that can be easily asked about to one's teacher.
However, the teacher is currently being held in the Imperial Palace's prison.
After Chen Yun reached the stage of a true Daoist, he had to rely on himself to explore everything.
This might result in some wasted time in cultivation.
For the understanding of cultivation, it will be more profound.
Chen Yun understood roughly what was going on, so he didn't continue to ponder it.
Or perhaps, he didn't have time to consider these things.
Because the "Refining Qi Soup" not only rapidly enlarges the golden elixir, but it also has a terrifying effect.
Chen Yun felt a strange corrosive force that was continuously corroding his immortal body and the celestial qi stored within his golden elixir.
As expected, this corrosive force must be provided by the White Cloud Immortal Fern root of the many lingroots.
However, at this moment, the corrosiveness of the White Cloud Immortal Fern root is not as strong when it is touched individually.
It is as if it has been neutralized by other drugs, leaving only a faint corrosiveness.
Even so, Chen Yun has a vague feeling that he will be completely corroded.
Fortunately, the golden elixir continuously releases a large amount of qi force that has turned purple, rapidly restoring the corroded parts to their original state.
Chen Yun understood that it was the self-activation of the healing ability integrated with the "Panghuang True Body Scripture" from the second turning technique.
It's not just about repairing.
Every time Chen Yun felt his body being repaired, it seemed as if his body was more refined by the balance of yin and yang, making it stronger.
In just a short while, Chen Yun sensed that his physical body seemed to have become several times stronger.
"Eh?" he was surprised, "Is my guess correct? For an immortal body to achieve eternal existence, it must first become corroded? But for an immortal to endure a single-time corrosion, it's too much. Therefore, this Refining Qi Soup slowly corrodes and then repairs, continuously making my immortal body stronger?"
According to the current rate of qi force growth and the strength of the body.
He could reach the middle stage of the Immortal Realm or higher within a year.
As for whether he can reach the level of the Earthly Immortal Realm, it's hard to say.
It only takes a mere year to reach the middle stage of the Immortal Realm?
Chen Yun truly found it hard to believe.
Then Xie Wuyang has been cultivating for decades to become an immortal and is still at the initial stage.
But he would only need a year!
It's easy to imagine how fast the cultivation progress is.
Damn impressive!
The Refining Qi Soup is so amazing!
Chen Yun couldn't help but once again feel amazed. The person who created the "Great Heavenly Elixir" was truly wise beyond measure.
Of course, now is not the time to ponder these things.
Chen Yun put aside all his thoughts, continuously sensing the drug power as it moved within his body, wanting to see how much his strength would increase upon the completion of this refinement.
(This chapter is complete)
