Biling Pill
A sliver of moonlight streamed in through the window, but the room was filled with an even more dazzling light.
Zhang Xingfeng's entire body emitted a faint, almost transparent silver light, while a dazzling purple light emanated from in front of him! Upon closer inspection, one could see that the purple light in front of Zhang Xingfeng was actually a ball of purple flame! A faintly glowing barrier also surrounded Zhang Xingfeng.
After dark, Zhang Xingfeng kept observing the various forces. Later, Zhang Xingfeng found it very boring to monitor those guys and it was also extremely mentally taxing, so he decided to start refining pills. Besides, there were plenty of precious materials in the Tianyu Bracelet.
This time, Zhang Xingfeng isn't refining pills for ordinary people; he's refining pills for cultivators. Pills for ordinary people can be easily refined with Purple Fire, but those for cultivators are much more complex. Zhang Xingfeng is currently using Martial Fire refining, which requires the most Purple Fire and is also the most difficult.
Zhang Xingfeng poured all his energy into this; this was his first real alchemy practice in this life. The last time was just child's play.
With a flick of Zhang Xingfeng's Chaos Power, a stalk of Youqian Grass flew from the sky into the faint sphere of light above the Purple Fire.
The sphere of light above the Purple Fire is the Immortal Forging Qi Cauldron from the Immortal Forging Art. Ordinary cauldrons cannot fully utilize the energy of fire; only this kind of Qi Cauldron is most effective. Observing the color of the Qi Cauldron. Currently, the Qi Cauldron is only a pale, transparent color—it's still far from perfect!
Zhang Xingfeng formed a hand seal and immediately performed three hand gestures. A total of one hundred and eight hand gestures were required during this alchemy process. However, this was not necessarily a bad method of cultivation! As soon as the hand gestures struck the Purple Fire, the Purple Fire immediately surged. Zhang Xingfeng carefully used his Spiritual Sense to observe the rise and fall of the Purple Fire.
"This is the moment!" Zhang Xingfeng's hands immediately became a blur, and in an instant, all seventy-two hand seals were thrown towards the Purple Fire.
One hand seal after another rushed towards the Purple Fire, causing the Purple Fire to grow brighter and more dazzling. When the seventy-second hand seal entered the Purple Fire suddenly dimmed.
Having observed everything, Zhang Xingfeng finally breathed a sigh of relief. Although the Martial Fire lasted only a short time, less than half an hour, the process was extremely dangerous. The seventy-two hand seals only lasted a few seconds. If it had been slower, the Qi Cauldron would have exploded. However, Zhang Xingfeng also felt that with the seventy-two hand seals in the Immortal Forging Art, his Nascent Soul had become more solid.
What follows is the long process of simmering over a low Gentle Fire, though "long" only in comparison to the time spent activating the Martial Fire. In fact, in this short half-hour period, Zhang Xingfeng had performed a total of ninety hand seals from the start of the cauldron initiation to the seventy-two hand seals he just executed, consuming most of his Chaos Power. However, the process of nurturing the pill over Gentle Fire was relatively easy, requiring only a little attention. The final step of closing the cauldron would be a bit more stressful.
At this moment, the Chaos Power within his body automatically began to recover, and Zhang Xingfeng's Spiritual Sense immediately covered the target. The Chaos Power also immediately began to search for sound using the most common Eight Desolations Hearing and Seeing Art in the Cultivation World.
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Inside the Tuoba Family's secret room.
"Patriarch, it seems that all the major powers want it now. I feel that our Tuoba Family's strength is not enough to resist those guys. Moreover, yesterday I saw Zhang's Grim Death God! Although I only saw him as a top assassin back then, I will never forget his figure. He is definitely Zhang's Death God!" A white-haired old man said with certainty.
"Great Elder, the Death God has really come!" a young man asked in shock.
The Great Elder nodded firmly and said, "Young Master, this time it seems we've gotten ourselves into serious trouble. Death God has arrived; it seems the Zhang Family is going all out! That thing is beyond our control!" The Great Elder was deeply distressed. He had always believed they shouldn't have taken it, but the Patriarch and the Young Master both thought it was the best opportunity for their Lineage to become Aristocratic Clan! A powerful Aristocratic Clan —what an alluring phrase! It even made the Great Elder had lived for over two hundred years, abandon his initial decision. His entire life had been dedicated to making the Tuoba Family an Aristocratic Clan!
"Father, what should we do now? The situation seems different from what we expected. Didn't the Li Family make arrangements with us? Why haven't they sent anyone?" Tuoba Gou looked at his father, the current head of the Tuoba Family — Tuoba Feng!
Tuoba Feng shook his head and said, "Gou'er, you're still too young. The Li Family has been the number one Aristocratic Clan for hundreds of years. Is it just luck? They're cunning and shrewd. Although on the surface they came here with several other major forces, seemingly to seize the Latent Dragon Chart and not to help us, do you know? This is more effective for both sides. But now I'm worried that the Li Family will turn around and bite us in the end, stealing the Hidden Latent Dragon Chart and leaving us with nothing! Although they've given us 500 million taels of silver, it's hard to say what will happen!"
Zhang Xingfeng was listening to everything with the Chaos Power, was greatly surprised: five hundred million taels of silver was a huge sum even for a noble Aristocratic Clan! You must know that even now, as an earl, Zhang Xingfeng's Lineage only has less than three hundred million taels of silver!
However, Zhang Xingfeng suddenly became even more interested in the so-called Hidden Latent Dragon Chart. What could it be that would make the Li Family give the Tuoba Family 500 million taels of silver, and this was just a gift to the Tuoba Family, not a purchase of the Latent Dragon Chart? It seems that the value of the Latent Dragon Chart far exceeds 500 million taels!
Zhang Xingfeng immediately listened attentively again.
"They wouldn't dare, Father. Didn't you say the Li Family had an Ascending Dragon Map? I don't believe they would do that. Besides, even if they got two diagrams, it wouldn't matter. There's another one that the Li Family can't get!" Tuoba Gou was very proud, thinking he was right.
"You're still very young. How do you know that what the Li Family said is true? What if they don't have a single map and are only trying to get this one so they can then collude with the court for profit?" Tuoba Feng shook his head with a wry smile.
Tuoba Gou was stunned, dumbfounded!
Isn't that possible? What if the Li Family only said that to lower their guard? You have to understand, all three maps are only useful if they have them all! If the Li Family doesn't have any, then the 500 million taels is probably just to make the Tuoba Family lower their guard, so that when the two families discuss important matters and decide to go to the treasure's location together, they can seize it. If the Li Family has two maps, then it goes without saying! Seizing that one map means the Li Family can keep the treasure all to themselves!
In fact, the Tuoba Family members had all forgotten that if the Tuoba Family were to perish, who would end up with those five hundred silver notes, each worth one hundred taels of silver? They probably didn't know that the Li Family had already imbued those silver notes with Demonic Sha Energy!
"Alright, but do we still have a way out? Fortune favors the bold. Besides, I don't believe that my Tuoba Family will be so easily wiped out by those guys. As long as my Tuoba Family isn't destroyed, once we get the treasure, let alone an earl Lineage, even a noble family will be a piece of the Aristocratic Clan!" Tuoba Feng suddenly shouted loudly, and a smile appeared on his face, perhaps thinking about the future.
The Great Elder nodded, but still felt uneasy. He decided to place the hidden forces he had trained in the northwest region of Huayang City first. They could come to help later!
Who knows what will happen in the future? Who knew that the Great Elder's caution would instead severely damage the Tuoba Family?
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Zhang Xingfeng used his Spiritual Sense to observe that the three core figures of the Tuoba Family had left the secret room, so he withdrew his Spiritual Sense. Using Spiritual Sense for a long time was indeed quite mentally taxing, so Zhang Xingfeng could only sit there to recover. Fortunately, the Gentle Fire pill-forming technique was very easy.
Zhang Xingfeng glanced at the silvery-white Qi Cauldron and smiled, knowing that the pill was still some time away from completion. He looked out the window; the sky was already showing faint signs of light—dawn was approaching!
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