Just as we finished tidying up, Chui Xi arrived.
Soon, another day of alchemy lessons began.
Zhang Rongfang also put the matter of the Cloud Mist Mountain Manor out of his mind. With his current strength, he had absolutely no impact on the overall situation of the Golden Wing Tower's Eastern Sect.
Therefore, although Ye Bai and the Heavenly Maiden treated him fairly well, he was powerless to help them now.
Instead of worrying about those unnecessary things, you should focus on improving yourself. Once you have the ability, you can do whatever you want.
First, refine the elixir, then find a martial art to improve absorption, and finally improve your diet.
He refused to believe that there was no way to increase the speed at Attribute Points were gained.
After witnessing the true power of the Spirit Vein, Zhang Rongfang felt a great sense of crisis.
He finally understood why his master Chongxuan, was so dismissive of martial arts.
Time slowly passed.
While Zhang Rongfang was focused on practicing his Civilian Skill arts skills and improving his alchemy abilities, a turbulent situation was brewing Heavenly Treasure Palace.
The forces led by the Eastern Sect and the Western Sect engaged in several large-scale battles.
But each time, Eastern Sect.
The increasing number of Spirit Vein and Spirit Guard within the Western Sect also indicates that they are receiving more and more covert support.
It's important to know that in the past, those who practiced Secret Teaching were breaking the law.
The entire Great Ling, and all Worship God, are subject to restrictions.
All registered religious sects, while permitted to Worship God, face very strict restrictions on the number and hierarchy of worshippers.
Not to mention, each Worship God requires a considerable amount of resources and accumulation.
After all, those Statue didn't come for free.
The struggle between the two major powers intensified over time.
The death toll is rising, and more and more innocent people are being affected.
Many wounded, especially those with serious injuries, went to the Heavenly Treasure Palace's Pill Hall to seek medicine.
Therefore, in addition to his daily practice of alchemy, Zhang Rongfang also began to treat the wounded who came to Qingyou for medical help.
As he expected, the pill Qingyou recommended, although based on an extremely rare and obscure ancient formula, was truly effective.
After taking it for more than half a month, Zhang Rongfang clearly felt that his appetite was getting better and better, he got hungry quickly after eating, and his food intake was also increasing.
He was a martial artist, so he had a large appetite; one meal for him was equivalent to three times the size of an average person's.
Now that he has taken this One Consistent Powder, his digestive system is much more efficient and his absorption rate is faster.
A meal has increased to four to five times the price of an average person's.
And the results were quite obvious.
In the first half month, he only had ten days and a little bit of progress.
However, as the medication continued and his appetite gradually increased, the second Attribute Points appeared on Zhang Rongfang's ninth day.
Although the increase is very slow, the medicine is effective.
This has already proven the effectiveness of One Consistent Powder.
However, as the medication continued, Zhang Rongfang clearly felt that his intestines began to feel hot, and he often felt heavy in his body.
This appears to be the accumulation of drug toxins.
So he decisively stopped taking the medicine and began to study another prescription: Closing Yang Pill.
This time, he didn't add the two new attribute points to alchemy. His current level of alchemy skill was already sufficient.
Next, we need to consider improving the Gathering Spirit Talisman, mastering new Breaking Limit Skill, and finally forming the unique Limit State of the Great Dao Sect.
Several days later, Zhang Rongfang successfully replicated Closing Yang Pill.
But this time, Moon Empress.
To his disappointment, the side effects of Closing Yang Pill were greater than he had imagined.
After taking it, not only did it not accelerate the accumulation of Attribute Points, Returning Cause the imbalance of Yin and Yang, slowing down the accumulation of attributes.
It took him a full twelve days to gain the first attribute point after taking the Closing Yang Pill.
It is evident that the body's original yin-yang balance also has a significant impact on the accumulation of Attribute Points.
Closing Yang Pill was even less effective than the Blood Tonic he used to take regularly.
At this point, Zhang Rongfang confirmed that the two medications he had tried One Consistent Powder.
However, it requires continuous medication; once stopped, it will have no effect. Furthermore, it can accumulate drug toxicity.
This would actually be counterproductive.
Thus, Zhang Rongfang's idea of using alchemy to increase Attribute Points and accelerate progress came to a complete end.
Fortunately, his alchemy skills weren't entirely wasted; at least he could still concoct poisons and apply effective wound medicine.
Furthermore, he now possesses a considerable ability to identify many elixirs, enabling him to instantly distinguish the vast majority of poisons and wound medicines on the market and then address the symptoms accordingly.
Finally, we don't have to rely solely on changes in health points to determine if something is poisonous, like before.
Aside from all that, the most important thing is his attributes, which have finally accumulated to four points.
Finally, I can upgrade the Gathering Spirit Talisman and step into the true Super Grade of the Great Dao Sect.
*** Great Capital, Hunting Swallow Tower.
Around each level, countless strands of white gauze fluttered in the breeze, striking the Buddhist bells and producing a crisp sound.
The entire Hunting Swallow Tower is covered with bronze Buddhist bells of various sizes.
Its magnificent golden tower stands like a solitary golden lighthouse in the entire Great Capital.
The pagoda has nine levels, and the ninth level was once filled with glazed Buddha statues, representing the top circular hall where the great light shines upon the world.
Click.
The hall door made a soft sound as the round door, engraved with Locked Script, slowly slid open to both sides.
Two figures in white slowly stepped in.
A woman in a white dress, with a gold belt around her waist, stood on the ground.
A person with long, disheveled hair and a stiff face.
"It's been a long time since I've been here." Ye Bai walked to the window, opened it, and looked out.
"From here, you can see the entire Great Capital, and even most of the Imperial Palace."
"Since the sect leader was injured and fell seriously ill, we haven't come here as often." Tong Zhang walked over and stood beside her.
"Yes. In the past, the five of us made a vow to Buddha here. Unfortunately, how many of us still remember that vow?" Ye Bai said calmly.
Tong Zhang didn't reply, but simply touched his face gently.
Her face was different from Ye Bai's mask; it was genuinely stiff.
However, it wasn't that she was born with a stiff face. Back then, in order to avoid becoming Ming Consort, she was treated with a poison that completely prevented her from showing any significant facial expressions.
Apart from the eyes, mouth, and nose, the muscles in the rest of the body were completely stiff and unable to move.
If it weren't for her astonishing martial arts skills and extremely Blood Curd, an ordinary person would probably have already suffered facial muscle necrosis.
"Those who remember are long gone. The rest..." Tong Zhang said softly, but didn't finish his sentence.
"Wei Feng is dead, Master Qian Xin injured. I sent people, but we couldn't find any trace of him," Ye Bai said.
"Fallen Sword and Zheng Qiu'er were trapped at Bright Heart Temple by experts from the Heaven Lock Sect," Tong Zhang replied.
"Still no news from the sect leader?" Ye Bai asked, his voice carrying the last glimmer of hope.
"I've already gone to see him," Tong Zhang said.
She didn't continue, she just shook her head.
Yes, if there were any hope, how could the situation have deteriorated to this point?
For a moment, neither of them spoke.
Just standing on the top floor, overlooking the entire Great Capital.
This Great Light Glazed Tower, which belongs to the Eastern Sect, will soon be occupied by the Western Sect.
Perhaps this is the last time they will set foot on this floor.
"I plan to take my medicine today," Tong Zhang said.
Ye Bai didn't reply, but his hands unconsciously clenched.
She knew that Tong Zhang was different from herself.
"After I leave, I will give my everything to those three seeds."
Tong Zhang continued speaking.
She gently stretched out her hand, and in her palm lay three pale gold rings that resembled finger rings.
"These are the three rings on my body, which serve as tokens to open that place."
She presented the three rings to Ye Bai.
In the sunlight, the three rings shimmered with a pale yet dazzling gold.
"Thank you for your help."
Only you will not die.
That's where she left her Secret Cache.
It contains her accumulated wealth, resources, treasures, and secret manuals.
And most importantly, research has been conducted on how to control Spiritualized Individual.
Unfortunately, if she had more time, she might have been able to figure out more about the future and hopefully create weapons and medicines that could counteract the Spirit Vein.
But now, it's too late.
"You won't die!" Ye Bai grabbed her hand tightly, his knuckles turning white.
Tong Zhang just smiled and let her take his hand.
Her gaze shifted to the bright and bustling Great Capital under the sunlight outside.
"This world."
It belongs to them, to the Ling Ting, to the Daoist Sect, to External Teachings, and to you.
"It is not mine."
She recalled her past many years ago.
My loved ones are long gone, and my roots have been severed.
My friend died in the Western Sect disaster, leaving me all alone.
They came alone, and they left alone.
And so it went, and no one knew, no one remembered.
Even if it's Ye Bai, decades later, perhaps he will only be a trace of her past.
"What else can someone like me have besides risking everything?"
Tong Zhang said softly, breaking free from Ye Bai's hand.
I have nothing.
"You?!" Ye Bai reached out to grab her hand, but grasped only air.
She really wanted to say something, but she knew that with Tong Zhang's personality, even if he heard it, he would just laugh it off.
"I can't have it, I can't have it," Tong Zhang said softly. "I can't have it anyway, so what am I afraid of?"
With a flick of her wrist, a round, black metal ball slid out from a pouch inside her sleeve.
The surface of the sphere is covered with densely packed, rice-grain-sized Locked Script.
Gently open the metal sphere; inside is a sky-blue pill the size of a soybean.
The pill was like a blue gemstone, Jingying and exquisitely beautiful.
"Emperor Flow Pill"
Swish.
Without the slightest hesitation, Tong Zhang poured it all into his mouth and swallowed it.
The cold pill slid down the esophagus.
Looking down from the top of the tower, she could vaguely sense hidden yet sharp gazes gathering on her from all directions.
Those were all her enemies.
But she didn't care.
From the moment I was rescued that year.
She dedicated her entire life to fighting for the sect leader's ideals.
She has no relatives, nor does she consider the sect leader to be her family.
She was simply repaying a debt of gratitude.
A debt of gratitude she owed.
'After this, it will be the last time I've paid it off.'
What she had always longed for was simply to find someone who loved her, to have a child who loved her, to find a beautiful place she liked, and to live an ordinary life.
But her life took a completely different turn from the moment she was captured by the Western Sect.
If you go in the wrong direction in life, no matter how hard you try, you will only go in the opposite direction and get further and further away from your goal.