Sister Lan (Extra Chapter for Alliance Leader Wu Wai Jiang Shan)

Taking advantage of his good state, Gao Xian began to sit in meditation and practice the Five Elements Technique.

The Five Elements Technique circulates the power of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, corresponding to the five internal organs: lungs, liver, kidneys, heart, and spleen, while simultaneously visualizing the corresponding Five Elements Dharma Talisman in the mind.

Circulating the spiritual energy for each of the five elements—metal, wood, water, fire, and earth—to complete a full cycle takes about three minutes.

A single session requires at least thirty-six cycles to achieve any progress.

Guiding spiritual energy through the body along a fixed path with one's divine sense while simultaneously visualizing the corresponding Dharma Talisman is, in fact, extremely difficult.

Fortunately, the original owner had practiced since childhood and had a solid foundation; Gao Xian inherited these memories, and his practice over the past few days has been relatively smooth.

This time, with a thought from Gao Xian, Sister Lan appeared deep within his brow.

Through the Great Idol Spirit Method, he and Sister Lan share an invisible yet exceptionally close connection. Whatever he thinks, Sister Lan can naturally act upon.

Gao Xian had Sister Lan help him visualize the Dharma Talisman while he circulated the Five Elements Technique for thirty-six cycles.

Without an accurate timing tool, by Gao Xian's own estimation, this session took only about thirty minutes.

The efficiency was more than four times higher than when he practiced alone.

Moreover, the results of Sister Lan's assistance were even better.

By the end of the day, Gao Xian had practiced three times, completing one hundred and eight cycles of the Five Elements Technique.

Looking at the front of the Wind and Moon Mirror, he could see that his cultivation in the Five Elements Technique had solidly improved by a small margin.

Gao Xian was pleasantly surprised by this result.

In the few days since he transmigrated, he had not neglected his practice.

After all, cultivation is the foundation, and he was full of interest in extraordinary power.

Yet, after practicing for several days, his cultivation had not increased at all.

It is no wonder the original owner had to rely on pills to level up; his aptitude was indeed lacking.

Furthermore, with Sister Lan helping to visualize the Dharma Talisman, the speed at which he cast spells had increased significantly.

A ball of flame flickered on Gao Xian's fingertip, appearing and disappearing as if he were hiding a lighter that kept switching on and off in his hand.

On his other hand, a faint, ethereal mist of water appeared and vanished; this was the Water Control Art.

Having reached this stage, Gao Xian did not even need to chant incantations or hold hand seals for low-level spells like the Fire Control Art and Water Control Art; he could cast them instantly.

Judging from the memories left by the original owner, although these two spells were low-tier, they were the foundation for many other spells.

For instance, the Cleansing Art is a high-level variation of the Water Control Art.

Gao Xian took out all the spells he knew and used them repeatedly, enjoying the wonderful thrill of wielding extraordinary power.

After tossing about for more than a day, Gao Xian slowly calmed down from his high-strung, excited state.

As good as Sister Lan was, she could not help him refine pills. For now, he still had to find a way to refine medicinal pills.

It is said that the Boss Lady is at the ninth level of Qi Refining, only one step away from Foundation Establishment. In this small Flying Horse Market, she is famously formidable.

Spells like the Fire Control Art and Water Control Art are unranked, so even instant casting is useless.

He feared that even if the Boss Lady stood there and let him attack, he wouldn't be able to harm a single hair on her head.

Moreover, Shopkeeper Zhu is a disciple of the Lianyun Sect, and his master is a guest elder of the Lianyun Sect.

The social ties between the two parties are very tight and cannot be resolved by resorting to force.

Conversely, Shopkeeper Zhu and his wife wouldn't do anything to him either. At most, they would hand him over to his master to deal with.

Thinking of that master he had never met, Gao Xian couldn't help but feel a chill run through his body.

According to the memories left by the original owner, if he were sent back by Shopkeeper Zhu, that master would definitely break his legs.

Sneak away from the Flying Horse Market?

The Flying Horse Market is a newly opened market of the Lianyun Sect, located deep within Soaring Snake Mountain, two or three thousand miles away from the Lianyun Sect.

Soaring Snake Mountain is filled with demonic beasts and exceptionally terrifying evil spirits.

From the original owner's memories, with his current level of ability, he certainly wouldn't be able to escape Soaring Snake Mountain on his own.

"There are still eight days left; I must try every possible method."

Gao Xian picked up the Alchemy Essentials again and flipped through it. Over the past two days, he had received more of the original owner's memories, and now he could barely understand the Alchemy Essentials.

After patiently reading for a good while, Gao Xian couldn't help but throw the book away.

Even if he could barely understand the theory, he was still very, very far from practical application.

"This won't work; I need to find another way."

Gao Xian picked up the book, thought for a moment, and then went to the cabinet on the side to take out all the books and items inside.

Thirteen Low-grade Spirit Stones, a Pine Pattern Steel Sword, several sets of clothes, a few books, a box containing ten White Dew Pill, and a few low-level magic talismans.

This was all the property the original owner had left him.

He had actually gone through these things several times, but taking them out again was mainly to organize his thoughts.

Gao Xian's mind was exceptionally clear now; he had a strange intuition that among these items lay exactly what he needed.

Spirit stones are crystals naturally condensed from spiritual energy, the universal currency of the cultivator world, comparable to gold in the mortal realm.

Thirteen Low-grade Spirit Stone pieces have limited purchasing power. They cannot solve his problems.

The long sword is useless; the White Dew Pill, clothing, and magic talismans are all useless.

Therefore, it comes down to these few books.

Five Elements Mutual Generation and Restriction Theory, Mysterious Truth Prescription, Thirty-Six Alchemy Methods...

Gao Xian suddenly felt a stir in his heart and picked up the Mysterious Truth Prescription.

He had flipped through this book before; it recorded prescriptions for dual cultivation methods and was nothing proper. He had tossed it aside the moment he saw the contents back then.

If it's improper, then it's just right. The Wind and Moon Mirror is improper, so this is a perfect match!

In fact, the Mysterious Truth Prescription is very simple, recording only nine types of prescriptions, including details on how to refine them.

After Gao Xian finished reading the first prescription, Deer Antler Powder, he suddenly felt a stir in his heart and gained an insight.

He took out the Wind and Moon Mirror and saw that a new pill formula had appeared on the back.

Deer Antler Powder: A medicine for strengthening yang and the kidneys. (Entry-level 1/10).

Gao Xian was overjoyed. Learning a pill formula was nothing; the key was that this pill formula could be upgraded with points!

Consuming ten points of Humanity Aura, the Deer Antler Powder rapidly leveled up, reaching the Proficient level.

Sister Lan within the Wind and Moon Mirror began to demonstrate how to select medicinal herbs, how to wash, soak, boil, and dry them, how to grind them into powder in the correct proportions, and how to roast and refine them using fire...

In a short amount of time, Gao Xian learned how to refine Deer Antler Powder and mastered all the details of the refining process.

"It really works!" Gao Xian was even more excited. Deer Antler Powder itself was useless, but the technique for refining it was the key—this was exactly what he wanted.

Deer Antler Powder: A medicine for strengthening yang and the kidneys. (Proficient 1/10).

Each upgrade cost ten points. Looking at the remaining one hundred-plus points of Humanity Aura, Gao Xian didn't hesitate and clicked on Deer Antler Powder repeatedly.

It only took fifty points of Humanity Aura for Deer Antler Powder to reach the Master level. However, going from Master to Grandmaster required another fifty points.

Gao Xian looked at the Great Idol Spirit Method, which required five thousand points of Humanity Aura to upgrade.

By comparison, this was far too cheap.

For the sake of his own life, Gao Xian steeled his heart and pushed Deer Antler Powder all the way to the Grandmaster level.

Clearly, there was a qualitative change from Master to Grandmaster, which was why it required more Humanity Aura.

He had finally found a path, so naturally, he had to go all out. Besides, the remaining few dozen points of Humanity Aura couldn't do anything else anyway.

Sister Lan in the Wind and Moon Mirror began to refine the Deer Antler Powder anew.

It was the same process as before, but every gesture Sister Lan made was exceptionally elegant, possessing an indescribable, wondrous charm.

Gao Xian's spirit was jolted, and countless insights regarding the refining of Deer Antler Powder flooded his mind.

At the same time, the original owner's ten-plus years of alchemy memories were also triggered.

Selecting herbs, opening the furnace to refine pills, controlling the heat—scene after scene of memories merged into Gao Xian's mind...