Martial Dao cultivation had four great realms.
Meridian Opening, Spirit Sea, Dao Foundation, and Dragon Transformation!
Naturally, he did not believe Ning Chuan was an ordinary person. After all, becoming an alchemist was impossible without any cultivation.
Someone at the Dao Foundation realm would count as a powerful expert anywhere in Flame Dragon City!
He simply wondered how many stars this mysterious alchemist before him had.
"Then I'll rent it for a day first!"
Ning Chuan spoke calmly.
He breathed a sigh of relief inwardly. Luckily, he still had five thousand taels of silver left. Otherwise, he probably could not even have afforded to rent an alchemy room.
Soon, the old man led Ning Chuan into the Three-Star Alchemy Room and had someone deliver the spirit herbs he needed.
Inside the alchemy room, an ancient pill cauldron stood in the center. An Earthfire Formation was inscribed beneath it, radiating waves of scorching heat.
Ning Chuan closed the door and prepared to refine the Five-Element Marrow-Cleansing Pill.
"I hope I can succeed on the first try!"
A trace of anticipation appeared in Ning Chuan's eyes.
Since this was his first time refining pills, he had bought three sets of spirit herbs for the Five-Element Marrow-Cleansing Pill in one go, hoping he would succeed.
Boom!
Ning Chuan's immense spiritual power spread out, enveloping the Earthfire Formation and activating it.
A blazing flame erupted from the formation. Its heat was so intense that the temperature inside the alchemy room soared.
Ning Chuan's heart grew still as an ancient well, his gaze focused. He began taking out spirit herbs one by one and tossing them into the cauldron.
The first step was Spirit Tempering!
He had to refine the essence of the spirit herbs and draw their medicinal potency to its utmost limit.
Although the Five-Element Marrow-Cleansing Pill was a one-star spirit pill, in a certain sense, it was even more precious than a two-star spirit pill. This was because it harnessed five-element power to cleanse the body and marrow, transforming a person from the inside out.
A Martial Dao good-for-nothing who took a Five-Element Marrow-Cleansing Pill had a strong chance of becoming a Martial Dao genius!
Ning Chuan's spiritual power was exceptionally strong. He controlled the spirit herbs as they tumbled through the sea of flames, their impurities burned away until only the purest medicinal essence remained.
It was as though Ning Chuan had already refined pills millions of times. Everything came effortlessly, responding to his every whim. He easily refined dozens of spirit herbs without losing even a fraction of their medicinal potency.
Had other alchemists seen Ning Chuan's technique, they would probably have been shocked beyond belief. Which of them did not exercise painstaking caution when refining spirit herbs?
Who could possibly do it as freely as Ning Chuan?
Cauldron Opening, Spirit Tempering, Essence Condensation, Fusion, Pill Condensation...
None of these steps posed the slightest difficulty for Ning Chuan. With his immense spiritual power supporting him, he soon successfully refined his first Five-Element Marrow-Cleansing Pill.
"It worked!"
Ning Chuan's eyes brimmed with joy. A spirit pill appeared in his palm, wreathed in a five-colored glow. Perfectly round and bearing an ancient simplicity, it gave off a rich fragrance and looked extraordinary.
It was the Five-Element Marrow-Cleansing Pill!
"I refined a Five-Element Marrow-Cleansing Pill in just an hour. I should count as a one-star alchemist now, shouldn't I?"
Ning Chuan felt rather pleased with himself, while also filled with wonder and relief.
Fortunately, he had merged with the Demon Emperor Asura's remnant soul and obtained his legacy and vast cultivation experience. Only then had he been able to refine the Five-Element Marrow-Cleansing Pill so effortlessly.
Next, Ning Chuan rode that momentum and successfully refined the remaining two Five-Element Marrow-Cleansing Pills.
"This alchemy room is the perfect place for secluded cultivation! Why not take the Five-Element Marrow-Cleansing Pills right here?"
The thought stirred in Ning Chuan's mind. Looking at the three Five-Element Marrow-Cleansing Pills before him, his eyes blazed with eagerness and anticipation.
He immediately picked up a Five-Element Marrow-Cleansing Pill and swallowed it.
The moment the pill entered his stomach, it dissolved into a tremendous surge of energy that flooded his limbs and every part of his body.
A strand of five-colored light within the pill brimmed with vitality. It circulated ceaselessly, beginning to merge into his flesh and nourish the meridians throughout his body.
Ning Chuan felt a tingling numbness all over, accompanied by faint pain. His withered, severed meridians actually began slowly knitting back together.
"It really works?"
Overjoyed, Ning Chuan swallowed the other two Five-Element Marrow-Cleansing Pills without the slightest hesitation.
The Five-Element Marrow-Cleansing Pill's effects were gentle. It also contained a trace of five-element origin, brimming with vitality that could nourish the body. All of Ning Chuan's meridians had been severed, so the energy of a single pill was not enough.
The immense energy of the two pills continuously washed through Ning Chuan's entire body. His severed meridians slowly began reconnecting, and a faint thread of spiritual energy began to emerge within them.
Two hours later, Ning Chuan had expelled foul-smelling black impurities all over his body. Yet he could not hold back a long, ringing cry, his eyes filled with exhilaration and unrestrained joy!
Every meridian in his body had healed.
His essence and marrow had been cleansed; he had been reborn from the inside out!
He, Ning Chuan, could finally set foot on the path of cultivation!
Without the slightest hesitation, Ning Chuan immediately began cultivating the Chaos Gods and Devils Art.
"As chaos first arose, gods and devils took form. The hidden source of heaven and earth, the root of all vital breath. Cultivate through countless eons, realize my divine powers. Within and beyond the three realms, the Dao alone reigns supreme..."
As Ning Chuan cultivated the Chaos Gods and Devils Art, his body emitted a faint golden glow. The surrounding spiritual energy gathered into a mysterious vortex and began pouring into him.
The divine treasures hidden within Ning Chuan's flesh seemed to have opened completely. Vast spiritual energy flooded in, flowing unhindered through his meridians and completing a full circuit through his body.
The Meridian Opening realm involved drawing upon the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to open the meridians throughout the body.
The human body had nine great meridians. Opening each one would cause physical strength to surge and cultivation to rise.
As Ning Chuan circulated the Chaos Gods and Devils Art, dazzling light blossomed around him. His pores seemed to open, devouring the vast spiritual energy around him like a whale gulping down the sea.
The Chaos Gods and Devils Art was incredibly domineering. An immense vortex of spiritual energy formed around Ning Chuan, drawing in all the spiritual energy within a radius of over a hundred li.
Spiritual energy swiftly opened Ning Chuan's meridians and tempered his flesh. His cultivation began soaring by leaps and bounds.
Meridian Opening First Layer!
Meridian Opening Second Layer!
Meridian Opening Third Layer!
Flame Dragon City.
Viewed from afar, vast spiritual energy converged above the Treasure Pavilion, forming an auspicious cloud of five colors. Thunder boomed through the air, and a mysterious pressure spread outward, leaving everyone in Flame Dragon City utterly astonished.
"Isn't that... the Treasure Pavilion? What happened?"
"Could some heaven-defying spirit pill have appeared in the Treasure Pavilion?"
Everyone's face filled with shock.
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