Ch525 - Learn Alchemy

Listening to the deafening thunder and looking at his lover floating in mid air like a leaf, swaying non-stop in the thunder and lightning, Liu Mufeng’s heart was burning with anxiety. His eyes stared fixedly at his wife, and the string in his heart was also tense. Until the last thunderbolt fell. Under the holy light, Jiang Xu, who had completed the tribulation, fell directly from mid air.

“XiaoXu!” Calling out his lover’s name, Liu Mufeng leapt up and immediately caught the falling man.

At this moment, Jiang Xu was drenched with the sea water, his clothes were already torn, and his body was covered in wounds of all sizes.

“I’m fine.” Jiang Xu forced a smile as he looked at his man.

“I’ll take you to heal.” Liu Mufeng said as he carried the person back to the main hall.

Seeing his two Fathers leave, Liu Xuan looked at a group of spectators at the door. “Thank you all for coming to observe the ceremony, Seniors and Daoist Friends. My Father needs to heal himself. If you want to visit, you can come another day.”

Upon hearing the host’s order expelling guests, everyone left in twos and threes, discussing and chatting.

Reluctantly looking at Liu Xuan and their group in the yard, the four siblings of the Xiao family also left with the crowd.

Returning to the room, Liu Mufeng immediately set up the barrier. He placed his lover on the bed, took off his torn immortal clothes, and immediately took out the external and internal medicine for healing.

First, he gave his lover a healing pill. Liu Mufeng took a cloth towel and carefully wiped off all the water stains on his lover’s body. Then, he disinfected his lover’s wound before applying the medicine. “What happened? Why did you suddenly run to the outside of the protective barrier?”

“I’m not quite sure. At that time, I felt a repulsive force that directly pulled me out of the protective shield. I think maybe the Palace doesn’t allow anyone to advance in the Palace, right?” At that time, Jiang Xu felt inexplicable and didn’t realize what was going on.

“En, there’s that possibility.” Liu Mufeng nodded in agreement.

“The outer edge of the protective shield is covered with seawater everywhere. Fortunately, the advancement time was not long. If it had been longer, I really wouldn’t have been able to stand it.” Jiang Xu’s cultivation was not low, but his water attribute was average, and the deep sea was particularly cold with poor lighting, he couldn’t breathe either. If it were an ordinary person, they would have drowned long ago. What would be the use of advancing?

“I was careless. I thought we couldn’t advance here, but I didn’t expect we could.” With a frown, Liu Mufeng affectionately kissed his lover’s lips.

“It’s okay, I’ve made a start now. If Pangpang and his team advance in the future, they’ll know how to advance.” Jiang Xu said with a bitter smile. Unexpectedly, he advanced to level nine in the deep sea.

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Liu Mufeng lowered his head and gently kissed his beloved’s lips. “I missed you too.”

“Mufeng!” Jiang Xu raised his arm and excitedly hugged his lover’s neck.

“Don’t move around, there’s still a big wound on your arm.” Looking at the wounds on his lover’s arm, Liu Mufeng felt extremely upset.

Seeing the heartache on his lover’s face. Jiang Xu had to obediently let go of the other party.

Taking his lover’s arm, Liu Mufeng lowered his head and carefully medicated his wife’s wound.

“Mufeng, I have been in seclusion for these years. How have you been? Has everything been going smoothly?”

“En, it’s pretty good, you don’t have to worry.”

“So, what about the others? What about the competitors?” After thinking for a moment, Jiang Xu asked again.

“When we arrived, there were 1500 people, but now there are only over 600 people. More than half of them have died. Most of them were poisoned by poisonous plants in the Palace and plotted by the Palace’s traps. Of course, there are also some who died from man-made disasters.” Liu Mufeng sighed lightly.

“Surprisingly, there are only over 600 people left. The casualty rate is really quite high.” Jiang Xu frowned at this.

“Yeah, the first level of ‘survival of the fittest’ has only passed fifty years, there are still fifty years left.” Speaking of this, Liu Mufeng also felt very regretful. That Sacred Alchemy Master set four levels, but now even the first level was not over yet, most of the cultivators have already died, how many people could truly reach the fourth level?

“It’s estimated that in fifty years, a large number of people will die.” Jiang Xu couldn’t help but frown at the thought.

“After we leave this secret realm, our family of three will have to change our faces again. Many people in this secret realm know that Xuanxuan and I are not only alchemists but also poison masters.”

Upon hearing this, Jiang Xu raised his eyebrows. “Did anyone discover it?”

“En, a few years ago, a group of cultivators wanted to kill and seize our treasures. Later, Xuanxuan and I used poison. Many people have seen this. Since then, no one dares to trouble us.” Liu Mufeng sighed helplessly.

“That’s also a good thing. If they’re afraid of us, they won’t dare to act recklessly.”

“It’s a good thing to intimidate them, but the problem is, I’m afraid they’ll know I’m Liu Mufeng. That would be troublesome. So, after leaving here, we should still be careful.”

“Okay, listen to you.” Jiang Xu agreed.

*****

Fifty years later, the number of competitors in the Palace sharply decreased from 600 to 300. It was just the first round of survival of the fittest. The team of 1500 people ended up with only 300 people left. It has to be said that this secret realm was truly a dangerous place.

No matter how chaotic the outside world was, there were very few cultivators who dared to have ideas to come and attack Liu Mufeng and his group. As time went by, it also became less and less. After Jiang Xu advanced, both Bai Hu and Pangpang smoothly advanced to level nine. After Xiaoxiao left seclusion, her strength also increased to the nine stars of the Spiritual Venerable Realm. The progress was also significant.

Because the next fifty years had been relatively quiet, no one had come to find trouble, Liu Mufeng and his team had not gotten many opportunities either. Therefore, the event of Xiaoyuan advancing could only be put at hold.

Finally, a hundred years have passed, and the stage of ‘survival of the fittest’ has come to an end. On the same day, everyone’s Sea God Token rose in the air. Following the guidance of the Sea God Token, everyone arrived together at the first station where they were teleported back then – the Grand Hall Square.

At this moment, the door of the Main Palace had already opened, and many cultivators eagerly walked into the hall.

Liu Mufeng and a group of people also followed the crowd into the main hall. Entering the main hall, Liu Mufeng looked around. This Palace had a grand and majestic appearance. However, the interior layout was far from as luxurious as Liu Mufeng imagined. On the contrary, it was very simple, even with a hint of roughness in it. However, it was precisely this roughness that made this hall feel even more solemn.

In Liu Mufeng’s view, this place was not like a place for Kings to discuss politics, nor was it a place for luxury and pleasure, but more like a university lecture hall. At the innermost part of the main hall, there was a stone platform that was half a person high. To the East of the platform was a stone table, and to the West was a furnace. Most likely, this was the place where the Sacred Alchemist refined pills.

Below the stone platform, there were three hundred small stone platforms with the same pattern. To the East was a stone table, and to the West was a furnace. Liu Mufeng felt that these small stone platforms should have been prepared by this Sacred Alchemist for his disciples.

Liu Mufeng took a look at the situation in the main hall and chose a small stone platform on his own and stood on it. Liu Xuan also found a small stone platform to stand next to his Father. Both Father and Son took out spiritual talismans and cleaned their own small stone platform.

Seeing that Liu Mufeng and his Son had already chosen their stone platform, other alchemists also chose their own stone platforms one after another. There was nothing to worry, as even though there were still over 300 people left, not all of these 300 people were Alchemists as half of them were accompanying personnel. There were less than 200 alchemists who could truly stand on the stage to refine pills. So, 300 stone platforms were simply enough to stand on.

After looking at the current situation, Liu Mufeng somewhat understood why this Sacred Alchemist had set up the first stage. Without the stage of survival of the fittest, these three hundred stone platforms would probably not be enough. Because more than half of the people had been eliminated, now these 300 stone platforms were more than enough. However, it could also be understood that the 300 stone platforms were prepared for the 300 Leaders. Because, in the eyes of the Sacred Alchemist, the four people who followed the Leader were just servants and were not qualified to stand on the stone platform.

Lowering his head, Liu Mufeng carefully examined the stone platform. He found a groove on the stone table to the east. The shape was very similar to that of the Sea God Token. There was also a small line below that reads:Put in the Sea God Token to learn Alchemy.

Nodding slightly, Liu Mufeng took out his Sea God Token and inserted it directly into the groove. Suddenly, a blue light lit up on the stone table. A ghostly figure of an elderly man with white hair appeared in the blue light. The old man stood in front of the cauldron and threw the immortal grasses into it one by one, then began to refine pills.

Staring at the image transmitted through the blue light, Liu Mufeng carefully and attentively watched. Other alchemists also turned their heads and foolishly looked at the scene on Liu Mufeng’s side.

The old man’s alchemy technique was very fast, like flowing clouds and water, and every action was done very well. However, the techniques used by the other party were not common to Liu Mufeng, and Liu Mufeng was also very unfamiliar with this alchemy technique. Just looking at it once was impossible to comprehend.

Soon, the old man’s pill was refined. Then the old man looked at Liu Mufeng and said, “Self study for a month, assessment after one month.”

“Yes!” In response, Liu Mufeng lowered his head and bowed deeply to the old man’s phantom. Although Liu Mufeng knew that it was just a transmitted phantom, not the Alchemist himself, but the other party had taught him his own alchemy; hence Liu Mufeng still politely bowed to him.

“Father!” Liu Xuan looked at his Father as the old man’s phantom disappeared.

“Xuanxuan, insert the Sea God Token into the groove of the table and carefully observe the alchemy.” Liu Mufeng took out a recording stone and walked behind his Son, intending to record this teaching. Because his Sea God Token had already been used once and could no longer be viewed, he asked his Son to play the scene.

“Yes, Father.” Liu Xuan followed suit. Liu Mufeng recorded the entire process of the old man’s alchemy on the side and then left with his family.

Upon seeing the actions of Liu Mufeng and Xuanxuan, other alchemists immediately followed suit and asked the cultivators who came to protect them to help them record the process of the Sacred Alchemist refining pills using recording stones.