Chapter 6

Thank you, Brother Daosheng, for your generous tip...

For this, Liu Shengzhi had nothing to say. The other party was wealthy and influential, and he himself was not bad-looking. If he wanted to date any girl, Liu Shengzhi couldn't do anything about it!

"Sorry, you go out first. I'm still working," Yang Yue said, unceremoniously driving He Ming out.

This made Liu Shengzhi, for the first time, have a good impression of Yang Yue, who seemed to be a cold and icy beauty!

The research and development department of any company is always a key area.

Although domestic pharmaceutical companies rarely develop new drugs independently, they often repackage drugs whose patents have expired abroad, change their names, and claim to fill domestic and international gaps, then put them on the market.

However, at least the R&D department of Hongye Group looked somewhat impressive.

Everywhere was spotless, and researchers in white coats walked around. It really felt like a scene from a movie.

The security for such a critical department naturally needed to be trustworthy. And Liu Shengzhi, who was assigned by the chairman's office, was very suitable for this place.

In fact, Liu Shengzhi was basically satisfied with this job. The work was easy, the pay was not bad, and the working environment was quite good!

If it were the old Liu Shengzhi, he would certainly be very satisfied with everything in front of him.

But now, with the Immortal Book, Liu Shengzhi had no interest in this. Every day at work, he was mostly immersed in cultivation, making him seem very unnoticeable.

Before he knew it, half a month had passed.

During these half a month, Liu Shengzhi spent every day either working or cultivating.

The Immortal Book recorded that to enter the cultivation realm, one must reach the third stage of enlightenment, where the light of nature is discovered. At the beginning, it is merely like a spark flickering.

It must continue until the light stabilizes, which is the true enlightenment.

Liu Shengzhi originally thought he could easily achieve this, as he had easily broken through the first two realms.

However, unexpectedly, although Liu Shengzhi could often spark a flame during his meditation, he could never stabilize the light.

This troubled Liu Shengzhi for a long time, but unfortunately, the Immortal Book did not record why this happened.

Liu Shengzhi had no master to guide him, so he had to read a large number of alchemical and Daoist texts, hoping to gain insight.

Finally, after reading a sentence, he suddenly understood!

"There must be true seeds in the cauldron, or it's like boiling an empty pot with fierce fire! So that's it..." Liu Shengzhi muttered to himself.

He suddenly understood.

It was because his essence and qi were too weak. The soul is the foundation of essence, so it comes and goes with essence.

His soul was strong, but his essence and qi were weak, making it difficult to ignite the flame.

It's like a lighter without gas; although it has a flint and can produce sparks, it can't ignite.

What he needed to do first was to replenish his deficient body and achieve a state of no leakage.

This step was extremely difficult for Liu Shengzhi.

"Thus, it still comes back to the old problem. I need to strengthen my body before I can continue my cultivation..."

Unfortunately, Liu Shengzhi no longer had the Five Stone Powder.

Indeed, Liu Shengzhi remembered that the Immortal Book recorded many formulas, such as Tiger Bone Marrow Ointment, Nine Flowers Nourishing Pill, and even the true formula for Five Stone Powder.

However, the simplest formula was called Ziheshen Yuan Dan (Purple River Essence Pill).

It's not that Liu Shengzhi didn't want to make better pills, like Tiger Bone Marrow Pill, but even if he had the money, it wouldn't be easy to buy authentic tiger bones.

The Purple River Essence Pill, however, was much easier to make. The most important ingredient, as the name suggests, is the Purple River Car.

The other ingredients are just ordinary herbs like cow knee, pale cistanche, lily, yellow bark, schisandra, lock yang, angelica, and rehmannia.

These herbs are great for replenishing essence, qi, and blood, which is suitable for the foundation of cultivation.

Despite some psychological discomfort, after all, the Purple River Car is something that people might be a bit hesitant about.

However, although the Purple River Essence Pill is not as powerful as the Five Stone Powder or Tiger Bone Marrow Ointment, it is an entry-level pill, perfect for Liu Shengzhi to use.

At this moment, Liu Shengzhi suddenly realized the benefits of his job.

Hongye Group develops various traditional Chinese medicines or compound drugs. Therefore, the laboratory has a large number of various Chinese herbs.

Many drugs that are hard to come by outside are readily available here.

The Purple River Essence Pill does not require overly precious or rare ingredients. He didn't need to take too much from the laboratory, just some leftover materials.

It's like in a high-end hotel, where many valuable ingredients are just casually handled by the chefs in the kitchen.

Thus, Liu Shengzhi easily gathered all the ingredients!

The Purple River Essence Pill is not difficult to make. After getting familiar with the place, he borrowed some tools, used traditional methods to boil and mix with honey to form pills.

Taking advantage of the night when he returned to the security dormitory to sleep, he took a Purple River Essence Pill and felt a warm heat rising from his lower abdomen, making him feel very comfortable.

"This Purple River Essence Pill is not as powerful as the Five Stone Powder!" Liu Shengzhi thought to himself.

According to the Immortal Book, the Five Stone Powder should only be taken when one has cultivated to the stage of the five qi converging.

At that time, it is easier to refine the medicinal power.

But now, at the beginning of cultivation, the Purple River Essence Pill is the most suitable.

The medicinal power continuously refined, generating heat in the lower abdomen. It slowly circulated throughout the body, giving a feeling of comfort, like taking a bath.

Moreover, in this state of meditation, Liu Shengzhi even found that the fleeting spark, which he could never stabilize before, actually stopped.

Although it only lasted for a moment before disappearing and did not ignite into a flame, it proved to Liu Shengzhi that his guess was correct.

After about two hours, the medicinal power finally subsided.

"This Purple River Essence Pill can be taken three times a day, which is just enough to let me practice all night!" Liu Shengzhi thought.

He lay in bed without specially sitting in a lotus position to practice. After all, it was in the dormitory, and it wouldn't be good if someone suddenly came in.

He used the medicinal power to drive away杂念, focusing his mind on the point between his eyebrows.

With the heat here, it was easy for Liu Shengzhi to concentrate his thoughts here, preventing them from wandering.

Liu Shengzhi was still just an ordinary person, but once he reached the fourth stage of enlightenment, the Heart Light stage, he could perform simple spells. At that point, he would no longer be an ordinary person, with various powerful abilities.

At that time, there would be no need to continue being a security guard.

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