Chapter 163: Reaching the Pinnacle! The Yuanhun Golden Liquid Is Refined! (Two Chapters in One)

After Zhou Qing returned to Nanli County City, he went straight to Wanbao Pavilion and spent thousands of taels of silver in one breath to buy a large number of medicinal materials.

After that, he returned to the house in the outer city, followed Wei Sheng's advice, and chose to stay indoors.

After consuming this batch of medicinal materials and making further progress in alchemy, he would return to Heishan Town.

In this way, three months passed in a flash.

The end of the year is approaching.

The county city has become more and more lively, and many products related to the New Year have appeared.

However, the liveliness belongs to others and has nothing to do with Zhou Qing.

Squeak.

In the room in the backyard, Zhou Qing sat cross-legged in the wooden king tripod. The big tripod was filled with blue and white medicinal liquid, and bursts of white smoke were constantly rising.

"Giggle." Zhou Qing used his body to resist the terrifying coldness in the blood of the Ice Soul Black Spider. The cold poison invaded his body, and he was shivering with cold. A layer of white frost formed on his hair, and even his snot was frozen into icicles.

He felt as if his body was no longer his own.

In the past, he used poisonous water to temper his body and practice the Hundred Poisons Mixed Yuan Body. Although it was also painful, the pain brought by those poisons was not like the cold poison, which made his blood stagnate and his body's resistance to severe pain decreased significantly.

Of course, the pain increased a lot, and the progress of practice was also visibly accelerated.

Just the diluted blood essence of the Ice Soul Black Spider has such a magical effect.

After the physical strength is improved and adapted to the cold poison of the Ice Soul Black Spider, the progress of practice should increase instead of decrease if the undiluted blood essence is used directly.

"Crackle"

The long practice process seemed to never end. Zhou Qing endured this inhuman pain until the cold poison in the medicine gradually weakened and the frost on his body melted into water.

"Crackle!"

Zhou Qing opened his eyes and stood up from the Wood King Cauldron. There was a crackling sound from all the bones in his body.

"Crack."

He clenched his fists, and the muscles of his arms bulged high, like sharp edges and corners of stone sculptures. Between each muscle, there was a thick fascia like a spirit snake, connecting all the muscles.

The endless power filled every corner of his body.

"Hua La La~!"

As he exerted his strength, Zhou Qing could even hear his strong heartbeat, and the vitality of the blood flowing in his body.

"Is this a breakthrough?!" Zhou Qing's eyes condensed. He felt that he was terribly strong now. This feeling would appear when a major breakthrough occurred in a technique, because the body had been significantly strengthened.

The next moment, a line of text appeared in Zhou Qing's sight.

[Skill: Hundred Poisons Mixed Body]

[Progress: Second level (18/30000)]

[Effect: Invulnerable to Hundred Poisons; Qi and Blood Doubled; Physical Body Mixed as One, Qi and Blood Like Mercury and Marrow Like Frost, Qi and Strength Doubled; Increase the Chance of Breaking Through the Blood Exchange Realm by 20%]

"Sure enough, it has broken through! Qi and Blood Like Mercury and Marrow Like Frost!" Zhou Qing was delighted.

The human body has a limit to Qi and Blood. The stronger the root bone, the more Qi and Blood it can accommodate.

After Zhou Qing practiced the Qingmu Sutra to the fourth level, he obtained the Wood Spirit Phase. When practicing the wood attribute technique, his root bone was equivalent to the best, but his own root bone was still middle-to-high, and had not been upgraded to the best.

Therefore, he could only increase the volume of the body as much as possible by practicing the body refining technique and strengthening the physical body.

Generally, only martial artists who have reached the perfection of the bone refining realm, or even great martial artists who have just entered the blood exchange realm, can reach the level of Qi and Blood Like Mercury and Marrow Like Frost.

Zhou Qing broke through the Bone Refining Realm only about half a year at most, and it was still too early for him to fully forge his bones, but by practicing the Hundred Poisons Primordial Body, he had obtained the effects that could only be obtained when the Bone Refining Realm was perfected.

At this moment, the total amount of his Qi and blood did not change, but became more condensed and pure. In this way, the same amount of Qi and blood could exert much more power.

His strength doubled, naturally, because of this reason.

Generally speaking, the pure physical strength of a warrior who has just entered the Bone Refining Realm is more than 3,000 jin. After practicing, when the Bone Refining Realm is perfected, it is estimated that it can be increased to 5,000 to 6,000 jin. With the increase in martial arts, he may have a huge force of 10,000 jin with just a move.

The reason why the Great Martial Artist in the Blood Exchange Realm can have a crushing advantage over the Martial Artist in the Bone Refining Realm is that the weakest Great Martial Artist in the Blood Exchange Realm can easily exert more than 30,000 jin of strength.

In addition, the strength bonus of practicing a martial art to the level of the Blood Exchange Realm is far beyond the previous four levels of skin, flesh, tendons and bones.

Therefore, it is almost impossible for the Bone Refining Realm to defeat the Blood Exchange Realm by leapfrogging.

"My current pure physical strength is probably over ten thousand pounds. With the True Essence to stimulate martial arts, I can crush the Bone Refining Realm martial artists of the same level in terms of strength. As for whether I can fight against the Blood Exchange Realm, forget it."

Zhou Qing clenched his fists, as if he could crush the air.

However, although he felt that his strength had surged, he was still unsure about fighting against the Blood Exchange Realm.

Moreover, the powerful enemy he was facing now did not have a blood exchange when he first entered the Blood Exchange Realm, so he could not have the idea of ​​relying on martial arts cultivation to fight by leapfrogging.

Of course, this improvement was undoubtedly huge.

The strengthening of the body and the increase of strength mean that his speed, explosive power and endurance have all been improved.

The ability to escape and save his life will naturally improve.

"If you want to deal with Mu Renjie, you have to find a way to refine a second-level poisonous insect." Zhou Qing pondered in his heart.

During the battle, he only needs to assist and harass remotely.

The matter of dealing with Mu Renjie is naturally handed over to Zhimu Lingshi.

At present, the only helpers he can find and trust are Wei Hongyu and Wei Mingcheng.

The only one who can really fight against Mu Renjie is Wei Hongyu.

However, the key lies in himself.

Zhou Qing got up from the Wood King Cauldron.

After a short rest, he put away the Wood King Cauldron and prepared to start refining the elixir.

He placed the elixir furnace in the middle of the room, then lit the silver charcoal and began to warm the furnace.

When the elixir furnace was completely heated, Zhou Qing took out a special jade bottle and poured out the diluted Ice Soul Black Spider Essence Blood from it.

Hiss, hiss, hiss.

A lot of smoke rose, and bursts of cold air hit my face.

When the blue-white blood inside gradually shrank and turned into blood beads, Zhou Qing added some powdered medicinal materials, then closed the lid, injected his true essence into it through the air, and controlled the refining of the medicinal materials.

After a while, a muffled sound came from the furnace, followed by a burnt and unpleasant smell.

Zhou Qing opened the lid of the furnace, looked at the black liquid inside, and used a jade shovel to clean up the liquid medicine inside.

Then, repeat the process just now.

Just like that, after ten times, Zhou Qing stopped refining the elixir.

All ten times failed, without exception.

"Very good, your alchemy skills are getting more and more proficient. Keep up the good work, and it won't be long before you can refine a simplified Yuanhun Jinye."

The Corpse Worm Gu King appeared beside Zhou Qing. Xuan Zhu was afraid that Zhou Qing would be discouraged, so he encouraged him.

But what he said was not a lie. Although Zhou Qing had been failing, he was a little better each time.

A person who had just learned alchemy for less than half a year had already become a first-level alchemist. Now he was refining a second-level elixir that was simplified from the third-level elixir. Moreover, this second-level elixir could only be refined in theory, and no alchemist had ever succeeded.

Under such a premise, Zhou Qing could still be neither arrogant nor impatient. He patiently summarized his failures and made a little progress each time. Looking at the memory of the Venerable Xuan Zhu for more than two hundred years, Zhou Qing was also the top in this regard.

Of course, Zhou Qing did not know that Xuan Zhu had gone through so many mental journeys in his heart.

After his failures again and again, all he had in front of him was +1 again and again.

[Your alchemy skills are improved, progress +1]

[Your alchemy skills are improved, progress +1]

[Your alchemy skills are improved, progress +1]

[Profession: Alchemist]

[Skill: Alchemy]

[Progress: Proficient (555/800)]

[Effect: Enter the hall, the success rate of refining first-level pills is increased by 20%; the success rate of refining second-level pills is increased by half. ]

The most amazing thing about the profession brought by the jade scepter is that the progress is solidified, and once you prove it, it will be proven forever.

As long as Zhou Qing makes a little progress in the skills he has learned, even if he does not make progress the next time, there will be no regression.

Continuous failures may make others despair and even give up.

Especially Zhou Qing divided the medicinal materials for refining a Yuanhun Jinye into three parts, the number of practices increased, and the refining process required more time and energy.

Even the most perseverant people will give up when they see no hope after countless failures.

For many people, this is called stopping losses in time.

But in Zhou Qing's eyes, every failure is a +1 towards success.

'Next, hurry up and refine the elixir, and strive to improve the proficiency of alchemy to the next stage before returning. 'Faced with the comfort and encouragement of the black spider, Zhou Qing turned a deaf ear, cleaned the elixir furnace with skillful movements, and then put in the blood essence and medicinal materials of the Ice Soul Black Spider in turn.

He stopped only when he felt a little tired mentally.

After dinner, Zhou Qing rested for a while, but his mental fatigue was still not recovered.

Mental fatigue is more difficult to recover than physical fatigue, which is also an important reason that limits his progress in alchemy.

However, although he could not continue to practice alchemy, Zhou Qing was not without things to do at night.

After he returned to the room, he released the Zhimu Spirit Corpse and began to absorb the Qingmu True Essence in the Zhimu Spirit Corpse.

Practicing the Hundred Poisons Mixed Yuan Body, as well as strengthening bones and blood, can also promote the practice of the White Cloud Spirit Snake Palm, which is the practice of body refining.

Refining pills consumes mental energy, but it can also play a role in training soul power. Although he has not yet started to learn the Soul Refining Sutra, his progress has been improving. This is the practice of refining the spirit.

Even if Zhou Qing is diligent and hardworking, he cannot take care of the practice of internal strength.

Fortunately, the wine worm helps the Zhimu spirit corpse to purify the true essence, and the black spider controls the corpse worm Gu King to assist the Zhimu spirit corpse in cultivation.

Although Xuan Zhu only has one-third of the memory of the Venerable Xuan Zhu, and the Venerable Xuan Zhu is not a warrior, he is a third-level strongman after all, and his realm and experience are indelible.

Therefore, although the Zhimu Lingshi is not in the Musha Land of Heishan Town, the progress of the Qingmu Sutra has not fallen behind.

In particular, Wei Sheng also gave Zhou Qing the divine intention of the Qingmu Sutra, allowing him to comprehend the Qingmu True Meaning from time to time, further improving the speed of practicing the Qingmu Sutra.

Now, Zhou Qing just follows the routine and absorbs part of the Qingmu True Essence in the Zhimu Lingshi once a month, which can greatly increase his progress in the Qingmu Sutra.

Zhou Qing and the Zhimu Lingshi came to the bed, sat cross-legged, and faced each other with their palms.

At this time, the wine bug returned to Zhou Qing's Dantian and quickly began to swallow and spit.

At the same time, the Qingmu True Essence condensed in the Zhimu Lingshi quickly moved into Zhou Qing's body.

[Your Qingmu Sutra has been improved! Progress +200]

[Your Qingmu Sutra has been improved! Progress +200]

Lines of text kept appearing in Zhou Qing's sight.

[Skill: Qingmu Sutra]

[Progress: Fourth level (6850/30000)]

[Effects: Yijinjian, Mulingxiang, Longevity, Long Qi]

"According to this progress, within two years, Qingmu Sutra will be able to be practiced to the fourth level of perfection." Zhou Qing stopped absorbing the true essence from the Muling corpse, and could not damage its foundation.

Crackling!

Zhou Qing stood up, and there was a popping sound like fried beans all over his body.

At the same time, he felt as if there was a force in his body that was about to burst out, and finally gathered on his arms.

"Hiss~"

Zhou Qing felt a spasm in the muscles of his arms, and there was a faint blue light flashing under his skin.

[Your silk-wrapping power has mutated, activating the ice soul coldness in the blood of the Ice Soul Black Spider. ]

At this time, a line of text appeared in Zhou Qing's sight.

"Ice Soul Chill?! Could it be..."

Zhou Qing's eyes widened.

Could it be that while practicing the Hundred Poisons Primordial Body, his body absorbed some of the Ice Soul Chill while enduring the cold poison contained in the Ice Soul Black Spider's blood?

Thinking of this, Zhou Qing immediately returned to the yard and practiced the White Cloud Spirit Snake Palm in the yard, while circulating the Silk Winding Force.

Under the hazy moonlight, Zhou Qing's body was gradually covered by a layer of blue and white fluorescence.

Pah pah pah!

As he performed the White Cloud Spirit Snake Palm, crisp explosions continued to be heard in the air as the palm wind passed. He fell into a special state, his mind was extremely clear, and he gradually immersed himself in the palm technique.

When the sky in the distance showed a fish belly white and the first ray of morning light shone into the yard, Zhou Qing came back to his senses.

He actually practiced the palm technique in the yard for a whole night.

The jujube trees in the yard had long been frozen into ice sculptures, and the walls around the yard were also covered with a layer of white frost.

Not only that, the bluestone slabs under his feet were covered with fine cracks and small pits, as if they had been cut by a knife and chiseled.

Zhou Qing looked at his palms. Originally, after breaking through the bone barrier, his palms would turn purple when using palm techniques.

His palms were still purple, but under the skin and flesh, there seemed to be a faint blue-white fluorescence.

[Your White Cloud Snake Palm has been improved! Silk-winding force fusion! ]

At this time, a line of text appeared in Zhou Qing's sight. On the jade scepter, silk-winding force and White Cloud Snake Palm were integrated.

[Skill: White Cloud Snake Palm]

[Progress: Reaching the pinnacle (1/800)]

[Effect: Changing tendons and forging bones, changing appearance and shape, silk-winding ice force, spirit snake phase]

"Silk-winding ice force! Spirit snake phase!" Zhou Qing didn't expect that the ice soul coldness would be integrated into the silk-winding force, and he also awakened the spirit snake phase in a night of palm technique practice.

Now, his root bones have reached the top level in all aspects.

"Since my body has absorbed the coldness of the Ice Soul contained in the blood of the Ice Soul Black Spider, causing the Silk-winding Power to mutate, if I continue to practice, will it be possible..." Zhou Qing suddenly had a bold idea. If he could continue to change his appearance with the help of the blood of the Ice Soul Black Spider, it would not be as simple as awakening the best bones. Perhaps, he could use this to awaken the super bones, or even the spirit body! "I have to practice the alchemy more!" Zhou Qing felt that not only the Zhimu spirit corpse and the Gu worm could take the Yuanhun Jinye, but he seemed to be able to do so as well. Two months passed. Zhou Qing spent 20,000 taels of the 25,000 taels of silver he received from Shangguan Hong, and the alchemy finally entered the next stage. And he also refined the Yuanhun Jinye for the first time. [Profession: Alchemist]

[Skill: Alchemy]

[Progress: Mastery (22/800)]

[Effect: Mastery, the success rate of refining first-level pills increased by 30%; the success rate of refining second-level pills increased by 10%. ]

"Finally, I can return to Black Mountain Town!" Zhou Qing looked at the light golden liquid in the pill furnace and felt relieved.

Now we just need to go back to the Wood Evil Land in Black Wind Mountain, and we can start strengthening it into a Wood Spirit Corpse and refining the second-level Ice Evil Gu.