Chapter 102: The Golden Elixir of the Royal Way

  Wang Dao Jindan

  "If you're willing to give up your love, I'll give you a purple Ganoderma lucidum. I'll refine it into a Golden Elixir of the Royal Way. One for you, one for me. What do you say?" Zhou Yuan said, looking at Yang Chen.

  Yang Chen exclaimed, "What did you say? You want purple Ganoderma lucidum to refine the Emperor's Golden Elixir? One plant can refine two Emperor's Golden Elixirs? One person one elixir? Wait, are you saying that you can refine the Emperor's Golden Elixir?"

  Looking at Yang Chen's disbelieving face, Zhou Yuan smiled. Indeed, in the Zhongzhou continent, alchemists who could refine pills were few and far between. Moreover, super-grade pills like the Wang Dao Golden Pill were even rarer, with only a handful of people able to refine them. It could be said that unless one was at least at the Unfettered Realm or above, they wouldn't be able to refine the Wang Dao Golden Pill. Even if someone managed to refine it, they would need to expend an enormous amount of medicinal materials. The idea of relying on a single stalk of purple spirit mushroom to refine the Wang Dao Golden Pill was simply unimaginable.

  Moreover, what Zhou Yuan said was still a purple Ganoderma lucidum, refining two Wang Dao Jindan, which made it even more unbelievable.

  "Not bad, I can refine the Wang Dao Golden Elixir now, but I'm just short of this one purple Ganoderma lucidum. And, I can indeed use one purple Ganoderma lucidum to refine two Wang Dao Golden Elixirs. How about it, do you agree with this deal?"

  Yang Chen recovered from his shock, "Alright, I agree. Anyway, this purple Ganoderma lucidum is of little use to me if it can't be refined into a pill. If I just swallow it directly, the effect will be far less potent than refining it into Wang Dao Golden Pill. It's too wasteful. Please come in, it's inconvenient to talk outside."

  Zhou Yuan nodded, although the Natural God Sect was not in any crisis, people can change, especially under great temptation, human greed can drive a person crazy.

  If someone were to hear that Zhou Yuan and Yang Chen are going to refine the Wang Dao Golden Elixir, they might disregard the teachings and take action against them.

  In the natural theology, masters are as numerous as clouds. Yang Chen is a leader among his peers in the younger generation, but compared to those old masters, he still lags far behind.

  As long as a fifth-level magic realm boundary appears, which is the Lingkong Xudu boundary of the mage, both of them will fall.

  As Yang Chen stepped into the yard, Zhou Yuan couldn't help but admire Yang Chen's upbringing. The house was tidy and clean, with a small yard filled with flowers and grasses that were pleasing to the eye.

  He directly went into Yang Chen's room and took out all the other medicinal materials, placing them on the square table that Yang Chen used to study the law.

  "Look, these are the medicinal herbs I bought, all that's missing is your purple polypore."

  Yang Chen didn't say a word and directly lifted the quilt on his bed, revealing a hidden compartment inside. He carefully took out an ancient wooden square box.

  Slowly opening the square box, suddenly, two purple things like tree roots appeared inside. Zhou Yuan saw at a glance that these two were indeed purple yam.

  "If you can refine the Wang Dao Golden Elixir, give me one pill, and these two purple Ganoderma lucidum are all yours."

  Zhou Yuan's face changed color, "How can this be, I only need one, you take the other to sell, it must be able to fetch a good price."

  "No need, both of us know that the value of a Wang Dao Golden Elixir is far above ten stalks of purple Ganoderma. If you can give me one Wang Dao Golden Elixir, I'll be making a huge profit."

  When Yang Chen said this, Zhou Yuan no longer pushed back. He was very much in agreement with Yang Chen's words. The value of a King Dao Golden Elixir was simply too great; even ten stalks of purple-colored Ganoderma wouldn't be worth its price.

  "Is there a place here? I want to refine the elixir right here!" Zhou Yuan said.

  Yang Chen's eyebrows furrowed, "Aren't you afraid I'll be bad for you?"

  When a Taoist is practicing alchemy or meditation, his spirit is highly concentrated and he fears being disturbed. If someone attacks him at this time, it will be very dangerous. Many Taoists have been killed by enemies while they were meditating or practicing alchemy, without any resistance.

  By doing so, Zhou Yuan was essentially putting his life in Yang Chen's hands. This made Yang Chen feel incredulous, after all, he and Zhou Yuan had some past conflicts.

  He didn't understand why Zhou Yuan would trust him so much and dare to refine the elixir in front of him, wasn't he afraid that he would make a move on him?

  If Yang Chen had attacked Zhou Yuan when he was refining the King's Way Golden Elixir, Zhou Yuan would have been completely defenseless and would have definitely died.

  Zhou Yuan smiled and said, "I believe you're not that kind of person. You're a top-notch figure among the younger generation of Natural Divine Arts practitioners. Top-notch figures have their own pride, they'll only confront their opponents head-on to defeat them, they won't resort to underhanded tactics or secretly plot against others. If he's like this, he'll never achieve anything great in his life. Firstly, he can't even pass his own test, how can he then contend with the heavens?"

  Yang Chen nodded and said, "Don't worry, I won't harm you. On the contrary, when you're refining your dan, I'll be by your side to protect you."

  Zhou Yuan smiled slightly and stopped talking, instead standing directly in front of the square table.

  He supported both hands, and instantly, a yuanqi light ball appeared between his hands, which made Yang Chen stunned. He originally wanted to see what kind of furnace Zhou Yuan used for alchemy, but he didn't expect that Zhou Yuan would suddenly make a move on him, and with a push of both hands, a light ball was formed.

  Yang Chen was a master of the younger generation of Natural Spirit Sect, with extensive knowledge and experience. When Zhou Yuan made this move, he immediately froze.

  "My god, the method of Yuanqi Chenglu, in this world, there are actually people who can master the method of Yuanqi Chenglu. The elixir refined by this method can minimize the loss and maximize the efficacy. No wonder he is confident that one purple Ganoderma lucidum can be refined into two Wangdao Jindan. It seems that he is not bragging, it's true!!!"

  On the other hand, after Zhou Yuan set up a yuanqi furnace, his entire spirit was concentrated, and his perception of the outside world disappeared. Refining dan is an extremely complicated matter, and if one is not careful, it will cause the yuanqi to become unstable, and at that time, all the medicinal materials in the furnace will be wasted. Especially for someone like Zhou Yuan who does not have a magic tool or a dan furnace, but uses the method of forming a furnace with yuanqi, the control of yuanqi must reach the level of being leak-proof.

  The demand for spiritual power is even more terrifying, so once Zhou Yuan fell into alchemy, he lost his sense of the outside world, and his spiritual power was all over the yuanqi furnace.

  The Yuanqi furnace has taken shape, and Zhou Yuan began to put the medicinal materials into the Yuanqi furnace one by one. Immediately, a thread of green smoke rose from the light ball, which was the medicinal material being refined, and the medicine's efficacy was fully exerted.

  Yang Chen took a deep sniff and found that he couldn't smell any medicinal scent at all.

  "The method of forming the yuanqi furnace is indeed formidable, not even a single thread of medicinal energy leaks out, all the efficacy is concentrated within the dan medicine, it's truly formidable..."

  Time passed minute by minute, and beads of sweat rolled down Zhou Yuan's forehead, a large amount of spiritual energy was consumed, making Zhou Yuan feel very tired.

  However, he still gritted his teeth and persisted. Refining the elixir was like this - once started, it couldn't be stopped. If it were to stop halfway, the vital energy would disperse, and a furnace of elixirs would be completely ruined.

  "Amethyst Fungus!!" It had finally come to the final juncture, Zhou Yuan stretched out his hand and pointed, a stream of primordial energy shot out, wrapping the amethyst fungus around it, and in an instant, it was thrown into the Primordial Energy Furnace.

  After a few breaths, this purple reishi was fully refined into medicinal power and merged with other powers. At this time, the yuanqi furnace also slowly started to rotate.

  This is the final stage, the medicinal properties have been extracted, and with just a bit more refinement using yuanqi, the elixir will be formed.

  Another three hours passed, the Yuanqi furnace finally stopped rotating. Yang Chen couldn't see inside the Yuanqi furnace at all, because it was already filled with medicinal gas, a hazy mist.

  "Open!!!" Zhou Yuan's hands merged, and instantly, the yuanqi furnace completely collapsed, dropping two golden pills that shone brightly. Zhou Yuan stretched out his hand extremely quickly, grasping them in an instant.

  Suddenly, the room was filled with a fragrant aroma of medicine, and the King's Dao Golden Elixir had finally been refined.

  "It's actually been refined into the King Dao Golden Elixir! Zhou Yuan, you're truly a prodigy. Not only is your strength formidable, but your alchemy skills are also incredibly high. To be able to refine such a high-quality King Dao Golden Elixir with just a third-grade mage cultivation... I'm thoroughly impressed by you."

  Yang Chen's face was full of admiration, and in his heart, he felt that the gap between himself and Zhou Yuan was getting bigger and bigger.

  Fresh flowers... Ah, another collection has fallen, I'm wiping away tears, could it be that my efforts are not enough? Nearly six thousand words in one day, everyone, never mind, today I'll show my sincerity and add another update!!