My Simulated Road to Immortality

"To have a concealment method similar to the Fishing Pond, Sun Piaomiao's strength and foundation might be stronger than imagined."

While Li Fan was contemplating in secret, the Stone Pill in his eyes abruptly transformed.

Array and Elixir share the same origin.

Li Fan's Formation Path Cultivation had already reached the pinnacle, even to the extent of touching upon the scope of [Immortal]. With an understanding by analogy, although he had never formally learned the art of Alchemy, his proficiency far exceeded that of a typical alchemist in the world.

Furthermore, medicine and healing are not separated, and Li Fan also possessed the true transmission of the Celestial Doctor...

At this moment, prompted by Ruan Tianxiao, Li Fan seemed to have become an alchemist himself.

Heaven and Earth served as the Pill Furnace; the stone in his hand had truly transformed into a crystal-clear Elixir!

In an instant, the originally faint fragrance of the Elixir became a million times richer.

Saliva involuntarily flowed from his mouth, a craving surged within Li Fan's throat, giving rise to the thought of swallowing the Elixir directly.

"It seems that this Stone Pill is indeed a gift that Sun Piaomiao left for his descendants..."

This thought flashed through Li Fan's Spirit Consciousness and then, he tossed the Elixir in his hand to Ruan Tianxiao.

"Then you should try this Elixir!" His tone was indifferent, completely unaffected by the temptation of the Stone Pill.

Out of excitement, Ruan Tianxiao's body couldn't stop trembling. Fearful of Li Fan changing his mind, he swallowed the Stone Pill immediately.

The members of Medicine King Sect, gradually regaining their senses, had regret flashing in their eyes.

After Ruan Tianxiao consumed the Stone Pill, his demeanor and aura changed in an instant, as if he became a different person.

Standing with his hands behind his back, his eyes faintly swept across those present, his face brimming with reminiscent melancholy.

Despite standing right in front of everyone, they seemed to be existing in different time-space. Ethereal and detached, like an exiled Immortal from the heavens.

Such an evident change naturally did not escape the notice of Li Fan and others present.

However, their suspicions were too inconceivable, so they suppressed them at the bottom of their hearts, not daring to speak.

"Sun, Piao, Miao." Still, it was Li Fan who slowly voiced these three characters.

At the same time, the Wooden Sword Mirage had quietly prepared itself, ready to take off at any moment.

Ruan Tianxiao, whose life essence had been changed by the Stone Pill as if possessed by the Medicine King Sect Ancestor Sun Piaomiao, reminisced for a short while before sitting cross-legged in the air.

He began to lecture.

"The Elixir is a transformation of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth; the medicine is the cure for the ailments of all Living Beings. The Tao is formless, stands alone unchanging, circles endlessly without weariness. Through the Elixir, it unites; through medicine, it is revealed. Heaven and Earth? They are but an Elixir Recipe."

Just the first sentence had deeply captivated the attention of everyone present, including Li Fan.

His vigilance did not lessen, Li Fan frowned, carefully committing every word spoken by Sun Piaomiao to his heart.

"The Dao can give Life, the Dao can bring Death. Dao Life, Dao Death; Dao appearance, Dao vanishing; Elixir birth, Dan Formation."

"At the moment of Dan Formation, it seems like Life but it's actually Death. An epitome of Tao, a corpse of Tao."

...

Ruan Tianxiao spoke unhurriedly, and in front of him, an elusive Pill Furnace emerged.

Inside the Pill Furnace, day and night rotated, the Star Sea ebbed and flowed. There was life and death of countless beings, the birth and vanishing of Heaven and Earth.

And with the light dying down and rekindling, the cycle of Reincarnation displayed became ever faster.

Ultimately converging to a single point.

It appeared to be utter darkness, yet also seemed to be dazzingly brilliant. Or perhaps it encompassed both.

"Life and Death are one, uniting with the Tao is reality."

"Xiaoyao beyond worldly affairs, my Elixir thus perfected."

After this last sentence was spoken, the Pill Furnace mirage also exploded and scattered.

An inferno-like storm, seemingly tangible, swept across.

Merely a play of light and shadows, yet it blew Li Fan's hair and beard as if in flight.

In the storm, the onlookers saw the Star Sea, the birth and annihilation of the Tao.

Like dazzling fireworks, gone in an instant.

The ethereal aura that enveloped Ruan Tianxiao also faded with the disappearance of the light and shadow.

"Uh..." Coming out of the trance, Ruan Tianxiao let out a painful groan.

He held his forehead, as if enduring immense pain. Blood gushed from all his orifices.

Li Fan observed that Ruan Tianxiao's Divine Soul appeared to have been stuffed and ravaged as well.

Riddled with cracks.

But the Mysterious Energy gained from consuming the Stone Pill was nourishing and healing him.

Otherwise, Ruan Tianxiao, with his mere Unity-Path Cultivation Base, would likely have had his Divine Soul wiped out.

The members of Medicine King Sect hastened forward to heal him.

Li Fan's Divine Thought, however, still lingered on the profound text recently expounded by Sun Piaomiao using Ruan Tianxiao's body.

"Life and Death are one, uniting with the Tao is reality. Xiaoyao beyond worldly affairs, my Elixir thus perfected." Li Fan kept repeating the last sentence in his mouth, feeling an unusual surge of excitement in his heart.

"Wonderful, indescribably marvelous. Sun Piaomiao's scripture surpasses the Celestial Doctor's writings by far."

"This scripture..."

Li Fan frowned, just as he was about to name the text, a term naturally sprang to mind.

Clearly the only choice that would come to mind for all living beings who heard this text.

"[Alchemy Emperor's Classic]."

Li Fan's eyes narrowed slightly, savoring the weight of these five characters while becoming exceedingly solemn in his heart.

"This Alchemy Emperor's Classic is clearly the fundamental and supreme transmission of Sun Piaomiao. Compared with it, that Scripture of World Salvation and Immortality is like a child's primer, crude and inferior."

"It's not a simple Cultivation Art but a strategy that points straight to the source of the Tao. Like the Sky Mending Record, while it does not detail any specific techniques for cultivation, anyone with decent Comprehension can derive suitable Cultivation Arts and Divine Techniques for themselves."

With the experiences and accumulations Li Fan presently has, he still can't stop the continuous emergence of inspiration and thoughts in his Spirit Consciousness while pondering over this [Alchemy Emperor's Classic].