NOVEL WEB Chapter 301 Secret_2
After all, the members of the Void Thief Group originally come from very mixed backgrounds.
When the auction began, unexpectedly, no one made a bid.
Seeing that the item was about to go unsold... Li Qian finally raised his auction paddle.
He easily acquired this female Earth Immortal at the starting price of two thousand.
"Thankfully, I didn't buy this female spirit slave back then, otherwise, I would have spent quite a few more Immortal Crystals."
Li Qian thought to himself.
Even if I could have bargained at the time, it probably wouldn't have gone down much.
Instead, at this auction, the starting price was set relatively low, and with no one bidding, Li Qian was able to win it at the lowest price.
Li Qian walked out of the auction venue.
At his side was the female Earth Immortal.
Now the control over this female Earth Immortal was already in Li Qian's hands.
As long as he wielded the Heart Control Spell specifically, he could decide the life or death of this female Earth Immortal.
Li Qian left Mist Shadow Immortal City with the female Earth Immortal and arrived at Evergreen Immortal City.
This female Earth Immortal is not a servant disciple of the Feather Immortal Sect, so she definitely cannot enter the Feather Immortal Sect; therefore, Li Qian planned to leave her at the Divine Sword Sect.
But before that, he needed to thoroughly question the purpose of this female Earth Immortal.
Returning to the Divine Sword Sect, Li Qian led the female Earth Immortal into a chamber enveloped by a grand array.
"What is your name?"
Li Qian asked.
"Lian Yunshang."
The female Earth Immortal spoke.
"Is the cultivation technique you practice the Divine Firmament Sword Scripture?"
Li Qian asked.
"Yes."
"So, you can sense my aura?"
Li Qian questioned in a low voice.
"I can indeed sense a little. I wasn't sure at first, but later at the auction when you bought me... I was a hundred percent sure you must have also practiced the Divine Firmament Sword Scripture."
The female Earth Immortal Lian Yunshang said.
"Your cultivation is sealed, how can you sense it?"
Li Qian was a bit curious.
"This is my innate talent; even without cultivation, I can sense things that ordinary people cannot."
The female Earth Immortal Lian Yunshang said.
"Alright... but even if you practiced the Divine Firmament Sword Scripture, based on this alone, it shouldn't be worth spending two thousand Immortal Crystals to buy you...."
Li Qian stared at the female Earth Immortal, then said.
"Young master, I know many secrets about the Shenxiao Immortal Sect."
Lian Yunshang hurriedly said.
"Shenxiao Immortal Sect? Does the Cultivation World of the Thirty-Three Heavens have such an immortal sect?"
Li Qian furrowed his brows slightly.
He had privately investigated the origins of the Divine Firmament Sword Scripture, but even in the Feather Immortal Sect, there was no record in this regard.
"Young master, there isn't now, but a long, long time ago.... there was a Shenxiao Immortal Sect in the Cultivation World, one of the Immortal Sects of the Upper Heaven... but it was later destroyed."
Lian Yunshang said.
"An Immortal Sect was destroyed, it's impossible for there to be no record at all, right?"
Li Qian was surprised.
After all, he hadn't found any information. Of course, it was possibly because his access level was insufficient to see the related data.
But the past information of an Immortal Sect shouldn't really be regarded as confidential information, right?
"I'm not entirely clear either, but... I know the Shenxiao Immortal Sect had a small secret world. If you could enter it, you could obtain the true inheritance of the Shenxiao Immortal Sect, and the Divine Firmament Sword Scripture is the key to entering the small world."
Lian Yunshang said.
"Oh, where is it?"
Li Qian asked.
"This small world is beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens... but to sense the specific entrance, you must use the Divine Firmament Sword Scripture. It should be related to the distribution of the 365 divine apertures."
Lian Yunshang said.
"How do you know so much?"
Li Qian asked curiously.
Lian Yunshang was just a member of the Void Thief Group, also having the status of a Refinement Returner, with only Earth Immortal cultivation; how could she know such secrets involving an Immortal Sect?
"My ancestor was a registered disciple of the Shenxiao Immortal Sect. After the Shenxiao Immortal Sect's destruction, my ancestor fled to the Lower Realm...."
Lian Yunshang said.
"Oh, then which Lower Realm do you come from?"
Li Qian asked.
He estimated that the Divine Firmament Sword Scripture in the Longevity Realm must also be left behind by a disciple of the Shenxiao Immortal Sect.
This suggests that after the destruction of the Shenxiao Immortal Sect, certainly more than one disciple escaped.
This involves a big issue.
In this cultivation world, how many powerful immortals within the Upper Heaven Position's Immortal Sects are eyeing this secret?
The downfall of a powerful Immortal Sect surely involves some earth-shattering secret or significant interest disputes.
Li Qian doesn't believe that getting involved as a mere Earth Immortal would lead to a good outcome.
The best way is to wait until becoming powerful in the future, at least achieving the Immortal Golden Immortal, before exploring the secrets of the Shenxiao Immortal Sect.
"Yuanhu Realm."
Lian Yunshang said.
Li Qian had never heard of this world.
After all, there are countless Lower Realms, beyond counting.
"You, a mere Earth Immortal, have obtained an Immortal Sect's legacy; tsk-tsk... you truly are fearless."
Li Qian shook his head, "In the future, keep the secrets of the Shenxiao Immortal Sect buried in your heart, don't even think about them, understood?"
"Young Master, this is a fate-changing opportunity, are you not tempted...."
Lian Yunshang tempted.
"Humph, well, that requires fate... Enough, cultivate diligently from now on without any other thoughts."
Li Qian coldly snorted, warning, "If you step out of line, don't blame me for being merciless."
"Yes, Young Master."
Lian Yunshang hastily responded.
Then, Li Qian called Xingzhui inside and gave careful instructions.
Li Qian did not erase Lian Yunshang's Spirit Slave status, but her staying within the Divine Sword Sect minimizes the impact of being a Spirit Slave.
Even if she goes out alone, with the Divine Sword Sect Identity Card, she wouldn't encounter any trouble.
Instead, her Spirit Slave status allows Li Qian to reinforce his control over her.
To prevent any mishaps.
He simply wouldn't trust all of Lian Yunshang's words completely.
Who knows what's true?
....
After returning to the Luoyuan Taoist School, Li Qian began to retreat and cultivate.
Mainly to learn alchemy.
The alchemy book he acquired is named Herbal Elixir Dao.
It's one of the most orthodox alchemy texts.
The alchemy field has many schools of thought.
And Herbal Elixir Dao is based on the Spirit Medicine System.
There are other alchemy systems involving Gold Stone Insects and Beasts and other exotic materials.
After thoroughly reading through Herbal Elixir Dao, Li Qian found slight differences from the orthodox Alchemy Dao, which includes Poison Pills.
In the entire Herbal Elixir Dao, there are over twenty Elixir Recipes, mostly ordinary elixirs, along with a few Poison Pill recipes.
As for high-level Immortal Spirit Elixir Recipes, there are none.
Because high-level elixirs and Immortal Spirit Elixir Recipes are core secrets, often held privately by Alchemy Dao forces and rarely circulated.
Those that circulate are either ordinary recipes or have some defects.
According to Herbal Elixir Dao's hints, an Alchemist, even without an elixir recipe, can deduce the recipe from the elixir.
This requires a very high level of skill from the Alchemist.
Furthermore, the deduced recipe cannot be exactly the same, there will always be differences.
However, there are top-level Alchemists who not only deduce recipes but can further optimize them...
Such cases are rare, mostly occurring with ordinary elixirs, while pioneering and optimizing high-level elixirs or Immortal Spirit Pills are extremely difficult.
Over the next year, Li Qian devoted a great deal of time and effort to alchemy.
Anyway, he planted many spiritual medicines, and could freely experiment.
In addition, the price of ordinary spiritual medicines isn't high, making them affordable for him.
Of course, only he...
Without backing from major powers, it's challenging for other Alchemists to achieve anything significant....
Because alchemy has a success rate.
If an attempt fails, all the spiritual medicine invested is wasted.
Ordinary spiritual medicine might not be a loss, but the frequent experimentation adds up.
Li Qian has Chen Bell to assist, allowing him to always be in an Enlightenment State, dramatically increasing his success rate, especially as his alchemy rank advances rapidly.
So, his alchemical consumption is actually less than that of average Alchemists.
One day, Li Qian finished an alchemical process, observing a batch of high-quality elixirs, he smiled.
He summoned the system interface and saw that his Alchemist level had become (Tier Four 1/100).
In little over a year, he transformed from a complete novice to a Tier Four Alchemist, who would believe that?
"However, this purchased Pill Furnace is still lacking, I'll need to refine one myself."
Li Qian looked at the Pill Furnace in front of him and shook his head.
He decided to use Immortal Gold to refine a Pill Furnace Spiritual Artifact of his own.
This would surely further enhance the quality of the elixirs produced.
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