Chapter 34

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　　”Sister Lingyue, help me take a look again. What is this bronze furnace used for？”
　　Then, Xu Taiping picked up the bronze furnace with his hand and handed it to Fairy Lingyue with a curious face.
　　”Little Taiping, your luck is really good.”
　　Fairy Lingyue didn’t answer directly, but looked at Xu Taiping with a smile.
　　”Why did sister say that？”
　　Xu Taiping felt that there was something in Fairy Lingyue’s words.
　　”This thing is a pill furnace, a magic weapon used by cultivators to refine pills. It happens to be able to be used by you to refine the Qi-Gathering Pill for the next breakthrough.”
　　Fairy Lingyue explained to Xu Taiping.
　　”Refine the Qi-Gathering Pill？ But when I listened to the lecture by True Monarch Ziyang, he said that to break through the Open Door Realm, you just need to practice the Canxia Gong to the Ice-Freezing Stage, and then accumulate the Qi in the dantian and break through the acupoints all over the body at once.”
Xu Taiping was a little was puzzled.
　　”Little Taiping, you have an ordinary bone, and the obstacles on the path of cultivation are naturally more than those of other cultivators.”
　　Fairy Lingyue sighed with some pity.
　　After hearing this, Xu Taiping was stunned for a moment, a trace of dissatisfaction flashed in his eyes, but then his eyes became firm again and said：
　　”Sister Lingyue, please teach me how to refine the Qi-Gathering Pill！”
　　……
　　More than two months later.
　　The west of Yunlu Mountain is like spring all year round, and the scenery in the mountain has not changed.
　　Xu Taiping’s life was roughly the same. Every day at midnight, noon, and sunset, he practiced the Canxia Gong. During the intervals, he practiced boxing, shot arrows, chopped firewood, watered plants, hunted, and learned alchemy. His days were very fulfilling.
　　The only thing that made him a little regretful was that since that meal, Uncle Bai had never come again. The spirit bird that delivered items was replaced by a bad-tempered white-headed eagle.
　　In addition, the nine-leaf white perilla in the medicine garden had ripened for another season, and he finally had enough medicinal materials to buy the “Qi Gathering Pill.”
　　”After deducting the money for buying medicinal materials and the expenses of the past one or two months, there are still ninety-six merit coins left. Although it is still far from being able to buy the True Fire Talisman, at least there is no need to worry about not having merit coins to hand over to the sect.”
　　That night, in the backyard of Green Bamboo Residence, looking at the medicinal materials placed in the bamboo basket beside him, Xu Taiping’s heart was filled with a sense of accomplishment.
　　However, at this time, Xu Taiping was still facing the biggest crisis——
　　Half a month later, if he couldn’t break through to the Open Door Realm, his name would be erased from the Spiritual Bone Monument, and he would also face the crisis of being expelled from the Qingxuan Sect or even punished.
　　”The moon has reached the middle of the sky. It’s time to call Sister Lingyue out to refine the Qi Gathering Pill together.”
　　Xu Taiping looked at the full moon above his head and muttered to himself.
　　According to his agreement with Fairy Lingyue, the full moon day two months later was the time for them to refine the Qi Gathering Pill together.
　　During these two months, he actually tried in secret to break through the realm with the method taught by True Monarch Ziyang, but no matter how hard he tried, he ultimately failed.
　　So now there is only one path left in front of Xu Taiping – to refine the Qi Gathering Pill.
　　“Sister Lingyue, the time has come.”
　　Xu Taiping stood up and softly called out towards the medicine garden.
　　“Hmm…”
　　Not long after, a lazy voice came from the direction of the medicine garden.
　　“Whoosh… This sleep was really comfortable.”
　　A moment later, Fairy Lingyue, with a hint of sleepy blurriness still in her eyes and brows, stretching and yawning, appeared in front of Xu Taiping.
　　“Sister Lingyue, when you were outside the mountain before, you didn’t sleep well？”
　　Xu Taiping was a bit curious.
　　“The spiritual energy outside the mountain is scarce. Sleeping is a kind of torture for my incomplete soul. It’s different here. The spiritual energy is abundant. Sleeping is not only harmless but also beneficial and can nourish the soul.”
　　Fairy Lingyue smiled and said.
　　Asked by Xu Taiping like this, the sleepiness on her face was obviously much reduced.
　　“Have all the medicinal materials been gathered？”
　　Fairy Lingyue asked Xu Taiping.
　　Before going to sleep, she had already made an appointment with Xu Taiping to prepare all the materials needed for the Qi Gathering Pill during this period.
　　“They have been gathered.”
　　Xu Taiping nodded and pointed to the small bamboo basket placed aside. It could be seen that there were packets of medicinal materials neatly classified and placed there.
　　“These are all ordinary medicinal materials. The merit coins I saved are just enough to buy a set.”
　　He added.
　　“The medicinal materials required for the Qi Condensation Pill, like those for the Bone Washing and Marrow Cleansing Soup, are not very precious. The important thing is still the refining method.” Lingyue Fairy looked at the medicinal materials on the ground and then looked up at Xu Taiping with a solemn expression. “But after reaching the Open Door Realm, the medicinal materials and pills used to assist cultivation are very expensive. Taiping, you have to be prepared mentally.”
　　“Hmm！” Xu Taiping nodded vigorously. “No matter what the cost, I will definitely gather these medicinal materials.”
　　“Then　let’s　start.”
　　Lingyue Fairy nodded with satisfaction.
　　Xu Taiping took out the small bronze furnace from his arms and placed it on the ground. Then he put the other hand on it and began to inject true qi spiritual power into it.
　　“Boom！”
　　Accompanied by a burst, the bronze furnace, which was originally only the size of a fist, suddenly became as tall as a stove.
　　Xu Taiping’s reaction was very calm. After all, he had seen it many times.
　　“I think you have already understood the method of operating the medicine furnace. Next, you can start adding charcoal to it.”
　　Lingyue Fairy instructed Xu Taiping.
“This pill furnace is also a very ordinary magic weapon. Without accident, after refining a furnace of pills, its spiritual power will be exhausted and it will become an ordinary furnace tripod. So Taiping, you must listen carefully to my command and control the heat of the pill furnace and the timing of putting in the medicinal materials.”
　　While Xu Taiping was adding charcoal to the furnace, Fairy Lingyue continued to give him instructions, with a rare seriousness in her expression.
　　“Sister Lingyue, don’t worry. In these two months, I have already rehearsed many times in advance and will definitely not make a mistake.”
　　After adding the charcoal, Xu Taiping stood up and looked at Fairy Lingyue with extremely firm eyes.
　　And the process of alchemy that followed was also as Xu Taiping had promised Fairy Lingyue, without a single mistake from beginning to end.
　　“The little guy has actually rehearsed the control of such a complicated timing of dosing and the level of furnace fire temperature so skillfully, not losing to some cultivators who have studied alchemy for several years at all. How much energy did he spend on it？”
　　Looking at Xu Taiping, who had his hand attached to the medicine furnace and was constantly controlling the temperature of the furnace fire with his own true qi, Fairy Lingyue’s eyes became increasingly hot.
　　Because compared to cultivation, the art of alchemy is what she, Lingyue, is best at. Now that she has seen a young person with such alchemy talent, how could she not be envious.
　　“Little Taiping, be my disciple.”
　　Fairy Lingyue almost blurted it out, but when the words reached her lips, she held them back.
　　“Now that I am like this, I can’t be a competent master. Moreover, if someone sees the inheritance of the cultivation method he practices and knows that he is my disciple, I’m afraid it will bring him countless disasters of killing himself in the future. Forget it, forget it…”
FairyLingyue’sexpression dimmed.