Chapter 20: Forest Cultivation
Since the last time he successfully refined the Xuan Yang Dan, Xiao Liu Xing had gone out several times. However, the purpose of his later trips was not to check on the environment but to find materials for refining pills. After more than 20 days of checking, Xiao Liu Xing could basically confirm that there were no threats within a radius of 10 kilometers around their small wooden house.
For threats from other places, the Little Meteor is very confident in his own formation. The small wooden house is built under a large tree, surrounded by tall trees. With just the naked eye, it's hard to discover whether on the ground or in the sky. Unless within 100 meters of the small wooden house using divine sense to examine can discover the mysterious array outside, 100 meters away, even if using divine sense to examine, even a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator wouldn't be able to detect it!
Find the materials for alchemy, he knows very few of the plants here. Xiaoliu Xing uses his sense of the heaven and earth's primordial energy to examine those plants and see how much heaven and earth's primordial energy they contain. Those that contain less primordial energy are not necessarily not alchemy materials, but those that contain more are definitely good things. Using this method to find materials will definitely miss many of the former type of material, but won't miss any of the latter type. As for those materials that only contain a small amount of heaven and earth's primordial energy or don't have any at all but have special effects, Xiaoliu Xing doesn't have the mood or free time to distinguish them one by one now, so he can only miss out on them.
It turns out that Xiaoliu Xing had not noticed before, but this time he went to feel it carefully and found several plants containing a lot of heavenly energy. However, these plants were unknown to Xiaoliu Xing, and he would have to wait until later to experiment with them to find out their medicinal properties. Moreover, after this search, he discovered that the plants in this forest more or less contained some heavenly energy.
To know that a plant wants to contain the essence of heaven and earth, apart from the fact that the essence of heaven and earth in its area must be thick, it also needs to grow for many years. A plant containing 100-year-old heavenly energy may have grown for 200 years or even thousands of years! After all, the speed at which ordinary plants absorb the essence of heaven and earth cannot be compared with that of humans, unless they have become demons.
The forest is so vast, Xiao Liuxing knew he couldn't find all of them, so after searching a few times, he gave up and started cultivating, charging towards the Yuan Infant with all his might! He successfully refined 10 Xuan Yang Dan, three of which were made from yellow Xuan Yang grass, also the first batch he refined. Later, he successfully refined two more using golden Xuan Yang grass, and the remaining five were all made from purple Xuan Yang grass within the 1000 to 5000 year limit.
Here is the translation:
Five purple Xuan Yang Dan were refined a total of five times, one at a time. The materials in the carefree ring were only enough for seven refinements, with a little left over. Of these ten Xuan Yang Dan, except for the one that Little Spring Heaven ate, the other nine are all in Little Flowing Star's hands. These nine Xuan Yang Dan have been calculated by Little Flowing Star, and after Little Spring Heaven's realm stabilizes, she will use one yellow Xuan Yang Dan to break through to the Golden Dan period, and then wait until the middle of the Golden Dan period to eat another one. Two golden Xuan Yang Dan will be eaten when approaching the late Golden Dan period. The remaining one will be given to her when Little Spring Heaven is about to break through to the Yuan Ying period. As for those five purple Xuan Yang Dan, they will be eaten after passing the Yuan Ying period, depending on the situation.
In two months, Xiaochun stabilized her boundary, and Xiao Liuxing did not disappoint her, giving her the Xuan Yang Dan that he had prepared for her long ago.
Xiaochun Tian also successfully broke through to the Golden Core stage under Xiaoliu Xing's guidance. Unlike Xiaoliu Xing's golden core, which was the size of a ping-pong ball, Xiaochun Tian's golden core was blue and had just condensed to be slightly larger than a marble.
She reached the Golden Elixir stage, and Xiao Liuxing also taught her the Lingjian Shenjue. This decision was made after Xiaochuntian passed the test and found that the Bishui Shenjue and the Lingjian Shenjue did not conflict with each other. Because Xiaochuntian had never been in contact with swordsmanship before, Xiao Liuxing explained to her the three sword moves of the Yu Jian layer: Dun Guang Wuying, Yin Yang Liang Jian, and San Cai Bing Jin. He also copied all the contents of the entire sword manual onto a jade slip and stored it in an extremely high-quality storage ring that he had selected from his Xianyao Seal and given to her.
By the way, Xiaoliu Xingxing's current Lingjian Shenjue has been cultivated to the 7th layer of Yu Jian. This is all the result of his continuous use of Liuxing Sword and those monsters fighting during this period.
Cultivating the Spirit Sword Divine Art naturally can't be without a sword, Little Liuxing didn't give Little Chun Tian a flying sword to cultivate, but rather taught her how to cultivate one herself. Only a flying sword cultivated by oneself can resonate with one's heart and fully unleash the power of the Spirit Sword Divine Art. Moreover, Little Chun Tian, who was already at the Golden Elixir stage, could cultivate the Three Flavors True Fire, although it wasn't comparable to the Chaotic Fire, but cultivating a flying sword wouldn't be a problem.
Little Spring Heaven didn't disappoint Little Flowing Star, and although she wasted a lot of materials while learning to refine equipment, she still managed to create her own flying sword! A blue, water-attribute top-grade flying sword, the entire sword is only one meter long, with a blade width of two fingers, slightly smaller than Little Flowing Star's Meteor Sword. Perhaps it was because when refining the flying sword, Little Spring Heaven suddenly had an idea and added a bit of her refined Silver Fantasy Holy Liquid to it, so after successfully refining the sword, people felt that there was something flowing inside the blade, plus this flying sword is blue, so Little Flowing Star named it "Azure Water Sword", which not only describes the sword but also mentions Little Spring Heaven's cultivation technique. Actually, Little Spring Heaven should have come up with the name herself, but she insisted that Little Flowing Star do it, and Little Flowing Star had no choice but to give it this name. However, the effect is not bad, just looking at Little Spring Heaven's expression shows that she really likes it.
With the long-awaited flying sword in hand, it's time to start flying with it. Xia Chun Tian was so excited that she couldn't calm down, but on the other hand, she worried Little Liuxing to death. Unlike Little Liuxing, who could stabilize her mood, Xia Chun Tian started controlling the flying sword to fly quickly from the very beginning.
The result didn't fly for a few moments before falling from the flying sword, fortunately, Xiaoliu Xing had been following her with his sword and caught her at the moment she fell off her own flying sword. It's certain that he would be injured. In fact, Xiaoliu Xing was overly worried, Jin Dan period's Xiao Chun Tian could now fly solo without any issues, falling from a flying sword wouldn't hurt her at all. However, it seemed like he had forgotten this point as he continued to follow closely behind Xiao Chun Tian with his sword, still tense and protecting her.
Apart from refining equipment, Xiaoliu Xing also taught Xia Chun Tian to refine Dan. Perhaps it's related to her feminine nature, but Xia Chun Tian's innate talent for refining Dan was much stronger than refining equipment. When refining equipment, Xia Chun Tian failed more than 50 times before succeeding for the first time, while Xiaoliu Xing failed over 20 times. According to her, she only failed three times before successfully refining her first batch of Qing Xin Dan!
Since their small cottage was built, the two of them have not entered the Chaotic Golden Tower to cultivate again. They are all in the small cottage. Because although the space inside the Chaotic Golden Tower is absolutely safe, there is no sunrise and sunset inside, it is always daytime. Moreover, cultivating in a small cottage can get closer to nature, making it easier to comprehend the Tao.
Of course, apart from meditation and cultivation, those who have cultivated the Ling Jian Shen Jue will also often engage in sparring. It's called sparring, but actually it's all about Xiao Liu Xing guiding Xiao Chun Tian to improve her combat experience.
In this way, the two of them worked hard to cultivate here. Since there were no people or monsters to disturb their cultivation, and the heaven and earth's primordial energy was very dense, their cultivation continued to rise rapidly and steadily. Xiaoliu Xing believed that if things went on like this, it wouldn't be long before he could break through to the late Golden Core stage and enter the Yuan Infant stage with the help of the Xuanyang Dan!
At that time, he already had a certain self-preservation ability and could take Xiaochun Tian out for a walk to see what the world was like and broaden his horizons. People in the Cultivation Realm who reached the Yuan Ying period couldn't just rely on closed-door cultivation anymore. If they did, it would be difficult to improve their realm, and even if they absorbed more heavenly energy, it wouldn't be of any use. Not only could they not exert their power, but there was also a risk of exploding and dying.
He wouldn't do that, he's still young and has plenty of time to experience life and understand the way of heaven. Besides, even if he was willing, Little Spring wouldn't agree to it, with her lively personality, she would be bored to death. Now she is just starting to cultivate, and is full of enthusiasm for cultivating truth, especially now that she can fly on a sword, she is even more dedicated to cultivation, no need for Xiao Liu Xing to say anything. She herself will take the initiative to cultivate, making Xiao Liu Xing extremely happy. Teaching her is also very effective.
Xiao Chun Tian learned things extremely quickly, which forced Xiao Liu Xing to work hard to study, because if his speed was slightly slower, there would be nothing left to teach. He didn't want to crush Xiao Chun Tian's enthusiasm at this time. In this way, the two of them were constantly improving in a subtle competition.
