"Lingyue, you help me take a look at this bronze furnad tell me what it's used for?"

  With that, Xu Taiping lifted the bronze furh curiosity and ha to Fairy Lingyue.

  "Little Taiping, you're really lucky."

  Fairy Lingyue didn't give a direswer, but smiled at Xu Taiping.

  "Why do you say that, sister?"

  Xu Taipihat Fairy Lingyue's words held a deeper meaning.

  "This is a pill furnace used by cultivators to refine elixirs, and it just so happens that you use it to refihe Gathering Qi Elixir for your breakthrough."

  Fairy Lingyue expio Xu Taiping.

  "Refihe Gathering Qi Elixir? But I heard from Master Ziyang that to break through the Opening Realm, all I o do is accumute the true qi in my dantian after reag the Frozen Period of the residual glow cultivation, and thehrough the acupoints all over my body."

  Xu Taiping was a little puzzled.

  "Little Taiping, as a Mortal Bones cultivator, you naturally face more obstacles oh of cultivation than other cultivators."

  Fairy Lingyue sighed with some pity.

  Upon hearing this, Xu Taiping was momentarily stunned, a hint of dissatisfa fshed in his eyes, but his gaze quickly regais determination as he said, "Fairy Lingyue, please teach me how to refihe Gathering Qi Elixir!"

  ...

  Two months ter.

  Yunlu Mountain remained as picturesque as ever, with no ge in its sery.

  Xu Taiping's life was much the same, practig the residual glow cultivation at different times of the day, while also practig boxing, archery, chopping wood, watering pnts, hunting, and studying alchemy, making his days very fulfilling.

  The only thing that left him somewhat regretful was that sihat meal, Uncle Bai had not visited again, and the spirit bird that delivered items had been repced by a very ill-tempered white-headed eagle.

  In addition, the Nine-Leaf White Purple Peril in the medial garden had ripened for another season, and he had finally gathered enough moo purchase the medial ingredients for the "Gathering Qi Elixir."

  "After dedug the money spent on purchasing the medial ingredients and my expenses over the past two months, I still have a total of y-six merit s left. Although it's still a long way off from being able to afford the True Fire Talisman, at least I don't have to worry about not having a s to hand over to the sect."

  That night, in the backyard of the Green Bamboo Residence, Xu Taipi a sense of aplishment as he looked at the medial ingredients id out in the bamboo basket beside him.

  However, at this moment, Xu Taiping still faced the biggest crisis of all—

  If he couldn't break through the Opening Realm in half a month, his name would be erased from the Spiritual Boele, and he would face the danger of being expelled from the Qingxua, or even punished.

  "The moon is at its zenith, it's time to call out Sister Lio refihe Gathering Qi Elixir together."

  Xu Taiping murmured to himself as he looked at the full moon above.

  Acc to his agreement with Fairy Lihe full moon two months ter would be the time for them to refihe Gathering Qi Elixir together.

  During these two months, he had secretly attempted to break through the realm using the method taught by Master Ziyang, but no matter how hard he tried, he ultimately failed.

  So now, the only path left for Xu Taiping was to refihe Gathering Qi Elixir.

  "Sister Li's time."

  Xu Taiping stood up and called out to the medial garden.

  "Mmm..."

  Not long after, a zy voice came from the dire of the medial garden.

  "Ah... I had such a fortable sleep."

  Shortly after, Fairy Liill showing signs of drowsiness, appeared in front of Xu Taiping, stretg and yawning.

  "Sister Lingyue, did you not sleep well when you were outside the mountain?"

  Xu Taiping was curious.

  "The spiritual energy outside the mountain is poor, and for my residual soul, sleeping is a form of torture. It's different here, where the spiritual energy is abundant. Sleeping is not only harmless, but also beneficial, nourishing the soul."

  Fairy Lingyue smiled.

  Asked by Xu Taiping, her drowsiness visibly diminished.

  "Have you gathered all the medial ingredients?"

  Fairy Lingyue asked Xu Taiping.

  Befoing to sleep, she had already made an agreement with Xu Taiping for him to prepare all the materials needed for the Gathering Qi Elixir during this period.

  "I have."

  Xu Taiping nodded and poio the small bamboo basket beside him, where the medial ingredients had beely arranged into separate packages.

  "They are just some ordinary medial ingredients, and the merit s I saved up were just enough to buy them."

  He added.

  "The medial ingredients needed for the Gathering Qi Elixir, like the bone-sing and marrow-washing soup, are not sidered precious. The important thing is the refinihod." Fairy Lingyue looked at the medial ingredients on the ground, then looked up at Xu Taiping with a serious expression. "But after breaking through the realm, the medial ingredients and elixirs used to assist in cultivation are very expeaiping, you o be prepared for that."

  "Got it!" Xu Taiping nodded vigorously. "No matter the cost, I will definitely gather all these medial ingredients."

  "The's begin."

  Fairy Lingyue nodded in satisfa.

  Xu Taiping took out the small bronze furnace from his bosom and pced it on the ground, then pced his other hand on it and began to i with true qi and spiritual power.

  "Boom!"

  With a loud bang, the bronze furnace, which was inally the size of a fist, suddenly grew to the same height as a stove.

  Xu Taiping's rea was very calm, as he had already withis many times."The method of operating the alchemy furnace, I presume you, Taiping, have already grasped. , you start adding charcoal into it."

  Fairy Lingyue instructed Xu Taiping.

  "This alchemy furnace is also a very agical tool. If nothing ued happens, after refining a batch of pills, its spiritual power will dissipate, turning it into an ordinary furherefore, Taiping, you must listen carefully to my ands, trol the furemperature well, and also the timing of adding the medial herbs."

  As Xu Taiping added charcoal to the furnace, Fairy Lingyue tio admonish him, her expression revealing a rare seriousness.

  "Fairy Lingyue, rest assured, iwo months, I have already practiced many times in advance, and I will not make any mistakes."

  After finishing adding the charcoal, Xu Taiping stood up, his gaze towards Fairy Lingyue unwaveringly firm.

  And the process of pill refining that followed was just as Xu Taiping had promised Fairy Lingyue; from beginning to end, not a single error occurred.

  "How did this little fellow mao practice the plex timing of adding herbs and trolling the temperature of the furnace fire so profitly, to the point where he is not outdone by cultivators who have studied alchemy for several years? How much effort has he put into this?"

  Watg Xu Taiping, who had his hand on the alchemy furnace, tinuously trolling the temperature of the fire with his own True Qi, Fairy Lingyue's gaze grew increasingly fervent.

  Because pared to cultivation, the art of alchemy was what she, Lingyue, was most skilled at. Now seeing such a young man with a talent for alchemy, how could she not be eager?

  "Little Taiping, bey disciple."

  Fairy Lingyue almost blurted out the words, but as they reached her lips, she held them back.

  "With my current situation, I ot be a petent master. Moreover, if others were to perceive the lineage of the cultivation teique he practices and know that he is my disciple, it would likely bring him tless life-threatening disasters iure. Let it be, let it be..."

  Fairy Lingyue's expression dimmed.

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