Without the aid of spiritual elixirs, Xiao Lin's cultivation speed was very slow. This also made Xiao Lin understand why so many cultivators in the foundation building stage could not enter the late stage of foundation building in their entire lives, let alone the late stage of foundation building.
The foundation building is complete.
Breaking through the bottleneck between the Dzogchen and Dzogchen in the later stage of foundation building is also called Xiaojie Dan. This process is the process of completely liquefying the mana in the Dantian, which is much more difficult than the bottleneck in the middle stage and the later stage.
Since the bottleneck of the Foundation Building Dzogchen is described by cultivators as a small pill, you can imagine how difficult this process is.
It can be said that among a hundred Foundation-Building cultivators, only about 10% of them will eventually be able to enter the Great Perfection of Foundation-Building, that is, a dozen or so. And these dozen or so Foundation-Building Great Perfection cultivators will eventually be able to condense the golden elixir.
Yes, it would be great to have one.
If there is no third-level spiritual elixir to assist in cultivation, with Xiao Lin's current cultivation speed, if he wants to enter the foundation-building perfection, even if it goes very smoothly, according to his own estimation, it will take at least a period of time.
If some unexpected situation occurs during this period, this time will probably be postponed to about a hundred years. If it really takes a hundred years to enter the Foundation Establishment Perfection, Xiao Lin will already be over one hundred and fifty years old by then.
At that time, the success rate of elixir formation will be very low, and there is a high probability that elixir formation will fail.
This result was unbearable for Xiao Lin. Therefore, although he had not yet collected the recipe for refining the Cold Pill, he still wanted to buy some third-level elixirs in order to make progress and improve his cultivation as soon as possible.
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Thinking of this, Xiao Lin walked out of the inn and headed into the city. Although the Ice and Fire Fairy City was large and covered an area of at least two to three hundred miles, it was not divided into an inner city and an outer city like other fairy cities.
In the center of the Ice and Fire Fairy City is a mountain peak hundreds of feet high, and on this mountain peak, giant shops are built one after another.
In these days, Xiao Lin inquired very clearly that the shops on Iron Furnace Peak are the top shops in the entire Southern Territory, and these shops have even opened to other places further away.
As soon as he arrived at the foot of the mountain, Xiao Lin saw the signboard of Sihaiju. What surprised Xiao Lin was that Sihaiju was definitely the largest store in the rest of the fairy cities, but here, it was only at the lowest foot of the mountain.
But this scene made Xiao Lin even more surprised. This shows that there must be a lot of good things in the large shops above, and there may not be any third-level elixirs.
Of course, if possible, it would be best to collect the elixir of the Han Han Dan.
But Xiao Lin also understood that his idea was basically impossible to realize.
Going around a spacious winding mountain road, Xiao Lin walked towards the mountain. This Ice and Fire Fairy City, like other fairy cities, was subject to severe air restrictions. Even a late-stage foundation-building monk like Xiao Lin could only move step by step.
walk.
Therefore, in this Ice and Fire Fairy City, cultivators are just like ordinary mortals, relying on their legs to walk, but cultivators still walk much faster.
"Qiandan Pavilion?" When he was almost halfway up the mountain, Xiao Lin saw a shop. On both sides of the shop door were two huge alchemy furnaces. They were simple and exquisite. At first glance, they looked like they were made by a master. They were lifelike.
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The name of this shop also attracted Xiao Lin's attention. With the word "Qiandan" on it, it must be a shop that specializes in selling all kinds of elixirs.
You know, for some large shops, they usually take a multi-category approach, that is, they sell various items, including various materials, talismans, magic tools, and some shops even sell various monster eggs.
The spiritual beasts tamed by cultivators are actually monster eggs that are hatched through secret techniques. They are controlled by the cultivator's soul as soon as they are born, so that they can assist their masters in attacking and enhance the cultivator's own combat power.
But there are also some large-scale shops that take the path of exclusive sales. Such shops usually maximize a certain aspect of their business. Shops like "Qiandan Pavilion" are known from their names and the words at the door.
For Dan Lu, you know that it must be a business specializing in elixirs, elixirs and the like.
In front of these large shops located on Iron Furnace Peak, most of the cultivators coming and going are cultivators at the advanced level of Qi refining and foundation building.
The items sold in such large stores are most likely to be high-quality, and many of them are even made with unique craftsmanship. It can be said that there is no other shop like this.
But the prices of the items they sell are naturally much higher than some ordinary magic weapons, talismans and the like on the market. After all, you get what you pay for.
Xiao Lin strolled into the "Qiandan Pavilion."
As soon as he entered the hall, one of the row of pretty women standing not far away walked towards Xiao Lin with a smile.
With a slight sense, Xiao Lin knew that this pretty woman's cultivation was at the eighth level of Qi Refining, and she could be regarded as a high-level Qi Refining monk.
Such a level of cultivation is rare as a waiter in several fairy cities in the Tianlu Mountains, but it is not uncommon in this Ice and Fire Fairy City.
Xiao Lin has also seen the dangers of the Tianhan Mountains. Even foundation-building monks must be cautious when entering them and deliberately avoid some dangerous places. For cultivators in the Qi Refining Stage, it is naturally extremely dangerous.
Even if you form a team to go to the trial, there is still a high chance of being destroyed by the group. After all, there are a lot of true-level monsters living in the Tianhan Mountains. Even if the Qi Refining Team that goes to the trial encounters a true-level monster,
Monsters are also very dangerous.
"Senior, do you want to buy a magic elixir?" The pretty woman came to Xiao Lin with a smile on her face, followed by a strong fragrance of flowers.
"I really want to buy some elixirs that can improve my cultivation." Xiao Lin explained his intention straightforwardly.
"Senior, would you please go to the private room with the little lady to discuss it in detail?" After understanding Xiao Lin's purpose, the pretty woman smiled slightly and said.
Xiao Lin nodded, and then the pretty woman made a "please" gesture to Xiao Lin, and then walked upstairs first.
After reaching the second floor, the pretty woman did not stop. Instead, she took Xiao Lin directly to the third floor. When she arrived at the third floor, Xiao Lin realized that the layout of the third floor was a bit special.
The boxes here seem to be built against the mountain wall, with a stone staircase in the middle. There is a box every few feet on the stone steps. The doors of the boxes are all made of mahogany, making them look elegant and luxurious.
The pretty woman led Xiao Lin up the stairs, and after walking more than ten feet, she entered a box called "Moon Holding".
After entering the box, Xiao Lin smelled a strong scent of incense, which instantly calmed his mood. At this time, Xiao Lin also saw that in the middle of the box, there was an incense burner.
There is a faint green smoke floating from it, which is obviously where the smell of incense comes from.
Inside the incense burner, there is a round table, two chairs, and behind it, close to the wall, are two bookshelves. One bookshelf is filled with books, and the other bookshelf contains some porcelain.
"But I don't know what you call me, senior?" After Xiao Lin took his seat, the pretty woman asked with a smile.
"My surname is Xiao." Xiao Lin replied.
"It turns out to be Senior Xiao. The little girl is the lobby steward of Qiandan Pavilion. The little girl's surname is Qiu and her given name is Hongyu. Senior, you can just call me Hongyu."
"It turns out to be Miss Hongyu." Xiao Lin nodded as a greeting.
"Since your senior's cultivation is in the late stage of foundation building, you probably want to buy some third-level elixirs, right?" Qiu Hongyu looked at Xiao Lin and asked with a smile.
Hearing this, Xiao Lin was a little surprised: "Miss Hongyu can see Xiao's realm at a glance?"
In the world of cultivation, it is difficult for low-level monks to see the realm of high-level monks. They can usually only roughly sense the other person's realm through induction, and as long as the other person's realm is more than a small realm beyond their own.
It is basically impossible to judge. Qiu Hongyu is only at the eighth level of Qi Refining. He may be able to sense the realm of the ninth level of Qi Refining or even the Dzogchen Qi Refining cultivator, but for a foundation-building monk, it is theoretically impossible to judge.
In her perception, the foundation-building monks were like a deep pool of water, with no depth at all.
Of course, in the world of cultivation, this is not an absolute thing. Some monks who specialize in the secret art of spiritual eyes can also perceive the realms of other monks across realms. There is another possibility, that is, through some magical instruments that sense breath.
It can also roughly determine the opponent's cultivation level.
In Xiao Lin's view, Qiu Hongyu's ability to see his level of cultivation at a glance is largely related to these two reasons.
Hearing this, Qiu Hongyu smiled slightly, and then said inscrutably: "Since our Qiandan Pavilion specializes in selling various spiritual pills, we naturally have to observe the realm of our customers first, so that we can recommend the corresponding spiritual pills."
Dan."
"Oh, but I wonder if your pavilion has a spiritual elixir suitable for Xiao's cultivation?" Seeing that Qiu Hongyu was very secretive about how to find out his own realm, Xiao Lin was very sensible and did not continue to ask. Besides, what was the purpose of his coming here?
Nor is it to inquire into such inconsequential secrets.
Instead, I want to buy some elixirs to use in my practice before Dutian Xiaohan Realm begins.
"Senior is joking. Since our Qiandan Pavilion specializes in the business of spiritual elixirs, why don't we have no elixirs for sale? I heard from seniors that we wanted to buy some elixirs that can improve our cultivation."
"good."
"Senior, you have come to the right place. A few days ago, our great alchemists in Qiandan Pavilion have just refined a batch of high-quality elixirs. They just arrived at the pavilion, but I don't know what quality of elixirs senior wants to buy.
Dan?”
"Quality?" Hearing this, Xiao Lin was a little confused. Although he was not a great alchemist, he was a veritable alchemist. He also had some experience in alchemy. However, he worked behind closed doors and had no idea about the quality of elixirs.
Care too much.
He had refined the Five Elements elixir himself, and had also refined some low-grade elixirs with mixed spiritual energy and impureness. However, for these elixirs, Xiao Lin had casually raised them with the Soul-Devouring Fire Gu and never used them for consumption.