For a long time, Lin Xuan remained silent. Although there was no emotion or anger on his expression, his hands were clenched tightly, his nails dug deeply into his flesh, and his lips were bitten.
But this situation did not last long. After a few minutes, Lin Xuan took a deep breath, sat down again without saying a word, and continued to work hard...
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In the early morning, the sun rises, and a new day begins.
The Feiyun Palace is majestic and has an area comparable to the stadium on Earth. It is the most important building in Piaoyun Valley. On the first day of each month, disciples in the spiritual stage will gather here to receive their training needs.
Although he practiced for most of the night and only slept for less than three hours, Lin Xuan arrived at Feiyun Hall on time. In the spacious hall, there were already more than a hundred people standing here, all of whom were spiritual disciples, but each one
His skills were even more advanced than Lin Xuan's, and his arrival aroused a lot of discussion, with sarcastic comments piercing the air and reaching his ears from time to time.
"Have you seen that guy? He is just a mortal who has no spiritual roots and is still trying to become an immortal."
"Hmph, he doesn't look very good either. It's a waste of elixirs for such a person to stay in the sect."
"Who says otherwise? I heard that he works very hard, but how can ordinary people without spiritual roots compare with us? In three years, we are still only at the first level of the spiritual stage."
"I don't know how high the sky is, he thinks he can break the iron law of the world of cultivation that has not changed for thousands of years. Mortal cultivation is destined to have little success."
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Lin Xuan rolled his eyes sarcastically, but his expression remained unchanged. He silently came to the back of the team as if a mad dog was barking.
A burst of ancient bells rang, and all the disciples quickly stopped talking and stood in line. An old man led the boys into the hall. Each boy held a disk in his hand, covered with red cloth, but there was still something.
Waves of refreshing fragrance are released.
"Uncle Ma!" All the disciples bowed and saluted.
"Yes." The old man raised his head arrogantly. His skill was not high, he was only in the early stages of foundation building, but he was in charge of the sect's pharmacy, so he could be said to have a high position of authority.
In addition to qualifications and hard work, elixirs are also essential for cultivation. It can even be said to be very important. If you take enough elixirs during cultivation, your progress will be much faster. It can be said to be a shortcut. However, refining elixirs
The ingredients for the medicine are all precious exotic flowers and herbs, so the sect can only provide very few elixirs to the disciples.
According to the rules, disciples in the spiritual stage can receive two marrow-cleansing pills every month.
The Marrow Cleansing Pill, as the name suggests, can cleanse the marrow through easy menstruation, dissolve the turbid qi in the body, and generate a little spiritual power. Of course, the amount of spiritual power generated varies greatly depending on each person's qualifications. This pill is only suitable for
Valid for disciples in the spiritual stage.
After opening the incense hall and paying homage to the ancestor, all the disciples lined up to receive the elixir from the old man's hand. Everyone's face showed expressions of cherishment and joy.
Soon it was Lin Xuan's turn. Elder Ma glanced at him with a look of contempt on his face. He took a jade bottle from the disk, poured two pills out of it, and threw them in front of him.
"Thank you, Uncle Master." Lin Xuan's eyes suddenly jumped before he could finish his words. He looked at the two pills in his hand. Is this... a waste pill?
The journey of cultivating immortals encompasses everything from exercises to making weapons, refining elixirs, and drawing talismans, to name a few. Each item contains a huge amount of knowledge.
For example, to make an elixir, in addition to various precious materials and exotic flowers and herbs, you also need three kinds of real fire to refine it. At the same time, the temperature of the fire, the dosage of the auxiliary materials, the furnace opening time, and the tripod materials are all related to the success rate of the elixir.
Even experienced alchemy masters often make mistakes and refine a cauldron of heavenly materials and earthly treasures into useless elixirs.
Waste elixirs refer to elixirs that contain too many impurities. Eating such elixirs will not only have no benefit to your cultivation, but will actually damage your body, so you usually have to reluctantly throw them away.
Although a small sect like Piaoyun Valley distributes only low-grade elixirs to its disciples, low-grade elixirs are still useful elixirs after all, and this useless elixir...
The other party obviously intended to embarrass himself. A ray of gloom flashed in Lin Xuan's heart, but on the surface he remained calm at all. It would be unwise to offend someone with a high position and authority named Ma.
"Uncle Master, you took the wrong pills. How can you take these two waste pills?"
"What's wrong?" The contempt in Elder Ma's eyes was clearly evident. He was just a neglected low-level disciple. He raised his head and said arrogantly: "What, you are not satisfied?"
"Anyway, with your qualifications, taking the elixir is just a waste. The waste elixir might be just right. So, uncle, I'm not being unreasonable, so I'll give you a few more bottles."
As he spoke, he took two jade bottles from the plate and threw them into Lin Xuan's hands.
"The other disciples only have two marrow-cleansing pills each. How about I give you two bottles? Master, uncle, I'll treat you well!"
"Thank you, Uncle Master!"
To Elder Ma's surprise, the dissatisfaction on Lin Xuan's face completely disappeared. He took the elixir and bowed respectfully before retreating.
"How could that happen?" Elder Ma was filled with astonishment and was speechless.
Waste pills, to put it simply, are garbage. Taking them is harmful to your practice, let alone two bottles. No matter how much you take, they are worthless. How could Lin Xuan...
It was a completely unexpected reaction. Originally, Elder Ma thought that if he treated him unfairly, Lin Xuan would make a big fuss, and then he could use the excuse to punish him for disrespecting his elders and expel Lin Xuan from his school.
This is not because Elder Ma has any grudge against Lin Xuan, but because this guy is naturally snobbish and looks down on mortals without spiritual roots. He feels that it would be a shame for Lin Xuan to stay in the sect, so he deliberately tries to drive him out.
The plan cannot be said to be seamless, but it is still very thorough. According to the sect rules, low-level disciples can receive marrow-cleansing pills, but he deliberately made things difficult and replaced them with useless pills. Such unfair treatment, let alone a teenage boy named Lin Xuan,
Even an experienced old fox may not be able to endure it. As long as he has an attack, he can use the topic to his advantage.
However, people are not as good as God. Although Lin Xuan has no spiritual roots and is just an ordinary person, he is not stupid. He is even very smart. He has a tough personality and can endure what others can't tolerate. He always thinks twice before he speaks or does anything and is not impulsive.
Elder Ma gave him the Fei Dan. He was indeed angry, but he hid this emotion very well.
From Elder Ma's contemptuous eyes, Lin Xuan also saw a hint of joking and conspiracy. He immediately came to the conclusion that although he did not know what the specific conspiracy was or why he wanted to target himself who had no grievances and no enmity, these
You can investigate later, but the most important thing is not to fall into a trap.
So not only did Lin Xuan not get angry, but he took the waste pill with a normal expression and successfully escaped persecution. Elder Ma's plan failed and he failed to frame Lin Xuan, but he was so angry that he could not speak.