In the world of cultivation, elixirs are divided into four grades: low grade, medium grade, high grade, and top grade.
Take marrow-cleansing pills as an example. Low-grade pills are the most common, and mid-grade pills are extremely difficult to refine. However, various famous sects and giant demon lords can always make a few pots by relying on their rich net worth and experienced alchemists.
As for top-grade elixirs, they are extremely rare. However, various sects have passed them down from generation to generation, and there are always some. It is said that they were "accidentally" refined under extremely lucky circumstances.
Finally, there is the ultimate elixir.
To be honest, basically no one has seen it. It only exists in legends passed down by old people. It is said that there should have been in ancient times. The ancient monks had great supernatural powers. As for now... there are also sects who do not believe in evil and spend their money just in case.
A lot of manpower was exhausted, but nothing was produced.
In other words, the best elixir exists only as described in the book.
However, this kind of elixir has now become Lin Xuan's only hope. Perhaps only this legendary elixir that can defy the heavens can allow him, an ordinary person without spiritual roots, to successfully build his foundation.
As soon as he thought of it, Lin Xuan started purifying the best marrow-cleansing elixir!
However, it is different from the situations that have been encountered before. You must know that after entering the realm of Dzogchen, Lin Xuan can successfully purify even high-grade elixirs, but the probability is relatively low. Ten elixirs can only be successfully purified once.
But this top-quality elixir...
If it only failed dozens of times, it would still be within Lin Xuan's tolerance. After all, the legendary elixir was not so easy to purify.
But when he spent more than ten days and tested nearly a thousand pills, he couldn't purify even one of the best pills...
"well!"
Lin Xuan sighed, looking at another scrapped pill in his hand, frowning. Even though his perseverance was amazing, his patience was almost reaching its limit at this time.
He has purified a thousand pills but failed even once. According to Lin Xuan's speculation, this may not be a problem that the chance of success is too small, but that there is no way to obtain the best pills through the purification method.
But without the best elixir, he would not be able to successfully build the foundation.
Could it be that after working hard for so long, you can still only linger in the spiritual stage? Even if you obtain the ability to purify and have no spiritual roots, you still can't go far on the path to immortality?
Lin Xuan was a little depressed, but soon he put this low mood behind him. There was no bridge that he couldn't cross. He had overcome so many thorns in the past, so this difficulty was nothing.
Could it be that the top-grade elixir is different from the other three grades of elixirs? A thought appeared in Lin Xuan's mind.
So he started looking up information again. However, for today's cultivators, the best marrow-cleansing elixir was too elusive, not to mention that there was no need for such heaven-defying elixirs in reality.
As long as your spiritual roots are adequate and you work hard enough, having a high-grade elixir is enough to successfully build the foundation. Like those elite disciples, with their qualifications, even middle-grade elixirs and even low-grade pills can still build the foundation.
I am afraid that the only people who need the best elixir are ordinary people without spiritual roots like Lin Xuan.
In addition, this kind of elixir has not appeared for thousands of years. Except for some ancient jade tube slips, other books will not mention it at all.
Lin Xuan checked a lot of information, but still found nothing.
He had also thought about asking the elders in the sect for advice and disguising himself as Ye Tian to enter the elite hall. However, if he was really Ye Tian, with such spiritual root qualifications, he would not need any top-quality pills at all.
Asking for advice on your own is not like throwing yourself into a trap and attracting attention from others?
Neither the left nor the right worked. Lin Xuan was so depressed that he almost vomited blood.
In desperation, he had no choice but to continue taking high-grade elixirs to practice and see if one day he could suddenly be blessed and break through the bottleneck.
From time to time, he used the magic of Heavenly Demon Simulation to transform himself into Ye Tian, wandering around the door and among the elders, trying to see if he could make some insinuations and unobtrusively find out the purpose of the best pill.
Lin Xuan's ability to make lies was very good, and he finally tricked some elders into revealing the truth, but the result was that he even vomited blood. Those monks in the foundation-building stage didn't even know about the top-quality marrow cleansing pill.
It is said that records about this object can only be found in some truly famous sects in the world of cultivation. This immediately dispelled Lin Xuan's idea. Although his current strength is second to none among low-level disciples, those really big sects...
You must know that Yanzhou is located on the border, and the level of cultivation here is relatively backward. The strength of Piaoyun Valley is only third-rate in the entire cultivation world.
Even the elders didn't know that Lin Xuan really felt a little give up. He once thought about retreating now, working hard for twenty or thirty years, constantly taking high-grade pills, and practicing continuously. Although it was painful, it was nothing, but would it be possible in that way?
Lin Xuan was still unsure about building the foundation.
Unlike high-level cultivators, the longevity of spiritual monks is similar to that of ordinary mortals. Lin Xuan really does not have that much time to spend on gambling, not to mention that as he grows older, the hope of building a foundation will become increasingly slim.
what can we do about it?
Lin Xuan never gave up hope, but he was really distressed.
However, in these days, although he did not break through the bottleneck and successfully build a foundation, he practiced hard every day and his foundation became more solid. With the help of ginseng essence, the spiritual power in his body became more and more pure.
But on that day, Lin Xuan dressed up as Ye Tian and was preparing to listen to the elder's sermon. On the way there, he met Ma Tianxiong again. After meeting this senior brother a few times, Lin Xuan had a good impression. He was warm-hearted.
The two chatted casually.
Originally, Lin Xuan didn't deliberately inquire about it, but he just didn't know how to chat and brought the topic to the top elixir.
"The best elixir? That kind of thing is of course completely different from other grades of elixirs, and the ingredients are slightly different."
"Senior brother knows?"
Lin Xuan was startled, and then he was ecstatic. He really couldn't find anything after running through iron shoes. It took no effort to get it. He never thought that he had been running for days and found nothing. Even the elders in the sect didn't know the secret of the best elixir. This carefree senior brother in front of him