Chapter 398： End the retreat early and refine the elixir

Chapter 398 Ending the retreat early and refining the elixir

 Pei Anzhu felt that his cultivation had reached a bottleneck, so he woke up from seclusion—

Before the retreat, she told the Abnormality Bureau that the time would be one month, but this was also her estimated time. Now that only twenty-seven days have passed, she stopped.

This time, Pei Anzhu's cultivation level has risen from the Qi training stage to the peak of foundation building.

During the more than twenty days of seclusion in the Feng family, Pei Anzhu completely immersed herself in cultivation, constantly absorbing the spiritual energy from the Feng family mountain, flushing her veins, and then introducing the spiritual energy into her Dantian to store it.

At first, this method went smoothly. With the injection of spiritual energy in her Dantian and meridians, her cultivation level gradually increased from the Qi training stage, crossed the threshold, and entered the foundation building stage.

But after the foundation building period, it became very slow, but overall it was still growing.

However, after reaching the peak of foundation building, her cultivation became stuck and stopped. She had no way to naturally advance to the golden elixir again. After all, she needed an opportunity to advance to the golden elixir last time, and now she does not have the right one. opportunity.

Pei Anzhu tried hard several times, and the spiritual energy continued to be absorbed into her dantian, but the final result was that the spiritual energy was continuously compressed in her dantian and meridians, which made her cultivation more solid, but she could never cross the threshold of the golden elixir.

So, she knew that this retreat should be over.

But it's already very good. She never thought at the beginning that her cultivation would be promoted to the foundation building stage. She thought she would be able to stay in the Qi training stage. Now it is an unexpected surprise.

Pei Anzhu stopped his exercises, let out a breath of turbid air, broke away from the retreat, and stood up.

She casually picked up the mobile phone next to her and looked at the time. Twenty-seven days had passed.

Before this retreat, Pei Anzhu kept in mind the lesson learned last time and charged her mobile phone. She still remembered that the last time she retreated to attack the gods, her mobile phone was out of battery when she put it aside. There was no connection, and she had been unable to be contacted, which made Officer Du and Shen Yueran extremely anxious.

So this time, before going into retreat, Pei Anzhu specially found a charger to charge her mobile phone, ensuring that she could see the time and information on her mobile phone as soon as she woke up.

After Pei Anzhu learned the time and date, he began to process the messages on his mobile phone these days.

Some people sent her WeChat messages. She responded as appropriate and gave them a reply. At the same time, she took a look at the Dolphin Live Platform and Weibo. Seeing that her fans were still shouting for her to go back to live broadcast, she sent another Weibo message to appease them. fan.

After settling these trivial matters, she called Shen Yueran, and the call was quickly answered. Shen Yueran's voice came from the other end of the phone, with surprise in her tone:

“Sister Xiaozhu? Have you finished your retreat?”

"Well, it's over." Pei Anzhu said, "My injuries have completely recovered. Could you please tell Officer Du and the others so that they don't have to worry."

"Officer Du is with me now. I'm on speakerphone and he's listening." Shen Yueran said. After being reminded by Officer Du, she quickly got down to business, "By the way, Sister Xiaozhu, those are the things you need to make alchemy." We have almost found all the medicinal materials. All the medicinal materials are currently stored in the Irregularity Bureau. Are you coming to get them now? "

Everyone knows that Pei Anzhu has a storage ring. It is more convenient for her to come and get it herself. If it is transported by the Abnormality Bureau, it will be too grand and may cause unnecessary trouble.

What's more, those medicinal materials are very precious, and some of them are even rare. It is safer only if Pei Anzhu comes to get them in person.

Pei Anzhu was a little surprised after hearing this:

"So fast? Then I'll come to the Strange Adjustment Bureau now and practice the elixir as soon as possible, so that I can recover my cultivation level as soon as possible, track down the whereabouts of the evil cultivator of the Five Formations Sect as soon as possible, and solve this matter completely."

After hearing this, Shen Yueran immediately agreed:

“Okay, Sister Xiaozhu, Officer Du and I are waiting for you at the Foreign Affairs Bureau. Come over quickly. When you arrive, we have something to tell you.”

"What's the matter?" Pei Anzhu asked subconsciously.

"You can tell me when you're here. I can't explain a sentence or two clearly on the phone." Shen Yueran said.

The two of them stopped talking. After hanging up the phone, Pei Anzhu took a shower, changed into clean clothes, and then left the Feng family, preparing to go to the Foreign Affairs Bureau.

However, when she walked out of the yard, she saw the servants of the Feng family, the two people Mrs. Feng had sent to monitor her yard before, Zhang Yufang and Zhao Mingmin.

The two men looked at Pei Anzhu, their eyes widening in horror:

"Young... Madam, when did you come back?"

“What’s wrong?” Pei Anzhu asked without answering.

"You...yard..." Zhang Yufang stammered, and it took her a while to organize her words. "We haven't seen you come back. Have you been in the yard all the time? We've been cleaning the yard several times recently, but we haven't seen you."

With Pei Anzhu's ability, it was easy for him to come back quietly without disturbing the Feng family.

Even though she was only in the stage of Qi training at that time, it was still easy to hide from these ordinary people.

However, in order not to scare them, Pei Anzhu still lied:

“I just came back, so I’ll just grab something and leave right away.”

Zhang Yufang and Zhao Mingmin breathed a sigh of relief. They thought Pei Anzhu had come back long ago and had stayed in the house without eating or drinking for so many days!

I have to say that they knew the truth, but the truth was something they couldn't believe.

Pei Anzhu smiled at them and drove his scooter to the Strange Bureau.

Shen Yueran and Officer Du had been waiting for her for a long time.

As soon as she saw Pei Anzhu, Shen Yueran immediately rushed over to her, gave her a bear hug, and said:

“Ah, Xiaozhu, you’re finally out of seclusion! It’s been twenty-seven days. If you hadn’t vaccinated us before the seclusion, it could take nearly a month. I’d be scared to death!!”

"How are you? Are your injuries healed? How is your cultivation?"

As she spoke, Shen Yueran pulled her and looked her up and down. She was relieved when she saw that Pei Anzhu was really fine.

"My cultivation is now at the peak of foundation building. I'm just waiting for those medicinal materials to be refined into elixirs." Pei Anzhu said, "Where are the medicinal materials, take me there."

Shen Yueran took Pei Anzhu to the place where medicinal materials are stored.

But I saw a whole room full of them. They were sealed and preserved in exquisite boxes, and some were planted directly in flower pots. There were all kinds of things, and five shelves were filled with them.

Pei Anzhu took a general look and found that the medicinal materials here were much more diverse and plentiful than those in the elixir recipe she wrote, which was enough for her to refine many elixirs.

“Why so many?” Pei Anzhu was surprised.

"With the efforts of the whole country, everyone's efforts are finally in vain. The main reason is that the big leaders are afraid that you will not have enough medicinal materials. As long as the medicinal materials not mentioned in the prescription are very precious, they will have them obtained, just because they are afraid that you will need them when you need them." Not at hand," Shen Yueran said.

“You’re really thoughtful.” Pei Anzhu sighed.

Subsequently, she put all the medicinal materials into her storage ring. In an instant, the originally full room suddenly became empty.

After getting the medicinal materials, Shen Yueran took Pei Anzhu out, and she spoke on the way:

"I said before that I would tell you something very important when you came here. I have to tell you that several warlocks from abroad have united and come to our Dragon Kingdom to provoke."

“They include the onmyoji Abe Jinsuke from the Sakura Kingdom, the vampire hunter Annie from the Indus Kingdom, the witch Melissa from the Maple Leaf Kingdom, the Lama Kue from the Wanta Kingdom, and... the head-dropping master from the Elephant Kingdom, Heza.”

Pei Anzhu suddenly became interested when he heard the familiar name:

"He Zha? That head-dropping master He Zha who makes ghost babies and uses them to harm people?"

"That's him. He gathered a group of foreign warlocks and went to the Dragon Kingdom to challenge you. He said he wanted to compete with you." Shen Yueran said, "The timing of their arrival was very coincidental. It happened to be just after you had been in seclusion for ten days. I suspect that some of them must have received the news that you may be seriously injured and came here to find out the truth. "

Of course, this is just Shen Yueran’s guess, and it might really be a coincidence.

After hearing this, Pei Anzhu lowered his head and thought for a moment, then said:

"It's very possible. Don't forget, there are still a few black-robed people fleeing on that island, and I heard them say with my own ears that there are four purple-bordered elders, two of whom are located in Wanta Kingdom and Wanta Kingdom respectively. Elephant Country.”

“Now it seems that not only Hezha but Kuhe is also very problematic.”

Shen Yueran nodded heavily and said:

"Yes, no matter how I look at them, I feel that they have evil intentions. They wanted to see you, but they were blocked by me and Officer Du. I told them that I am your apprentice, and if they want to compete with you, they must beat me first. "

“So, I tricked them into participating in the competition I set up, and used this method to delay time. Finally, I delayed you until you came out. It’s really great!”

Pei Anzhu gave Shen Yueran a thumbs up without hesitation:

“You are so smart!”

The two of them walked outside talking and laughing. When they saw Officer Du, Shen Yueran said:

“Officer Du, I have already told Sister Xiaozhu about Hezhao and the others.”

"Yes." Officer Du nodded, took out the notebook that Shen Yueran had recorded before, and handed it to Pei Anzhu, "This is what Yueran recorded about their weaknesses and some speculations. Of course it is not comprehensive. Take it back and have a look. Take a look at these as well.”

“What is this?” Pei Anzhu looked at the bag handed over by Officer Du, curious.

"These are live videos of these games. They are not compressed or edited. They are authentic. You will have a very systematic understanding of them after watching them." Officer Du said, "Now they can no longer deceive them anymore. Sooner or later they will When I fight against you, only by knowing yourself and your enemy can you win every battle, especially Annie and Abe Rensuke, these two are particularly noteworthy, they are very strong!”

"Okay, thank you Officer Du." Pei Anzhu said, and then warned, "If you can delay it, just delay it as much as possible. After I go back, I will read these things, practice the elixirs, and then come out after recovering my cultivation. The estimated time is one week. If you can't hold on any longer, it will be useful if you tear this talisman in front of them."

After saying that, Pei Anzhu handed Shen Yueran a talisman. "What kind of talisman is this?" Shen Yueran was curious. She had never seen the talisman on it, nor had she seen it in Shu Yunguan's classics.

“Photograph Talisman.” Pei Anzhu explained, “It functions just like taking a video with a mobile phone. It stores the sound and images in advance, and then you can play them when you tear them apart at a specific time. In fact, it is of no use. It is mainly just for show.”

In fact, if Pei Anzhu wants to talk to that group of people, it is not impossible to directly use the mobile phone video.

However, the cell phone video could not highlight Pei Anzhu's skills as a master of Xuanmen, so she got a photo charm for Shen Yueran, in order to give the group of people a little shock at the critical moment and make them stay calm.

Shen Yueran happily put the photo charm into his pocket, waiting to take it out to show the group of people some color.

"I'm leaving first." Pei Anzhu took the bag given by Officer Du, said goodbye to the two of them, and then drove back to Feng's house.

 After returning to Feng's house, she found the computer she hadn't used for a long time, plugged in the USB flash drive, and started watching the live broadcasts of the games, trying to see what kind of people they were.

Although Pei Anzhu is very confident, she will never be arrogant, and she still has to do her homework.

She doubled the speed of the video. With her five senses and eyesight, she could see the details clearly even if the video was sped up several times. The purpose of speeding up the video was to save time.

After all, her time is limited. She has to rush to make alchemy and restore her cultivation, but she doesn’t have much time to watch such a live broadcast.

Pei Anzhu spent about a day watching all the live broadcasts of these five people. Each of them had five games, a total of twenty-five games.

Each session takes less than an hour on average.

These include Melissa, who spent more than seven hours in the first game, but gave up for dozens of minutes in the second game, and Anne and Abe Jinsuke, who played steadily in almost every game, basically two or three Done in hours.

After speeding up and compressing, Pei Anzhu spent a day reading it, and he already had a clear understanding of the situation of these five people—

Melissa, there is no threat to Pei Anzhu.

Her witchcraft may be very powerful in her country, but it is not enough in Pei Anzhu's eyes. She can even see clearly the flow of certain elements in nature every time Melissa performs witchcraft.

Actually, witchcraft and spiritual power are, to some extent, similar in approach and approach.

If Melissa's cultivation level is replaced by the cultivation level that Pei Anzhu is familiar with, then Melissa is at the early stage of Qi training at best, and she is not good enough compared to Shen Yueran, let alone Pei Anzhu.

Heza is most famous for his ghost control skills, which is slightly threatening.

According to Pei Anzhu's observation, there must be a ghost emperor-level ghost living in Heza's Wangui Sail. If this ghost emperor is released, it will cause great harm, even to Apu and Abe Ren. The ghost king shikigami introduced by me can't be beaten either.

More importantly, there may be many evil ghosts in Hezha Wangui Fan. He may not pose a threat if he releases ten of them, but what about a hundred and a thousand? Too much ghost energy will also have an impact on the human world.

Then there is Kue, he is the most mediocre one among the few.

But Pei Anzhu always had a feeling that this misfortune was not as simple as it appeared. Judging from his appearance, there were many causes and effects wrapped around his body, and the lines of cause and effect were black and shiny, which showed that his hands were unclean. of.

However, his external identity is indeed that of a Buddhist lama.

Buddhism emphasizes good deeds, not killing, and the endless sea of ​​suffering, but neither of these is consistent with suffering.

Therefore, Pei Anzhu felt that he was pretending to be a pig and trying to eat the tiger. He was deliberately not performing well, but he was not at the bottom either. It seemed quite real, but in fact he was hiding it.

This person must be paid special attention to.

Following closely is Anne. In Pei Anzhu's view, Anne is the one who understands best among all the people.

She is beautiful, powerful, and smart. She has shown extremely high qualities in the competition, such as fast speed, good skills, strong insight, excellent memory, etc. But because of this, she doesn't bother to do any small tricks.

Her whole person is positive and bright, and there is no causal thread entangled with innocent people. She deals with vampires who are evil-doing. For such people, she relies on her strength to speak, and she will never play tricks in the dark.

Perhaps she intentionally lowered her ability to summon and concealed the power of the three-headed **** dog, but that was because she had to keep her trump card and could not be completely discovered, not because she had any ulterior motives.

Finally, there is Jinsuke Abe.

This person Pei Anzhu is somewhat opaque, at least with her current level of cultivation, she can't.

In her opinion, Abe Jinsuke's strength is much higher than that of Anne. He and the remaining people are not of the same dimension at all. Just put a few of his shikigami and you can fight with others. Back.

There are a total of five games. Abe Jinsuke releases three shikigami each time to participate in the competition, but sometimes he releases duplicates, so the number of shikigami released is as high as 10.

But Pei Anzhu concluded that this is definitely not Abe’s limit.

 No one knows how many shikigami he has contracted with, and based on Pei Anzhu's current cultivation level at the peak of foundation building, she can't estimate it, which means that it represents the level of Abe Jinsuke, at least a golden elixir.

Although there is no such thing as a golden elixir in Sakura Country, Pei Anzhu automatically converted the analogy, and the golden elixir is the lowest line for Abe Jinsuke.

But in the competition, although Abe competed for first place everywhere, he did not perform too outstandingly. Although he scored the highest, Anne scored the same as him every time. At most, he was slightly better in time.

This is not outstanding enough to make people fearful, but it quietly highlights his first-class level.

All in all, it’s interesting.

Now Pei Anzhu only hopes that after he refines the elixir and recovers his cultivation level, he can see clearly what level this person is. If Abe Jinsuke's cultivation level is too high, it means that the Dragon Kingdom not only has internal troubles, but also external troubles. .

Pei Anzhu put the USB flash drives away while thinking.

Immediately afterwards, she began to sort the medicinal materials in the storage ring, and took out the alchemy furnace left by Master Shu Yun, ready to start refining the elixir.

The country is very generous, and the medicinal materials given to her are the best and the best, and there is enough surplus. Even many medicinal materials that are not included in her prescriptions are given in large quantities in case of emergencies.

Pei Anzhu looked at these medicinal materials and suddenly discovered that in addition to refining elixirs for the Golden Elixir Stage, Nascent Soul Stage, and Divine Transformation Stage, she could even continue to refine them.

It's just that her previous cultivation level only reached the stage of transformation into gods. If she uses pills to improve her cultivation level, and only reaches the stage of transformation into gods, then she will not have any problems. However, if she continues to forcibly improve her cultivation level, it will be mentioned in the Mahayana stage and the tribulation stage. , then her meridians are in danger of bursting.

But… special circumstances will be treated with special treatment.

When the Dragon Kingdom is facing internal and external troubles, there are five evil cultivators from the Five Formations sect who are stirring things up and causing trouble in secret. Outside, there are powerful warlocks from other countries like Abe Jinsuke, who are eyeing her. If she is not strong enough, she may not be able to solve these problems. .

Thinking of this, Pei Anzhu made a decision in his mind:

She wants to continue to refine higher-level elixirs, and always wants to upgrade her cultivation level to the Mahayana stage.

She doesn't want to go through the tribulation period. Overcoming the tribulation is equivalent to ascending in half a step. That is the cultivation level she only had in the world of cultivation in her previous life. This world's spiritual energy is thin and it is estimated that it cannot support her such a high level of cultivation, so the Mahayana period is to reach the sky. .

After making up his mind, Pei Anzhu began to make elixirs.

As a genius rarely seen in Xuanji Sect for hundreds of years, Pei An is naturally proficient in all aspects of the Zhudan Talisman Array. Refining alchemy is nothing more than child's play, and it's not like she has never refined it in this world before.

In the past, Officer Du asked her to save Meng Chao of the Meng family, and she had refined the elixir.

Now that I am refining it again, with the experience from the last time, I will become more proficient and operate it more smoothly.

Before making the alchemy, she placed a ban around the courtyard where she lived to prevent others from entering, and then set up layer after layer of isolation formations to separate the small courtyard from the rest of the Feng family to prevent her movements here from being detected. People see.

In short, she started refining the elixir after everything was ready.

She was already familiar with alchemy. She was seen sitting in front of the alchemy furnace, throwing herbs into it in order and in a certain proportion, and then using her kung fu to inhale all the aura from Fengjia Mountain into her Dantian, and then pour it all into her Dantian. Inside the alchemy furnace.

You must know that alchemy is not a simple pile of medicinal materials, it is not a matter of throwing a bunch of medicinal materials into a pot and then cooking them.

Rather, every medicinal material must use the purest spiritual power to remove impurities and retain the most original medicinal properties.

After the first medicinal material is processed, the second medicinal material can be added. At this time, the spiritual power must be divided into several strands, one strand is used to maintain the medicinal properties of the first medicinal material, and the other is used to eliminate the properties of the second medicinal material. Impurities, a strand used to neutralize the medicinal properties of two medicinal materials, allowing them to fuse without mutual exclusion.

In fact, some medicinal materials required for elixirs conflict with each other, so when making elixirs, you must rely on the skill of the alchemist to effectively integrate them.

If this is not possible, then the medicinal materials will conflict with each other, and there will be a danger of exploding the furnace. In this way, the elixir cannot be made.

Hence, alchemy is a delicate job.

Fortunately, Pei Anzhu had done a lot of alchemy in his previous life. After traveling through time, he also had experience and became familiar with the flow of spiritual energy in the Feng family and the current environment, until he learned how to better eliminate and integrate it.

When Pei Anzhu was refining elixirs, she did not want to stop after refining one type of elixir. Instead, she wanted to refine all the elixirs in one go. Although this was a great test for her and required a strong willpower. , and extremely strong ability to control spiritual energy.

But none of this is a problem for her. Anyway, this is not the first time that she has challenged her limits.

When she used the tracking technique in Shu Yunguan, it was the limit of her spiritual consciousness; when she fought against the python demon on the island, it was the limit of her merit and cultivation; now it is the limit of her spiritual energy utilization and alchemy level.