Taking advantage of the favorable state, Gao Xian began to sit quietly and cultivate the Five Elements Technique.
The Five Elements Technique circulates the power of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, corresponding to the lungs, liver, kidneys, heart, and spleen, while also visualizing the corresponding Five Elements scriptures in the mind.
Each type of qi corresponding to metal, wood, water, fire, and earth must be circulated once, achieving a complete cycle of the meridians, which takes about three minutes.
In one cultivation session, at least thirty-six cycles of the meridians must be completed to see progress.
Guiding the qi in the body with divine consciousness along a fixed route while visualizing the corresponding scriptures is actually very difficult.
Fortunately, the original owner had cultivated since childhood, so the foundation was solid.
Gao Xian inherited this part of the memory, and the cultivation these days went relatively smoothly.
This time, with a thought, Lan Jie appeared deep in his mind.
Through the Great Duo Divine Technique, he and Lan Jie had an invisible but extremely close connection.
Whatever he thought, Lan Jie could naturally act according to his thoughts.
Gao Xian asked Lan Jie to help him visualize the scriptures while he circulated the Five Elements Technique for thirty-six cycles.
Without an accurate timing tool, according to Gao Xian's own calculation, this cultivation session only took about thirty minutes.
It was more than four times more efficient than his own cultivation.
Moreover, Lan Jie's cultivation effect was also better.
Throughout the day, Gao Xian cultivated three times, circulating the Five Elements Technique for one hundred and eight cycles.
Looking at the front of the Wind and Moon Mirror, one could see a slight improvement in the cultivation of the Five Elements Technique.
Gao Xian was greatly surprised by this result.
Since crossing over, he had not neglected his cultivation.
After all, cultivation was fundamental, and he was very interested in extraordinary powers.
However, after practicing for a few days, there was no progress in his cultivation.
No wonder the original owner had to rely on pills to level up; his aptitude was indeed lacking.
Moreover, with Lan Jie helping to visualize the scriptures, the speed of casting spells had greatly increased.
A flame flickered on Gao Xian's fingertips, like a lighter with a constantly flickering switch.
On the other hand, a faint mist of water appeared and disappeared in his other hand, this was the Water Manipulation Technique.
At this stage, for low-level techniques like Fire Manipulation and Water Manipulation, Gao Xian didn't even need to chant incantations or make hand seals, he could cast them instantly.
According to the memories left by the original owner, although these two techniques were low-level, they formed the foundation for many other techniques.
For example, the Purification Technique was a high-level variation of the Water Manipulation Technique.
Gao Xian displayed all the spells he knew repeatedly, enjoying the wonderful feeling of controlling extraordinary powers.
After a day of such practice, Gao Xian gradually calmed down from his excitement.
Although Lan Jie was helpful, she couldn't help him refine pills.
For now, he needed to figure out a way to refine pills first.
It was said that the shopkeeper's wife had reached the ninth level of Qi Cultivation, only one step away from Foundation Establishment.
In this small Feima Market, she was known to be formidable.
Techniques like Fire Manipulation and Water Manipulation were of no use, and instant casting was useless.
Even if the shopkeeper's wife stood there and let him attack, he wouldn't be able to harm her in the slightest.
Moreover, the shopkeeper Zhu was a disciple of the Lianyun Sect, and his master was a guest elder of the sect.
The social relationship between the two sides was very close, and resorting to violence wouldn't solve anything.
On the contrary, the shopkeeper Zhu and his wife wouldn't harm him.
At most, they would hand him over to his master for handling.
Thinking of that unseen master, Gao Xian couldn't help but shiver.
According to the memories left by the original owner, if he were sent back by the shopkeeper Zhu, that master would definitely break his legs.
Sneak away from the Feima Market?
The Feima Market was a newly opened market by the Lianyun Sect, located deep in the Tengshe Mountain, about two to three thousand miles away from the Lianyun Sect.
The Tengshe Mountain was full of demonic beasts and extremely terrifying evil spirits.
From the memories of the original owner, he definitely didn't have the ability to escape from the Tengshe Mountain on his own.
"Eight days left, I have to try various methods as much as possible."
Gao Xian picked up the "Alchemical Secrets" again.
In the past few days, he had absorbed some memories of the original owner, and now he could barely understand the "Alchemical Secrets."
After patiently reading for a while, Gao Xian couldn't help but throw the book away.
Even if he could barely understand the theory, he was still far from being able to put it into practice.
"This won't work, I need to think of another way."
Gao Xian picked up the book again, then went to the nearby cabinet and took out all the books and items inside.
Thirteen low-grade spirit stones, a fine steel long sword with pine patterns, several sets of clothing, a few books, a box of ten White Dew Pills, and several low-level talismans.
This was all the property left to him by the original owner.
He had actually gone through these items several times before, but he took them out again mainly to organize his thoughts.
Gao Xian's mind was exceptionally clear at the moment, and he had a strange intuition that among these items, there was something he needed.
Spirit stones were crystals condensed naturally from spiritual energy, the universal currency in the world of cultivators, equivalent to gold in the mundane world.
Thirteen low-grade spirit stones had limited purchasing power and couldn't solve his problem.
The long sword was useless, the White Dew Pills, clothing, and talismans were all useless.
So, it came down to these few books.
"The Theory of the Five Elements," "The Profound Secrets of the Cave," "Thirty-Six Methods of Alchemy"...
Suddenly, Gao Xian's heart stirred, and he picked up "The Profound Secrets of the Cave."
He had glanced through this book before, and it recorded prescriptions for dual cultivation, not something serious.
He had thrown it away when he saw the content.
"If it's not serious, then it's right for me. The Wind and Moon Mirror isn't serious either, that's a perfect match!"
In fact, "The Profound Secrets of the Cave" was very simple, recording nine prescriptions, including details on how to refine them.
After reading the first prescription for Deer Antler Powder, Gao Xian suddenly had a realization.
He took out the Wind and Moon Mirror and saw an additional pill recipe on the back.
Deer Antler Powder: A tonic for strengthening yang and kidneys. (Entry level 1/10).
Gao Xian was overjoyed.
Learning a pill recipe was one thing, but the key was that this pill recipe could be upgraded!
By consuming ten points of humane spiritual light, Deer Antler Powder quickly upgraded to a proficient level.
Inside the Wind and Moon Mirror, Lan Jie began to demonstrate how to select medicinal herbs, wash, soak, boil, sun-dry, grind the herbs into powder, and how to refine them through baking...
In a short time, Gao Xian learned how to refine Deer Antler Powder and mastered all the details of the refining process.
"Indeed!" Gao Xian became even more excited.
Deer Antler Powder wasn't very useful, but the technique of refining it was what he wanted.
Deer Antler Powder: A tonic for strengthening yang and kidneys. (Proficient 1/10).
To upgrade once required ten points, and Gao Xian, looking at the remaining one hundred points of humane spiritual light, didn't hesitate to continuously spend them on Deer Antler Powder.
Deer Antler Powder upgraded to the master level, only requiring fifty points of humane spiritual light.
However, from master to grandmaster, it would require fifty points.
Gao Xian looked at the Great Duo Divine Technique, which required five thousand points of humane spiritual light to upgrade.
Compared to that, this was too cheap.
For the sake of his own life, Gao Xian made a firm decision to forcefully upgrade Deer Antler Powder to the grandmaster level.
Clearly, there was a qualitative change from master to grandmaster, which required more humane spiritual light.
He had finally found a path, so he had to go all out.
After all, the remaining dozens of points of humane spiritual light couldn't do anything.
In the Wind and Moon Mirror, Lan Jie began to refine Deer Antler Powder again.
The process was the same as before, but Lan Jie's movements were exceptionally elegant, exuding an indescribable charm.
Gao Xian's spirit shook, and he gained countless insights into refining Deer Antler Powder in his mind.
At the same time, the alchemy memories of the original owner for over a decade were also stimulated.
Selecting medicinal herbs, starting the furnace, controlling the heat, scenes of the process merged into Gao Xian's memory...
(End of this chapter)