"Meow, meow..."
The soft little paws of the black cat landed on Gao Xian's face, rousing him from his slumber.
Gao Xian yawned, pushing the little black cat off his face.
This little guy had been sticking to him all night, especially clingy.
Of course, it was probably because he was warm enough.
For a small cat, the unheated bedroom was a bit too cold.
Feeling the chill himself, Gao Xian slept in his Qingyun robe.
Glancing at the bright window, judging by the angle of the sunlight, it was probably past ten in the morning, with the sun shining brightly.
The white walls made the room look even brighter.
Leisurely getting out of bed, Gao Xian cast a cleaning spell on himself, tidying his hair in front of the large bronze mirror.
The high-quality Qingyun robe, even after sleeping in it all night, remained neat and unwrinkled when he stood up, shaking off the dust.
Gao Xian was very satisfied with it.
Quality comes with its reasons!
After tidying up, Gao Xian went to the kitchen to fetch a pot of hot water and brewed a pot of tea in the living room.
The steaming hot tea washed away the lethargy from sleeping all night, quickly invigorating Gao Xian.
Seeing Gao Xian getting up, Da Niu hurried over cautiously and asked, "Brother, is it time for breakfast?"
He had been awake for a while, swept the yard, boiled water, stewed the meat, just waiting for Gao Xian to wake up.
Gao Xian felt a bit embarrassed; these days he had gotten used to sleeping in at the Zhou family's house.
He asked, "Have you eaten?"
"Not yet."
Da Niu smiled foolishly, "Let's eat together when you're ready, brother."
"Haha..."
Gao Xian patted Da Niu's shoulder, "Good boy, you don't have to wait for me."
Da Niu felt a bit uneasy, "But how can I!"
"Forget about that, let's eat."
Gao Xian didn't dwell on it; with just the two of them, there was no need to eat separately.
In the future, he and Da Niu would have meals at the same time.
Da Niu's cooking skills were excellent; the stewed meat was fragrant, accompanied by a plate of dried fruits, two plates of pickled vegetables, and two boiled wild eggs with rice porridge.
The meat, dried fruits, pickled vegetables, eggs, and cakes, these specially prepared foods all contained spiritual energy.
In terms of price, it wasn't that high, just that the preparation was complex and somewhat troublesome.
Ordinary cultivators wouldn't invest that much time in this aspect.
Gao Xian was satisfied; this little brother was really good, diligent in his work, and capable.
After breakfast, Gao Xian did his routine exercises.
He circulated the Five Elements Qi for a hundred and eight cycles.
With the Qinglian Hairpin, the efficiency of circulating the Five Elements Qi improved once again, and the breathing of spiritual energy became faster.
After days of use, Gao Xian found the Qinglian Hairpin to be a great item!
After cultivating internal skills, it was time for external skills.
Gao Xian took a Tiger Blood Pill, practiced the Iron Dragon Hand twice, and then practiced the Clear Wind Sword Technique.
As for spells, with the Mind Palace, Gao Xian moved his spell practice to the Mind Palace for better results and convenience.
After finishing his exercises, Gao Xian started alchemy.
He had rested enough; it was time to get to work.
With Da Niu assisting, alchemy became much easier.
Starting the fire, preparing the herbs, including handling the charcoal ash, all these tasks could be entrusted to Da Niu.
Having worked in a pharmacy for several years, Da Niu was very skilled at handling herbs.
With a few pointers from Gao Xian, he quickly understood any areas he was unfamiliar with.
Before midnight, the Deer Antler Powder was ready, yielding over a thousand pills.
Da Niu's eyes widened; he knew Gao Xian was skilled in alchemy, but to produce over a thousand pills in half a day was unheard of.
He was not good with words, just staring at Gao Xian dumbfounded, unsure how to express his admiration.
Gao Xian enjoyed this; his alchemy skills were at the level of a first-tier expert, although there was still some distance from a first-tier master, within the Lianyun Sect, he was considered a skilled alchemist.
Even his master, Xu Mingyuan, was probably only at the level of a first-tier master in alchemy.
Gao Xian was well aware of how complex and profound alchemy was.
By adding some tweaks, he elevated several alchemical formulas to the level of grandmaster, thus raising his first-tier alchemy skills to the expert level.
To truly reach the level of a master alchemist, one must have their unique understanding of alchemy.
His master, Xu Mingyuan, was very accomplished in the "Three Elements Pill Scripture" and was particularly famous for producing the Three Elements Pill.
Among Xu Mingyuan's seven or eight disciples, none could inherit his true teachings.
Gao Xian was even further from that level.
The Deer Antler Powder and Tian Bi Pill were still too low-level.
No matter how skilled the technique of production was, they were not considered top-tier.
Fortunately, these two types of pills had a wide audience, were profitable, and could earn human spiritual light.
For Gao Xian, that was enough.
To be honest, Gao Xian didn't have much ambition in alchemy.
He didn't particularly enjoy it; alchemy was just a means of livelihood.
Compared to that, swordsmanship and spells were more interesting.
Returning to his bedroom, the black cat was already fast asleep on the floor.
The smoke and fire from alchemy traveled through the bedroom's smoke vent, keeping the room warm as spring as long as alchemy was in progress.
Gao Xian sat on the bed for a while, feeling so comfortable that he was about to fall asleep.
He forced himself to circulate the Five Elements Qi for a hundred and eight cycles before taking off his clothes and going to bed.
Before sleeping, Gao Xian took out the "Essentials of Dong Bin" to review.
The Ice and Fire Dual Realm had reached its maximum level, unable to progress further.
These days, he had been studying the Shadowless Robe.
This spell seemed to condense a semi-transparent veil with mana, giving a woman a mysterious and elusive appearance when worn.
Other than that, it seemed to have no other use.
However, Gao Xian felt that just the words "shadowless" held great potential and were worth studying.
After pondering for a few days, Gao Xian finally made progress with the Shadowless Robe.
But without enough human spiritual light, the Shadowless Robe appeared as a cloud of smoke enveloping his body.
Under the shroud of smoke, parts of his body seemed to be faintly visible.
"Is this it?"
Gao Xian tried it twice and felt that the Shadowless Robe wasn't for flirting but rather for amusement.
"It should have potential, right?"
Gao Xian was still quite hopeful for the Shadowless Robe.
If it could truly achieve invisibility, that would be impressive.
In his previous life, countries placed great emphasis on stealth fighter jets.
Stealth meant being out of the enemy's observation, completely controlling the battlefield initiative.
Whether it was reconnaissance, harassment, or attack, decisions could be made calmly.
In the world of cultivators, it was the same.
If the Shadowless Robe could truly achieve invisibility, then no amount of human spiritual light invested would be too much.
There was indeed invisibility in this world, but it was a high-level spell that ordinary cultivators could never learn.
Furthermore, invisibility required a significant investment of resources and came with various restrictions.
It was said that even Foundation Establishment cultivators, there were only a few who could master invisibility.
Gao Xian felt that even with his cultivation level, if he were to obtain invisibility, it would be very difficult to achieve.
This small spell of the Shadowless Robe was his shortcut!
Fortunately, both external and internal threats had been resolved, so there was no rush.
Living in his new home, Gao Xian spent his days cultivating, alchemizing, and occasionally playing with the cat or reading.
All the miscellaneous tasks like cooking and cleaning were taken care of by Da Niu.
The Earth Magnetic Wheel he bought belonged to the mid-level Qi cultivation spell.
Using the Earth's magnetic energy as a wheel, one could move forward and backward at will, with extremely fast speed, making it a very practical and ingenious spell.
Gao Xian studied it for a few days but hadn't mastered it yet.
This spell couldn't be enhanced, so he could only progress slowly.
Fortunately, he wasn't in a hurry.
The weather was getting colder, but Gao Xian was living comfortably and contentedly.
Since reincarnating into this body, he felt the beauty and happiness of a simple life for the first time.
The only downside was that Da Niu was a simple-minded boy; if only he were a cute and sweet girl.
Zhou Yuling was in the front yard, but unfortunately, Zhou Ye was very strict and rarely allowed her to go out.
At the end of December, Gao Xian's human spiritual light had accumulated over a thousand points again.
He used a thousand points of human spiritual light to forcibly elevate the Shadowless Robe to the grandmaster level.
The Shadowless Robe lived up to his expectations, undergoing a qualitative change after reaching the grandmaster level.
Shadowless Robe: Condense mana into a robe that envelops the entire body, transforming into a shadowless state. (1/2000 Grandmaster)
Gao Xian was overjoyed; this was what he wanted!
(End of this chapter)