Chapter 293

Just like that, Zhang Xiaohua cultivated the Carefree Heart Sutra on the deserted island while comprehending Earth Escape and Alchemy. In addition to the night rain, he drew lightning to strengthen his cultivation. In the blink of an eye, half a year had passed.

At first, Zhang Xiaohua still used a small sword to draw lines on the ground of the small cave, counting the days. Later on, he lost interest and stopped counting, simply drawing lines.

"If it weren't for the fact that I want to see how many days I can spend on this deserted island without seabirds in the future, I would be too lazy to draw lines. I might as well draw circles in a corner of the cave and curse the Pulsatilla. That's more refreshing."

Zhang Xiaohua also went from looking up from the top of the mountain every day, almost turning himself into a boat gazing stone. But now, he didn't even look up. Too much disappointment made him realize that the greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment. It was better to cut off his own path of retreat and not think about going back. Who knows, there might be an unexpected surprise.

This kind of concentration and hard work allowed his cultivation to reach a new level. He had already cultivated the Carefree Heart Sutra to the middle of the fourth level, the Big Dipper Magical Fist to the fifth level, and the Earth Escape Technique to the last incantation, but he still couldn't make a breakthrough. As for alchemy, he had already learned all the basic theories. All he needed was some herbs and specific operations to make the pills.

Zhang Xiaohua also engraved the incantations for alchemy in his heart. When he comprehended them, he also used his hands. But he was always afraid that he would mess up, so he was very careful.

On this day, Zhang Xiaohua sat on the top of the mountain, using his hands to form incantations. He closed his eyes and circulated his Qi. The Qi in his meridians followed the changes of the incantations and was drawn out from his body, forming a ball. Then, it was changed again. As the incantations changed, the Qi slowly moved from his hands to his arms, and then to his entire body, forming a layer of colorless Qi film on Zhang Xiaohua's body. When the final incantation was formed, the colorless Qi came out from under his feet and drilled into the ground. Zhang Xiaohua's entire body suddenly disappeared, like a gust of gas.

Zhang Xiaohua, who drilled into the mountain, curiously released his divine sense. He found that his whole body was wrapped in a layer of black film, and the surrounding was pitch black. Then, he released his divine sense. In this mountain, it was very difficult to release one's divine sense. When his divine sense locked on a place, he silently chanted the incantation. His body, as if shuttling through the earth, drilled into that place. On the way, whether it was soil or rocks, he passed through them as if his body did not exist at all.

When he arrived at the place locked on by his divine sense, Zhang Xiaohua silently chanted the incantation. His body drilled up, and when his eyes suddenly lit up, he was back at the top of the mountain. But, compared to the place where he was just standing, he was already very far away.

"Haha." Zhang Xiaohua was overjoyed. This Earth Escape technique was a bit more interesting than the levitation technique. He could drill into the earth, walk in the earth, and his speed was so fast. Even if he was caught by the pulsatilla, he could easily escape.

Thinking of the pulsatilla, Zhang Xiaohua habitually looked at the sea. It was still very empty.

Then, Zhang Xiaohua checked the Zhenqi in his meridians and secretly shook his head: "This Earth Escape technique really consumes Zhenqi. It has only been a short distance, but I have already lost nearly one-twentieth of my Zhenqi. It seems that I still need to practice the Carefree Heart Sutra more. The Zhenqi in the meridians is really the foundation of all Immortal Dao spells."

He took out two primordial stones from his arms and replenished his Zhenqi. Then, he was ready to try the Earth Escape technique again. Zhang Xiaohua was not afraid of being seen by others on this deserted island. When he practiced, he used the Crouching Ox Stone. He only used the primordial stones to practice the Earth Escape technique. But this small primordial stone had been used for half a year, and the Zhenqi in it was still not exhausted. This made Zhang Xiaohua very surprised.

Zhang Xiaohua used the Earth Escape technique again and drilled into the mountain. This time, he did not go far away. Instead, he chose to drill straight down. He wanted to know if the bottom of this deserted island was still the sea.

But before he could drill down any further, the surrounding temperature rose. It was unbearable and he quickly drilled out. In fact, ever since Zhang Xiaohua practiced the Big Dipper Fist, he was basically immune to both heat and cold. He no longer had the concept of cold and heat. Even if he practiced on a rainy night, he was not afraid of the pouring rain. But the scorching heat underground made him taste it again. He was so scared that he did not dare to continue.

In fact, there was one thing that he did not know. The protective layer formed by Zhenqi also had the effect of isolating heat and cold. Since it could make him feel the scorching heat, then the temperature underground was unimaginable.

He spent the entire morning trying out the newly mastered Earth Escape technique. He suddenly disappeared from here, drilled into the ground, and drilled out from there again. He played around until the Zhenqi in his body was exhausted. Only then did he sit comfortably with a Primordial Stone in his hand to replenish his Zhenqi.

And after half a year of cultivation, Zhang Xiaohua discovered that if he absorbed Zhenqi from Primordial Stones and used it to cultivate the Carefree Heart Sutra, the absorption speed would be relatively slow. It would increase his power bit by bit. And if he consumed Zhenqi and only used Primordial Stones to replenish his Zhenqi, the speed was not ordinary. In a very short period of time, he could replenish the Zhenqi in his body. This made Zhang Xiaohua very puzzled. If he could replenish his Zhenqi while cultivating, how good would that be? Right now, he should have cultivated to the eighth or ninth level.

And if he completely consumed the Zhenqi in his body like this and replenished it again, then his Zhenqi would definitely be more than before. As for how much more, Zhang Xiaohua did not have any idea. He just felt it.

"Perhaps this is the principle of breaking and then building. Martial arts and literature have a certain degree of similarity. Even the Way of Immortality is the same. Oh, I understand. This is the rule of the world. No matter what you do, you act according to the rules and find your own path in the rules."

In an instant, Zhang Xiaohua seemed to understand a lot, but it seemed that he only understood a little.

Zhang Xiaohua did not deliberately practice his Flying Sword, but playing with it in his spare time was enough for him to know how to use the Flying Sword like the back of his hand. Look, he was sitting on the top of the mountain, using his Divine Sense to command the Flying Sword, chasing after a flock of seabirds.

Right, when he first came to the island, Zhang Xiaohua used his Divine Sense to scan the deserted island. He had been complaining that there were no animals to eat. But after two days, he found that there were no animals, but there were seabirds. Many seabirds built their nests in the trees along the coast and in the grass at the foot of the mountain. Therefore, Zhang Xiaohua occasionally caught a few seabirds, dug out a few eggs, and roasted them with fire to satisfy his craving. But later, when he ran out of matches, he had to restrain his violent behavior of harassing the flock of seabirds.

When he finished practicing the Earth Escape and was ready to refine pills, he remembered that refining pills required fire, didn't it?

Since the fire from matches could roast eggs and seabirds, then wouldn't the fire from refining pills be even more effective?

Therefore, he commanded the flying sword to chase after the flock of seabirds.

The seabirds in the flock of seabirds were used to being chased by the flying sword. When they saw the flying sword flying towards them, they flew up and down from time to time, but the flying sword was like a real seabird, neither too fast nor too slow. Even if it followed behind, it still flew up and down. After chasing for a long time, perhaps Zhang Xiaohua was tired of playing, the flying sword suddenly sped up. A cold light flashed and pierced the seabird's neck, but there was not a drop of blood. Then, it turned around and flew towards the top of the mountain where Zhang Xiaohua was.

The flying sword flew back to Zhang Xiaohua's hand. He looked at the seabird in his hand, which was not much bigger than a fist, and was very satisfied.

"I remember the first time I chased a seabird, I couldn't catch it no matter what. Later, when I finally caught it, I couldn't pierce the seabird. This seabird's feathers seemed to have a lot of oil, which made it very slippery. Hehe, fortunately, practice makes perfect. From piercing the seabird's body full of bird blood, now I can only pierce its neck, and there is not a drop of bird blood. It seems that my progress is not small. Pulsatilla, you wait, wait for me to deal with you when I go back!

Hmm?

However, if Pulsatilla didn't take me out, I don't seem to be able to cultivate to this level. Does this count as repaying kindness with enmity? "

"Forget it, I don't care. I don't care whether he repaid kindness with enmity or not. Pulsatilla didn't have any good intentions. I saved his life in Jingyue City, which can be considered as repaying his kindness.

Hehe, if it doesn't work, I'll go and kidnap that South Sea Beauty and let this guy have a taste of suffering. Hahaha, that's what I'll do. "

"Speaking of the oily seabird, alas, I haven't eaten that oily barbecue for a long time. Although I don't like it very much, after not eating it for a long time, I miss it a lot."

In an instant, Zhang Xiaohua forgot about the idea of taking revenge on Qin Shiyue, and looked at the seabird in his hand.

Alas, even the cleverest housewife can't cook rice without cooking.

Putting the seabird aside, Zhang Xiaohua took out the money bag from his arms and took out the huge tripod furnace.

Previously, Zhang Xiaohua had already roughly examined this cauldron. It was somewhat different from the ones he usually saw in the temple. Now that he took a closer look, it was actually very different. This cauldron stood on three legs, and the cauldron was engraved with different talismans. It looked like it had been there for a long time, and it was already somewhat blurred. The lid on the cauldron was also extremely delicate. When he opened it, he found that it was hollow inside.

This was clearly the alchemy furnace mentioned in alchemy, not the incense burner used to burn incense.

When Zhang Xiaohua got the Elixir Furnace from Xicui Mountain, he was not much taller than the Elixir Furnace. Now, he could look down and see the situation inside the Elixir Furnace. However, it was dark inside the Elixir Furnace and he could not see anything. He could only smell the scent of incense ash. Zhang Xiaohua frowned and sniffed.

"The monks of the Shaolin Temple are really powerful. Even the alchemy furnace of the Immortal Dao can be used as an incense burner. I don't know how they burn incense inside!"

Zhang Xiaohua released his Divine Awareness and carefully observed the situation inside the alchemy furnace. That was, he didn't look at it before, but now he had to use it. If he didn't look at it now, wouldn't he be fighting an unprepared war?

This was a spherical space with several groove-like depressions at the bottom, and the surrounding walls were engraved with different ancient patterns, all of which emitted a faint fluctuation of Primordial Qi. The bottom of the alchemy furnace was densely engraved, layer by layer. Zhang Xiaohua immersed his Divine Awareness, but he couldn't see the end for a while.

"Looking at the bottom of the alchemy furnace, it is not very thick. The engraved patterns can be divided into so many layers. It is estimated that they are talismans. The fluctuations emitted by these different talismans are actually one ring on top of another, without any gaps or defects. Is this what it means to be flawless?

It seems that I really have to be careful. If I am unlucky, won't I destroy this furnace?

It doesn't matter if I can't refine alchemy, but I won't have anything to play with. This is the most important thing. "

"It's just, how do I start a fire in this alchemy furnace?

Don't I use a fire starter?

In alchemy, it is said that you need to use your own True Qi to ignite the cauldron fire of the alchemy furnace, but how to use it and how to ignite it, there is no instruction at all. Without a master to teach me, it is really terrible. "

Zhang Xiaohua used his Divine Awareness to sweep it a few times, but he didn't have the slightest insight, and couldn't help but feel depressed.

At this time, he couldn't help but focus his Divine Awareness on the depressions. Sure enough, when he strengthened his Divine Awareness, one of the depressions suddenly flashed a faint fluctuation, and a paragraph of ancient text appeared in his mind.

"Haha, as I said, it is impossible for this thing to not leave anything behind. How can it be obtained?"

When Zhang Xiaohua carefully read this paragraph of text, he couldn't help but feel happy. He saw his hands forming a seal, meditating for a while, silently circulating his True Qi, he sent the seal into the alchemy furnace. At first, the alchemy furnace didn't have any reaction. Zhang Xiaohua frowned, and repeated it a few times. Gradually, the alchemy furnace emitted a faint brilliance that couldn't be seen by the naked eye. Only when Zhang Xiaohua released his Divine Awareness could he see it clearly. Zhang Xiaohua was overjoyed. He sent a few more seals into the alchemy furnace, and the brilliance shrank a few times. The alchemy furnace suddenly shrank by a circle.

"Sure enough, it is magical. This thing can actually change its size. It is worthy of being an immortal object."

It turned out that the text was the method to control the alchemy furnace!

Zhang Xiaohua wanted to have a fun toy, so he changed the size of the alchemy furnace from time to time until he was tired of playing with it. Then, he put his left hand on the side of the alchemy furnace, where there was a slight protrusion. His Divine Awareness entered the alchemy furnace, and his right hand formed a few seals according to the incantation.

If one said that True Qi was the foundation of all immortal arts, then the incantation was the support of all magic.

Zhang Xiaohua used close to half a year to figure out the incantation for the Earth Escape Technique. It had to be said that it was an extremely wise choice. Generally speaking, when one entered the path of immortality, they would first practice simple incantations, such as the Fireball Technique, the Water Sword Technique, and the like. One or two incantations would be enough. Only then would they practice more advanced incantations, such as the Sword Manipulation Technique, Fire Manipulation Technique, and the like. The incantation for the Earth Escape Technique was considered more advanced, and difficult to understand and practice. Zhang Xiaohua had studied the Earth Escape Technique from the beginning, so he did the opposite. Now that he looked at the simple incantation, it was very easy to learn.

He saw that he slowly inserted True Qi into the alchemy furnace, and his Divine Awareness entered the alchemy furnace, observing the changes in the furnace. In his Divine Awareness, he saw that the True Qi that was slowly inserted first into a few talismans, then into a few other talismans, and then up one by one. Suddenly, in one of the talismans, a trace of flame appeared, and then in an instant, it rushed through a few layers of talismans. Within the alchemy furnace, there was a soft "teng" sound, and the furnace was filled with flames. Zhang Xiaohua was so frightened that he immediately withdrew his Divine Awareness!

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