dognovel Chapter 360: Flawless Golden Pill
Chapter 360: Flawless Golden Pill
Xin's big hand, as big as a palm-leaf fan, slapped Gu Yang's shoulder hard, causing his knees to go weak and he almost fell to the ground.
The giant narrowed his eyes, pressed his rough fingers on the ancient Yang meridians a few times, and suddenly curled his lips: "Only in the Jindan stage? This is too weak."
Gu Yang's face suddenly felt hot, and he was so embarrassed that he wanted to find a hole to crawl into.
In front of a peerless powerhouse like Master Xin, my level of cultivation is indeed insignificant.
"Come, let me see how many lines your golden core has." Xin sat down cross-legged, shaking the ground. "What's your secret technique?"
Gu Yang took a deep breath and formed seals with his hands.
A faint light appeared in his dantian, and a round golden elixir slowly emerged.
What is surprising is that the surface of this golden elixir is as smooth as a mirror, without a single wrinkle.
"Huh?" Xin's copper-bell-like eyes widened even more, and he poked the suspended golden elixir with his rough fingers. "This is quite strange."
Elder Xia also approached, leaning on his staff. His aged fingers gently stroked the surface of the golden elixir, his brows gradually furrowed. "I've lived for tens of thousands of years, and this is the first time I've seen a golden elixir without a pattern."
Gu Yang looked at the two seniors anxiously.
Of course he knew that the patterns on the golden elixir represented the talent of the cultivator. Even the most mediocre cultivator would have one or two basic patterns on his golden elixir.
A completely smooth golden elixir like his is simply unheard of.
"Strange..." Xin scratched his shiny bald head, puzzled. "Since the fragment of the holy artifact has recognized you as its master, it means that your talent shouldn't be so mediocre."
Elder Xia pondered for a moment, then suddenly tapped his staff lightly, and a golden light sank into the golden elixir: "Try your secret technique."
Gu Yang nodded, put away the golden elixir, spread his legs slightly, and his breathing gradually became long and steady.
The air around him seemed to flow in rhythm with his breathing.
A hint of surprise flashed in Xin's eyes, and he sat up straight unconsciously.
"Break! Sky!"
Gu Yang let out a low shout and suddenly punched out with his right fist.
This punch seemed ordinary, but it caused a slight distortion of space at the moment it was thrown.
Wherever the fist passed, the air was compressed into visible ripples, making a sharp explosion sound.
"Interesting." Xin didn't dodge or evade, but just raised his left hand casually.
The fist blast collided with his palm, emitting a dull roar. A powerful shockwave spread outward, shattering the stone bench nearby.
Xin felt the remaining strength in his palm, his eyes gleaming, "This power... is definitely not something that can be exerted by a Jindan stage cultivator."
Old Xia's staff tapped lightly on the ground, making a crisp "ding" sound.
A rare look of amazement appeared on his aged face: "I have lived for thousands of years, and today I have finally broadened my horizons."
Hu Qing and Gu Yang looked at each other, their eyes full of confusion.
Even the usually carefree Xin scratched his bald head, his copper-bell eyes filled with curiosity—
This swordsman, who is famous for his martial arts skills, is indeed not very good at the theory of cultivation.
"I was mistaken. This is the flawless golden elixir..."
Elder Xia slowly stroked his long beard, his gaze penetrating Gu Yang's dantian. "This concept originated from the ancient Hunyuan Daozang. I originally thought it was just a legend."
He waved his staff lightly, and a golden light outlined a three-dimensional picture in the air.
On the left is the cross-section of an ordinary golden elixir, with its surface covered with lines; on the right is Gu Yang's golden elixir, which is as smooth as a mirror.
"An ordinary cultivator's golden elixir," Elder Xia pointed at the image on the left. "The more lines there are, the higher the talent. Seven lines represent the best, and nine lines represent peerless."
With a flick of the staff, the image on the right suddenly magnified a hundred times, "And your..."
When the golden elixir was magnified, countless golden threads as thin as hair appeared on its surface.
These golden threads are not chaotic, but intertwined in a mysterious pattern, eventually forming a perfect three-dimensional rune at the core of the golden elixir.
"The entire golden elixir is a single, perfectly natural pattern." Elder Xia's voice was filled with awe. "The so-called flawless means perfect and flawless."
Xin suddenly slapped his thigh: "I understand! Just like my swordsmanship——"
He made a chopping motion. "It may seem like a simple strike, but it actually contains three thousand variations!"
Elder Xia nodded with a smile: "That's right. Young friend Gu Yang's realm has stagnated precisely because..."
He tapped Gu Yang's Dantian with his staff, "You have been using ordinary methods to activate this extraordinary golden elixir.
Or maybe you didn't really activate this golden elixir."
Gu Yang was struck by lightning, and suddenly remembered that every time he practiced the exercises, he always felt that something deep in his golden elixir was resisting.
He hurriedly asked: "How do I activate it?"
"Ordinary golden elixirs require external help from heaven and earth," Elder Xia's staff traced a mysterious trajectory in the air, "but for the flawless golden elixir, one must look within to one's own heart."
Xin's burly body suddenly stood up, and his bones made a crackling sound like frying beans.
He grinned, revealing a mouthful of sharp white teeth. "Since we want to observe his true heart, that's easy! Old Xia, could you lend me your Thousand Machines Martial Arts Arena?"
Old Xia nodded with a smile and paused lightly on his crystal staff.
I saw the black iron ground in the center of the distant plain rippling like water waves, and then slowly sinking, revealing a giant martial arts field with a radius of hundreds of feet.
Hundreds of strangely shaped wooden dummies stood in the field - some had three heads and six arms, some had wings on their backs, and some were even half human, half snake.
Each wooden figure was engraved with dark red ancient runes, which looked like flowing blood in the dim light.
"Experiencing the trials of life and death is the best way to see one's true nature." Old Xia stroked his beard and smiled, "You will soon understand the true meaning of the flawless golden elixir."
Before Gu Yang could react, Xin grabbed the back of his collar like a chick.
The burly man laughed loudly: "Let's go!" Then he leaped and took Gu Yang into the depths of the martial arts field.
Gu Yang's scream drew a trembling arc in the air, and was then drowned out by a deafening "bang bang" sound.
"The waist and horse must unite! The wrist must be flexible!" Xin's rough roar was like thunder. "This knife is so soft, are you trying to tickle me?!"
Hu Qing swallowed unconsciously, beads of sweat oozing from his forehead: "Old Xia... Gu Yang... will he be okay?"
Old Xia took a sip of tea calmly, smiling without saying a word.
The Sword God beside him raised his lips slightly and replied, "You won't die. At most, you'll just lose some skin."
There was a hint of gloating in his tone, and it was obvious that he was still upset about Xin's teasing just now.
"boom--!!!"
The sudden explosion shook the entire tower.
Hu Qing was horrified to see a pile of wood chips and debris suddenly fly out from the entrance of the martial arts arena.
It was actually half of the body of a snake-shaped wooden man, with green smoke still coming out of the broken part.
Then there was another muffled "bang" sound, and the head of a three-eyed wooden man rolled out, with a shiny short knife stuck in the center of its eyebrows.
"Useless! Can't even chop a puppet!" Xin's roar was accompanied by the crisp sound of metal clashing. "Look, this is how you use a knife!"
Hu Qing swallowed his saliva when he saw this, and could only pray that Gu Yang would finish his training soon...