72: Three-Character Secret

“That’s not bad.”

Tang Tian was satisfied.

A few days a month would be enough…

The Great Master said,

“Since you have just become my Disciple, I will impart the Three Character Classic to you. I hope you will come to see me after you have achieved getting Started in a month.”

He took out a jade slip and handed it to Tang Tian.

Tang Tian said,

“Thank you, Revered Master.”

Tang Tian joyfully accepted it.

This was the “Three Character Classic.”

“At the beginning of life, human nature is inherently good” can produce Qi of goodness.

And “Natures are similar, habits make them different” can produce Qi of encouragement.

Literary Qi was abundant.

The Storyteller had taught Tang Tian this before.

It was quite long.

Tang Tian tried to write it with a rabbit hair brush, but it still didn't work; he still needed to practice.

After the class ended,

Tang Tian left.

After all, the Great Master completely adopted a hands-off policy; his Disciples studied on their own.

He didn't teach Tang Tian at all either.

In any case, relying on his own Comprehension Ability, Tang Tian respectfully paid his respects and then left.

He really didn't expect to have experienced so much.

With abundant gains, Tang Tian was already eager to go back and practice Alchemy…

He returned to the mountain with trepidation; the Third Senior Brother was not there, and the Fourth Senior Sister had returned, but she was Cultivating.

Tang Tian returned to his room.

Before nightfall, he began to replenish the Evil Qi he had used. This Earthly Fiend Fist was only useful after acquiring the Soul Severing Bone.

By midnight, he had already replenished seventy strands.

Indeed, using it was satisfying for a moment, but replenishing it still required ten days to half a month.

Tang Tian entered the Medicine Venerable Space. The dozen or so animals in the Medicine Venerable Space had all eaten the hallucination intellect beast heart grass.

Tang Tian was in a great mood today, and he taught them the Ten Thousand Devouring Method one by one. Most of these chickens, ducks, and geese grasped the Earthly Fiend Fist.

Those who grasped the Evergreen Skill were simply unlucky.

After a flurry of activity, half the night had already passed.

Tang Tian said,

“Big Yellow, come here to practice Alchemy.”

Tang Tian called Big Yellow over and saw the flames spewing from Big Yellow's mouth.

Suddenly, he remembered something.

Tang Tian said,

“I forgot to seize the Beast Fire through the Qingmu County treasure map.”

Only then did Tang Tian remember.

He had been practicing the Three Character Classic all day, which had elevated his moral character.

He had forgotten such an important matter.

Now, he had ten Spirit Beasts contracted through his Ten Thousand Devouring Method.

He could completely devour the Beast Fire of those Gangs in Qingmu County…

Tang Tian said,

“I can only wait for next time. I've been Cultivating Literary Qi and forgot about such things.”

Tang Tian shook his head, feeling a bit regretful.

However, Literary Qi was truly extraordinary.

He felt that after he became stronger, he could even use these characters to fly with swords, using characters as swords…

Tang Tian said,

“Big Yellow, come here to practice Alchemy.”

Big Yellow wagged his tail and came over.

Tang Tian enlarged the Pill Cauldron, and a wave of envy surged in his heart as he thought of the Pill Cauldron sold by the Yu Family Ancestor.

He hoped he could also have a good Pill Cauldron in the future.

First, he refined the lu cao flower grown in the Medicine Venerable Space into Gathering Qi Pills.

Then, he refined the forging body spiritual medicine into Body Tempering Pills.

The Big Goose picked each Spirit Medicine and planted it with its goose beak, working very diligently.

Tang Tian distributed all the Gathering Qi Pills given by the Yu Family Ancestor to this group of animals.

Because these were of too low a quality, they were useless to Tang Tian.

The animals were overjoyed.

Tang Tian patiently performed Alchemy using the Control Pill Method.

As dawn gradually broke, he had finished refining all the Spiritual Plants that had grown for five days in the Medicine Venerable Space.

There were a total of five hundred Medicinal Pills…

Tang Tian exited the Medicine Venerable Space. He currently needed strength the most.

Once Tang Tian's strength was raised, the strength of creatures like the Big Goose would be improved later.

He swallowed five Gathering Qi Pills without hesitation.

The Evergreen Skill was operating, but it had already reached a Bottleneck; no matter how he Cultivated,

he couldn't Breakthrough.

His Qi Refining Sixth Level cultivation had only consumed three hundred Gathering Qi Pills, which was still not enough.

Tang Tian had Cultivated for a day just to finish consuming these three hundred Gathering Qi Pills.

Because they were self-refined and the Spirit Medicine quality was high, there was no need to worry about Medicinal Pill toxicity.

The next day, Tang Tian began to consume Body Tempering Pills.

It took him two days to refine them all.

But it was still not enough.

The Soul Severing Bone greedily wanted to absorb more.

Tang Tian exhaled a mouthful of turbid Qi and said,

“Not enough. I didn't expect five days of accumulation to not even reach one-fifth.

“Is it truly so difficult for a Mortal to Cultivate Immortals?”

Tang Tian sighed with emotion. He had the Soul Severing Bone, which increased his Spiritual Qi absorption by five times.

If he didn't have this, he couldn't even imagine it.

And in the future, he would also need to advance to Foundation Establishment.

Tang Tian sighed and said,

“Without achieving Foundation Establishment, one is ultimately an ant. I must achieve Foundation Establishment in this life.”

Tang Tian thought of the power of Foundation Establishment to shatter the heavens and earth, and his heart burned with fervor.

As for the future, Tang Tian didn't think much about it.

He just wanted to escape Chi Daizi and survive for now.

However, the current situation was that Senior Brother Chi Qingzi was watching him like a tiger, the Fourth Senior Sister wanted him to participate in the Azure Wave Immortal Pool.

And the First Senior Brother wanted to plant a Heart Demon in him.

It was truly difficult to survive.

Tang Tian said,

“Let's take it one step at a time.”

Tang Tian entered the Medicine Venerable Space and began Alchemy.

He at least needed to reach the Lianqi Seventh Level to improve his strength somewhat.

He opened the Medicinal Pill book he bought and placed the jade slip on his forehead.

He began to learn about the Spirit Storage Pill.

Tang Tian said,

“So that's how it is. The difficulty is quite high.”

The Spirit Storage Pill was quite difficult; it required separating the spirit liquids of ten types of Materials.

And then fusing them together with Beast Fire, which meant decomposing ten Spiritual Plants at once and suspending them with Mental Energy.

A very large amount of Mental Energy was required.

Moreover, there were only ten chances. No wonder the shopkeeper was unwilling to sell it; it turned out he had calculated Tang Tian's Qi Refining Sixth Level cultivation.

He couldn't Cultivate it.

Tang Tian opened his eyes, placed the jade slip aside, and Big Yellow also came to look.

Tang Tian said,

“You learn this. This Elementary Medicinal Pill is simple.”

Tang Tian gave Yin Sha Old Man's Medicinal Pill book to Big Yellow, but Big Yellow was illiterate and couldn't understand it.

Tang Tian said,

“Sigh, let's plant the seeds first.”

As a relatively Advanced Gathering Qi Pill, the Spirit Storage Pill used Materials that were all Profound Rank Grade Two.

Tang Tian opened one hundred boxes in order and planted the seeds one by one.

The Spiritual Qi in the Medicine Venerable Space was instantly consumed, and those one hundred seeds instantly sprouted.

It was very pleasing.

Considering that this Alchemy process would take a long time, he fed Big Yellow a large pile of Spirit Fruits in advance.

Ten small boxes were placed in front of him, each Spiritual Plant only the size of a fingernail, capable of extracting one drop of spirit liquid.

And then it was gone, very stingy.

But fortunately, Tang Tian could Cultivate them directly.

The addition of each type of spirit liquid for the Spirit Storage Pill had strict regulations.

Once a mistake was made, the Medicinal Pill would be scrapped.

The timing was also very tightly controlled.

This was Tang Tian's first time refining an Advanced Pill.

One by one, the Spiritual Plants withered before him, and Tang Tian's Divine Sense controlled the ten drops of spirit liquid.

The ten drops of Spirit Medicine emitted the faint fragrance of herbs, and one by one, they were placed into the Pill Furnace.

These ten drops of spirit liquid each had their own medicinal properties, making it very difficult to fuse them together.

The first attempt naturally failed without any surprises, and the scorching flames surged.

Because the quality of the spirit liquid was too high and the spiritual power too strong, the Pill Furnace almost exploded.

Big Yellow was startled, and Tang Tian also clutched his chest.

Tang Tian said,

“There's only this one Pill Furnace. If it explodes, it's gone.”

The second attempt began.

This time, he proceeded steadily. As the ten drops of medicinal liquid entered the Pill Furnace, after a violent tremor, a medicinal fragrance wafted out.

The Pill was formed…