48: The Daoist art of alchemy! The cultivation method for transforming into a divine being!

Chapter 48: Alchemy Legacy! Soul Transformation Cultivation Technique!

A solid sensation came from beneath his feet.

Lu Qiu steadied himself, his gaze quickly scanning his surroundings.

This was a deep passage sloping downwards, about ten feet wide. The walls on both sides were made of the same grayish-white stone as the floor of the ancient palace. The surfaces were smooth, without any signs of manual carving, yet they faintly emitted weak fluctuations that isolated Divine Sense.

There was no light source in the passage, but it wasn't dark. Soft dots of pale blue fluorescence floated in the air, like the faint light emitted by long-dormant moss spores that had been disturbed, illuminating the path ahead.

The air was filled with an indescribable scent—a mixture of dust, ancient Spiritual Qi, and a very faint medicinal fragrance.

He held his breath and focused, suspending the golden origin bell above his head to cast down a golden light curtain. He then gripped the qingming sword in his hand before slowly walking down.

The passage was long, spiraling downwards as if it had no end.

Only the subtle sound of his footsteps echoed in the silence, adding to the sense of depth.

After walking for about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the space ahead suddenly opened up.

The end of the passage connected to a massive, naturally formed underground cavern.

Countless stalactites hung from the cavern ceiling. Some of their tips condensed milky-white spiritual liquid, which slowly dripped down with a crisp "ding-dong" sound, gathering into small puddles of Spiritual Qi-rich water on the ground.

In the center of the cavern, the most eye-catching feature was a stone chamber that was clearly man-made and integrated seamlessly with the cavern.

The stone chamber had no door, only a simple arched entrance. On the stone walls on either side of the entrance, two lines of long-blurred ancient seal script were carved. Only a few fragmented characters like "Alchemy," "Fire," and "Dao" could be barely identified.

With a thought, Lu Qiu first ordered the humanoid puppet to stand guard at the passage entrance, then he stepped into the stone chamber even more cautiously.

The interior of the stone chamber was more spacious than expected, about a hundred feet square.

The furnishings were extremely simple, even crude.

The most prominent feature was a half-man-high stone platform in the center of the chamber. Atop the platform sat a three-legged round cauldron, dark red and ancient in design.

The cauldron was about three feet high. Its surface bore no ornate decorations, only a restrained and heavy texture that had settled over countless years.

The lid was tightly closed, but beneath the belly of the cauldron, through the gaps in the hollowed-out stone platform, one could vaguely see a stable, magnificent crimson-gold flame burning silently.

The flame was not fierce or outward-reaching; instead, it gave off a warm and life-filled feeling, as if it possessed its own spirituality and was eternal.

Lu Qiu had only approached a few steps when he felt a wave of incredibly pure fire spiritual power wash over him, causing the magic power in his body to stir slightly.

"This flame... is definitely not ordinary."

Lu Qiu's eyes narrowed slightly.

He had seen many spiritual fires used for Alchemy, including the yang pearl's Profound Yang True Fire, but compared to the self-sustaining flame within this cauldron, they all seemed crude and violent.

This flame was more like some kind of spiritual "fire seed."

Looking at the Pill Furnace itself, the material was neither metal nor jade. With his eyesight, he actually couldn't determine its grade at all.

It had neither the spiritual light fluctuations unique to a Magical Artifact nor the internal pressure of a Magic Treasure. However, its ability to contain such a miraculous fire without showing any signs of damage was enough to prove its extraordinary nature.

Beside the Pill Furnace, two Jade Slips of different colors also lay on the stone platform.

One was pale green and crystal clear; the other was fiery red, appearing as if flowing magma were inside it.

Aside from these, there was nothing else in the stone chamber.

No prayer mats, no tables or chairs. Only a few miscellaneous items that had long since turned to ash and were unrecognizable remained in the corners, along with several shallow indentations on the stone walls where items seemed to have been placed, now empty.

Lu Qiu took a deep breath, suppressing his excitement. He didn't touch the Pill Furnace or the Jade Slips first. Instead, he carefully scanned every corner of the stone chamber with his Divine Sense again to confirm there were no hidden Restrictions or traps.

After a moment, he stepped forward and first picked up the pale green Jade Slip.

He sank his Divine Sense into it.

A vast amount of information instantly flooded his mind.

This was indeed an Alchemy Legacy!

And it was extremely systematic and complete. It ranged from the most basic theories of Spirit Medicine identification and medicinal property pairing, to techniques for handling various attribute Materials and thousands of fire control skills, to detailed Pill Formulas for dozens of common Medicinal Pills from the Qi Refinement Stage to the Foundation Establishment Stage. It even included fragmented records of three rare ancient pills that would be of great benefit even to a Core Formation Stage Cultivator!

The Legacy didn't come from a specific Cultivator; it was more like a compilation of insights left behind by the master of this place after collecting, organizing, and integrating their own understanding.

Many of the fire control techniques and Alchemy philosophies within were quite exquisite and unique.

What surprised Lu Qiu even more was that at the end of the Legacy, there was an attached "Divided Spirit Fire Control Art" specifically for Alchemy.

This technique was not a combat method, but a secret technique for training the fine control of Divine Sense. When cultivated to a high level, one could multitask, precisely controlling temperature changes in different areas within the Pill Furnace simultaneously, which would greatly increase the success rate of Alchemy.

Even if one didn't practice Alchemy, this method would be of great benefit for enhancing control over Divine Sense.

"What an exquisite Legacy!" Lu Qiu praised in his heart.

The value of this Alchemy Legacy to a Cultivator aspiring to the path of Alchemy was probably no less than that of a Magic Treasure.

Even if he didn't focus on Alchemy himself, comprehending the concepts within would be extremely helpful for identifying Spirit Medicine and understanding the flow of spiritual power, not to mention that "Divided Spirit Fire Control Art."

He carefully put away the green Jade Slip and then picked up the fiery red Jade Slip.

The moment his Divine Sense entered—

Boom!

It was as if a ball of scorching fire had exploded in his consciousness!

Countless profound golden runes and images emerged like a torrent, deeply branding themselves into the depths of his Divine Soul.

A complete Cultivation Technique Legacy called the Crimson Sky Burning Heaven Technique was revealed before him without reservation.

"This is..." Lu Qiu's mind was shaken; he could hardly believe his own perception.

The Crimson Sky Burning Heaven Technique!

A full set of techniques from the first to the thirteenth level of the Qi Refinement Stage, corresponding all the way to the Soul Transformation Realm, without any missing parts!

He suppressed his excitement and quickly browsed the summary of the technique.

The core of this art lay in "Refining Myriad Fires, Burning the Heavens and Boiling the Seas."

It was not a technique for step-by-step, steady cultivation, but one with incredible growth potential.

To begin the technique, one needed to find a type of "exotic flame" to refine into a natal fire seed.

This fire seed was like the Soul of the technique; the higher its grade and the greater its potential, the higher the future upper limit of the technique would be.

In the Early Stages of cultivation, relying on the power of the fire seed, progress would be relatively steady.

But its true terror lay in what followed—if the practitioner could continuously seek out, absorb, and fuse other powerful exotic flames, the power of the technique would experience leap-like growth!

Every successful Fusion was equivalent to a massive Opportunity, not only allowing one to break through a Bottleneck but also causing the Divine Ability attached to the technique to undergo a qualitative leap, with almost no visible upper limit to cultivation.

Theoretically, as long as the practitioner had enough Opportunity to continuously find and subdue more powerful flames, this art could grow infinitely!

Of course, opportunities and risks coexisted.

The process of absorbing exotic flames was extremely dangerous. One had to use their own body as a furnace and endure the pain of being burned by intense flames and the backlash of fire spirits. Any slight mistake would result in Qi Deviation and being reduced to ashes.

Furthermore, cultivating this art required a massive amount of fire-attribute resources, which could only be achieved by someone with great Opportunity and great perseverance.

PS: Many readers asked why the protagonist isn't arranged to do his own Alchemy; well, the Alchemy Legacy has arrived.