. This discussion with Xiao Ling about alchemy gave Fa Ma a lot of new understandings about alchemy, and some of the doubts that had accumulated before were also answered one by one by Xiao Ling.
Through the communication with Xiao Ling, Fa Ma could clearly find that Xiao Ling's knowledge of alchemy far exceeded that of Gu He, who was also a sixth-grade alchemist.
Fa Ma had often exchanged experiences with Gu He about alchemy before, and although he had gained something, it was far less effective than the effect of a single exchange with Xiao Ling.
Looking at Xiao Ling who was talking freely, Fa Ma sighed in his heart: "It is worthy of him to be a genius who can reach the sixth-grade alchemist at the age of fifteen. He is indeed not comparable to the people of us."
Two hours passed quickly, and Xiao Ling and Fa Ma also ended their discussion.
Before leaving, Xiao Ling said to Fama, "President Fama, I'd like to ask the Alchemist Guild to help me find an item."
Hearing this, Fama cast a curious glance at Xiao Ling. "Now that you've become an Honorary Elder of the Alchemist Guild, you can naturally get their help. Tell me, what medicinal ingredients do you need for refining elixirs? If the Alchemist Guild has any, I can exchange them with you."
Shaking his head slightly, Xiao Ling thought for a moment before describing his search to Fama. "What I'm looking for is a broken black jade fragment. Anyone who finds any broken black jade fragments, please help me collect them. I'll reimburse the cost."
Since the fragment appeared in the Alchemist Guild in the original novel, asking the Alchemist Guild for help might yield some results. After all, without the aid of the strange fire, it would be impossible to see the contents recorded on it.
Nodding, Fa Ma replied, "That's a rather broad search area, but since you've already mentioned it, I'll have my men keep an eye out. If we find any fragments matching your description, I'll collect them."
Xiao Ling nodded slightly and smiled, "Thank you, President Fa Ma. It's getting late, so goodbye."
After leaving the reception hall, Xiao Ling planned to check out the recipes recorded in the Alchemist Guild.
Leveraging his status as an Honorary Elder of the Alchemist Guild, Xiao Ling entered the secret chamber where the recipes were stored and began examining them one by one.
Although the recipes weren't very high-quality, and Xiao Ling already had records of most of them,
he still found some he hadn't already collected, expanding his collection. For example, in the original novel, three years later, the recipe for the sixth-grade Rongling Pill, awarded as a champion prize at the Alchemist Conference, was found. After
browsing through all the prescriptions in the Alchemist Guild, Xiao Ling left and flew towards the Xiao family's home. Returning to his own courtyard, Xiao Ling gently released his spiritual perception and discovered Zi Yan sleeping in her room, while Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian were practicing in their respective rooms. Xiao Ling first met with Xiao Yi Xian and gave her the branding poison he had obtained from Nalan Jie. This branding poison was not only capable of being absorbed by Xiao Yi Xian's poisonous body, but also contained some of Nalan Jie's pure Dou Qi, a Dou Wang, making it very useful to Xiao Yi Xian in her current state. After chatting with Xiao Yi Xian for a while, Xiao Ling returned to his room. Sitting on a chair, Xiao Ling flipped his hand and took out the jade pendant he had exchanged with the Alchemist Guild. The jade pendant was round and smooth to the touch, like baby skin, clearly not an ordinary item. Xiao Ling took a deep breath, then closed his eyes, concentrating his mind. He slowly released his spiritual perception and made contact with the jade pendant. When his spiritual perception touched the jade pendant, a faint but clear energy wave was transmitted back. This wave was like a tiny ripple, rippling across his sea of consciousness.
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Immediately, a soul ball of light appeared out of thin air within Xiao Ling's mind.
Without hesitation, Xiao Ling unleashed his soul perception and reached out to touch the newly emerged soul ball of light.
As the two made contact, a stream of information streamed into Xiao Ling's mind.
As he read through the additional information in his mind, Xiao Ling blurted out, "Illusionary Dreams and Spiritual Shadows."
After a moment, Xiao Ling had completely reviewed the additional information.
Touching his brow, Xiao Ling shook his head, a satisfied smile on his face. "My luck is truly good today! I didn't expect to stumble upon such a rare illusion-based fighting technique."
Indeed, Xiao Ling had discovered an illusion-based fighting technique called "Illusionary Dreams and Spiritual Shadows" from the jade pendant.
"Illusionary Dreams and Spiritual Shadows" is an extremely mysterious and powerful illusion-based fighting technique.
Its execution requires the practitioner to concentrate their mind, mobilize their soul power, and then form hand seals to activate the illusion. During the seal formation process, soul energy will form faint circles of light and patterns around the opponent.
This illusion technique has three levels of effectiveness. At the primary level, it can cause the opponent to experience brief visual illusions, such as illusory scenes or objects, thereby distracting their attention and creating an opportunity for attack.
At the intermediate level, it can directly invade the opponent's mental world, partially manipulating their perceptions, causing them to distort their perception of their surroundings and even temporarily fall into confusion and fear. At
the advanced level, it can completely construct an illusory mental cage, trapping the opponent's consciousness, making it impossible to distinguish between reality and illusion, and leaving them at the mercy of the caster.
However, the use of "Illusionary Dream Shadow" also has certain limitations and risks.
It consumes a significant amount of the practitioner's soul energy. Forcing it to perform without sufficient soul energy can cause the practitioner to fall into a coma.
Furthermore, if the opponent's mental will is extremely strong or their soul cultivation is higher than the caster's own, the illusion's effectiveness may be greatly reduced, or even backfire.
Touching his chin, Xiao Ling muttered to himself, "Although this fighting technique doesn't inflict significant damage, its scope of application is vast and offers a lot of room for development."
For example, if he wanted to describe the appearance of an object to someone, he could visualize the image in his mind, allowing for more effective communication.
"If I could master this illusionary fighting technique to a high level, with my current spiritual realm soul, I wouldn't be unable to control powerful Dou Zun warriors who haven't yet reached the spiritual realm."
He shook his head, dispelling the various thoughts from his mind. Now that he had acquired such an illusionary fighting technique, it was natural to begin learning it as soon as possible.
Immediately, Xiao Ling formed a specific hand seal and began practicing it over and over again.
The slowly rising moonlight shone through the window glass, illuminating Xiao Ling's figure, as if the moon, fearing he would catch a cold, had draped him in a gauze garment woven from its light.
(End of Chapter)