Chapter 749: Choice

nce along the way. After watching Shen Xiang leave and disappear from sight, Yan Zilan and her two sisters returned to the Purple Lan Valley. Shen Xiang’s appearance changed their lives, and she was v...Chapter 749 - Choices

Now, Shen Xiang understood why people could be driven mad here. This feeling of being in between reality and illusion was extremely uncomfortable. He couldn’t decide whether to act or not, considering he was also in the process of alchemy. Not only would it be difficult to make a familiar丹, but even making a strange one was hard under such circumstances.

He realized that he could calm his mind and focus on alchemy even if all the women he knew were stripped naked, but this disgusting thing that was slowly crawling towards him…

The worst part was, there were more and more of these things, and they had various kinds. He wasn’t afraid of them, but he felt extremely disgusted by them.

“What should I do It’s coming over.” Dragon Xueyi asked.

If they were real, Shen Xiang could have easily destroyed one with a punch. But these were illusions. If he acted, he would fall into the trap, but without action, these disgusting things might crawl onto him. Just thinking about it made his skin crawl.

“Get out of here.” Shen Xiang couldn’t resist and punched the old man who was crawling towards him. After being hit on the head, a green sticky substance exploded from his body and splattered all over him.

“Is it real” Shen Xiang widened his eyes. He could now clearly feel that sticky substance sticking to him, slowly dripping down.

“It’s an illusion. Your five senses are being affected by the illusion, making it feel so real. Hold on and don’t act again.” Dragon Xueyi said.

Shen Xiang’s body trembled, and he closed his eyes. In his mind, he screamed, “Hold on… hold on…”

When he decided to endure whatever happened, something crawled onto his back. He turned around and saw a very disgusting half-head woman using her mouth to kiss his handsome face.

“I can’t take this anymore.” Shen Xiang shouted and grabbed her head, forcefully throwing it forward. At that moment, all the dead bodies crawled towards him and many of them bit onto his body as they rubbed against him. Shen Xiang could feel the pain.

“Get away.” Holding onto his alchemy furnace, Shen Xiang swung his fist wildly and pushed everything off him.

Eastern Xin Yue laughed playfully, “That power to confuse the mind is really impressive. I wish I could try it out too.”

“If you don’t want to undergo the trials like Elder Alchemy did, I suggest you don’t try it.” Liu Meng’er’s face was full of playful smiles.

Shen Xiang didn’t know that others were mocking him, but he knew if things continued like this, he would be unable to make any丹.

“You need to close your five senses and enter a state where you are only with the alchemy furnace. You’ve entered that perfect state once by coincidence, do you remember” Su Meiyao said.

Shen Xiang immediately replied, “I remember. Back then, I felt like time had changed!”

“Correct. Alchemy can also be at such a state, try it out. Otherwise, you’ll lose,” Su Meiyao said.

Shen Xiang suddenly felt that Elder Alchemy might have come here to pursue such a state, and she probably already achieved it. Although he didn’t frequently interact with Elder Alchemy, he felt very close to her and always felt like she was familiar. He suddenly realized that Elder Alchemy had purposefully arranged for him to experience such a state, which was good for him.

Shen Xiang exhaled slightly as he rhythmically breathed, ignoring the stinky bodies crawling on him and tearing his hair off. He focused solely on alchemy.

Elder Alchemy had already completed the Divine Power 丹. After taking it, her strength increased significantly and she opened a black box inside which contained the ingredients for the Recovering Body 丹and half of the ingredients for the Nine Aperture Refining Body 丹.

However, Elder Alchemy didn’t make the Recovering Body 丹 and directly made the Nine Aperture Refining Body. If Shen Xiang had seen this, he would have understood why Elder Alchemy only made two inferior-grade Dan during her trial. For Elder Alchemy, the Recovering Body 丹 wasn’t necessary, so she didn’t make it. However, since she thought Shen Xiang might need it, she gave it to him. This way, after taking the Recovering Body 丹, one could be unconfused for a short period and would be able to make the Nine Aperture Refining Body 丹 peacefully.

Being pressed by a group of disgusting bodies was indeed uncomfortable, but Shen Xiang allowed himself to calm down and isolate the illusions affecting him.

After enduring intense suffering, Shen Xiang finally burned down the Vigor Fruit. He had already turned it into medicine powder and medicinal qi, seeing a small achievement, he secretly felt delighted.

The flame he used was from the stored fire in his Fire Storage Pearl, and even with the heart-confusing effect, he could progress to such a point. He was quite satisfied with his performance.

The influence of the illusions gradually weakened, and he wouldn’t feel pain when they bit onto his body. Closing his eyes, he couldn’t hear anything anymore and the disgusting smell gradually disappeared.

Entering his best state, Shen Xiang’s speed increased significantly and he entered the condensation stage of alchemy. He had rich experience with alchemy, allowing him to compete evenly with Elder Alchemy despite the harsh conditions.

The Divine Power丹increased physical strength, but for most martial artists with strong True Qi, this was useless. Therefore, it was a very uncommon丹. However, in environments where True Qi couldn’t be used, this Divine Power Dan was very useful.

Seeing the gray pill inside the alchemy furnace, Shen Xiang waved his hand and pushed away one of the people crawling next to it without making any丹. Illusions appeared again.

Shen Xiang didn’t take the Divine Power丹; he tried instead to open the black box. No matter how much strength he used, it was hard to open it. After taking the Divine Power Dan and increasing his physical strength significantly, he could easily open the black box.

“The Recovering Body Dan isn’t too difficult to make. If in normal conditions, you should have been able to handle it easily. But now…”

Shen Xiang interrupted Su Meiyao’s words, saying, "Elder Alchemy said that the final result would depend on the quality of Nine Aperture Refining BodyDan. If I start making it now, I can skip the Recovering Body Dan."

"You’re right, but you have only one set of ingredients for Nine Aperture Refining Body Dan. If it fails, you lose. If you make the Recovering Body Dan first and take it, you can easily make Nine Aperture Refining BodyDan," Su Meiyao said.

"But my fire in the Fire Storage Pearl isn’t abundant. If I make Recovering Body Dan, there might not be enough fire," Shen Xiang said. The stored fire in his Fire Storage Pearl was limited, and he had failed making the Divine Power Dan before, consuming too much.

The Nine Aperture Refining BodyDan was one that Shen Xiang had successfully made and could refine to peak quality, so he was confident in making it successfully!ecially when Shen Xiang was studying heaven forge technique along with cultivating. He didn’t communicate much with the women inside Enchanting Fairy Ring because they didn’t bother him, so he could f...