Chapter 384: Astonishing Power

"Just consider it a spell I created myself," Lu Yang said, not explaining further, mainly because it was hard to explain clearly anyway. The Seventh Elder didn't press the matter. After observing Lu Yang cast the spell once, he could easily calculate the correct proportions for the elixir he needed to refine for Lu Yang.

He calculated with his fingers, then nodded. "Wait a moment; the elixir will be ready soon." The Seventh Elder took a comb-like tool, and without hesitation, casually picked various herbs from the medicine cabinet, not even needing to weigh them. He simply walked around the cabinet, and the comb was soon piled high with medicinal ingredients, divided into five portions according to the refining sequence. Then, he stomped his foot, and flames shot forth, connecting to form a fiery expanse, like a blossoming lotus!

"Are these all true fires?" Lu Yang was astonished, recalling the Fifth Elder's wall covered in true fires. Lu Yang thought to himself, "The Fifth Elder said he collected these true fires by traveling everywhere and exhausting all his efforts. The Seventh Elder must have done the same. Could it be that our Dao Seeking Sect has a tradition of disciples journeying across the world?"

The Seventh Elder saw Lu Yang staring blankly and casually explained, "I snatched these true fires from the Fifth Elder."Lu Yang was speechless.

The Seventh Elder lit the furnace, and three flames floated out, settling beneath the three-legged cauldron, igniting a raging inferno. The bottom of the cauldron glowed red-hot, and Lu Yang could feel the heat waves emanating from the three true fires even from a distance. The five portions of medicinal ingredients were successively poured into the cauldron according to their properties, instantly transforming into a thick liquid, emitting wafts of elixir fragrance. Inhaling it felt like ascending to immortality.Apart from the elixir liquid, a small blob of black liquid floated. As more ingredients were poured in, the black liquid gradually expanded, changing from black to blue, also emitting an elixir fragrance.The Seventh Elder brought his hands together, and the cauldron door clanged shut. Lu Yang could no longer see the changes in the elixir liquid, only smell the increasingly rich fragrance.

"What an exquisite alchemy technique! Even the excess dregs from the medicinal ingredients can be refined into other elixirs, and of no low quality either," the Immortal Fairy remarked with slight surprise. Among all the Integration stage cultivators she had seen, no one had reached the Seventh Elder's level.

"Open!" the Seventh Elder roared. The cauldron opened, and elixirs, each enveloped in an aura of medicinal mist, flew out, landing in the prepared golden tray with a crisp clinking sound.

"This is a temporary elixir formula I concocted based on your physical characteristics and how you cast your spell. I've named it the 'Rejuvenation and Yang-Returning Elixir.' I'm not sure how effective it is, so try it," the Seventh Elder said, flicking one to Lu Yang.

Lu Yang stepped outside, held the Rejuvenation and Yang-Returning Elixir in his mouth, circulated his spiritual energy, and cast the Village in Palm spell.His vision suddenly darkened as a palm as vast as a village descended from the sky. His spiritual energy was completely depleted. Previously, he would have failed at this point, but this time was different: the Rejuvenation and Yang-Returning Elixir transformed into a warm current, replenishing the consumed spiritual energy just in time, allowing the massive palm to continue its descent.Boom—The huge palm landed with immense force, unleashing a wave of air and kicking up dust. Lu Yang himself was almost knocked over by the air current!This was only the power of the aftershock!Lu Yang couldn't imagine the impact one would face standing directly beneath the palm!The ground caved in, and the massive palm gradually dissipated, leaving a giant handprint crater on the ground.The land of Elixir Cauldron Peak possessed its own spiritual essence; the indentation slowly rebounded and returned to its original state.Lu Yang was parched and exhausted but beamed with a smile.He had finally cast the spell completely, and its power was even greater than he had imagined.

The Seventh Elder observed from the side, highly satisfied with the elixir he had refined. "Just as I expected, the spiritual energy contained in one elixir is exactly enough for you to unleash one palm strike. If there were more spiritual energy, your body wouldn't be able to bear it.""The power of this strike, I'm afraid, even I couldn't have withstood it when I was still in the Golden Core stage."

The Seventh Elder put the remaining Rejuvenation and Yang-Returning Elixirs into a gourd, and fearing they might get mixed up with other gourds, he labeled it before tossing it to Lu Yang.He picked up the two remaining green elixirs from the golden tray. "Some ingredients in the herbs weren't needed, so I refined them into these two elixirs. If you take them, your intestines will rot and your soul will dissolve within seven days. Do you want them?"Lu Yang shook his head vigorously, fearing he would be too late to refuse.

He returned to Heavenly Gate Peak and counted the Rejuvenation and Yang-Returning Elixirs."Seven pills, plus the one I just took, makes eight in total. This is good stuff; the Village in Palm spell relies on it!"

"Actually, the Village in Palm isn't just an offensive technique," the Immortal Fairy emerged to remind him."How so?""The Village in Palm is a spatial spell. It contains a village within it, which can be used for storage or even to hold people."The 'Universe in Palm' doesn't just mean the palm can become as vast as heaven and earth; it truly contains its own universe, with infinite space.

"There's that too?" Lu Yang was surprised. Storage was easy; any storage ring could do that. But holding people was difficult, requiring special storage rings, usually only needed by cultivators who specialized in taming demonic beasts."Let's try the storage function first."

Lu Yang pulled out the Azure Edge Sword and the Underworld Moon Sword from his identity jade token. With a sweep of his hand, the two peerless swords vanished. Lu Yang spread his hand, revealing a self-contained space in his palm. The two precious swords shrunk to an almost invisible size, stored within his palm."To store items, I need to continuously cast the Village in Palm, but this method consumes very little energy. Even without consuming a Great Rejuvenation Pill, I can maintain it for fifteen minutes!" Lu Yang felt the rate of spiritual energy consumption, noting it was slower than he had expected.

Lu Yang wandered around Heavenly Gate Peak. When he saw a large rock, he sucked it in. When he saw a tree branch, he sucked it in. When he saw a fruit, he sucked it in.Anything he touched was absorbed into his palm, and he enjoyed himself immensely."How should I test holding people?"Lu Yang looked around. Heavenly Gate Peak had everything except people. He couldn't just go down the mountain and randomly grab a senior brother or sister to suck in."I've got it!"

Lu Yang went down the mountain to Hundred Fragrance Pavilion and bought a duck from the back kitchen."Let's try putting a duck in."Lu Yang took a breath, and the duck, after pecking his finger once, vanished and entered the palm space.Watching the duck hopping around lively in the space, Lu Yang pondered, "Since a duck can be stored, that means people can too... Wait, can I store myself?"

Lu Yang looked at his palm, feeling an irresistible urge to try it out."Becoming an immortal is incredibly difficult. We cultivators must be brave and try new things; how can we shrink back in fear!"Just as the Immortal Fairy was about to speak to stop him, Lu Yang slapped himself on the forehead.

After listening to the life story of the Calamity Venerable, Yun Zhi left Prisoner Peak.She had been gone for over half a month and wondered if her junior brother had been diligently cultivating.A great era was approaching, and various forces were stirring. Only by quickly increasing one's cultivation was the top priority.Her junior brother was obedient and sensible, knew what was important, and should be cultivating seriously.She returned to Heavenly Gate Peak and saw that Lu Yang had completely disappeared, leaving only half of his arm.The severed end of the arm was being devoured by the palm. The palm tried to continue devouring the arm, but due to the body's structure, it couldn't succeed.The palm and the arm formed a ring, rotating rapidly in the air.Yun Zhi: "?"What kind of cultivation method was this?