Eternal Life: I Rely on Fortune Points for Improvement

Chapter 529: Chapter 259: Turning Against Each Other

According to Han Dong’s last wish, Jiang Feng buried her on Black Iron Mountain, right next to Han Tieshan’s tomb, and placed her favorite two-handed sword inside the coffin.

The funeral was extremely simple—Jiang Feng handled everything alone from start to finish, refusing Xiao Zhan’s request to give Han Dong a grand burial and to have the people of Great Zhou mourn her for three years.

Because Han Dong specifically said she wanted to leave quietly, wishing only for Jiang Feng to see her off one last time.

After burying Han Dong, Jiang Feng settled at the summit of Black Iron Mountain.

There used to be a Sword Casting Manor atop the mountain, but after all these years, it had long since fallen to ruins. Jiang Feng built a small tile-roofed house himself atop the remains.

When he had nothing to do, he’d go down the mountain to visit Han Dong, sit before her grave and talk to her. The rest of his time was spent studying alchemy or the basics of rune secret spells.

Time flew by.

In the blink of an eye, another three years passed.

Jiang Feng lived alone on Black Iron Mountain, devoting himself each day to alchemy and rune secret spell basics.

He was already certain he didn’t have much talent for cultivation itself, but in researching odd and peculiar things, he could slowly make progress given enough time.

So many years had gone by.

His alchemy, almost without spending Fortune Points, had reached the skillful level; and rune secret spell basics, just recently, had reached mastery level.

The God-Binding Finger technique, which had been progressing well before, had also reached Great Perfection two years ago. This martial skill was, so far, the one skill he’d managed to master to Perfection through his own hard work, without using Fortune Points.

This made Jiang Feng feel like he’d discovered a new world, as if he had "astonishing" talent in martial refining.

"Success!"

Outside the little house, Jiang Feng held a wolf hair brush, inscribing a talisman on the stone table.

The tip of the brush touched the talisman paper. Jiang Feng seemed to see rune seals appear on the paper, and he followed those seals to inscribe. In the end, he finished it in one fluid motion.

At the moment the brush left the talisman paper—

The talisman paper on the table surged with golden light, actually absorbing spiritual qi from the surroundings on its own.

"Rapid Movement Talisman."

"Finally, it’s done."

"A pity, though—it’s just the most basic rapid movement talisman, only able to help cultivators at the first or second layer of Qi Condensation increase their speed."

Jiang Feng picked up the talisman paper and examined it closely, satisfied, yet filled with regret.

"Crack!"

The sound of the tripod furnace banging rang out.

Jiang Feng hurried back into the little house.

Inside, there was a special stove with a tripod furnace sitting atop it, steaming with heat and wafting waves of medicinal aroma.

Jiang Feng carefully cleaned out the flames in the stove.

Once the furnace had cooled, Jiang Feng lifted the lid and used an iron spoon to fish out a lumpy, misshapen elixir.

"So ugly!"

"Well, ugly’s still better than it turning to ashes. Out of ten attempts, I can finally succeed once. It’s just a shame this Qi Condensing Pill’s efficacy is terrible."

That’s right—nowadays, Jiang Feng could not only inscribe basic rapid movement talismans, but also successfully refine Qi Condensing Pills, though with only a ten percent success rate.

"My main disadvantage is lacking a mature recipe and talismanic seals. Otherwise, at skillful level alchemy, there’s no reason I still couldn’t produce a complete Qi Condensing Pill. Not to mention my rune secret spell basics have reached mastery level—such a simple rapid movement talisman, even without top-grade talisman paper, I should still be able to inscribe it."

Jiang Feng sighed.

Recipes are the key to refining elixirs. All these years, Jiang Feng had Xiao Zhan searching far and wide for recipes, and he himself poked around in the underground palace. But still, he hadn’t found even one complete recipe.

The only reason he could refine Qi Condensing Pills was because Xiao Zhan purchased a partial recipe from a Blood Sea loose cultivator. Over the years, through countless experiments and patching, Jiang Feng had finally made up the missing ingredients.

But with key information missing, and the overall recipe being low-level, Jiang Feng could only succeed once in ten attempts.

Moreover, the value of ten sets of ingredients far exceeded the worth of a single, subpar Qi Condensing Pill. Every attempt was basically a losing deal.

If Xiao Zhan hadn’t supplied spirit grass, Jiang Feng wouldn’t have gotten anywhere.

As for the talismanic charm seal for rapid movement talismans, that too came from Xiao Zhan’s dealings with Blood Sea loose cultivators. The seal was complete, but it was just the most basic one; with Jiang Feng’s mastery level rune secret spell basics, he could succeed at inscribing a rapid movement talisman once every three tries.

Unfortunately, because of the seal’s low rank and the talisman paper quality, all the rapid movement talismans Jiang Feng made over the years only worked on cultivators at the first or second layer of Qi Condensation. He didn’t need them himself, so he handed them over to Xiao Zhan for rewarding his subordinates.

"Immortal Master!"

Just then, Xiao Zhan’s voice came from down the mountain.

Ever since Han Dong died, Xiao Zhan visited Jiang Feng often. Without Han Dong’s ties, Jiang Feng didn’t cold-shoulder him like before.

"I happened to refine a Qi Condensing Pill—try it."

Jiang Feng tossed the lumpy Qi Condensing Pill down the mountain.

A moment later, Xiao Zhan’s voice floated up: "The medicinal power’s a bit lacking, but it’s much better than last time."

After a while, Xiao Zhan’s figure appeared atop the mountain. He bowed to Jiang Feng in greeting.

All these years, his cultivation had reached the Divine Realm peak, almost equal to a Qi Condensation Perfection expert—able to instantly kill Qi Condensation Perfection cultivators in close combat with surprise attacks.

But when facing Jiang Feng, Xiao Zhan was always cautious, keeping his distance; even when Jiang Feng called him closer, he dared not make any unusual move.