Chapter 2 Weaving the Golden Elixir
When I got outside, I instantly felt like I had entered a steel jungle.

Within the field of vision——

There are tall buildings one after another, and from time to time you can see patrol drones flying between the buildings.

Moreover, every few hundred meters there is at least one cultivator wearing a law enforcement uniform.

Compared to the quiet school, the outside world is like another world.

In order to prevent evil spirits from causing trouble and monsters from invading, drones and cultivators patrol almost 24 hours a day.

Because Changlin City is only a county-level city, the defense formation assigned to it can only cover a small area.

Therefore, they built houses as high as possible to maximize the use of living space.

Anyway, apart from schools, Liang Xiao had never seen a building less than a hundred stories high.

In these high-rise buildings, survival supplies are stored underground and people live on the surface. In some places, the corridors have been converted into leisure plazas and vegetable markets.

It can be said that the living space is utilized to the extreme.

Millions of people are crowded into this small city of less than ten square kilometers.

This is because of the years of war and the need to transport ammunition and other supplies, so the streets were built very wide.

Otherwise, the city would be smaller.

Even so, the streets appear very narrow and cramped because the buildings are so tall.

Citizens come and go in a hurry every day, running around for their livelihood.

Crowded, depressing and fast-paced are the themes of this city.

Walking on the crowded streets, Liang Xiao couldn't help but think about the history of this world.

The history of this world is very similar to that of the Earth in the previous life, but it changed completely more than two hundred years ago.

More than two hundred years ago, the level of technological development on Earth in this world was similar to that of the 21st century on Earth in the previous life.

Without any warning, a world of cultivation opened up a passage and invaded the Earth.

As a result, the cultivators in that world, unaware of the existence of technology, thought that this world was full of mortals. They were completely unprepared and were bombed to pieces by strategic weapons.

The people on Earth used this to obtain the cultivation techniques.

In order to resist the endless invasion from the world of cultivation, the people on Earth, after experiencing decades of darkness, directly formed the Earth Federation and announced their cultivation methods to the world.

But later on, I discovered that even if there were techniques, not everyone could practice them.

As a result, various methods of alchemy, even immortality universities, and military academies established to train strong people emerged like mushrooms after a rain.

History has taken a complete turn in this way.

Although this world is still developing science and technology, and developing it more fiercely, cultivation is the main system of the current era.

And because of its connection with the world of cultivation, the earth in this world has undergone earth-shaking changes in the past two hundred years.

Spiritual energy revives, the earth stretches, monsters run rampant, and evil spirits appear.

In addition, there are also evil cultivators who bring disaster to the world, or traitors who act as guides.

In short, there are dangers everywhere.

Today, there are no villages or towns on Earth.

Even counties with a population of less than one million were banned or destroyed.

Humans can only hide inside the city protected by formations and fight against monsters and evil spirits.

This was because the people on Earth frantically dug up their ancestral graves in desperation and accidentally unearthed the wealth left behind by ancient cultivators, resulting in the birth of two immortals in a short period of time.

Now, there are two immortals guarding the world's passage in turns, and the strong people in the cultivation world cannot get through at all.

Otherwise, it is unknown whether human beings on Earth can survive until now.

……

Walking on the road, Liang Xiao looked up at the sky.

Through the gaps between the tall buildings, you can see two stars hanging high in the sky next to the sun, which are extremely dazzling even during the day.

Those were the two projections of the immortals that had appeared out of nowhere.

Perhaps in order to appease people's hearts, the world is praising the supreme achievements and great power of the two immortals, and some of their experiences have been written into textbooks.

This is also the reason why Liang Xiao, a mere mortal, knows the existence of the two immortals.

According to the textbooks, after transcending the Mahayana stage and reaching the immortal realm, one can illuminate the world, which is extremely terrifying.

Come back to your senses.

Liang Xiao looked at the high-rise building that trapped him again, and his thoughts became more determined.

"Only by becoming a cultivator can you move to a wealthy area, and only then can you...get out of this city and see what the outside world is like!"

He has been in this world for ten years and has never left this city.

He was very curious about what it looked like outside the city.
But ordinary people, once they walk out of the defensive formation, they might die in the next moment.

Therefore, without becoming a cultivator, one cannot even leave the city.

After more than ten minutes, Heping Community came into sight.

The "slums" in the eyes of the privileged are actually high-rise buildings that are closely packed together.

Because the interiors of these high-rise buildings are so densely packed, one building may be able to accommodate thousands or even tens of thousands of people.

In this case, the per capita living area will appear very narrow and very cheap.

Only poor people live in places like this.

So in the eyes of the privileged, this kind of place is a slum.

After entering the community, Liang Xiao began to climb the stairs.

In order to save electricity, there are no elevators in this "slum".

His house is on the 43rd floor, and it takes more than ten minutes just to climb the stairs.

Thanks to the revival of spiritual energy, under the influence of spiritual energy, the average physical fitness of human beings around the world has been improved by one level, and most people are in a very healthy state.

Otherwise, many people would be exhausted just by climbing the stairs.

As Liang Xiao had completed the two stages of strengthening the foundation and nourishing the vital energy, this staircase naturally did not pose any difficulty for him.

Although strengthening the body and nourishing the essence cannot increase strength, it can make people energetic and less prone to fatigue. About ten minutes later, he arrived at the door of his home on the 43rd floor, took out the key and opened the door.

"Brother? Is that you, bro? Are you done with school, bro?"

From the small living room, the happy voice of my younger brother Liang Yuan was heard.

I saw a boy of about eleven or twelve years old wearing thick-lens glasses slowly standing up from the shabby sofa and walking towards the door groping with his hands.

Because of a disaster more than ten years ago, Liang Yuan's parents died. He was cut out from his mother's womb by a rescue team. It is not known whether his eyes were not fully developed, so he became a congenital blind person.

"It's me, sit still and don't walk around, be careful not to fall."

Liang Xiao hurried over and asked Liang Yuan to sit down again: "Grandpa hasn't come back yet?"

"Not yet. Grandpa said he has to work overtime today and won't be back to cook until later, so he asked us to eat what's left over from the morning first." Liang Yuan said with a smile, looking at his brother's outline.

It's not that he is completely blind, it's just that his vision is very blurry, equivalent to myopia of more than 10,000 degrees.

Even with the best glasses, he could only barely see.

After all, he was born blind, and glasses cannot eliminate the problem.

On weekdays, his grandfather was at work and his brother was at school, so he could only spend his time at home listening to the radio.

"Then let's eat what's left over from this morning."

Liang Xiao immediately took out the leftover food from the morning and started eating with his brother.

Soon, after finishing his meal, he prepared to go into the room to practice.

"Brother, can you play with me for a while?" Liang Yuan called hurriedly.

"You play by yourself. I'm going to practice. Remember not to disturb me if you don't have to." Liang Xiao said.

"But I can't see anything clearly. I can't play it alone." Liang Yuan said helplessly.

Liang Xiao was silent for a moment, then he comforted her: "Be patient for a while. When I become a cultivator, I will be able to hire the best doctor for you, who will definitely be able to cure your eyes."

Although he was a time traveler, he had already developed a very deep relationship with his younger brother over the past ten years.

In particular, when he traveled through time, the little guy was only two years old, and his grandfather had lost one eye in a disaster twelve years ago and still needed to earn money to support them, so his younger brother could only rely on him to take care of him.

Over the years, he almost treated his younger brother as half a son, and he was very eager to cure his brother's eyes.

This is one of the reasons why he wants to become a cultivator so desperately.

"But brother, your Dantian is not..."

Liang Yuan hesitated for a moment, then said, "Actually, I've gotten used to this state a long time ago. Anyway, I haven't seen the true face of the world, so I won't feel sad. Brother, don't try too hard."

"..."

Liang Xiao touched Liang Yuan's head and said, "Believe in me! I will definitely become a cultivator!"

"Well, I always believed in you!"

Liang Yuan nodded heavily: "Brother, come on!"

"Okay! If grandpa comes back, remember to tell him not to disturb me. I'm going to be in seclusion for the next three days."

Liang Xiao gave a serious instruction, then walked into the small room next door with a more determined look and closed the door.

Twelve years ago, before he traveled through time, their family was said to be in another city.

But the city was destroyed by evil spirits and beasts, and the survivors moved to Changlin City.

Because at that time there were only two children and an elderly person in their family, they were only allocated a small house with one bedroom, one living room, one kitchen and one bathroom.

When they were young, the two brothers slept together, and their grandfather slept in the living room.

It was not until he entered high school that his grandfather, worried that little Liang Yuan would disturb his rest and homework, let him sleep with him.

So, now this small room of only four square meters is his only private area in this city.

"Click..."

With the dim light, Liang Xiao forcefully opened the bedside table and took out a bottle from it.

The only Qi-absorbing pill in the bottle was bought with the money he earned from his part-time job in the past six months.

This kind of elixir can easily transform the medicinal power into true energy.

Of course, only those who have at least completed the stage of strengthening the foundation and nourishing the vital energy can do this.

Because people at this stage have already opened up their dantian.

This is also the reason why Tan Weifeng mocked him as "not a human being".

Under normal circumstances, as long as a person completes the stage of strengthening the foundation and nourishing the vital energy, he or she will naturally possess the sense of Qi, learn to refine essence into Qi, and enter the Qi training stage.

This is because whether taking the Qi Gathering Pill which costs 10,000 federal coins per pill, or refining essence into Qi, one can enter the first level of Qi training in a short period of time.

Taking the Naqi Pill will make the process even faster.

Now, Liang Xiao is going to use this Qi-absorbing pill to quickly refine enough true Qi, and then condense this true Qi into true Qi threads to weave a special golden elixir.

During the past six months, whenever he had free time, he would refine his essence into qi and practice transforming it into silk using the true qi that he had just obtained and had not yet dissipated.

By now, he had become very proficient in the technique of transforming Qi into silk, and could do it almost with just a thought.

"Whether it's for my brother and grandfather, or for myself, this time, I must succeed!"

Liang Xiao took a deep breath, then put the Qi-absorbing Pill in his mouth, closed his eyes, and looked inward at his Dantian.

The Dantian was pitch black, as if in a state of nothingness, with nothing in it.

He moistened the Qi-Gathering Pill with his saliva and let it melt, then swallowed a small amount of the medicine into his abdomen and used the Essence Refining Qi Transformation Method to transform it into True Qi.

Suddenly, a wisp of true qi emitting faint light appeared in the dark and empty dantian.

Because the Dantian is pierced, this newly born true qi is about to dissipate.

But at this moment, under Liang Xiao's control, this strand of true energy quickly transformed into a translucent filament as thin as a hair.

There is a mental restraint, and it is in the form of a true energy thread, which will not dissipate in a short time.

Immediately afterwards, the second strand of true qi appeared, and was also controlled by him to transform into true qi thread.

Then the third strand...

(End of this chapter)