
An Alchemist’s Path to Eternity
长生从炼丹宗师开始
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I can't stand it any longer. It's okay that I didn't subscribe, so I just ran away. I've subscribed for a long time and I'm going to give up and make a summary. but is also a story The plot trend is basically first suppressed and then expanded. Only the last little upgrade of each plot makes it enjoyable to watch. Although it is a bit watery and overwhelming in the middle, it is still ok to continue reading at this pace. However, after seeing a slight improvement in the power of cultivation, a protagonist is caught, and then the solo plot unfolds and I can't stand it. Although I went back to look at the catalog and the book circle, I heard that it is very enjoyable to write now after flying solo, but I don't want to read it. I have been watching the protagonist develop his power for so long. I have watched him finally rise to prominence, upgrade the golden elixir, establish a sect, participate in the opening war to seize the spiritual veins and establish a foothold. After a short period of time, he was captured by the demon clan. Previously, everything was written around the protagonist's development of power. Reaching a golden elixir is written with many difficulties and dangers, and the style is more realistic. You lead the sect, and the sect will feed you back. You almost rely on the protagonist to lead the sect. It's okay to open a new map, but I can't stand this kind of twist in the way of opening a new map. It's a bit uncomfortable. If others die or are injured, the protagonist will directly become a VIP to make alchemy. In the front, you will catch the demonic beast and draw blood and skin it with various restrictions. Others will arrest you. I heard that you are an alchemist and I just need you. Then I will give you all kinds of benefits. And because of an accident, I ran away. The sect stopped writing and went to work in a new environment... Generally speaking, the writing of the plot is quite good, with foreshadowing and ups and downs. I originally thought it would be a bit difficult to follow this slow-burning farming style, but the turning point in the middle was a bit jarring. After that, I couldn't watch it anymore. Goodbye.
The writing in the front of this book is really good, I really like it. When I wrote about the first time I was captured by the demon clan and sent to the Million Mountains to make elixirs for the demon clan, it was definitely a fairy grass level work before I went to Beihai. I suddenly opened the map for no reason, and I slowly couldn't read it anymore. I no longer have that feeling. If I develop well. Lead Luo Tianzong to develop step by step, and write more group portraits. The protagonist is fully capable of leading people around him to follow him. He has to write randomly. The author originally intended that this book could definitely become a benchmark in immortality literature. Not to mention that Comparing Mortals is at least a masterpiece of this subject. It is really a waste! I would definitely rely on this book to become a great writer!
I really hope that the high-level monks can slap the protagonist to death. If he pretends to be playing tricks on others every day and is extremely greedy, he can just slap him to death.
I can't understand the protagonist. I've been following the latest chapter and I still don't understand it. Throughout the entire text, the protagonist's strength is based on alchemy, and alchemy is based on the system. So shouldn't normal people try their best to tap the system's capabilities? The system only has one achievement point, and it can only be used to gain access to certain secrets or elixirs, which is a very weak cheat. However, the proficiency mechanism determines that as long as you can get started, you can make steady progress, so if the protagonist has better cultivation talents, he can definitely become a magic monk. After becoming stronger, whether it is exploring resources like Zunjiexiu or Zouposhan Gang (higher strength will definitely obtain scarce resources), you can exchange spiritual stones for development. However, the protagonist has low cultivation talent and does not have the ability to quickly improve his cultivation level, so he can only make money to save resources, that is, alchemy. The existence of the system is to improve his productivity. But I don't understand why I have to work so hard to deal with this and that if I want to build a force of my own. At first, I said that I shouldn't be treated like a dog by others, and then I made a family slave with three surnames. Later, I changed the map and went to Fairy City. I practiced a second-level elixir that was useless to me just to be a dog for that ice or something. What are you trying to do? I don't understand why you can't just join the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect. You can move so far with thousands of people, but you can't go to the Jade Cauldron Sect alone? There is a system and a proficiency mechanism. As long as you join in with the Chalcedony Pill first, obtain other pill recipes, and steadily improve your status in the Jade Cauldron Sect's alchemy room (there is no name of the institution made up by me in the article), can't you still get the prescription for a serious second-level pill? Isn't this better than refining the Jade Dew Pill? I'm speechless. I said earlier that the Fu family or the Duan family are missing a foundation-building monk, and they are dragging the Po Luo Tianhui with them. When I go into seclusion, the entire organization loses even its alchemy ability. I still have to work overtime and make alchemy to maintain the entire organization. Isn't that embarrassing? I can't understand why I have to go it alone. The Yuanying Sect would still worry about you, a Foundation Establishment monk, having an unclean background? What's so unclean about Dahefang? You still don't want to be restricted by others, will your sect not give you resources? If all the alchemists were captured and used as tools as the protagonist guessed earlier, then why does he still have such a little status in the fairy city. In order to develop an organization purely because of dementia, I don't understand a little bit.
It feels like it's extremely difficult for the protagonist to do anything. Whether it's foundation building or elixir formation, it's a narrow escape. He still fails. How did the others do it without failing?
The protagonist has been suppressed too hard, his qualifications are useless, he can't get up after eating a lot of resources, and he has been suppressed in various ways. It feels very aggrieved to read. Nowadays, the novels about cultivating immortals are all about the flow of resources. The main description is all about the acquisition of resources. It seems that all the battles for resources and the description of the realm are all about the acquisition of resources to cultivate. It is +1, and the realm of resource acquisition is +1. There is no fairy spirit of cultivating immortals at all. Maybe this way is the best way to write, but after reading too much, it makes no sense to write. I feel that the charm of cultivating immortals cannot be brought out at all. As a monk, you rely on spiritual roots to decide everything. The role of understanding is not reflected. Without your own Taoism, your whole life is for It's really sad to compete for resources and fight for perfection To be honest, the long history of the world of immortality has been tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands of years. The cultivation speed of the first few realms of immortality is slow and the breakthrough is very difficult. In fact, it is completely unreasonable. Even if generations of monks ascend, they will lead Leaving this world's spiritual energy will cause the concentration of spiritual energy to decrease, which will only affect high-level monks. For low-level monks in the team, at least the probability of a breakthrough in the top sect's practice will be greatly increased In current novels, millions of years of history have not been developed, and it feels very unreasonable to still worship the ancients.
Help the author correct plot errors, omissions, and lack of follow-up explanations
1. In Chapter 523, Shenyuan self-destructed his knife in Cangwu Mountain, but in Chapter 931, he said that it was not destroyed in Cangwu Mountain 2. In Chapter 935, Luo Chen's physical cultivation was 61/100, but in Chapter 953, he said that when he first arrived in Southern Xinjiang, he only had 50, which was 10 points less (a regression in the realm of body refining) !?? ), And then the subsequent physical training progress was all wrong 3. In Chapter 824, Mr. Yao mentioned that the alchemy masters of the Mingyuan Sect had "Bian Daoyou" and "Hun Yuanzi", and clearly stated that they had been in the Mingyuan Sect for a long time, but they did not appear until the Mingyuan Sect was destroyed. The five alchemists of the Mingyuan Sect are: Chen Mozi, Xin Yisheng, Lu Chun, Chu Yu, and Mr. Xuanyan. There is no "Bian Daoyou" and "Hunyuanzi" at all 4. (822 Panels are missing) The spell column lacks the progress of Senluo Fire Prison (it is not full in Beihai and Zhongzhou). The two fourth-level spells of Dragon Slaying Technique (Perfection) and Yuan Dan Technique (Perfection), it depends on whether the author wants to add them 5. (1016 Panels are missing) (1) The Hundred Poison Body Refining Technique is missing in the skill column (2) Fire Escape Technique, Great Five Elements Sword Formation, and Senluo Inferno are missing in the spell column. As for the two fourth-level spells, Dragon Slaying Technique (Perfection) and Yuan Dan Technique (Perfection), it depends on whether the author wants to add them. (3) Problems with the physical skills field ("Thunder Kick" ownership issue): Explosive Air Step (Air Explosive Step is not in Demon Lord Seven Sanshou) Demon Lord Seven Sanshou are: Cloud-Exploring Divine Claw, Overlord Unarmor, "Thunder Kick", Mountain-Suppressing Style, Mountain-pulling Style, Mountain-Breaking Style, Mountain-Bumping Style (for details, you can go back and see the panel of Chapter 655), but the author later There is Feng Yue Lei Yun's Journey to Immortality again. The content of Feng Yue Lei Yun's Immortal Journey is: Wind Kicks, Yue Bu, Yun Lu, and "Thunder Kick". Among them, Yun Lu has not been created yet. "Thunder Kick" is repeated with Demon Lord Qisan's hand. Therefore, it is recommended that the author replaces the "Thunder Kick" in Demon Lord Qi San's hand with Explosive Air Step. "Thunder Kick" is directly classified into Feng Yue Lei Yun's Journey to Immortality Therefore, if the physical skills column is modified according to the above method, it will eventually become: Demon Lord Seven Sanshou (Cloud Claw, Overlord Armor Removal, Air Explosion Step, Mountain Pressure, Mountain Pulling Pose, Mountain Breaking Pose, Mountain Crash Pose), Fengyue Leiyun Stepping on the Immortal Path (Wind Legs, Yuebu, Yunlu, Thunder Kick) The physical skills column is just a small detail, and the author can handle it at his discretion. But the lack of skills and spells is too obvious 6. (No follow-up explanation) Alchemy I don't know if the author wants to list it in another line. It has to be written in Beihai, but it seems that it has not been written after the Land of the Fallen Demon. Here I will help the author list the alchemy skills up to Beihai: Zheyu Shou, Su Xin Shou, Huanxi Hand, Huayun Shou, Yiyuan Miaodan Technique, Peiyuan Hand, Scale Turning Hand, Star Picking Hand, and Crane Burning Hand (the above are all perfect alchemy techniques) In the Land of the Fallen Demon, I got a lot of alchemy techniques. Currently, only the air control technique is written about (Chapter 687 also mentions the Light Nasting Technique, Wuxiang Hand, and Chapter 694 has the Withered Bones Alchemy Technique). The Alchemy Saint inheritance also got a bunch of alchemy techniques, but There are only Tianji and Guichen (Chapter 901 Luo Chen's self-created alchemy) 7. (No follow-up explanation) There are 40 alchemy prescriptions in the Land of the Fallen Demon. According to the content of Chapter 709, 36 of the alchemy prescriptions are from Human (Chapter 709): 3 Qi Training (Spiritual Root) Pill, Qi Nourishing Pill, Qingti Pill), 3 Foundation Establishment Pills (Foundation Establishment Pill, Haoyuan Pill, Tuo Pulse Pill), 3 Golden Pills (Liquid Condensation Pill, the other two unknown), 3 Nascent Soul Pills (Ying Ying Pill, Hongyuan Pill, Great Soul Pill) Monster Tribe: 3 Qi Training, 3 Foundation Establishment, 3 Golden Pills, 3 Nascent Soul (Blood Pill Method, the method to save the Black King) , the other two are unknown) Demon clan: 3 Qi training, 3 foundation building, 3 Golden elixir, 3 Nascent Soul (Liangyi Dan, the other two are unknown) The remaining 4: 1 Shenhuadan (Yanfa Dan), 3 sealed elixirs (one calms the mind, one can be empty, and one combines the Tao)
The protagonist doesn't have any really awesome items, he's just average in everything, his abilities are average, his training speed is average, he's a bit sinister but not too much. They have also been highlighting the role of physical training, comparing physical training to a cup filled with water. Can't I drink from a glass cup? Isn't that enough? If you are a master of alchemy, just make alchemy. If you like physical training, just write a master of physical training.
I can't quite imagine how a third-level cave must rent so many spiritual stones... What's even more outrageous is that he still paid. Another outrageous thing is that the other golden elixirs are only worth a million spiritual stones... After paying together for a year or two, they will run out of money. I really can't figure it out
I made a plate of dumplings for that dish of vinegar... 1. A house slave with three surnames killed the master of Dingzong just for a joke... In fact, he followed the map and changed the map, and his savings for many years of forbearance skyrocketed. Moreover, as a disciple of Dingzong's golden elixir monk, his identity and past resources and tiger skins can also be used as Luotianmen's backers. In addition, the elixir supports the old subordinates, and the old subordinates help to find the required materials and provide elixirs (which do not want to be made public). It's quite comfortable to walk like this, otherwise it can be called a classic novel... Although it may be that I want to express "the impermanence of the world, the big intestine wraps up the small intestine"... Anyway, it looks very strange, very weird, and the most important thing is that the writing power is not enough to control it 2. The cultivation level before foundation building is delayed (I haven't read it later, the progress is 198), it is not the cultivation time that is delayed, but the number of words. . . 800,000 Words to build a foundation, what a concept. . . Although the number of chapters by the author is only 180+-, compared to other authors, it is already 3/4 of a hundred chapters (it makes my blood run cold...) This is okay, but this book is a systematic text + alchemy, 3. The powerful sect is deformed, and it will be a mess if it does not follow the main line. In the rich branch (being enslaved, establishing a sect, leading disciples, fighting and killing), even if you want to establish a power, establish a pill sales network and build a joint support force, a strange battle rule has been set up. If you die in battle, your property will be confiscated, and you will divide the money while you are alive. . . . It seems that the resources are fully utilized, but in reality, it may not even be able to compare with the Mi family. People risk their lives because of their power background. Not only do their wives, children, and children not only receive no pension at all, but they also have their life money confiscated. . . . . Picture what? Figure 95? High income? It's just putting resources in your hands temporarily. . . 4. "The protagonist does not want to be controlled by others." First, Mr. Mi provides the platform, the protagonist provides technology, second, Miao Wen provides background endorsement, provides platform sales, and the protagonist provides technology, and third, in the end, Master Jindan stops talking and dies. . . Miao Wen provides background endorsement so that you can make alchemy safely and equally. The protagonist Luo Chen feels that others owe him every time, and there are all kinds of deceptions, abductions, and temptations. Mr. Mi is forced to write this, so there is no problem. . . But Hmong. . . It's really good to partner with technology and background to develop elixirs and get 50/50, and also provide some other help (the Qin couple's arms). . . Relying on the smooth flow of other people's elixirs, the protagonist of the good guy wants to leave others and engage in other businesses. Without waiting for profit, he still wants others to endorse you. . . If he doesn't endorse it, he still feels like others are taking advantage of him. . . . If you want a win-win situation, the protagonist wins twice. . . If you want to be independent, you must help me for free, otherwise you are bad. . . In the end, I didn't have much motivation to read the rest. The part about Master Jindan's "fairy grass" before his death and the part about establishing his power after his death were "normal", and the part about the ghost city was "weird". I don't know how to describe it. . . .