The moment Zi Linling broke through to the Qi Gathering realm, the *Human Emperor's Pharmacopoeia* in her mind emitted a brilliant golden light.
Within the golden light, the second page of the *Human Emperor's Pharmacopoeia* slowly opened, and the *Alchemal Compendium* appeared in her mind.
"Elixirs, are herbs! Herbs, are a method to cure illness..."
"All things in heaven and earth, are born and overcome each other. Thus herbs, are also poisons. Hence elixirs also possess medicinal and poisonous effects, divided into medicinal elixirs and poisonous elixirs..."
"Elixirs have grades, with the supreme grade being the best, and the lowest grade the worst, with intermediate and upper grades in between..."
"Elixirs have formulas, and formulas refer to the ratio of medicinal ingredients, their elemental divisions, and..."
"Alchemy has methods, and methods refer to rules and techniques..."
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Zi Linling discovered that the *Great Dao Elixir Sutra*, which she had obtained inadvertently in her past life, was actually a fragment of this *Alchemal Compendium*.
No wonder she felt that although the *Great Dao Elixir Sutra* was not extensive, every word was a gem, profound and exquisite, when she first obtained it.
Zi Linling had long since memorized the *Great Dao Elixir Sutra* by heart. Coupled with her ability to recall everything after her last spiritual sense breakthrough, memorizing the *Alchemal Compendium*, though somewhat obscure, was not overly difficult for her.
Thus, she soon had the entire scripture inscribed in her heart.
However, Zi Linling, engrossed in the *Alchemal Compendium*, was unaware that the moment the *Human Emperor's Pharmacopoeia* opened, a strange fragrance erupted from her body and spread throughout the valley.
The greatest beneficiaries were naturally Long'er and the Wind-Winged Phantom Tiger closest to her, as well as Long'er within the Nine Spirits Ring, and Huangyi, Yiran, and Xueying in the Goddess Hall.
The moment the fragrance appeared, Elder Du, accustomed to the procedure, sat cross-legged within the Nine Spirits Ring, repairing the injuries to his soul.
After being cleansed by this strange fragrance several times, Elder Du's soul injuries had recovered by one-tenth.
Furthermore, Elder Du discovered that the speed of repairing soul injuries in the strange fragrance was more than a thousand times faster than his usual self-repair.
This was beyond Elder Du's expectations, and it also changed his initial dissatisfaction with Zi Linling to profound gratitude.
Long'er, on the other hand, possessed an ancient restriction within its body since birth. This ancient restriction not only confined Long'er's ability to transform into a dragon but also caused some damage to its body.
Therefore, when the strange fragrance entered Long'er's body, its dragon blood became extremely excited, emitting rumbling sounds.
As more and more strange fragrance entered Long'er's body, its five-clawed golden dragon bloodline underwent a second awakening.
As a divine beast race, the dragon race's physical strength and power leaped qualitatively with each bloodline awakening.
Concurrently, the strange fragrance rapidly healed the damage in Long'er's body caused by the ancient restriction.
Also, although Long'er had broken through the confinement of the ancient restriction by forming a life-and-death pact with Zi Linling, the ancient restriction had not completely disappeared but remained in Long'er's body.
The initial impact of these residues on Long'er might not have been significant, but as Long'er grew stronger, it would find each breakthrough to be extremely strenuous.
After being cleansed by the strange fragrance this time, the residual restriction in Long'er's body vanished completely, ceasing to have any further impact on it.
In a sense, from this moment on, Long'er was a true five-clawed golden dragon.
As for the Wind-Winged Phantom Tiger, it originally possessed a trace of white tiger bloodline, but it had remained dormant due to its inability to awaken.
Now, the strange fragrance entering the Wind-Winged Phantom Tiger's body stimulated that trace of white tiger bloodline to boil.
The white tiger bloodline originated from the divine beast White Tiger, and its power was naturally unquestionable.
Therefore, the moment the white tiger bloodline boiled, it began to subtly alter the low-grade bloodline within the Wind-Winged Phantom Tiger.
As the low-grade bloodline within the Wind-Winged Phantom Tiger was continuously altered, the Wind-Winged Phantom Tiger also began to evolve towards a spirit beast.
However, because the strange fragrance had not lasted long enough, the Wind-Winged Phantom Tiger had not completely evolved into a spirit beast.
Even so, the benefits it received were evident.
Thus, the Wind-Winged Phantom Tiger's resolve to follow Zi Linling had solidified even further.
Naturally, the three individuals in the Goddess Hall also gained varying degrees of benefits.
Among them, Huangyi received the greatest benefits.
She was originally a divine beast, the Fire Phoenix, but due to a past great battle, both her true form and primordial spirit had suffered severe damage.
Fortunately, Feng Lixi had sealed her true form somewhere and confined her primordial spirit within the Goddess Hall, nourishing it with the Bodhi tree and spiritual energy, thus ensuring her primordial spirit's survival.
The strange fragrance emanating from the *Human Emperor's Pharmacopoeia* had a significant effect on souls and primordial spirits. Therefore, in her primordial spirit form, she could absorb the strange fragrance more easily to repair her injuries.
Thus, Huangyi's injured primordial spirit began to slowly heal. Although it was slow, it was equivalent to a thousand years of nourishment within the Goddess Hall.
As for Yiran, she was originally the spirit of a divine artifact, so her abilities depended on the grade of the Goddess Hall. Under the effect of the strange fragrance, she was also on the path to evolving into the spirit of a super divine artifact.
Xueying, with the least aptitude among them, fortunately possessed a pure heart and had been in close proximity to Zi Linling, thus being imbued with Zi Linling's aura.
Therefore, the strange fragrance was very kind to her, eagerly surging into her body. In this short period, she had consecutively broken through two minor realms, reaching the fifth level of Body Tempering.
The anomaly of the *Human Emperor's Pharmacopoeia Alchemal Compendium* lasted for about the time it takes an incense stick to burn. Those around Zi Linling reaped immense rewards.
As for the beast tribes in the valley, the closer they were to the Wind-Winged Phantom Tiger's cave dwelling, the greater the benefits they received. Those at the valley entrance merely felt a jolt of energy.
The four individuals outside the valley felt nothing at all, as the strange fragrance could only be detected within the valley.
Following the changes in her mind, Zi Linling's dantian also underwent a transformation.
Not only did the purple aura above her dantian become more concentrated, but a small sprout also grew at the bottom of her dantian.
The sprout's slender stem was multicolored, topped with two symmetrical purple leaves.
"Oh my goodness! What is this thing?"
Zi Linling was startled when she saw this strange sprout.
Others who broke through to the Qi Gathering realm formed a vortex in their dantian, but she, on the other hand, had sprouted like a plant.
Elder Du, who had just recovered one-tenth of his soul, was startled by Zi Linling's cry.
"Girl, what's wrong?"
Zi Linling asked curiously, "Elder Du, you are knowledgeable. Do you know of anyone who formed a sprout in their dantian instead of a vortex upon breaking through to the Qi Gathering realm?"
Elder Du rolled his eyes and said, "What nonsense are you spouting? Introducing spiritual energy into the body and continuously compressing it to form a vortex is called the Qi Gathering realm. Without a vortex, is it still called the Qi Gathering realm?"