nyslfriends Chapter 149 Alchemy
Chapter 149 Alchemy
Chapter 149: Alchemy
Li Lan did not hesitate, immediately using his Lifespan to complete the Gathering Spirit Formation.
This Formation had many marvelous uses.
Whether he used it for Alchemy, Artifact Refining, or Cultivation in the future, it would provide immense help. Spending some Lifespan in exchange for a Formation that greatly benefited him and could be used for a long time was completely acceptable.
Afterward,
he unhurriedly opened the Storage Pouch,
and carefully examined the Jade Slip containing the Pill Formula: [《Gathering Qi Pill》 incomplete: Requires three years of Lifespan to complete]
[Current remaining Lifespan: forty-nine years]
This Pill could significantly increase a Cultivator's efficiency in absorbing and converting Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi in a short period.
Besides breaking through a Bottleneck,
it could also produce miraculous effects when used during a battle with others when one's internal magic power was insufficient.
Li Lan appeared to have casually chosen the Sect's Alchemy assistance mission,
but in reality, that was just a facade to deceive Senior Brother Fan.
Secretly, he was still making plans for his future.
It was said that,
whether one could Break through the major Bottleneck of the Foundation Establishment Stage,
the quality of one's Spiritual Root Aptitude no longer had a significant impact.
Only the assistance of external forces such as Foundation Establishment Pill, Spiritual Vein, Cultivation Technique, and Formation was most crucial.
So, even though his chances of Foundation Establishment were very slim, Li Lan still did not give up easily and quietly prepared for it.
He did not hesitate and directly completed this Gathering Qi Pill Formula.
Even if this Pill could only increase his chances of Foundation Establishment by a tiny bit,
Li Lan was already content.
Accumulating sand into a tower, gathering fur from under the armpit to make a robe.
A tiny bit of chance, when stacked together, could eventually become a ten percent success rate for Foundation Establishment.
Li Lan carefully read through the complete Gathering Qi Pill Formula.
Coincidentally, he was quite familiar with one of the main Materials for this Pill:
it was precisely the soul-guiding artemisia used to make the Qinghao Fenxiao Talisman.
This Spiritual Plant could be made into a winning Magic Treasure, instantly taking a person's life,
or refined into a Medicinal Pill to restore magic power, used to save one's life at critical moments during a fight.
It could both give life and take life,
making Li Lan unable to help but sigh at how truly marvelous the Spiritual Plants and all things in this Cultivation World were.
The main Materials for refining the Gathering Qi Pill included:
Jade Marrow Ganoderma, soul-guiding artemisia, and Profound Ice Pond Water.
The auxiliary Materials used to regulate the medicinal properties were: Fire Maple Leaf, Rootless Water, and Crimson Flame Ginseng.
The entire refining process, in the early stage, was also largely similar to that of the Qinghao Fenxiao Talisman.
Soul-guiding artemisia preferred shade and was extremely sensitive to temperature; a slight increase would cause it to instantly self-ignite, absorbing Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi within a ten-zhang radius.
What Li Lan needed to do was to isolate all temperature,
and crush the soul-guiding artemisia into a paste, mixing it with the other three auxiliary Materials.
Once the four Materials were completely in Fusion,
the Pill embryo of the Gathering Qi Pill would be initially formed, and his task as an assisting Disciple in Alchemy would be considered complete.
The subsequent steps were much simpler:
soak the Jade Marrow Ganoderma in Profound Ice Pond Water for a full twelve hours, then reopen the Pill Furnace and fuse the three main Materials again.
Upon obtaining the complete Pill Formula, one could discover that,
refining this Gathering Qi Pill was not too difficult; the only drawback was that it was troublesome.
After all, the soul-guiding artemisia Spiritual Plant was exceptionally sensitive; a slight carelessness could cause it to self-ignite and explode,
and fusing it with the other three auxiliary Materials was even more energy-consuming.
Therefore,
these Early-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivators would take out a portion of this Pill Formula and have other Named Disciples refine the most troublesome and mentally exhausting Pill embryos as Sect missions.
This way, they could save time for themselves to do other things,
and also not affect their Cultivation progress due to a lack of Gathering Qi Pills.
It was simply a win-win situation.
They also had no worries that,
a Named Disciple would steal half of the Pill Formula and try to figure out and perfect the Gathering Qi Pill on their own.
As mentioned earlier, soul-guiding artemisia is quite sensitive to temperature, even when crushed into a paste.
If there were no Profound Ice Pond Water and Jade Marrow Ganoderma, these two Yin-type main Materials, to regulate and stabilize it,
rashly consuming this Pill embryo would not result in a Gathering Qi Pill beneficial to Cultivators,
but rather a poison that would take one's life.
That Early-stage Foundation Establishment Junior Martial Uncle Gong probably would not even dream that,
Li Lan could complete the Pill Formula for this Gathering Qi Pill so quickly,
and had already surpassed him, being even more complete and perfect than the one in his possession.
After repeatedly going through the entire Alchemy process in his mind,
and ensuring he had a full grasp of it,
Li Lan officially began the refining process.
He opened his mouth and spat out a wisp of flame, igniting the Spiritual Rock Medicine Cauldron.
This Pill Furnace was quite extraordinary, entirely crafted from translucent spiritual rock,
and as the flame stimulated it, the orange-red flames within the spiritual rock also rapidly boiled.
The entire Medicine Cauldron instantly transformed into a blazing fireball.
Li Lan struck a magic spell onto the Gathering Spirit Formation,
and after a simple warming of the furnace, he carefully controlled the flame intensity,
and threw the soul-guiding artemisia from his Storage Pouch inside.
How to refine soul-guiding artemisia at the fastest speed, and how to ensure that soul-guiding artemisia does not self-ignite while being incorporated into other auxiliary Materials.
Li Lan had refined the Qinghao Fenxiao Talisman for so many years,
that he had accumulated exceptionally rich experience in this regard.
With his comprehensive understanding,
he could now do it with ease.
An ordinary Cultivator of the Cultivation Base of Qi Refining Late Stage,
would probably need two or three hours to completely crush the soul-guiding artemisia into a paste, during which they would also need to constantly and carefully control their Divine Sense intensity to prevent the soul-guiding artemisia from self-igniting.
However, Li Lan, with his familiarity,
completed this process excellently in less than an hour.
Over these many years,
he had already thoroughly analyzed the characteristics of soul-guiding artemisia through countless failures.
To put it bluntly,
among Cultivators of the same Realm,
absolutely no one could understand better than him how to refine soul-guiding artemisia both quickly and steadily.
Soon,
the three auxiliary Materials—Fire Maple Leaf, Rootless Water, and Crimson Flame Ginseng—were also added. Li Lan completely enveloped the soul-guiding artemisia with his Divine Sense, carefully mixing them all together.
This step was the most difficult for other Cultivators.
If the magic power separating the two spiritual Materials were to become even slightly imbalanced for an instant, the soul-guiding artemisia would instantly self-ignite and explode.
Within this Alchemy chamber, which had numerous Restrictions and Formations activated,
the cost of failure would likely be severe injury, if not death.
Li Lan knew the power of soul-guiding artemisia all too well,
therefore, although he had extensive experience, he was still extremely cautious in this Fusion step.
Despite this,
his refining speed was still much faster than that of other Cultivators.
Soon,
a Gathering Qi Pill embryo was successfully condensed.
Li Lan followed suit and completed his Sect mission for this trip in the shortest possible time.
However,
he did not stop there.
This Alchemy assistance mission only required three complete Pill embryos.
He still had two sets of Materials for Pill embryos left unused.
While the Medicine Cauldron had not yet cooled,
Li Lan began refining again.
After crushing the soul-guiding artemisia into a paste, Li Lan reached into his Storage Pouch, preparing to retrieve other auxiliary Materials for further Fusion.
But his hand stopped in mid-air just as he extended it.
According to the complete Gathering Qi Pill Formula he had perfected,
Fire Maple Leaf, Rootless Water, and Crimson Flame Ginseng were not the optimal choices for auxiliary Materials.
Above them, better Spiritual Plants could be used as superior substitutes.
If the auxiliary Materials were more precious and of older vintage,
the efficacy of the resulting Medicinal Pill would naturally be even more outstanding.
For example, Rootless Water only referred to ordinary dew drops collected from Spiritual Plants before dawn,
which could be completely replaced by more spiritual liquids, spiritual tree resin, and other substances.
And Li Lan happened to have both of these things.
The spiritual tree resin was taken from the five-hundred-year-old Purple Sandalwood Spiritual Tree in Xianzong Valley,
and the spiritual liquid was taken from the mine cave of the Heng Mountain Spiritual Vein.
And there were also Purple Sandalwood Spiritual Leaves, at least ten years old,
which by all accounts, should be stronger than these ordinary Fire Maple Leaves, right?
Li Lan pondered for a moment,
then extended his hand towards the Storage Pouch at his waist.
For Medicinal Pills he refined for his own consumption, there was no need to hold back.
He must use the best auxiliary Materials to strive for the most perfect medicinal efficacy.