In the early morning, golden sunlight bathed the earth, making it seem as if millions of diamonds were sparkling on a mirror.

A gentle breeze, carrying a refreshing scent, is invigorating.

Lin Hongluan placed a steaming bowl of hand-pulled noodles in front of Li Mu, smiling as she looked at him.

Her eyes were full of tenderness and love, like a virtuous wife looking at her husband who was about to toil and struggle for a living, with contentment.

She knew that although the bowl of noodles she made wasn't anything fancy, it would make Li Mu feel the warmth of home and the taste of love.

Li Mu finished the last bite of noodles, put down his chopsticks, and looked up at Lin Hongluan.

His eyes were filled with happiness as he said to Lin Hongluan, "Thank you, Hongluan."

This "thank you" was not just a polite remark, but a heartfelt expression from Li Mu, an affirmation and encouragement for Lin Hongluan.

For Li Mu, whether or not to eat is a matter of choice.

Since Lin Hongluan learned to make noodles from Liang Xiao, she has made it a habit to make him breakfast every day.

One is willing to cook, and the other loves to eat, adding a touch of warmth and life to their otherwise mundane existence.

"Silly boy! No need to thank me, you go ahead and do your work, I'll stay home by myself."

After Lin Hongluan went to the Liang sisters' laboratory twice with Li Mu, she refused to go again.

Not only was she unable to help, but the others were always preoccupied with her feelings amidst their busy schedules, which was a complete waste of time.

Looking at Lin Hongluan's charming smile and her corny love talk, Li Mu felt even more gratitude and tenderness. With such a wife, what more could a husband ask for?

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Today is the day Li Mu refines the Soul-Returning Pill. He has made many preparations to repair the injuries to the soul.

According to the prescription, it requires Soul-Guiding Grass, but now we can only use purified Soul Essence as a substitute.

The essence of a single Soul-Guiding Grass may only be a few drops, but it is the main ingredient in elixirs. The herb not only contains spiritual energy but also has active properties.

If this main ingredient can be easily replaced, then the resulting pill should not be called a Resurrection Pill.

Using the essence of the Nine Deaths Resurrection Grass as a substitute is a last resort.

Li Mu wasn't sure if he could successfully refine the pill, but he didn't care what the pill would be called.

The Liang sisters' laboratory was locked.

Li Mu solemnly took out the alchemy furnace. The necessary auxiliary medicines and soul essence were already prepared, and the Liang sisters sat to the side watching.

In the past two days, he has mentally rehearsed the alchemy process many times, hoping not to make any mistakes and even more hoping to succeed in making the pill.

His previous idea was to refine two batches, but now he divided the soul essence into three parts, and then divided one-third of the soul essence into five parts.

Purifying the essence of the soul liquid is too difficult, but the reserves of auxiliary medicines are sufficient. He wants to try it a few more times to reduce the cost of trial and error.

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"boom!"

A ball of blazing fire was fired out and attached directly to the bottom of the furnace; the alchemy process had begun.

Li Mu added the medicinal herbs one by one according to the normal alchemy steps. The herbs continuously decomposed and melted in the alchemy furnace, and finally fused together.

About an hour later, a batch of dark, unremarkable pills was formed, but it disintegrated at the moment of collection, and the first batch was ruined.

For the second batch, Li Mu began to infuse spiritual energy into the alchemy furnace. An hour later, a burnt smell was detected, and the pills were successfully formed. The second batch was a failure.

In the third batch, Li Mu not only infused spiritual energy into the furnace, but also accelerated the refining and absorbing techniques, resulting in another failed pill.

At this point, he had to stop. He had discovered some problems in refining the three batches of pills and needed to summarize them.

The Liang sisters sat quietly to the side, observing without making a sound.

They had previously observed Li Mu refining pills and saw him collecting pills batch after batch with a very high success rate, so they thought it was very simple.

At this moment, seeing that Li Mu had stopped refining pills, they knew that Li Mu had encountered a problem in refining pills.

Looking at the auxiliary ingredients for the five batches of pills that had been prepared, only two batches remained. The two sisters silently got up and went to the medicine storeroom.

When the two brought the five batches of prepared auxiliary drugs to the laboratory, Li Mu was no longer there.

They assumed Li Mu had gone out to relax, so they didn't pay any attention and went about their other business.

What the two didn't notice was that a golden bead the size of a sesame seed had appeared where Li Mu had just been standing.

At this moment, Li Mu entered the Golden Pearl World and sat beside the large iron pot, comprehending the Dao of Alchemy.

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Li Mu spent about ten days comprehending the Dao of Alchemy and reviewing the alchemy process in the Golden Pearl World.

After leaving the Golden Pearl World, the Liang sisters were no longer in the laboratory, and five additional medications were placed on the table.

In one night, he used up all the medicinal herbs and refined seven batches, but only one batch produced a successful pill.

This batch of pills was no different from a waste pill; he tried two of them, and the pills had almost no effect on him.

This is because the essence of the soul liquid he added kept decreasing during the refining process, and although the pill was finally formed, it had no medicinal effect.

He had to re-enter the Golden Pearl World to comprehend, review, and deduce the alchemy process, a very complex process.

The strength of the alchemical fire, the amount of spiritual energy injected, the order in which medicinal herbs are added, and the amount of soul liquid must all be taken into consideration.

This time, it took him half a month to get out of the Golden Pearl World.

The laboratory was still empty, and ten portions of alchemical auxiliary materials were once again placed on the table.

He continued to enter and exit the Golden Pearl World, constantly refining elixirs and gaining insights.

In the blink of an eye, ten days have passed.

He spent nearly half a year in the Golden Pearl World, consuming over a hundred portions of medicinal herbs, but still had a large portion of Soul Essence left.

During this period, the Liang sisters seemed to be working shifts with him, and they didn't run into each other even once.

Knowing that Li Mu was busy, Lin Hongluan would use her divine sense to scan the laboratory whenever she couldn't sense his presence.

She was relieved only when she saw the golden pearls on the ground and knew that Li Mu had entered the Golden Pearl World.

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Li Mu's hundreds of failed attempts to refine the Resurrection Pill have given him a wealth of experience.

He already had a premonition that he might succeed in refining the pills, and that there was a high chance of success if he refined a dozen or twenty more batches.

Currently, the main problem preventing successful refining is that the Soul Liquid Essence lacks activity; he must find a solution to the problem of drug activity.

After leaving the Golden Pearl World, he did not continue refining pills. He went home and recuperated for three days, taking two Great Qi-Nourishing Pills to replenish his body's deficiencies.

When he returned to the laboratory, he passed by the herb warehouse and saw some fresh clover, so he picked up a few plants.

This type of licorice belongs to the licorice family and is very common and inexpensive in the classification of medicinal materials.

When he started refining the elixir again, he added an appropriate amount of purple coral and water from thousand-year-old stalagmites to the recipe.

Then, on a sudden whim, he added a fresh stalk of grass to the alchemy furnace.

After the grass was added to the alchemy furnace, it was immediately decomposed and purified, and then a medicinal fragrance rose from the furnace.

Upon smelling the aroma of the medicine, Li Ben became exceptionally excited and delighted.

After hundreds of failures, he never expected that his unintentional addition of an ordinary herb would lead to its successful completion.

The Dao of Alchemy is truly a treacherous path.

Half an hour later, the medicinal liquid in the alchemy furnace had completely fused together and then automatically separated into clumps.

Li Mu quickly entered the pill-collecting incantation, and with a casual flick of his wrist, five pale purple pills automatically flew into the prepared jade bottle.

The elixir of life has been successfully refined.