Chapter 69: A Level 2 Alchemist Fed by Spiritual Medicine
A year later, Ning Daoran was forty years old.
"Get out!"
When he walked out of the secret room, he still looked like a teenager, and his magic power was now full, reaching the peak of his Qi Refining Stage!
Qi Refining is complete, there is no more room for improvement! "It's time..."
Ning Daoran was a little excited. He cooked a few dishes by himself at noon. After having a good meal with Dabenlu and Chen Weimo, he decided to start refining pills in the afternoon. What he refined was the legendary foundation-building pill! In the spiritual medicine garden on the underground floor, every purple blood ginseng, heart-condensing grass, and ground ganoderma lucidum had matured and possessed a hundred-year-old medicinal property, meeting the standards for the foundation-building pill.
In addition, all the auxiliary medicines have matured, and the time to refine the foundation-building pill is completely ripe! ...
Twenty feet underground is the alchemy room.
Ning Daoran took out the special bronze alchemy furnace that he had exchanged for 500 contributions, spit out a breath of Samadhi True Fire, adjusted the temperature, and then began to put the spiritual herbs in one by one and started refining them.
The recipe of the Foundation Establishment Pill has never been a secret. It has been widely circulated in the world of immortal cultivation. Moreover, this recipe has been revised and improved by generations of alchemists, resulting in various versions.
The most famous of these is the version of "Zhang's Foundation Establishment Pill" in Ning Daoran's hand, which he bought from Qingxiefang for five spirit stones. It is said that the creator of this pill recipe is a legendary fifth-rank alchemist, who was awesome for an entire era at the time!
“Sizzle~~”
The Samadhi Fire was swirling, and sounds were heard from the alchemy furnace. Various elixirs were condensing into liquid medicine. Various chemical reactions were constantly occurring in the alchemy furnace, and the elixir was about to be condensed.
Ning Daoran's pair of clear eyes opened wide, his achievements in the art of formation made him a little inflated, and he felt that he should also make rapid progress in the art of alchemy.
"Why don't you give me the pill?"
A trace of disdain flashed across his lips: "I advise you not to be ungrateful!"
"Boom——"
When the alchemy furnace was opened, all the liquid medicine was burned into charcoal and no elixir was formed.
“As expected.”
After cleaning the alchemy furnace, Ning Daoran was determined to make the elixir again, his eyes still bright and clear: "God is merciful, please don't do evil, make the elixir for me quickly, don't be ungrateful!"
"Boom——"
Another furnace was scrapped.
He repeated this process and wasted more than thirty furnaces of pills.
Ning Daoran's forehead was covered in sweat.
The art of alchemy is indeed elusive.
His mentality changed drastically. He felt that even if he had sufficient reserves of spiritual medicine, he could not continue to waste it like this.
In the afternoon, Ning Daoran bathed and fasted, preparing to start refining the elixir again.
He led the big stupid deer to kowtow three times and nine times in front of the alchemy furnace with an extremely pious attitude.
"Disciple Ning Daoran now speaks to heaven:
I am grateful to the heaven for bestowing me with spiritual roots and giving me the opportunity to make elixirs.
Respect the inheritance of alchemy and achieve the foundation.
If this furnace is still not completed, it is because my alchemy skills are not good enough. It has nothing to do with heaven and I will not complain at all!
The path of elixir is ringing, the path of immortality is glorious.
Respect the mystery of the Heavenly Alchemy Dao, and grant your disciples the opportunity to build their foundation!"
…
"Bang!"
Another furnace was completely wasted.
Ning Daoran began to sweat profusely. He hurriedly picked up a small notebook beside him, wrote down the reasons for his failure in detail, and then tried again.
His eyes were full of bloodshot and he was in a state of madness.
A mere first-grade superior alchemist directly forced himself to refine a second-grade foundation-building elixir. This was quite an outrageous thing in the entire world of immortal cultivation.
Ning Daoran refused to believe it and continued to refine the elixir one furnace after another.
The big stupid deer was trembling all over. The eldest brother looked so scary at this moment, with all kinds of dangers in his eyes.
It hid in the corner, without making a sound, just hoping that big brother would become a pill as soon as possible!
In the secret room, the medicinal materials for foundation-building pills are becoming less and less.
Moreover, these elixirs are non-renewable, because although the three main herbs planted on the Qiongbi Peak have matured, they have not produced seeds.
There are many reasons why they don't produce seeds. The most likely reason is that the environment is not right. These main medicines only produce seeds in the Cangnan Secret Realm. Otherwise, they would have already flooded the world of immortal cultivation.
Late at night, there were still many people in the alchemy room.
"Bang!"
With a slight sound, the alchemy furnace opened by itself, and a pill jumped out from a wisp of five-colored spiritual mist.
One of them was covered with pitch-black cracks. It was a useless pill with extremely strong poison and could not be taken.
The other one was actually a dark blue pill with a faint dan pattern on it.
Authentic foundation-building pill! "It's done?!"
Ning Daoran held the foundation-building pill in his hand, feeling overjoyed.
Don’t worry, if you refine a few more furnaces and increase your success rate, you will be officially promoted to a second-level alchemist!
He was neither arrogant nor impatient, and wrote down in detail the changes in temperature, herbal ratios, etc. during this alchemy. After writing down more than three pages, he started to make the alchemy again.
The next furnace was also scrapped.
But the next batch was successful, and even produced a top-grade foundation-building pill.
In this way, Ning Daoran's understanding of the foundation-building pill became deeper and deeper. When the spiritual medicine was almost used up, he could guarantee that two out of three furnaces of pills would be successful! Second-level lower-grade pill master, it's done! ...
early morning.
"Get out!"
Ning Daoran walked out of the alchemy room in a magical and refreshing manner, and came to the sun, bathing in the morning light, holding his head high. At this moment, Ning Daoran could finally be proud of himself! Second-level formation master, second-level alchemist! Just relying on these two titles, he has a stable job in the cultivation world. Any sect, any immortal city, will compete to win over talents like Ning Daoran.
only……
A second-level formation master does rely on talent and qualifications.
As for the second-level alchemist, he really relies on spiritual herbs to become so successful. Over the past half month, he has wasted one furnace of pills after another. If other alchemists knew that he refined foundation-building pills in this way, they would probably be heartbroken.
In the world of independent cultivators, many of them would gather together to make foundation-building pills, and then ask a well-known second-level alchemist to start the furnace. Basically, the chances of successful pill making were over 80%.
There is no one like Ning Daoran who used the materials of the Foundation Establishment Pill as consumables and managed to reach the level of a second-level alchemist.
At this moment, his medicine bottle contained two fine Foundation Building Pills with golden pill patterns, three top-grade Foundation Building Pills, eight genuine Foundation Building Pills, and five inferior Foundation Building Pills!
With such resources, the foundation-building process is basically stable!
…
At this moment, bad news came from the inner gate.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
Senior Brother Lin Sheng failed to build his foundation, and his Dao heart was greatly damaged! During the trip to Cangnan Secret Realm, the spiritual medicine Lin Sheng obtained also ranked among the top ten in the sect, and he also obtained a foundation-building pill.
Not long ago, Lin Sheng applied for a cave in the sect and decided to build his foundation.
But he had already failed to establish his foundation after a few days, as his character was still a little lacking.
"Old Deer, go check on Senior Brother Lin?"
“Ouch!”
A man and a deer came to the mountainside of Zhenyang Peak in the inner gate.
The small tiled house stood there all alone, and now it was even more deserted. Lin Sheng had failed in building his foundation at the age of fifty, and it was basically impossible for him to have any chance in the future.
Firstly, he was practicing the True Yang Furnace Art, and at this age his blood and energy had begun to decline, which was not conducive to building a foundation.
Secondly, the foundation-building pill rewarded by the Cangnan Secret Realm is already Lin Sheng's greatest opportunity. It will be difficult for him to get another foundation-building pill in the future. How difficult is it for a Qi Refining Stage to gather enough spirit stones to buy a foundation-building pill? "Brother, Lao Lu and I are here to see you."
"Junior brother..."
Lin Sheng came out, his face was a little more vicissitudes and weathered, he said with a trace of guilt: "Brother, I have embarrassed you. I failed in building my foundation. I am afraid that in this life..."
"What did you say, brother?"
Ning Daoran said: "I just want to ask one question, is it true that Senior Brother failed in building his foundation because he couldn't get over it?"
"A little bit..."
Lin Sheng slowly sat down in the chair, looking very tired: "Just when I was about to build my foundation, I suddenly felt undecided. I didn't have a strong determination to build my foundation. I don't know why this happened."
There's a problem with self-confidence.
"The Lin Sheng I know is brave and hardworking, but he never shows any lack of determination."
Ning Daoran raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "Brother, since we have embarked on the immortal path, we should know that the world is big, and the immortal path is the greatest. You are being held back by a woman. Are you still the Lin Sheng I know?"
"Junior brother..."
Lin Sheng smiled bitterly: "Do you also think I'm a waste?"
"I never thought that my senior brother was a waste."
Ning Daoran raised his eyebrows and said, "Brother Lin, who did not hesitate to undertake the most dangerous inner sect mission and spent a lot of contribution to exchange the Evergreen Art for me, was like a peerless hero to me, and was definitely not the cowardly look before my eyes!
Senior Brother, why don’t you think about the crux of the problem? I think… you should find yourself again before you met Liu Ruyan.”
"Junior Brother Ning..."
"Stop talking."
Ning Daoran's eyes were cold: "Can a mere failure in building a foundation really defeat my Senior Brother Lin Sheng?"
As he spoke, Ning Daoran gently placed a jade bottle on the table and said, "Old Deer and I are waiting for Senior Brother Lin's second foundation building. It's nothing more than starting over again. Back then, Lin Sheng, who made it into the top ten of the inner sect with his low-grade spiritual roots, I don't believe that a mere foundation building can stop him!"
"Junior brother..."
When Lin Sheng looked up again, Ning Daoran and the big stupid deer had already walked away.
He slowly stood up and picked up the jade bottle, from which he poured out a foundation-building pill with five golden dan patterns.
Excellent foundation-building pill! Lin Sheng trembled all over, and his eyes turned red instantly.
…
A few days later.
Ning Daoran began to prepare for foundation building. He first went to Qingxiefang and bought a medium-grade spirit stone. Although it was a bit redundant, he had a medium-grade spirit stone on him to absorb spiritual energy at any time, and it could also be used as a backup plan when there was insufficient spiritual energy for foundation building.
Afterwards, Ning Daoran went to the inner gate to apply for the cave needed for foundation building.
"What?"
An inner sect steward was shocked: "Ning-shih-nii wants to build a foundation? You have already completed Qi training? Building a foundation is no small matter. You can't rush through it. Doing so will only cause endless troubles."
"Uncle Master, rest assured, I have already completed my Qi training."
He stopped pretending and came clean.
As soon as he relaxed his breath-suppressing technique, the aura of perfect Qi refining surged out of his body, even stronger than the normal perfect Qi refining aura!
"If that's true..."
An outer sect elder said, "What level of cave would you like to apply for, Junior Brother Ning, to build your foundation? Currently... the sect has three levels of spiritual energy caves for building your foundation: level 3 middle, level 3 lower, and level 2 upper. Outer sect disciples can apply for level 2 upper..."
"etc."
Suddenly, a familiar voice was heard. Jiang Yu, wearing a moon-white flowing cloud skirt, appeared in the inner gate hall and said calmly, "I have specially approved a third-level middle-grade cave for Junior Brother Ning to build his foundation."
(End of this chapter)