"Junior, are you alright?"
"fine!"
"Junior, your leg strength is amazing and your talent for martial arts is excellent. If you are willing to join our martial arts association, I can personally teach you Yiquan and give you a Yiquan manual as a gift!"
Li Hu laughed.
The other members of the martial arts association were quite surprised when they heard this!
Chairman Li Hu's strength is evident to all, but he rarely manages the association's affairs. The task of teaching students boxing is left to Lin Bao and Wang Biao, and he has never given anyone a boxing manual!
But in order to get Zhang Yuan to join the association, the chairman actually wanted to personally teach Zhang Yuan boxing and even gave him a boxing manual!
Immediately, some students felt a pang of sadness!
President, this isn't fair!
After filling out the membership application form, Zhang Yuan officially joined the martial arts association. He then told Li Hu, Lin Bao, and the others before heading back.
Zeng Jingxue also plans to join the martial arts association.
This club is small and quiet, and you can even learn self-defense skills, which is great.
However, Zeng Jingxue did develop a slight curiosity about Zhang Yuan, who had also just joined the association.
The way this man looked at her was different from other boys; it seemed that beautiful women were like dirt in his eyes, and he didn't want to give them a second glance.
A bit aloof, a bit arrogant!
Zeng Jingxue watched Zhang Yuan's back as he left, then took the membership application form from Li Hu and quickly filled it out.
...
Zhang Yuanlai's first National Day at Tongcheng University has arrived.
School is closed for seven days.
In dormitory 302, Fei Bo and Zhu Gan went back to their hometowns, while Xie Feng, a local from Tongcheng City, went home after hanging out at school for two days.
Only Zhang Yuan did not return.
He first went to the hospital for a physical examination.
These two months of cultivation have brought about a dramatic change in his physique. He is no longer the thin, sickly little boy who was prone to illness just over two months ago.
He's now a man who can punch and kick the instructors and the vice president of the Tongcheng University Martial Arts Association!
Therefore, the first thing he did during his vacation was to go to the hospital for a physical examination.
The medical report came out the next day, and sure enough, the so-called "benign" tumor the doctor had mentioned had disappeared, the ultrasound showed everything was normal, and the complete set of biochemical indicators showed no arrows.
Very healthy!
After reviewing his medical report, Zhang Yuan called his parents to share the good news that his tumor was cured!
On the other end of the phone, Zhang Yuan's parents were initially a little skeptical, after all, they knew their son's health condition best!
It wasn't until Zhang Yuan sent over the medical examination report that the two elders believed it and happily asked Zhang Yuan if he wanted to come home for the National Day holiday.
Zhang Yuan's parents usually work in a factory and did not have a holiday during the National Day holiday.
Considering the two-day round trip and the extra travel expenses, plus the fact that his parents wouldn't be home, Zhang Yuan decided not to go back for the National Day holiday. He planned to stay at school to continue his cultivation and try to open his Ren and Du meridians as soon as possible.
Cultivation requires accumulation over time; if one only practices sporadically, it is difficult to achieve results, a point Zhang Yuan was well aware of.
Zhang Yuan practiced at the school for another two days, but the acupoint at Yaoyangguan still could not be opened.
That noon, the Golden Classic Daoist Cultivation Chat Group, which had been quiet for a long time, became lively again.
A member of the group, Bu Er, was gossiping about alchemy in the group.
Bu Er: "I recently refined a Foundation Establishment Pill, hehe!"
Warrior of Love: "Awesome! I heard Foundation Establishment Pills are very difficult to refine!"
Tangtang: "What is a Foundation Establishment Pill?"
Nanling Qingquan: "You don't know about Foundation Establishment Pills? They're amazing! I've heard that taking one can save you at least several months of cultivation! I've even heard of someone who took one and opened an acupoint on their body—I wonder if it's true!"
Warrior of Love: "It's true! I once met a real person who reached the Meridian Opening Realm by consuming a Foundation Establishment Pill!"
Tangtang: "The Foundation Establishment Pill is so powerful! Senior Brother Bu Er is amazing!"
"Seeking information about the Foundation Building Pill!"
Nanshan Big Tree: "Yes, yes, I'd love to know how the Foundation Establishment Pill is made. Is it really that magical?"
Warrior of Love: "Bu Er is a disciple of the Dan Sect, let me give you some background information!"
Bu Er: "Since everyone is so interested in Foundation Establishment Pills, I'll talk about how the sect refines them."
Foundation Building Pills can be divided into three grades: superior, medium, and inferior.
This is a top-grade elixir, said to be able to directly open the Ren and Du meridians after consumption, completing the Foundation Establishment stage and entering the Meridian Opening realm! This grade of Foundation Establishment elixir is said to be refined by immortals and exists only in legends!
Mid-grade Foundation Establishment Pills are refined by master alchemists. After consumption, they can directly open one to three acupoints, helping cultivators complete the Foundation Establishment process more quickly and shortening cultivation time. Mid-grade Foundation Establishment Pills are extremely rare, as alchemists are few in number, and master alchemists are even rarer. In our Pill Sect, only my master, the Sect Master, can refine mid-grade Foundation Establishment Pills!
While low-grade Foundation Establishment Pills cannot directly open acupoints, they can still help the body eliminate diseases, prolong life, and increase internal energy. For Foundation Establishment cultivators, consuming them can also significantly shorten cultivation time!
Tangtang: "Brother Bu Er's master is really amazing! He can refine mid-grade Foundation Establishment Pills!"
Uncle Nanshan: "Indeed amazing. An ordinary person might not be able to open a single acupoint even after a year of hard work. If they could take a few more mid-grade Foundation Establishment Pills, wouldn't they be able to save themselves many years of cultivation!"
That's so wishful thinking!
Nanling Qingquan: "Uncle Nanshan, you're dreaming! I've heard that alchemy is very difficult! How many pills do you still want to take?"
Bu Er: "Foundation Establishment Pills are indeed very difficult to refine. Even with my master's skill level, he only has a 50% chance of successfully refining a mid-grade Foundation Establishment Pill. For a novice alchemist like myself, let alone a mid-grade Foundation Establishment Pill, the chance of successfully refining even a low-grade one is only 50%!"
Uncle Nanshan sent an awkward smiley face in the group chat.
Uncle Nanshan: "Senior Brother Bu Er is also very capable; he can refine low-grade Foundation Establishment Pills. No wonder his cultivation has improved so quickly!"
Tangtang: Yes!
Bu Er: You flatter me.
Nanling Qingquan: Could you tell me how to refine a Foundation Establishment Pill? I also want to refine a Foundation Establishment Pill, hehe!!!
Tangtang: Yes, I also want to take the Foundation Building Pill!
Senior Brother Bu Er, do you sell Foundation Establishment Pills?
Are Foundation Building Pills expensive?
Bu Er: A low-grade Foundation Establishment Pill sells for around 30,000 on the market. However, because the Foundation Establishment Pill is very complicated to refine, even our Pill Sect does not easily sell Foundation Establishment Pills to outsiders. They are usually reserved for the core disciples of the sect.
Tangtang: Oh, I see!
Uncle Nanshan: That's a pity, otherwise I would have liked to buy a few to try!
Nanling Spring: Uncle Nanshan is such a tycoon!
Tangtang: Inhumanly extravagant.
Bu Er: Although our Dan Sect doesn't easily sell Foundation Establishment Pills, I can share a simplified method for refining Foundation Establishment Pills as a benefit for the immortals in the group. As for whether you can successfully refine them, that's none of my business.
The group chat immediately erupted in excitement!
Thank you, Senior Brother Bu Er!
I can't wait!
I want to learn alchemy too!
...
After finishing his practice, Zhang Yuan scrolled through his chat history one by one.
One ounce of sesame seeds, half an ounce of ten-year-old dried tangerine peel, half a thirty-year-old Ganoderma lucidum, one ounce of local honey, 750ml of water...
The simplified version of the Foundation Building Pill can be refined using an induction cooker and a regular pot. Of course, if you have a special alchemy furnace, the results will be even better.
Using an induction cooker instead of a furnace for refining will result in an 80% chance of failure!
Bu Er said that he had published his simplified version of the Foundation Building Pill's specific refining method, steps, and materials in the group.
Among the inheritances of the Immortal Zhengyang that Zhang Yuan inherited, there was also a book on alchemy. He had casually flipped through it in his spare time, and it contained records of methods for refining Foundation Building Pills.
However, in "Notes on Alchemy", the Immortal Zhengyang used a bronze furnace to refine the Foundation Building Pill.
The materials used in the refining process are not much different from those announced by our group member, Bu Er.
However, there are many differences in the refining methods and the heat control.
Zhang Yuan pondered that since he could refine it using an induction cooker and a regular pot, he could also try refining Foundation Establishment Pills.
The sword spirit said there was a pill-refining furnace in the Qiankun Bag, but it could only be opened when Zhang Yuan reached the Meridian Opening Realm.
Given Zhang Yuan's cultivation speed, it took him more than two months to open the Qihai and Huiyin acupoints on the Ren and Du meridians. To reach the Tongmai realm, he would need to open four major acupoints on the Ren and Du meridians: Yaoyangguan, Dazhui, Baihui, and Tanzhong. It would probably take him at least a year to reach the Tongmai realm.
In the group chat, Fuji sent another message.
The purpose of the Foundation Building Pill is to help open the meridians and cultivate to the Meridian Opening Realm more quickly.
Besides the refining method and temperature, the quality of raw materials is also crucial in determining the quality of Foundation Building Pills. When refining pills, everyone must select good raw materials.
Thank you, Senior Brother Bu Er, for revealing the method of alchemy!
This is a truly meritorious act!
Thank you, Brother Bu Er!
...
Zhang Yuan copied and saved the simplified method and timing for refining the Foundation Establishment Pill provided by Bu Er on his phone, and then asked in the group: "Brother Bu Er, where can I buy these high-quality medicinal materials for alchemy?"
After a while, Bu Er posted a link to a shop called Jiu Zhuo Tang in the group.
The shop owner is also a cultivator. His shop mainly serves sects and cultivators, so the quality of the medicinal herbs in the shop is relatively reliable. They are at least more reliable than those bought on Taobao or Taobao. If you don't have a reliable purchasing channel, you can buy from his shop.
After logging off.
Zhang Yuan compared the Foundation Building Pill refining method of Bu Erfa with the one in the Alchemy Notes, and then bought some sesame seeds, ten-year-old tangerine peel, local honey and other alchemy materials from the Jiuzhuotang shop.
When the bill came, it totaled over six hundred yuan, and Zhang Yuan felt a pang of regret.
This is just the auxiliary material.
After finishing all that, it got dark, and Zhang Yuan went to the cafeteria for lunch.
...
The medicinal materials for refining the Foundation Establishment Pill arrived at the school the following evening, even faster than Zhang Yuan had expected.
When Zhang Yuan went to pick up the package, he saw that the mailing address was also Tongcheng City. He figured that the Jiuzhuotang store must also be located in Tongcheng City, which was why he received the package so quickly.
Back in the dormitory.
Zhang Yuan opened the package, inspected the goods, and then went downstairs to the school supermarket to buy an induction cooker and a stainless steel pot. After that, he secretly went to the pile of rocks behind the school and picked the century-old Ganoderma lucidum that was emitting purple energy.
It's late at night!
The lights were still on in Zhang Yuan's dormitory.
On his desk sat a brand-new stainless steel pot, an induction cooker, and packets of alchemy materials, along with a sheet of white paper detailing the steps and procedures for refining Foundation Establishment Pills.
In the past two days, he carefully compared the differences between the alchemy method of the second version and the alchemy method left by the Immortal Zhengyang.
Simply put, the second version's refining method is even simpler.
The "Notes on Alchemy" has higher requirements for the medicinal materials used in the preparation of medicines. For example, the tangerine peel used is 20 years old, and the lingzhi is 100 years old. In addition, the preparation methods are also somewhat different.
The biggest difference is that, in "Notes on Alchemy", after the pill is refined, it needs to be placed outside to absorb the essence of heaven and earth for 14 days before it is considered to be completed, but this is not the case in the Buer edition.
Furthermore, the "Notes on Alchemy" also has more requirements regarding the timing of alchemy.
After carefully comparing the two methods, Zhang Yuan decided to refine the pills according to the method described in "Notes on Alchemy".
After all, the "Notes on Alchemy" records the alchemy methods used by immortals, which are definitely more reliable than the methods of Bu Er, a novice alchemist. It's just unknown whether it can be successfully refined using an induction cooker and a stainless steel pot.
After all, the "Notes on Alchemy" uses an alchemy furnace.
With everything prepared, Zhang Yuan tidied up the things on his table, ready to refine pills first thing tomorrow morning.
Zhang Yuan, who was refining pills for the first time, felt a little nervous but also a little excited.
I hope my first attempt at alchemy goes smoothly.
The next day.
After getting up, Zhang Yuan went to the back mountain of the school to cultivate for an hour as usual, and then returned to his dormitory to start studying how to refine Foundation Establishment Pills.
He placed the induction cooker on the table, then put a stainless steel pot on it, and added 700ml of mineral water to the pot.
In order to refine the Foundation Establishment Pill, Zhang Yuan spent his own money to buy a case of the most expensive mineral water at the school supermarket.
Add 1 ounce of sesame seeds and half an ounce of licorice root, and boil in water for ten minutes!
Zhang Yuan carefully followed the refining steps.
There was no weighing equipment in the dormitory, nor did the supermarket sell it. However, the merchant had already weighed the herbs when he bought them. He bought 1 jin of sesame seeds, and he just needed to divide the sesame seeds into 5 portions, each portion being approximately 2 liang!
So it didn't stump Zhang Yuan.
After putting everything in place, Zhang Yuan put the lid on the pot and set an alarm on his phone to prevent it from overcooking.
Ten minutes later, Zhang Yuan added dried tangerine peel and other medicinal herbs to the pot and boiled it for another 5 minutes.
Most of the water in the pot had evaporated, and a dark, murky substance was gradually taking shape inside, while a strange smell was emanating from the pot.
Five minutes later, add about 1 ounce of Ganoderma lucidum!
Zhang Yuan cut off a piece of Ganoderma lucidum with a knife, weighed it in his palm, and estimated that it weighed about one to two ounces. He then chopped the Ganoderma lucidum into small pieces, threw it into a stainless steel pot, and turned up the heat to continue stewing.
As the century-old Ganoderma lucidum was added to the pot, the dark mass inside began to churn violently, releasing a strong medicinal smell that made Zhang Yuan sneeze.
According to the refining steps, after adding Ganoderma lucidum, it is simmered for about 15 minutes, then honey is added to thicken the liquid. However, when the induction cooker reached the 13th minute, an accident occurred.
The stainless steel pot suddenly exploded!
Bang!
The tempered glass pot lid was pushed open high, and a black, gooey substance splattered out of the pot, covering the entire table with a paste-like substance.
Zhang Yuan was startled!
Fortunately, the fryer wasn't too powerful, so the lid only flew up about half a meter high.
Looking at the black splatter all over the table and the strange smell in the dormitory, Zhang Yuan sighed!
The first attempt at alchemy has failed!
Senior Brother Bu Er was right; alchemy is difficult and expensive!
This time, the cost of the fried food was probably worth several thousand yuan! Fortunately, his Ganoderma lucidum was picked for free from the back mountain, not bought with money, so the cost was only reduced to the other cheaper medicinal materials.
Moreover, he tried it with the smallest possible dosage the first time he refined it!
Zhang Yuan dipped his finger into the remaining dark liquid in the pot, put it on his tongue, and tasted it.
Wow!
It's so bitter and tastes awful!
Moreover, it has no spiritual energy whatsoever.
Wasn't it agreed that the Foundation Establishment Pill would taste slightly sweet and be full of spiritual energy?
Okay, this is a failure. I haven't even added the raw honey yet!
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