Chapter 30: Refining the Elixir

After taking the purple silver furnace from the young man, Xiao Lin casually put it in the cloth bag on his waist, and left the East City Market with it.

After returning to the inn, he meditated again and entered the Lingmu space, put the purple silver furnace in the storage bag, and then picked two Lingwu grasses before leaving the Lingmu space. He sat on the edge of the bed and took out the pale white jade slip from his arms with some excitement.

It recorded a recipe for a pill called [Da Huiyuan Pill]. He got the recipe for [Huiyuan Pill] from Doctor Gu. This Da Huiyuan Pill was improved on the basis of Huiyuan Pill. Generally, Huiyuan Pill can only restore about 50% of the mana in the early stage of Qi Refining, 40% of the mana in the middle stage of Qi Refining, and about 20% of the mana in the late stage of Qi Refining. As for the tenth level of Qi Refining, it is good to restore 10%.

But the improved Da Hui Yuan Dan made by the ancestor of the Gu family actually increased the amount of mana recovery by 10% on the basis of Hui Yuan Dan. It seems that the improvement is not much, but it is already very amazing. More importantly, even if the tenth level of Qi Refining is completed, it can restore 20% of mana.

Moreover, the main medicinal material for refining this Da Hui Yuan Dan is also Hui Chun Hua, but the amount of Hui Chun Hua has to be doubled, and the corresponding other auxiliary materials have some slight changes, but the overall change is not big.

Doubling the amount of Hui Chun Hua is not a cost-effective thing for ordinary alchemists. You must know that if two Hui Yuan Dan and one Da Hui Yuan Dan are given to cultivators to choose, nine out of ten will choose two Hui Yuan Dan, and the one tenth will definitely be a cultivator at the tenth level of Qi Refining. So in the eyes of ordinary cultivators, this Da Hui Yuan Dan is specially developed for cultivators at the tenth level of Qi Refining.

But it is different for Xiao Lin. Xiao Lin, who has the Lingmu Space, has an almost endless supply of Hui Chun Hua, so he would rather spend double the main medicinal materials and choose to refine Da Hui Yuan Dan.

After putting down the jade slip, he took out the yellowed book and started reading. This book was the experience of the young man's grandfather in alchemy. For an alchemy novice like Xiao Lin, it was absolutely invaluable. For the first time, Xiao Lin felt that his deal was really worth the money, which was why he did not continue to bargain with the young man.

In the next two months, Xiao Lin went out every two days to purchase the auxiliary materials needed to refine the Zhuling Pill and the Rejuvenating Pill, and also purchased a large amount of black charcoal for refining low-level spiritual pills. This black charcoal is made of a tree called iron ebony. When burning, the fire is not only long-lasting, but also fierce. For low-level cultivators, it is the only source of fire for refining spiritual pills.

For the rest of the time, he stayed in the room and studied the book of alchemy experience. Xiao Lin gained a lot. He wanted to buy some more seeds of Lingwu Grass and Huichun Flower. But after research, Xiao Lin found that after 20 years, Lingwu Grass would begin to produce a lot of blue-black seeds from the top. These seeds would automatically fall off the Lingwu Grass. After falling off, Lingwu Grass would grow again. Therefore, as long as Xiao Lin did not harvest all the Lingwu Grass, the supply of Lingwu Grass would be almost endless.

However, the Rejuvenation Flower was a bit troublesome. The best time for the Rejuvenation Flower was similar to that of the Spiritual Mist Grass, which was about 20 years. However, the difference between the Rejuvenation Flower and the Spiritual Mist Grass was that if you wanted to refine the Huiyuan Pill, you had to pick it within the month when it bloomed to refine the pill. Otherwise, when the Rejuvenation Flower withered and produced seeds, it would lose its medicinal effect and could not be used to refine the pill. After thinking for two days, Xiao Lin came up with a solution. He bought a lot of jade boxes from the East City Market. In addition to leaving about one-fifth of the Rejuvenation Flower for seed preservation, the rest were all picked and preserved when they bloomed for future use in refining pills.

During this period of time, in addition to preparing for the refining of two kinds of elixirs, Xiao Lin spent the rest of his time practicing spells. In addition to the basic water spell Water Arrow, he also practiced the basic fire spell Fireball and the auxiliary spells Wind Control and Thunder Zombie. Of course, Xiao Lin also practiced a defensive spell Flash Shield. This is also the most suitable spell for Xiao Lin to practice at this stage after thinking for a long time. The reason why he chose so many is mainly because he can refine a large number of Huiyuan Pills. With Huiyuan Pills, he can cast spells almost non-stop. This is unimaginable for ordinary cultivators. It is precisely because of this layer of reliance that Xiao Lin dares to learn so many spells.

Taking out a jade box from his arms, Xiao Lin's face was excited. This jade box was obtained from the cultivator named Fang Xing. Before, he had never known what the flame-shaped mark in the jade box was? But after wandering around Wuyin Xiancheng for a period of time, through chatting with different cultivators, he unexpectedly knew what this flame-shaped mark was?

It turned out that this flame-shaped mark was the primary fire spell, Fireball, which was derived from the basic spell Fireball. Xiao Lin figured out the principle of spell advancement through chatting with the monks. It turned out that there were no special restrictions on basic spells. As long as one obtained the cultivation formula, one could practice it. However, the situation changed when practicing more advanced spells above the primary level. It turned out that there was no formula that could be copied and practiced for spells above the primary level. Only by obtaining the seal of the corresponding spell could the spell level be further improved.

For example, if Xiao Lin is currently practicing Water Arrow Spell and can reach the Great Perfection one day, he cannot directly upgrade to the primary spell, but needs to use the corresponding Water Arrow Spell upgrade spell Water Arrow Rain Mark to upgrade to the primary spell level. Of course, if Xiao Lin does not practice the primary spell of Water Arrow Spell to the Great Perfection, even with the Water Arrow Rain Mark, he cannot upgrade to the primary spell level. Therefore, if you want to constantly improve your spell level, in addition to improving your cultivation level, it is more important to be proficient in spells and whether you can find the corresponding seals. It is for this reason that in the world of cultivation, most cultivators only focus on one or two spells at most. After all, the time and energy of cultivators are limited. If you invest too much time in practicing spells, you can certainly greatly improve your combat power, but it will delay your practice and prevent you from going too far on the road of cultivation. It is a loss-making thing.

Of course, there are also some cultivators who, knowing that there is no hope of building a foundation, will spend their time practicing spells and improving their combat power. Such cultivators can usually defeat cultivators who are one or two levels higher than themselves. This also leads to the fact that in the cultivation world, it is extremely wrong and stupid to judge a cultivator's combat power by one or two levels of realm.

The reason why Xiao Lin chose to practice Fireball is because the Great Fireball is the basic version of the basic spell Fireball. As long as he can practice Fireball to perfection, he can integrate the seal in his hand and master the elementary fire spell Great Fireball. Xiao Lin even thought about whether he should change a fire technique to practice, but in the end he gave up this idea. Although he has all five spiritual roots, it is reasonable to say that there is not much difference in practicing any attribute of the technique, but since there is no difference, why should he change it?

Carefully putting away the seal of the Great Fireball in his hand, Xiao Lin lay on the bed thinking about his future destination.

Three days later, Xiao Lin left Wuyin Xiancheng and entered the Tianlu Mountains.

The Falling Star Valley is located in the west of the Tianlu Mountains, tens of thousands of miles away from the Wuyin Immortal City. From a distance, it looks like a huge canyon, thousands of miles long and dozens of miles wide. In this canyon, countless lakes are dotted among them. From a distance, it looks like stars dotted on the earth. This is why the Falling Star Valley got its name.

In the Falling Star Valley, beside an inconspicuous lake, there are dozens of small peaks of hundreds of feet. Among these continuous small peaks, Xiao Lin dug a cave in the belly of the mountain. After digging, he also deliberately used some boulders and weeds to cover the entrance of the cave. In the innermost part, he even used a huge stone to seal the entrance of the cave. This is the place where Xiao Lin specially chose to make pills.

There are no precious monsters in this Falling Star Valley. Few teams hunting monsters will come here, and high-level cultivators will not look at this place. Regardless of the thinness of the spiritual energy, this Falling Star Valley is ordinary. It is precisely for these reasons that Xiao Lin opened his first cave here.

In the cave, Xiao Lin sat cross-legged. In front of him stood a silver alchemy furnace. Under the alchemy furnace, a blazing fire was burning. In front of Xiao Lin were a pile of various medicinal materials and a dozen jade boxes. He was thinking about the steps of alchemy with his eyes closed and revisiting the alchemy experience he had obtained.

After a full hour, Xiao Lin opened his eyes. He waved his hand, and the lid of the purple silver furnace flew aside. Xiao Lin first carefully poured some water into the furnace, and then put some auxiliary materials into it. After putting in the auxiliary materials, Xiao Lin quietly stared at the silver furnace without blinking. After a cup of tea, the whole cave began to emit a strong medicinal fragrance, and the water in the silver furnace turned emerald green.

Xiao Lin's face lit up, and he took out a twenty-year-old Lingwu grass from the jade box and put it into the silver furnace. After the Lingwu grass was integrated into the medicine liquid, the medicine liquid immediately began to roll, and the entire furnace also emitted a thick white mist. As the mist evaporated, the emerald green medicine liquid began to thicken.

Xiao Lin gently waved his hand, and the furnace cover was closed again. Then he pinched the strange magic formula with his hand, and a stream of magic power was injected into the silver furnace. Just like that, after half an hour, a strong fragrance suddenly emanated from the cave. Xiao Lin was surprised when he smelled the fragrance.

But then, he heard a "puff" sound, and the furnace cover flew up instantly, and the medicine liquid inside also splashed everywhere. Xiao Lin's face instantly became gloomy.

The alchemy failed.