Chapter 564 Foundation Building Alchemist
Four years have changed Qingyang a lot. First of all, he is already 40 years old, and his face has become more mature and stable. If he were an ordinary person, he would probably be a grandfather at this age, but for a cultivator, it is not too old. Considering that Qingyang can break through the foundation building in the near future, compared with the life span of a foundation building cultivator of 200 years, 40 years old is still a young man.
Qingyang's cultivation has also reached the realm of perfect Qi Refining. In fact, Qingyang's cultivation reached the perfect Qi Refining more than a year ago, but he felt that his foundation seemed a little unstable, so he spent more than a year to consolidate his cultivation and continuously refine his true Qi.
Now Qingyang's whole body true Qi has almost condensed to the limit of a Qi Refining cultivator. If Qingyang participated in the inner courtyard competition with his current strength, with Tongyan's strength at that time, he would not be able to hold on for long under Qingyang's hands. As for Kou Yuchang, it would be even easier to deal with him.
However, Qingyang also knew that his idea was unreliable. Others would not wait for him. As early as two years ago, Qingyang heard that Tongyan successfully broke through to the foundation-building stage and became the first foundation-building cultivator among their batch of disciples, leaving others far behind.
His situation is there. He has excellent qualifications, a Jindan elder as his master, and has obtained a foundation-building pill. It is natural for him to break through. There is nothing to envy. What Qingyang needs to consider most now is himself. If he fails to build a foundation, everything will be in vain.
In these four years, in addition to cultivation, he has also gained a lot in other aspects. First of all, he has completely mastered the Five Elements Sword Formation and has become more and more proficient in using it. The full version of the Five Elements Sword Formation is several times more powerful than the Four Elements Sword Formation. Once used, it is extremely powerful.
If the Three Elements Sword Formation only improves Qingyang's strength by a small level, the Four Elements Sword Formation can improve his strength by a small level. As for the Five Elements Sword Formation, it can directly improve his strength by a large level. In other words, with his current cultivation, he can fight even if he encounters a cultivator at the third level of foundation building, and this improvement is improved with strength. The stronger the strength, the more powerful the sword formation.
Because of the Concentration Technique, Qingyang's divine consciousness is much stronger than that of cultivators of the same level. During this retreat, he also tried to fly with a sword. Flying with a sword seems to be very cool, but it is not so easy to practice, and it can even be said to be extremely embarrassing.
Qingyang first used his divine consciousness to control the Qingzhu Sword to fly into the air, and then jumped onto the flying sword. Because the flying sword suddenly increased its weight, it sank suddenly and almost fell to the ground. Qingyang was unstable and fell off the flying sword.
The yard was too small, and the flying sword only flew more than ten feet high, and the speed was also very slow. Such a height was almost not dangerous for Qingyang. He bravely jumped on the flying sword again. This time he was mentally prepared. The flying sword was much more stable. Although it sank a little, it was not very serious. Qingyang nailed his feet hard on the flying sword and did not fall down.
After gradually adapting to the weight of his body, Qingyang began to control the flying sword to move forward. Because he had to do two things at the same time, he had to control the flying sword with his mind and keep his body stable at the same time. The difficulty seemed a bit high, so after a while, Qingyang fell several times in the yard.
For Qingyang, who has a strong mind, it is not difficult to control the flying sword or even carry a person. The difficulty is to do two things at the same time. However, practice makes perfect. After practicing more times, Qingyang gradually became familiar with flying with a sword and gradually mastered the tricks.
Today, Qingyang can use the flying sword to carry himself, and he can come and go freely at a height of more than ten feet, and even suddenly make a big rotation without worrying about falling. It’s just that because the yard is too small, the flying is not high, and the speed is not too fast, so he can only practice slowly outside in the future.
In recent years, Qingyang has paid the most attention to alchemy. There is only one foundation-building pill left, which is not enough for Qingyang to break through the foundation-building period in one go, so refining the foundation-building pill has become the most important thing at present. Now the materials for ten foundation-building pills have been prepared, and the only thing missing is the alchemy.
Qingyang tried to refine the Yangyuan Pill a long time ago. This is a pill taken by foundation-building cultivators. If the success rate reaches a certain requirement, then Qingyang will grow from a Qi-refining pill master to a foundation-building pill master. Only by becoming a foundation-building pill master can you be sure of refining the foundation-building pill.
Before going to Jingfeng Mountain, Qingyang's success rate in refining the Yangyuan Pill was only about 10%, which was far from meeting the requirements of a foundation-building pill master. Because the materials for the Yangyuan Pill are relatively expensive, most of Qingyang's spirit stones are spent on purchasing materials for the foundation-building pill. Often after a long time, when he feels that his condition has been adjusted, he will try to refine one or two pills, and his alchemy skills are improved very slowly.
However, after receiving the 7,000 spirit stones from the Qin family, Qingyang had a lot more money on hand, so he purchased a large number of materials for refining the Yangyuan Pill and tried to refine it whenever he had some free time. Qingyang was already quite talented in alchemy, and after investing regardless of the cost, his alchemy skills improved by leaps and bounds, and soon reached the level of a foundation-building alchemist.
Training an alchemist consumes a lot of spirit stones, which means that only some big forces can afford to train them, and it is extremely difficult for ordinary cultivators without background to become alchemists. The resources that ordinary cultivators can obtain are limited, and using them to improve their alchemy skills will delay their cultivation.
Even if the alchemist's alchemy skills have improved to a certain level and he can earn spirit stones from his alchemy skills in exchange for cultivation resources, he still has to spend a lot of time refining pills. This is a matter of having your cake and eating it too. Qingyang did not reveal his identity as an alchemist to others casually. He only made pills for himself or for his close friends Chen Biwang and Lu Dingshan, for fear of wasting too much time.
After this period of consolidation, Qingyang's alchemy skills are not much worse than those of the old-fashioned foundation-building alchemists in the Qingfeng Palace Alchemy Academy. At least when refining the Yangyuan Pill, the success rate has exceeded 30%. In order to improve his alchemy skills, Qingyang basically squandered the 7,000 spirit stones he got from the Qin family. Of course, he also gained something. In addition to his alchemy skills, he also got nearly 400 Yangyuan Pills, worth 4,000 spirit stones, but Qingyang did not sell any of them. This thing is extremely scarce outside, and he and the Iron-armed Monkey can also use it.
Becoming a foundation-building pill master does not mean that Qingyang will be able to refine foundation-building pills. After all, this is another kind of pill that cannot be mastered right away. Moreover, the refinement of foundation-building pills is much more troublesome than that of nourishing qi pills. It is almost the most complicated among the foundation-building pills. Moreover, the materials of foundation-building pills are too expensive, so Qingyang dare not try it easily.
~~~~~~Thanks to fellow Taoists Chen Xingyun, Lost Nightwish, Space Calls Me Alien, and Day and Night Dawn for their recent rewards!