Chapter 565: Refining Foundation-Building Pills
However, Qingyang is now a foundation-building pill master. His experience, vision, and skills have increased a lot compared to when he was a Qi-refining pill master. In addition to the pill recipe of Wu Yu Sanren, the head of the Alchemy Institute in front of Qingfeng Hall, which he got from Elder Wu Si, and Wu Yu Sanren's experience and understanding of refining foundation-building pills, Qingyang is more or less sure about refining foundation-building pills. He dare not say that the success rate is 20% to 30%, but 15% can still be guaranteed.
Qingyang is very clear that this success rate is still a bit low for him. There are only ten materials in total. If he is lucky, he can get two foundation-building pills. If he is not lucky enough, he may not get even one. Wouldn't he have no hope of building a foundation? So he must be very careful.
During the last period of time, Qingyang almost memorized the foundation-building pill recipes left by Wu Yu Sanren. He also read the experience and understanding left by Wu Yu Sanren countless times, constantly familiarizing himself with the procedures and methods of refining foundation-building pills, and making everything clear in his mind.
After finishing all the preparations, Qingyang ended his retreat, and then brought the ten materials for the foundation-building pills he prepared to the alchemy courtyard of Qingfeng Hall. The small courtyard where Qingyang lived also had a special alchemy room, but the conditions were relatively simple. It was OK for improving alchemy skills or refining pills of low value, but it was not enough for refining important pills such as foundation-building pills.
The alchemy courtyard was a place in Qingfeng Hall that specialized in refining pills and refining alchemy skills. It was not comparable to the small alchemy room in Qingyang's courtyard. There were sufficient resources and complete supporting facilities. Even the alchemy furnace was divided into several levels, and you could choose any one according to your needs.
Of course, the alchemy room in the alchemy courtyard could not be used for free. According to the different levels, you need to pay different rents. There are often disciples who learn alchemy and disciples who try to make pills by themselves renting it.
Qingyang chose an alchemy room used by the foundation-building alchemist in the main hall of the alchemy courtyard. The price was not too high. Three spirit stones a month, Qingyang rented it for two months. After receiving a token to control the alchemy room array prohibition, he was taken to the alchemy room by the alchemy academy.
The alchemy room is actually a large hall. As long as the array prohibition outside is closed, all the cultivators' prying and visiting can be blocked. In the middle of the alchemy room is a four-foot-high round alchemy furnace, which is simple and generous in shape, faintly emitting a trace of spiritual light, comparable to the top-grade magic tools used by cultivators.
On the walls around the alchemy room, there are many recipes for low-level elixirs and the alchemy experience, insights and feelings of predecessors for reference. In the corner of the alchemy room, there are many spiritual materials piled up, but these things are limited. No matter how much is used, you have to pay extra spiritual stones in the end.
After checking the entire alchemy room and confirming that there are no omissions, Qingyang sent away the alchemy academy personnel and closed the array prohibition outside. There was plenty of time, Qingyang did not rush to start alchemy, but did some preparatory work first.
On the first day, Qingyang took out Wu Yu San Ren's recipe again, sorted out the formula, material composition, and refining techniques and sequence of the foundation-building pill, and confirmed that there were no omissions. Then he took out some more precious materials and used the pill furnace in the pill room to practice his hands, familiarize himself with the feel, and ensure that he would not make mistakes due to unfamiliarity when refining pills in the future.
On the second day, Qingyang did nothing, but sat quietly beside the pill furnace, closed his eyes and rested, adjusted his state, adjusted his cultivation to the peak period, adjusted his state of mind to the best state, and tried his best to make himself calm, without joy or sorrow, and not anxious or impatient.
On the third day, Qingyang finally started to act. He first went through the procedure of refining the foundation-building pill silently in his mind, and then ignited the spiritual materials to bake the pill furnace, and officially started to refine the pill.
For the alchemist, ten parts of the foundation-building pill materials can be refined at one time, or divided into ten times. However, refining at one time is generally used to save time when you are particularly familiar with a certain pill, and sufficient control is required. Qingyang's cultivation is not high, his mind is not strong, and it is the first time to refine the foundation-building pill, so he certainly dare not do that.
Every time he takes out a material, he first observes its medicinal properties, then processes it with different techniques, and then puts it into the pill furnace to refine it, so that the medicinal materials react and change. Qingyang's movements are not hesitant at all, as if he has refined it countless times, and his techniques are so skillful.
Perhaps the foundation-building pill is really difficult to refine. Although Qingyang has made sufficient preparations before, and there is no mistake or stagnation in the techniques, steps, and heat, the first refining still failed. However, Qingyang was not discouraged. He calmed down a little and started the second refining.
Ignition, furnace, material collection, crushing, refining, purification, preparation, furnace throwing, temperature increase, spirit absorption, medicine addition, stirring, fusion, reaction, microscopic, slag removal, medicine mixing, rolling, fire roasting, dust removal, furnace viewing, tripod patting, water nourishment, dilution, refining, liquid collection, cooling, thickening, paste collection, spirit gathering, essence replenishment, resonance, pinching, array carving, pattern drawing, pill condensation, etc.
A series of actions, as if done countless times, extremely skilled, watching the final stage of the refining of the foundation-building pill, suddenly, a muffled sound came from the pill furnace, and then the lid of the pill furnace was shaken open, and a burnt smell came out, this is another failure.
Qingyang wiped the sweat from his head, knowing that he was a little impatient, and took success and failure too seriously. The more afraid of failure, the more failures will occur. The success rate of the foundation-building pill is not high. If there is a problem with the mentality, failure seems to be normal. Failure is nothing. The key is to adjust the mentality and not let the previous failure affect the subsequent operations.
After calming down, Qingyang recalled the previous two failed experiences, found out the mistakes, summarized the previous experience and lessons, and fine-tuned the usage and dosage of some materials, and then began to refine the foundation-building pill for the third time.
With each failure, Qingyang's proficiency has improved, and he has a deeper understanding of the refining of the foundation-building pill. In fact, Qingyang almost touched the threshold of success the second time, and the foundation-building pill was almost refined, so he felt that he was getting closer and closer to success.
Ignition and baking furnace, the steps are exactly the same as the last time, the only difference is that Qingyang's technique seems to be more and more skilled, and the action is more steady than the last time.
A foundation-building pill requires more than a dozen materials, including nearly ten main medicines, twenty to thirty auxiliary medicines, and hundreds of mixing medicines. For each elixir, one needs to figure out its age, medicinal strength, dosage, sequence, mutual promotion and restraint, etc. If there is any problem, one has to make fine adjustments temporarily. A single move can affect the entire body, which tests not only the alchemy skills, but also the ability to respond and the psychological endurance of the alchemist. It is extremely difficult.