Chapter 566: Foundation Building Pill
Refining pills is not only time-consuming, but also extremely depleting of the cultivator's spiritual power. If the cultivation is not enough and there is no corresponding control, it is impossible to refine higher-level pills. This is also one of the reasons why it is difficult for Qi-refining cultivators to become foundation-building alchemists, no matter how talented they are.
However, Qingyang's current problem is not big. His cultivation has reached the level of Qi-refining perfection, and he is only one step away from the foundation-building stage. Moreover, he has been practicing the Concentration Technique for many years, and his spiritual power is much greater than that of cultivators of the same level. Even ordinary foundation-building cultivators are not much behind. Although refining foundation-building pills is a little difficult, it is not too much worse.
Perhaps it was the two previous failures that allowed Qingyang to accumulate successful experience, or perhaps Qingyang's luck really came. This time, when refining the foundation-building pill, it seemed to be particularly smooth. Replenishing the essence, carving the formation, drawing the pattern, and condensing the pill. Seeing that it was the last moment, Qingyang couldn't help but get nervous.
Finally, the medicine cauldron in front of him made a buzzing sound, and soon fell into silence again. Then, a faint medicinal fragrance was faintly emitted. This fragrance was particularly familiar to Qingyang, and it was almost exactly the same as the two foundation-building pills he had obtained in the previous inner courtyard competition.
Success, finally success, Qingyang suppressed the excitement in his heart, slowly stood up, opened the lid of the pill furnace, and saw that at the bottom of the huge pill furnace, there was a pill the size of a longan. The pill was dark brown, and the quality seemed to be slightly worse than the reward from the sect, but it was not bad. After all, it was Qingyang's first time to refine it, and it was lucky to succeed. When the number of times it was refined in the future, the quality of the pill would always improve.
Although this pill is not big, the effect is amazing. There are more than a hundred kinds of materials used to refine a foundation-building pill. Their volume added up is larger than the pill furnace, but in the end they were all condensed into a pill the size of a longan in front of him. The energy contained in it can be imagined.
After succeeding once, Qingyang did not immediately start the fourth refining, but sat there quietly, closing his eyes and savoring the whole process of refining the foundation-building pill. If you fail, you must summarize your experience, and if you succeed, you must also summarize your experience, so that you can continue to improve.
Because the materials of the foundation-building pill are too precious, Qingyang is particularly cautious when refining. He needs to adjust his state before each refining, and he needs to summarize his experience after refining. In addition to the time required to refine the foundation-building pill, each material takes three or four days.
When all ten materials were used up, it was more than a month later. Qingyang got a total of three foundation-building pills. Although the quality of two of them was slightly worse, it was much better than his expectations. The success rate of 30% is also a very good result among foundation-building pill masters. Now, Qingyang can be said to be a real foundation-building pill master.
Looking at the three foundation-building pills he refined, Qingyang was overjoyed. Adding the one he already had, it was equivalent to having four foundation-building pills. Even if he used pills, he should be able to pile himself into a foundation-building cultivator, right? Of course, all pills have drug resistance, especially the foundation-building pill. The effect of the second pill will be half of the first one, but even if it is halved, there will always be an effect, right?
With these foundation-building pills, the foundation-building period is no longer a natural barrier for Qingyang, but something that is within reach. Now that his cultivation has reached the limit of breakthrough, he can find a way to break through after returning.
After packing up the pills, a trace of fatigue hit his body. After more than a month of sleepless pill refining, Qingyang was overdrawn, so he simply rested in the pill room.
After resting for several days, when he was almost recovered, Qingyang calculated the time. It seemed that there was still nearly half a month before the two-month deadline. There was no need to waste it, so he took out the remaining materials for the Yangyuan Pill on his body and used the pill furnace in front of him to refine the Yangyuan Pill.
As a foundation-building level pill, the Yangyuan Pill is much less difficult than the Foundation-Building Pill. Qingyang seemed to be getting more and more comfortable with it. The success rate of the Yangyuan Pill once reached nearly 40%.
When Qingyang used to refine the Yangyuan Pill in the alchemy room in his residence, the success rate was only 30%. Although his alchemy skills have improved slightly in the past month, it is impossible to improve by so much. It can be seen that the alchemy room in the alchemy courtyard is much better than his own. It is not unreasonable for everyone to come here to rent the alchemy room. At least the success rate can be improved by half.
After using up all the remaining materials on him and seeing that the time is almost up, Qingyang cleaned up the alchemy room again, covering up the signs and breath of his own refining of the foundation-building pill, and then opened the formation and left the alchemy room, then settled the fee and returned to his residence.
Sitting in the quiet room, Qingyang couldn't help but think about it. His cultivation had already reached the perfection of Qi Refining and had the conditions to break through the foundation-building period. The foundation-building pills were enough. It can be said that everything is ready. The most urgent thing at present is to break through the foundation and become a foundation-building cultivator one day earlier.
However, thinking of the commotion when he broke through the Qi Refining period in the Miscellaneous Courtyard, Qingyang felt that he should still find a safe place to avoid alarming others.
In fact, there was nothing unusual about Qingyang's breakthrough, but every time he broke through, the Immortal Drunken Gourd would be upgraded, causing a lot of noise. It was not obvious when he was in the Servants' Courtyard, and there were only low-level disciples around him, so he did not attract the attention of others. Now that he is in the inner courtyard, there are many high-level disciples with family backgrounds, which can easily cause unnecessary trouble.
But where else can I go besides here? If I choose to break through in Qingfeng Palace, my safety is guaranteed. If I were outside, what if I encountered danger at a critical moment? But thinking that I have two foundation-building helpers, the alcoholic queen bee and the iron-armed monkey, I don’t have to worry too much about safety.
Soon, Qingyang thought of a good place, which is the wild monkey slope, the hometown of the iron-armed monkey. There are few people there and no outsiders disturbing it. Moreover, it belongs to the sphere of influence of Qingfeng Palace, and there are demon monkeys outside to guard. The distance is not far. It is indeed a good place for quiet cultivation and breakthrough. Otherwise, Wuyou Sanren would not have chosen it.
Having made up his mind, Qingyang did not delay for a moment. He first found an excuse to report to the inner courtyard hall, and then packed up his things and left the immortal gate.
There are few people near the immortal gate. Even on the road leading to the main gate, there is often no one to see for many days. Qingyang first walked along the road for a while, then summoned the Green Bamboo Sword, then leaped onto the flying sword and headed towards the direction of Yehou Slope.
Qingyang had learned to fly with a sword some time ago, but the yard where he lived was too small and there was a formation to protect him, so he could not fly high or fast. Now that he was outside, he could give it a try.