Chapter 142 Dilemma
A ball of milky white flame burned quietly at the bottom of the furnace, and a burst of medicinal fragrance overflowed from the furnace, which made people feel refreshed.
The bronze furnace was steaming, and Shitou stood aside and watched with a smile on his face.
Lin Mu slapped the furnace cover, and suddenly three light blue pills flew out of the furnace.
Lin Mu took a small white bottle from the storage bag without panic, and gently opened the bottle stopper. The three pills fell into the bottle mouth just right, and lined up in a row and drilled into the bottle.
Snap!
Lin Mu put the cork on the bottle and threw it to Shitou beside him. He asked without looking back, "Which bottle is this?"
Shitou hurriedly caught the white bottle and said with a happy face, "It's already the 620th bottle."
"Well, not bad." Lin Mu smiled faintly, "The task is arduous, and we need to continue working hard."
After that, he threw another batch of materials into the bronze furnace, covered the furnace lid, pinched the magic formula with his hands, and performed the "Red Fire Formula", and a ball of pale white flame appeared at the bottom of the furnace.
620 bottles of Guiling Pill!
This is the result of Lin Mu's efforts in the past two months.
Since the harvest of spiritual herbs, Lin's father has planted spiritual herbs in the spiritual field again.
Lin Mu began to refine Guiling Pill. After two months, he barely refined more than 600 bottles.
Guiling Pill is a second-grade spiritual pill, and the refining process is more complicated. With Lin Mu's current foundation-building period, it will take a lot of time.
At the beginning, it took Lin Mu five hours to refine a furnace of Guiling Pills, and the success rate was also unsatisfactory, only about 40% to 50%.
After a month, Lin Mu became more familiar with the refining of Guiling Pills, and his speed increased a lot. Basically, he could refine a furnace in three hours, and the success rate also improved by leaps and bounds, reaching 65% at once!
Now two months have passed, Lin Mu's alchemy level has improved again, his technique has become more skillful, and his fire control skills have also improved to a certain extent. Now it only takes more than two hours to refine a furnace of Guiling Pills, and the success rate is more than 70%.
In the past two months, Shitou has been by his side, watching Lin Mu refine pills.
He wanted to learn alchemy, and seeing that Lin Mu was refining pills alone, he also wanted to help Lin Mu share some of the pressure.
All along, Lin Mu prepared everything for him, whether it was pills or magic tools, he didn't need to worry about them. In the past, he could be said to be powerless and unable to give Lin Mu too much help. Now that he is almost an adult, his mind is more sensitive. He always relies on Lin Mu for everything, and he feels bad.
This time he took the initiative to ask Lin Mu to learn how to make pills, and his attitude was very firm.
Lin Mu tried to persuade him, but it was useless, so he could only agree with a wry smile.
It is difficult to understand the hardship and expense of making pills without personal experience.
Every time a furnace of pills is made, the spiritual power in the body must be continuously output, and the consciousness must always pay attention to the changes in the furnace. Often, after making a furnace of pills, the body and mind are exhausted.
It's just that Lin Mu never mentioned these hardships, he has long been accustomed to it.
Shitou may just be in a momentary interest, and he will naturally give up this idea after tasting the hardships.
Lin Mu didn't take it too seriously, and casually threw Shitou a few jade slips of alchemy, including "Alchemy Essentials", and let him learn on his own.
Who would have thought that two months later, Shitou actually persisted. Not only did he not give up, but he became more interested in learning.
Shitou never complained about being tired. Every day, like Lin Mu, he stood outside. While Lin Mu worked hard to make pills, Shitou read the jade slips beside him and helped Lin Mu collect the Guiling Pills he had made.
His mind was extremely strong, which made Lin Mu secretly praise him.
After two months, Shitou had a preliminary understanding of alchemy. He had mastered some basic knowledge of alchemy. What he lacked was practice.
But this was destined to be a pity. In the short term, Lin Mu could not satisfy Shitou's wish.
After all, the materials for alchemy this time were limited. Lin Mu could not be so extravagant as to use precious materials for Shitou to practice.
The training of an alchemist was entirely based on the accumulation of materials.
Lin Mu only had 1,800 materials on hand, which was not enough. If Shitou wasted some more, he would be even more constrained.
The only solution now was to let Shitou continue to learn about alchemy. It would take some time for him to practice.
Lin's father and mother were also not idle. Under Lin Mu's persuasion, each of them took 200 bottles of Guiling Pills and practiced hard in the hut.
Both of them were mortals without spiritual roots. Without pills, their cultivation progress was extremely slow.
Now that the supply of pills was sufficient, the two of them practiced much faster. After two months of hard practice, their cultivation was close to Lin Mu, and even exceeded Shitou.
The price of increasing cultivation was the consumption of a large number of pills. Although the two had just established their foundation, they had to take two bottles of Guiling Pills every day. After two months, the two had used a total of 240 bottles.
This speed made Lin Mu feel a sense of pressure.
As the cultivation level became higher and higher in the future, the consumption rate would increase. If the four of them practiced together, these pills would not be enough, far from enough.
Without sufficient pills, the four of them, let alone being enemies with the Yuling Sect, could not break through to the Lingji period before the deadline.
Perhaps without anyone else's help, the four of them would be washed away by time in the long river of time, like other cultivators, with reluctance and nostalgia, without leaving any trace.
Lin Mu didn't dare to imagine what the future would be like, he could only try his best to do the current work well.
He patted the furnace cover, and three more pills flew out of the furnace. Lin Mu took out a small white bottle and caught the pills steadily, and threw it to Shi Tou.
Then he took out another batch of materials, threw it into the furnace, and began to refine.
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Lin Mu looked tired, refined the last batch of pills, put them in a small white bottle, and threw them to Shi Tou.
He put away the bronze furnace and sat down on the ground.
For four months, Lin Mu did nothing and was busy refining pills all day.
He refined more than 1,800 materials. The hard work in this process is really hard to understand without personal experience.
Perhaps Shitou would have some insights. In the past four months, he often stood until his legs were sore, but Lin Mu was still meticulous, paying full attention, and carefully refining the pills. This made him, who was a little lazy, immediately persevered and stood with Lin Mu.
The master's hard work was several times greater than his own, and he could hold on. How could he have the face to sit down? This was Shitou's true thought.
Lin Mu took a breath for a while, and his spiritual power was mostly restored. His spirit was much better, and his fatigue was reduced by half. Looking at Shitou who was happily counting the number of Guiling Pills, Lin Mu asked: "How many?"
Shitou counted all the Guiling Pills and smiled: "There are still 700 bottles."
Lin Mu smiled: "Not bad, the success rate has exceeded 70%."
In four months, Lin's father and mother used a total of 480 bottles, and now there are 700 bottles left, which adds up to almost 1,200 bottles.
1,200 bottles!
This is the result of Lin Mu's four months of hard work.
Lin Mu stood up and took the cloth bag handed over by Shitou, took out three hundred bottles from it and handed them to Shitou, saying with a smile: "Although you have not started to refine in the past four months, you have been watching from the side. I have also taught you all my alchemy skills. As long as the spiritual herbs are harvested again, I will let you try to refine."
Shitou put the three hundred bottles of Julingdan into the storage bag and said with a smile: "Thank you, Master."
Lin Mu smiled and nodded. He could guess Shitou's original intention of learning alchemy, but he did not point it out. He really needed someone to share his worries.
If Shitou could also refine the alchemy, Lin Mu would definitely not be so tired this time, and the refining time would not be as long as four months.
Lin Mu walked towards the hut, and before he entered, his parents walked out of the house.
The two of them practiced hard for four months, and their cultivation is now comparable to Lin Mu, and they easily noticed Lin Mu's arrival.
Lin Mu smiled and said, "After four months of hard training, both my parents have made great progress in their cultivation."
Mother Lin smiled and said, "Taking pills to practice will make progress faster, which is much better than practicing hard on our own."
Father Lin also smiled and nodded, and asked, "How many bottles have you refined this time?"
Lin Mu smiled and said, "This time the harvest is not bad, the success rate has exceeded 70%, and a total of about 1,200 bottles have been refined, which is enough for us to practice for several months."
Father Lin pondered and said, "1,200 bottles, your mother and I used 500 bottles, and there are 700 bottles left. If four people use these 700 bottles to practice, they will be used up in more than two months at most."
Lin Mu's heart tightened, and his parents were not stupid, and they also saw the tension of the pills.
Lin Mu smiled and comforted him: "Don't worry too much. Shitou and I have spiritual roots. Even if we don't take the pills, our speed won't be much slower. Just take these pills and improve your cultivation first." After that, he took out 400 bottles of Guiling Pills from the storage bag, 200 bottles for each person.
Lin's father and mother stood there, but did not reach out to take it. Lin's father and mother looked at each other, and Lin's mother's eyes were red. She said: "If your father and I no longer take elixirs to practice, these twelve acres of spiritual fields are enough for you and Shitou to reach the spiritual silence period. We don't have spiritual roots, but we can build a foundation. Our life span has increased by more than a hundred years. Compared with ordinary mortals, it is a great blessing. Your father and I are satisfied. From now on, you and Shitou will take this elixir. We don't want to be a burden to you anymore."
Lin Mu felt sour in his heart, and hurriedly persuaded: "Why do you say that? Now the elixir is a bit scarce, but the situation is far from as bad as you think. Just practice with peace of mind. Who dares to say that you are a burden?"
"Our cultivation is not weak now. I will go out to find a place tomorrow." Lin Mu smiled and said: "This time we have enough time. We must find an uninhabited cave paradise, and then reclaim dozens of acres of spiritual fields there. It is enough for the four of us to practice." Lin Mu smiled and comforted the two.
Father Lin said, "The blessed lands are so rare. The slightly famous blessed lands are occupied by all the big and small sects. Where can we find unoccupied blessed lands?"
Lin Mu smiled and said, "Where there is a will, there is a way. Don't worry, I will take care of it. Within three months, I will find an uninhabited blessed land. You can practice with peace of mind now, and don't worry so much."
Mother Lin said, "What if you still can't find it after three months?"
Lin Mu was stunned for a moment, then said firmly: "No, I must find one! Otherwise, I will never give up!"
After that, without waiting for his parents to refuse, he handed over 400 bottles of Guiling Pills to the two of them.
Lin Mu then meditated in the house, and recovered to his peak state the next day. After saying hello to his parents, Lin Mu immediately exited from the Xuanyue Space.
Outside, it was desolate and overgrown with weeds. Lin Mu glanced in the direction of the market, and then flew away without looking back.
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