Chapter 94 Foundation Building Pill

Alchemy is a laborious job.

It requires a lot from the cultivator. Not only must one be careful, tenacious, and patient, but one must also be able to control spiritual power.

The higher the grade of the elixir, the higher the requirement for the fire. If the strength of the flame cannot be strictly controlled, a furnace of elixir will easily be scrapped.

The scrapping of a furnace of high-grade elixir is equivalent to a large pile of spiritual stones turning into nothing.

In addition, one must be familiar with the medicinal effects of each spiritual herb and know the ins and outs of the alchemy process.

All of this is too complicated and profound for Lin Mu.

Fairy Han Bing has already started to refine the foundation-building elixir, and has no free time to teach Lin Mu. She simply left a dozen jade slips for Lin Mu to read by himself.

Some of these jade slips are summed up by the senior masters of the sect, and some are Fairy Han Bing's own experience in alchemy.

The contents of these jade slips are all exquisite, and they are all unique secrets of each person. Even if there are spiritual stones, it is difficult to buy them.

Lin Mu was hungry and thirsty. Except for taking a break occasionally, he spent all his time in the alchemy room every day, studying the way of alchemy.

These jade slips are all suitable for alchemists in the Jindan period. They are too profound for Lin Mu. Many of the contents are only half understood by Lin Mu, or even completely confused. However, such profound jade slips can benefit a lot as long as one understands one or two of them.

In these jade slips for alchemy, many bold and feasible conjectures are proposed.

For example, regarding the method of alchemy, a senior in the sect proposed several wild conjectures.

Generally speaking, alchemists use fire to make alchemy. According to the different grades of the flame, different grades of elixirs are made.

However, this senior proposed that water can be used to make elixirs.

This made Lin Mu feel incredible.

After reading it, Lin Mu suddenly realized.

It turns out that there is not much difference between the water refining method and the fire refining method in essence. Using fire to refine pills is nothing more than using powerful firepower to turn the spiritual herbs and medicines in the pill furnace into liquid medicine. Under the control of spiritual power, the liquid medicine condenses into pills, and a furnace of pills is considered to be refined.

The principle adopted by this water refining method is exactly the same as the fire refining method. The cultivator only needs to control the water in the pill furnace to keep flowing, turn the spiritual herbs and medicines into liquid medicine, and then form pills under the stimulation of spiritual power.

However, compared with the fire refining method, the water refining method is too slow, and for cultivators who value time, it should not be used too many times.

Moreover, depending on the different pills, the water used in the pill furnace is also different. Like flames, water also has different types and grades. For example, Nine Yang Heavy Water, Sunflower Water Essence, Samadhi Li Water, etc.

The higher the grade of the water, the better the efficacy of the pills refined.

However, high-grade water sources are more difficult to obtain than flames, and it is difficult for ordinary cultivators to see them once in their lifetime.

Compared with the fire refining method, the water refining method has many disadvantages, but it also has advantages that the fire refining method does not have.

For example, the elixir refined by the water refining method has mild medicinal properties, which is conducive to the cultivator's refining and absorption. Moreover, the medicinal effect of this elixir has a long history. Unlike the elixir refined by the fire refining method, as long as it is not fully refined and absorbed within a certain period of time, it will dissipate without reason.

The elixir refined by the water refining method will not have this situation. Most of the medicinal effects can be completely absorbed by the cultivator, and the utilization rate of spiritual herbs and medicines is far higher than that of the fire refining method.

These two ways of refining elixir have their own advantages and disadvantages.

Lin Mu is quite interested in this water refining method, but because he has no special water source, the elixir refined is also ordinary.

If there is a chance in the future, Lin Mu would like to try this water refining method.

It took Lin Mu a full month to read all these jade slips.

Lin Mu did not seek to understand them in detail, and he tried to remember them as long as he thought they were useful.

Lin Mu did not foolishly memorize some particularly profound and difficult to remember contents.

After obtaining the consent of the Ice Fairy, Lin Mu took out several blank jade slips and copied the contents he thought were useful into the blank jade slips.

Because there were too many contents, Lin Mu used five blank jade slips to copy all the contents he needed.

Copying jade slips also requires certain spiritual consciousness. Generally, at least a cultivator in the foundation-building stage can copy jade slips. But Lin Mu's spiritual consciousness is far superior to that of ordinary people. His current spiritual consciousness is not inferior to that of a cultivator in the early stage of foundation-building.

Copying jade slips is not a difficult task for Lin Mu.

It's just that because there are too many contents to copy, the spiritual consciousness is consumed a lot, and the head is dizzy for three consecutive days.

For a whole month, the Ice Fairy has been refining pills.

In addition to watching the jade slips to learn, Lin Mu also tried to observe the Ice Fairy's alchemy techniques.

But after reading it, Lin Mu felt how shallow he was before.

The Ice Fairy's control over the fire was far superior to his, and Lin Mu was completely incomparable.

Lin Mu originally thought that he could control the size of the fire at will, and he was doing well.

But when he saw the Ice Fairy's fire control skills, Lin Mu felt a little embarrassed.

In order to better exert the efficacy of the spiritual medicine in the elixir, the Ice Fairy needs to constantly change the size of the flame. Sometimes, according to the different distribution of the spiritual medicine in the furnace, the Ice Fairy also adjusts the shape of the flame from time to time, so that the size of the flame at each place at the bottom of the furnace is just right.

Today.

Lin Mu still stood quietly beside the elixir furnace as usual, silently watching the Ice Fairy making the elixir.

The Ice Fairy had no expression on her face, but the fire control skills she showed made Lin Mu feel amazing and astonished.

Because at the bottom of the furnace, the flame turned into a seven-leaf lotus, floating at the bottom of the furnace, and each petal was as realistic as a real lotus.

Seven-leaf fire lotus!

Lin Mu clearly remembered that in a jade slip that specifically talked about fire control, it was mentioned that after controlling fire to a certain level, the flame can be transformed, and the flame transformation can be cultivated to a high level, and the seven-leaf fire lotus can be used.

Lin Mu couldn't believe that the Ice Fairy could reach the level of the seven-leaf fire lotus.

Even if you tell others, it is hard for them to believe.

An elder of a sword-cultivating sect can control fire to the level of the Seven-Leaf Fire Lotus. Isn't this a joke?

But the fact is happening right in front of us. The Seven-Leaf Fire Lotus is still burning quietly at the bottom of the furnace.

After the Ice Fairy used the Seven-Leaf Fire Lotus, about an hour later, a strong medicinal fragrance floated out of the furnace.

One hour!

Lin Mu was amazed.

As a third-grade elixir, the Foundation Building Pill has an extremely complicated refining process. Even with the level of the Ice Fairy, it takes about three hours to refine each time.

But after using the Seven-Leaf Fire Lotus, a furnace of Foundation Building Pills was successfully refined in just one hour.

With a light wave of the Ice Fairy's slender hands, the furnace cover was lightly opened, and three Foundation Building Pills flew out of the furnace. The Ice Fairy took out three white bottles without panic, and the three Foundation Building Pills fell into the three bottles respectively.

Three? Lin Mu was dazzled.

Is this the Foundation Building Pill? Lin Mu was suspicious.

Because the Fire Dragon Grass was rare, Fairy Han Bing only put one portion of the material into the furnace each time she refined the pill, which could reduce the chance of failure and prevent a furnace of pills from being scrapped and all the materials inside from being wasted.

It takes three hours to refine one portion of the material into a foundation-building pill each time.

But at this moment, Fairy Han Bing refined three portions of the material at once, but it only took one hour.

How could this not surprise Lin Mu.

Is the effect of the Seven-Leaf Fire Lotus really that good? Lin Mu was immediately yearning.

Fairy Han Bing used her flying sword to carve a few small words on each of the three white bottles, and then threw them all to Lin Mu.

Lin Mu was immediately frightened and hurriedly reached out to grab the three white bottles into his arms.

He took it and saw that the names of Lin Mu, Wei Sheng, and Luo Yun were engraved on the three white bottles.

These three foundation-building pills are for Lin Mu and the other two!

Lin Mu clearly remembered that when preparing the materials, the three people used different proportions for the foundation-building pills.

Luo Yun was a cultivator with a single spiritual root of the water system, so he used four cold tobacco plants. Wei Sheng was a cultivator with a spiritual root of the fire system, so he had a certain resistance to the fire dragon grass, so he used only two cold tobacco plants. Lin Mu had a five-element spiritual root, so because his spiritual root was too peaceful, he used exactly three cold tobacco plants.

Three materials with different proportions were refined in the same furnace in just one hour.

Lin Mu was impressed by the alchemy level of the Ice Fairy.

Lin Mu held the three small bottles in his hands, and inside them were the foundation-building pills that he had always dreamed of.

As long as he could build his foundation, Lin Mu could go home to visit his parents.

If he didn't want to return to the sect, with the cultivation of the foundation-building period, he could also be a city lord in the ancient Tang Kingdom, become a foreign affairs disciple of the Qianyu Sword Sect, and establish a cultivation family affiliated with the Qianyu Sword Sect.

Lin Mu did not make detailed plans for the future. His goal was to build his foundation, and it had always been that way.

Fairy Han Bing said calmly: "You must have learned a lot in the past two months. I also have an explanation for Senior Brother Luo Yan. I specially made these three foundation-building pills. The efficacy is three times stronger than ordinary foundation-building pills. With the cultivation of the three of you, it is very likely that you can build your foundation in one go. This foundation-building pill must be taken at the peak of your power to succeed in building your foundation in one go. You have a five-element spiritual root, so you must be more fully prepared. Don't waste this foundation-building pill."

This was the longest paragraph Lin Mu had said since she met Fairy Han Bing. Although her tone was cold, Lin Mu could also feel the concern in it.

Lin Mu hurriedly thanked her, "Thank you, Master Han Bing. I will live up to your expectations and succeed in building my foundation."

Han Bing Fairy's expression returned to indifference, and she said calmly, "I have told you everything I can teach you. How much you can understand depends on yourself. I just want to say that talent is not too important. In the long career of cultivation, hard work is the most important. As long as you are willing to work hard, even if someone is much more talented than you, you can slowly catch up, or even surpass them. Go back and prepare to build your foundation."

These words touched Lin Mu's heart. It was because of his hard work that he made rapid progress in his cultivation and surpassed many talented disciples. Even Luo Yun, who was praised as a genius once in a century, is now only on par with Lin Mu, not much better.

Lin Mu bowed deeply to the Ice Fairy before slowly leaving the alchemy room.

Although the Ice Fairy had never taught Lin Mu how to practice, she was Lin Mu's first master in alchemy.

It was she who brought Lin Mu into the profound art of alchemy.

Lin Mu walked out of the Ice Fairy's courtyard, put the three white bottles into his storage bag, and flew to the West Peak using the Wind Control Technique.