Immortality Begins with the Master of Alchemy

Chapter 188: The Great Perfection of Qi Refining, Refining the Imperial Ouyang (please vote for me)

 A celebration banquet, a wedding banquet.

　　It was held under the rare sunshine of spring.

 The protagonists of this banquet are Zeng Wen and Xiugu, as well as all the monks of the Luotian Society.

With the help of Luo Chen, the "respectable" officiant, the two newlyweds were sent into the bridal chamber.

 Then, it’s Luotian Club’s carnival night!

 Luo Chen drank a lot of wine.

 Most of them were subordinates, who came to pay respect to him one by one.

 After more than a month of rest, Luo Tianhui's strength has gradually recovered.

 The seriously injured monk recovered from his injuries. Except for those injuries that could not be eradicated, most of his strength has improved.

 In addition, some casual cultivators were recruited.

 The current Luo Tianhui seems to have experienced several wars and is extremely weak.

 In fact, it is a bit stronger than at its peak.

This "strength" is not only reflected in the number of monks.

 This is further reflected in the fact that with Luo Chen and Wang Yuan in charge, they are not afraid of building the foundation and practicing true cultivation.

 This means that Luo Tianhui is also an organization comparable to a foundation-building force.

Furthermore, the cohesion is much stronger than before, and there is a group of backbones that have been truly tempered by war and fire.

 They enjoy more resources and higher status through Luotianhui.

 Naturally, we will maintain this organization even more.

  At noon on the second day.

Luo Chen was still refining elixirs in the green thatched cottage, and then Zeng Wen came up to him.

 “President, President!”

 “Do you still have that good stuff?”

Facing the anxious Zeng Wen, Luo Chen walked out calmly.

 First cast a cleaning spell on yourself to remove the pyrotechnic gas, alchemy gas, and medicinal gas contaminated in the alchemy.

 Then he performed a sound-proofing spell in front of Zeng Wen.

This set of tricks after another made Zeng Wen confused.

 Then, Luo Chen took out a gold pen and a book.

 Turn to a blank space.

“Yes, there are still a few pills left, but you have to tell me about your experience of using the best pills.”

"Well…"

Zeng Wen was embarrassed.

　A round old face, flushed red.

 For a moment, I didn’t know where to start.

Luo Chen was not surprised by his situation.

 Like an old Chinese doctor, he is good at teaching and giving constant guidance.

In a short while, the various effects of the best Zhongmiao Pills were written down on the white paper.

　　【Extremely strong aphrodisiac effect, far three times better than before. 】

  【Excellent effect in delaying and erectile enhancement. 】

  【It can increase cultivation, not limited to the user. Both men and women will benefit. If combined with dual cultivation methods, the effect may be even better. 】

 When he recorded this, Luo Chen was surprised.

Need for Zhongmiao Wan, can it be used for practice?

Zeng asked whether he was thick-skinned, but by this time he had lost the awkward mood before.

His sleeves were fluttering and he was talking eloquently.

 “I am by no means addicted to sensual pleasures.”

“It’s this elixir that really gives me hope for the great road.”

“If I could take one every day, I, Zeng, wouldn’t be able to get a glimpse of the realm of foundation building!”

 Get out of here!

 Luo Chen cursed and kicked him.

Return the hope of the great road, and give it back one pill every day.

 The best Zhongmiao Wan is fried soybeans.

 It’s not that he’s stingy about this stuff.

But the elixir formation rate of top-quality elixirs will suddenly drop to about ten percent.

Although the medicine is powerful, the cost is also high!

Furthermore, with the departure of Tian Xingzi, the source of the main ingredient of Jade Yao Zhu was gone, and the refining of Zhongmiao Pills could only be put on hold after he reached the Great Perfection.

I gave Zeng a few pills, and he went down the mountain in a hurry.

Looking at his happy back, Luo Chen knew that someone was about to suffer something serious!

I have a few left on my body for emergencies.

 Of course not for your own use!

He asked very clearly that even the best Zhongmiao Pills were only as beneficial to practice as the lower-grade Qi-Nourishing Pills.

 This thing is really not of much use to Luo Chen.

He only habitually records the effects of elixirs because of his occupational disease as an alchemist.

 Now, his focus is on Chalcedony Pill.

 There are both Luo Tianhui’s needs and his needs for achievement points.

 Time passes day by day.

 The proficiency of the Chalcedony Pill finally reached Dzogchen after a month.

After spending some effort, Luo Chen refined the best chalcedony pill.

 Unfortunately, the effect is far from the qualitative change brought by the best Zhongmiaowan.

 It's just that the potency of the medicine has become twice as strong as before.

 Generally speaking, it is stronger than the Nourishing Qi Pill and slightly weaker than the Dust Transformation Pill.

 Actually, this effect is already extremely powerful.

 After all, chalcedony elixir is not an orthodox cultivation elixir, and it has the inherent defect of jade in the Dantian.

Due to systemic reasons, Luo Chen successively solved the two major defects of Dantian jade and low potency, and forcibly upgraded it to a level comparable to orthodox practice elixirs.

 This point, no matter where it is placed, is enough to impress people.

 The rate of elixir formation has also dropped from 50% in the high-grade period to 10%.

If calculated based on the profit, the net income of the top-grade chalcedony pill is more than 800, while the top-grade one only has 400.

 It is also not advisable to refine the finest chalcedony pills in large quantities.

 After coming to this conclusion, Luo Chen was disappointed for a time.

Whether it is Bigu Powder, which is not of the lower grade, or Zhongmiao Pills and Chalcedony Pills, which are first grade, although there are changes after reaching the top grade, the profit is far less than before.

He wondered if it was because these elixirs were relatively "non-mainstream".

 But after being disappointed, Luo Chen slowly woke up.

 Some things don’t work out that way.

 In terms of pure profit, the same kind of elixir will be more profitable than a lower-level elixir.

 Because the grade is low, the output is large, and the price is low, which leads to a broad market.

 In this way, the profits will naturally be considerable.

 This point can be seen from the fact that most of the Qi-nourishing pills and Chenchen-transforming pills sold by Yaowang Sect are of low quality.

 Yaowang Sect is the main alchemy sect.

 It is simply a joke to say that they cannot refine higher-grade elixirs.

Since they made this choice, it means that Luo Chen’s judgment was correct.

  It is not calculated in terms of income, but in terms of pure practice efficiency.

 High-grade elixirs have too many advantages.

The number of pills a monk takes every day is limited by the number of times his own skills are used.

 Then if you take high-quality elixirs with stronger efficacy in a limited quantity, your practice efficiency will naturally be higher.

 And this must be a strong and qualified person who can choose independently.

“Therefore, the Yaowang Sect’s high-quality elixirs are often put on the black market, auctions, or transactions between sects.”

“Because it can improve efficiency, high-quality elixirs can naturally command a substantial premium!”

After thinking about this, Luo Chen looked at the white porcelain elixir in his hand and was not so disappointed.

“The amount of dust-transforming pills I have is just right, and I am a little nervous since I am close to the Great Perfection of Qi Refining.”

“This top-quality chalcedony pill may be able to make up for one or two things.”

 Put away the elixir with satisfaction, Luo Chenxin happily went down the mountain.

 …

Now, Luo Tianhui is completely on the right track.

Moreover, I no longer walk on just one leg.

 Some of the newly recruited monks have been integrated into the medicine hall, replenishing the original herb collectors.

 In this way, the medicine hall can not only cultivate the elixirs themselves, but also have people who go into the mountains to collect herbs from time to time.

ˆA small part of the obtained resources will be used for one’s own use, while the majority will be sold to the Lianyun Merchant Alliance.

Qitang was also established after Duan Feng regained consciousness.

 As for the staff composition of Qitang, it is quite different.

It was composed of the few disciples Duan Feng brought and some remaining members of the Duan family.

In this regard, Duan Feng said to Luo Chen: "Let's stop here!"

 Duan Qiankun died. Although he was not killed by him personally, his contribution was still involved.

And killing Duan Rui with his own hands was considered as revenge for his mother.

  After all, it was Duan Rui who suggested the marriage partner with the Nangong family.

 Duan Qiankun wanted to follow him, and he himself felt that it had merit, so he made that decision.

I can only say that things in the world are like this. They are never perfect, and there are always ups and downs.

Luo Chen didn’t force him, he just warned him that he must take good care of this group of Duan family monks.

 If something goes wrong in the future, the responsibility will be on Duan Feng himself.

“No one from the Duan family is allowed to go down the mountain before I finish building the foundation.”

Duan Feng looked at Luo Chen and said this.

 This means using himself as security.

Looking at the determined Duan Feng, Luo Chen thought of the storage bag on his body.

That was given to him by Wang Yuan.

 The owner of this storage bag is Duan Qiankun.

Although a person dies, the spiritual consciousness restrictions left on him are quite stubborn.

If you have a foundation-building and true cultivation like Miao Wen, you can naturally spend time to kill it off.

 But now there is no such capable person in Luotianhui.

Luo Chen didn’t want to use it on others, so he kept it on his body.

 “There may be a lot of good things in it.”

“If there is anything useful to Duan Feng, return it to him when the time comes!”

Compared to what Duan Feng said about building the foundation, Luo Chen has more confidence in his own foundation building.

 It won’t be long!

 After meeting Duan Feng, he went to meet Wang Yuan in person.

 The other party is diligently practicing the soul-fixing oath.

Compared to how easy it was to master the Breath Condensation Spirit Art, various blood path fusion techniques, and body refinement techniques, his practice this time seemed extremely difficult.

  It is a soul method after all.

His body still has the influence of Duan Qiankun’s remnant soul.

 Speed, naturally it cannot be increased.

After meeting Wang Yuan, Luo Chen went inside and announced his retreat.

Of course, this retreat is just a "fake retreat".

 He still has to take time out every month to refine a batch of chalcedony pills.

 This is, after all, the main business of Luo Tianhui.

 If you want to maintain friendly relations with the Nangong family and the Dajiang Gang, Chalcedony Pill is the top priority.

After getting familiar with the alchemy of earth fire, Luo Chen's alchemy efficiency has improved a lot.

 Compared with manual fire control, ground fire is much more convenient.

 The day before, I could only refine sixteen raw materials, but now I can increase it to twenty!

 It has the effect of earth fire, and also has the effect of increasing the soul.

 In this way, the output of elixirs can be increased, and Luo Chen can save more time to focus on his own affairs.

 Proficiency, proficiency, **** proficiency! Following the advancement of the healing technique to master, the sound insulation technique to perfection, and the divine deterrence technique to proficiency.

Luo Chen’s entanglement and cleansing techniques have gradually reached the level of Dzogchen.

As for elixir refining, although the blood-burning elixir cannot be continued to be refined due to the lack of earth fire evil energy.

 But the Great Perfection of Zhongmiao Pill and Chalcedony Pill still provided him with two achievement points.

Especially during the month after month of alchemy work, he became more and more proficient in the use of several alchemy techniques.

 …

 Two years later.

 Xiaohuan Mountain, in the green thatched house on the top of the mountain.

Luo Chen sat cross-legged by the ice and fire spring, staring at the void with burning eyes, as if looking at something.

 Attribute panel!

 【Realm: Great Perfection in Qi Refining Period】

 【Kung Fu: Dzogchen Changchun Gong, Ming Shen Breaking Evil Perfection 305/500, Ten Thousand Beasts Sutra Introduction 10/100】

[Spells: Dzogchen Fireball Technique, Dzogchen Carefree Wind Control Technique, Dzogchen Traction Technique, Dzogchen Breath Condensation Technique, Dzogchen Spirit Eye Technique, Dzogchen Wrapping Technique, Dzogchen Cleansing Technique, Healing Technique Master 610/500, Earth Perfect Yue Technique 315/500, Perfect Wave Technique 309/500, Perfect Sound Isolation Technique 312/500, Beginner Proficiency in Deception Technique 179/200]

 【Alchemy: Dzogchen Jade Hand, Master of Suxin Hand 513/1000, Master of Huanxi Hand 125/200, Master of Huayun Hand 112/200】

 【Martial Arts: Grandmaster of Opening the Mountain and Breaking Tablets 880/1000, Perfect Heavenly Lady Scattering Flowers 357/500】

[Skills: First-level alchemist: Bigu Powder Great Perfection, Zhongmiao Pills Great Perfection, Chalcedony Pill Great Perfection, Blood-Burning Pill Proficiency 150/200, Tongyou Dan Beginner 80/100, Emperor Flow Liquid Not Beginner Yet (Click to view the progress Details…)】

 【Achievement Points: 13】

 Two years, no internal worries or external troubles.

This is the most stable life Luo Chen has lived since he traveled through time, except for the period of casual cultivation.

 This stability was achieved by destroying the Duan family.

 He did not waste a single moment of time and spent almost all of his time on cultivation.

The trivial matters of Luo Tianhui were basically transferred to Sima Hu Niang and others.

In this way, he can reach the perfection of Qi refining stage!

 Feeling the spiritual energy cloud inside the body that was filled to the extreme, it was almost impossible to move forward even one step further.

 Has even begun to squeeze the Dantian barrier.

 This means that he has indeed reached the ultimate stage of Qi refining.

“Fortunately, I have the best chalcedony pill as a supplement, otherwise I would have run out of resources.”

Luo Chen didn’t expect that there would be no problem with his Anshen Incense, Tongyou Pill, Peiyuan Spiritual Liquid, etc.

Even the scarcest elf pills were replenished by Tian Xingzi before he left.

 Only the Dust Transformation Pill that I didn't care about the most was not enough in the last two months.

 Before, I only felt a little nervous.

Unexpectedly, there was a gap of two months.

However, relying on the top-quality chalcedony pill that I refined by myself, I was able to reach the perfection of the Qi refining stage bit by bit.

 “In this case, we must prepare for the breakthrough of the foundation.”

As Luo Chen murmured to himself, a lot of things were placed in front of him.

 Five parts of Yang Shui, three boxes of soothing incense, and four bottles of glazed ointment.

 These things are of certain help to foundation building.

 Part of it was collected by Luo Chen himself, and some of it was obtained from the Duan family's treasury.

 After all, Duan Rui has been trying to build a foundation in the past few years, and he will definitely be prepared in this regard.

 But these are not the key.

 The key is, Foundation Establishment Pill!

“I don’t have a Foundation Establishment Pill. I have entrusted Nangong Jin and others to buy it in the past two years, but they mostly declined.”

“This is within my expectation. If they have it, they will definitely give it priority to internal use, so how can they fund it for me?”

 It’s so hard to find locally.

 If you go to other places, the situation will only be more difficult.

 But fortunately, Luo Chen had another backup plan.

 “Emperor Ooze!”

“In two years, I made every effort to raise my proficiency in various skills and spells to the next level, which provided me with a total of 13 achievement points.”

 “In this way, you can try to get started.”

Without hesitation, he clicked on the last entry.

 【Emperor Ooze—Entry Progress 88/100】

With a thought, 13 achievement points were invested one after another.

 At the tenth achievement point, a bright light flashed.

 The entry suddenly changed to [Introduction to Imperial Ooze 1/100]

“Huh? It only took ten achievement points?”

Luo Chen was slightly surprised.

 But then he became thoughtful.

In the past two years, he has made great progress on the road to alchemy.

 In addition to the two elixirs of Dzogchen, he has also refined the best chalcedony elixir many times.

 The refining difficulty of first-level top-quality elixirs is not much weaker than that of second-level elixirs.

 He could even feel that the rate of formation of the best elixirs was slowly increasing.

 In addition, in the process of continuous alchemy refining, the improvement of alchemy skills and the familiarity with earth fire and medicinal materials are also constantly improving.

 In this way, it is natural that the consumption of two additional achievement points will be reduced.

“Sure enough, the improvement of the system is based on my own abilities.”

 “The harder I work, the greater the improvement the system will give me!”

 Proficiency does not come out of thin air.

That is all accumulated day by day and over time.

 Putting aside these uncertain thoughts, Luo Chen put away the attribute panel.

 Take out a jar from the storage bag.

 Inside, there are the materials of Liehuo Yunpeng that he has already cut.

 Among them, there is one-tenth of the flesh, blood, and flesh of the Agni Fire Yunpeng, so that an imperial liquid slurry can be refined.

 “Hope, don’t let me down!”

Taking a deep breath, he poured all the contents of the jar into the Four-Elephant Cauldron.

The hot magma was pulled by the formation, and a wisp of ground fire slowly rose up.

Luo Chen made a secret with his left hand, and the cold spring water turned into a water curtain, covering all the materials.

 Emperor Ooze.

 The first refining.

start!

 …

 …

 Water method for alchemy.

  It does not mean that water is used to make elixirs.

Rather, it means that the elixirs are not mainly made of solids or pastes, but mainly liquids.

 Compared with the common fire method for alchemy, water method for alchemy has many advantages.

 First of all, it is safety. Unlike fire-based elixir refining, water-based elixir refining usually involves gradual steps and natural complementation, so there is less danger caused by conflicting medicinal properties.

 This point can be seen from the fact that the Imperial Liquid Liquid Pill recipe requires the same source of main materials.

Secondly, the elixir has mellow and mild properties.

Spiritual liquids such as Runming Pearl Liquid, Bubble Runmai Liquid, and Yanghui Shui are all mild in medicinal properties.

 Taking a large amount will not cause too many side effects.

 Finally, the operation is simple.

 Fire spells require a lot of alchemy, techniques, and various techniques.

 But the water method for alchemy does not require so much.

 As long as the medicinal power of various medicinal materials can be fully integrated, you are done.

 In "Qing Yuan Dan Jie", there are many experiences on fire method for alchemy.

 Only in water method alchemy, there are few descriptions.

 The main reason is also the author Qing Yuanzi himself, who feels that there is nothing to talk about.

Luo Chen strictly followed the records of Emperor Liujiang Dan recipe and added equal proportions of auxiliary materials.

At the same time, he uses the method of falling clouds to create smoke, and from time to time he mobilizes his cloud-changing hand to extract water vapor from the spiritual spring covering the alchemy cauldron and blend it into the medicinal materials.

During this period, the ground fire continued to burn, quenching the impurities of the auxiliary materials.

 Especially the main material!

 The flesh and blood of the demonic beasts are still second-level demonic beasts like Liehuo Yunpeng.

 It is really a water grinding process to refine the impurities in it.

Luo Chen is not in a hurry, he has already passed the age of being anxious.

 Two years have passed and he is already thirty-one years old, which can be said to be in his thirties.

 In addition, I have experienced so many ups and downs, big and small.

Even if his ambition is not as good as that of an old monster who has been practicing for hundreds of years, he is definitely outstanding among his peers.

　　It’s just some water grinding work!

Time passed slowly while Luo Chen was refining it.

 …

 Three days passed by in a flash.

Luo Chen calmly turned off the formation, and took out a black paste mixture from the Four Symbols Cauldron.

Failed.

 He was not surprised.

 Even if you are well prepared, failure will always happen.

 In my long alchemy career, this is just the most ordinary scenery.

With a wooden basin filled with the black liquid, Luo Chen came outside the green thatched house.

The biting mountain wind blew, and he lowered his head and looked at the basin of waste.

 “The impurities are tempered very well, and there are almost no traces left.”

“The problem lies in the separation of solid and liquid. Transforming bone and flesh into liquid requires more firepower, but I was worried that too much firepower would consume too much medicine, so I didn’t do enough, which resulted in a failure.”

“In addition, the timing of the use of Huayun Shou was not perfect. The spiritual spring must be used as medicine in advance, so that it can fully merge.”

 “Take a rest for two days and then do the refining!”

 After some analysis and research, Luo Chen sealed up this pot of waste with great care.

 Haven’t intended to destroy it.

  If there is still failure in the follow-up, it can be used as a control group.

 …

 One day, two days...most of half a month passed in the blink of an eye.

 Luo Chen has failed four or five times.

Even though he was used to failure, he also found it a bit overwhelming.

  The refining of second-level elixirs, even if they are spiritual liquids, consumes much more of the soul's mental energy than ordinary first-level elixirs.

“I have been taking Tongyou Pill for two years, and my spiritual foundation is definitely not weaker than that of any monk in the early stage of foundation building.”

 “Even so, I feel it’s too much.”

“It is indeed extremely difficult to refine second-level elixirs across different levels!”

 Luo Chen sighed and decided to take a good rest today.

 He planned to go to the foot of the mountain to see how the Luo Tianhui was doing recently.

 Thinking about it, it was nothing serious, otherwise Sima Huiniang would have informed him with a paper crane.

 It’s okay to meet friends, chat about home affairs, and relax.

 One moment of relaxation and one relaxation is the way to practice the right path.

Just when he was about to leave, something suddenly happened in his heart.

 Turn sideways and move your hand.

A little pangolin ran out holding a shining five-pointed star.

“Has there been any response to Tian Xingzi’s token?”

Luo Chen's eyes suddenly lit up when he thought of some possibility.

 (End of this chapter)