Immortality Begins with the Master of Alchemy

Chapter 168: Get started with Landslide and refine the Tongyou Pill (please vote for more!)

Time flies like a fly. In the blink of an eye, three days passed by in a hurry.

 After finishing the chalcedony elixir refining in the afternoon, Luo Chen did not go to the wasteland at the foot of Huiye Mountain to practice spells.

 Instead, he stayed in the alchemy hall and watched the rice grains being refined into Bigu Powder.

 With a large supply of raw materials, the technology for refining rice grains has already reached its peak.

 Out of ten times, you can succeed two to three times.

If put into the system, it should be a proficient to perfect evaluation.

 Luo Chen is very satisfied with the progress of the rice grains.

 The profits of Bigu San are not high, and the market competition is extremely fierce.

 The purpose of refining Bigu Powder is not to make money, but to meet the current internal use of Luotianhui.

 Winter has arrived, and the activities of the monks have been greatly affected.

Although the Lianyun Merchant Alliance took the opportunity to occupy the original market of Lingyuanzhai, it transferred a lot of Lingyuan rice from other places for sale.

 But for now, it cannot satisfy the tens of thousands of casual cultivators left in Dahefang.

 There are also many monks in the Luotian Society who have suffered greatly.

 In this case, Dantang can provide Bigu Powder at a low price, which is very popular.

 Compared with whole grains, bigu powder, which contains a little spiritual energy and can fill the stomach, is much better.

 After the rice grains, Tangquan took charge of refining Zhongmiao Pills.

At this time, Mi Li, who had washed his hands, held a little boy and stood in the corner to watch.

 Luo Chen held his hands in front of him and looked calm.

 “How many times has this happened?”

 “I don’t know, but it must have been hundreds of times!”

 “After refining it so many times, it never succeeded? Can he really do it?”

“Who knows, after all, Uncle Tang Quan is the elder Zeng Wen and holds a high position of authority.”

“But doesn’t the president feel distressed by such a waste of medicinal materials?”

Humbled voices of discussion came from the helpers of the medicine and fireworkers.

Even though Tangquan had long been used to it, he felt a little sad at the moment.

This is Dantang, the last raw material for Zhongmiaowan!

If it fails again, I am afraid that Guilin Luo Chen will not be obsessed with this elixir in the future.

Everyone knows that Luo Tianhui’s focus is now on chalcedony elixir.

Thinking about these, Tangquan began to refine Zhongmiao Pills.

 Halfway through, a slightly burnt smell came out.

 It’s so familiar!

Tangquan’s heart sank.

At this moment, Luo Chen pulled him behind.

“Look, this is how the Zhongmiao Pills are made.”

“I will only demonstrate this for the last time. If you still fail in the future, it will prove that you really have no talent for alchemy.”

After taking over from Tangquan, Luo Chen injected a spiritual power into the Ziyun Copper Furnace.

 The spiritual power enters the furnace, which first prevents further dissolution of the medicinal power.

 Separate first, then fuse!

Luo Chen’s hands and fingers are flying like flowers, free and easy.

　　Everyone was dazzled by the sight, and they felt that it was completely different from before Tangquan.

Luo Chen didn't care about this. His mind was all focused on the alchemy furnace, and he used spiritual power from time to time.

 The fireman next to him was also under his command, increasing or decreasing the size of the fire.

 About a cup of tea, a refreshing scent of elixir flew out of the copper stove.

"rise!"

The furnace lid floated up, and Luo Chen reached out to grab it.

 Soon, ten dark red pills with three cloud patterns printed on them fell into his hand.

 The boiling temperature seems to be absent.

Luo Chen threw it away, and Tang Quan hurriedly caught it.

 “Top grade!”

Mi Li next to him exclaimed, "President, your alchemy skills have improved again!"

Looking at those pills, Tang Quan was extremely shocked.

 It is not a secret that the president can refine top-grade Zhongmiao Pills.

 However, this furnace just now was already on the verge of failure!

 In such a bad situation, he was able to reverse the failure, and in the end he condensed it into an elixir with ease, and even the finished product was the best!

  What a profound alchemy this is.

 After the shock, there was immense bitterness and frustration.

 Do you really have no talent for alchemy?

　While he was in a daze, Luo Chen had already walked around him and walked outside.

When passing by the door of the alchemy room, Luo Chen paused.

  He rubbed Qu Lingjun’s little head and asked with a smile: “Have you fully understood the Baicao Atlas?”

Qu Lingjun raised his head and looked at Luo Chen with admiration.

 He nodded excitedly.

“I’ve memorized it all, and my understanding has passed the test. Sister Mi Li can testify!”

Luo Chen looked at Mi Li, who nodded gently.

“I’ve taken his test several times. I made mistakes at first, but now I can basically get everything right.”

“When it comes to understanding the Baicao Atlas, he is at the forefront even among the medical practitioners.”

 Looks like he is indeed a smart and good boy!

 It’s a pity that the talent is a bit lacking.

 Luo Chen glanced over and saw that the other person was exuding faint spiritual power fluctuations.

 This is the sign of entering the first level of Qi refining.

 However, the fluctuations in spiritual power are too weak, almost nonexistent.

 As far as he knew, Qu Lingjun started practicing a month ago.

 As the only Miaomiao in the Qu family who can practice, Qu Hancheng will definitely not treat him badly.

 But after one month, is this the only level?

Luo Chen thought of Yuan Xiaoyue. It only took him a month to go from the second level to the third level of Qi Refining.

 After thinking for a while, Luo Chen took out a small bottle.

“Very good, you have perfectly completed the task I assigned you, and this is your reward.”

 Qu Lingjun happily took it and wanted to open it, but was stopped by Luo Chen.

 “I’ll see you when I get home!”

That deep look made Qu Lingjun immediately understand its meaning.

 He is a sensible child and immediately bowed and thanked me.

Luo Chen didn't care, turned around and left the alchemy room, leaving a group of people to clean up the mess.

Like a little grown-up, Qu Lingjun followed the others, cleaning the alchemy furnace, repairing the fire pit, and replacing the fire-proof bricks.

 When encountering the remaining medicinal residues, collect them with great care.

Mi Li asked him with a gentle smile, these medicine residues are of no use and are usually buried in the wilderness, so why do they need to be collected?

  Qu Lingjun just said with wide eyes that these are the dregs of successful medicines. If you collect them and compare them with those that have failed, you may be able to find other differences between success and failure.

Outside the alchemy room, Luo Chen, who was about to return to the stone house, paused for a moment.

 He also has the habit of learning lessons from each failure.

 However, he never seemed to pay attention to the remaining residue of the successfully refined elixir.

 It’s like doing a math problem.

 Many people get the wrong answer and look for the wrong step.

 But few people, after getting the correct answer, study the meaning of each step in the calculation process.

 Because, people are immersed in the joy of success.

 Whether it’s refining elixirs or doing questions.

“Although it’s better than nothing, it did open up a new idea for me.”

Luo Chen chuckled and stopped paying attention.

 After returning to the stone house, he activated the formation and went down the mine tunnel to Changyin Mountain.

Tuyue Technique and Wave Technique have both reached the perfect level.

 In terms of evaluation among immortal cultivators, it can be regarded as somewhere between a small success and a great success, and it is already running smoothly.

 He is going to try it today. The three spells of fireball, earth mountain, and wave are combined into one, and the second-level spell Landslide is derived from it!

 …

“Lingjun, stop playing in the mud, it’s time to practice.”

 “Grandpa, I didn’t play in the mud!”

Qu Hancheng gave a helpless smile and pulled the dirty Qu Lingjun up from the edge of the basin.

He looked down and smelled a fragrant smell mixed with burnt husk.

 “Is this medicine residue?”

 “No, this is no ordinary medicine residue!”

 Qu Lingjun smiled proudly, "This is the dregs of medicine between failure and success!"

"Um?"

“Forget it, grandpa, you are old and don’t understand this.”

 “Tch, you brat, go and wash up.”

While Qu Lingjun was washing up, Qu Hancheng looked at the darkening sky and looked at the former Dahei City in the distance.

 Now, it’s a ghost town.

 All his descendants, including his son, daughter-in-law, and two little grandsons who had no spiritual roots, all died inside.

"Dexian, go with peace of mind! I will definitely train Lingjun into a powerful monk."

With determination in his heart, Qu Hancheng took out two jade bottles from his storage bag.

 The former is a low-grade chalcedony pill, which he bought and hoarded at the internal price when he was in the Poshan Gang.

 It is very suitable for use in Qu Lingjun’s realm.

 The latter is a Qi-nourishing pill, which he recently bought at a high price from the black market in the southern part of the outer city.

This product is produced by Yaowang Zong and has mild efficacy and no sequelae.

“Taking too much low-grade chalcedony pill will cause the sequelae of jade in the pubic area.”

“Logically, Lingjun should be allowed to take the Qi Nourishing Pill, but I...”

Qu Hancheng thought that he didn't have long to live, and he had been seriously injured. He really didn't have a few years to live.

Working as a firework deacon in the Alchemy Hall, even though the president gave him several salary increases, the amount of spiritual stones he earned in a month was only close to that of a late-stage Qi Refining monk.

“Qi-nourishing pills are getting more and more expensive, and I can’t buy many of them with my spiritual stones.”

“Save these bottles for now. When Lingjun is in the middle stage of Qi refining, stop using the Chalcedony Pill and use this Qi Nourishing Pill again!”

 After making the decision, Qu Hancheng put away the bottle of Qi Nourishing Pill very preciously.

 When Qu Lingjun finished washing and ran out naked, he laughed and scolded him and asked him to get dressed and practice.

Unexpectedly, Qu Lingjun stood on the bed, shook the bird, and loudly said with reason:

"don't want!"

“I heard the president say two days ago that getting close to nature and experiencing the great road are the foundation for spiritual practice.”

“Practice wearing clothes will make it difficult for me to absorb the spiritual energy from the outside world.”

Qu Hancheng looked confused. Is there any other way to say this?

 The left and right sides are nothing more than a layer of close-fitting outer clothing.

 But when he thought it was Luo Chen who said it, he couldn't help but believe it tentatively.

"Okay, do whatever you want. This is the pill that I will use today. Before practicing, swallow one first."

 While talking, the old man raised a brazier in the corner.

 The charcoal fire started, bringing a touch of warmth to the room.

 He opened the window a crack again, allowing a little bit of the cold wind and air outside to seep in.

　　　Neither let the grandson freeze nor let anything happen to him in the house.

It’s hard for this little old man.

But looking back, I found that Qu Lingjun did not practice directly.

Instead, he squatted on the bed and stared blankly at a pill in his hand.

“It’s just a low-grade chalcedony pill, what’s so good about it...”

  Qu Hancheng was stunned.

 Because the elixir in the child's hand clearly has three cloud patterns, which means it is not a low-grade chalcedony elixir.

 It’s a top-grade chalcedony pill!

 He grabbed the elixir with a nervous expression, "Where did you get it?"

Qu Lingjun pouted, "The president gave it to me today, saying that I can memorize the Baicao Atlas well." The president gave it to me!

Originally, he was worried that Qu Lingjun had stolen it, but when he heard that it was Luo Chen who gave it to him, his heart dropped.

Whether we, the old Qujia, are in the Poshan Gang or the Luo Tianhui, we stand out from the many casual cultivators step by step by being honest and concentrating on our work.

　Stealing is a taboo!

 It must not be contaminated.

 After heaving a sigh of relief, Qu Hancheng finally reacted.

 “High-quality Chalcedony Pill!”

 “Oh my God!”

“Has the president’s alchemy skills actually improved to this level? How long has passed since then, and he has actually refined a high-quality chalcedony pill.”

"If Gang Leader Mi was still alive, he would be extremely happy."

　　While he was talking to himself, Qu Lingjun held him back.

“Grandpa, please don’t tell anyone about this matter!”

"Um?"

 Qu Hancheng didn’t understand. The president’s attainments in alchemy had made another breakthrough. Why couldn’t he tell the outside world?

  Qu Lingjun's face was sullen, imitating Luo Chen's demeanor during the day, and stared at his grandfather.

He said seriously: "You must not tell anyone, this is what the president wants!"

 Qu Hancheng opened his mouth, but he was a little unable to react to his grandson's expression and tone.

 In a trance, there is a hint of dusty charm.

 In this case, he also stopped thinking about promoting the president's reputation to the outside world.

 It’s not a good idea to flatter a horse’s hooves.

 But this time, he hesitated.

 Should my grandson use a low-grade chalcedony pill or a high-grade one?

 “The best one!”

“Since the president has rewarded a bottle, he must have considered Lingjun’s realm.”

“Furthermore, he seems to like this child quite a lot. If he gets to the Lingjun realm as soon as possible, he can also help with things, and maybe he can be reused.”

“Just keep these low-grade chalcedony pills for me to use. Anyway, I have never taken a few pills in my life.”

Having found a reason to enjoy himself, Qu Hancheng urged his grandson to practice.

He stood at the door and gave up the air in the room to Qu Lingjun, so that the spiritual energy would not be absorbed by him.

Facing the biting cold wind, Qu Hancheng pulled out a pipe from his waist.

  Skillfully used the fireball technique to light the pipe and took a sip.

I just feel that the tobacco leaves that used to be choking have a hint of sweetness.

 …

 Sadness creeps onto the face.

Luo Chen wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and drank a small sip of pulse-replenishing liquid.

 He lowered his head and looked at the small raised earth bag not far away.

 “Is this the power of the second-level spell?”

 “Gan!”

“Zhenlong Black Market won’t sell pirated and fake goods!”

 After cursing and complaining, Luo Chen recalled the situation at that time.

 According to the secret book, as long as all three spells reach the level of Xiaocheng, you can start practicing "Landslide".

His current Fireball Technique is perfect, Earth Moon Technique is perfect level, Wave Technique is perfect level, and he has already surpassed the level of Xiaocheng.

 However, the three techniques cannot be combined into one!

 “What went wrong?”

 The basic conditions are already met, so why does it still fail?

 Luo Chen did not doubt his magic talent.

Even compared to the alchemy skills that are coveted in the foundation building stage and the golden elixir stage, his spell talent is genuine.

 I have learned so many spells, but none of them rely on the system to get started.

 It was all on his own, through hard work alone.

While thinking, Luo Chen looked at the little dirtbag.

 This is the effect of Earth Moon Technique.

If it were to be used with all its strength, it should be at least tens of meters tall.

 But when he was released just now, the spiritual energy in his body was disordered, and he went berserk for a moment.

Not only did the operation fail, but his meridians were slightly damaged.

 Fortunately, I got the pulse-replenishing liquid from Gao Tingyuan's inheritance, otherwise today would have been a waste of more than gain.

 “Where’s the water?”

“I also activated the wave technique, but I didn’t see any water droplets, not even the water aura.”

“It can’t be Earth Moon Technique and Wave Technique. I haven’t mastered it yet!”

 In doubt, Luo Chen suddenly reacted.

Perhaps it’s not that he hasn’t mastered these two prerequisite spells.

 It's just that the skill of fireball is too high.

 Dzogchen’s Fireball Technique is pushed to the extreme, even comparable to the second-level Fire Element Fierce Sun Technique.

 The three techniques are combined into one, which is about balance and then explosion.

If balance cannot be reached first, how can there be an explosion?

 As a result, it can only be detonated in advance.

 And if it detonates in advance, the one who is injured is the caster!

“So, what I’m going to do is level up the two pre-spells.”

“Or, control the spiritual power input of the fireball spell?”

 The first two require hard work, at least they can be calculated in units of "months".

 As for the latter, it is actually easier to handle.

 In the past few months, he has been optimizing the fireball technique.

 The Dzogchen spiritual vision technique made him even more powerful.

 Until now, the optimization of Fireball has reached a very advanced level.

If it is fused again to form the Fierce Sun Technique, the power will be even three points higher than before.

Even if you give him enough time to drain all his spiritual power, he will definitely be able to unleash a brilliant blow.

If you just control the amount of spiritual power input, this is not difficult to solve.

Luo Chen wanted to continue practicing the spell, but his eyes narrowed slightly.

 Under the night, an old wolf exuding a powerful aura was climbing up the mountain from a hundred miles away.

Soon, a shrill, deep wolf howl resounded through the barren mountains and ancient forests.

“It’s hard to continue practicing this technique today.”

“That’s all, now that I have found the general problem, I will be able to master this technique sooner or later.”

Without hesitation, Luo Chen turned around and left.

 Happy wind spread out, the wind roared, and black clouds hid the figure.

 In an instant, Luo Chen disappeared from Changyin Mountain without a trace.

 …

 Back in Xianyue Valley, Luo Chen did not practice directly.

 In the past few days, the raw material processing of Tongyou Pill has been completed.

 Ten processed main materials were placed in his storage bag.

“It doesn’t matter, after all, the means of protecting the Dao are only for protecting the Dao, and cultivation is the foundation.”

“First refine the Tongyou Pill and increase your cultivation level first!”

System, getting started!

 Without the slightest hesitation.

 Ten achievement points are wiped from the panel.

On the property panel, there is an additional entry.

 【Tongyoudan 1/100】

According to past experience, the extra "1" represents the acquiescence that Luo Chen has already had a successful experience.

 That is why it will be evaluated as entry-level.

 Don’t underestimate this “1”.

 Without this “1”, no one knows how many failures they would have experienced before.

 At least Luo Chen realized from Tang Quan the frustration caused by not being able to succeed even once.

Tangquan has refined it more than a hundred times in order to get started with Zhongmiaowan.

 Based on the cost of five spiritual stones, he has wasted five hundred low-grade spiritual stones.

  What is this concept?

 When Luo Chen started from scratch, his total net worth was only fifty spiritual stones.

 Five hundred spiritual stones required him to start all over again and make another comeback ten times!

 Even, there is no hope of success.

Only when you succeed once can you remember the most wonderful memory and learn more successful experiences from the successful memory.

In a word, successful people always succeed!

Faint thoughts passed by, and Luo Chen released the Four Elephant Cauldron.

This is the magic weapon he is most familiar with now, even above the Ziyun Copper Furnace, Xuanyun Cauldron and Divine Wood Cauldron.

 “Old man Mi, I miss you very much!”

With a reminiscence, Luo Chen lit the fire by himself, and then poured in the medicinal materials one by one.

 “Zhanxingcao, bamboo yellow…”

“Phantom grass, separated by blue orange grass juice…”

"The last thing is the blood of the snow fox demon, so...that's not right!"

Just for a moment, Luo Chen woke up from his trance.

 And just from this trance, the pungent fishy smell came over the surface.

 He rose into the air and looked down at the situation in the cauldron.

 A large stream of snow-white solid liquid mixture flows through it.

The pungent and fishy smell comes from this.

Luo Chen’s face was gloomy, he failed!

 It failed even before it reached the stage of fusion of medicinal power.

 Let alone the step of Hedan.

“Just stimulating the blood of the snow fox demon and the hallucinogenic feeling made me addicted for a moment.”

“In just this moment, the refining failed!”

“This is the only counterattack from an elixir that I have encountered in all my years of alchemy refining.”

 This situation is rare.

 In other words, there is!

 But it generally only exists in high-level elixirs.

For example, some high-level elixir refining processes that use living animals to refine elixirs must face counterattacks from the elixir raw materials.

I didn’t expect that this would happen to everyone who uses Tongyou Pill.

“It may be caused by the fact that the elixir I completed did not inhibit the hallucinogenic ability in the snow fox demon’s blood.”

“But we have already started, and it is too late to temporarily change and optimize the recipe.”

“I have to find a way to prevent me from being hallucinated while refining the elixir.”

 If there is a problem, solve it!

Luo Chen was not discouraged. He had experienced many failures.

 Without these failures, how could there be more successes?

It's just that in this short day, he experienced spell failure and alchemy failure, which really made him exhausted.

“Maybe it’s also related to being too tired during this period.”

“It just so happens that my meridians were slightly damaged today and I need to rest for a while.”

“I won’t practice any more today. I’ll just take the golden jade liquid and clear liquid, and then go to bed!”

Luo Chen understands the principle that going too far is not enough.

 He decisively chose to go to bed.

Needless to say, I slept quite peacefully this time.

 …

 (End of this chapter)