Immortality Begins with the Master of Alchemy

Chapter 686: System cheating, finding a new way, combining three pills into one, passing the assessment

Regarding the recipe for Linggen Dan, Luo Chen prepared the root of heaven and earth as the main material, and thirteen medicinal materials such as night feather flower and purple king leaf as auxiliary materials.

In addition, there are dozens of medicinal materials as auxiliary materials, which can be replaced at any time.

 Sounds like a small amount?

 Actually, this number is already quite large.

From Luo Chen's point of view, although the conjectures left by Demon Lord Liantian are a bit outrageous, in the final analysis they are for the use of mortals who have not embarked on the path of cultivation.

 Therefore, the grade of Linggen Pill must not be too high.

　　It is too high, and even ordinary people cannot bear the relatively terrifying power of the medicine.

 As for normal first- and second-level elixirs, the number of main ingredients is not like that of third- and fourth-level elixirs that exist at the same time.

 In terms of auxiliary materials, Luo Chen has already selected enough.

 At the same time, it is necessary to give full play to the advantages of Heaven and Earth Root, and at the same time avoid some of its shortcomings as much as possible. The matching of auxiliary materials involved is extremely difficult even for a fourth-level alchemist and requires careful consideration.

 Fortunately, now that the main line has been established, just explore a little bit.

Within the Alchemy Realm, Luo Chen's figure shuttled between the mountains and five lakes, and the medicine on his back was filled and changed again, and again and again.

Every piece of medicinal material he needed was picked out by himself.

I have to say that this is a tedious but rewarding job.

Luo Chen also used some of the knowledge he learned from the bamboo slips in his study to actually collect herbs. In addition, some of his experience in collecting herbs came from the accumulation of medicine in the first half of his life.

It was also at this time that he suddenly realized why most of the medicinal materials in this world are five hundred years old or less?

In a valley depression, Luo Chen carefully dug out a piece of dry Chen Zhibai, a medicinal material similar to Polygonum multiflorum.

 Standing up, the Taoist looked around.

“If this world is a medicine garden specially set up for the assessment of spiritual root pills, then it is natural that the age of these medicinal materials is low.”

“Mortal people cannot afford the powerful medicinal power brought by medicinal materials that are too old.”

“But, how does the Heavenly Refining Demon Lord keep the age of these medicinal materials neither too high nor too low? There is no method that I know of that can achieve this.”

With a sigh of relief, Luo Chen started looking for the next medicinal material.

 Collecting herbs is just a trivial task.

 It took about half a month for Luo Chen to successfully collect most of the medicinal materials he needed in the alchemy world.

 Then he returned to the Stone House Pharmacy and started different treatments.

Each medicinal material has different processing methods. Some can be used directly as medicine, some need to be dried in advance, and some need to be ground into powder for later use.

It was during this process that Luo Chen gained a deeper understanding of these medicinal materials, and also had more ideas about the spiritual root elixir recipe he had written before.

While keeping the main material of Tiandigen unchanged, he tried to change the auxiliary materials.

 Time passes little by little.

 Another half year passed, when everything was ready.

 Luo Chen did not directly start trying to make alchemy.

 Instead, he concentrated hard and opened the properties panel.

 There was no uneasiness on his face, because he had already tried to open the properties panel before.

However, unlike the basic attributes that are usually opened, this time he only clicked on the alchemist part of the career chapter.

 Career:

 【Fourth level alchemist】

 【Alchemy: Scales to the Dzogchen Hand, Burning Crane Hand to the Dzogchen, Dzogchen Alchemy (Click to view details)】

 【Level 4 elixirs: 5/100 for the entry level of the Transformation Pill, 30/100 for the entry level of the Purple Air Poison Control Pill

Third-level elixirs: Starry Pill Dzogchen, True Flame Pill Dzogchen, and Introduction to Mingyuan Pill 6/100

 Second-level elixir: Huayu Powder is perfect 376/500

 First-level elixir: Water Condensation Pill Dzogchen

 More Dzogchen elixirs (click to view details)】

 After most of the content has been reduced, a simple alchemist attribute panel is displayed in front of you.

 Compared to the past, there are several more unfamiliar elixir entries, but they are not actually unfamiliar.

Zi Qi Poison Control Pill was specially modified by Luo Chen from a fourth-level poison avoidance pill recipe for Purple Spirit Island and his party. After the success of the group on Purple Spirit Island, Luo Chen stopped there and kept a few spare ones before refining them.

 Among the third-level elixirs, the one that has not yet been perfected is the Mingyuan Dan. This is a type of elixir he learned in order to break through the golden elixir stage.

Among the second-level elixirs, Huayu Powder was added. This was a new elixir he learned in order to recover from the injuries he had sustained on his body earlier in order to refine his body.

But at this moment, none of this matters.

 Luo Chen glanced at the number of achievement points at the end of the panel [300]

 This is his greatest reliance!

 Originally, he had 334 achievement points, but in order to quickly learn the fourth-level Kai Mao technique, he spent 34 points. This consumption was worth it to Luo Chen, and it was somewhat beyond his expectation.

Originally, I thought that the fourth-level spell would cost more achievement points. However, after mastering the prerequisites of opening Mao Shu, Yuan Dan Shu and Locking Bead Curtain, I only spent 34 points to successfully get started.

There are now a full 300 points left, which gives Luo Chen great confidence for this time's derivation of the elixir recipe.

"Even if someone is ahead of me, if the test questions are the same, no matter how good the alchemy skills are, as long as they don't reach the level of Zhongzhou Alchemy Sage, they will have to make trial and error little by little, spending countless time and energy."

“But I am different. I have the panel in hand and there is no need to waste a lot of time!”

“Even the refining process can save energy.”

Luo Chen smiled slightly, feeling more and more confident.

In his opinion, the forerunners may have high attainments in alchemy, otherwise they would not have passed the first level in less than three years since the Land of the Fallen Demon was launched.

  Can we say it is comparable to the legendary alchemist in Zhongzhou?

That is impossible.

How could that kind of existence come here and be in danger?

With a faint smile, Luo Chen took a deep breath and recalled the spiritual root pill recipe he had prepared before.

 In an instant, the corresponding information flowed out of the system silently.

  【Unknown recipe detected, incomplete version, should it be completed? 】

Luo Chen frowned. This was the prescription he was most confident in after carefully selecting it. He felt that he was extremely mature.

Is it still a incomplete version?

With a thought in my mind, another prescription was sent to the system.

  【Unknown recipe detected, incomplete version, should it be completed? 】

  【Unknown recipe detected, incomplete version, should it be completed? 】

 It is incomplete again and again, and asked whether it is complete again and again, which means that the prescriptions deduced by Luo Chen are not mature.

Luo Chen was in a slightly unhappy mood, but not too heavy.

 In his opinion, this spiritual root elixir is only of the second level, and it only takes ten achievement points to complete it.

 But he resisted the urge to complete.

“This is still the first level. No one knows how many more levels there will be and how difficult they will be. The three hundred achievement points are what I have accumulated over the years and give me the greatest confidence. It’s best not to waste them easily.”

After murmuring, Luo Chen returned to the desk and continued to write furiously.

He tried to make new permutations and combinations for the system to detect, but all the combinations of medicinal materials were incomplete under the system's detection.

 A few days later, Luo Chen, who was sitting blankly on a chair with red eyes, suddenly moved.

“I wanted to take a shortcut, but maybe I took a sidetrack?”

Looking at the dense drafts on the table, Luo Chen clearly felt that he was getting further and further away from success.

 He found the first few prescriptions from among the drafts.

 After reading tens of thousands of papers, your initial intuition should be right.

 The reason why it is incomplete should not be the combination of medicinal materials, but the portion quota...

 After having this idea, he began to change his mind to modify the recipe.

 …

 Another month later, Luo Chen got a satisfactory answer from the system.

  【Complete spiritual root elixir recipe detected, second level. 】

　　【Are you getting started? 】

 In an instant, surprise appeared on his face.

 Sure enough, this idea is feasible.

 By reading a large number of medicinal materials and relying on personal understanding, we can select the best solution and narrow down the scope.

 Then correct the quota of medicinal materials, even adjust the refining method, and then use the system to check whether it is complete.

 In this way, most problems that alchemists cannot improve can be solved.

Perhaps doing so seems to be a despicable way of taking shortcuts. But Luo Chen is not a pedantic person, and a little sense of moral guilt will not affect him.

 Because he had already researched the specific recipe himself, success was just around the corner. He just used the system to speed up the process and avoid unnecessary trial and error.

“Then let’s start trying to refine it!”

With a murmur, Luo Chen walked towards the alchemy room and took out the Hunyuan Cauldron.

This time, he did not choose to use achievement points to get started directly.

 The elixir formula is derived by itself, and everything is under his control.

 The additional level is only the second level, and his current alchemy skills are more than enough.

 The large amount of medicinal materials prepared previously came in handy at this time.

 A few months later.

In the alchemy room, there is a strange fragrance of elixir wafting out.

Luo Chen held several mixed-colored pills in his hand, with a look of relief on his face.

 “Is this a success?”

He looked around and saw nothing strange!

 Ke Linggen Dan has indeed been refined by him.

At this moment, a slightly weak voice exploded in the air, echoing in the alchemy room.

“The elixir is a second-order low-grade pill that can temporarily replace spiritual roots and absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. Taking it can ensure that the potency of the medicine does not fade for ten years.”

 “The assessment result is inferior and unqualified.”

As soon as these words came out, Luo Chen's expression changed drastically.

 I was both shocked by the appearance of the sound and puzzled by the evaluation of the assessment results.

 “Where does this sound come from?”

 “Who sent it again?”

 “Why do you feel a sense of weakness that cannot be concealed?”

It is naturally impossible for anyone to answer these questions for him.

Luo Chen took a deep breath and cast all his doubts on the assessment results.

 “It shouldn’t be!”

“Obviously the elixirs have been refined, but my own systematic evaluation contains complete elixir recipes. How could it be...”

Muttering to himself, Luo Chen suddenly recalled the content of that voice.

“It can temporarily replace spiritual roots and absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. Taking it can keep the potency of the medicine for ten years.”

This article is a description of the medicinal power of the spiritual root pill he made. How could the other party make such an evaluation if he has never taken this pill?

 It’s a pity that there is no one to test the medicine in front of me.

Luo Chen was heartbroken and swallowed the Spiritual Root Pill. He immediately sat cross-legged and meditated to feel the changes in the medicine's power.

 A mere second-level elixir, considering his current level, it is no problem. Even if there is a backlash, he can still resist!

 One day later, Luo Chen vaguely realized the problem.

“This spiritual root pill does have the effect of temporarily absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth on behalf of the spiritual root, but the medicine is too powerful and only Qi Refining monks can withstand it.”

“But the people this elixir is intended for are mortals, and they just want to use this elixir to practice to the Qi refining stage.”

 “In this case, they are contradictory.”

 For a moment, Luo Chen looked uncertain.

 In the end, I still underestimated the ability of mortals to withstand pills.

 The second level is already beyond the category!

 How to solve it?

 Refining a first-level spiritual root elixir?

That's impossible. A first-level elixir cannot have such a miraculous effect. An elixir that has been refined for five hundred years using the roots of heaven and earth as its main ingredient cannot be of too low a grade.

This doubt lasted for several days.

 Until Luo Chen recalled that when he was in a low state, the process of taking elixirs was different from others.

 Powerful physique, detoxifying pills, etc.

 All of them allow him to withstand more and greater medicinal power in the same realm.

Since the Spiritual Root Pill cannot lower the grade, is it possible to find another way to improve the physique of mortals and help people practice?

Thinking of this, many inspirations suddenly appeared in Luo Chen's mind.

 Immediately, he stepped into the study room and continued writing furiously.

 Three months later, Luo Chen returned to the alchemy room again with two alchemy prescriptions.

This time, he didn't stay in there long.

 In just two months, he had two more pills in his hands.

 At the same time, that slightly weird and weak voice emerged again.

“The five internal organs nourishing elixir is a first-level low-grade elixir that can help ordinary people cultivate the five internal organs.”

"Xueling Tongmai Powder is a first-class low-grade elixir. Long-term use can help mortals open up meridians and open up mysteries."

“Linggen Pill, a second-level low-grade pill, combined with Five Zang-Pui Yuan Pill and Xueling Tongmai Powder, can help people absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and the medicinal power will last for thirty years.”

 “The assessment result is good...passed!”

As soon as these words came out, Luo Chen's face instantly became ecstatic.

 Sure enough!

 His guess was right.

 Since his background cannot further optimize the Spiritual Root Pill, it would be a better choice to find another way to develop an auxiliary elixir that strengthens the mortal body!

 Thirty years!

 This time is enough.

If within thirty years, mortals cannot cultivate to the foundation-building stage with the help of spiritual root pills, then everything will come to a halt.

 But if it happens by luck, then you can build the foundation of the great road!

 At that time, the conjecture of breaking the barrier between immortals and mortals has been initially completed.

As for the matter of how to cultivate to the foundation building stage with the help of Danlinggen, and how to practice in the future, Luo Chen can't solve it now.

 In other words, take it one step at a time, and maybe you can find a better way by then.

 At least, the Dantian has turned into the sea, the Qi sea has been opened up, and the foundation of the great road has been built. It is much better than the mortal period.

It is easier to understand if we compare it to those pseudo-alchemists in Beihai who used the inner elixir of monsters to reach the golden elixir stage.

 Pseudo-alchemists are also unable to advance to the middle stage of golden elixir for life.

 Those who have chosen this path are naturally already prepared.

Thinking of this, Luo Chen seemed to have another inspiration in his mind.

 What if we change the path from Danlinggen to Demonic Root?

The details are like clouds and fog, and there is no way to do it, but at least there is a way.

Just when Luo Chen was excited, the surroundings suddenly became illusory.

"This is?"

Luo Chen was surprised and seemed to realize something.

With a thought in his mind, he quickly flew to the study room and swung his big hand towards the bamboo slips.

 However, something unexpected happened.

Those bamboo slips are also fading at the same time.

 “Can’t you take it with you?”

Luo Chen felt a little pity.

 The next moment, the stars changed, and he appeared in a strange land.

 (End of this chapter)