The immortals of the two worlds started from farming and refining pills.

Chapter 27: Spirit Growth, Alchemy

The next morning, Li Qing woke up from his meditation, and the vague image of a green tree in his mind suddenly dissipated.

"Unfortunately, the visualization method is only taught in the Xuan Palace of the Great Zhou Kingdom. Otherwise, I would have been able to obtain a high-level visualization diagram."

"What exactly is this green tree? Did the shadow of the big tree that appeared when I tested my spiritual roots the other day also come from it?"

"How did I become connected with it? Most likely it was because of the spirit bug. But if the contract master had this good fortune, the top warriors in the spirit world would not stop at sky warriors."

There is no point in thinking too much. Li Qing muttered to himself for a while, then put the matter aside for the time being and looked inward at his Dantian.

The transformed Qingmu Jue runs automatically in the body, gathering and refining the spiritual energy of heaven and earth all the time, purifying and strengthening one's own magic power.

The foundation-building injuries that would have taken three to five years to heal could be restored to their original state in half a year at the latest under the nourishment of this vigorous magic power.

This also means that Li Qing has to start accumulating resources for building his foundation again.

"Why is it so tortuous for me to build a foundation?" Li Qing sighed and stood up from the mat.

Outside the cave, the two spirit insects, who had long been impatient to accompany Li Qing in "dual cultivation", were now comfortably absorbing the essence of the same kind of spiritual plants in their own spiritual fields and spiritual pools.

Seeing Li Qing coming out, Acao nodded lazily and began to inspect the red algae growing in the pond and the seeds that had not yet sprouted.

Ah Sun, on the other hand, seemed particularly excited. He swung his tail wildly, splashing the spiritual soil in the field everywhere: "Aiya!"

Li Qing roughly understood its meaning through his spiritual sense: "Do you have a surprise for me?"

Ah Sun nodded happily: "Yeah~"

Li Qing estimated that it was not yet time to start refining the elixir, so he also cooperated: "What's going on? You're keeping me in suspense..."

After Ah Sun came closer, he used the tip of his tail to dig up a small piece of spiritual soil: "Aiya!"

Li Qing looked carefully and found some green sprouts coming out of the soil: "Oh, the lettuce has sprouted... Hey, that's not right?!"

He squatted down and used his spiritual sense to carefully sense the greenness: "Is this the first-grade, high-quality lettuce seeds that I planted yesterday?"

Ah Sun shook his head proudly: "Eh!"

Li Qing couldn't help but wonder, he didn't use any planting spells to induce the growth of the lettuce, how come this spiritual plant sprouted in less than ten days?

Ah Sun tried to hold his head high, but couldn't help pointing at himself with the tip of his tail, and ended up falling flat on his face: "Aa ...

Li Qing was stunned for a moment: "You mean, you grew this lettuce yourself?"

"Yeah!" Asun nodded seriously.

Afraid that Li Qing wouldn't believe it, it jumped onto its own Cordyceps sinensis and connected with it, emitting a green light that shot towards the tender sprouts of the lettuce spirit seeds.

Li Qing felt that the green mango was extremely familiar. Before he could distinguish it, the seed coat of the lettuce completely cracked, and two delicate cotyledons poked out from it.

After finishing this, Ah Sun was obviously very tired, but he still raised his head and looked at Li Qing with expectant eyes: "Yeah."

Li Qing suddenly had an idea in his mind and said in surprise, "Sun, can you help spiritual plants grow?"

Asun nodded repeatedly and kept calling "yeah", looking very proud.

Li Qing was happy but also a little confused: "Don't spirit plants grow only after the spirit insects evolve into spirits? Ah Sun is obviously..."

The green light just now flashed through his mind: "No, A Sun, what you just used was not just your innate ability, right?" A Sun tilted his head to look at him, and tried hard to put himself in a cross-legged position, but since he had no limbs, he looked a little funny and cute.

Then, a magical power that originated from Li Qing flowed through its body and turned into a small lettuce. Unfortunately, it could not last long and disappeared as soon as it was born.

Li Qing was shocked: The spirit insects could actually practice human skills? And they could cultivate this seemingly plausible "Fayou Yuanling" just like the master?
He turned his gaze to Ah Zao again and found that the red algae in the pool had not changed, so he used his spiritual sense to ask: "Did you gain anything?"

Ah Zao tilted his head: "Hmm?" He still looked confused.

Li Qing said regretfully: "It's my greed that's at work. If there's an opportunity like this, then..."

Before he could finish his words, Ah Zao over there suddenly sneezed, and with a "crackling" sound, red flames spurted out of its mouth and nose.

Li Qing's expression froze: "You also got the chance?"

Ah Zao was a little displeased with the flames, so he jumped into the water with a "pop" and put them out: "Umm..."

Li Qing shook his head: "I don't know whether we have achieved this together or I am just taking advantage of you two."

Despite the opportunity, the two inflorescences of the lettuce Cordyceps are still in bud, while the shape of the red algae Cordyceps has not changed.

Li Qing couldn't help but sigh: "This opportunity is actually of no help to the elves' evolution? It seems that these two little ones still need to keep improving themselves..."

He stood up, straightened his gown, and left the cave.

Outside the cave, a reed tent was built overnight.

In addition to a few alchemy apprentices, other low- and middle-grade alchemists in the family had also arrived and were greeting each other in twos and threes.

Seeing Li Qing coming out, everyone hurriedly bowed and greeted him: "Greetings, Fourth Elder."

Li Qing nodded, walked to the futon in the middle of the reed tent and sat down: "Everyone, please take a seat."

Everyone then lined up consciously and found a cushion to sit on.

Li Qing took out the portable alchemy furnace and used the spiritual fire to preheat the furnace inside and outside. "Today, I will refine two kinds of elixirs, a first-level lower-grade fasting pill and a first-level middle-grade nourishing qi pill."

Except for a few apprentices, the other alchemists were somewhat disappointed when they heard this. After all, these were very basic pills.

Unexpectedly, Li Qing said, "I will teach you two tricks for refining the elixir this time, which will be enough to increase the success rate of these two elixirs by 10%."

When these words came out, everyone was stunned at first, some whispered, and some exclaimed: "Fourth Elder Gaoyi!"

It should be understood that in order for an alchemist to make a living, he must either possess an exclusive elixir recipe or master secret tricks, so that he can stand out and gain a place among his peers.

Just as Li Qing said, raising the success rate of pills by 10% would mean more than a 10% increase in profits. Instead, it would be enough to create an overwhelming advantage among the many pill pavilions in the markets around Xuefeng Lake.

This kind of secret is usually not taught to anyone other than biological bloodline or direct disciples. Li Qing actually taught it so generously. How could they not be excited?
Li Qing raised his hand slightly, signaling everyone to be quiet: "These two secrets are extremely valuable. If Ah Zhe had not completed the foundation building and the family had not had support, I would not dare to spread them widely. You should understand them seriously, study them carefully, and do not neglect them!"

Everyone bowed in response.

As he was being told, the furnace was already heated to a high temperature. Li Qing ordered people to bring the ingredients from the warehouse over. “The ingredients used in this Bigu Pill are mainly Crane Bud Rice and Golden Japonica Rice.”

"This sacred peak will be planted in the spring and autumn next year. Everyone should take a good look at it. It will be useful next year."

(End of this chapter)