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

Chapter 284: Foundation Building Pill Success, Master's Misfortune (First Update)
The restrictions in the alchemy furnace began to emit five-colored light, sometimes bright and sometimes dim, as Liu He performed the alchemy formula.

The sound of boiling water came from the furnace, sometimes strong and sometimes weak, and a faint gray smoke rose from the reserved gaps.

Liu He said softly: "The materials for the elixir are conceived with the five elements to balance their properties. Humans are born with all five elements. Only in this way can this foundation-building elixir be universal."

Li Qinglue thought about it and found that the materials he had just invested in the elixir were basically balanced in the four elements except for water.

The essence of the mysterious water encompasses all kinds of elixirs and reacts with them, which is in line with the principle of balance of the five elements.

Although Liu He did not understand the key to the alchemy technique he was practicing, it ultimately followed the principles of the five elements and their natural cycle.

Afterwards, Liu He invested in a variety of spiritual materials.

Some of them were in complete shape, and Li Qing could tell what they were at a glance; but some had been processed through multiple processes and could no longer be restored to their original appearance.

Liu He would sometimes explain a thing or two, and sometimes would not mention it at all. Apparently, some links involved secrets that could not be passed on to others.

But Li Qing compared the pill recipe he had obtained and roughly understood the properties of these spiritual materials. It would not be easy to formulate them by following the clues when he went back, but it would definitely not be impossible.

Finally, the fourth main ingredient, Chongming grass, was thrown into the furnace by Liu He.

With a muffled "hum" sound, the light emitted from the alchemy furnace was completely extinguished, leaving only the alchemy fire slowly baking.

Chongming grass is a second-grade medium-quality spiritual herb that is accompanied by a light orange light from the moment it sprouts.

Every winter, the Chongming grass would fall into a deep sleep, and its light would fade away until the next summer, when it would reappear.

In this way, after nine summers and nine winters, the cistanche deserticola will be fully mature and its light will be restrained, then it can be used as medicine.

The most stringent requirement is that Chongmingcao cannot be preserved for a long time and must be used within three days of picking, otherwise its effectiveness will be completely lost.

Liu He was silent for a moment before he said, "This step is to use the characteristics of the radiant light to make the spirituality of the foundation-building pill nine transformations. The pills achieved in this way are the purest."

Li Qing raised his eyebrows: "This step, using the Nine Mysterious Fruit is the same, right?"

Liu He hummed, staring at the alchemy furnace in a trance. After a long while, he said, "Strictly speaking, Chongming Grass is a lower-level substitute for Jiuxuan Fruit."

Li Qing smiled and said, "That year, I happened to encounter frost in June and ice disaster in summer. The seasonal Chongming grass was almost completely destroyed, so I had to use Jiuxuan fruit as a substitute."

Liu He nodded: "Except for the seasonal Chongming grass, all other low-year grasses have also died. The neighboring countries have imposed an embargo on the Great Zhou, and it will take nine years to sow and harvest again."

"But my life span is coming to an end, and I can't wait for nine years. So I can only take the risk of planting the Jiuxuan Fruit." Li Qing added.

"There is just one thing I have never understood. How did the Leng family's ancestor know that I offered the Nine Mysterious Fruit and asked you to make an elixir?"

If the ancestor of the Leng family had not intervened, Li Qing would have at least obtained an authentic foundation-building pill, and perhaps he would not have failed in his foundation-building.

Although he lost in one place, he gained in another. Li Qing was able to build a foundation with the Way of Heaven and surpass his peers, but the disappointment he felt back then was real.

Liu He was silent.

Li Qing didn't need to think about it, the answer was already self-evident: it was simply that one of Liu He's disciples didn't keep his mouth shut and the news leaked out.

At that time, because of his extraordinary insights into alchemy, Liu He treated him as a close friend regardless of age difference, which perhaps really offended many people.

So when he was refining the Foundation Establishment Pill, someone tipped off; when he was planting the Nine Mysterious Fruit, someone went to Yanling Valley to inform on him.

The human heart is something that is easy to understand yet difficult to understand.

And Liu He was willing to take the risk this time. While avoiding the leakage of the secret, he taught the tricks of refining the foundation-building pill one by one. In fact, he was more of an apology to Li Qing.

As for the two guys who betrayed him, one had been killed by Liu Yuan's master; the other one was not met in Liu He's cave, and it would be difficult to meet him in the future.

"Puff, puff, puff..." The heat from the furnace rose, waking up the two people who were looking at each other in silence. Li Qing looked carefully and saw the strange images of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements appearing in it.

Liu He shouted softly, chanted a mantra, made finger gestures with his hands, formed a special restriction and flew into the furnace.

There was a loud "clang" and the lid of the furnace was opened.

Li Qing clearly saw that there were actually five pills among them.

Only two of them were round and shiny, making people's hearts flutter. The other three were bumpy, full of cracks and uneven.

"Are these two genuine ones and three inferior ones?" Li Qing asked softly.

Liu He shook his head: "We can't make a conclusion until the last moment." Then he threw in the last main ingredient, the black snake skin.

The Black Snake Shed, as the name suggests, is the shed skin of a second-grade top-grade spiritual beast called the Black Snake.

What is special is that the black snake sheds its skin in one piece, and after sealing the nine orifices, it can be complete and leak-free.

The spiritual fire burned brightly, and the originally ordinary snake skin suddenly expanded violently, turning into a snake shape and swallowing the five pills into its stomach one by one.

Liu He said: "The foundation-building pill is envied by the heavens. Only by using spiritual materials such as the black snake's molt, transforming it once and overcoming the calamity of pill formation, can it be considered complete."

Li Qing nodded, knowing that this thing had similar effects to the golden cicada shell in the elixir recipe he had obtained.

However, the golden cicada molt is small, and one can only swallow one foundation-building pill, so it needs to be invested as needed. It is not as convenient as the black snake molt, but the price will be much cheaper.

Suddenly, a crisp "crack" sound came from the black snake's skin.

Liu He felt a little regretful: "There are only four left. I thought there were more, so I gave you one."

Before he finished speaking, there was another "pop" sound, and apparently another Foundation Establishment Pill was wasted.

"What's going on!" Liu He was furious and full of doubts. "Based on the quality of this Xuanyang Ginseng, the chance of it becoming a pill should be very high."

Li Qing was stunned. He carefully examined the foundation-building pill wrapped by the black snake's molt and suddenly discovered something: "Brother Dao..."

Liu He looked up and found that he was pointing at a place under the black snake's neck. There were two small holes leaking air.

"Why is there a missing piece of the Black Snake Shell?" Liu He was furious. But he had taken this item out of his storage bag and had never left his sight from beginning to end, so he couldn't figure out the reason for it.

Li Qing reminded: "No matter how the snake skin was damaged, there are still three foundation-building pills waiting for you to save it."

Liu He suddenly shuddered and quickly performed a series of alchemy techniques.

Finally, the black snake's shed burst into golden light, expanded violently, and filled the room with starlight.

In the furnace, a foundation-building pill was still round and shiny, which was very pleasing to the eye.

Although the other two pills had their edges smoothed and their depressions filled, they were ultimately altered after all and were not as round as the original ones.

"What a shame! How hateful!" Liu He kicked the alchemy furnace over. "If I knew who was behind this, I would never let him off!"

He didn't have the time to explain the Foundation Establishment Pill to Li Qing anymore. He waved his hand to lift the restriction, took the three pills and went out.

"Today, there was a mistake in the pill making process. There is only one genuine pill left and two inferior ones. Let's distribute them according to what we agreed beforehand!"

Li Qing looked down at the overturned alchemy furnace, and thought of the leaky black snake skin, and had some vague guesses in his mind.

"Tsk! What sins did Brother Liu commit in his previous life that earned him this group of debt collectors in this life?"

(End of this chapter)