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

Chapter 340: Alchemy is heart-wrenching, and the crowds are everywhere (4K)

After filtering the bamboo dew with golden oak charcoal, the spiritual materials for refining the "Bamboo Heart Pill" are ready.

Li Qing sent a communication talisman, and all the family alchemists who stayed in Qinghe Valley came to listen.

Since noticing the undercurrent, some of the Li family members who stayed behind in Qinghe Valley have become panic-stricken.

Fortunately, Li Qing, the foundation-building ancestor, is still around, as is his closest blood relative, niece Li Wei, so everyone feels a little relieved.

When they heard that Li Qing was going to start refining the elixir, in addition to the family alchemist, many clansmen came to join in the fun, as if they would be much safer if they could see him in person.

Li Qing let them do as they pleased, and as a result, a large crowd of people gathered in front of the palace, temple and cave, making a lot of noise.

"Silence!" He flicked his fingers, and his true energy struck the golden bell in front of the door.

"Dang——" The long and melodious bell sound echoed over the Qinghe Valley, shocking the hearts of everyone present, and finally they quieted down.

"I'm sorry to have embarrassed you, fellow Taoist." Li Qing bowed slightly to Fan Shuyun.

Fan Shuyun shook his head: "This is human nature. My Fan family is also like this, how could we laugh at you, fellow Taoist."

Li Qing nodded slightly and looked at the tribesmen who came forward to watch the excitement: "My attainments in alchemy have improved recently, and I can now refine second-level high-quality elixirs."

"Congratulations to our ancestor!" Clan leader Li Wei quickly led the cheering.

The tribesmen present also bowed down in unison: "Congratulations to our ancestor!"

At a time when the whole family was in unrest, Li Qing's promotion to the second-rank top-grade alchemist undoubtedly gave everyone a reassurance.

To put it bluntly, even if something happens in Xuefeng Lake and Xuan Palace is willing to rescue a group of people ashore, Li Qing, a second-level top-grade alchemist, will definitely be among the top.

Being close to the water, the chances of the Li family members being rescued are much greater.

Seeing that he calmed people's hearts temporarily with just a few words, Fan Shuyun couldn't help but envy: "Daoyou has great prestige in the clan!"

Li Qing just smiled and said nothing: his prestige was not easily gained, but was built on the "foundation" laid by Asun, Acao and Li Yu.

Seeing that the situation had calmed down, he adjusted his breathing slightly and began to refine the elixir.

This Bamboo Heart Pill is ranked as the second-grade top grade and was entrusted to Li Qing by Fan Shuyun after his foundation-building banquet.

This kind of elixir is quite peculiar. It requires a cultivator who specializes in wood-type true essence and uses wood to make fire in order to successfully refine it.

Looking across the Great Zhou Kingdom, all alchemists mainly practice fire spiritual roots. Even if they have wood spiritual roots, they are used to assist in the practice of fire spiritual roots.

Those who only cultivate wood spiritual roots basically go to practice spiritual plant cultivation.

Although Li Qing's Qingmu Zhenyuan has integrated elements such as spiritual water, nirvana fire, and meditation, it is based on Qingmu and the rest are used, which does not affect its essence.

He made some deductions before inviting Fan Shuyun.

Then he stretched out his left palm, with green wood light shining in his palm, condensing into a small mortar, and then put the Xuanyou bamboo leaves and Shenfei bamboo rice into it.

He clenched his right hand again, and the Qingmu Zhenyuan turned into a pestle, which pounded the bamboo leaves and bamboo rice in the bowl into powder.

The leaves of Xuanyou Bamboo are dark blue in color, while the rice in Shenfei Bamboo has a purple-gold luster. When the two are mixed together and reflected by the sunlight, they appear a mysterious black-gold color.

A faint bamboo fragrance wafts out from the mortar, making people's souls tremble.

Li Qing looked at the bewildered tribesmen and couldn't help but cough lightly: "Why don't you wake up?!"

Li Wei and the others finally came to their senses and immediately held their breath, fearing that they would be affected by the bamboo fragrance again.

"The quality of your Xuanyou bamboo leaves seems to be quite good," Li Qing praised.

Fan Shuyun nodded: "I spent a lot of effort and owed a lot of favors to a fellow Taoist in Dale Country to get it."

Li Qing smiled and said, "That's right. The only place in our Great Zhou suitable for growing this is Muhunyuan. Unfortunately, there are wronged souls haunting there, which can easily contaminate various spiritual plants..."

While chatting, the two main ingredients in the mortar had been processed.

Li Qing then took out the alchemy furnace, transformed the mortar and pestle into pure Qingmu Zhenyuan, wrapped the handful of powder and put it in.

He raised his hand and pointed again, and nine kinds of first-level bamboo dew turned into clear water lotuses, slowly falling into the furnace, carrying the main medicine powder.

As for the remaining nine kinds of first-grade bamboo rice, they were piled up in groups of three by the stove to form three millet mountains, which looked quite substantial.

"Fellow Daoist, I am about to start refining the elixir and will not be in the mood to greet you later." He bowed to Fan Shuyun first.

Fan Shuyun hurriedly said, "I can save that! I'll leave everything to you, Taoist friend."

Li Qing chuckled, and Qingmu Zhenyuan rolled up a mountain of rice and dropped it to the bottom of the alchemy furnace.

Then he was seen practicing the corresponding refining techniques, and the Qingmu Zhenyuan vibrated slightly, and soon a faint flame appeared.

This fire is not Nirvana Fire, nor is it any other spiritual fire, but the "fire in the wood" that is naturally generated by the Qingmu True Essence.

The fire in the wood was extremely weak, flickering on the tip of the rice mountain. It took a long time before a spark ignited.

The spark flickered, but fortunately Qingmu Zhenyuan ignited it at all costs, and finally a flame appeared.

Then a small flame began to emerge from the pile of bamboo rice at the bottom of the stove, slowly igniting the bamboo rice grains on the top.

But soon, the flames dimmed, and only green smoke rising from the rice mountain remained in the furnace, which contained the essence of three kinds of bamboo rice.

Green smoke rose up and, under the guidance of Li Qing's magic, merged into the water lotus above.

The bamboo dew that condensed into water lotus began to boil without fire, making a "gurgling" sound and began to emit colorful steam, soaking the main medicine in the middle.

During this period, Li Qing also put in second-grade medium-quality and low-quality spiritual materials such as Qingxin Bitter Bamboo Shoots and Liquan Purple Bamboo Juice in turn.

A refreshing bamboo fragrance emanated from the furnace unreservedly, soon filling the entire palace, temple and cave with a faint fragrance.

Fan Shuyun couldn't help feeling a little worried and hesitated to speak.

When refining elixirs, the furnace is always tightly closed to lock the essence inside, making it easier to mix the medicine. Even if there are some impurities, they are directly burned to ashes by the fire.

It is a bit strange that Li Qing allows the essence of spiritual plants to escape like he is doing now.

Li Qing didn't care and let the green smoke from the burning bamboo rice boil the bamboo dew.

In this way, a day and a night passed. The first pile of three kinds of bamboo rice was finally burned up, without even a trace of ash.

However, one third of the bamboo dew was missing, and the bamboo smoke had cast a layer of gloom on it.

The main powder in the middle of the water lily was also slightly wet and looked dirty.

Fan Shuyun was terrified, fearing that he would accidentally ruin the spiritual material that he had worked so hard to collect.

But she only had one spiritual material, and couldn't give Li Qing a second one to practice with.

Based on the principle of trusting people when employing them and not employing people who are not trustworthy, Fan Shuyun could only watch him perform with a pinch of his nose.

Li Qing did not hesitate and waved his hand again. The second mountain of rice made of three kinds of bamboo rice fell to the bottom of the furnace.

Li Qing once again used Qingmu Zhenyuan to derive "Wood Fire" and ignited the bamboo rice.

This time, what rose up was no longer green smoke, but a light white smoke.

The white smoke also flowed into the Bamboo Dew Water Lotus under the guidance of Li Qing's magic formula.

But this time, the water lotus did not boil again, but condensed into a thin layer of ice on the surface.

The thin ice seemed to be at a very low temperature, condensing the water vapor in the entire palace cave. Then the bamboo fragrance spirit essence that had been dispersed before, rolled up the water vapor suspended in the air, poured into the furnace, and gathered near the ice lotus.

"Buzzing..."

The water vapor turned into bamboo leaves, fluttering around the ice lotus, and then swept up pure spiritual energy, repeatedly soaking the main powder, turning it into mud.

Fan Shuyun felt that he couldn't breathe and didn't even bother to watch Li Qing making the elixir. He closed his eyes and adjusted his breathing, fearing that he would go crazy if he was not careful.

Li Qing couldn't help laughing in his heart when he saw her performance, but he was always carefully controlling the temperature.

After another day and night, the second pile of bamboo rice was completely burned out.

Without hesitation, he pointed towards the furnace again, and the third pile of bamboo rice fell to the bottom of the furnace again.

Then black smoke rose from the furnace again and also merged into the ice lotus.

Soon, the thin ice melted, and the bamboo dew turned into water lotus, which flowed gently, and faintly there was a flash of nine-colored spiritual light.

The water vapor that was gathered by the white smoke ice lotus dissipated again, but this time it was colorless and odorless, and there was no more bamboo fragrance.

In the alchemy furnace, the black smoke slowly seeped the bamboo dew into the bamboo dew water lotus, gradually dyeing it black.

What’s magical is that the wet medicinal mud in the middle gradually changed from dark gold to colorless and transparent.

"Gululu..."

The blackened water lotus began to boil violently, and colorful black mist rose up, filling the alchemy furnace.

Li Qing closed his eyes slightly, his nostrils twitched, and he carefully identified the rapidly transforming medicinal properties.

This time, he did not wait for the small mountain of bamboo rice to burn out, but quickly circulated the green wood essence, dropped it into the furnace, rubbed it violently, and ignited a raging "fire in the wood".

With a loud bang, an explosion occurred in the furnace.

The remaining bamboo rice was all ignited in an instant, and the black smoke filled the entire furnace before it could flow into the water lotus.

The fire in the wood, which was already burning violently, ignited the black smoke a second time. Suddenly, flames rose up and came directly out of the furnace, splashing sparks.

Fan Shuyun was horrified as he watched, and silently prayed that Li Qing would successfully complete this furnace of pills.

Finally, the flames in the furnace dissipated and the third pile of rice disappeared.

The water lilies had turned pitch black and emitted a foul odor.

The main medicine powder held in its arms has turned into a ball of crystal clear medicine mud.

Seeing this, Li Qing secretly sensed it and found that he had not messed up, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

He took out a jade plate and pointed with his finger. Black water lotus flew out from the furnace and slowly landed on it, condensing without dispersing.

"This is the remaining residue from refining the elixir. It can be used to make poison." He pushed the jade plate towards Fan Shuyun.

Fan Shuyun smiled stiffly: "No need. This is my reward for refining the elixir, and I'll give it to you, fellow Taoist."

In fact, she had already paid the reward for alchemy in advance after the last foundation-building banquet.

She just didn't want this sewage lotus for other reasons.

Li Qing did not force it. He smiled and sealed the jade plate with a jade box and put it into the storage bag. Then he began the last step of this alchemy.

"Daoyou, give me a drop of blood!"

Fan Shuyun hesitated for a moment. After all, there were so many things that could be done with the essence and blood once it was given away.

But she had invested too much and had no way out, so she gritted her teeth, cut her fingertips, and forced out a drop of blood.

A cultivator's essence and blood are closely related to his practice.

Fan Shuyun's blood essence was bright red in color, yet it also flickered with a bluish-purple halo, full of vitality.

Li Qing took out the last main ingredient, Moon-Watching Bamboo Tears: "This bamboo tear smells quite fresh, could it be the one that Daoist cultivated himself?"

Seeing that he was still in the mood to chat, Fan Shuyun felt relieved, "Well, thanks to Brother Sang."

"The one I originally prepared was much older, so its quality was inferior to the bamboo tears picked in Hsinchu."

Li Qing smiled and said, "It seems that what Brother Sang said is true. You are indeed very accomplished in cultivating spiritual bamboo."

As he spoke, he waved his hand, and Fan Shuyun's blood and essence "dripped" into the Moon-Watching Bamboo Tears.

The bright red blood drops dyed the bright bamboo tears into a light pink.

Li Qing stared at the scene with eyes as bright as torches, until the two scenes merged into one: "Success or failure depends on this one move!"

He shouted softly and threw the pink bamboo tears into the furnace, landing accurately on top of the crystal medicinal mud.

Then there was a loud "boom" sound, and the bamboo tears and medicinal mud exploded at the same time, turning into star-like spiritual essence that flew all over the furnace.

"How could this be!" Fan Shuyun cried out in shock, no longer having any of the dignity of a foundation-building ancestor.

Li Qing calmly waved his hand: "It's okay, just watch me do it!"

Then he was seen pouring Qingmu Zhenyuan into the alchemy furnace, which turned into a net, trapping all the medicinal mud and liquid in it.

After all the medicinal mud was collected, Li Qing snapped his fingers lightly, and the fire in the wood was ignited again.

This time, it did not ignite any spiritual materials, but rolled the medicinal mud into a ball, turned it into pills, and slowly baked them.

"Hey, the amount of this pill seems to be a little too much..."

He thought about it, and the pill instantly split into two, rolling each into a round shape: "This way, it's much better."

The fire in the wood baked the round medicinal mud into shape, and soon, two light green pills with a deep red halo floated in the furnace.

When the pills were cooked to a high temperature, Li Qing dispersed the Qingmu Zhenyuan, and the fire in the wood also dissipated as it ran out of firewood.

"Fellow Daoist, I have lived up to your trust and have successfully refined this 'Bamboo Heart Pill'!"

He put the two pills in a jade bottle and presented it to Fan Shuyun next to him.

Fan Shuyun still couldn't believe it: "It's... done?!"

Li Qing nodded seriously: "Yes, the Bamboo Heart Pills are made, two in total!"

Fan Shuyun took the pill and after checking it, he was overjoyed: "Daoyou's attainments in alchemy are truly extraordinary!"

She stood up impatiently and bowed solemnly to Li Qing: "I will go back to retreat now. When I come out of retreat, I will come to thank you again!"

As she spoke, she transformed into a bamboo shadow and mysterious light, left Qinghe Valley, and flew towards Zhuxin Island.

"This senior has a really impetuous personality!" Li Wei couldn't help but sigh.

Li Qing stared at the direction of Zhuxin Island in a trance: "Next time we meet, this fellow Taoist may have entered the late stage of foundation building."

As expected, three days later, the Fan family of Zhuxin Island made a high-profile announcement that their ancestor Fan Shuyun had successfully advanced to the seventh level of foundation building and officially became a cultivator in the late stage of foundation building.

Some families who knew that she had been to Qinghe Valley before her breakthrough couldn't help but look over at her.

For a time, Qinghe Valley was crowded with monks who came to ask for elixirs in an endless stream.

(End of this chapter)