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

Chapter 417: Refining the Foundation-Building Pill, the Recipe is Different (First Update)
The foundation-building pill is a special pill that appears after Emperor Yuan has clarified the realm of his practice and determined the six realms of Qi training, foundation-building, pill formation, Nascent Soul, spirit transformation, and returning to the void.

In terms of the difficulty of refining, one needs to have upper-grade attainments in the way of alchemy at the second level, and the spiritual materials required are also relatively rare among the second level.

But the purpose of refining this foundation-building pill is to help Qi-cultivating cultivators break through to the foundation-building stage.

This sets up an innate framework for the refining of the Foundation Establishment Pill. No matter how accomplished one is in the art of alchemy, one is basically working on similar key points.

To put it bluntly, it is like building a temple in a snail shell.

Before this, Li Qing had watched Liu He making the elixir.

Now, with the spiritual power of a fifth-level wizard, combined with two different foundation-building pill recipes, even if it is the first time, Li Qing can achieve a success rate of more than 50%, although it is not 100% certain.

Since Master Cao brought the ingredients for the elixir this time, he would naturally have to bring the results back. Li Qing didn't want him to stay for long.

In desperation, he had to entrust Li Yu to take Qingli Zhenren to see the growth of the green lotus plants, and he hung a "retreat" sign outside the cave.

The reason is also ready: today I discussed the Dao with all the Jindan True Men and the Lords of the Blessed Land, and I felt something in my heart - no one should bother him again.

He closed his eyes slightly, his mind raced, and he recalled the scene of Liu He refining the foundation-building pill several times.

After a while, he opened his eyes, and a gleam of light flashed in his eyes: "Well, we can start refining now."

He raised his hand and took out a few jade bowls, condensed three kinds of spiritual water, namely sweet rain, ointment, and sweet spring, and then soaked several spiritual herbs in them according to the medicinal properties of the ingredients for the elixir.

Among the three ingredients for the elixir brought by Master Cao, one of the main ingredients, the Xuanyang ginseng, was of very average quality and could not compare to the half-step "Medicine King" that he had seen before.

Li Qing simply used three kinds of spiritual water to soak and wash at the same time, and then found that the one soaked with Liquan had the best quality.

The other several auxiliary medicines also have their own suitable spiritual water.

"This saves me the trouble of debugging multiple times." Li Qing chuckled and began the subsequent steps of alchemy.

He shot out a ray of Nirvana fire, and with his minor magical power, transformed it into the shape of an alchemy furnace, slowly raising the temperature.

A phantom of a divine bird flickered faintly in the furnace. Although it had no spirituality, the simulation was very lively.

Li Qing pondered for a moment, then took out the Fire Spirit Pearl and threw it into the furnace, using the Nirvana Fire to induce it, making the elixir fire in the furnace even more magical.

He waited for a moment until the medicinal properties of the Xuan Yang ginseng were fully stimulated by the spiritual water, then he took out the one with the worst compatibility that had been soaked in sweet rain, and threw it into the alchemy furnace together with a Yin Lingzhi of the worst quality.

With a "boom", a blazing flame burst out in the furnace, but under Li Qing's control, the elixir materials were not burnt.

With a "clang", Li Qing sealed the Nirvana Fire Furnace and performed a series of hand gestures according to the foundation-building pill recipe.

In the alchemy furnace, the Xuan Yang ginseng and Yin Ganoderma lucidum quickly changed under the calcination of the Nirvana fire.

The Xuanyang ginseng soaked in the sweet rain melted like beeswax, like drops of honey, yellow, shiny and crystal clear.

The Yin Ganoderma exploded with a "bang" and turned into a light silver-white mist, which slowly flowed around the liquid droplets.

The interaction between the two causes the medicinal properties to undergo extremely subtle changes, like the transmutation of yin and yang, which contains some kind of great truth.

Even with the power of the Lord of the Blessed Land, Li Qing could not fully understand the logic behind this.

But he is still a fifth-level wizard, and his soul has undergone a transformation, not inferior to a Jindan Zhenren.

Therefore, he quickly grasped some of the details of the changes, and while refining the elixir, he also adjusted the circulation of his own true energy bit by bit.

"No wonder Daoist Liu He wanted to keep it a secret last time. It turns out that refining the elixir is like refining oneself. The way of alchemy is cultivation. There really are some secrets that cannot be passed on."

In fact, if Liu He heard this, he would be so angry that he would vomit blood, because he could not understand this level at all. Li Qing refined the elixir while practicing. After about an hour, the Xuanyang ginseng droplets and the Yin Lingzhi mist finally merged into one.

The fire in the furnace went from warm to strong, and then from strong to warm, repeating this nine times. The elixir in the furnace had turned into a handful of light yellow powder.

Li Qing pointed at the alchemy furnace and opened the lid, letting out a faint, refreshing aroma of ginseng and sesame.

But it was completely different from the time when Liu He refined it, which made people feel restless.

Li Qing temporarily extinguished the fire, scanned the area with his spiritual sense, and was surprised to find, "Huh, it seems that the second step of harmonizing yin and yang is not necessary?"

The combination of these two magical herbs is almost perfect.

But after all, it was Li Qing's first time to refine the Foundation Building Pill. Fearing that something might go wrong, he still followed the Foundation Building Pill recipe and put some prepared medicinal powder into the furnace and mixed it with the ginseng and ganoderma powder.

After the powder was mixed evenly, Li Qing put the essence of black water into the furnace, along with a dozen other medicinal herbs.

These medicinal herbs belong to the five elements, and the foundation-building pills refined from them can achieve a balance of the five elements. They are universal among human cultivators who have innate five-element spiritual roots.

The essence of the mysterious water wraps up the different medicinal herbs and suspends them below the ginseng powder.

Under the baking of the Nirvana Fire, the essence of the mysterious water absorbed the essence of the elixir, and then a string of fine bubbles emerged with a "gurgling" sound.

The bubbles quickly evaporated and turned into five-colored light mist, soaking the ginseng powder.

The furnace was filled with various colors, which turned into a surrounding glow. Even Li Qing himself was unable to distinguish the changes with his eyes for a moment.

Soon, the sound of boiling water was heard in the furnace, sometimes strong and sometimes weak, accompanied by a little gray smoke that dissipated from the furnace holes.

This is the third step in refining the Foundation Establishment Pill, balancing the five elements and accumulating medicine for refining the pill.

Afterwards, Li Qing put other different elixir materials into the furnace one by one, causing other changes.

With his talent in alchemy, he keenly noticed: "It seems that some spiritual materials don't need to be thrown in at all?"

This is unnecessary, and some of it is because the alchemist is not skilled enough and the medicinal properties are not blended evenly, so they can only adjust it by "adding more flour to water and more flour to water".

But Li Qing felt that some of them were purely interference factors, which simply added a layer of mystery to the foundation-building pill.

"No wonder there are so few foundation-building pills on the market. The Xuan Palace ban is one reason, but it's also because there's something wrong with the pill recipe."

"However, I don't think it was Brother Liu He who caused the trouble. Perhaps, he was like this when he obtained the recipe?"

Li Qing shook his head and stopped thinking about it. Instead, he threw the fourth main ingredient, "Chongmingcao", in.

With a "hum", the glow of the fire dissipated, leaving only the fire slowly baking.

With the help of the bright and extinguishing properties of Chongming Grass, the Foundation Establishment Pill can complete the Nine Spiritual Transformations, thus making the medicinal properties of the pill more pure.

In fact, Jiuxuan Fruit is more suitable for use here than Chongming Grass.

Li Qing had previously planted the Nine Mysterious Fruits privately and asked Liu He to help refine the Foundation Establishment Pill. In fact, the quality of the finished pill should have been better.

But now that I think about it, Liu He's attainments in alchemy are actually average. He can only copy the pill recipes without knowing how to adapt, and he has not been able to produce many genuine foundation-building pills.

Due to some mistake, Li Qing failed to build his foundation by relying on the inferior foundation-building pill.

(End of this chapter)