The Wheel-Turning Master.

Chapter 89 Deduction
Return to the cave.

Lin Bai first carefully looked through Zhu Jianguang's handwritten notes.

It goes a little deeper than the previous volume and covers more things.

Lin Bai guessed that Senior Zhu Jianguang must have had notes after he established his foundation, but he was not qualified to read them. First, the handwritten notes must be precious and not easily passed on; second, he had not yet gained Zhu's trust; third, his cultivation was still too low.

In addition, there are several elixir recipes in this handwritten book, all of which are used in the Qi training stage.

But in Lin Bai's opinion, there are only two that are most valuable.

One of them is the Qi Condensing Pill that Zhu Jianyang mentioned.

This Qi Condensing Pill is specially used by Qi-cultivating monks. It can activate the Qi sea and improve the efficiency of cultivation.

Therefore, any practitioner of Qigong must prepare some.

The other one is even more precious, it is the Sperm-Securing Pill.

This Gujing Pill can strengthen the Qi sea, calm the mind, and make you energetic. It is to be taken before passing the level.

Therefore, this Gujing Pill is the most valuable pill for Qigong practitioners and is also more expensive.

When Sister Zhen left earlier, she threw a small porcelain bottle to Pei Ning, which contained this kind of elixir, but it was not the Sperm-Securing Pill.

The elixir is now in Lin Bai's possession. Pei Ning refused to take it, saying that she was not worthy of enjoying it.

Anyway, she is a bit of a weirdo and has a lot of complaints about Sister Zhen.

He opened the wooden box again and checked the materials for the Qi Condensation Pill, and they were all top quality.

"Senior Zhu Jianyang really cultivated me sincerely. Or, he saw that I was not an ungrateful person, so he took good care of me."

"His ancestor is gone, and Qing Zhuang, who had the hope of forming a pill, is also gone. The situation is really difficult, so he wanted to bring in external help. Now he is cultivating me, probably because he believes that I will achieve something in the future."

"No matter what others think, this kindness is always real. If there is a chance in the future, I will repay it double."

Lin Bai thought for a while, closed his eyes and came to the stone plate.

He summoned the clouds and mist to transform into a small Yin-Yang Cauldron and spiritual materials, and became familiar with the procedures step by step.

He practiced the problems encountered in Senior Zhu Jianguang's handwriting one by one, and reflected on them in his heart. After practicing this for hundreds of times, he had memorized all the problems in refining the Qi Condensation Pill, as if he were Zhu Jianguang himself.

He opened his eyes, used his spiritual power to attract fire, and began to refine the first batch of Qi Condensation Pills.

Following the steps, he carefully controlled the flame, added spiritual materials, and at the same time used his spiritual sense to observe the changes inside and outside the small Yin-Yang Cauldron.

After an hour, the furnace was turned on.

It was not a success, but it was not a failure either. Only seven pills were made, and they did not look very good. There were many residues in the small Yin-Yang Cauldron.

If all goes well in one furnace, twenty pills should be produced. An experienced person can produce at most twenty-four or twenty-five pills.

Lin Bai briefly checked the spiritual power in his Qi Sea and estimated that if he continued to refine the pills, he should be able to refine three furnaces.

After returning to the stone plate and practicing silently a hundred times, Lin Bai opened his eyes again.

The second furnace produced twelve pills.

The third furnace produced sixteen pills.

It was not until the fourth furnace that twenty pills were finally produced.

"After all, it's all limited by my talent. I'm only diligent!"

Lin Bai put away the pills and made plans while taking a rest.

According to Sister Yuling, if the success rate of the Qi Condensing Pill is 50%, you can make a profit; the success rate of the Sperm-Securing Pill is even lower, and you can make a profit if the success rate is 30%.

I have to earn spirit stones and find a way to buy a body-refining technique. After all, the stronger your body is, the more confident you will be when you go out in the future.

Being able to take a beating is a skill!
After Lin Bai recovered enough spiritual power, he continued to refine the elixir.

Ten days later, Lin Bai went to Fengming Pavilion to deliver the goods.

"I have only completed one part of the elixir. I feel so sorry." Lin Bai bowed to Zhu Yuling.

Zhu Yuling seemed to have expected this and was not surprised. She just said, "It's not bad. Even if the success rate of our disciples in refining Qi-nourishing Pills is 100%, they may not get anything when they refine Qi-condensing Pills for the first time. After all, it requires more spiritual energy, takes a long time, and there are more things to take into account."

She was speaking words of comfort, which made Lin Bai feel embarrassed.

After receiving the materials, Lin Bai went back to make the elixir.

This happened five times in a row, and Lin Bai went to deliver the goods every seven or eight days.

The success rate of Qi Condensation Pills also gradually increased, and Zhu Jianyang and Zhu Yuling were quite satisfied with Lin Bai. Zhu Jianyang even talked to Lin Bai about some difficulties in cultivation several times, while Zhu Yuling hinted that she wanted to add a concubine to warm Lin Bai's bed.

By the seventh time, two months had passed since Lin Bai first refined the Qi Condensation Pill.

Although there was a recipe for Gujing Pills in Zhu Jianguang's handwritten letter, Lin Bai had never made it.

It is better for people to be honest. The Zhu family has not said anything yet. If I practice secretly, once I am discovered, my accumulated credit will be discounted or even lost.

Lin Bai's idea was that since the other party was sincere, he should also do things honestly and try not to cross the line, and both sides should manage the relationship well. Although he still had some secrets, this was his foundation and he would never tell anyone.

When they arrived at Fengming Pavilion, Zhu Yuling's smile became even brighter. She let Lin Bai go upstairs by himself and didn't lead the way. It was clear that she treated him as one of her own.

He went to the second floor, knocked on the door, entered the room, and bowed to Zhu Jianyang.

"Don't be so formal." Zhu Jianyang waved his hand casually. "Pour your own tea." He acted like Lin Bai's own nephew.

Lin Bai poured him some tea and then poured himself some.

"Is the success rate of pill making still 90% this time?" Zhu Jianyang asked with a smile, stroking his beard.

Lin Bai took materials from Fengming Pavilion seven times, each time in 20 portions. The success rate was about 10% at the beginning, and then gradually increased. By the fifth time, the success rate was 60%.

By the sixth time, Lin Bai said he had some realization and raised the success rate of pill making to 90%.

"About 95%." Lin Bai was very modest. "The words left by Senior Zhu Jianguang are truly precious. I am grateful to Senior Zhu Jianguang for what I have today. I also thank Senior Zhu and Sister Yuling for their support."

As he spoke, Lin Bai took out the box containing the Qi Condensation Pills and placed it on the table.

Zhu Jianyang took a quick look at the quality and nodded with satisfaction.

"When Jianguang first refined this pill, I was watching beside him." Zhu Jianyang seemed to be reminiscing about the past. "He made 17 pills in the first batch, and later on, he made more than 20 pills. But he liked to concentrate on his research, so he often added one more herb or reduced the specific gravity..."

At this point, Zhu Jianyang reminisced for a while, then looked at Lin Bai and said with a smile: "Jianguang said that if the Qi Condensation Pill is refined, then we can try the Semen Solidification Pill. Although the Semen Solidification Pill takes the same time as the Qi Condensation Pill, both require an hour, it consumes more spiritual energy and is more complicated and changeable than the Qi Condensation Pill. Therefore, it is best to wait until the late stage of Qi training to refine this pill. I see that you have a good talent in alchemy and you really like alchemy, why don't you give it a try?"

"Junior is willing to try." Lin Bai stood up and bowed.

Zhu Jianyang nodded slowly, his face showing even more relief, and said: "Yuling has prepared the spiritual materials for you, go find her."

"Yes." Lin Bai bowed again.

When they came downstairs, Lin Bai smiled and bowed to Zhu Yuling, saying, "Sister Yuling."

"It's for you." Zhu Yuling took out the box from behind the counter and pushed it to Lin Bai, saying, "My uncle asked me to prepare it a long time ago. As I said before, don't force it, think more."

"I'll remember that." Lin Bai accepted the things and felt that Zhu was more and more genuine. It was a great blessing for him to meet Zhu Yumao and Zhu Jianyang.

"Oh, right," Zhu Yuling smiled again, "Aren't you living in the Jiang family? There's no one to take care of you, which is inconvenient. I have a younger sister who has no spiritual power. She's two years older than you and is just the right age to serve others."

"Sister Yuling..." Lin Bai had a headache. If it was in the past, he would have accepted her, she was just an ordinary woman, but Pei Ning's words that day were still ringing in his ears.

At least we should ask Sister Pei...

"Okay, I won't make it difficult for you." Zhu Yuling smiled, and then said: "But if you want it in the future, you have to choose my Zhu family first."

"Of course." Lin Bai bowed again.

After chatting for a while, Zhu Yuling said that she had to go back to her clan, so Lin Bai wrote a letter on the spot and asked her to pass it to Zhu Yumao.

After leaving Fengming Pavilion, Lin Bai returned to his cave.

Closing his eyes and sitting on the stone plate, Lin Bai began to practice making the semen-retaining pills.

However, after trying several times, it was not as good as the previous practice of making Qi Nourishing Pills and Qi Condensing Pills.

His cultivation level was too low, and refining the Sperm-Securing Pill consumed too much spiritual energy, and required constant distraction, making it several times more difficult than refining the Qi-Condensing Pill.

"According to Senior Zhu Jianguang's handwriting, it is best to find earth fire to refine the elixir."

Lin Bai pondered for a while, waved his hand and transformed into the state of earth fire, but still couldn't get it right.

The main reason is that I have never seen underground fire with my own eyes, so I don’t know what fire means.

Just as I was wondering where to find the underground fire, I suddenly saw a small dot on the fog outside the stone plate.

The small moon-white spot slowly extended and turned into a faint white gas, but was soon swallowed up by the fog and disappeared without a trace.

I don’t know if it was because his cultivation was not good enough or if he just stopped after a brief attempt.

"Who is it?" Lin Bai touched his chin, already feeling nervous.

(End of this chapter)