Nine Transformations of the True Spirit.

Chapter 250 Pill Formation
After the true energy in his body was restored, Chen Yuan walked out of the cave and came to the market place of Hanxing City.

More than a decade has passed, and the market town of Hanxing City has not changed at all. Time seems to have stopped in this huge city.

This time Chen Yuan went out of seclusion, not only to buy three hundred year old spiritual herbs, but also to buy a few pill recipes.

He obtained a large number of rare spiritual herbs from the secret space of the Wentian Ding. He gave eight to Jin Luoheng and two to Lian Yan. There were still thirty-two five-hundred-year-old spiritual herbs, ten eight-hundred-year-old spiritual herbs, and two thousand-year-old spiritual herbs left.

But he only had one recipe for the Jindan stage pill in his hand, which was the recipe for the 'Flying Swallow Pill' given by Lin Hao.

However, none of the spiritual herbs needed for this pill were among the thirty-two five-hundred-year-old spiritual herbs. He had to buy a new pill recipe before he could refine the spiritual herbs into a pill.

After Chen Yuan refined Zhu Yan's true blood, forming a pill was a foregone conclusion. After all, refining true spirit blood was much more difficult than forming a pill.

He needed to prepare for the cultivation after the Jindan stage. These thirty-two five-hundred-year-old spiritual herbs were the best capital, and the Jindan stage elixir formula became the top priority.

Fortunately, these spiritual herbs are produced from Yuqing Sea, and it should not be difficult to buy the pill formula in Hanxing City.

He came to Yuchutang, the shop where he had bought three hundred year old spiritual herbs before. This was a shop specializing in elixirs and spiritual herbs. It was ranked among the top three in size in the Hanxing City market. It had a very powerful background and it was rumored that the Righteous Alliance was behind it. Business was booming. There were several foundation-building monks selecting elixirs in the shop.

A young cultivator at the sixth level of Qi Refining came forward. Chen Yuan's aura emanated from him, revealing his cultivation in the late stage of Foundation Establishment. The young cultivator immediately became respectful and invited him into a quiet room in the back hall.

Even in this Frost Star City, cultivators in the late stage of foundation building are rare to see. No matter where they go, they will be treated with courtesy.

Chen Yuan sat down and waited for a while. An old man walked into the quiet room, bowed, and said with a smile: "What do you want to buy from my shop this time, Mr. Chen?"

The old man's name is Liu Yuan, he is the deacon of Yuchu Hall and has reached the middle stage of foundation building. It was this man who received Chen Yuan when he came to Yuchu Hall to buy spiritual herbs last time.

Chen Yuan returned the greeting with a bow and said calmly, "I need thirty Linghuan Grasses and twenty Mingchun Fruits..."

He named several kinds of spiritual herbs, a total of 120 species. After hearing this, Liu Yuan showed a happy expression: "Daoyou, wait a moment, I will get the spiritual herbs right away."

Chen Yuan raised his hand to stop him: "Does your hall have the recipes for Fu Cen Dan, Ling Hai Dan and You Yun Dan?"

A hint of surprise flashed in Liu Yuan's eyes. Could it be that this wealthy Fellow Daoist Chen is also an alchemist?

He smiled and said, "This hall has the recipes for Fu Cen Dan and Ling Hai Dan, but I have never heard of You Yun Dan."

Chen Yuan asked: "How much do these two recipes cost?"

Liu Yuan said: "These two kinds of pill recipes are for the Jindan stage. One pill recipe costs three high-grade spirit stones. But if you have a pill recipe that this hall has not included, you can exchange it with another one, and the price difference can be discussed later."

Chen Yuan stroked his storage bag, took out the recipe for Feiyan Pill, scanned it with his spiritual sense, erased most of the contents, and handed it to Liu Yuan: "This pill is called Feiyan Pill, can I exchange it for a recipe?"

Liu Yuan took the jade slip, probed it with his spiritual sense, and checked it carefully. He said, "This hall does not have the recipe for Feiyan Pill, but I am not proficient in alchemy, so I need to ask the alchemist in the hall to check it. Please wait for a moment, fellow Taoist."

Chen Yuan had already erased the key points of Feiyan Pill, so he was not afraid that Yu Chutang would get something useful from the incomplete pill formula, so he agreed immediately.

Liu Yuan left with the recipe for Feiyan Pill and came back a quarter of an hour later with a young monk beside him.

He handed the jade slip to Chen Yuan and said with a smile: "This is our hall's alchemy master Yu Huanzi. He has verified the recipe and it is correct. This recipe can be exchanged for the Fu Cen Dan recipe. Please improve the recipe."

Chen Yuan nodded, closed his eyes slightly, probed his spiritual consciousness into the jade slip, completed the erased recipe, and handed it back to Liu Yuan.

Liu Yuan handed the jade slip to Yu Huanzi, who took a quick look at it, nodded, and said with a smile: "The recipe of the Feiyan Pill contains many fantastic ideas, which makes me feel refreshed. Have you ever made the Feiyan Pill?"

Yuhuanzi looks to be only in his twenties, but there is a hint of oldness on his face, and he has the cultivation level of the late foundation building stage.

Chen Yuan shook his head and said, "I am exchanging this time for the Jindan stage pill recipe in order to impact the realm of the alchemy master."

The smile on Yuhuanzi's face faded a little. Yuqing Sea was full of spiritual energy and had no shortage of spiritual herbs. Alchemy masters were quite common, and there were also quite a few independent cultivators. Only the grandmaster alchemy masters were worthy of attention.

In the Qi State's world of immortal cultivation, there are very few alchemy masters, and most of them are Jindan cultivators.

But in Yuqing Sea, there are many alchemy masters who have only the foundation-building level of cultivation.

Liu Yuan took out a jade slip from his storage bag and handed it to Chen Yuan: "This is the recipe for Fu Cen Dan. Fellow Daoist Chen, please take a look."

Chen Yuan took the jade slip, checked it carefully from beginning to end, nodded slightly, and put the jade slip away.

Although he is only at the level of a master alchemist, he can tell whether a pill recipe for the Jindan stage is complete and usable.

Afterwards, he bargained with Liu Yuan and bought 120 three-hundred-year-old spiritual herbs and the recipe for the Linghai Pill. In total, he spent more than 70,000 low-grade spiritual stones and five high-grade spiritual stones, and used up all the low-grade spiritual stones in his hand.

Chen Yuan bought more three hundred year old spiritual herbs this time than last time. After refining Zhu Yan's true blood, the true essence in his body became purer. The effectiveness of Qinglu Pills and Yuliang Pills weakened a little. He needed more pills before his cultivation could return to the peak of foundation building.

While he was bargaining with Liu Yuan, Yuhuanzi was waiting quietly by his side, with a smile on her face and not saying a word.

Only after the two of them completed the transaction did he interject, "I heard from Deacon Liu that Fellow Daoist Chen needs the recipe for Youyun Pill?"

Chen Yuan said: "Yes, does Fellow Daoist Yuhuan have this pill recipe?" Most of the five hundred year old spiritual herbs he obtained from the Wentianding secret realm were relatively common species that could be used to refine Fucen Pills and Linghai Pills. These two pill recipes were widely circulated in Yuqing Sea and could be easily purchased.

But eight of them are relatively rare spiritual herbs, and are the raw materials for refining Youyun Pill.

The medicinal power of Youyun Pill is stronger than Fucen Pill and Linghai Pill. The spiritual herbs used are relatively rare and not widely circulated in Yuqing Sea.

Yu Huanzi nodded and said with a smile: "I happen to have the recipe for Youyun Pill in my hand. Daoist friend, you only need to pay two high-grade spirit stones."

This is a very fair price. The five hundred year old spiritual herbs needed for Fucen Dan and Linghai Dan are relatively common, and the price of the pill formula is higher. However, the spiritual herbs used to refine Youyun Dan are relatively difficult to find, and have a narrow range of applications. Although the refined pills are more powerful, the price is lower.

Chen Yuan did not bargain and handed two top-grade spirit stones to Yuhuanzi and bought the recipe for Youyun Pill.

Yuhuanzi smiled and handed an old, yellowed jade slip to Chen Yuan very quickly, as if she was afraid that he would regret it.

More than 20 years ago, he spent a huge amount of money to explore the cave of a Jindan cultivator, but only got a recipe for Youyun Pill and a few sundries. He lost all his money, and for many years he had not been able to gather enough spiritual herbs to refine Youyun Pill. Now he finally sold them and finally recovered some of his cost.

Chen Yuan took the jade slip and frowned. The jade slip was dark yellow in color and had several tiny cracks. It must have been in existence for a long time and was on the verge of being damaged.

He probed his spiritual sense into it and carefully checked the contents of the recipe. Only after he was sure that the recipe was complete and correct did he feel relieved.

Now that Chen Yuan has obtained the three necessary recipes for the elixir, after he has formed the elixir, he can refine all thirty-two five-hundred-year-old spiritual herbs into elixirs, which should significantly improve his cultivation.

He stood up, said goodbye and left, returned to the cave, and started to refine the elixir.

He had previously refined more than twenty furnaces of Yuliang Pills and Qinglu Pills, and was very adept at refining these two kinds of pills. After refining more than twenty furnaces of pills, the success rate of refining pills for the late stage of foundation building rose to 70%.

This is a very scary number. The success rate of most alchemy masters in refining elixirs for the late stage of foundation building is only 50%. Those who can reach 60% will have the opportunity to impact the realm of alchemy grandmaster.

Chen Yuan's success rate in making pills has reached 70%. After forming the pill, he will definitely become a master of alchemy.

After refining the elixir, he began to practice in seclusion. Ten years passed quickly, and Chen Yuan's cultivation level was raised to the peak of foundation building again.

But although both of them are at the peak of foundation building, Chen Yuan’s current strength is far superior to before. The pure and thick true energy is slowly flowing in his meridians. He will no longer easily exhaust his true energy as before.

Chen Yuan closed his eyes and regulated his breathing for three days. The experience of True Man Qing You in forming the elixir emerged in his mind, as well as the method of forming the elixir recorded in "Nine Transformations of the True Spirit". He calmed his mind and began to work on forming the elixir.

The true essence lake in the Dantian slowly rotated, and the true essence droplets gathered in the center under tremendous pressure and gradually solidified.

The process from refining Qi to building the foundation and then to forming the elixir is the process of constantly compressing the magic power and true essence in the body, making it become more and more pure.

This step was not difficult for Chen Yuan at all. After he refined Zhu Yan's true blood, the true essence in his body had been purified once and became extremely pure. Now he just had to practice the method step by step. The true essence droplets gathered together to form a bumpy sphere, which continued to compress towards the middle.

This process consumed a lot of his true energy. Chen Yuan let go of his hands and feet and absorbed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth with all his strength. A large group of colorful spiritual clouds quickly formed outside the cave.

Gradually, Chen Yuan’s cave was completely covered by spiritual clouds, and the spiritual energy of the entire mountain range gathered together.

In a cave closest to Chen Yuan, a Jindan cultivator who had reached a critical moment of cultivation suddenly found that the spiritual energy of heaven and earth he absorbed had greatly decreased. He woke up from his meditation in shock, and became extremely angry. He walked out of the cave in a menacing manner, ready to go and demand accountability.

But when he saw the spiritual clouds gathering outside Chen Yuan's cave, he shook his head helplessly and gave up the idea.

This is a sign of forming a pill. Although he has formed a pill for many years, he does not want to provoke an opponent of the same level for no reason.

Besides him, there were several other Jindan cultivators who walked out of the cave. When they saw someone else was forming a Jindan, they just smiled and went back to the cave.

Hanxing City is home to tens of thousands of independent cultivators. Every year, cultivators at the peak of the foundation-building stage form their elixirs here, and they are already accustomed to it.

But not long after, these Jindan cultivators walked out of the cave again, staring at the spiritual clouds outside Chen Yuan's cave with serious expressions, their eyes full of surprise and doubt.

When an ordinary foundation-building cultivator forms a pill, the spiritual cloud is only a hundred feet in size and can only last for a quarter of an hour at most. Regardless of success or failure, it will dissipate.

But the spiritual cloud outside Chen Yuan's cave was three hundred feet high, covering half of the mountain. More and more Jindan cultivators walked out of the cave and watched.

Half an hour passed before the spiritual cloud slowly dissipated.

Two Jindan cultivators came together. One of them was thin, with a white face and no beard, and had a somewhat feminine temperament. The other was tall and strong, with a dignified appearance. He was wearing armor and looked like a fierce general in the mortal world.

The skinny monk looked at Chen Yuan's cave from afar and exclaimed: "This person's Dan formation momentum is so huge, it's really unheard of."

The armored monk's eyes flashed, and he said in a deep voice: "This fellow Daoist has such an extraordinary momentum in the formation of Dan, his strength must be not weak, you and I can make a good friend with him."

The skinny monk nodded in agreement: "Brother Li is right. Once he has stabilized his cultivation, we will pay him a visit!"

Thanks for the reward from the Four Gods of Heaven's Wrath!
There is another chapter in the evening.

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