Becoming a Taoist Master by Walking on the Underworld

"From this perspective..."

Even if I specialize in just one pill formula, is it possible for me to elevate my alchemy skills to the level of mastery?

Chen Yushu silently calculated, then quickly shook his head.

If the pill formula is perfected, the corresponding alchemy techniques will also be perfected. Then, naturally, his alchemy skills will be able to gain more than 100 experience points and be elevated to the proficient level.

However, the time required for this process is quite considerable.

And he couldn't possibly waste all his time on the Vitality Pill.

However, he did not change the pill formula immediately.

However, they continued refining the Vitality Pill.

Besides having enough materials on hand, it's also because he has now improved this pill formula to the minor completion stage.

Naturally, I wanted to experience the effects of the Qi-Boosting Pill formula at the Lesser Completion stage.

So he quickly cleaned the alchemy furnace again and took out one...two portions of the corresponding Yuanqi Pill materials.

This time, he suddenly had a brilliant idea, realizing that he didn't actually need to follow the principle of using only one set of materials for alchemy.

You can use two, three, or even five portions of the ingredients to refine pills.

That is exactly the case at this moment.

Previously, with his alchemy skills, he would have found it difficult to obtain such a large quantity of materials for refining.

But nowadays, it's just a matter of putting in a little effort.

So he proceeded step by step, and once the flame reached a certain temperature, he threw out the first material.

Two servings!

sizzle...

Soon, wisps of spiritual energy were forced out and then gathered together by him.

Following the natural flow is a simple technique called "spinning the elixir."

Freshly made spiritual energy liquid is often not pure enough and contains a lot of medicinal residue. He needs to first shake off those medicinal residues to improve the purity of the spiritual energy in the liquid.

If it were before, when he was only at the proficient level of the Pill-Throwing Technique, when he used the Pill-Throwing Technique, in addition to impurities, a lot of spiritual liquid would also be thrown out.

Now that he has mastered alchemy to an even higher level, the vast majority of what he discards are impurities and dregs.

It can greatly preserve the purity of the spiritual energy elixir.

Then comes the second and third types.

For each type, he used two sets of materials simultaneously.

This is also a great test of a cultivator's ability to control alchemy.

After all, two sets of materials cannot be calcined as quickly as one set.

At the same time, it is necessary to maintain the flame temperature so that it reaches a threshold that fluctuates within a certain range. Whether it is too high or too low, it will affect the quality of the pill.

"pity.

I haven't mastered fire control yet, otherwise refining pills would be much smoother.

Fire control is also a type of alchemy technique, and it is not difficult to master.

However, the spark must be nurtured within the body.

In other words, one must cultivate a true fire magic technique or refine the fire of heaven and earth in order to truly use the fire control technique.

As for conventional fire control techniques?

In reality, it's just a wind-attribute spell that can only affect the shape of the flame, but it can't accurately control the flame's form and temperature when refining pills.

There is a difference between the two.

The art of fire control in alchemy emphasizes skill; it is the ability to forcibly raise or lower the temperature of a flame by hundreds or thousands of degrees in a short period of time.

Conventional fire control techniques can only extinguish or intensify a fire, but cannot precisely control the exact temperature.

However, neither true fire magic nor the fire of heaven and earth is easy to obtain.

With a sigh in his heart, Chen Yushu began refining pills step by step.

Finally, it condensed into an oval-shaped spiritual energy liquid, about the size of a fist.

Without hesitation, he used the Core Formation Technique.

Next came the techniques of separating and flicking the elixir...

Finally, there is the technique of collecting elixir.

As the pills flew out one by one, a smile appeared on Chen Yushu's face.

Six pills were formed.

One mid-grade Qi Pill and five low-grade Qi Pills.

This result did not surprise him.

I did indeed feel that the quality of the pills improved after my alchemy skills were enhanced.

You must understand that this mid-grade elixir is not something he can control.

Instead, it condensed naturally and successfully.

The key point is that, in addition to this mid-grade spirit pill, he could also clearly feel that the quality of the other five low-grade spirit pills was a notch higher than the previous ones.

Although it still hasn't reached the level of being able to condense a mid-grade spirit pill, it's already far, far better than the spirit pill that was barely finished when it was first condensed.

Vitality Pill Recipe +6
"really.

My line of thinking is correct.

With the improvement of alchemy skills, refining only one elixir is not only inefficient, but also relatively limited in terms of the quality of the finished product.

After all, the amount of spiritual energy in a single batch of ingredients is limited.

Even if one wanted to refine the corresponding mid-grade or high-grade elixirs, it would be almost impossible.

For a mid-grade elixir, the required spiritual energy liquid content accounts for more than half of the ingredients.

Top-grade elixirs are naturally even more terrifying.

The spiritual energy contained in just one ingredient is naturally insufficient to supply the supply.

Only by combining multiple ingredients can one truly forge a superior or even top-grade elixir.

Not to mention, when I refine two sets of materials, my experience points also increase twofold.

In this way, I can quickly improve my alchemy skills, saving a lot of time.

Having grasped this point, Chen Yushu felt relieved and immediately gained more insights into the art of alchemy.

Vitality Pill Recipe +9
Surprisingly, his experience with alchemical formulas was enhanced once again.

So he began refining elixirs again.

Moreover, this time, he directly took three portions of materials for refining.

Then came four portions, then five portions.

However, after melting in the five ingredients, Chen Yushu immediately felt the strain.

There was a slight error in controlling the proportions of the materials.

boom!
A ball of flame suddenly shot up.

Most of the spiritual energy liquid was charred black during the refining process.

Even if he managed to complete the alchemy with the remaining materials, he only managed to produce a low-grade Yuanqi Pill.

"Five portions is the limit?"
However, this should be my current limit.

In terms of alchemy, I am still a novice.

There will inevitably be many things that cannot be considered.

Only through extensive practice and mastering more and more convenient alchemy techniques can one make greater progress, thereby enabling the smelting of more materials at once for alchemy.

Chen Yushu, on the other hand, was quite clear-headed.

With his constant level of meditative absorption, coupled with his still relatively strong mental power, it wouldn't be a problem for him to consciously control five sets of materials for alchemy.

The real reason for the error, in the final analysis, was the lack of alchemy skills.

The limitations of alchemy techniques.

Fortunately.

I can quickly improve my alchemy skills by refining other elixirs.

After not feeling any progress with one elixir, at least not in the short term, Chen Yushu naturally thought of another elixir.

Bone-Strengthening Pill!
Long before, Chen Yushu had already memorized the formula for the Bone Strengthening Pill and had studied it many times.

With his current meditative state and existing foundation in alchemy, it's much easier for him to learn and master other pill formulas now. He won't be as clueless as before.

Therefore, at this time, there will be no stagnation in the process of refining the Bone Strengthening Pill.

He then took out the corresponding spiritual material.

First, a spirit-sealing technique was used to clean the alchemy furnace.

Then add more wood to increase the flame temperature.

Compared to the Vitality Pill, the flame temperature required to refine the Bone Strengthening Pill is even higher.

To maintain the appropriate temperature, Chen Yushu specifically filled the area with wood.

When the temperature rises and reaches a certain limit, at that very moment...

Then he threw in the first ingredient needed for the Bone Strengthening Pill.

One breath, two breaths, three breaths...

Five breaths later, a tiny bit of the spiritual energy liquid was forced out.

"really.

The requirements for refining the flame in the Bone Strengthening Pill are much higher than those in the Vitality Pill.

Fortunately, it's only a first-grade elixir, so the temperature requirement is limited.

Only elixirs of grade two and above require the aid of spiritual fire, pill fire, or true fire…

Chen Yushu breathed a sigh of relief.

Only then did they begin the refining process.

Compared to the Vitality Pill, the Bone Strengthening Pill has more complex requirements in terms of the fusion of spiritual energy and medicinal liquid.

In the Vitality Pill, the fusion of spiritual energy and medicinal liquid between the ingredients is often achieved by fusing individual components together.

However, the Bone Strengthening Pill requires three ingredients to be combined together.

The required alchemy skills naturally increase significantly, requiring alchemists to have an extremely high level of control over their own spiritual power and the state of the medicinal liquid.

Fortunately.

Having practiced with the Vitality Pill, Chen Yushu's alchemy skills had improved significantly.

The refining process went surprisingly smoothly at this point.

A few minor mistakes only resulted in the waste of some spiritual energy potion; there were no irreparable errors.

So, very smoothly, he reached the final step.

He then used the techniques of condensing the elixir, dividing the elixir, and flicking the elixir...

After a while...

The technique of collecting elixirs was used.

Two shiny pills flew out from it.

Compared to the pure silver-white of the Vitality Pill, the Bone Strengthening Pill is grayish-black.

However, its appearance does not affect its effectiveness in the slightest.

"The pills are complete, two in total."

They are all low-grade spiritual pills.

Looking at the elixir in his hand, Chen Yushu couldn't help but smile.

The first attempt at refining was a success.

Besides his extremely high level of meditative absorption and profound spiritual power, the foundation he laid in refining the Yuan Qi Pill was also of paramount importance.

If it weren't for the refinement of the Vitality Pill, which improved his alchemy skills and elevated his corresponding Pill Separation and Pill Throwing techniques to a minor level, he wouldn't have been able to refine the Bone Strengthening Pill so smoothly.

Satisfied, his eyes then fell on the attribute panel.

Sure enough, I found the words "Bone Strengthening Pill" and "Entry-level" on it.

Introductory Guide to Bone-Strengthening Elixir Formula (1/100)

Moreover, the art of alchemy also improved accordingly.

It's not much, though.

But it also made him more certain that as long as he mastered enough elixir formulas, he would naturally improve his corresponding alchemy skills.

After mastering the basics of the Bone Strengthening Pill, the rest becomes simple.

He soon began repeatedly refining elixirs.

After two or three times of practice, you'll become proficient.

They immediately started adding two or three more portions of materials together to refine the mixture.

Correspondingly, his alchemy experience also increased rapidly.

Bone Strengthening Pill +8
Bone Strengthening Pill +9
Bone Strengthening Pill +11
……

It only took about ten refining processes.

He then elevated the formula for the Bone Strengthening Pill to a level of mastery.

For the first time, they successfully refined a mid-grade bone-strengthening pill.

"The mid-grade Bone Strengthening Pill already contains a considerable amount of spiritual energy."

Perhaps it could also enhance the strength of my bones?

Looking at the elixir before him, Chen Yushu couldn't help but feel a little tempted.

Even if he could refine high-grade Yuanqi Pills before, he wasn't too concerned.

Because the spiritual energy content of a high-grade Yuanqi Pill is actually less than what he absorbs by circulating his cultivation technique, and he also has to guard against the harm of pill poison.

Even the toxicity in top-grade elixirs is actually very small. As long as they are not consumed like sugar pills, there will generally be no problem with residual toxicity.

Naturally, it will be able to adjust and eliminate them.

But his meditative state was too high.

Even a great master like the Huangshan Patriarch, when entering a meditative state, would probably only reach this level.

The amount of primordial energy absorbed and transformed from the heavens and earth during each cycle is naturally terrifying.

Shallow certainty, minor certainty, major certainty, constant certainty, permanence...

In addition, he has now cultivated the Huangshan Visualization Method to a minor level and is about to reach its major level.

Indeed, each time the cultivation technique is activated, the amount of spiritual energy it provides is no less than that of a high-grade spiritual energy pill.

Naturally, there's no need for such a miraculous elixir.

Only second-grade Dao Yuan Pills can improve and increase his Dao Yuan strength to a certain extent.

But Zhuanggu Dan is different.

Even though he had already pushed his physical body to its limits through martial arts training and internal conditioning, he still managed to improve his physique to the extreme.

Furthermore, there are other techniques such as Medicine King Stance Technique, Medicine King Locking Force Technique, Medicine King Swallowing Thunder Sound Technique, and Tiger Roar and Dragon Chant Technique, which are constantly being improved.

However, the Bone Strengthening Pill is equivalent to a method of Yin-Yang Body Refinement, which enhances the strength of a cultivator's bones.

It represents the expansion of another cultivation system.

What has grown stronger is the core strength of the skeleton.

It can indeed further improve his physical constitution and skeletal structure.

Thinking of this, Chen Yushu couldn't help but swallow the bone-strengthening pill.

Instantly, I felt a warm current surge through my body.

And wisps of vital energy surged into his limbs and bones.

It continuously strengthens and reinforces its own skeletal power, cleansing and expanding the interior of its bones.

One breath, two breaths, three breaths...

After a stick of incense.

Chen Yushu slowly opened his eyes.

"It seems like there's been some improvement, but it also seems like there hasn't been much change."

Sure enough, once the strength of the skeleton is increased to a certain level, it becomes very difficult to improve it further with ordinary external forces.

The power contained in the medium-grade Bone Strengthening Pill is still somewhat lacking.

Perhaps only a top-grade bone-strengthening pill can bring about a noticeable change.

After experiencing it for a while, Chen Yushu couldn't help but sigh. (End of Chapter)