Cultivation begins with planting techniques

Chapter 36: Improving the Dao of Alchemy and Refining the Wood Yuan Pill (Please recommend!)
You skillfully cared for the first-level spiritual plant [Blood Rice], causing it to thrive. Experience +0.1...
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As the last panel information appeared, Li Ye gathered his magic spells, shook off the blood and mud on his body, and jumped.

Swah——

His somewhat sturdy body suddenly burst out with tremendous strength, and he actually jumped up and jumped straight onto the hillside from the ridge below.

Looking down at the four spiritual fields that were growing vigorously and gradually sprouting, showing dense branches, Li Ye looked pleased.
"Over half a month has passed, and I've finally gotten my first experience point feedback. I've finally managed to optimize the status of these three spiritual fields and have them under control... I just didn't expect it would take so long to establish a connection with the panel after I inherited the spiritual plants from someone else!"

"Given the state of the seedlings, we should be able to harvest blood and spiritual essence from them soon..."

"I haven't even used up half of the previous hundred, and another three hundred are coming soon... My alchemy skills can now be improved again, and I can try to refine the Qi and Blood Pill! Maybe it will be enough to support the second level of Elephant Armor Strength..."

……

Returning to his residence and going down to the underground quiet room, Li Ye opened the panel.

[Name: Li Ye]

[Spiritual Roots: Low-grade Earth and Wood Spiritual Roots]

[Remaining lifespan: 73 years (overdrawing vitality reduces lifespan by 3 years)]

【技能：种植一阶上等（341/3000）、丹药一阶下等（165/3000）、炼器未入门（12/2000）、符箓一阶下等（177/2000）、蛊术未入门（178/1800）】

[Plant Spiritual Essence: Green Bud Spiritual Essence*186, Blood Spiritual Essence*58]

[Spiritual Entry: Vitality Level 1]

【Experience: 5890】

……

Such an accumulation is a huge sum of money.

And this is based on the fact that there has been no response from the Sunflower yet!
This short period of time may just be the beginning of the accumulation and growth of the sunflower.

Li Ye was only assisting Elder Ji in planting it. The other party was still not confident in letting him take care of it alone, which was probably also an influencing factor.

"There's no rush for this..."

He murmured, being quite patient about it.

Finish the task at hand first.

With a thought, Li Ye once again maxed out the experience points of [Pills] and [Talismans]!
When the elixir reaches the middle level, it begins to have the ability to refine Qi and blood elixirs and elixirs that improve mid-level cultivation, while the talismans can begin to draw more difficult talismans such as the Golden Bell Talisman.

Compared with improving other things, this is still more cost-effective for Li Ye now.

He has always been saving the Green Bud Spirit Essence, and even now he is still a long way from reaching the fifth level of Qi training, and he has been waiting impatiently!

For cultivators in the Qi training stage, throwing talismans at people is indeed a very fierce tactic, and ordinary cultivators have little ability to fight back.

He is ready to follow through!
Familiar feelings emerge, the soul sublimates and flies, and endless thoughts and inspiration overwhelm oneself.

But after a few moments, when he regained consciousness, his skills in alchemy and talismans had greatly improved.

[Talisman Level 0 Intermediate (3000/)]

[Middle-level elixir (0/5000)]

……

"The difficulty of the alchemy path is truly ridiculous..."

Li Ye's eyelids twitched subconsciously after glancing at the experience required for the next upgrade.

"Fortunately, I now have four acres of spiritual farmland, which is more than enough to feed this big-bellied man!"

He muttered something with a hint of relief, and seeing that there was more than a thousand experience points left on the panel and he couldn't upgrade any skill by one level, he simply stood up and walked towards the alchemy room.

He lit the firewood skillfully to heat up the furnace.

At the same time, he started to process some low-level spiritual medicines in preparation for the subsequent refining.

When the temperature in the furnace reaches the appropriate level, all the elixirs are prepared.

Li Ye looked relaxed as he casually measured out a handful of green rice and threw it into the furnace. As its state changed in the high temperature, his gentle spiritual power became active and he changed his spell and threw in other herbs one by one.

Under the control of magic power, the refined medicinal power is fused to form a medicinal liquid.

Time passed little by little. Li Ye, who had been observing the changes in the medicinal power in the furnace, finally became more serious and cast several spells in succession.

"open!"

Swish, swish, swish—the rich medicinal liquid in the furnace suddenly split and condensed into ten pills, which flew out of the furnace and fell into the prepared container.

At this moment, two of them suddenly turned black, one turned dull in color, and the remaining seven were light red pills.

"Two waste pills, one defective one, and seven finished pills... With a success rate of nearly 80%, making this Qi Condensation Pill is no longer difficult for me!"

Li Ye put the pill away with a happy expression.

The Qi Condensing Pill is a pill used to increase magic power when practicing Qi at a low level. Like the Bigu Pill, it uses spiritual rice as the main ingredient, but the amount used is larger than the latter.

The cost is not high, but it is quite popular.

My predecessor took it a lot!
Previously, Li Ye's success rate in refining this Qi Condensation Pill was less than 40%, which was just enough to break even and make a small profit at best.

But now... this pill has become a stable source of income for him!

After making a batch of Qi Condensation Pills, the furnace was already hot and Li Ye's expression became serious.

He once again took out various elixirs.

Some of them overlap with the materials for Qi Condensation Pills, while the different ones are more precious, with a strong medicinal fragrance and a refreshing wood spirit.

The main ingredient, the green heart grass, is lush and green, and its smell is refreshing.

With Li Ye's current wealth, in order to purchase these materials, he spent dozens of spirit stones...

If he hadn't been confident that he could make a profit, this purchase would have been enough to put him in financial difficulty!

He took each medicinal herb and ground it into powder, squeezed out its juice, or sliced it for later use... His preparation and processing were extremely meticulous.

The elixir he was going to refine this time was the Wood Yuan Pill, which was suitable for cultivators in the middle stage of Qi training who specialized in the wood element. It also had an auxiliary effect on low-level cultivators breaking through to the middle stage.

It is one of the few pill recipes recorded in the incomplete inheritance of the Li family. Its value and effect far exceed those of Qi Condensation Pills.

Li Ye had tried it before, but most of the time he ended up with a complete waste. Even if he was able to make a pill, it was only one or two at most, and they were all inferior products. He was not willing to take them.

It won’t fetch a good price if you sell it.

Totally outspending!

Turn on the furnace again.

Li Ye looked solemn as he carefully controlled the firepower and gradually put in the herbs one by one, refining them to remove impurities and obtain the purest medicinal power possible.

His skills were improved, and he understood all the precautions about this pill.

Although he was still a little nervous, his control over firepower had improved. The medicinal power was not greatly reduced, and the medicine merged into a pool of purple liquid with a slightly mixed color.

This is a sign that the medicinal effects have not been completely blended, but it has not exceeded the limit and can still be continued.

Taking a deep breath, Li Ye gathered his energy and put the Green Heart Grass into the alchemy furnace.

He maintained steady the firepower, and extracted drops of emerald green spiritual liquid as the leaves gradually shrank, and then blended it with the purple liquid refined from many auxiliary medicines.

One drop, two drops...

As the power of the Bixin herb was absorbed, the color of the purple liquid gradually changed to green.

During this process, if the medicinal properties are not sufficiently blended beforehand, there is a high possibility that the medicinal properties will be confused and wasted.

Li Ye had failed many times in his previous attempts.

But this time he was much more prepared. Even until the entire Green Heart Grass turned into ashes and the medicinal power was completely absorbed into the blue and purple liquid, no accidents occurred.

Just maintain the firepower, wait for the medicinal power to blend, and the medicinal liquid to completely turn into green, and then the pill will be ready!

At this point, Li Ye was even more cautious, observing the changes in the potency of the medicine...

When the last trace of purple in the medicine liquid disappeared, he immediately changed his spell, increased the firepower a little, and carried out the final extraction and pill formation.

But at this moment, the firepower seemed to be too strong, and half of the liquid medicine was instantly evaporated and burned.

Li Ye didn't care about the pain, and quickly adjusted himself to stabilize his condition. When the medicine liquid was condensed, he activated the method of collecting the pill.

Swah——

The medicinal liquid solidified and was barely separated into six pills.

After flying out of the furnace and falling into the container, three of them turned black, and two of them were slightly darker in color.

There is also one with a light green color and a faint spiritual glow, but it is a complete product!
Two defective products and one finished product, with just these three, the cost of the medicinal materials for this furnace has been fully earned back!
(End of this chapter)