Gou Zai created a blessed land in the immortal abode

In the days that followed, Li Chengming spent his time teaching Kong Xuan alchemy, in addition to his daily cultivation.

Inside the Kong family's alchemy room, Li Chengming set up the alchemy furnace and used his spiritual power to ignite the earth fire.

"Refining pills is nothing more than controlling the fire, adding the medicine, condensing the pill, and collecting the pill. There are four steps, but each step must be taken seriously."

Kong Xuan stood to the side, focused, holding the copy of her father's alchemy notes in her hands, her gaze occasionally shifting between the alchemy furnace and Li Chengming.

He flipped his hand, and a stream of magical power entered the bottom of the furnace. The flames inside immediately flared up, but he then suppressed them, maintaining them steadily at a certain temperature.

"The key to controlling fire lies in stability. If the fire temperature fluctuates, the spiritual energy in the medicinal herbs cannot be evenly integrated, resulting in a low success rate of pill formation or even a furnace explosion."

Having said that, he picked up a sprig of Dew-Gathering Grass and threw it into the stove. The grass leaves melted upon contact with the fire, turning into a clump of emerald-green liquid that floated in the center of the stove.

Once the medicinal liquid of the Dew-Gathering Grass had stabilized, he added other auxiliary ingredients one after another, his movements unhurried and deliberate, as if he had practiced it a thousand times.

Kong Xuan watched intently, her fingers unconsciously moving slightly in sync with Li Chengming's movements, as if she were silently memorizing each step.

About half an hour later, a faint medicinal fragrance wafted from the alchemy furnace. Li Chengming moved his fingers slightly, and the furnace lid flew up, releasing seven round pills which he then stored in a jade bottle.

"Seven pills, the success rate is not bad."

Li Chengming handed the jade bottle to Kong Xuan, "Take a look and see what you think of the quality."

Kong Xuan poured out a pill; it was pale blue with a faint sheen on its surface.

"Full of spiritual energy and very few impurities, it should be a top-grade product."

"Good eye."

Li Chengming nodded slightly, "Next, you can try it. I'll refine one batch for you to see first. You can operate the second batch, and I'll guide you from the side."

Kong Xuan took a deep breath and walked to the alchemy furnace.

Although she had never refined pills, her father was an alchemist, and through his influence, she had learned a lot about the principles of alchemy.

She took a deep breath, suppressed her restlessness, and slowly began to follow Li Chengming's steps in refining the pills.

With Li Chengming's occasional reminders, everything seemed to be going smoothly.

However, at the crucial moment of condensing the core, her magical output became slightly unstable, causing the flames in the furnace to flicker.

With a loud "sizzle," the earth fire suddenly shot up and instantly engulfed the entire alchemy furnace.

The medicinal liquid inside the furnace instantly became unstable, and its spiritual energy leaked out.

"Oh no, the oven's going to explode!"

Li Chengming's gaze sharpened, and he quickly chanted incantations and made hand seals to summon the bronze mirror, which he then placed in front of the two of them.

boom!

A violent explosion rang out, and scorching fire erupted from the ground, its intense heat pouring onto the bronze mirror.

Under Li Chengming's urging, the bronze mirror shimmered with a white, ethereal light, barely managing to block all the earth fire.

Li Chengming then cast another spell, and a water snake darted out from the side, extinguishing the ground fire.

"Phew." After doing all this, Li Chengming finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The power of an exploding alchemy furnace is not low, after all, it is earth fire with a temperature of up to a thousand degrees, which is comparable to a full-force attack from a mid-stage Qi Refining cultivator.

It was definitely not something that a Qi Refining Level 3 cultivator like Kong Xuan could easily block, let alone the fact that she didn't even have time to react at the time.

Li Chengming put away the bronze mirror, glanced at the mess in the alchemy room, then at Kong Xuan's terrified face, and said calmly:

"It's alright. It's common for the furnace to explode the first time you try to refine pills. I exploded the first time I tried to refine pills too."

That's false, because the alchemy furnace in the immortal mansion's alchemy room will never explode.

If Li Chengming controlled the temperature too high, he would only burn the alchemy materials to ashes.

He burned at least thirty or forty portions of alchemy materials back then.

It made him feel heartbroken for a long time.

Upon hearing this, Kong Xuan's expression softened slightly, but being quite young, her eyes were already slightly red, and her voice trembled a little:

"I...I didn't mean to. I was too hasty when I was condensing the core, and my magic power wasn't stable..."

"It's good to know where the problem lies."

Li Chengming interrupted her, waving his hand to sweep the scattered fragments aside.

"Alchemy is an expensive profession. Without burning through several furnaces and wasting hundreds of doses of spiritual herbs, who dares to say they know how to refine pills?"

He walked up to the alchemy furnace and tapped on the furnace wall.

The alchemy furnace of the Kong family is made of sturdy material. When one furnace exploded, only the lid flew off, while the furnace body remained unharmed and could still be used.

"Again."

Kong Xuan was taken aback: "Again?"

"Otherwise what?"

Li Chengming turned to look at her, "You've already burned one batch and you're too scared to refine anymore? What are you going to do in the future?"

"Okay... alright."

Therefore, under Li Chengming's coercion, Kong Xuan refined ten more batches of pills.

Starting from the fifth batch, the furnace stopped exploding, but the fire temperature was still not well controlled.

Most of the alchemical materials turned to ashes.

"That's enough for today. From now on, you must refine fifteen batches of pills every day," Li Chengming assigned the task.

Anyway, it wasn't his spirit-gathering grass that was being used, so I wouldn't feel bad if I ruined it.

Seeing that Kong Xuan was in low spirits, Li Chengming comforted her:

"Alchemy cannot be rushed. It is normal for a beginner to only be able to complete the first batch of pills after a year."

Upon hearing this, Kong Xuan raised her small face, her eyes misty, and said:

"So... how long did it take you to refine your first batch of pills?"

"I'm not very talented, so it took me about three months."

The first batch of pills was completed in three months, which isn't exactly fast.

But it should be noted that Li Chengming's first batch of pills was refined entirely through his own trial and error.

Aside from knowing what spiritual herbs were needed to refine the Spirit Gathering Pill, everything else was entirely his own improvement over time.

It wasn't until he received Kong Shaowen's insights that the success rate of alchemy began to soar.

"Three months...I can do that too," Kong Xuan said earnestly.

"I believe you. Your conditions for alchemy are much better than mine were back then." Li Chengming nodded with a mature air.

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For the rest of the time, Kong Xuan spent most of her time in the alchemy room.

Aside from occasionally taking the time to offer some pointers, Li Chengming spent most of his time in the Immortal Abode.

Aside from refining elixirs for himself, he spent his time cultivating in a quiet room.

Sometimes, he would also practice one or two of the three spells recorded in the "Jianghe Chanyin Jue".

Especially the Water Escape Technique, which is a very practical escape technique, so you can't be too unskilled at it.

This day.

Li Chengming received a letter delivered by a servant of the Kong family.

When Li Chengming opened it, he was surprised to find that the signature was Zhao Yuan.

Li Chengming still remembered the name Zhao Yuan; he was a retainer of the Kong family who had a fairly good relationship with him in the market.

He was the first to tell Li Chengming that Yuehu Fangshi had been invaded by evil cultivators.

However, after the later market was invaded, Zhao Yuan left first, while Li Chengming took the Kong family's spaceship to Cuiyuan Peak.

To be honest, given the scene of the formation being completely destroyed and flames and arcs of electricity falling, Li Chengming thought that people like Zhao Yuan who had crossed the river alone to escape were all dead.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Yuan was still alive.