Cultivating Immortality Through a Hundred Lifetimes in Both Realms

Over the past thirty years, Jiang Yun has discovered...

With the added benefit of the "Innate Dan Meridian" talent.

It only takes six months to refine a batch of third-grade low-level Thousand-Refined Jade Bone Pills.

Normally, it would take nine months.

"As a servant of the Pill Hall, I have spent half of each year for the past thirty years refining second-grade high-quality pills for the Pill Hall."

"Only in the remaining six months will I have time to focus on refining the third-tier elixir, the Thousand-Refined Jade Bone Pill."

"The reduction from thirty years to half is only fifteen years, and nine portions of medicinal herbs have already been wasted in those fifteen years."

In the alchemy room of the Dan Hall, Jiang Yun took out twenty-three kinds of medicinal herbs from his storage bag, arranged them in order, and prepared to begin the tenth alchemy.

In the fifteen years of refining the Thousand-Refined Jade Bone Pill, the furnace was opened once every three years for the first six years, wasting two portions of medicinal materials.

For the next four years, the furnace was opened every two years, wasting two portions of medicinal materials.

In the last five years, the furnace was opened once a year, wasting five portions of medicinal herbs.

A total of nine portions of medicinal herbs were wasted.

Therefore, this was Jiang Yun's tenth time refining the Thousand-Refined Jade Pill.

"Nine portions of medicinal herbs, wasting 200,000 shi (a unit of dry measure)."

"However, although the Thousand-Refined Jade Bone Pill has not been successfully refined in the past thirty years."

"But I've already been able to refine the pill patterns for second-grade high-quality pills."

Jiang Yun sighed softly, but was not discouraged.

Over the past thirty years, he has spent nearly half his time refining pills for the Pill Hall, and he has not been without gains.

Among second-grade high-quality pills, Jiang Yun has been able to refine pill patterns that are difficult for ordinary people to create.

His alchemy skills have improved significantly once again.

Now that he was about to begin refining the Thousand-Refined Jade Bone Pill for the tenth time, Jiang Yun adjusted his mind and took out a Mind-Clearing and Enlightenment Pill with pill patterns from his storage bag.

"For the tenth time, take one Mind-Clearing and Enlightenment Pill."

"After taking this pill, one's mind will be clear and bright, and it will also be helpful for alchemy."

Jiang Yun prepared the medicinal herbs and then swallowed a Qingxin Mingwu Pill with a cinnabar pattern.

Soon, the effects of the Mind-Clearing and Enlightenment Pill took hold, and Jiang Yun's mind became clear and focused, instantly immersing himself in the process of refining the pill.

Extracting the essence from the ingredients of a third-grade low-level elixir is even more time-consuming and laborious, and the same applies to subsequent steps.

As the alchemy process continued, Jiang Yun felt as if the world had ceased to exist, and the entire world consisted only of him and the alchemy furnace.

He entered a wondrous state, like an epiphany.

In this state, Jiang Yun's alchemy skills once surpassed those of a true third-tier alchemist.

Five months later, the process of condensing the elixir begins.

"Freeze!"

Jiang Yun began to condense the pill using the pill-condensing technique from the Wanling Pill Manual, continuously casting the technique into the pill furnace.

This process of condensing the elixir takes a month.

If the pill is successfully condensed a month later, it can be collected.

However, this time, Jiang Yun condensed the pill for three months, but there was still no sign of the pill forming.

Something's not right!

"Could it be that the tenth attempt at refining was successful, and pill patterns even appeared, causing the pill condensation time to be unusual?"

The Thousand-Refined Jade Bone Pill can normally be condensed in just one month.

There has been no sign of the elixir forming after three months.

Jiang Yun realized that if this batch of pills was successfully refined, pill patterns might be formed.

After all, there were no mistakes in any of the other steps of the entire alchemy process; it was just that the pill had not yet begun to condense.

So Jiang Yun continued to condense the elixir.

As a result, the time it took to condense the elixir this time far exceeded Jiang Yun's expectations.

Six months have passed, plus the three months prior.

Nine months have passed in total, and there is still no sign of the elixir forming.

"We've held on for nine months already, let's wait and see."

Jiang Yun even considered giving up.

But if I give up, all my previous efforts will have been in vain, and I really can't accept that.

With this thought in mind, Jiang Yun steeled his resolve, determined not to give up until he successfully condensed the elixir.

What he didn't expect was that it took two years for this batch of pills to condense before it began to show signs of forming.

In other words, the condensation process of this batch of pills lasted for two whole years.

"It took two whole years to condense the core; could it be a top-grade elixir?"

"If a top-grade elixir is indeed produced, I wonder if it's good luck or bad luck."

Seeing that it had taken two years for the pill to finally form, Jiang Yun frowned and his expression turned grim.

"If a third-tier pill is refined to the highest quality, it will attract three pill tribulations."

"Each of these three tribulations is as powerful as a full-force attack from a Core Formation cultivator."

"How can I, at the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage, withstand the Core Formation Tribulation?"

It takes two years for this batch of pills to begin forming.

Jiang Yun guessed that, with the help of his "innate elixir vein" talent, the Qingxin Mingwu Pill, and a bit of luck, he might have been able to refine a top-grade third-tier elixir.

However, it is too early to say for sure; we can only make a judgment during the process of pill formation.

If it is truly a top-grade elixir, one must face the elixir tribulation.

The Thousand-Refined Jade Bone Pill is a low-grade third-tier pill. If it is refined to the highest grade, the power of its three pill tribulations is equivalent to three full-force attacks from a cultivator in the early stage of Core Formation.

"Let's see if it's truly a top-grade elixir!"

Jiang Yun gritted his teeth. At this moment, the condensation of the elixir was complete, and he entered the pill formation stage.

If the pill is successfully formed, a top-grade third-tier pill will produce extraordinary phenomena in the heavens and earth, and will also attract a pill tribulation.

"The elixir is complete!"

"It truly is a top-grade, third-tier pill..."

After the elixir is formed, it should be nurtured for a period of time before it can be collected.

This should have been a good thing, but Jiang Yun couldn't be happy at all.

On his first successful attempt to refine a third-tier pill, he produced a top-grade one.

The key point is that he is not at the Core Formation stage, but at the Foundation Establishment Great Perfection stage.

Even if one refines a top-grade pill, if one cannot withstand the pill tribulation in the end, one will only end up with the pill destroyed and the person dying.

The pill was destroyed and the person died; all the efforts were in vain, and a life was lost in the process.

How could Jiang Yun be happy about this?

"Should we just give up like this?"

"This is a top-grade third-tier pill, extremely rare and hard to come by."

Jiang Yun was caught in a dilemma.

After the pill was formed, he nurtured it with his powerful divine sense, but did not begin to collect it.

Once he completes the final step of collecting the elixir, he will face the elixir tribulation.

Jiang Yun hesitated and continued to gently nourish the elixir.

Several days later, in the Dan Palace.

Above Jiang Yun's alchemy room, a strange phenomenon appeared, and tribulation clouds began to gather.

The three-colored glow enveloped the entire Danding Peak.

Above the three-colored glow, the sea of ​​clouds churned, and the Elixir Tribulation slowly condensed.

This extraordinary phenomenon instantly alarmed many cultivators of the Zixiao Sect.

"This is a celestial phenomenon, and why is it accompanied by tribulation clouds?" an inner disciple asked疑惑地问道, "What are those alchemists on Dan Ding Peak up to now?"

"It is said that refining a top-grade third-tier pill will attract a pill tribulation. Could it be that a Core Formation expert has refined a top-grade pill?"

"Hiss, which Core Formation expert has the ability to refine a top-grade third-tier pill?"

As soon as the strange celestial phenomenon appeared, all the disciples of the seventy-two peaks of the Zixiao Sect turned their attention to Danding Peak.

The strange phenomenon was accompanied by a heavenly tribulation, and it was also located above Dan Ding Peak.

Some people guessed that a top-grade third-tier pill had been created. While they were shocked, they also admired the Core Formation senior who was able to refine a top-grade third-tier pill.

What they didn't know was that the person who caused such a commotion was not a Core Formation expert.

Instead, it was Jiang Yun, who had reached the Great Perfection of Qi Refining and was attempting to break through to become a Quasi-Third-Order Alchemist.