Senior sister, I'm going to control you.

"This disciple takes his leave."

Li Tianran stood in front of the alchemy furnace for a moment.

He put the pills into his storage bag, turned around, and pushed open the door to leave.

It was completely dark outside.

The stone steps of Blood Cauldron Peak were illuminated by the flickering flames from the furnaces in the alchemy rooms on both sides.

This gave him a feeling of being in another world.

The youthful-looking senior uncle of Blood Cauldron Peak.

He's lustful, wicked, and a complete scoundrel.

They not only teased him, but also patted his butt.

Li Tianran shook his head.

He had only taken two steps when he almost bumped into someone.

A thin, young boy, his gray robe faded from washing, struggled to carry a heavy wooden box in both hands.

His eyes were bloodshot, and his face was tinged with an unnatural red from being roasted by the stove fire for so long.

The wooden box wobbled as it nearly collided with something, and a few dark pills spilled from the edge of the box onto the ground.

One rolled to Li Tianran's feet.

He bent down and picked it up.

The pill was completely black, with a rough surface, and felt heavy when held between the fingers.

There are five fine, dark gold lines on the front.

Dark gold pattern.

He had seen the annotations on the jade slips in Han Laomo's secret chamber.

Only pills of grade three or higher can have this, and the more patterns there are, the higher the grade.

This one has five gold lines, the lines are not broken, but the color is dark.

Dan Tong squatted on the ground, frantically picking things up. She looked up at him with surprise in her eyes.

"You...you're the senior brother who spent the whole day in Master's alchemy room today?"

"Um."

Dan Tong's eyes widened slightly, and the rosy blush on his face, caused by the furnace fire, appeared even deeper.

"No disciple has ever been able to stay in her alchemy room for more than half an hour."

When she gets angry, she even yells at the Foundation Establishment deacons.

"happen."

Dan Tong glanced at him a few more times, then placed the wooden box at his feet and began picking up the scattered waste pills.

He picked one up, blew off the dust, and carefully put it back in the box, as if he were preparing to put away something valuable.

Li Tianran squatted down to help him pick them up, then picked one up and examined it.

The surface has more gold veins than the previous one, with seven veins.

"Is this a useless pill?"

Dan Tong nodded, his tone clearly filled with regret.

"They're all useless."

My master has been refining this for over three years. It's the top-grade elixir among the third-rank pills, comparable to some ordinary fourth-rank pills.

This batch was the closest we've come to success recently, but it still didn't quite turn out right..."

He sighed.

"It's been more than three years, and every time I've just missed it."

The master said the prescription was correct, but the time wasn't right.

Li Tianran casually asked, "What kind of elixir is so difficult to refine?"

"Foundation Pill."

Dan Tong spoke casually, his voice tinged with weariness.

Foundation Building Pill! !

Li Tianran felt as if something had suddenly hit his head.

When a Qi Refining Peak cultivator attempts to break through to Foundation Establishment, the success rate can increase by 30% to 50%.

Only Wang Yin in the entire Blood Spirit Sect can refine it; the materials are hard to come by, and it takes three years to complete one batch.

Golden Core sects look down on them, while smaller sects value them by the grain, with each grain worth a mid-grade spiritual weapon.

His face remained expressionless, but his mind was in turmoil.

One pill is worth ten times his entire fortune.

He soaked in the icy pool for three days, his skin and flesh were corroded by the poisonous fog, and he retrieved fifty-three toad hearts, thinking he had made a fortune.

Compared to these six useless pills, the 19,000 spirit stones are just a drop in the bucket.

What is windfall wealth? This is true windfall wealth!

Did Wang Yin throw it away like trash?

We must pick it up!

He has magic water, and has the potential to turn waste into treasure!

Damn it!

When you're lucky, you might even find gold hidden in dog poop!

Dan Tong yawned again, picked up the last discarded pill and put it back in the wooden box, muttering to himself.

"It was personally commissioned by the sect leader to be refined by my master. He said that this batch of Foundation Establishment Pills was to be reserved for the winner of the competition for vice sect leader, and then rewarded to the disciples at the peak of Qi Refining in the sect after the dust settled."

As a result, it failed again this year, and the master was so angry that he kicked over the alchemy furnace...

He rubbed his eyes, his voice growing softer and softer.

"It's been three years. Every time I refine it to the last round, the pill embryo inexplicably turns black after it takes shape."

The master checked the formula hundreds of times but couldn't find the problem; his luck hadn't run out yet.

Li Tianran's fingers tightened slightly on the edge of the wooden box, his heart pounding so hard it felt like it was going to jump out of his throat.

But his movements as he squatted on the ground to help Dan Tong pick up the discarded pills were perfectly coordinated.

One, two, they were casually tossed into the box.

Li Tianran feigned concern and asked, "Junior Brother, why aren't you resting so late?"

Dan Tong sighed, "The alchemy furnace hasn't been cleaned yet, and the alchemy room also needs cleaning. It's still a long way off."

"oh,"

Li Tianran patted Dan Tong on the shoulder: "It's not easy, it's not easy. The development of the sect cannot do without a junior brother like you who is down-to-earth and hardworking."

Dan Tong was weak and listless.

"Senior brother, you flatter me. I'm just trying to make a living. I'll go throw away the waste pills first."

"Hey, wait a minute."

Li Tianran quickly grabbed him.

Dan Tong looked up in confusion: "Senior Brother, is something the matter?"

Li Tianran said in a serious tone, "Junior brother, you still have a lot of work to do in the middle of the night."

I talked with my senior sister Wang all day, and she said that you Dan Tong (a type of disciple) are indeed under a lot of pressure.

I saw how hard you all have worked today.

I happened to pass by the garbage pit on my way down the mountain, so I just threw away these useless pills.

Go back and get busy, then get some rest.

Dan Tong: "Uh... I'm afraid that's not a good idea."

Li Tianran earnestly instructed: "What's wrong with it? Uncle Wang often says that you should be efficient in doing things."

If it were Uncle Wang doing this job, how do you think she would do it?

How can we achieve the high efficiency she mentioned?

Upon hearing this...

Dan Tong's expression changed, and he quickly handed the wooden box to Li Tianran.

"Then could you please throw it for me, senior brother?"

"Hmm, this child is teachable."

Li Tianran took the wooden box, speaking casually.

"When I came here, I saw a waste pit at the foot of the mountain, which was used to dump waste residue."

It's completely dark now, you should go home.

Dan Tong hesitated for a few moments, then bowed and paid his respects.

"Then... thank you for your help, Senior Brother."

Dan Tong turned around and dragged his feet back, his gray robe disappearing into the glow of the furnace fire leaking from between the alchemy rooms.

Li Tianran watched him walk away, then turned and walked down the stone steps.

Once out of Dan Tong's sight, he quickened his pace. He wasn't afraid of being seen; he was afraid he wouldn't be able to keep his composure.

The corners of his mouth were already twitching upwards, and he couldn't stop them no matter what he did.

When we reached the halfway point of the mountain, the gray fog was so thick that we couldn't see anyone more than three steps away.

He then stopped and took the wooden box out of the storage bag.

He opened it and looked inside at the few dark-colored pills.

He couldn't help but chuckle softly.

I found it!

This baby is definitely an adopted child!

The Foundation Establishment Pills, produced in a single batch every three years, were personally commissioned by the sect leader and were a reward for the competition among the vice sect leaders.

Something that no Qi Refining disciple in the entire Blood Spirit Sect would even dare to dream of.

He picked up six pills as he passed by the entrance of the alchemy room.

Was it scrap?

Even though he's useless, he still has a basin of magical water to soak in!

Blood Spirit Grass that wasn't initially graded was soaked into Grade 1, and Grade 1 Toad Heart was soaked into Grade 2.

What will happen if these six Foundation Establishment failure pills are soaked in water?

Just thinking about Li Tianran makes me feel awesome!!

Each one is a Foundation Establishment Pill that can be directly exchanged for a mid-grade spiritual weapon!

He quickly took out the Immortal Imprisoning Basin.

Half of the elixir had already been submerged, and Su Yingxue and the three nuns were at the bottom of the basin.

He had no time to deal with them. He opened the wooden box and put the six discarded pills into the immortal water one by one.

The moment the discarded pill touched the immortal water, the surface of the water rippled on its own.

The pot is moving!

The dark gold patterns on the surface of the black waste pills shone faintly for a moment underwater.

The water level of the fairy water is dropping at a speed visible to the naked eye!

The useless pill is consuming immortal water!!