What does my ancestor's pregnancy have to do with me, a mere servant?

The third ingredient. The fourth ingredient. The fifth ingredient.

The medicinal herbs were continuously added to the furnace.

……

Lin Yuan's ten divine senses operated simultaneously inside the furnace, each undertaking a different task—some were responsible for controlling the temperature, some for guiding the medicinal power, some for removing impurities, and some for monitoring the fusion progress of the various medicinal liquids.

In the corner, Gu Jiusi had unknowingly opened her eyes wide.

She stared at Lin Yuan's every move, and her face, which was originally tense with anger, unconsciously showed a kind of shock that only an expert would have.

She was an alchemist herself, and had an exceptional talent for alchemy, having already reached the eighth rank at a young age.

Lin Yuan's current level of skill is at least sixth rank.

More importantly—this person is only in the Qi Refining stage.

This cannot be explained simply by innate talent.

Gu Jiusi's doubts deepened, and her gaze toward Lin Yuan subtly changed without her realizing it.

Time slips away, bit by bit.

After an incense stick has burned.

The dozen or so auxiliary medicines inside the furnace have all been purified independently. Thick medicinal liquids of various colors float on the inner side of the furnace wall, resembling a colorful gemstone necklace, slowly rotating.

Every drop of the medicine has reached an extremely high purity, with no excess impurities remaining.

Now, we've reached the most crucial step.

Combined medicine.

This is the most dangerous and demanding part of the entire process of refining the Foundation Establishment Pill. The medicinal properties of more than a dozen different attributes need to be precisely fused in a very short time.

If the medicinal properties clash, the furnace will be destroyed and the pills will be ruined; if the fusion is too slow, the medicinal power will be lost. Even the slightest deviation in any step will render all previous efforts futile.

Lin Yuan took a deep breath.

"combine!"

The technique changed drastically.

He simultaneously unleashed twelve hand seals, each transforming into fine golden threads that shot into the furnace, drawing in the dozen or so suspended medicinal liquids.

The medicine liquid reacted immediately.

They converged wildly from all directions, rushing straight to the heart of the furnace.

The medicinal properties of different elements collided violently inside the furnace.

"Buzzing—"

The entire alchemy furnace began to tremble violently.

Lin Yuan's divine sense pressed down completely.

The ten spiritual forces exerted their power simultaneously, like ten strong chains, tightly binding the surging storm of medicinal power within the furnace.

Fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, but his hand gestures did not falter or hesitate in the slightest.

He manipulated these unruly medicinal forces, repeatedly blending, crushing, and re-blending them according to the fixed fusion patterns of the Foundation Building Pill.

Gradually.

The vibrations inside the furnace began to subside.

Under Lin Yuan's exquisite control, the originally mutually exclusive medicinal forces began to permeate, blend, and merge into one, with the different colored liquids becoming one.

The colors initially became vibrant and varied, but gradually became a unified whole.

They eventually coalesced into a milky-white liquid that emitted a soft, shimmering white light.

The medicinal liquid swirls slowly in the heart of the furnace, like a liquid pearl condensing.

A glint of light flashed in Lin Yuan's eyes.

It became.

But it's not over yet.

Ningdan.

This is the final step.

Lin Yuan moved all ten fingers together, pouring his magic power into them.

Under his control, the Netherworld Fire at the bottom of the furnace suddenly contracted, compressing from a vast sea of ​​fire into a pure, lotus-shaped flame the size of a fist.

This lotus of ghostly fire, concentrated to its fullest extent, rushed straight towards the heart of the furnace.

The milky white liquid was suddenly compressed by the extreme high temperature.

It's like an invisible giant hand kneading a lump of dough.

Time passed slowly, breath by breath, in the silent process of alchemy.

The Netherworld Fire below gradually shrank, eventually dissipating into a wisp of green smoke. The cauldron returned to its dark red color, and the lion-like patterns on its walls fell silent.

The entire cave was completely silent.

Normally, after alchemy is completed, regardless of success or failure, medicinal vapors should escape from the furnace. A successful alchemy will produce a fragrant aroma, while a failed one will emit a burnt smell. But now, there is nothing at all.

Gu Jiusi leaned against the rock wall, watching this scene.

Her tightly pursed lips curved slightly, and a hint of undisguised mockery flashed in her eyes.

There was no medicinal aura and no fluctuation of spiritual energy.

This is clearly a case of the furnace dying due to an imbalance in the medicinal effects.

During the fusion process, the various medicinal liquids canceled each other out, losing all their spiritual essence, resulting in nothing more than a useless pile of dead pill residue.

Even the alchemy apprentices in her sect who had failed countless times could summarize their experience with a single sentence: "If there is no fragrance when the furnace is opened, the furnace will surely die."

A mere Qi Refining stage cultivator dares to forcibly open a furnace to refine a highly difficult pill like the Foundation Establishment Pill.

She even felt a subtle sense of pleasure—serves him right. He stole my alchemy furnace to refine pills, and now it's exploded, isn't it? Karma.

Just as the mocking smile on Gu Jiusi's lips reached its maximum...

Lin Yuan reached out and patted the furnace.

"open."

"Bang!"

The furnace lid suddenly shot skyward.

Followed by.

A rich, almost tangible white medicinal fragrance burst forth violently from the furnace opening.

The chilling atmosphere that had filled the cave was completely dispelled in an instant by this cool fragrance. In its place came an extremely pure and refreshing aroma.

Just take a sniff.

Gu Jiusi felt an indescribable comfort throughout her body, as if she were soaking in a hot spring and being enveloped by a warm current.

Even the hidden injuries left on his body in the underground chamber were faintly feeling a tingling sensation of healing.

The aroma of this medicine itself has extremely strong healing and nourishing effects.

The aroma of the medicine alone can achieve this level of effect.

The quality of the elixir itself...

"Buzz—"

Nine milky-white streaks of light shot out of the furnace mouth, following the aroma of the medicine.

Lin Yuan suddenly waved his sleeve.

The sleeve wind, carrying pure magical power, intercepted and gathered all nine streams of light.

The light faded away.

Nine pills, each the size of a longan, spun around in Lin Yuan's palm.

The elixir was as white as mutton fat jade, without any impurities. Its surface was smooth and round, radiating a soft and restrained shimmering white light.

What's even more astonishing is that on the surface of each pill, there is a layer of extremely fine, spiderweb-like patterns that are clearly visible.

The nine Foundation Establishment Pills in Lin Yuan's palm had clear patterns and were arranged neatly.

Nine top-grade Foundation Establishment Pills.

Without the slightest hesitation, he took out an empty jade bottle from his storage bag, put eight of the jade pieces into the bottle, and held the remaining one between his two fingers.

Foundation Building: The first insurmountable barrier on the path to immortality.

The core of this step is to completely compress and purify the gaseous true qi within the dantian, transforming it into liquid true power.

Having experienced the interplay of Yin and Yang within the twelve hours of the void star sea in the Mysterious Maiden Diagram, Lin Yuan's Qi Sea had condensed into a drop of extremely pure milky-white liquid mana, and his mana foundation had long been solidified to the limit of the half-step Foundation Establishment stage.

However, his spiritual root aptitude was really too poor.

Even with the removal of impurities by the extreme yin energy, the conversion rate of this body to the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is still shockingly low.

Lin Yuan opened his mouth and swallowed the top-grade Foundation Establishment Pill.

The elixir melts instantly upon entering the mouth.

A surge of pure and immense heat exploded in my mouth, flowing down my throat and into my lower abdomen.

Lin Yuan immediately closed his eyes, formed an ancient hand seal, and began to circulate the Heavenly Dao Foundation Building Technique within his body.

The heat flow squeezed into the delicate meridians, forcefully expanding them and surging continuously.

The tearing pain made Lin Yuan frown slightly.