Chapter 29 Good Man Li Yu
Li Yu sat in the yard and sighed deeply.
He finally understood the regretful look that Elder Sun had given him.
He finally understood why there were so few people in the world of immortal cultivation who cultivated multiple spiritual veins. The impact of the Tongmai Pill on the acupoints was random. If you were not a top genius and did not have the saturation cultivation of a sect behind you, cultivating one more spiritual vein would double the difficulty of building the foundation. Who would dare to do this?
After being depressed for a while, Li Yu took a deep breath and forced a smile.
What has happened cannot be changed and is not worth lamenting.
Whether in life or in spiritual practice, we need to look forward.
After suppressing some thoughts, Li Yu returned to his room and began to practice with his eyes closed.
But soon, he opened his eyes.
At this moment, he had no intention of practicing at all.
This was mainly because the breakthrough was too smooth after taking Tongmai Dan.
Li Yu couldn't believe how smooth it was.
He practiced hard for four months, but this thumb-sized pill only lasted for a few seconds. Anyone who has this experience will inevitably feel disappointed.
No wonder alchemists hold such a high status in the world of immortal cultivation. If there is a dedicated second-grade alchemist to refine medicine for him, then he does not need to practice on his own during the Qi Refining stage. Just by taking pills, he can rush all the way to the ninth level of Qi Refining.
He started practicing late, and had two more spiritual veins than others, so the difficulty of building a foundation was doubled. If he wanted to catch up with those geniuses, he had to get enough Tongmai Pills.
After a moment.
In a hall somewhere in Danding Peak, Li Yu returned the booklet to Elder Han, and then said, "Senior Han, I have already refined the hemostatic pill. Can I continue to refine other pills?"
Han Tiancheng smiled and said, "Of course."
Li Yu obviously has an amazing talent in alchemy, and as the sect's top alchemist, he enjoys the sect's resources and actually has the task of refining pills every month.
Every month, Han Tiancheng needs to provide a lot of elixirs to the sect, including both low-level and first-level ones. He usually does not make some low-level elixirs himself, but gives them to his disciples.
It's just that those guys don't have much talent in alchemy, so he has to do it himself at the end of every month to make up for the insufficient share. He wishes there was someone to help him.
A quarter of an hour later, Li Yu returned to his residence carrying a large pile of medicinal herbs.
He has received the task of refining pills from Elder Han.
This time, he wanted to refine the detoxification pill, which was also a low-level pill. The difficulty of refining it was similar to that of the hemostatic pill. Elder Han gave him five sets of materials.
He needs to use these five materials to refine ten detoxification pills of medium quality or above.
Theoretically, one batch of materials can be used to refine up to ten pills, but this generally only exists in theory. In actual operation, a small negligence may lead to failure in refining, or only a few qualified pills may be produced in one furnace.
If you can use five materials to refine ten medium-quality detoxification pills, you will be a qualified apprentice of alchemy.
Li Yu prepared the materials according to the order of alchemy and started refining.
This time, he concentrated his attention, held his breath, and surprisingly did not get distracted again.
After half an hour, Li Yu opened the alchemy furnace, and eight white pills were lying in it.
One of them has four dan patterns on it , and the other seven have three.
Although only eight pills were produced, and none of them were top quality, Li Yu was already very satisfied. After all, he made them himself. In the process of refining the pills himself, Li Yu realized that opening up the three spiritual veins did make refining pills easy.
As far as he knew, for an apprentice alchemist, it was already very good if he could produce one pill with one danwen in his first furnace.
Li Yu's success rate in making pills is even much higher than that of the deacon disciples who have stayed in Danding Peak for several years.
This may be the case of losing something in one place but gaining something in another.
He simply added all his cultivation skills to alchemy.
For the next four portions of materials, Li Yu insisted on refining them himself and never entered that distracted state again. As the number of refining times increased, his alchemy technique became more proficient. Starting from the second portion of materials, he could successfully refine ten pills in each furnace, and the quality was all top-notch. Occasionally, he could even produce a few super-quality pills with four pill patterns.
As for the top-grade elixir, he had never been able to refine it once.
No wonder Elder Han was so upset when he saw the top-grade hemostatic pill. This also made Li Yu curious about the alchemy furnace mark on his chest. He had never heard of an alchemy furnace that could refine pills by itself and that only produced top-grade pills...
Li Yu decided in his heart that in the future, if he could do it himself, he would try to do it himself. When he was refining and selling hemostatic pills before, he was actually a little thoughtless. After all, top-grade pills are too eye-catching. It is okay if they appear occasionally, but if they are top-grade pills every time, it might attract other people's attention.
At noon the next day, Li Yu came to Elder Han with the eight detoxification pills he had refined for the first time.
He handed the pills to Elder Han and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Senior Han, I only refined eight pills, and I still need two."
Han Tiancheng took the pill bottle and looked at it, and said admiringly: "Not bad, seven top-grade pills, one super-grade, and not a single one below top-grade. This is beyond my expectations. It seems that you have not only cultivated the three spiritual veins, but also have a soul power far beyond that of ordinary alchemists..."
When mentioning the three spiritual veins, Li Yu felt a little heartbroken.
But the second half of Elder Han's words made Li Yu think of something. Since the alchemy furnace would return some of the spiritual power to him when it absorbed the elixir, did it also return some of his soul power when it absorbed the ghost?
Next time he encounters a ghost, he will feel it carefully.
Elder Han was very satisfied with Li Yu's achievements and gave him ten spirit coins as a reward.
He did not ask Li Yu how many ingredients he used. Using five ingredients to refine eight high-quality pills was already far above the average level of alchemy apprentices, and could even be considered excellent. Some of his disciples had been practicing for more than ten years, but were still not as good as Li Yu.
The three spiritual veins of water, fire and wood do have unique advantages in alchemy, but unfortunately, his practice was not so smooth.
After sighing, Han Tiancheng gave Li Yu another ten sets of materials. With Li Yu sharing the burden with him, he would be able to free up time and energy to prepare for the assessment of a second-grade alchemist. Once he became a second-grade alchemist, his status in the sect would be further improved, and he would have a chance of achieving the golden elixir in this lifetime.
Liu Dong stood behind him, looking at Li Yu's back as he left, and sighed, "I didn't realize that Li Yu's talent for alchemy was so high..."
Han Tiancheng glanced at him and said, "Everyone has their own luck. There is no need to envy others. If you follow me and study the way of alchemy well, it is possible for you to build a foundation in this life. In order to allow you to enter Kunlun, your family has spent a lot of effort..."
Li Yu held the alchemy materials in his hands, with no expression on his face, but he felt very happy in his heart.
There are ten sets of materials, and in the end, only about twenty pills need to be handed over to Elder Han. He can keep eight of them, and together with the ones he refined before, he can exchange them for another Tongmai Pill.
If good things like this happen every day, he will be able to successfully build his foundation within three years.
Li Yu was just thinking about something good when suddenly a figure came over, put his arm around his shoulders, and asked in a low voice , "Li Yu, Li Yu, what is your success rate in refining the hemostatic pill?"
The person who came was Senior Brother Zhao, who was also the deacon disciple who taught Li Yu and other new disciples how to make pills.
Li Yu thought about it and said, "Not bad. One batch of materials can probably be used to refine two top-grade pills."
Senior Brother Zhao felt ashamed when he heard this. With one piece of material, he could refine two pills, but they were both medium-quality. If he was unlucky, he would produce low-quality pills. He was unable to complete the pill-refining tasks assigned by Elder Han every month, and his spirit coins were deducted every time.
A month ago, he was still teaching Li Yu how to make elixirs, but a month later, he had left Li Yu far behind.
Some people are born to do this job.
Thinking of this, he became even more enthusiastic towards Li Yu, put his arm around his shoulders, and asked with a smile: "Junior Brother Li, how do you feel about me treating you?"
Li Yu said: "It's OK."
Senior Brother Zhao treated him the same way as he treated other disciples, nothing special.
Senior Brother Zhao smiled awkwardly and said, "The first time I saw you, I knew you were different from other disciples. Senior Brother, can you please help me refine a few furnaces of elixirs..."
Li Yu was stunned for a moment: "Ah?"
Senior Brother Zhao immediately said, "Don't worry, I won't let you work for nothing. For ten hemostatic pills, I'll give you fifteen spirit coins, which is more than what Elder Han gave you. How about it?"
This is really like looking for a pillow when you are sleepy. Li Yu was just worrying about not having enough materials when someone came to him.
Although fifteen spirit coins are not a lot, one piece of material is worth one hundred spirit coins to him. Even if he doesn't pay, Li Yu would be more than happy to get it.
Although he was secretly happy, Li Yu pretended to be hesitant on the surface and whispered, "But, I still need to practice, I'm afraid I don't have that much time..."
Senior Brother Zhao said, “Junior Brother Li, you don’t know that in the sect, spirit coins are the most important. Your own cultivation is too slow. It’s better to save spirit coins and exchange them for Tongmai Pills. One pill can open up an acupuncture point, which is equivalent to your several months of hard practice…”
Li Yu seemed to be persuaded and said hesitantly: "Fifteen spirit coins..."
Senior Brother Zhao said, "Twenty, twenty spirit coins, Junior Brother Li, you must promise me."
He had his own plans in mind. Although he felt a little pain in spending twenty spirit coins, if he failed to complete the monthly alchemy task, Elder Han would deduct fifty spirit coins from him. No matter how he calculated it, he would still make a profit.
Li Yu thought for a long time, and finally seemed to be moved by the spirit coins. He nodded and said, "...Okay then."
Senior Brother Zhao held Li Yu's hand and said with emotion: "Junior Brother Li, you are such a good person. In the future at Danding Peak, I will protect you. If anyone bullies you, just tell me my name..."
