Chapter 39: Foundation Building
In the Earth Fire Valley, Chen Jiu held his breath and sat cross-legged in front of a brand new long table, carefully flipping through the jade slips containing magical herbs, elixirs and pill recipes.
He looked at it carefully for a long time before putting away the jade slip and starting to check and sort the elixirs on the table.
Strange to say, it is very difficult to find elixirs that can enhance qi and blood in Mount Yi, but elixirs that can enhance spiritual power are not that rare. In just a few days, the monkeys and descendants of Sun Wukong have gathered together a set of elixirs for the Gathering Spirit Pill and a set of elixirs for the Building Foundation Pill.
Perhaps, it is because the earth fairy Linlang once planted magical herbs and elixirs here to practice qi and cultivate immortality, so there are more elixirs that enhance spiritual power here. Who knows.
Chen Jiu carefully divided the spiritual medicines on the table into two piles, and put the remaining few into the medicine basket beside him, then he said solemnly: "Lao Ding, I heard that refining pills is difficult and the probability of successful pills is very low. Are you sure?
I asked the Great Sage to spend several days searching for these elixirs. If we fail, we may not be able to gather them even after waiting for a few more days. After all, we have already searched all the easy places nearby, and we will have to go further away if we want to find them again."
Honghuang Shending said without hesitation: "It is difficult to refine pills, and the chance of success is very low. That's talking about immortal pills. Spiritual pills are not very difficult to refine. And these are what you human cultivators say. For me, immortal pills and spiritual pills are actually not difficult."
This is just bragging.
Chen Jiu said tactfully: "Lao Ding, I really can't wait any longer. The next time Wang Clan of Langya and Beiyinsi send someone, it is very likely that they will be earth immortals and ghost immortals. If I can't build my foundation, you won't be able to fight back at all!"
Don't you still believe me?
Honghuang Shending explained helplessly: "Do you know why you humans are prone to failure in alchemy? It's because you humans have seven emotions and six desires, which can easily affect you when you are making alchemy. I don't have that, and I won't let my imagination run wild.
Besides, how long is the lifespan of you humans? How many pills can you refine in your lifetime? The number of pills I have refined is countless.
Don't worry, these Soul Gathering Pills and Foundation Building Pills are the most common spiritual pills. I have refined them countless times, so there won't be any problems."
All right.
Chen Jiu thought about it, and pointed at the materials of the Soul Gathering Pill and said carefully: "How about you try this Soul Gathering Pill first?"
"OK."
The Honghuang Divine Cauldron didn't say anything more. It directly turned into a size of about a foot. It collected the materials for refining the Soul Gathering Pill and appeared above the earth's fire mouth in a flash.
This time he did not take a bath in the lava because the temperature was too high and all the elixirs .
He just stayed suspended in the air about half a meter above the crater, slowly turning the cauldron. He didn't say another word, nor did he use his spiritual sense to communicate with Chen Jiu.
It seems that refining medicine is different from refining equipment, and one has to be careful from the beginning.
Chen Jiu did not dare to make a sound to disturb them. Jiaona, Wolf Demon and others just stood quietly behind him, not daring to breathe.
I don't know how long it took, but the speed of the Honghuang Divine Cauldron suddenly increased, and it became faster and faster, so fast that the shadows of the three legs of the tripod became one, like a bowl or plate.
The pill is about to become a elixir!
Although Chen Jiu had never made pills before, he had carefully read the alchemy techniques left by the Earth Immortal Linlang. The reason why the Primordial Divine Cauldron was spinning so fast was to quickly fuse the elixirs inside and turn them into round pills.
Sure enough, the Great Desolation Divine Cauldron spun around for a while, and suddenly appeared in front of Chen Jiu, saying proudly: "It's done!"
Upon hearing this, Chen Jiu quickly took out the jade bottle he had prepared long ago and opened the cap.
With a "whoosh" sound, a series of pills gushed out from the Honghuang Divine Cauldron and fell accurately into the jade bottle.
so much?
Chen Jiu poured out a pill of Gathering Spirit Pill and took a closer look. The pill was indeed round and smooth, with a fragrant aroma.
He was quite curious and asked, "Aren't the numbers of elixirs usually divided according to the number of Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches? How did you refine so many at once?"
Honghuang Shending said helplessly: "What the Earth Immortal Linlang left behind is the method of refining elixirs. It is estimated that she has not refined elixirs for hundreds of years after becoming an immortal. The numbers of the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches refer to the elixirs. These elixirs are generally the number of Jiazi. However, the Foundation Establishment Pill is quite special. Only twelve pills can be made at a time."
Well, twelve is enough.
Chen Jiu stuffed the elixir in his hand directly into his mouth and savored it carefully.
This elixir melted in his mouth as expected, and after the juice flowed into his stomach, he could clearly feel the spiritual energy in his meridians gradually increasing.
However, when he was practicing the "Taiyin Sutra", he inadvertently absorbed spiritual energy for more than ten years and had already reached the peak of Qi refining. The spiritual energy in his dantian had long been vaporized. No matter how much more spiritual energy he gained, it actually didn't mean much to him.
This thing is actually also prepared for foundation building, because foundation building requires a large amount of spiritual energy, and at this moment the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is too thin. If there is no elixir to help increase the spiritual energy, the possibility of successfully building the foundation is extremely low.
He just tried the effect of the elixir. It seemed that the Honghuang Divine Cauldron was not bragging and that the Soul Gathering Pill could really be refined easily.
Next is the foundation-building pill.
If he can successfully build the foundation, he should be able to cause certain damage to the immortal-level strongmen by using the magic weapon to perform the Four Styles of Creation.
He said nervously, "Old Ding, the foundation-building pill must be made. I really can't waste time."
"Don't worry."
The Honghuang Divine Cauldron directly collected the remaining elixirs on the table, and with another flash, it slowly rotated on the ground fire mouth.
This time he seemed to be spinning for longer, but the result didn't seem to make much of a difference. In the end, he accelerated madly and reached the last step.
Seeing this , Chen Jiu quickly took out another jade bottle and waited with full anticipation.
After a while, the Great Desolate Divine Cauldron flashed in front of him and said proudly, " Don't worry, it's done."
Chen Jiu quickly stretched out his hand and aimed the mouth of the bottle at the Honghuang Divine Cauldron. Whoosh, another string of pills fell into the bottle.
This time the pills seemed to be bigger and there were fewer of them.
Chen Jiu directly poured out a foundation-building pill, looked at it carefully, and couldn't help but feel a lot of emotions in his heart.
He vaguely remembered that this foundation-building pill was extremely rare for low-level cultivators, and it would be extremely difficult for ordinary people to even get one.
His luck was really good. He actually encountered a divine artifact like the Honghuang Divine Cauldron, which was able to refine twelve of them at once.
He already had the foundation-building technique from the Taiyin Sutra, and his Qi training had already reached the peak, the only thing missing was this foundation-building pill.
Now everything is ready, there is nothing to hesitate about.
He thought carefully about the foundation-building method, and then said decisively: "Ah Jiao, you take them outside to guard, Lao Ding, you stay by my side to protect me, I will try to see if I can succeed in building the foundation."
After saying that, he stuffed the foundation-building pill directly into his mouth and swallowed it in one gulp. He then took out a spirit-gathering pill and swallowed it. Then he slowly closed his eyes and began to practice the foundation-building technique of the Taiyin Sutra.
After a breath, the spiritual energy in his body gradually gathered in his dantian, and the mist in his dantian slowly turned into dark clouds that began to rub against each other.
"Boom, boom, boom", there was a flash of lightning and thunder, and it seemed that heavy rain was about to pour down.
Unfortunately, there was thunder but no rain. The dark clouds rubbed against each other for a while, and then slowly dispersed and turned into mist.
Failed!
Chen Jiu slowly opened his eyes, his face full of solemnity.
He actually failed!
What went wrong?
To be honest, this was the first time he failed in more than ten years of practice. Before, he didn’t know what failure was, and he could master any technique with ease.
This failure really hit him hard.
He was stunned for a long time without saying anything.
Seeing this, Honghuang Shending couldn't help but sighed and said, "Perhaps this is the reason why the way of practicing Qi is slowly being replaced by the method of opening the orifices. The spiritual energy is so thin, and practicing Qi and building the foundation are so difficult. How can one cultivate to become a god?"
Chen Jiu heard this and suddenly had an idea: "Is it because the spiritual energy is too thin?"
Honghuang Shending said without hesitation: "Of course, I have seen many people build their foundations and even achieve the Golden Elixir. In that scene , spiritual energy swarmed in like a whirlwind. You are so calm that you can't even see a few strands of spiritual energy gathering. Of course, you can't succeed."
It shouldn't be a big problem, the Spirit Gathering Pill is used to provide spiritual energy.
Without hesitation, Chen Jiu poured out half a bottle of Spirit Gathering Pills and stuffed them into his mouth, swallowing them in one gulp. He then poured out two Foundation Building Pills and swallowed them. Then he closed his eyes and began to practice the Foundation Building method.
The ancient Qigong practitioners who cultivated immortals were not as bold as him, because their bodies were not very strong, and their meridians were not as solid as his. If they took so many elixirs at once, the violent spiritual energy might burst their meridians.
However, he had no problem at all. Compared with the violent spiritual energy and surging blood, it was nothing. His meridians had long been accustomed to this kind of impact.
This time, there was a surge of wind and clouds in his dantian, and the violent spiritual energy swarmed in, forming dark clouds that were much thicker than the last time.
"Boom, boom," there was a flash of lightning and thunder, and heavy rain suddenly poured down in his dantian.
I don’t know how long it took, but the clouds cleared and the rain stopped, and all the mist in his dantian disappeared, turning into a huge lake.
He finally succeeded in building his foundation!
