282: Foundation Building Pill

Drawing the Second-Order Pill Refining Technique was like rain after a long drought for Zhou Luo; it came at just the right time.

Now that he was a Second-Order Alchemist and had all the Materials needed for the Foundation Establishment Pill, he was only one step away from refining the Foundation Establishment Pill.

However, since his cultivation Realm was only Qi Refining Realm, it was still somewhat difficult to refine the Second Order mid-grade Foundation Establishment Pill across Realms.

The success of the Thunderclap Talisman before was because he had mastered many arts and his Divine Sense was very strong, so refining Second Order Low Grade Talismans was possible. It was just that the Foundation Establishment Pill was a Second Order mid-grade Pill, which was a bit beyond his capability.

Moreover, there weren't many medicinal ingredients, leaving no room for error or mistakes. It would be better to hire someone to help him strengthen his Divine Sense.

Regarding this, Zhou Luo had already inquired with Wang Lang.

Immortal City had a special place specifically for assisting those who focused on studying arts despite insufficient Realms and Divine Sense, providing services to enhance Divine Sense.

Otherwise, those Cultivators who were lucky enough to break through to Second Order due to sufficient talent in arts, but were still in the Qi Refining Realm, would likely find it difficult to survive.

For this, Zhou Luo specially changed his attire and came to the Hundred Treasures Pavilion in Immortal City.

This was the largest trading center in Immortal City, standing five stories high, and it contained almost all items in Immortal City.

Following the instructions, he arrived at a shop specifically providing this service.

The one who received him was a beautiful woman. She smiled and introduced, "May I ask, Gongzi, what kind of service do you require?"

According to the woman's introduction,

Zhou Luo learned that this shop could provide three types of Divine Sense assistance.

One was to have a Cultivator with particularly strong Divine Sense personally assist him in refining Pills on the side.

The second type was to hire a Foundation Establishment Realm expert to split their Divine Sense and assist him. The advantage of this was that the other party didn't need to be present in person.

The third type was a Puppet containing Golden Core Divine Sense.

This Second Order Puppet, having received the infusion of a Golden Core True Person's Divine Sense, could basically meet the needs of most Qi Training cultivators.

However, the Hundred Treasures Pavilion only provided rental, not purchase services.

Overall, the third type was definitely the best.

Because he didn't want the fact that he could refine the Foundation Establishment Pill to be exposed.

So he chose the third type without hesitation.

"Alright, Gongzi, the rental price for this Puppet is one hundred Spirit Stone per day, and a deposit of five hundred Spirit Stone is required. If the Puppet is damaged during the process, you will need to compensate according to the assessed damage price," the woman said politely.

"No problem." Zhou Luo prepaid one thousand Spirit Stone.

Excluding the five hundred Spirit Stone for the deposit, he planned to rent it for five days first.

With his Pill Refining skills, five days should be enough to refine it.

"Alright, Mr., it has been confirmed for you. It just so happens that our shop has a Puppet currently idle. Please follow me." The woman led him to a room.

Inside the room, a humanoid Puppet was placed, covered in various Talisman patterns.

The woman began to introduce the usage steps to him.

A quarter of an hour later, Zhou Luo had roughly familiarized himself with its use, so he put it into his storage ring and took it home.

On the fifth day after drawing the Second-Order Pill Refining Technique, Zhou Luo informed his concubines that he was going into seclusion and no one was allowed to disturb him from now on.

Then he came to his room, set up a triple formation, and took out the Puppet with the Golden Core Divine Sense.

Once the matter of him refining the Foundation Establishment Pill was exposed, it would likely cause many troubles, so he had to be sufficiently cautious.

Only when everything was ready did he stand before the purple-gold Pill Furnace with anticipation.

After bathing and changing, he took a deep breath and placed the three main ingredients and thirty-one auxiliary ingredients of the Foundation Establishment Pill on the table beside him.

Hoo—

The fierce flame ignited, and he began to heat the Pill Furnace.

In order to refine a top-grade Foundation Establishment Pill, Zhou Luo specifically attached two High Grade Talismans that stabilized power around the Pill Furnace and took a Heart Clearing Pill.

Such a grand gesture could probably only be done by Zhou Luo, who possessed the Four Great Arts.

Immediately, he began to put in the medicinal ingredients, preparing to refine the Pill.

The refining of Second Order Pills cannot be achieved overnight, often requiring several days.

For example, Sun Alchemist back then spent six or seven days.

Of course, Zhou Luo was a Second Order top-tier Alchemist, so the time required would be greatly reduced.

Because with the help of the System, his control over Pill Refining was already very proficient.

He skillfully began to add the Materials, his demeanor calm and composed, no different from Alchemists who had refined Pills for hundreds of years.

Pill Refining has five steps.

Zhou Luo proceeded with Pill Refining in an orderly manner according to the sequence, his expression calm, his heart like still water.

Compared to Sun Alchemist, his understanding of the techniques for the Foundation Establishment Pill was even more terrifying and profound.

Under his smooth operation, the first and second steps only took one day.

The subsequent third step, merging the medicinal liquid, was the most Divine Sense consuming step.

He immediately began to control the Puppet, providing Divine Sense assistance for himself.

Under his control, the Puppet released a grand Divine Sense, which fell into the Pill Furnace, and began to assist him in refining the Pill according to the predetermined procedure.

With the biggest Divine Sense problem solved, the remaining technique part was very simple.

Regarding the methods for merging the medicinal liquid, more than ten different techniques appeared in Zhou Luo's mind.

These techniques were the highest and best techniques mastered in this cultivation world, all of which were the insights of exceptionally talented Pill Refining Grandmasters without exception.

Now, these insights were deeply imprinted in his mind.

It could be said that at this moment, Zhou Luo was possibly the strongest Second-Order Alchemist in this world.

Another day passed, the medicinal liquid was successfully merged, and then came the guidance of Pill Incantations.

This step placed more emphasis on the Alchemist's understanding of Pill Refining.

However, Zhou Luo proceeded unimpeded, with countless Pill Incantation techniques laid out before him, allowing him to choose.

He chose the best technique and then began to fuse the Pills.

Boom—

A day later, a spiritual light suddenly bloomed within the purple-gold Pill Furnace, and a rich medicinal fragrance permeated the air.

It had reached the final step of Pill Refining, forming the Pills!

Zhou Luo's eyes were bright, his expression serious, and he released a large amount of spiritual energy from both hands, while his Divine Sense enveloped the entire Pill Furnace.

"Rise!"

With a loud shout, he formed Pill Incantation seals with his hands and performed a technique.

Buzz—

Under his control, a colorful ray of light shot up into the sky, and rolling heat waves surged towards him, generating a vast might.

If it weren't for the formation barrier, it might have alarmed the people outside.

Above the Pill Furnace, seven-colored auspicious clouds appeared, with flickering colorful light, like a dream.

Zhou Luo was overjoyed.

Such a phenomenon must be a top-grade Foundation Establishment Pill.

His Divine Sense entered the Pill Furnace, taking out all three Pills within.

Upon closer inspection, he saw that one of the three Pills was smooth and brightly colored, actually having five Dao patterns.

The other two Foundation Establishment Pills both only had four Dao patterns.

Normal mid-grade Foundation Establishment Pills generally had four Dao patterns and could increase the probability of Foundation Establishment by 20%.

High Grade Foundation Establishment Pills, on the other hand, had four and a half Dao patterns and could increase the probability of Foundation Establishment by 25%.

As for top-grade Foundation Establishment Pills, they had five Dao patterns and could increase the probability of Foundation Establishment by 30%, breaking the original constraints of Pills, which could be said to be a rare sight.

Now, Zhou Luo had actually refined a top-grade Foundation Establishment Pill.

If this were to spread, it would likely not only shake Immortal City, but the entire Qingyuan Domain would be in an uproar.

This result did not surprise him at all.

After all, he was a Second Order top-tier Alchemist and was so well prepared, it was only natural.

This way, not only was his own Foundation Establishment promising, but he could also leave two ordinary Foundation Establishment Pills for his wife and children.

He carefully put away the three Foundation Establishment Pills and began to plan how to establish his Foundation next.

Since it was Foundation Establishment, he definitely had to go to the Core Area of Qingyuan City.

That was the place almost everyone would choose. It was said that the Li Family member who obtained the Foundation Establishment Pill a few years ago was in this place.

Before that, he had to first break through his Realm to the Peak of Qi Training layer nine, and then make preparations.

After all, Foundation Establishment would take at least a few years, and he had to ensure that nothing would happen at home during this time.

Especially now that the Lu Family's attacks were getting fiercer, the Lin Family might not be able to withstand it.

He hoped that the Lin Family would fall, but he did not want their Lin Family to be occupied by the Lu Family before he successfully established his Foundation.

So before going into seclusion, he had to make some preparations.

The first preparation was naturally Bai.

Next, he would be in seclusion in the Core Area of the city, where there was a Golden Core True Person overseeing things, so there would definitely be no danger.

Therefore, he planned to let Bai go to Jiang City.

Some time ago, Lin Xi had already sent a message saying that the situation in Jiang City was becoming increasingly critical.

With Bai overseeing things, it would be no problem to protect his wife and children without exposing her strength.

As long as Jiang City did not fall, he could use this opportunity to control the city, so that even if the Lin Family was defeated, he would have a place to stand.

As for Maple Leaf City, as the Lin Family's last line of defense, Zhou Luo believed that as long as the Lin Family Foundation Establishment Old Ancestor was not dead, it should be able to hold on for a long time, so there was no need to worry for now.

The only thing to worry about was the Spirit Mine.

Although Xu Changsheng sent a message saying there was no major problem for the time being, it was after all not like a city and had no great formation protection.

If the Lu Family attacked forcefully, they would undoubtedly be defeated.

So Zhou Luo decided to write a letter, telling them to evacuate as soon as possible if the situation was not right.

Immediately, he returned the Puppet to the Hundred Treasures Pavilion.

This Pill Refining took three days and only cost three hundred Spirit Stone.

Speaking of which, this Puppet was quite useful, but he would likely not need it in the future.

Because after successfully establishing his Foundation, he would not be limited by Divine Sense and could refine Second Order items at will.

Unless he drew Third-Order arts in the future.

However, he didn't know if this Immortal City had Puppets that provided Nascent Soul Divine Sense.

A month later.

Zhou Luo had basically implemented the previous arrangements, and Bai had not left yet.

He planned to let her go to Jiang City after he went into seclusion.

During this time, Zhou Luo had been staying in Yao Wu's courtyard, Dual Cultivating every day, only seeking to break through to the Peak of Qi Training layer nine as soon as possible.

Time flew by in an instant.

Nine months later, Yao Wu also reached the day of giving birth.

Zhou Luo held great expectations for this child.