Chapter 45 Refining Foundation Establishment Pills

Inside the Immortal Cave, Chen Li took out the Fifth-Rank Profound Azure Cauldron and the more than two hundred boxes of mature purple monkey flower he had harvested in the Nine Nether Secret Realm.

There were also more than two hundred grown using the Great Sun Seed Jade, totaling about five hundred boxes.

According to the foundation establishment pill Pill Formula in "Li Daoan's Notes on the Alchemy Techniques of Seven Medicinal Pills," he needed to use one three-hundred-year-old purple monkey flower as the main ingredient, along with four hundred-year-old herbs as auxiliary ingredients.

These auxiliary herbs could enhance the medicinal power for breaking through to Foundation Establishment, and this amount was enough for one furnace, which could produce one to three foundation establishment pills.

The few hundred-year-old auxiliary herbs he had specially saved before turned out to be redundant; the changes were too great, and he hadn't anticipated this.

Now he had enough hundred-year-old auxiliary herbs for Foundation Establishment, and even if he didn't, he would have them in fifty days.

The Pill Formula recorded refining with a Third-Rank Profound Azure Cauldron, but since he was now refining directly with a Fifth-Rank Profound Azure Cauldron, the success rate should increase somewhat.

Inside the Immortal Cave, Chen Li started the fire to heat the Cauldron, releasing the earth vein fire. After a while, the Cauldron heated up, and Chen Li began the Alchemy process.

It had been a long time since he refined new Medicinal Pills. Previously, his grain dispelling pill, qi overflowing pill, and vitality replenishing pill had lived up to his self-proclaimed title of Genius Alchemist.

Not knowing if he could maintain this, Chen Li even wanted to hold a worship ceremony to pray to the immortals and gods for protection!

But he decided against it; he was a pure technician.

On the first day, Chen Li cautiously refined the first furnace, and when the result was a pile of black residue, he knew it wouldn't be that simple!

On the second day, Chen Li learned from the mistakes of the first day, and when one Low Grade foundation establishment pill appeared, he knew it wasn't that difficult!

On the third day, Chen Li absorbed the experience of the previous two days, and when one furnace produced three Medium Grade foundation establishment pills, he knew he was a Genius; there was no other reason, only that practice makes perfect!

...

In Liangxi County, within a great hall of the Yun Family territory, Yun Chengyue and Yun Tiancheng were conversing.

"Old Ancestor, Chengyue has successfully reached the Qi Refining Fifth Layer. The Chen Family's Chen Li is now at the Qi Refining Sixth Layer, and Zhu Lingyue is at the Qi Refining Fifth Layer. The strength of the two families is now about the same."

"Although their combat power and cultivation levels are the same now, Chen Li is a Third-Rank Formation Master, and his power is capable of killing someone at the Foundation Establishment stage!"

Yun Tiancheng revealed a secret.

The news Chen Li released to the outside world was that he was at the Qi Refining Sixth Layer and Zhu Lingyue was at the Qi Refining Fifth Layer; both had practiced the Qi Concealment Art.

At this moment, hearing this news, Yun Chengyue said with a tone of disbelief: "Old Ancestor, kill someone at the Foundation Establishment stage?"

Yun Tiancheng's thoughts seemed to return to that thirty-second battle in the Thousand Leaf Forest. Recalling Chen Li's set of powerful Formations, he said, "Yes, that was over a decade ago. Do you still remember the newcomer to the Foundation Establishment stage, Zhang An?"

Yun Chengyue nodded, and Yun Tiancheng recounted the murder case of Zhang An from over a decade ago.

A few minutes later, Yun Chengyue suddenly understood, "So Zhang An was killed by the joint efforts of our few families in Liangxi County. That was truly thrilling! Chen Li, as a Third-Rank Formation Master, really played a decisive role in that battle!"

Yun Tiancheng nodded, reminisced a bit about the past, and sighed, "What a pity, things have changed, and of the original five families in Liangxi County, only two remain!"

Yun Chengyue thought of the two demonic Cultivators, "Old Ancestor, don't you find it strange? Why haven't those two, the Luo Family Head and the An Family Head who were subject to Possession, come to our Liangxi County since they were wanted? Our Family is so weak."

Yun Tiancheng was also confused upon hearing this. Logically speaking, those two demonic Cultivators could exert the strength of the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining and possessed many Fourth-Rank Magical Artifacts, so with their many methods, shouldn't they have come to patronize their weak Family?

"Could it be that we have something they fear?" Yun Chengyue added.

Yun Tiancheng immediately shook his head. He knew his own Family's strength. If those two demonic Cultivators had come to target them, the Yun Family of Liangxi County would definitely have been wiped out by now.

Everyone would have turned into dried corpses.

"Could it be Chen Li?" he muttered in a low voice, thinking it highly probable.

Yun Chengyue continued to speculate, "Perhaps those two suffered a great loss at Chen Li's hands and dare not appear here anymore."

Yun Tiancheng thought for a moment and suddenly stood up, "It is highly likely!"

At this moment, Yun Tiancheng calmed down and said to Yun Chengyue, "We must maintain a good relationship with the Chen Family. I underestimated him; I feel that Chen Li is not ordinary!"

...

At Black Magpie Mountain, it was cloudy today. A breeze blew through the two spirit jujube trees in front of the door, and several fallen leaves drifted down. At this moment, many ten-year-old children arrived at the bottom.

Zhu Lingyue had come for the annual Spiritual Root test again, and Chen Songli had come to help. A year had passed since Chen Li went into seclusion. At this moment, Zhu Lingyue said to the dozens of children who had not been detected with any Spiritual Root: "You may return now; none of you have a Spiritual Root."

One of the children asked loudly: "Immortal Master, if we don't have a Spiritual Root, does that mean we cannot Cultivate!"

Zhu Lingyue did not expect this question. The Mortal old man leading them scolded: "Behave yourself! How could the Immortal Master's words be false!"

Hearing this, the child dared not speak. His dream of many years was shattered, and his eyes blurred with tears as he felt unwilling.

Zhu Lingyue seemed to have seen too much. She waved her hand expressionlessly to let them go and did not answer the question.

After this group of Mortals left, Chen Songli sighed softly from the side and said to Zhu Lingyue: "Mother, do you think there is a way to generate a Spiritual Root in this world!"

Zhu Lingyue shook her head and said: "No, I have never heard of a way to generate a Spiritual Root. Spiritual Roots are born with you; if you don't have one, you don't have one."

Chen Songli worriedly said: "Mother, the four of us siblings all have Spiritual Roots. If younger sister Songmei doesn't have one, does that mean she will be a person from a different world than us?"

Hearing this, Zhu Lingyue was also stunned for a moment and said: "The four of you siblings all have Spiritual Roots; there is a high probability that the fifth will also have one."

Chen Songli nodded and said to herself: "If the fifth doesn't have one, I will find a way. Father will definitely find a way too!"

Zhu Lingyue also felt it was strange. The probability of children born to two Cultivators with Spiritual Roots having Spiritual Roots is indeed higher than that of Mortals, but both of them had them their whole lives, and previously she attributed it to them both having Spiritual Roots, so their children also had them.

But after thinking about it, she also felt it was strange and could only attribute it to the high probability of children born to those who both possess Spiritual Roots.

Chen Songli asked: "I wonder if Father's seclusion is going smoothly?"

Zhu Lingyue had full confidence in Chen Li. After more than a decade of being together, she believed in her husband's ability. She smiled and said: "Don't worry, your father is a person who has a sense of proportion and control."