9: Chapter Refining Qinghe Yunqi Pill

Cultivating Immortality knows no age, the vastness of heaven and earth is long.

In the blink of an eye, half a month had passed. Chen Jiancang stood beside a Spirit Field covered by an array Formation, watching the Chen Family's array Formation Master leave, a satisfied smile on his face.

During this time, he replanted his two mu of Spirit Field with qinghe rice, and through the Chen Family, exchanged 2,000 contribution points for a Spirit Field of about two mu. He also spent 500 contribution points to invite an Uncle-Clan who specialized in array Formations to set up a Gathering Spirit Array, adding a Cloud Mist Array to conceal sight and a simple Golden Light Array for defense.

Setting up the array Formations depleted all of Chen Jiancang's accumulated spiritual stones; at this moment, he had become a penniless pauper.

But looking at the B 30 Plot 30 Spiritual Field before him, at this moment, all the effort was worth it.

Chen Jiancang's parents toiled for half their lives and only managed to acquire two mu of Spirit Field, while he, after only one year of taking over the spiritual planting profession, had acquired another two mu of Spirit Field, and the grade of the Spirit Field was even higher.

Although it was a Spirit Field exchanged with contribution points, which others might see as a bit wasteful, it was all worth it. The more Spirit Fields there were, the more spiritual plants could be planted, the more rewards would be harvested, and breaking through the Realm was just around the corner.

Chen Jiancang held the array Formation Restriction token in his hand and waved it at the edge of the array Formation. A small opening, wide enough for one person, appeared in the Cloud Mist Array.

Stepping into the array Formation, two mu of cultivated Spirit Field immediately came into view. The field ridges within the Spirit Field further divided the Spirit Field into smaller plots.

The largest plot, nearly half a mu, had soil that was yellow-black, and small green sprouts were breaking through the soil, growing vigorously.

This half mu of Spirit Field was where Chen Jiancang planted the Lueling Grass.

Walking into this half mu of Spirit Field, one could feel that the spiritual energy concentration here was higher than in other places, which was the Gathering Spirit Array at work.

Beside the Lueling Grass Spirit Field, there was a pavilion of about ten square meters, also within the range of the Gathering Spirit Array. A wooden bed and a small table were placed in the pavilion.

Chen Jiancang planned to stay and cultivate here from now on.

In other areas of the Spirit Field, Chen Jiancang planted spiritual plants and herbs such as Scarlet Fruit, fuling grass, Huang Jing, and seven night flower according to his cultivation plan.

"After this batch of spiritual plants is harvested, I should be able to break through another Realm. However, now I can try to refine the Qinghe Qi Cultivation Pill."

Alchemy experience was generated out of thin air, but Chen Jiancang had never been exposed to Alchemy before, so he was not sure if he could succeed in refining it.

Taking out the water-fire ancient yang furnace from his storage bag, he took out the prepared Materials one by one. Following the experience in his mind, he placed the auxiliary Materials into theDanlu. He circulated his Cultivation Technique, and the Water Flow Technique slowly washed away the residue of the spiritual herbs, separating them little by little and discharging them from the seven orifices of theDanlu, leaving only a mass of essence in theDanlu.

Although Chen Jiancang had never refined pills before, at this moment, his proficiency seemed to have been gained through thousands of practices; everything was so skillful.

He extracted and refined the other auxiliary Materials as he had done before.

Finally, he took out ten jin of qinghe rice, the main ingredient of the Qinghe Qi Cultivation Pill, and placed it into the furnace. In just a moment, the ten jin of spiritual rice was reduced to about one jin of essence.

Mixing all the essences together, he poured them into the fire refining furnace core. The pure wood spiritual energy on Chen Jiancang's palm turned into a ball of flame and burned into the furnace.

In a short while, the spiritual herb essence inside the furnace boiled. Chen Jiancang skillfully struck several pill incantations, using the flame to further extract, refine, and condense.

The spiritual energy in his body was consumed little by little, and fine beads of sweat seeped from Chen Jiancang's forehead.

After a moment, just as Chen Jiancang was about to be unable to hold on, with the last pill incantation struck, the sticky substance that was originally a mass condensed into round pills.

"It's done!"

A surprised look appeared on Chen Jiancang's face. Although no divine sense was produced, at the moment the pills were formed, he felt that the number of pills in this furnace was not small.

Before the furnace temperature even cooled down, Chen Jiancang impatiently opened the top cover of theDanlu and took out the pills from the furnace.

"There are actually nine pills!"

Nine is the extreme number. In the cultivation world, everything has a certain law. For example, the maximum number of pills in a furnace is nine. Even if the Alchemy experience is richer and more medicinal Materials are placed, this law cannot be escaped.

Therefore, the number of pills formed is also one of the main symbols for testing an Alchemist's skill.

Chen Jiancang's first attempt at Alchemy yielded nine pills. If someone saw it, they would probably not dare to believe it.

The Qinghe Qi Cultivation Pill is greenish-blue and emits the fragrance of qinghe rice. Even without consuming it at this time, one can feel the spiritual energy contained within.

Without any hesitation, Chen Jiancang picked up a Qinghe Qi Cultivation Pill and threw it into his mouth. Instantly, the pill dissolved, and a surge of pure spiritual energy entered his meridians through his mouth.

Although it was a low-grade Qi Gathering Pill, the spiritual energy gain from one pill actually replenished the spiritual energy consumed during the Alchemy process, and the overall amount of spiritual energy in his body also slightly improved.

The overall condition was as if Chen Jiancang had diligently cultivated and circulated his Cultivation Technique for an entire day.

Striking while the iron was hot, Chen Jiancang did not stop. Another batch of medicinal Materials was put into the furnace, and he began to refine.

Until the sky gradually darkened, the spiritual herbs Chen Jiancang had prepared were finally exhausted. After refining diligently all day, despite taking the Qinghe Qi Cultivation Pill, a weary look still appeared on Chen Jiancang's face.

However, effort pays off. Refining non-stop all day, Chen Jiancang refined a total of ten furnaces, and each furnace yielded nine pills.

Looking at the neatly arranged pile of jade bottles before him, Chen Jiancang's original weary expression instantly vanished.

In the Qingya Mountain Range, the most common Qi Gathering Pill costs 3 spiritual stones per pill. Chen Jiancang had consumed a bottle when he broke through to the second layer of Qi Refining.

But he felt that the effect of the Qi Gathering Pill was not as good as the Qinghe Qi Cultivation Pill he refined himself.

If calculated according to the price of the Qi Gathering Pill, Chen Jiancang has now refined and has a surplus of 89 pills, which is worth 267 spiritual stones.