3: Alchemy

Another way to increase the condensation speed of the yin yang profound fluid was to strengthen his Bloodline and increase his Luck, which would then provide him with feedback.

The amount of Taiyin and Taiyang Qi absorbed daily would increase, allowing for the condensation of more profound liquid.

Occupying blessed lands and developing the Family to progress simultaneously was Lu Chen's plan.

Lu Chen strolled through Qingzhu Mountain, walking up the stone steps. Both sides were lined with lush green bamboo, which was how the original Cuiyun Mountain got its name.

Most of it was Ordinary Bamboo, with only a small portion possessing some spiritual aura. The entire Qingzhu Mountain appeared somewhat desolate.

After all, this was not the Cui Clan's territory; they were only managing it on behalf of the Cloud Azure Sect. A perfectly good High Grade First-Rank Spiritual Vein had never been properly nurtured, with only a few houses on the mountainside connected to the Spiritual Vein.

There were no traces of Formations anywhere else.

"For now, I should learn to refine the true essence pill as soon as possible and gather resources to set up a Formation. This empty place feels very unsafe..."

Lu Chen pondered. The true essence pill was a Medicinal Pill used for Cultivation in the Foundation Establishment Realm and was the most difficult... Even those at the Late Foundation Establishment Stage could use it. However, he was confident, as his Alchemy skills came from the Legacy of a green blessed land, the Xuan Yang Alchemy Art.

It covered nearly a hundred types of Medicinal Pills from Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment. Currently, he only knew the Qi Refining stage. Logically, he should have started with basic Medicinal Pills like the Second-Rank spirit gathering pill... but who could blame him for having the yin-yang treasure vase? After inspecting Qingzhu Mountain and removing some of the Cui Clan Cultivators' idle hidden traps, he set up sensory isolation Formations at the four corners of the mountain base.

A thick mist began to spread over Qingzhu Mountain. From the outside, the entire peak was shrouded, but inside, there was no effect at all.

However, this only blocked the probes of Cultivators and had no offensive capabilities. To achieve better results, Lu Chen would need to invest more resources.

But currently, Lu Chen was the only one on Qingzhu Mountain. Setting up an ordinary Formation was not as simple as him killing an enemy with a single palm strike.

Once the thick mist had spread across the entire Qingzhu Mountain, Lu Chen stood suspended in the air at the mountain's peak.

His gaze was like a hawk's. With a wave of his hand, First-Rank spiritual materials flew out of his Storage Pouch with a clatter, paving the mountain paths and forming houses. Large patches of Ordinary Bamboo became part of the buildings under the control of his magic power.

All of the Cui Clan's previous arrangements on Qingzhu Mountain were removed by him, directly annihilated into nothingness and scattered into the world.

As a Cultivator, Lu Chen naturally wouldn't honestly renovate Qingzhu Mountain brick by brick. Under the surge of his magic power, the spiritual materials were being arranged.

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The entire Qingzhu Mountain took on a completely new look. Pavilions and large courtyards were scattered along the mountain in a quiet distribution that aligned with the flow of the Spiritual Vein... There were three courtyards for Late Stage Qi Refining Cultivation, ten for Middle Stage, and thirty-six that could accommodate multiple Early Stage Qi Refining Cultivators. He only needed to set up the Formation nodes for them to be ready for use.

However, he had arranged them according to a First-Rank Top-Tier Spiritual Vein, so half of them could not be used for the time being. Otherwise, the Spiritual Qi supply would be insufficient, and he would either have to invest more Spirit Stones annually to maintain it or consume the Spiritual Vein's foundation... either way, it would be like draining the pond to catch the fish.

But for Lu Chen, this wasn't a big problem; he wasn't actually a Qi Refining Cultivator.

A Foundation Establishment Expert could easily nurture a First-Rank Top-Tier Spiritual Vein.

Several Top-Grade Magical Artifacts of various shapes flew out and, under Lu Chen's control, sank into various locations underground on Qingzhu Mountain. More Magical Artifacts of different Ranks turned into spiritual light and also vanished into the ground.

Under Lu Chen's magic power control, these Magical Artifacts, with the Top-Grade Magical Artifacts as cores, continuously linked together. A First-Rank Top-Tier Formation slowly took shape.

This process was slow, lasting an entire week before Lu Chen finished the arrangement.

At this moment, Qingzhu Mountain was a true Forbidden Ground for Qi Refining Cultivators. Even if a Foundation Establishment Expert attacked, they could be held off for a while.

In the Immortal Cave he had carved out separately at the mountain peak, this area was not connected to the Spiritual Vein; only the core of the Formation was here. This would be his place of Cultivation in the future.

He placed dozens of Mid-Grade Spirit Stones into the Formation's core to maintain its minimum operation.

"Phew~"

After finishing all this, Lu Chen finally breathed a slight sigh of relief.

"If I had known, I would have learned more about Formations back then..."

Lu Chen felt somewhat exhausted. Most of his profound liquid had been used for Cultivate, and the rest was for learning Alchemy and refining his natal Spiritual Artifact. After all, these two things were vital.

One concerned resource acquisition, and the other concerned the enhancement of his combat power.

His Cultivation Technique, the Crimson Sun Profound Yin Treasure Codex, was created by relying on profound liquid combined with various Qi Refining methods.

Every step forward in the future would require a large amount of profound liquid and resources; otherwise, the Cultivation Technique would have no follow-up, and it would be difficult for Lu Chen to progress.

He was not a Genius, but with the support of the yin yang profound fluid, Lu Chen was comparable to a Genius, or even a Prodigy.

A spirit talisman in his hand spontaneously ignited, turning into spiritual light that flew toward the horizon and quietly vanished.

This was a Thousand-Mile Message Talisman. One only needed to remember the recipient's aura to send a message.

It was considered the most common means of transmitting information in the cultivation world, though it was also easy for someone with intentions to intercept it by simply sealing the Void Realm.

A Top-Grade Magical Artifact with such an effect could seal the Void Realm within a hundred-mile radius.

But using such a method against him, a Foundation Establishment True Cultivator, was like lighting a lamp in a latrine—simply looking for death... Bang!

An ancient Four-Ringed Beast-Eared Cauldron landed on the room's floor with a thud.

He took out dozens of sets of prepared spiritual materials for the First-Rank spirit gathering pill from his Storage Pouch and stacked them neatly.

His right hand clenched and then opened, and Spiritual Fire flickered. The roaring flames caused the temperature in the room to rise continuously.

This was the Spiritual Fire he had condensed using Foundation Establishment magic power. If a Qi Refining Cultivator were touched by it, they would easily be killed or maimed; even at Qi Refining Perfection, he could burn them alive if he wished.

He tossed the Spiritual Fire, and it burned out of thin air at the bottom of the cauldron.

His Divine Sense controlled the temperature of the Spiritual Fire as his magic power swept up a set of spiritual materials and tossed them all directly into the cauldron.

Such an operation would leave even a First-Rank Senior Alchemist dumbfounded, but Lu Chen's Divine Sense was at the Foundation Establishment level, more than ten times stronger than that of Qi Refining.

The spiritual materials churned and turned into liquid. Strands of spiritual power were meticulously extracted, wrapping around every drop of liquid in the cauldron as the flames surged and the temperature skyrocketed.

Fierce Fire Pill Tempering required even stronger control. Although Lu Chen was not a Second-Rank Alchemist, he had already fully comprehended the Xuan Yang Alchemy Art.

Now that he had also successfully reached Foundation Establishment, he only needed to try refining Second-Rank Spirit Pills a few times to become a true Second-Rank Alchemist.

In just two short days, bottles of Medicinal Pills were stacked on the floor of the room, totaling as many as three hundred bottles.

Among them, there were over a hundred bottles of spirit gathering pills, with twelve pills per bottle. The First-Rank spirit gathering pills refined by his hand were definitely top-tier Medicinal Pills among those for Qi Refining. In the Cloud Azure Sect, one would need thirty Low-Grade Spirit Stones to buy a single set.

They were exclusive items for the children of the elite, with one bottle being worth a Medium Grade Magical Artifact. From one set of medicinal ingredients, his pill success rate was around forty pills.

Others might lose money or make a small profit from Alchemy, but for Lu Chen, every refinement resulted in the highest quality among similar pills, with a high success rate and excellent quality.

All of this was thanks to the powerful effects of the yin yang profound fluid, which was why Lu Chen was so eager to leave the sect...