Ling Chengxin's Plans for the Alchemy Path
After returning to the Clan Mountain, Ling Pengyun meditated for several hours to restore himself to his best condition. Then, he waved his hand and summoned the treasure he had obtained from killing the Foundation Establishment Devil Cultivator.
There are two Storage Bag and one magic banner in total.
Ling Pengyun stared at the demon banner and muttered to himself.
"The materials used to forge this Second Rank Low Grade demon banner are quite good. It's a pity, though, that this banner has already become Devil Artifact and can only be destroyed."
Devil Artifact contain a strong demonic aura. Although Righteous Path cultivators can also use them, once they use Devil Artifact, they will be tainted by the demonic aura, affecting their minds and causing them to fall into demonic possession.
Ling Pengyun made Hand Seals and used Fire Element Law Technique to conjure a ball of flame, which burned the demon banner.
This demon banner was, after all, Second Grade Magic Tool. Ling Pengyun spent nearly half a day burning it with intense heat and flames before it was completely burned away.
After handling the matter, Ling Pengyun closed his eyes, circulated his Cultivation Method, and absorbed Spiritual Qi to restore the spiritual power in his Dantian.
Once his spiritual energy recovered, he began to mobilize his Divine Sense to cleanse the Divine Sense imprints left by the Foundation Establishment Devil Cultivator in the two Storage Bag he had obtained.
The Foundation Establishment Devil Cultivator was dead, and the Divine Sense imprints within the two Storage Bag were like rootsless floating, without any support.
In about three days, Ling Pengyun used his Divine Sense to cleanse the two Storage Bag of their Divine Sense imprints.
Once the Divine Sense imprint was broken, Ling Pengyun also waved his hand and channeled spiritual power into the two Storage Bag, summoning all the items inside.
Among these items, most belonged to Devil Cultivator, and there was even Soul Gathering Bottle that contained the souls of tens of thousands of mortals.
The souls of mortals were of no use to Ling Pengyun, so he did not keep them.
Instead, they smashed the Soul Gathering Bottle, letting the souls of those mortals dissipate on their own.
The other Devil Artifact, like the demonic banner from before, were burned to ashes by the flames summoned by Ling Pengyun.
In the end, only two ancient books remained in front of Ling Pengyun.
One book is titled "The Ghost Control Art," and the other is titled "The Blood Source Secret Method."
The Ghost Control Art is a Devil Cultivator Cultivation Method whose main function is to control ghosts. Moreover, this Cultivation Method contains several methods for controlling ghosts.
However, this Cultivation Method only records the operational routes for the early and middle stages of Foundation Establishment, and does not include the operational routes for the Qi Refining Cultivation Method.
The Blood Source Secret Method record two Xue Yuan Secret Techniques.
One is the Blood Source Demonic Shield, and the other is the Blood Source Escape Technique.
Both of these Secret Method are activated by Essence Blood.
Ling Pengyun glanced through the contents of the two books. Considering that the Ghost Control Art Devil Cultivator Cultivation Method, if he kept it to himself and it was discovered and spread by others, it might cause some unnecessary trouble.
Furthermore, the Ghost Control Art has no Qi Refining section; it only provides the early and mid-stage Foundation Establishment pathways, making it useless to obtain.
He wrote down some of the ghost-controlling techniques recorded in that Cultivation Method, and then burned them all to ashes.
Ling Pengyun left those ghost-controlling techniques behind so that he could show them to his clansmen and let them know about the various methods of ghost control within the demonic path.
If the clan's cultivators encounter Devil Cultivator who control ghosts in the future, they will have a way to deal with it.
As for that Xue Yuan Secret Technique, strictly speaking, it is only Secret Method of the Blood Path Devil Cultivator within the broader category of Demonic Path.
Even if one is not Devil Cultivator, one can still use it by relying on Essence Blood, but the power of the spell will be 30% weaker than that of Devil Cultivator cultivator.
Even so, these two Secret Method are still quite good for the Ling Clan, whose foundation is weak, and are enough to be passed down as family Secret Method.
Although the Ling Clan possesses several Secret Method, there is currently no powerful Secret Method that any cultivator can use.
The Melt Word Swordplay Secret within the Sword Formation is also considered Secret Method, but it requires the cultivator to learn the Sword Formation. If the Sword Formation is not understood, it will be difficult to perform the Melt Word Swordplay Secret.
It was for this reason that Ling Pengyun left behind the Blood Source Secret Canon.
He memorized the two Secret Method, Blood Source Shield and Blood Source Escape Technique, and then stored the book in the study of his Mountain Top Cave Residence.
Half a month later.
Halfway up Lingxiao Mountain, in a quiet courtyard room.
Ling Clan Ling Chengxin, the fourth- Cheng Generation, was concentrating his mind and using his Fire Control Method to strike a pile of burning Blazing Firewood, controlling the size of the fire to incinerate the floating Pill Furnace and refine pills.
As he used the Pill Fusion Method to put the pill into the Alchemy Furnace, a fragrant aroma of pills wafted out from the Alchemy Furnace.
As soon as the fragrance of the elixir appeared, a hint of joy appeared on Ling Chengxin's solemn face.
"The elixir is complete."
He waved his hand to extinguish the flames on the Blazing Firewood pile, then placed the floating Alchemy Furnace on the ground before opening the lid and taking out four pills.
Looking at the four pills, Ling Chengxin's face was full of joy, and he secretly made a plan.
"Now, when I refine Qi Refining Pill, I can stably produce four pills each."
"Furthermore, after nearly two years of study, the success rate of refining this pill has reached 50%, so it's time to focus on refining other types of First Rank Low Grade pills."
"In this way, I can say that I have lived up to the Lineage's support for the art of Pill Refining."
Because Ling Chengxin has been engaged in Pill Refining for nearly two years, mainly refining Qi Refining Pill, his success rate in refining several common First Rank Low Grade pills on the market has not yet reached 30%.
As a Lineage Alchemist, he serves the entire Lineage. Now that his success rate in refining Qi Refining Pill is extremely high, it is natural for him to master the other First Rank Low Grade pills.
With his thoughts returning to normal, he put the four First Rank Low Grade Qi Refining Pill he had just refined into two empty medicine bottles and then put them into his Storage Bag.
Then he stood up and left the quiet room.
A short while later, he entered the Affairs Hall.
Ling Pengliang, the Great Elder was meditating at the counter of the Affairs Hall, noticed the unusual activity around him and immediately opened his eyes.
When he saw that it was Ling Chengxin who had just arrived, he asked.
"Cheng Xin, what brings you here, child? Did you finish refining that batch of Qi Refining Pill that the Lineage commissioned you to make this month?"
"Indeed, Sixteenth Uncle, these are the Qi Refining Pill I've made this month." Ling Chengxin nodded slightly, waved his hand to summon all the pills he had made for the Lineage this time, and placed them on the counter.
There are a total of thirty bottles, and each bottle contains two Qi Refining Pill, for a total of sixty pills.
Upon seeing this, Ling Pengliang, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, stood up, opened the twenty medicine bottles one by one, poured out the pills inside, and checked their quality.
When he saw that the Qi Refining Pill in the twenty medicine bottles were all of medium quality, a smile appeared on his face.
"Your number of pills produced this month is several more than last month, which is quite good."
"According to the agreement Lineage and you, the Lineage will provide you with thirty portions of materials for refining Qi Refining Pill every month. You only need to hand over fifty Qi Refining Pill, and your reward will be ten contribution points."
"The Lineage will collect two extra Qi Refining Pill for every three points of contribution."
"Adding the two together, you will receive 25 contribution points for the 60 Qi Refining Pill you handed over."
"Now that you've come to the Affairs Hall, I'll give you the materials for the thirty Qi Refining Pill that the Lineage will entrust to you to refine next month."
After saying that, Ling Pengliang waved his hand and summoned a batch of spiritual materials from his Storage Bag, handing them to Ling Chengxin.
The Ling clan's treasury is now nearly empty of spirit stones. Apart from those used for distributing salaries, the remaining clan members' efforts to refine or hand over spirit items are calculated based on contribution points, or they may temporarily have spirit stones left over.
Ling Chengxin reached out and put all the spiritual materials handed to him into his Storage Bag, then spoke.
"Sixteenth Uncle, my success rate in refining Qi Refining Pill has now reached 50%, and the success rate of pill formation is also quite good. The profits from refining this pill are more than enough to supply my daily needs."
"Therefore, I intend to attempt to refine other First Rank Low Grade pills and would like to request a batch of spiritual materials from the Lineage for refining First Rank Low Grade- Qi Recovery Pill, Grain Avoidance Pill, and Returning Spring Powder. Is that possible?"
"Of course, but you'll have to wait a moment. The amount of spiritual materials you need is too large, and the Affairs Hall doesn't have them. I'll have to go to the Clan Repository on the mountaintop."
Upon hearing Ling Pengliang immediately agreed.
After saying that, he walked out of the counter and headed up the mountain along the path.
Ling Chengxin is the only alchemy prodigy of the Pill Refining Cheng Generation in the Lineage Lineage, and because of his Spirit Root characteristics, he has been valued by the Ling Clan's higher-ups since childhood.
Even more so, from the very beginning of his journey into Pill Refining, he studied Pill Refining under Ling Yunhong, the only second-level Alchemist in his clan.
Ling Chengxin can apply for thirty portions of the spiritual materials needed to refine common first-order pills free of charge.
This can be seen as the Lineage's nurturing of his resources, helping him to go further and further in the art of Pill Refining.