Can This Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid Be Used?

Before he knew it, two and a half months had quietly passed.

At the best inn in Qingshan Town, as Su Luo finished refining medicine, a massive batch of medicinal liquid was poured into an enormous jade bottle.

Unlike Xiao Yan, Su Luo did not have Medicine Elder, who could effortlessly divide the medicinal liquid precisely into hundreds of portions. So Su Luo simply tossed all the refined medicinal liquid into one enormous jade bottle and handed it to the Blood War Mercenary Group, letting them divide the liquid accurately.

After putting away the jade bottle, Su Luo glanced at the medicinal dregs that had already been cleared away. "After two and a half months, I no longer fail when refining Blood Coagulating Powder. As expected of medicinal liquid formulated by Medicine Elder—not only is it effective, but it is exceptionally friendly to low-level Alchemists. It would be great if refining pills could always be this easy."

Su Luo smiled and shook his head, tossing that wild fantasy aside before leaving the inn.

Almost as soon as he stepped outside, Kagan, the captain of the Blood War Mercenary Group, respectfully came forward to greet him.

"Master, these are the Purple Leaf Orchid Grass, Bone Washing Flowers, Blood Leaf Grass, and First-Order Wood Attribute Monster Cores you requested."

"We found more than a hundred portions each of the Purple Leaf Orchid Grass, Bone Washing Flowers, and Blood Leaf Grass. However, since First-Order Magical Beasts do not necessarily produce Monster Cores, we only found thirteen for now. If you find that insufficient, I can personally lead a team into the Monster Mountain Range to acquire enough Monster Cores for you."

Su Luo waved a hand. "This amount is enough for now, though more would naturally be better. Gather them slowly. I'm not in much of a hurry."

With thirteen First-Order Wood Attribute Monster Cores, if Su Luo could refine the Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid, he would have enough to use for a while.

If Su Luo failed all thirteen times, then there would be no need for him to keep attempting the Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid for the time being.

The advantage of Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid was its mild medicinal effect. It could disregard the fragile meridians of those cultivating Dou Qi and increase their cultivation speed.

But Su Luo's meridians were not as fragile as those of ordinary people still cultivating Dou Qi. As a Soul Master, his meridians could withstand ordinary medicinal effects. Although he currently possessed only one stage of Dou Qi, Su Luo's meridians could undoubtedly endure some pills.

Still, the Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid was Medicine Elder's creation. Compared to the pills one could buy with money in the Gamma Empire, Medicine Elder's Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid was clearly several levels superior.

But even the best thing depended on timing. If Su Luo spent two and a half years figuring out the Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid before using it to cultivate, then he really would have been kicked in the head by a donkey.

He might as well spend that time buying some pills or pill formulas that aided cultivation, then refine a batch of other supplementary pills himself.

Their effects might be far inferior to Medicine Elder's Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid, but Su Luo had no intention of remaining at the Dou Qi stage for several years.

Taking the medicinal ingredients from Kagan, Su Luo raised a hand and stored them in his Storage Soul Tool.

After spending the day outside, tasting some delicacies, bringing some to Xiao Yi Xian, and chatting with her, Su Luo adjusted his mood and made sure he would not fall into depression before heading into his Alchemy Room to continue refining medicine.

A thread of Soul Power flowed into the medicinal cauldron Soul Tool. After warming it up for a while, Su Luo gently exhaled, then decisively tossed the Purple Leaf Orchid Grass into the cauldron.

After several minutes of scorching, drops of green liquid gradually seeped from the Purple Leaf Orchid Grass. As the green liquid slowly gathered, the herb gradually withered before finally vanishing completely.

Once that Purple Leaf Orchid Grass had been completely burned away, Su Luo rested briefly before tossing the second stalk into the medicinal cauldron as well.

After adding all three stalks of Purple Leaf Orchid Grass, the green liquid in the cauldron had grown considerably. As it increased in volume, Su Luo could see that it seemed to contain some impurities.

Carefully controlling his Soul Power bit by bit, Su Luo began burning away the impurities in the liquid. Once the impurities had mostly been refined away and the green liquid had reached the size of a thumb, Su Luo tossed two Bone Washing Flowers into the flames one after the other, beginning to fuse them into the green liquid.

Everything had gone relatively smoothly up to this point. But when Su Luo tossed in the Monster Core, its resistance to burning exceeded his expectations. After several minutes of burning with barely any change to the Monster Core, Su Luo had no choice but to increase the heat.

Yet the moment he increased the heat output, the Monster Core did begin to melt—but the medicinal liquid that had taken nearly three hours to refine completely evaporated as well.

"Damn it!"

Watching the medicinal essence turn to ash through one slight mistake, Su Luo could not help swearing.

The medicinal ingredients themselves were not a big deal. They were cheap, and Su Luo could earn the money back simply by refining a little medicine. The problem was the time and effort.

Three hours of work had turned into nothing in an instant. Even with Su Luo's temperament, he could not quite endure it.

Using Soul Power to support his alchemy now exhausted him no less than twisting rebar at a construction site. After twisting rebar for three hours, not only did he receive no money, but he had even lost some. How could anyone bear that?

Left with no choice, Su Luo could only stop refining medicine for the day and recover both his Soul Power and his state of mind.

The next day, Su Luo continued his attempts at refining Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid. As expected, he once again got stuck at the Monster Core stage.

Unlike ordinary cultivated medicinal herbs, Monster Cores were far more resistant to burning.

Furthermore, Su Luo had previously refined only cultivated medicinal herbs and had little exposure to special ingredients like Monster Cores, so failure was inevitable.

After failing that day's refinement, Su Luo continued using his previous method of adjusting his mindset. He still ended his alchemy for the day, recovered his Soul Power and mood, and ensured that he could continue again tomorrow.

Then came the third day, the fourth day, the fifth day, the sixth day, the seventh day, and the eighth day. Throughout those days, every one of Su Luo's attempts ended in failure.

Clearly, without anyone to teach him and without a specific formula, even though this Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid was only second-grade and lacked the pill-condensing step required for normal second-grade pills, it remained an extremely difficult hurdle for Su Luo.

It was not until the thirteenth day, when Su Luo used the last Monster Core, that the core finally melted. Its essence finally fused with the other medicinal liquids, ultimately forming a batch of medicinal liquid that visibly contained some impurities.

Dropping the cooled medicinal liquid onto his hand, Su Luo frowned tightly.

Not to mention comparing it to the Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid Medicine Elder had refined for Xiao Yan—even judging by its appearance, it was far inferior to the Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid Medicine Elder sold.

"This Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid I refined..."

"Can it really be used?"

PS: After thinking it over, starting tomorrow, the update times will be fixed at 8 PM and 9 PM.