A Tremendous Improvement
After more than a month of Heart Fire Tempering, Lin Ming's cultivation level finally rose to the level of Three Star Dou Grandmaster. His initial concern that his cultivation level was rising too quickly and that his unstable Dou Qi would affect his future cultivation was now relieved because of the pure Dou Qi Lin Ming possessed from the Heart Flame.
Upon waking, Lin Ming felt it was time to refine the Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill, a elixir given to him by his family when Lin Ming set off for the Jia Nan Academy, which could enhance his cultivation as Da Dou Shi.
The recipe for the Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill had been in Lin Ming's Storage Ring for over a year.
Over the past year, Lin Ming has conducted numerous studies on the formula for the Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill. Based on his current situation, Lin Ming is very confident that he can successfully refine the Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill.
Without further ado, Lin Ming got up and went to the hall. After having breakfast, he went to the Medicine Refinement Hall, found an empty Alchemy Room, and began his alchemy practice.
Lin Ming placed the Crimson Flow Gold Cauldron in the middle of the room. Then, he took out one of the three doses of the Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill that his family had prepared for Lin Ming and placed it around himself for easy operation later.
After arranging the medicinal herbs, Lin Ming closed his eyes and mentally reviewed the refining method and details of the Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill once more.
Before the time it takes to drink a cup of tea is up, Lin Ming, who had been keeping his eyes closed, suddenly opened them. Under his determined gaze, a ball of blue-gold flame rose from the Red Gold Medicinal Cauldron in the Alchemy Room.
He channeled his Dou Qi into the Medicinal Cauldron to maintain the temperature of the flames. After a while, feeling that the temperature inside the Medicinal Cauldron was constant and met the requirements for alchemy, Lin Ming waved his hand, and a medicinal herb was thrown into the Medicinal Cauldron to begin the refining process.
Not long after, Lin Ming extracted the essence needed for alchemy from this medicinal herb. He Lin Ming placed the extracted Medicinal Material Essence in a Pill Fusion Jade Bottle to use when merging the pills.
Lin Ming put the medicinal herbs into the Medicinal Cauldron one by one, and then all of them were refined into Medicinal Material Essence that could be used to make the Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill.
Two hours later, all the raw materials, including the Magic Core, had been refined.
Looking at the jade Jade Bottle placed beside him, Lin Ming did not rush to fuse them.
After more than two hours of refining the medicinal herbs, Lin Ming's Dou Qi was almost completely depleted. If he were to forcibly fuse the Pill Fusion now, it would likely fail halfway through due to the exhaustion of his Dou Qi Pill Fusion. Therefore, his immediate priority was to restore his Dou Qi.
After more than half an hour, Lin Ming stood up from his meditation. After recovering for more than half an hour, Lin Ming's Dou Qi had been fully restored.
Looking at the jade Jade Bottle beside him, Lin Ming rekindled the Medicinal Cauldron and began the final step of the Pill Fusion process.
Inside the Medicinal Cauldron, amidst the raging flames, an irregularly shaped mass of medicine was being roasted and fused together, with other medicinal liquids being added to it intermittently.
"Bang!"
About half an hour later, a muffled sound came from inside the Medicinal Cauldron. At this time, the medicine ball in the flames had turned into residue and fell to the bottom of the Medicinal Cauldron. It was automatically removed by the Dust Removal Array inside the Medicinal Cauldron and collected in the collection container at the bottom of the cauldron.
As a Tier 4 Peak pill, the Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill is comparable in difficulty to some ordinary Tier 5 Medicinal Pill. Therefore, the failure to refine it once had a slight impact on Lin Ming's mentality, but not a major one.
Lin Ming began to recover his Dou Qi once again. This time, it took Lin Ming about half an hour to fully recover the half of Dou Qi that he had consumed. At this moment, a look of affirmation appeared in Lin Ming's eyes again.
After adjusting his Dou Qi and mindset, Lin Ming took out another set of ingredients for the Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill and began a new round of refining.
With the experience from the previous extraction, Lin Ming was even more adept at refining medicinal herbs this time. In less than two hours, he completed the extraction of all the materials needed to make the Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill.
After half an hour of recovering his Dou Qi, Lin Ming got up and began to fuse the pills.
Lin Ming poured the extracted Medicinal Material Essence into the Medicinal Cauldron one by one, allowing them to fuse. Half an hour later, Lin Ming reached the point where he had failed last time.
Having learned from his previous experience, Lin Ming paid special attention here to maintain the stability of the energy within the Medicinal Cauldron.
With a large influx of Lin Ming's Soul Power, this step was passed without incident, and Lin Ming continued with the next step of the refining process.
At this moment, a light Medicinal Fragrance of medicinal herbs seeped into the room from the Medicinal Cauldron, while Lin Ming continued to refine and blend the herbs methodically.
"Form your core!" Half an hour later, a loud shout came from Lin Ming's mouth.
If other Alchemist were present at this moment, they would have been able to sense Lin Ming's immense Soul Power surging into the Medicinal Cauldron as his hand seals changed.
Under Lin Ming's control of a large amount of Soul Power, the irregular shape of the medicinal mass inside the Medicinal Cauldron gradually became round. Before long, a pitted Pill Prototype appeared inside the Medicinal Cauldron and was being heated by the flames.
As the purple Pill Prototype appeared, the Medicinal Fragrance in the Alchemy Room became increasingly rich, and the Medicinal Fragrance above the Medicinal Cauldron could be seen with the naked eye.
As Lin Ming sensed, the moment he saw the Pill Prototype of the Medicinal Cauldron, Lin Ming knew that the Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill had been basically successfully refined. All that was left was to nurture the imperfect Pill Prototype until it was smooth and round before it could be extracted into a pill.
Upon seeing the purple Medicinal Fragrance that could be seen with the naked eye, Lin Ming smiled knowingly.
The Medicinal Fragrance that can be seen with the naked eye is called Colored Pill Fragrance. This Colored Pill Fragrance is almost a hallmark of Tier 5 Medicinal Pill.
The Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill that Lin Ming refined now has a visible purple Medicinal Fragrance. This not only indicates that the pill has been successfully Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill, but also that its quality is almost comparable to that of Tier 5 Medicinal Pill, which is why it emits the Colored Pill Fragrance of Tier 5 Medicinal Pill.
As Lin Ming nurtured the Embryonic Pill Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill within the Medicinal Cauldron, the Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill gradually became more rounded, and the purple Medicinal Fragrance emanating from the Medicinal Cauldron grew increasingly intense.
Another half hour passed, and just as the purple Medicinal Fragrance elixir almost completely obscured the area around the Medicinal Cauldron, Lin Ming waved his hand at the Medicinal Cauldron, and a purple light flew from inside the Medicinal Cauldron into Lin Ming's hand.
After grasping the purple light, Lin Ming slowly opened his hand, revealing a round, purple pill the size of a longan lying quietly in Lin Ming palm.
"Hahaha!" At this moment, Lin Ming could no longer stop laughing and burst out laughing loudly.
Although Lin Ming was confident before refining it, the Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill was, after all, a peak 4th Grade pill, and its refining difficulty was comparable to that of a Fifth Order pill. Now that the finished pill was lying quietly in his hand, how could Lin Ming not be happy?
At this moment, Lin Ming's alchemy skills reached the Tier 4 Peak.
At this moment, Lin Ming wanted to share this good news with Master Toso was far away in his family.
I shared this with Master Toso not to show off, but simply to tell Master Toso this good news and make him happy too.
Master Toso was Lin Ming's guide in Master Toso. Although Lin Ming were both members of the Mittel Family, Master Toso Master Toso's teachings to Lin Ming were no less than those of any teacher to a student.
For an Alchemist, there are two great obsessions in life. One is to improve their alchemy skills, and the other is to ensure that their alchemy skills are passed on and carried forward.
Now that Lin Ming's alchemy skills have reached the Tier 4 Peak, Lin Ming naturally wanted to share this good news with Master Toso, who was like a teacher to him, so that he would know that the disciple he had taught had become a talent.
After putting the pills into the Jade Bottle and storing them in his Storage Ring, Lin Ming yawned when he saw that it was already broad daylight.
Lin Ming spent nearly a day refining the pills this time, and it was already the morning of the second day.
After finishing the alchemy, a feeling of exhaustion washed over Lin Ming. In this state, the chances of failing to refine the remaining Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill were likely even greater, so Lin Ming decided to rest for now and refine the remaining medicine when he was in better condition later.
After storing the Medicinal Cauldron in his Storage Ring, Lin Ming dragged his tired body back to his room. Soon after, the sound of snoring filled the room.
The wind blows and the clouds pass by, the sun and moon shuttle back and forth, and the days of rapidly improving cultivation are passing by in an extremely fast time. Before they knew it, Lin Ming and the others had been in the Inner Academy for almost a year.
"Junior brother, the speed at which your cultivation has improved is truly astounding!" Xu Shilin, the senior brother, wanted to talk to Lin Ming when he saw Lin Ming return, but he was first stunned by Lin Ming's cultivation level.
Previously, Xu Shilin had never asked Lin Ming about his cultivation level, and because Lin Ming's Soul Power was stronger than Xu Shilin's, Xu Shilin could not see through Lin Ming's cultivation level.
However, judging from the fluctuating Dou Qi aura of Lin Ming today, Lin Ming's cultivation level has clearly reached the level of Nine-star Dou Grandmaster, which greatly surprised Xu Shilin.
Xu Shilin remembered that when Lin Ming entered the Inner Academy, his cultivation level was only Two Star Dou Grandmaster. Now, in just one year, he has advanced from Two Star Dou Grandmaster to Nine-star Dou Grandmaster, directly increasing his cultivation level by seven stars.
Xu Shilin recalled that he had been in the Inner Academy for five years and had only managed to advance from Three Star Dou Grandmaster to the Dou Ling Peak. Compared to this, Xu Shilin immediately felt a tightness in his chest.
"Hehe, my cultivation level just broke through." Lin Ming said with a smile, scratching his head.
Lin Ming had just broken through to the Nine-star Dou Grandmaster, which was why his Dou Qi was showing some unusual fluctuations that allowed his senior brother to detect his cultivation. However, once Lin Ming stabilized his cultivation, this phenomenon would dissipate. At that point, unless Soul Strength surpassed Lin Ming's, they would be unable to detect Lin Ming cultivation.
In the past year, after taking the first Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill, Lin Ming's cultivation level broke through from Three Star Dou Grandmaster to Four Stars Da Dou Shi. After that, Lin Ming returned to a state of intensive cultivation with five days of rest and two days of rest, until he broke through to Eight-Star Great Dou Master not long ago.
After about ten days of preparation, Lin Ming finished refining the ingredients for the last batch of Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill, and then took them last night, which soon raised his cultivation level to the Nine-star Dou Grandmaster stage.
In addition to advancing his cultivation to the level of Nine-star Dou Grandmaster, Lin Ming also achieved mastery of the Purple Lightning Radiant Body Technique, and even made further improvements, taking a significant step towards the peak. As a result, Lin Ming's physical attributes almost reached the level of Nine-star Dou Grandmaster, which was equivalent to his cultivation.