Refining Spirit Augmentation Pills

After refining all the Qi Gathering Pills.

Ye Qingxuan prepared to begin refining Spirit Augmentation Pills!

Among the spirit herbs used for Spirit Augmentation Pills, the most important primary ingredient was the Earth Spirit Flower.

The Earth Spirit Flower had Twelve Colored Petals, and each of its petals contained one of the Twelve Great Elemental Essences of the Dihuan Realm.

This was also the main reason Spirit Augmentation Pills could be used by everyone and augment spiritual root conversion efficiency.

Earth Spirit Flowers had an extremely broad range of uses. Earth Spirit Flowers of different ages could serve as either primary or supplementary ingredients in different medicinal pills.

The Earth Spirit Flower used for Spirit Augmentation Pills was merely the lowest-grade One Year Earth Spirit Flower.

It was not that higher-year Earth Spirit Flowers could not be used. Rather, with Qi Refining Realm cultivation, one simply could not withstand such overwhelming medicinal power.

The so-called One Year did not necessarily mean it had grown for one year; it referred to the medicinal power it contained.

Spiritual energy density varied from place to place, so the time required for spirit herbs to accumulate One Year of medicinal power also differed.

In the Xuantian Mountain Range, spirit herbs grew at an astonishing rate, not to mention the Blessed Lands controlled by the Blessed Cultivators of the Xuantian Sect.

Even a mere First-tier Blessed Land, affected by other high-grade spirit veins and aided by a Blessed Cultivator, could rival a Second-Tier Spirit Land or even a Third-Tier Spirit Land in the outside world.

This was also one of the reasons the Xuantian Sect vigorously developed Blessed Cultivators.

Ye Qingxuan took out the spirit herbs required for the Spirit Augmentation Pill and went through its refinement process in his mind.

After confirming there were no mistakes, he began his first attempt at refining a Spirit Augmentation Pill.

One spirit herb after another entered the alchemy furnace at different points in time and was slowly refined by Dao Fire.

It had to be said that refining Spirit Augmentation Pills was indeed far more complicated. The spirit herbs alone numbered as many as seven!

That was a full four more spirit herbs than the Qi Gathering Pill required.

Furthermore, refining Spirit Augmentation Pills had strict requirements for Spirit Medicine In-furnace Time, Refinement Time, and even Fusion Order and Time.

Had Ye Qingxuan not possessed astonishing memory, coupled with Perfection Level Fire Control Technique, he might have failed long ago.

Time passed as Ye Qingxuan proceeded step by step according to the Spirit Augmentation Pill recipe.

Half an Hour soon passed, and Ye Qingxuan had reached the stage of fusing the Spirit Medicine Essence.

Under Ye Qingxuan's control, the essence turned from the spirit herbs began to fuse one after another, with the timing and order of fusion incomparably precise!

As the Spirit Medicine Essence began to fuse, the alchemy furnace gathered spiritual energy!

The Ancient Alchemy Furnace, originally plain and unadorned, began to Light Up faintly, drawing in the surrounding spiritual energy and continuously pouring it into the fusing Spirit Medicine Essence.

Seeing this, the corner of Ye Qingxuan's mouth lifted slightly.

But the next second, the gathered spiritual energy abruptly descended into chaos and scattered, while the Spirit Medicine Essence in the furnace instantly evaporated as a result!

Seeing this scene, Ye Qingxuan said in disbelief:

"How is that possible? There was clearly no mistake. How could the Pill Condensation process of a Spirit Augmentation Pill fail?"

Ye Qingxuan's Heart was filled with confusion, but he had no Teacher who could resolve his doubts.

The Xuantian Sect naturally had its own Pill Hall. Within the Pill Hall, there were specialists who resolved doubts for the sect's Alchemists.

But that required Contribution Points.

Unless Ye Qingxuan could pass the Pill Hall's assessment and enter the Pill Hall, he could only then receive opportunities for some Free Guidance.

If he wanted to keep freeloading on alchemy knowledge, then he could only display Astonishing Alchemy Talent and enter under a Pill Hall Elder, at which point he would naturally receive the Elder's Great Nurturing.

However, that was not the path Ye Qingxuan wished to take.

If he entered under a Pill Hall Elder and became the Elder's Disciple, he would not be allowed to Become A Blessed Cultivator!

As a Longevity Cultivator with poor Cultivation Talent, becoming a Blessed Cultivator was Ye Qingxuan's best cover.

The long lifespan of a Blessed Cultivator would allow him to keep lying low in the Xuantian Sect, without needing to worry about his apparent Lifespan.

A momentary setback was not enough to shake the path in Ye Qingxuan's Heart!

Even if I can only rely on myself, I refuse to believe that, with my comprehension, I cannot walk the path of a Pill Cultivator!

Ye Qingxuan thought to himself, then took out the Spirit Augmentation Pill recipe and studied it carefully.

After confirming that he had made no mistake, Ye Qingxuan closed his eyes tightly and began recalling every detail of the Alchemy Process he had observed with his Spiritual Sense.

Immersed in the earlier Alchemy Process, he reached a Deeper Level of understanding of his own Refinement Technique.

As he watched the refinement process replay in his mind, a flash of realization suddenly arose in Ye Qingxuan's Heart:

Too mechanical!

That was right. His method of refining medicinal pills had been too mechanical.

After reaching this realization, Ye Qingxuan slowly opened his eyes and murmured:

"So that's how it is!"

Although he had refined strictly according to the Pill Recipe, his entire process had been too mechanical, causing it to lack a certain variation.

If medicinal pills could be refined simply by rigidly following the Pill Recipe, then how could the threshold for becoming an Alchemist be so high?

A Pill Recipe could only provide an Alchemist with a general direction.

Although following every detail of a Pill Recipe could indeed refine a medicinal pill, those details only applied under identical conditions.

Even differences in climate and weather could alter the Alchemy Details.

Therefore, to become a true Alchemist, one had to comprehend such changes.

Only by gradually understanding and mastering these changes himself could he become a true Alchemist!

After mastering such changes, one could use the Pill Recipe as a blueprint, adapt according to changes in the outside world, and use change to answer change. Only then could one truly become an Alchemist.

This was also the key to refining high-tier pills!

The reason he had been able to refine Qi Gathering Pills earlier was simply because Qi Gathering Pills were too low-grade and had limited variations.

Thus, Ye Qingxuan could successfully refine Qi Gathering Pills through mechanical methods.

But Spirit Augmentation Pills were different!

Although medicinal pills were divided into Tier One to Nine, and both Qi Gathering Pills and Spirit Augmentation Pills were Tier One medicinal pills.

Medicinal pills of the same tier still had finer classifications. Each tier could be further divided into low-grade, mid-grade, high-grade, and peak-grade—the Four Major Grades!

When classified further, Qi Gathering Pills could only be considered Tier One Low-grade Pills, while Spirit Augmentation Pills were Tier One Peak Pills.

This was also why Ye Qingxuan had discovered Qi Gathering Pills flooding the Marketplace.

There was no other reason: the Refinement Difficulty of Tier One Low-grade Qi Gathering Pills was simply too low.

As long as one memorized the Pill Recipe and tried a few more times, refining Qi Gathering Pills was not difficult for many cultivators.

After all, once one became a cultivator, the body underwent comprehensive evolution, and no one had poor memory.

As for Talent Geniuses like Ye Qingxuan, their Soul Origin was merely different from that of ordinary people, possessing a strong foundation. Thus, the transformations brought by cultivation would also be far greater than those of ordinary people.

This was the fundamental reason Talent Geniuses could always remain ahead of everyone else in comprehension.

But if the Cultivation Gap was too great, then no matter how heaven-defying one's comprehension was, a Low-level Cultivator could not possibly surpass a Peak Expert.

Did he really think the Cultivation Realm others had earned through painstaking cultivation was just for show? Quantitative Change Leading to Qualitative Change was equally extraordinary!

After learning why he had failed to refine the Spirit Augmentation Pill, Ye Qingxuan did not choose to stop refining pills.

Instead, after meditating to restore his Spiritual Power, he opened the furnace and began refining again.

To truly comprehend and master such changes, to Turn Into them into instinct, he needed to continuously gain insight through alchemy.

Solely relying on Deep Thought was impossible if he wished to master such changes.

Thus, over the next few days, Ye Qingxuan continuously attempted to refine Spirit Augmentation Pills.

Although every attempt ended in failure, Ye Qingxuan gained Not Small harvests from each failure.

As the insights in his heart grew ever deeper.

On the Third Day, Ye Qingxuan finally managed to barely refine his First Furnace of Spirit Augmentation Pills.

He still failed on the fourth day, but Ye Qingxuan did not become Discouraged. Instead, the smile on his face gradually widened.

Success on the Fifth Day!

Success on the Sixth Day!

Failure on the Seventh Day!

By the Ninth Day, as a furnace of Spirit Augmentation Pills was refined as naturally as water flowing into a channel, Five Pills Formed, and Ye Qingxuan finally gained complete mastery of those changes.

From then on, Ye Qingxuan never failed again when refining Spirit Augmentation Pills.

Moreover, the Pill Success Rate began to Gradually Increase as Ye Qingxuan's proficiency improved!

However, Spirit Augmentation Pills were Tier One Peak Pills after all. With Ye Qingxuan's current cultivation, refining one furnace of Spirit Augmentation Pills consumed far too much Spiritual Power.

Therefore, so as not to affect his cultivation, Ye Qingxuan would only refine one furnace of Spirit Augmentation Pills per day from then on.

As the number of Spirit Augmentation Pills refined by Ye Qingxuan grew, his Cultivation Resource supply finally became sufficient.

Previously, the sect issued thirty Spirit Augmentation Pills each month, meaning he could only consume one Spirit Augmentation Pill per day on average for cultivation.

Now, Ye Qingxuan could consume Three Pills every day for cultivation!

One Spirit Augmentation Pill could last Three Hours, augmenting Ye Qingxuan's Cultivation Speed by twofold during those Three Hours.

By consuming Three Pills each day, Ye Qingxuan's augmented cultivation time increased from Three Hours to Nine Hours, Greatly Increasing his Cultivation Speed.

It was not that Ye Qingxuan did not wish to consume more medicinal pills, but that his body's meridians could not withstand prolonged scouring by spiritual energy.

However, during prolonged cultivation, Ye Qingxuan's bodily meridians had not gone without gains; their upper limit of endurance was also gradually improving!