Foundation Establishment Pill

Chapter 16 Han Li took the medicinal pill with a blank expression, and he couldn't help asking, "Senior Brother Lin, doesn't alchemy require a pill furnace? Furthermore, isn't it necessary to use true fire or earthly fire to refine and forge the pill? How is it that you..."

Han Li was no longer a clueless novice, and he had even been to Yuelu Hall. Although he had not practiced it himself, he roughly knew what alchemy was all about nowadays.

Because of this, he failed to understand Lin Yun's maneuver of directly refining the pill using an ordinary Fire-Control Technique.

Lin Yun did not immediately answer Han Li's question, but instead told him to first consume the medicinal pill in his hand, "Junior Brother Han, taste it first."

Han Li then picked up a pill and swallowed it.

A moment ago, Han Li's face could not help showing a look of astonishment. His cultivation had actually improved by a sliver, and one must know that the Yellow Dragon Pill had already completely lost its effect on him.

Han Li was still astonished that the Yellow Dragon Pill still had an effect when he heard Lin Yun say, "Junior Brother Han, do you know why medicinal pills require flames like true fire or earthly fire to refine and forge them into pills?"

Without waiting for Han Li to reply, Lin Yun continued, "That is because ordinary flames cannot make different medicinal properties harmonize and generate each other, fully unleashing the vital energy within medicinal materials to reach the stage of refining medicine into pills."

"Speaking of this, I must mention the basic principles of Alchemy Dao: one Yin and one Yang are called the Dao. The creation of heaven and earth conforms to Yin and Yang, taking Yin and Yang as the foundation to evolve the principles of the mutual generation and restriction of the Five Elements. The principles of the Alchemy Dao are nothing more than this, and this is also the principle of the changing properties of medicine..."

Speaking up to this point, Lin Yun glanced at Han Li. Seeing that although he was listening earnestly, his eyes still looked completely lucid, he sighed and said, "Forget it, these things are still too early for you."

He then added, "Let's return to the principle of refining and forging medicinal pills. That is because for those who do not understand Alchemy Dao, only pure, enduring, and high-temperature spiritual fire can burn out the medicinal properties and spiritual Qi of the medicinal materials. Only in this way can the medicinal properties of different medicinal materials be synthesized into pills, using the medicinal and vital energy gathered by the natural growth of medicinal materials over many years to synthesize pure spiritual Qi that can be fully utilized by immortal cultivators."

"Because of this, the medicinal properties of this pill of yours cannot be synthesized into pills. Your consumption of this pill to increase your cultivation is actually no different in essence from directly consuming medicinal materials. And this is the difference between medicine and pills: more than half of the medicinal and vital energy in the medicinal materials is wasted by you. Even if you consume this pill in large quantities and the medicinal and vital energy accumulates in your body, your physical body will also develop drug resistance."

After hearing Lin Yun's words, Han Li couldn't help recalling his experience of consuming the Yellow Dragon Pill and the alchemy he had learned about at Yuelu Hall, suddenly feeling that what Lin Yun said made a great deal of sense.

Therefore, he hurriedly said, "Please enlighten me, Senior Brother."

Lin Yun thought for a moment, took out a blank jade slip, used his divine sense to engrave a basic alchemy into it, and then engraved a method for refining the Yellow Dragon Pill with the Fire-Control Technique.

After pondering for a moment, he proceeded to engrave the newly organized Peiyuan Pill formula and refining method into it. After finishing all this, he tossed the jade slip to Han Li.

"Look through these things yourself first. If you want to try alchemy yourself, you can try that pill formula I left inside."

Han Li took the jade slip and quickly browsed through it with his divine sense. When he saw the method for refining the Yellow Dragon Pill in the jade slip, he couldn't help showing a happy expression. Although it was somewhat troublesome, the Yellow Dragon Pill he had refined previously finally had a use.

Then, when he saw the Peiyuan Pill formula Lin Yun left at the very end, Han Li raised his head abruptly to look at Lin Yun in pleasant surprise, "Senior Brother Lin, this..."

Lin Yun waved his hand, "It's just the Peiyuan Pill, nothing more than something for you to practice with. In the future, if you want to continue to attain accomplishments in the Alchemy Dao, you can come and ask me."

Taking advantage of the moment to invest in Han Li, he didn't even require him to take him along on dungeon runs in the future. It would be very good if he could gift himself a few thousand-year-old medicinal materials. Of course, it would be even better if he could gift a drop of the green liquid from the Little Green Bottle for research.

Time flew by, and more than a year passed once again.

It had been nearly two years since Han Li entered Yellow Maple Valley.

Because he occasionally instructed Han Li on alchemy and some cultivation problems, Han Li had become extremely close to Lin Yun. Once when Lin Yun returned from the mountain, Han Li even presented him with a medicinal material aged five to six hundred years.

It was precisely by relying on this medicinal material that Lin Yun finished cultivating the three hundred and sixty-fourth diagram of the White Yang Diagram within a year.

Although he could now be considered to have cultivated the White Yang Diagram to completion, it could not be considered as finishing it entirely.

To thoroughly complete the White Yang Diagram, one still needed to comprehend the three hundred and sixty-fifth true-form diagram belonging uniquely to oneself based on the diagrams and one's own circumstances, so as to complete the number of a full heavenly cycle.

This was the key to returning the acquired state to the innate and cultivating the Innate Dao Body.

Although Lin Yun had already comprehended more than half of his own three hundred and sixty-fifth true-form diagram, he discovered that he lacked the conditions for cultivation.

"Who would have thought that even with the spiritual Qi of Yellow Maple Valley, it is actually unable to satisfy the cultivation of my final true-form diagram. What should I do now?" Lin Yun furrowed his brows incessantly.

If he were to undergo Foundation Establishment right here and forge the Acquired Dharma Body, he was truly unwilling. Having managed to cultivate to this point with such difficulty, suddenly giving up at the very last step, he simply could not resign himself to it.

Harboring such a state of mind, Lin Yun walked out of his room.

As a result, the moment he came out, he saw Han Li also returning to the herb garden from outside.

Han Li's expression, which had originally carried some worry, turned from overcast to clear the moment he saw Lin Yun, and he said happily, "Senior Brother Lin, you've finally come out of seclusion!"

In order to cultivate the three hundred and sixty-fourth true-form diagram of the White Yang Diagram, Lin Yun had been in seclusion for more half a month, and it wasn't until today, when attempting to cultivate the three hundred and sixty-fifth diagram failed, that he finally came out of seclusion.

Seeing Han Li's worried expression, Lin Yun assumed that he had encountered some difficult problems in the Alchemy Dao once again.

Han Li's comprehension was truly quite good. In the span of a little over a year, he was already able to refine the Peiyuan Pill. Although the Peiyuan Pills he refined were inferior to Lin Yun's, by relying on the aged medicinal materials and having eight percent of the medicinal efficacy of Lin Yun's original Peiyuan Pill, Han Li was now at the Twelfth Level of Qi Refining cultivation relying on the Peiyuan Pills he refined himself.

Lin Yun was still wondering what problem Han Li had when he suddenly heard Han Li say, "Senior Brother Lin, do you know about the Blood-Colored Forbidden Land? Who would have thought that acquiring the three spiritual herbs needed to refine the Foundation Establishment Pill requires taking such a bizarre risk. No wonder you said back then that the difficulty of the Foundation Establishment Pill lies in the acquisition of the three major key ingredients."

"The Blood-Colored Forbidden Land! That's right! How could I have forgotten this place! The Blood-Colored Forbidden Land is an ancient forbidden land capable of growing spiritual herbs, and its spiritual Qi conditions can definitely satisfy my cultivation of the final true-form diagram!" Hearing Han Li's words, Lin Yun's eyes lit up brightly, and he couldn't help laughing out loud.

Hearing Lin Yun's laughter, Han Li couldn't help feeling somewhat annoyed, "Senior Brother Lin, you... I am still fretting over the Foundation Establishment Pill!"

With the Innate Dao Body within reach, Lin Yun's mood was exceptionally relaxed. Hearing this, he flicked his sleeve and laughed loudly, "The Foundation Establishment Pill? What is there to fret about? Hahaha! I'll gift you a pill today!"

With that, he took out his own Foundation Establishment Pill.

Seeing this, Han Li was about to stop him-that was not what he meant at all!

Yet he saw Lin Yun take out his set of alchemy equipment instead.

"Hahaha! Junior Brother Han, you have also been following me to study alchemy for some time. Today, I'll let you see what the Alchemy Dao is!"

Researching the medicinal properties of the three spiritual herbs in the Foundation Establishment Pill over the past two years had given Lin Yun quite a few insights and realizations on how to directly form pills using Primordial Qi.

Coupled with his recent comprehension of the Great Clarity Treasure Register, he had grasped a sliver of the Great Clarity Alchemy Dao's essence.

His Alchemy Dao had already advanced by leaps and bounds.