The method for refining Earth Vein is already in place, and Li Xingkong no longer needs to analyze the structure of Spiritual Qi, since he already has a system that has refined it for him.
Although both are Spiritual Qi, there will definitely be a difference between the spiritual energy created by a novice and that created by an expert. Now that he has the Spiritual Qi created by an ultimate expert like the system, Li Xingkong naturally doesn't need to create a sample himself anymore.
Once the Earth Vein is refined, you can put your Spiritual Qi into Earth Vein, and it will use the existing Spiritual Qi as a template to begin mass production of Spiritual Qi.
It's like a programmer writing code at work; they don't have to write everything themselves. A lot of things are just found online by an expert who has already written them, and then they just copy them.
Everything in the universe is fundamentally interconnected in terms of principles.
Li Xingkong didn't need to prepare too many materials for refining the Earth Vein. After all, these materials, which involve the microscopic realm, don't actually need to be specially sought out in the real world. Once you get to the microscopic level, many substances that seem unrelated in the real world have similar compositions.
Therefore, materials are not actually a problem during the refining process. Even if Li Xingkong is currently on the moon, he can quickly obtain the raw materials that meet his needs.
The only problem is how to extract this material.
This is similar to a common online joke: how can one turn lead into gold?
The answer is simple: just use tweezers to remove one atom from the iron element.
It's easy to say, and the logic is sound, but can anyone actually do it? No.
Although Li Xingkong hasn't reached the point of splitting atoms yet, the problems he's facing are similar to those mentioned in the joke. Fortunately, Li Xingkong already possesses a Spiritual Qi, which can act as the tweezers in the material extraction process.
The Divine Sense Seed and Hexagram cultivated after reaching the Foundation Establishment provided support for Li Xingkong to use this "tweezers" more precisely.
Therefore, although extracting the material remains quite difficult, it is not impossible.
As the mother of Spiritual Qi, the Earth Vein itself is much larger than Spiritual Qi. Earth Vein refining method, the final Earth Vein, when not activated, is about the size of a palm. This size is quite large compared to the Spiritual Qi it produces; it can even be described as bloated.
The entire structure of the Earth Vein is divided into several parts.
The first part is responsible for material collection, which involves exploring the surrounding environment and gathering the materials needed to create Spiritual Qi.
The second part is used to process materials, turning them into standard materials that meet specifications and can be used to create Spiritual Qi.
The third part is assembly, which involves assembling the materials into a complete Spiritual Qi and placing it into the designed area.
Finally, there is the monitoring of existing Spiritual Qi, which will uniformly constrain and manage the Spiritual Qi that has already been created.
It looks quite complicated, but if you think about it carefully, this thing is not much different from modern factories.
However, modern factories still require people to maintain and operate them, while these Earth Vein operate completely autonomously, without the need for any human intervention.
"All modules are complete. Testing begins."
After about half a month, Li Xingkong finally managed to create his first test Earth Vein.
Although the individual modules are not yet integrated together, the internal workings of these modules are already complete.
Looking at the four small pieces in his hand that resembled toys, Li Xingkong slowly recorded the time and then began testing each module individually.
He was the only one involved in the entire process of creating the Earth Vein. There was no other way; even if he wanted to find an assistant, he couldn't. Apart from him, no one else could observe changes in the microscopic realm without the aid of equipment. Without the ability to observe, it was as if he were blind, unable to participate even in basic auxiliary tasks.
It's no wonder that many cultivators come to seclusion alone; often, having more people doesn't help much.
Especially the higher one's cultivation level, the deeper the cultivator's research in their area of expertise. Two cultivators who both play with fire, one studying temperature and the other studying properties, may seem to use similar methods, but when they discuss the Dao, they will find that their knowledge is vastly different, perhaps by a huge margin.
The saying "wealth, companion, law, and land" places companionship second, and this is not without reason. In the long journey of cultivating immortality, it is truly difficult to find a like-minded companion.
After Li Xingkong began the test, he channeled his magic Magic Power into each module in turn.
Once activated, the modules seemed to come alive, trembling in Li Xingkong's hands. With the infusion of Magic Power, the modules went from trembling to suspending in the air and beginning to rotate, with the rotation speed increasing rapidly.
Then, as soon as Li Xingkong let go, the modules began to fly out in various directions.
All the modules were under Li Xingkong's control, and their flight range was restricted to the entire room. Li Xingkong Li Xingkong also constantly monitoring the actions of these modules.
First is the material gathering module. After all, as the first step in refining Spiritual Qi, it will always be the first to play a role. There seems to be a ripple around this module. As the module rotates, the ripples converge towards the module in circles. With each convergence, Li Xingkong can see a large area of micro-matter being absorbed into the module.
Subsequently, the module emitted a new substance, which was then dispersed back into the surrounding air.
The substances emitted by the module were tested using Spiritual Qi, and it was confirmed that the module had indeed functioned and the substances had become qualified Spiritual Qi raw materials. However, because the modules were not connected, the processed materials were all emitted again.
"Data acquisition module test complete."
After observing it process several more times and confirming that there were no problems, Li Xingkong retrieved the module and began separate testing of the subsequent modules.
The individual module tests went quite smoothly. After all, individual modules cannot truly produce Spiritual Qi when separated; they must be combined to be truly put into practice. Individual tests are only to see if the modules are running normally.
After the test was completed, Li Xingkong retrieved all the modules and began the final step in constructing the Earth Vein: assembling the modules together.
Although this is a very simple step 5, the module has already been designed. Let alone Li Xingkong, any human being with normal intelligence could do this step.
But it represents something different. If this step is completed successfully, it means that the curtain can be raised on the revival of Spiritual Qi, and the entire Earth Star will enter a new era.
Although it was just a matter of Li Xingkong finger, this small action had a significant impact on humanity.