Chapter 640

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Regarding the pill formula for the Spirit Root Pill, Luo Chen prepared Heaven and Earth Root as the main material, and thirteen kinds of medicinal materials such as Night Feather Flower and Purple Monarch Leaf as auxiliary materials.

Besides this, there are dozens of other medicinal materials as alternative auxiliary materials, which can be replaced at any time.

Does it sound like the quantity is a bit small?

In fact, this quantity is already considered large.

In Luo Chen's view, although the conjectures left by the Refining Song Tianmo Monarch are a bit outrageous, they are ultimately for mortals who have not embarked on the path of cultivation.

Therefore, the grade of the Spirit Root Pill cannot be too high.

If it were too high, mortals would not be able to withstand the relatively terrifying medicinal power.

And for normal first-rank and second-rank pills, the number of main materials is not like third-rank and fourth-rank pills, where several exist at the same time.

As for auxiliary materials, Luo Chen has already selected enough.

Both to exert the advantages of Heaven and Earth Root and to avoid some of its shortcomings as much as possible, the combination of auxiliary materials involved is an extremely difficult task that requires careful consideration, even for a fourth-rank alchemist.

Fortunately, now that the main line has been established, one can explore it little by little.

Within the Pill World, Luo Chen's figure shuttled between the three mountains and five lakes, his medicine basket on his back filled and replaced, replaced and filled.

One by one, the medicinal materials he needed were picked by his own hands.

It has to be said that this is a job that looks tedious but is full of harvest.

Luo Chen also used some knowledge he learned from the bamboo slips in the study in actual herb picking, and another part of his herb-picking experience came from the accumulation of the first half of his life.

It was also at this time that he suddenly realized why the age of most medicinal materials in this world was five hundred years and below?

In a valley depression, Luo Chen carefully dug out a section of Withered Chen Zhibai, which is a medicinal material similar to Polygonum multiflorum.

Straightening his waist, the Daoist looked around.

"If this world is a medicine garden set up specifically for the Spirit Root Pill assessment, then it is logical that the age of these medicinal materials is low."

"Mortals cannot withstand the powerful medicinal power brought by medicinal materials of too high an age."

"It's just, how did the Refining Song Tianmo Monarch manage to keep the age of these medicinal materials neither high nor low? Among the methods I know, none can achieve this point."

After sighing, Luo Chen moved his steps to find the next medicinal material.

Herb picking is just a trivial little job.

After spending about half a month, Luo Chen successfully picked most of the medicinal materials he needed in the Pill World.

Then he returned to the medicine room in the stone house and began different treatments.

The processing methods for each medicinal material are different; some can be used directly, some need to be dried in advance, and some need to be ground into powder for later use.

It was also in this process that Luo Chen's understanding of these medicinal materials became deeper, and he had more ideas about the Spirit Root Pill formula he had written before.

While keeping Heaven and Earth Root as the main material unchanged, he tried to change the auxiliary materials.

Time passed bit by bit.

Another half a year passed, and when everything was ready.

Luo Chen did not directly start trying to refine the pill.

Instead, he calmed his mind and opened the attribute panel.

There was no look of anxiety on his face, because he had already tried whether he could open the attribute panel before.

However, unlike the basic attributes he usually opened, this time he only clicked on the alchemist part of the profession section.

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Fourth-rank Alchemist

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After reducing most of the content, the simple alchemist attribute panel was displayed in front of him.

Compared to back then, there were a few more unfamiliar pill entries, which were not actually unfamiliar.

The Purple Qi Poison-Resisting Pill was improved by Luo Chen from a fourth-rank poison-avoidance pill formula for the trip to Purple Spirit Island. After the trip to Purple Spirit Island was successful, Luo Chen stopped there, and after leaving a few for backup, he no longer refined them.

The one that had not reached perfection among the third-rank pills was the Underworld Yuan Pill, which was a pill formula he learned when he was breaking through to the Core Formation stage.

And among the second-rank pills, the Blood Stasis Powder was added, which was a new pill he learned to recover early from the hidden injuries left on his body for body refining.

However, at this moment, these are not important.

Luo Chen glanced at the number of achievement points at the end of the panel—this is his greatest reliance!

Originally there were 334 achievement points, but because he quickly entered the fourth-rank Opening Thatch Technique before, he consumed 34 points. This consumption was worth it to Luo Chen, and it was somewhat beyond his expectations.

He originally thought that fourth-rank spells would consume more achievement points, but after mastering the prerequisites of the Opening Thatch Technique, the Yuan Pill Technique and the Locking Bead Curtain, it only took thirty-four points to successfully enter at that time.

Now there are exactly three hundred points left, which gave Luo Chen great confidence in deducing the pill formula this time.

"Even if someone is ahead of me, if the exam questions are the same, no matter how powerful that person's alchemy is, as long as they don't reach the level of a Central Plains Pill Saint, they have to try and make mistakes little by little, consuming countless time and energy."

"But I am different. With the panel in hand, there is no need to waste a lot of time!"

"Even the process of refining can save energy."

Luo Chen smiled slightly, feeling more and more confident in his heart.

In his view, the predecessor might not have low attainments in alchemy, otherwise they wouldn't have passed the first level in less than three years since the Fallen Demon Land opened.

But to say they are comparable to the legendary Pill Saint in the Central Plains?

That is impossible.

How could such an existence come here and fall into danger?

His smile faded slightly, Luo Chen took a deep breath, and brought the Spirit Root Pill formula he had adjusted before to his mind.

Instantly, the corresponding information flowed silently on the system.

Unknown pill formula detected, incomplete version, do you want to complete it?

Luo Chen frowned. This was a pill formula he had carefully selected and was most confident in, feeling it was extremely mature.

Is it still an incomplete version?

With a thought, another pill formula was sent to the system.

Unknown pill formula detected, incomplete version, do you want to complete it?

Unknown pill formula detected, incomplete version, do you want to complete it?

Incomplete again and again, asking whether to complete it again and again, which means that the pill formulas Luo Chen deduced were not mature.

Luo Chen's mood was slightly unhappy, but not too heavy.

In his view, this Spirit Root Pill formula is only second-rank, so completing it should be within ten achievement points.

But he resisted the urge to complete it.

"This is only the first level. How many levels are there behind, and what is the difficulty? No one knows. The three hundred achievement points are my greatest reliance accumulated over many years, so it's best not to waste them easily."

After muttering, Luo Chen returned to the desk and continued to write furiously.

He tried to make new permutations and combinations for the system to detect, but all the medicinal material combinations were incomplete under the system's detection.

A few days later, sitting on the chair, Luo Chen, whose eyes were red, moved suddenly.

"Maybe I, who wanted to take a shortcut, took a wrong turn instead?"

Looking at the dense drafts on the table, Luo Chen clearly felt the signs of getting further and further away from success.

He found the first few pill formulas from a pile of drafts.

Having read ten thousand volumes, the initial intuition should be correct.

The reason for the incompleteness should not be in the combination of medicinal materials, but in the quota of portions...

After having this thought, he began to change his thinking to modify the pill formula.

Another month later, Luo Chen got a satisfactory answer from the system.

Complete Spirit Root Pill formula detected, second-rank.

Do you want to enter?

Instantly, surprise appeared on his face.

Sure enough, this line of thinking is feasible.

By reading a large number of medicinal materials, relying on personal understanding, selecting the optimal solution, and narrowing the scope.

Then calibrate the medicinal material quota, and even adjust the refining method, and then use the system to detect whether it is complete.

In this way, the problem that most alchemists cannot improve can be solved.

Perhaps doing so has the despicable suspicion of taking a shortcut.

But Luo Chen is not a pedantic person, and a little moral guilt will not affect him.

Because he had already researched the specific pill formula himself, and success was just around the corner; he just used the system to accelerate this process and avoid unnecessary trial and error in the middle.

"Then next, let's start trying to refine it!"

After muttering, Luo Chen walked to the pill room and took out the Hunyuan Cauldron.

This time, he didn't choose to enter directly with achievement points.

The self-deduced pill formula is all under his control.

Plus the grade is only second-rank, which is more than enough for his current alchemy.

The large amount of medicinal materials prepared before came in handy at this time.

A few months later.

In the pill room, a peculiar pill fragrance drifted out.

Luo Chen held several variegated pills in his hands, looking relieved.

"Does this count as success?"

He looked around, and no strange phenomena appeared!

But the Spirit Root Pill had indeed been refined by him.

Also at this time, a slightly weak voice exploded in the void, echoing in the pill room.

"Pill formed, second-rank low-grade, can temporarily replace the spirit root, absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and taking it can ensure the medicinal power does not fall for ten years."

"Assessment result, inferior, unqualified."

As soon as these words came out, Luo Chen's expression changed greatly.

He was shocked by the appearance of the voice and puzzled by the assessment result.

"Where did this voice come from?"

"And who issued it?"

"Why does it carry a sense of weakness that cannot be concealed?"

Naturally, it is impossible for anyone to answer these questions for him.

Luo Chen took a deep breath and focused all his questions on the assessment result.

"It shouldn't be!"

"The pill was clearly refined, and on my own system evaluation, it was a complete pill formula, how could..."

While muttering to himself, Luo Chen suddenly recalled the content of that voice.

"Can temporarily replace the spirit root, absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and taking it can ensure the medicinal power does not fall for ten years."

This line is a description of the medicinal power of the Spirit Root Pill he refined. The other party had never taken this pill, so how could they make such an evaluation?

It's a pity there is no one to test the medicine in front of him.

Luo Chen hardened his heart, swallowed the Spirit Root Pill directly, and immediately sat cross-legged to meditate, feeling the changes in medicinal power.

A mere second-rank pill is nothing to his current cultivation base. Even if there is a backlash, he can withstand it!

One day later, Luo Chen vaguely realized where the problem lay.

"This Spirit Root Pill does indeed have the effect of temporarily replacing the spirit root to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, but the medicinal power is too powerful, and only Qi Refining cultivators can withstand it."

"But the target group for this pill is mortals, and they just want to use this pill to cultivate to the Qi Refining stage."

"In this way, it contradicts itself."

For a time, Luo Chen's expression was uncertain.

He had underestimated the mortals' ability to withstand pills after all.

Second-rank is already over the limit!

But how to solve it?

Refine a first-rank Spirit Root Pill?

That's impossible. A first-rank pill cannot have such a miraculous effect, and the grade of a pill refined with five-hundred-year Heaven and Earth Root as the main material cannot be too low.

This doubt lasted for several days.

Until Luo Chen recalled the pill-taking process that was different from others when his cultivation base was low.

Powerful physique, detoxifying pill techniques, etc.

All allowed him to withstand more and greater medicinal power at the same cultivation base.

In the case that the Spirit Root Pill cannot lower its grade, can improving the mortal's physique be a way to find another path to help people cultivate?

Thinking of this, many inspirations suddenly appeared in Luo Chen's mind.

Immediately, he stepped into the study and continued to write furiously.

Three months later, Luo Chen took two pill formulas and returned to the pill room again.

This time, he didn't stay inside for long.

In just two months, he had two more types of pills in his hands.

At the same time, the voice with a slightly strange and weak tone appeared again.

"Five Viscera Nourishing Yuan Pill, pill formed, first-rank low-grade, can help mortals nourish the five viscera."

"Snow Spirit Meridian-Clearing Powder, pill formed, first-rank low-grade, long-term use can help mortals open up meridians and clear the mysterious pass."

"Spirit Root Pill, pill formed, second-rank low-grade, combined with Five Viscera Nourishing Yuan Pill and Snow Spirit Meridian-Clearing Powder, can help people absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and the medicinal power is maintained for thirty years without falling."

"Assessment result, good... passed!"

As soon as these words came out, Luo Chen's expression was instantly ecstatic.

Sure enough!

His conjecture was right.

In the case that his foundation could not further optimize the Spirit Root Pill, finding another path to research auxiliary pills that strengthen the mortal physique is a better choice!

Thirty years!

This time is enough.

If mortals cannot cultivate to the Foundation Establishment stage with the help of the Spirit Root Pill within thirty years, then everything is over.

But if they are lucky enough to succeed, they can build the foundation of the Great Dao!

At that time, it can be considered as initially completing the conjecture of breaking the barrier between immortals and mortals.

As for how to cultivate later after using this pill spirit root to reach the Foundation Establishment stage, that is not something Luo Chen can solve now.

Or rather, take one step at a time; by then, perhaps a better method can be found.

At the very least, the dantian has turned into a sea, the Qi sea has been opened, and the Great Dao foundation has been built, which is far better than the mortal period.

If compared to those pseudo-alchemists in the North Sea who use demon beast inner cores to cultivate to the Core Formation stage, it is easier to understand.

Pseudo-alchemists also cannot advance to the middle stage of Core Formation for their whole lives.

But those who chose this path naturally had already made preparations.

Thinking of this, more inspiration seemed to appear in Luo Chen's mind.

Changing from a pill spirit root to another path, what about a demon spirit root?

The details are like clouds and mist, without a method, but at least there is a path.

Just when Luo Chen was excited, the surroundings suddenly became illusory.

"This is?"

Luo Chen was surprised, and seemed to realize something.

With a thought, he hurriedly flew to the study, waved his large hand, and swept toward those bamboo slips.

However, something unexpected happened.

Those bamboo slips were also blurring at the same time.

"Can't take them away?"

Luo Chen felt a bit of a pity.

The next moment, the stars shifted, and he appeared in an unfamiliar territory.

(End of chapter)