Chapter 55: Five Elements Alchemy Formula, the Mysterious Alchemist Inheritance

"By the way, is there any way to purchase a Foundation Establishment Pill? Yuer, your cultivation is now at the Qi Refining Ninth Layer Perfection, right? You should be able to attempt Foundation Establishment. If you can become a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, then we will be much safer."

Zhou Sui said in a deep voice.

He felt that if Ji Bingyu became a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, she would certainly be able to handle this crisis.

Besides, eating off his Dao Companion's success wasn't shameful; with a Foundation Establishment Cultivator backing him, he could walk sideways.

"With my husband's help, my Spiritual Sense has now transformed into a Foundation Establishment Divine Sense, and the True Essence and physical body within me are both perfected. It is indeed possible to attempt Foundation Establishment. If I attempt it autonomously, there is at least a fifty percent chance of success."

Ji Bingyu said with emotion.

Originally, according to her estimates, she would have needed at least ten years of cultivation to truly reach the state of Qi Refining Perfection and be able to truly attempt Foundation Establishment.

But now, after dual cultivating with her husband for two years, her cultivation had advanced by leaps and bounds, and her Spiritual Sense had even undergone a transformation, evolving to the level of Foundation Establishment Divine Sense.

It had improved by who knows how many times compared to her previous cultivation progress.

"No, you cannot attempt Foundation Establishment autonomously; it is simply too dangerous."

Zhou Sui waved his hand. He had a natural aversion to risk. What was the difference between a so-called fifty percent chance and gambling? Without a one hundred percent chance, one should not attempt Foundation Establishment.

Otherwise, once it failed, that would be the end of one's life and the dissipation of one's soul—how dangerous that was.

Ji Bingyu was his Dao Companion, after all; how could she do such a dangerous thing?

But it would be different if they had a Foundation Establishment Pill.

A single Foundation Establishment Pill could increase the success rate by thirty percent.

Most importantly, with the medicinal power of the Foundation Establishment Pill as an aid, even if the Foundation Establishment failed, one would not die or have their soul dissipate, and one could attempt Foundation Establishment again. This was the foolproof method.

"That's right, Sister Ji. Actually, there's no need to be so anxious. It is said that in the spring, Miyun City will host a grand auction, and perhaps there will be Foundation Establishment Pills for auction then."

Mu Ziyan advised.

In fact, Miyun City held a large-scale auction every three years, where a large number of merchants would come to Miyun City, and the auction would feature a vast array of rare treasures, as well as various pills and Spirit Medicines.

This would also attract countless Cultivators, which could be called a gathering of heroes.

"Fine, then let's wait a while."

Ji Bingyu also nodded.

She also felt that it would be safer to proceed with Foundation Establishment if they had a Foundation Establishment Pill. After all, one only had one life, and even if she had sufficient confidence, she could not guarantee one hundred percent that she would succeed.

In any case, they were not lacking in Spirit Stones right now.

If there was an opportunity, they could completely use Spirit Stones to purchase a Foundation Establishment Pill.

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After finishing lunch, Zhou Sui entered the quiet room. He took out the Inheritance Jade Slip that had belonged to the alchemist Zhang Cheng.

Although he had already obtained a complete First-tier Alchemist Inheritance, the years of alchemy experience from Zhang Cheng would also provide him with great inspiration.

Crack, crack~~

He had no intention of watching the Inheritance Jade Slip himself and handed it to the Book Gu, which began to gnaw on it.

In a short while, these Inheritance Jade Slips were completely gnawed away, all falling into the belly of the Book Gu.

Whoosh, whoosh~~

Suddenly, a massive amount of information instantly submerged into the depths of his sea of consciousness.

"No way, Uncle Zhang actually obtained such an incredible inheritance."

Zhou Sui widened his eyes, feeling this information, and was very surprised.

Clearly, in terms of the alchemy inheritance obtained from Zhang Cheng, the First-tier Alchemist Inheritance the other party had was relatively minor, completely incomparable to the inheritance he had obtained from the Lu Family Treasure Pavilion.

However, inside it was a top-tier alchemy formula, known as the Five Elements Alchemy Formula.

One must know that ordinary alchemy formulas are basically just the Fire Control Art.

This art allows an alchemist to control fire to melt Spirit Medicines, purify them, and refine them into Spirit Pills.

The problem is that such fire is only mortal fire, merely condensed from the fire elements between heaven and earth.

Because of this, mortal fire cannot remove the many impurities from Spirit Medicines.

Once there are too many impurities, the medicinal properties conflict, which leads to failure in alchemy.

Even if one luckily succeeds in alchemy, it will be a degraded Spirit Pill.

Sect Cultivators have a way to solve this problem, which is to find an Earth Fire Spirit Vein and use the power of the earth fire to assist in alchemy; in this way, the problem can naturally be solved easily.

This is also one of the important reasons why Loose Cultivators basically cannot become alchemists.

If there is no assistance from an Earth Fire Spirit Vein, the success rate of alchemy drops by at least fifty percent or more.

Of course, if an alchemist is extremely lucky and can obtain a type of Spirit Fire, they can naturally also increase the success probability of alchemy.

But wanting to obtain a Spirit Fire is simply more difficult than obtaining an Earth Fire Spirit Vein.

This is a resource that countless alchemists want to obtain; once a certain Spirit Fire appears, it will be frantically snatched up.

The value of a Spirit Fire is simply immeasurable.

Basically, they are all obtained by alchemists from those large sects; it is impossible for them to be left for Loose Cultivators.

However, the Five Elements Alchemy Formula that Zhang Cheng obtained is completely different.

This is an alchemy formula that takes a different path, capable of utilizing the power of the five elements between heaven and earth to perform alchemy.

Even without a Spirit Fire or the assistance of an Earth Fire Spirit Vein, one can still purify pills and eliminate the impurities of Spirit Medicines.

After all, there are many Spirit Medicines between heaven and earth with complex medicinal properties. If one only uses fire to purify them, many Spirit Medicines are actually unsuitable. Sometimes, even an alchemist who has mastered a Spirit Fire cannot refine certain special pills.

But the Five Elements Alchemy Formula is different.

Once this cultivation method is successfully practiced, one can master the elemental power of the five elements of heaven and earth to temper Spirit Medicines, melt them, and then condense them into top-tier pills.

Because the power of the five elements is all-encompassing, no matter what attribute a Spirit Medicine has, it can be tempered and purified using the power of the five elements; it can be called a universal alchemy formula.

"This formula is too difficult."

Sensing the information of this formula, Zhou Sui felt his head swell; it was just like a poor student seeing advanced mathematics—his scalp was simply tingling.

This is simply even more difficult than the Phantom Demon Transformation Art.

Because to learn this technique, one must be proficient in the power of the five elements of heaven and earth, and furthermore, one must master them perfectly.

For an ordinary Cultivator, it is already incomparably difficult to master just one type of elemental power, let alone mastering all five at the same time.

It even requires fusing the five elemental powers to reach a realm of endless life and the unity of the five elements.

Just reaching the Beginner level has already caused who knows how many people to die of frustration.

When Alchemist Zhang Cheng obtained this technique, he was also ecstatic, feeling that he had truly struck it rich and would surely rise in the future to become a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, or even a Golden Core Real Person.

But after he had practiced this technique for thirty years and only just reached the Beginner level, he fell into despair.

Given his natural talent, even if he were to practice for several more decades, he would still be unable to cultivate this technique to the Proficient level.

Of course, even though this technique was only at the Beginner level, it still allowed him to elevate his alchemy to the realm of a Mid-grade Alchemist.

This already surpassed who knows how many Loose Cultivators.

It is conceivable that this Alchemy technique must have come from the hand of some Alchemist Grandmaster.

"It seems I still need the assistance of the Book Gu."

Zhou Sui immediately gave up on comprehending it himself; he still had to rely on the power of the Gu Insect, as his own comprehension was merely that of an ordinary person and he could not fathom such a profound technique at all.

To force it would be nothing more than a waste of time.

(End of this chapter)