Chapter 496: Eight-Character Pill Formula, Sun and Moon Combined, Tribulation Cultivator Peeping

After returning to the cave dwelling, He Qilang first greeted Feng Xianzi, and then returned to his room, taking out the small red copper furnace.

The high-quality silver-thread charcoal purchased in the sea market burned steadily, and the heat was enough. It was all made of hundred-year-old black iron spiritual wood transported from the north, placed in a red mud small furnace, and could adjust the fire with magic formulas.

He Qilang faced the alchemy furnace, sat on the cushion and stared blankly, and the eight-character alchemy formula taught by Qian Chen flowed and recalled in his heart.

After a long time, he opened the furnace cover, and in the different positions of the three-layer alchemy rooms in the furnace, he put down various spiritual medicines in turn.

Huang Jing is a stable third thing, the Qi of Heaven, which can accommodate the medicinal properties of pill Qi and form. Therefore, He Qilang ground it, screened it carefully, and processed it into delicate medicine mud, which would be baked into medicine powder in the furnace later.

He Qilang took out two moon brilliance ice beads from the Qiankun bag, dissolved them with spiritual spring water, filtered the juice of the Earth Root Grass, mixed it with moon brilliance spiritual water, turned it into green medicinal liquid, and dripped it into a pill pool in the middle alchemy room of the alchemy furnace.

Then he sensed the Yin Qi of the Earth Root Grass medicinal liquid, reduced the dosage by two-thirds as appropriate, and this part of the medicinal property would be supplemented by moon brilliance spiritual spring.

The Gathering Yuan Flower has the effect of benefiting Qi, and the medicinal property is Yang and flat. Before combining with the Earth Root Grass, it should not be contaminated with Yin things, so He Qilang just simply extracted it with spiritual spring, placed it in the alchemy furnace and the other pill pool opposite the Yin-Yang Taiji fish of the Earth Root Grass.

"If I could have a gold vessel with the dew-bearing sun essence dharma seal like the senior, and dry the sun dew every day to combine medicine, I would probably be able to save some materials!"

He Qilang felt a little heartache. The Gathering Yuan Flower is one of the few spiritual medicines that is extremely unsuitable for moon brilliance irrigation. The Gathering Yuan Flower he used for alchemy was purchased from the market. If it weren't for the fact that he could act under the banner of his master Feng Xianzi, he wouldn't dare to purchase so lavishly in the past.

He Qilang felt that even if he practiced for another sixty years, he wouldn't be able to refine spiritual pills with the sun's light like Qian Chen.

The sun essence in the sunlight is so elegant. Refining spiritual pills with Yin-Yang Qi is already a beautiful thing that can't be thought of. Refining spiritual pills with the light of the sun and moon, if you say it out, how many big alchemists who sit in the well and watch the sky overseas will sneer and think it's a joke?

After the remaining auxiliary medicines were in place, He Qilang placed the red copper alchemy furnace on the fire furnace, carefully baked it with gentle fire, and sublimated the medicinal liquid in the two pill pools in the middle alchemy furnace.

The spiritual dew grass in the bottom alchemy room sublimated under the furnace temperature. This auxiliary medicine was actually to stabilize the medicinal properties sublimated when the Gathering Yuan Flower and Earth Root Grass steamed, avoiding the loss of medicinal properties.

Sure enough, the green mist steamed out of the spiritual dew grass rose to the middle alchemy room, and the Yin-Yang medicinal liquid evaporated by the furnace temperature suddenly stabilized, turning into wisps of medicine Qi, and sublimated to the top layer through the holes left in the alchemy furnace.

"Movement character formula... Turn pill Qi!"

He Qilang operated his true Qi and slapped the alchemy furnace.

The Yin-Yang medicine Qi in the furnace was driven by true Qi, chasing each other like two Yin-Yang fish in the upper alchemy room, and then the two kinds of pill Qi gradually mixed into one.

Where the Yin-Yang fish merged, the medicine Qi that rushed to harmony slowly sank with the rotation of the pill Qi.

After contacting the clear ice stone, the pill Qi condensed when it met cold, turning into pill liquid and dripping down along the holes.

And the position where the clear ice stone was placed was exactly on the hole that went straight down to the lower alchemy room. The pill liquid dripped down and fell into the Huang Jing medicine powder spread below.

The falling pill liquid hugged the Huang Jing medicine powder and grabbed it into a pill.

The originally merged Yin-Yang medicinal properties were not stable, and they met the Huang Jing, which had thick medicinal properties and the use of solidifying Qi, just like the Yin-Yang Qi carried by the Qi of Heaven. Isolated Yin does not grow, isolated Yang does not grow, isolated Heaven does not grow, and the three combine, then all things grow... making the medicinal properties completely stable, hugging and forming a pill!

Drops of pill liquid dripped, and one by one Condensing Qi Pills were successfully formed.

As the Huang Jing medicine powder gradually became scarce, He Qilang used the pill-turning formula again, making the Condensing Qi Pills in the middle alchemy room roll, and the newly dripped pill liquid stuck to the Huang Jing powder and rolled into Condensing Qi Pills.

When the last wisp of pill Qi also combined into medicinal liquid, He Qilang pushed open the furnace cover and dissipated the pill Qi. At this moment, the soft and fragrant pill smell turned into mist, filling the room.

He Qilang opened the alchemy furnace and looked at the dozens of spiritual pills placed in the middle alchemy room. At this moment, he had a feeling of trembling in his heart.

"Dozens of spiritual pills in one furnace!"

He took out the alchemy

The sense of smugness in the handwriting overflowed from the surface.

At this moment, He Qilang looked at the fifty-some Qi-Condensation Pills in his pill furnace, then looked at the pill-refining notes he had bought at a high price, which were said to be from the early years of a generation of pill-refining masters who were loose cultivators. Suddenly, the image of Qian Chen in his heart rose significantly, shrouded in a layer of mysterious veil!

"Master, just this?"

"If he is also a master, then what is Senior Qian? A grandmaster of the pill path? A generation's Pill King?"

"It seems the eight-character pill formula of Yin-Yang, Ascending-Descending, Clear-Turbid, and Dynamic-Static is even more miraculous than I imagined. Such a heritage can be called the supreme principle of the pill path!"

"I was able to refine so many finished pills in one furnace, first by using the 'Clear' character formula to extract the medicinal properties, extracting the Earth-Root Grass and Gathering-Origin Flower—the two main ingredients—into pill liquid, filtering out ninety percent of the impurities!"

He Qilang looked at the shallow layer of pill ash in the pill pool and began to pick up his notes to continue summarizing. Just the 'Clear' and 'Turbid' character formulas alone contained over a dozen methods of extracting medicinal properties, such as melting, refining, transforming, steaming, and grafting; and the 'Melting' character formula had dozens of base materials, such as water-based, oil-based, and salt-based.

And for a water-based one alone, there were over twenty types of true water.

This was only the preliminary result; if He Qilang used the water element as a foundation in the future to refine other types of true water, he could expand the types of true water available for the water-based method at any time.

"Then there is the 'Ascending' character formula. It preserved the biochemical medicinal properties to the greatest extent. At the moment when the two types of pill qi fused, there was also the 'Dynamic' character formula to promote the fusion of the two!" He Qilang could clearly recall that when he was refining the pills, the two types of pill qi were held together in the top-layer pill chamber in a state like Yin-Yang fish, ensuring that every single bit of pill qi could be fully combined.

When the two types of pill qi gradually weakened, turning the pill qi could also gather the pill qi toward a single point and fuse them together.

And in the pill book in his hands, He Qilang easily discovered that when that pill-refining master refined Qi-Condensation Pills, only half of the medicinal properties could be combined; the remaining medicinal properties had to be abandoned because they could not be fully fused.

Each of these formulas resulted in several more percent of spiritual pills; accumulated, the difference was like heaven and earth!

But the six characters of 'Ascending-Descending', 'Clear-Turbid', and 'Dynamic-Static' were all based on Yin and Yang!

In this trial, He Qilang still had many errors and omissions. Some were limited by his cultivation base, such as his spiritual sense not being sharp enough to coordinate the medicinal properties to the peak of perfection. Just like this time, the amount of Gathering-Origin Flower was slightly too much, wasting a portion of the pill qi.

And when the Earth-Root Grass melted into the Moon-Essence Spiritual Dew, the Taiyin qi was also excessive, while the Gathering-Origin Flower's Yang-Harmony qi was insufficient, leading to half a percent more impurities in the pill, resulting in only ninety percent quality.

In the future, he would either have to add sun dew to combine with the Gathering-Origin Flower, or reduce the usage of Taiyin Ice Beads by thirty percent!

There were also some that were due to his lack of experience, such as the heat for evaporating the medicinal properties of the Dew-Grass. If he sprinkled a little spiritual spring water before putting the Dew-Grass into the furnace, the rising heat would be more stable and would not sublimate the medicinal properties too early, which led to the subsequently evaporated Gathering-Origin Flower medicinal liquid lacking sufficient protection, causing a lot of medicinal properties to be lost.

There was also the limitation of material conditions such as the pill furnace; this pill furnace could no longer satisfy He Qilang's needs.

He would have to change to one with more reasonable partitions between the pill chambers. Now that the Qi-Condensation Pill recipe was relatively simple, in the future, for some complex spiritual pills, this red copper pill furnace, worth no more than a Three-Mountain Talisman, would simply be unable to refine them!

He Qilang found a jade bottle and divided the Qi-Condensation Pills refined this time into five bottles. He hesitated for a moment and put all five bottles of pills into his Universe Bag.

Senior Qian's guidance was of immeasurable value. Now, apart from that small silver mirror, He Qilang had nothing at all that could repay him. The only plan now was to do his best to find suitable spiritual plants for that senior as early as possible.

The connections He Qilang knew were nothing more than some small cultivators in the archipelago, or even mortals like Shi Heilong who had not yet entered the Dao. These Qi-Condensation Pills could just be used to lure them into helping spread the news!

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In the blink of an eye, another two months passed!

During this period, Qian Chen took the time to refine the Miyulan sent by He Qilang and the Flame-Sun Vine bought from the sea market into more than twenty First-Turn spiritual pills—Sun-Moon Combined Pills.

This pill was especially useful for those at the Core Formation stage; it could increase the Core Formation probability of overseas cultivators by fifty percent. Even after taking the pill, it seemed as if the sun and moon were rotating in one's chest, and under the tempering, it could improve the quality of the internal pill.

Whether for the new method or the old method, it was an extremely precious spiritual pill.

Especially since it could cure the Dao-transformation symptoms of cultivators who practiced water-element or fire-element formulas and suffered from imbalances between water and fire.

Qian Chen intended to use these spiritual pills to spread the news in the sea market, driving overseas cultivators to search for water-attribute spiritual objects and spiritual plants for him, while also taking the opportunity to purchase some seeds and finished medicines of overseas spiritual herbs.

"After these pills are released, the trouble will probably be quite significant... but am I a person who fears trouble? I came to this world not to bring peace to the world, but to incite war on the ground!" Qian Chen inspected the refined spiritual pills. Each Sun-Moon Combined Pill in the jade bottle followed the changes of the seasons, performing the miraculous scene of the sun rising and the moon setting, the sun and moon rotating.

If this pill were released, it would transform into a small sun or moon according to the current season.

Even when it transformed into the moon, it would have different phases of waxing and waning according to the changes in the moon's phase.

This ability to sense celestial phenomena already indicated that the spiritual pill was extraordinary and contained a trace of the laws of the Great Dao, which was why it had various miraculous uses.

Moreover, this change according to the seasons was also a way for the spiritual pill to refine itself. Therefore, the Sun-Moon Combined Pill would not only have no fear of losing its medicinal properties if left for a long time, but it could also add to its miraculousness. After being stored for six hundred years in a place where it could be illuminated by the light of the sun and moon, it could automatically achieve the Second Turn. This kind of heaven-and-earth refining was something He Qilang could not refine even if he contemplated it for another hundred years.

"According to the habits of my Supreme Dao, such miraculous objects should be divided and left for future generations. In the future, if there are cultivators who uphold the righteous path, or if descendants of the Dao Sect happen to encounter an opportunity by chance, these pills can be their aid, so as to uphold the righteous path of the human world!"

Qian Chen sighed slightly. It had to be said that the style of the Supreme Dao was extremely upright; generations of Dao Sect seniors had left behind countless opportunities for their descendants.

Once the demons grew and the Dao declined in the Earth Immortal Realm, these opportunities would emerge one after another, contributing to the resurgence of the Dao Sect.

After millions of years like this, no one knew how much foundation was buried in the Earth Immortal Realm, protecting the Dao Sect's lineage from being lost...

If the worst situation were encountered, I am afraid that hundreds of Dao Lords would descend from the Three Pure Sacred Realms to the Earth Immortal Realm and blast those bold demons into slag!

"So as the leader of the revival of the Louguan Sect, I wonder if those predecessors who ascended left me ten or eight spiritual treasures or immortal artifacts? No need for pills! There are probably very few in the history of the Louguan Sect who can surpass me in the pill path. I haven't been able to refine Seventh-Turn or Eighth-Turn spiritual pills now, it's just that my cultivation base is insufficient, not that I don't have the confidence!"

Qian Chen rubbed his chin quite shamelessly, plotting the foundation of the Louguan Sect in his heart.

"Those wicked obstacles! When leaving behind opportunities, why didn't you know how to ask for instructions in front of your sect-protecting spiritual treasures? It made me not know any clues. I guess I have to return to the ancestral land of the Louguan Sect to discover something!"

"Now the ancestral land of the Louguan Sect is probably being watched tightly by the Primordial Spirit True Immortals of the Supreme Dao! Before I become a Primordial Spirit and have enough say, I will absolutely not go back." Qian Chen sighed helplessly. If it weren't for this, he wouldn't have had to leave Jiankang in a hurry and run to this remote corner overseas to stay.

"Let me calculate, He Qilang should be coming soon! In the past few days, he has indeed found news of several spiritual plants, but it's a pity! They all have owners. If there are no more clues, I will have to try to see if I can exchange for one."

Actually, the main reason was that Qian Chen was not very satisfied with the quality of those spiritual plants. Although they could barely carry the Wood Virtue after refining! But Qian Chen wanted to take this opportunity to refine five magic treasures with the potential of spiritual treasures.

Through the method of life-cultivation, he would refine them into his own life-bound magic treasures in a certain sense, and use the Five Viscera, Five Elements, Five Qi, and Five-Colored Divine Light to hide the five magic treasures into his future immortal body, refining them by himself without having to spend hard work every day.

And on He Qilang's side, there was unexpected news...

"What?" He Qilang looked at Shi Heilong, who was kneeling on one knee in front of him, his brows tightly furrowed as he said: "You mean the Chen brothers found you and probed your spiritual roots?"

Shi Heilong smiled bitterly: "My cultivation is low and my status is humble, how could I dare to refuse two True Persons at the Penetrating-Law Realm?"

"True Persons, are they worthy?" He Qilang sneered, but his brows remained tightly locked. He shook his head and said: "These Chen brothers are superficially loose cultivators, selling some spiritual herbs and local products in the archipelago. In fact, among cultivators who are better informed, who doesn't know that these two brothers are robbers by origin?"

"In their early years, they joined the Heavenly Evil Island, intercepting passing cultivators and fleets. Later, due to a chance encounter, they left the island, but they still acted as eyes and ears for the Heavenly Evil Island."

"The island masters of the Heavenly Evil Island are all smart people. They know which forces overseas cannot be provoked, unlike the former Purple Moon Island, which intercepted a sea fleet under the protection of Shaoqing, and as a result, Shaoqing sent a killer star down, and all seven island masters were executed! The Heavenly Evil Island does not dare to provoke those large merchant associations with backgrounds, so they attack small merchant associations and loose cultivators. Over the years, although there have been no major evil deeds, they have committed countless killings!"

He Qilang frowned and said: "The Chen brothers looking for you to inquire about the wonders of spiritual roots definitely cannot have any good intentions!"

"Most likely, they are plotting against the Master!"

Shi Heilong lowered his head and said: "I also thought so! Please, Little Immortal Master, inform True Person Qian about this!"

"There is no time to lose, I will go find the Immortal Master to explain it first... Shi Heilong, you can count as knowing the weight of things for this matter!" He Qilang threw a jade bottle to him: "This is ten Qi-Condensation Pills. If there is any news in the future, you should still find me with a talisman letter!"

Shi Heilong took the jade bottle with surprise and joy, poured out the pills inside to take a look, and found that they were all ninety-percent-quality supreme spiritual pills. He hurriedly bowed and thanked him: "In the future, as long as my brothers under my command hear any news, they will definitely send a talisman letter to the Little Immortal Master. Little Immortal Master, is this, have you bowed to the True Person...?"

He Qilang glanced at him coldly, and Shi Heilong hurriedly hushed.

"Master seems to have this intention too, letting me switch to bow under Master Qian's seat, but with my dull aptitude, that senior might not even look at me at all! And..."

Images of Feng Xianzi appeared in He Qilang's mind, and he sighed slightly in his heart: "Master's kindness to me is heavy, and his old wounds have not yet healed. How can I switch to a new master? The pill path I have newly practiced is already proficient, and I will soon be able to refine spiritual pills for Master to recover from his old wounds!"

"If people do not fail me, I cannot fail people! That is all!"