Chapter 237: Refining Pills, Rebuilding

He Pingsheng took the access token from the Skull Mountain Trading Society and gave Liang Yue a superior-grade Foundation Establishment Pill.

Then he returned.

Although he knew no one was following him and he was perfectly safe,

He Pingsheng still used the transformation ability of the Brocade Wave Robe to alter his appearance three times, then took a long detour before returning to his small courtyard.

"Husband!"

Seeing He Pingsheng return, Qiao Huizhu exhaled in relief.

After all, she was in an unfamiliar environment, and now she had lost all her magic power.

"Sorry to keep you waiting!" He Pingsheng closed the formation and entered the small building.

He sat across from Qiao Huizhu and said, "Look at this…"

He Pingsheng laid out one by one the medicinal ingredients he had purchased.

"You got them?" Qiao Huizhu brightened.

He Pingsheng said, "I got them… but not all of them!"

"I have all the ingredients for the Meridian-Opening Pill and the Spirit-Expanding Pill!"

"What's missing are the ingredients for the Spirit-Infusing Pill…"

"Don't worry—it's only two main ingredients left. We'll take it step by step!"

He Pingsheng quickly reassured her.

Qiao Huizhu smiled and said, "Just getting two full sets of ingredients is already more than I dared hope for!"

"Sister!" He Pingsheng pulled out a porcelain bottle and said, "This contains Grain Grain Bigu Pills. If you get hungry, take one."

"There's no time to waste—I must immediately enter seclusion to study the methods for refining the Meridian-Opening Pill and the Spirit-Expanding Pill!"

"I should be ready to refine them in three days!"

"Stay on the first floor and don't wander around!"

Qiao Huizhu nodded. "Fine, no need to keep reminding me—I'm not a child, nor am I made of clay—I'm not that fragile!"

"Mm."

He Pingsheng went upstairs.

He took out more formation materials and began setting them up.

After constructing a separate Spirit-Sealing Formation on the third floor, He Pingsheng laid out the pink meditation cushion on the floor, sat cross-legged, and began his study.

The Thirty-Six Formulas contained no methods for refining the Meridian-Opening Pill or the Spirit-Expanding Pill.

But it didn't matter—the Golden Core Compendium had them.

Studying a pill formula was simple: memorize the properties of each ingredient, the order of placement in the cauldron, key refining points, and fire control.

Two days later, He Pingsheng mastered the refining methods for both pills.

He had also enhanced the medicinal ingredients he bought into supreme-grade materials.

Moreover, he had doubled each pill's ingredient quantity into four portions.

Now came the refining.

Refining wasn't difficult.

After all… these were only second-grade pills.

He Pingsheng had refined third-grade pills before.

Take it slow—if I get failed pills, I'll rise.

With this mindset, to ensure success, he even added two drops of Golden Bee Sacred Juice to boost the refining success rate.

The result was unexpectedly successful.

The first batch of Meridian-Opening Pills succeeded.

Twelve pills: two superior-grade, ten middle-grade.

This quality was beyond anything he had ever dared imagine.

Two superior-grade pills.

"Again…" He Pingsheng took a deep breath and pulled out the ingredients for the Spirit-Expanding Pill.

He continued refining.

This time, luck wasn't on his side.

The first batch was a complete failure.

But it didn't matter—no explosion occurred, and he still got twelve failed pills, which for He Pingsheng was no different from getting supreme-grade ones.

He placed the twelve failed pills and the twelve previously refined Meridian-Opening Pills into the Treasure Basin, waiting for nightfall.

When night came, moonlight condensed.

In one night, he obtained twenty-four supreme-grade Meridian-Opening Pills and twenty-four supreme-grade Spirit-Expanding Pills.

Success!

The success rate matched that of the Foundation Establishment Pill almost exactly.

Low-grade: thirty percent success.

Middle-grade: fifty percent!

Superior-grade: eighty percent!

But supreme-grade? One hundred percent success.

That meant Qiao Huizhu, by consuming these supreme-grade Meridian-Opening Pills, would surely open her meridians.

Likewise, after taking the Spirit-Expanding Pill, her dantian would be reopened.

He Pingsheng put away the herbs and the pill cauldron, meticulously cleaned the refining site, then hurried downstairs, elated.

"Here…"

He placed two blue porcelain bottles before Qiao Huizhu.

Qiao Huizhu did not open the bottles. Instead, she took a deep breath and asked, "You succeeded?"

He Pingsheng said, "Yes."

"Then…" Qiao Huizhu lifted her ugly face, her stunningly beautiful eyes fixed on He Pingsheng: "Husband… if I fail to open my meridians… will you…?"

He Pingsheng raised his hand, stopping her red lips: "Sister, you will succeed—there is no possibility of failure!"

"But…" Qiao Huizhu's face twisted with dread.

"No buts!" He Pingsheng stared at the bottles. "Open them and look!"

Qiao Huizhu's hands trembled.

Before this day arrived, she had longed for meridian opening, hoping to begin cultivation soon.

But now that it had come, she was afraid.

If she failed to open her meridians, she and her husband would be in two different worlds.

Puff…

He Pingsheng pulled the stopper, and a rich medicinal fragrance burst forth.

The pills were poured out, hovering before Qiao Huizhu.

"This…" she gasped. "Husband… this… these are supreme-grade?"

"Yes." He Pingsheng lowered his head and answered simply with one word, then opened the other bottle's lid.

Another pill was poured out, also hovering before her: "I added Golden Bee Sacred Juice during refining, so the pills turned out high-quality—supreme-grade!"

"Now, you won't worry about failure anymore, right?"

"Wu…wu…wu…" Qiao Huizhu's taut nerves snapped. She burst into tears.

After crying for a while, she looked up and saw He Pingsheng smirking. She reached out and lightly punched his chest. "What are you laughing at?"

He Pingsheng said, "Eat them—quickly, open your meridians!"

Meridian-Opening Pill: opens blocked meridians.

Spirit-Expanding Pill: reopens the dantian.

Spirit-Infusing Pill: awakens the dormant spirit root.

Now Qiao Huizhu had the Meridian-Opening Pill and the Spirit-Expanding Pill—her meridians and dantian were no longer an issue.

Start with one, one at a time.

She first picked up the Meridian-Opening Pill and swallowed it whole.

Half a day later, her meridians opened.

Then she swallowed the Spirit-Expanding Pill.

Another half day later, at dusk, Qiao Huizhu's dantian finally reopened.

"Wonderful!" Qiao Huizhu trembled with excitement. "Husband… I… I can cultivate now!"

He Pingsheng nodded. "Correct—you can begin cultivating now!"

Though her spirit root had not yet been awakened,

It didn't matter.

She could still cultivate.

As long as she didn't absorb spiritual energy from outside, the spirit root didn't matter.

Just consume pills.

Pills enter the meridians directly, are refined within them, then gather in the dantian.

He Pingsheng's Five Element spirit roots were too poor—he followed this path.

My root can't be used, so I'll just route my spiritual energy around it.

Throughout his cultivation path, He Pingsheng has never once used his root!