[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-treasure-immortal-basin":3,"chapter-the-treasure-immortal-basin-the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-237":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Treasure Immortal Basin",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2355420,4608,"Chapter 237: Refining Pills, Rebuilding","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-237",237,"\u003Cp>He Pingsheng took the access token from the Skull Mountain Trading Society and gave Liang Yue a superior-grade Foundation Establishment Pill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he returned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he knew no one was following him and he was perfectly safe,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>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.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Husband!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing He Pingsheng return, Qiao Huizhu exhaled in relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, she was in an unfamiliar environment, and now she had lost all her magic power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sorry to keep you waiting!” He Pingsheng closed the formation and entered the small building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sat across from Qiao Huizhu and said, “Look at this…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng laid out one by one the medicinal ingredients he had purchased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You got them?” Qiao Huizhu brightened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng said, “I got them… but not all of them!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I have all the ingredients for the Meridian-Opening Pill and the Spirit-Expanding Pill!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s missing are the ingredients for the Spirit-Infusing Pill…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t worry—it’s only two main ingredients left. We’ll take it step by step!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng quickly reassured her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Huizhu smiled and said, “Just getting two full sets of ingredients is already more than I dared hope for!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sister!” He Pingsheng pulled out a porcelain bottle and said, “This contains Grain Grain Bigu Pills. If you get hungry, take one.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“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!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I should be ready to refine them in three days!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stay on the first floor and don’t wander around!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>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!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mm.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng went upstairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took out more formation materials and began setting them up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>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.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Thirty-Six Formulas contained no methods for refining the Meridian-Opening Pill or the Spirit-Expanding Pill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it didn’t matter—the Golden Core Compendium had them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>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.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two days later, He Pingsheng mastered the refining methods for both pills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had also enhanced the medicinal ingredients he bought into supreme-grade materials.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, he had doubled each pill’s ingredient quantity into four portions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now came the refining.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Refining wasn’t difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all… these were only second-grade pills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng had refined third-grade pills before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Take it slow—if I get failed pills, I’ll rise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With this mindset, to ensure success, he even added two drops of Golden Bee Sacred Juice to boost the refining success rate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The result was unexpectedly successful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first batch of Meridian-Opening Pills succeeded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Twelve pills: two superior-grade, ten middle-grade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This quality was beyond anything he had ever dared imagine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two superior-grade pills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Again…” He Pingsheng took a deep breath and pulled out the ingredients for the Spirit-Expanding Pill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He continued refining.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, luck wasn’t on his side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first batch was a complete failure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>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.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He placed the twelve failed pills and the twelve previously refined Meridian-Opening Pills into the Treasure Basin, waiting for nightfall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When night came, moonlight condensed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In one night, he obtained twenty-four supreme-grade Meridian-Opening Pills and twenty-four supreme-grade Spirit-Expanding Pills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Success!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The success rate matched that of the Foundation Establishment Pill almost exactly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Low-grade: thirty percent success.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Middle-grade: fifty percent!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Superior-grade: eighty percent!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But supreme-grade? One hundred percent success.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That meant Qiao Huizhu, by consuming these supreme-grade Meridian-Opening Pills, would surely open her meridians.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Likewise, after taking the Spirit-Expanding Pill, her dantian would be reopened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng put away the herbs and the pill cauldron, meticulously cleaned the refining site, then hurried downstairs, elated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Here…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He placed two blue porcelain bottles before Qiao Huizhu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Huizhu did not open the bottles. Instead, she took a deep breath and asked, “You succeeded?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng said, “Yes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“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…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng raised his hand, stopping her red lips: “Sister, you will succeed—there is no possibility of failure!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But…” Qiao Huizhu’s face twisted with dread.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No buts!” He Pingsheng stared at the bottles. “Open them and look!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiao Huizhu’s hands trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before this day arrived, she had longed for meridian opening, hoping to begin cultivation soon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now that it had come, she was afraid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she failed to open her meridians, she and her husband would be in two different worlds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Puff…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng pulled the stopper, and a rich medicinal fragrance burst forth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pills were poured out, hovering before Qiao Huizhu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This…” she gasped. “Husband… this… these are supreme-grade?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes.” He Pingsheng lowered his head and answered simply with one word, then opened the other bottle’s lid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>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!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Now, you won’t worry about failure anymore, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wu…wu…wu…” Qiao Huizhu’s taut nerves snapped. She burst into tears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>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?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng said, “Eat them—quickly, open your meridians!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meridian-Opening Pill: opens blocked meridians.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spirit-Expanding Pill: reopens the dantian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spirit-Infusing Pill: awakens the dormant spirit root.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now Qiao Huizhu had the Meridian-Opening Pill and the Spirit-Expanding Pill—her meridians and dantian were no longer an issue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Start with one, one at a time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She first picked up the Meridian-Opening Pill and swallowed it whole.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half a day later, her meridians opened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she swallowed the Spirit-Expanding Pill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another half day later, at dusk, Qiao Huizhu’s dantian finally reopened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wonderful!” Qiao Huizhu trembled with excitement. “Husband… I… I can cultivate now!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng nodded. “Correct—you can begin cultivating now!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though her spirit root had not yet been awakened,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It didn’t matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She could still cultivate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as she didn’t absorb spiritual energy from outside, the spirit root didn’t matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just consume pills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pills enter the meridians directly, are refined within them, then gather in the dantian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Pingsheng’s Five Element spirit roots were too poor—he followed this path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My root can’t be used, so I’ll just route my spiritual energy around it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Throughout his cultivation path, He Pingsheng has never once used his root!\u003C\u002Fp>",1119,"2026-06-21T04:09:00.242Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","2a1b881ae044cb626085876641b37147afe8f0f4bc0213789e612f1a3ba31350","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-238","the-treasure-immortal-basin-chapter-236",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-treasure-immortal-basin-cover.jpg"]