Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 800 Jade Marrow Pill Success Rate Soars
"You can refine pills?"

"I can't, but I can help Master refine pills, and I can help Master control fire!" said the Golden Crow.

Yang Zhengshan suddenly realized.

Jinwu then said, "Master, there's still a lot of trash in the furnace. Should we clean it out?"

"Trash? What trash?"

“They are some old pills and elixirs, but their spiritual power has been completely drained,” Jinwu said.

Yang Zhengshan's eyes lit up. Was this the legacy left behind by the True Lord of Shengyang?
"Let me see it!"

Jinwu obediently opened the alchemy furnace, and a bunch of messy things appeared in front of Yang Zhengshan, piled up into a small mountain.

Yang Zhengshan was initially delighted to see so many things, but then a look of disappointment flashed across his face.

There were many things, but none of them were useful.

Jinwu is right, the spiritual energy of these things has long since dissipated.

The original elixirs and elixirs have lost all their medicinal properties.

Ten thousand years is far too long; elixirs and medicines simply cannot be preserved for that long.

Disappointed, Yang Zhengshan stepped forward and used his spiritual sense to communicate with the alchemy furnace. He discovered that there was a large space inside the furnace, but it was not a space for refining pills; rather, it was a storage space used to store medicinal herbs and pills.

It was empty inside; there was nothing left.

"Do you know anything about the traditions of alchemy?" Yang Zhengshan asked, still unwilling to give up.

Jinwu seemed to sense the expectation in Yang Zhengshan's eyes. After pondering for a moment, he said, "Master, I can refine a kind of pill!"

"What elixir?"

"Demon pill!"

Yang Zhengshan raised an eyebrow. "What kind of demon core?"

There are many kinds of elixirs, such as medicinal elixirs, demon elixirs, and mineral elixirs.

"It's a pure demon core. I can refine demons into pure demon cores to help my master cultivate!"

Yang Zhengshan roughly understood what it meant. It wasn't refining a demon core; more accurately, it was refining a pure spiritual energy pill. This involved refining the demon and leaving only the purest spiritual energy, which could enhance one's cultivation after consumption.

"Monsters? Strange beasts, is that okay?"

"A strange beast?" Jinwu asked, puzzled.

Yang Zhengshan pointed to the Flying Slave Eagle soaring in the sky, "That's the kind of strange beast!"

Jinwu looked up and said with a look of disgust, "That's just a little demon that hasn't taken human form yet. It'll be burned to ashes with a single fire. You can't refine a demon core from it!"

"Transformation? Can mythical beasts transform?" Yang Zhengshan caught another new term.

"That's natural. As long as a demon beast can cultivate, it can naturally transform into human form!" said the Golden Crow.

"What level of cultivation must a demon beast reach before it can take human form?"

"Second stage, also known as the Foundation Establishment stage!"

"What if they don't take human form?"

Yang Zhengshan thought of the martial god-level beasts he had seen, none of which seemed to have taken human form.

"That means there's no cultivation technique. If it were a second-tier demon beast, then a demon core could be refined from it!" Jinwu was still thinking about refining a demon core.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly. It turned out that demonic beasts might have cultivation techniques. Without cultivation techniques, they could not transform into human form, but with cultivation techniques, they could transform into human form.

Do you have cultivation techniques for demonic beasts?

“I didn’t!” Jinwu said.

Yang Zhengshan wasn't disappointed. He was just asking casually and didn't have high expectations for Jinwu.

In his hands, the Golden Crow Eight Trigrams Furnace was a rare treasure, but in the hands of that Golden Core True Essence cultivator, it might just be a somewhat useful spiritual treasure; otherwise, it wouldn't have been left in the ancient remnant array back then.

"Can I use you to refine first-tier pills?" Yang Zhengshan asked, looking at the Eight Trigrams Furnace.

"Yes, but you can't use the true fire of the sun. You can only use earth fire or spiritual fire. I can also help you control earth fire and spiritual fire!" the golden crow said ingratiatingly.

Looking at the fawning expression in its eyes, Yang Zhengshan couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.

This golden crow is quite intelligent, but it is rather simple-minded and doesn't know how to hide its emotions. It also has a bit of a childish temper.

Why do you acknowledge me as your master?

He voiced his doubts.

"Master is the master of the grotto-heaven!" the Golden Crow said.

"What's different about the Lord of the Grotto-Heaven?" Yang Zhengshan asked in confusion.

"The soul of the master of the cave is immortal, allowing him to live a long and prosperous life, and he can also entrust spiritual treasures to the origin of the cave!"

"To entrust a spiritual treasure to the origin of a grotto-heaven? What are the benefits of that?"

"Of course there are benefits. If the master places me in the origin of the cave, I can act as the sun of the cave, sharing joys and sorrows with it, and will never be annihilated in the river of time again!"

"Of course, this requires the master to entrust the cave heaven to the Great Void. The master cannot enter the Great Void yet, but I believe that the master will definitely be able to enter the Great Void in the future and entrust the cave heaven to the Great Void!"

Jinwu bounced on Yang Zhengshan's shoulder, speaking with great joy.

Yang Zhengshan found this very strange. The spirit of the artifact actually wanted to be immortal? And it even wanted to be the sun in the cave. That was quite an idea.

Although the Golden Crow Eight Trigrams Furnace is not a real three-legged golden crow, it possesses the true fire of the sun, so it doesn't seem like there's any harm in making it the sun.

However, this is just Yang Zhengshan's current idea, and he is still a long way from storing the Spirit Source in the Great Void, so this is just something he can think about.

"I see, but that's all for later. Let's go refine the pills now!"

With that, Yang Zhengshan sent the Bagua Furnace to the volcano in the east.

"How is this subterranean fire?"

"It's a bit weak, but it's barely enough if you're just refining first-tier pills!" Jinwu said, looking at the earth fire sealed by the magic array.

The mountain has now been named Flame Mountain by Yang Zhengshan, and a grand hall and some houses have been added to the mountain.

"Luckily, the main hall was built high enough, otherwise we wouldn't have been able to fit this alchemy furnace!"

Yang Zhengshan placed the alchemy furnace on the earth fire. "Do you know how to refine the Jade Marrow Pill?"

"Master, you only need to tell me the steps to control the fire, and I guarantee there won't be a single mistake!" the Golden Crow said proudly.

"it is good!"

Without hesitation, Yang Zhengshan immediately explained the fire control steps for refining the Jade Marrow Pill to Jinwu in detail.

Afterwards, Yang Zhengshan began preparing the medicinal herbs, cleaning the alchemy furnace, and having Jinwu practice again. Only after confirming that there were no problems did he begin refining the medicine.

As Jinwu said, it has a very strong control over fire.

With its help, Yang Zhengshan succeeded in his first batch of pills, producing thirty-two pills, including twelve first-grade high-quality jade marrow pills.

Looking at the top-grade jade marrow pills in the jade plate, Yang Zhengshan was finally shocked by the power of this Eight Trigrams Furnace.

It should be noted that his previous success rate in refining pills was only slightly over 40%, and the success rate of refining mid-grade Jade Marrow Pills was less than 20%. He had even successfully refined high-grade Jade Marrow Pills before.

But this is only his first attempt, and he has actually refined a high-grade jade marrow pill, and even made thirty-two pills!
This is practically like having a cheat code.

“Actually, Master can refine more at once. It’s just a first-tier pill, and the Eight Trigrams Furnace can refine hundreds of them at once!” Jinwu said.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly. With such a large alchemy furnace, it could naturally refine more pills at once.

"Did your former master refine Foundation Establishment Pills?" "Of course, Foundation Establishment Pills are second-tier pills. My former master refined them many times for the younger generation of the sect!" Jinwu said.

Yang Zhengshan was overjoyed, "You know the fire control steps for the Foundation Establishment Pill?"

"It's been so long that I've forgotten a bit, but I think I can remember if I think about it carefully!" Jinwu tilted his head and thought for a moment.

"Very good!" Yang Zhengshan laughed heartily.

Compared to Jade Marrow Pills, Foundation Building Pills are the most needed thing.

With the help of the Golden Crow, his success rate in refining the Foundation Establishment Pill was undoubtedly much higher.

Of course, the Golden Crow is not omnipotent. It can only improve the success rate and quality of pills by controlling fire. Yang Zhengshan has to do everything else himself.

But this was already enough to surprise Yang Zhengshan.

Subsequently, Yang Zhengshan opened two more batches of Jade Marrow Pills, producing 180 pills the first time and 312 pills the second time.

One batch was equivalent to ten of his previous batches, and surprisingly, none of them failed.

This means that his success rate in refining Jade Marrow Pills has reached 80%, and his success rate in refining high-grade Jade Marrow Pills has reached 40%.

It almost doubled the success rate of pill formation.

Moreover, he can refine ten portions of medicinal herbs at once, which greatly reduces the time he spends refining pills.

"As expected of a spiritual treasure, it is indeed powerful!" Yang Zhengshan looked at the Golden Crow with joy and exclaimed.

"Of course, I am a mid-grade spiritual weapon!" the Golden Crow said proudly.

After his initial excitement, Yang Zhengshan began to ponder Lu Fusheng again.

This is a magical treasure!

Lu Fusheng really gave him a great gift.

Although he can only use this spiritual treasure to refine pills now, it is already a powerful aid to him.

At this moment, Yang Zhengshan truly believed in the concept of fate.

The treasure belongs to the destined one!
Lu Fusheng must have had this Eight Trigrams Furnace for quite some time, at least thirty or forty years, yet in his hands, it was practically just a rock.

Therefore, Yang Zhengshan did not feel that he had taken advantage of Lu Fusheng. Of course, he was also grateful to Lu Fusheng for giving him such an opportunity.

"It seems I'll have to help the Lu family more in the future, as a small way of making amends!" Yang Zhengshan thought to himself.

After refining another batch of Jade Marrow Pills, Yang Zhengshan returned to Lingquan Mountain Plain.

The Eight Trigrams Furnace remained at Flaming Mountain, but the Golden Crow followed Yang Zhengshan to Lingquan Mountain Plain.

The Golden Crow spirit can leave its original body, but it cannot be too far away; it can only stay within a thousand miles.

A thousand miles is not far for it.

Of course, it cannot go out unless Yang Zhengshan takes the Bagua Furnace outside.

Yang Zhengshan has allowed it to roam freely in the Spirit Source Land, as long as it doesn't cause trouble for everyone.

Upon returning to Lingquan Mountain, Yang Zhengshan immediately shared the good news with Yu Qingyi, who was both surprised and delighted.

"Then can I take Jade Marrow Pills from now on too!"

Yang Zhengshan took her arm and laughed, "Of course, not just you, everyone can take the Jade Marrow Pill from now on!"

It wouldn't be a waste for a Tiangang-stage martial artist to take Jade Marrow Pills. Of course, Yang Zhengshan wouldn't provide Jade Marrow Pills for free, since the materials for refining Jade Marrow Pills are quite valuable.

However, he can allow everyone to exchange Jade Marrow Pills using merit points.

Previously, Yang Zhengshan didn't want to spend time refining Jade Marrow Pills, so even Yu Qingyi didn't have enough Jade Marrow Pills to take.

Yang Zhengshan can now refine more than 300 Jade Marrow Pills in one batch, and even if the merit points exchange is opened, it won't take him too much time.

"With this in mind, I'm confident I can attempt a breakthrough within ten years!" Yu Qingyi said happily.

Yang Zhengshan breathed a long sigh of relief, "With the superior-grade Jade Marrow Pill, your chances of breaking through will be much greater!"

The effects of superior-grade jade marrow pills and inferior-grade jade marrow pills are quite different.

Firstly, regarding cinnabar poisoning, the amount of cinnabar poisoning contained in superior-grade Jade Marrow Pills is almost negligible.

Secondly, in terms of medicinal properties, the superior grade Jade Marrow Pill is more than ten times more potent than the inferior grade Jade Marrow Pill.

Finally, in terms of efficacy, the superior Jade Marrow Pill also has the effect of stabilizing the foundation.

Now that Yu Qingyi has established her spiritual foundation, the conditions for creating her golden body are almost fully met.

Among the spiritual objects, there is the ancient phoenix tree that is thousands of years old; among the elixirs, there is the top-grade jade marrow elixir; and among the cultivation techniques, there are the "Green Wood Longevity Technique" and the "Wood Transformation Nourishing Body Method".

I wouldn't dare say that Yu Qingyi will definitely succeed in breaking through, but I'm at least 80% confident.

Now, Yu Qingyi only needs to refine her true essence to perfection.

After celebrating with Yu Qingyi, Yang Zhengshan gave his two apprentices some pointers before returning to the Lan family.

Lan Peng is back.

Looking at Lan Peng's exhausted face, Yang Zhengshan sighed softly.

Lan Peng has had a tough time too.

Although Lu Fusheng valued him, he was, after all, a retainer of the Lu family and dependent on them.

Therefore, he had to obey the Lu family's orders in many matters.

He fought for the Lu family in Yushan Town for years, but his own family was almost wiped out.

Of course, this cannot be blamed on the Lu family. He relied on the Lu family and also gained many benefits from them. It can only be said that there are gains and losses.

With Lan Peng back, Yang Zhengshan no longer needed to stay at the Lan family residence, so he moved back to the Lu residence.

The Lu family also arranged a quiet courtyard for him. He didn't get involved with the Lu family or the county town, and he lived a secluded life in the courtyard, making himself virtually invisible.

The attack on Shanggu County by Youyumen and Duanhundao had a significant impact on Lingxiu Sea.

The three sects and twelve families were all extremely nervous about this, fearing that the Netherworld Gate and the Soul-Severing Blade would cause trouble in their own cities.

However, for some unknown reason, the war between Youyumen and the Lingxiu Three Sects has actually subsided considerably.

The conflict is no longer as intense as before; instead, a standoff has emerged.

Yang Zhengshan didn't know the specifics, and he wasn't interested in it.

After waiting in the county town for three months, Yang Zhengshan bid farewell to Lu Fusheng.

Upon returning to Lingxi Mountain, Yang Zhengshan continued his secluded cultivation.

His seclusion involved staying in Lingxi Mountain to cultivate.

On Lingxi Mountain, the withered spirit fruit trees have been removed and some saplings have been transplanted. As for the spiritual energy that was drawn away by the Eight Trigrams Furnace, Yang Zhengshan also broke 10,000 spirit stones to replenish it.

The Eight Trigrams Furnace was a great help to Yang Zhengshan, but this guy was also a big spender on spirit stones.

More than 30,000 spirit stones almost wiped out the clan hall's reserves.

Moreover, this guy needs to consume spiritual energy every time he refines pills. He can absorb spiritual energy from the air on his own, but for Yang Zhengshan, the spiritual energy in the air also belongs to the spiritual source land.

In order to ensure the concentration of spiritual energy in the spiritual source land, Yang Zhengshan had previously established rules for replenishing spiritual energy.

Each time the Eight Trigrams Furnace refines pills, it consumes the spiritual energy of several hundred spirit stones, which must be included in the cost of the pills.

However, compared to the success rate of Jade Marrow Pills, this amount of spiritual energy consumption is negligible.

(End of this chapter)