Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 883 Refining the Demon Essence Pill

After the two shops opened, business quickly got on track. After attending the auction held by the Baiyun Chamber of Commerce, Yang Zhengshan handed the shops over to Cui Yang and Zhang Hexuan and then returned to Lingyuan Land.

After returning to the Land of Spiritual Origin, Yang Zhengshan devoted his energy and time to cultivation and refining Demon Essence Pills.

Five years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Inside the Dan Hall on Flaming Mountain.

Yang Zhengshan sat cross-legged in front of the Golden Crow Eight Trigrams Furnace, meditating and regulating his breathing, while the Golden Crow squatted beside him, carefully controlling the flames in the furnace.

The blazing sun was burning fiercely, and the intense heat filled the entire hall.

Seven-colored spiritual light flowed over the Bagua Furnace, and a large amount of spiritual energy surged into the furnace like a tide.

The Demon Essence Pill is the most difficult and troublesome pill that Yang Zhengshan has ever refined. Its difficulty lies not only in the medicinal formula but also in the refining time.

Previously, Yang Zhengshan could refine a batch of pills in just a few hours, but the Demon Essence Pill takes more than ten days to refine, and only one pill can be refined at a time.

The reason for this is that there is no fixed formula for refining the Demon Essence Pill.

Other elixirs have fixed formulas, but these formulas are the result of countless improvements by our predecessors, with each step simplified to the extreme.

There is no fixed formula for Demon Essence Pills. Each Demon Essence Pill requires Yang Zhengshan to formulate a formula on the spot. How can his formula compare to the formulas that have evolved countless times over thousands of years?

Inside the Pill Hall, time slowly passed. Yang Zhengshan remained seated with his eyes closed until the dawn's light mingled with the flames of the True Sun Fire at the entrance of the Pill Hall. Suddenly, Yang Zhengshan opened his eyes.

"That's it!"

He stood up, formed hand seals, and sent beams of spiritual light into the alchemy furnace, instantly causing waves of spiritual energy to emanate from within.

The fluctuations grew larger and larger, and even the Golden Crow Eight Trigrams Furnace trembled slightly.

Yang Zhengshan knew that this was because the medicinal power contained in the alchemy furnace was too great, and what he needed to do now was to seal this immense medicinal power within the pill.

The demon core is the essence of a demon beast, containing almost all of its magical power.

After being refined, the magical power within the demon core is completely transformed into pure medicinal power. After being fused with various spiritual substances, its medicinal power surpasses that of the original demon core.

A second-grade low-level demon core is equivalent to a Foundation Establishment stage immortal cultivator. In other words, Yang Zhengshan is now essentially sealing all the magic power of a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator into a small pill. The difficulty of this is unimaginable.

If it weren't for the Golden Crow Eight Trigrams Furnace, Yang Zhengshan would never have been able to do this.

Even with the help of the Golden Crow Eight Trigrams Furnace, Yang Zhengshan would still have to exert all his strength.

"Golden Crow, increase the firepower!"

Upon hearing this, the Golden Crow immediately flapped its wings and opened its mouth to spew out a mouthful of intense solar fire.

At the same time, a small portion of the spirit stones behind it lost their luster in an instant.

In fact, Yang Zhengshan is currently struggling to refine the Demon Essence Pill. Even with the Golden Crow Eight Trigrams Furnace, he still needs to spend a large amount of spirit stones to refine it.

It should be noted that the Golden Crow Eight Trigrams Furnace is a spiritual artifact, and its quality is far superior to that of a magic treasure-level alchemy furnace. Moreover, the Golden Crow Eight Trigrams Furnace also possesses the True Fire of the Sun.

This single burst of true solar fire alone can save Yang Zhengshan a lot of trouble.

The scorching heat of the sun's true fire raised the temperature inside the Pill Hall even higher, activating even the Pill Hall's array. The golden firelight illuminated the entire Pill Hall as if it had been dusted with gold.

Yang Zhengshan paid no attention to any of this. He continued to rapidly cast incantations, sending one pill-condensing incantation after another into the pill furnace, while simultaneously controlling the furnace's built-in restrictive array to compress the medicinal power within.

Fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, but his eyes shone even brighter.

Just then, he slammed his hand on the furnace body, and the furnace lid burst open with a loud bang, flying more than ten feet high, almost hitting the dome of the main hall.

"Come out!"

Yang Zhengshan activated the Pure Heart Hand technique, using his divine soul and magical power to simultaneously envelop the small pill inside the alchemy furnace and pull it out.

The tiny pill, radiating a bluish-green glow, flew out of the alchemy furnace, spreading a strong spiritual energy fluctuation and a refreshing fragrance.

Yang Zhengshan smelled the fragrance of the pills, felt a surge of energy, and then revealed a joyful expression.

Although he hadn't checked the grade of the pill yet, just from the aroma, he knew he had truly succeeded in refining it this time.

Because when he smelled the fragrance of the elixir, he could clearly feel the magical power within his body ripple slightly.

The pill fell into the jade plate, and its radiance subsided as it flowed, transforming into a cyan pill covered with dense cloud patterns, giving it a rather mystical appearance.

Yang Zhengshan carefully examined the pill.

"Master, it's a success! Hahaha, this is a real Demon Essence Pill!" the Golden Crow exclaimed excitedly.

"Hmm, a mid-grade second-tier demon essence pill!" Yang Zhengshan nodded in satisfaction.

The fact that he could refine a second-grade low-grade demon core into a second-grade mid-grade demon essence pill is enough to prove that his alchemy skills have greatly improved.

Of course, luck played a part, but it also shows that he has gained a much deeper understanding of the properties of medicine.

He glanced at the pile of dull spirit stones beside him and paused.

The Golden Crow was of great help to him, but it also consumed a lot of spirit stones.

This time, refining the Golden Crow consumed a full 80,000 low-grade spirit stones, while the value of this Demon Essence Pill is probably only two or three hundred thousand.

He silently calculated in his mind that this successful refining would only earn him a maximum of sixty or seventy thousand spirit stones.

Earning 60,000 to 70,000 spirit stones seems like a lot, but don't forget that Yang Zhengshan failed many times before, and he can't guarantee success even if he tries to refine it again.

Although he seemed to have made a profit, he had actually lost over a million spirit stones in refining the Demon Essence Pill.

That's how it is for alchemists; the initial investment required to refine a new elixir is always incredibly large.

Fortunately, things have finally paid off. Yang Zhengshan only calculated the costs and didn't really care about them.

"You should go and rest first!"

He said something to Jinwu, then disappeared back to Lingquan Mountain Plain.

At Lingquan Mountain, Yu Qingyi was still cultivating. She had just broken through to the mid-stage of the Golden Body Realm last month and was currently consolidating her cultivation.

Speaking of Yu Qingyi, her talent in martial arts is quite good. It wasn't apparent before, but after reaching the Golden Body Realm, her spiritual improvement surpassed that of An Yuxing and Liang Shengze by a considerable margin.

This may be related to the fact that she had consumed a lot of lotus seeds from the Dao Yi Sacred Lotus before, or it may be because her divine soul talent was originally quite good. In any case, she was already one step ahead of An Yuxing and Liang Shengze.

The Lingyuan Land has also undergone significant changes recently. First, Yang Mingzhi and Yang Chengmao both successfully broke through to the next level.

Yang Chengmao was the first of the three generations of the Yang family to achieve a breakthrough, which means that the third generation of the Yang family has also reached the peak of their breakthrough period.

Yang Chengye has already gone into seclusion, and Yang Chengxian is following closely behind. The others, such as Yang Chengyou and Yang Chengzhang, will also go into seclusion in the next few years.

However, a bad thing happened in recent years: Luo Jingsong died after failing to break through the barrier.

Luo Jingsong's failure was unexpected by Yang Zhengshan. Logically speaking, Luo Jingsong's cultivation was very solid, and he had made full preparations before his breakthrough, but he still failed.

As for the reason for the failure, Yang Zhengshan could not find it either.

Yang Zhengshan felt a little regretful about this, but there was nothing else he could do.

Breakthroughs inherently involve great danger. Although the Spirit Source Land now possesses a wealth of experience in breakthroughs, this still cannot prevent failures from occurring. Upon returning to Spirit Spring Mountain Plain, Yang Zhengshan went directly to the meditation room.

This Demon Essence Pill is of the wood element, which is perfect for him to take.

Moreover, this was his first time successfully refining it, so he wanted to personally taste the medicinal properties of the Demon Essence Pill.

In the quiet room, Yang Zhengshan adjusted his mind and body, circulated the Green Wood Longevity Scripture, and quickly entered a meditative state.

He circulated the Green Wood Longevity Scripture through a full cycle, then took out the Demon Essence Pill and swallowed it in one gulp.

The Demon Essence Pill contains pure medicinal power, most of which comes from the demon core, while a small portion comes from the medicinal herbs used in its preparation.

As soon as the pill entered his stomach, Yang Zhengshan immediately felt a powerful medicinal force spreading throughout his body.

The rich aroma of herbs and plants surged through his internal organs, meridians, and dantian like a raging storm. He immediately activated the Green Wood Longevity Technique, exerting all his strength to refine this medicinal power.

His body was surrounded by a blue light, like waves rippling, one wave stronger than the next.

Gradually, the rich aroma of plants began to spread outside the quiet room. Wherever the spiritual energy passed, the plants flourished and unfurled their tender buds.

This is the spread of the Demon Essence Pill's medicinal power, a manifestation of Yang Zhengshan's inability to fully control its power.

This is normal. A second-tier mid-grade demon essence pill is equivalent to the mana of a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator, and may even exceed the mana of Yang Zhengshan himself.

Therefore, it is difficult for him to achieve perfection.

Yang Zhengshan circulated his magical power for four consecutive cycles before absorbing all the medicinal power within his body.

He slowly opened his eyes, and a foot-long blue light shone from them.

This situation does not refer to any abnormality in his eyes, but rather is a manifestation of the leakage of magical power after a significant increase in the amount of magical power within him.

To put it simply, Yang Zhengshan's breath now contains a rich magical power, and magical power is emanating from his ears and nose.

This is not a bad thing; such a situation will occur whenever one's cultivation level improves or breaks through a barrier.

"My cultivation level has actually increased significantly! As expected, the Demon Essence Pill is the best pill for improving cultivation!"

"However, the Demon Essence Pill can only enhance mana, not the soul. This kind of enhancement seems somewhat superficial and needs time to mature!"

Yang Zhengshan carefully experienced the changes within himself and summarized the advantages and disadvantages of the Demon Essence Pill.

"If it's about condensing a golden core, the large amount of pure mana that the Demon Essence Pill can provide should increase the chances of a successful core formation. However, this requires a Demon Essence Pill of a higher grade!"

"As for the medicinal properties of the pills, well, the use of the Heart-Clearing Grass was a bit excessive. Not only did it not enhance the medicinal power, but it also wasted a lot of medicinal power due to the conflicting attributes!"

"And the spiritual spring water even has a harmonizing effect! Next time, we can add more spiritual spring water!"

"We should be able to add some other medicinal herbs as well. The petals of the Dao Yi Sacred Lotus also have the effect of harmonizing medicinal properties. We can try adding them next time!"

He analyzed the medicinal properties of the Demon Essence Pill while summarizing his experience.

While the increase in magical power was something to be happy about, his biggest gain this time was a deeper understanding of the Demon Essence Pill.

In the following days, Yang Zhengshan honed his cultivation while taking out another demon core to formulate a recipe.

Each demon core is unique, so the formulas for refining them are also different.

Yang Zhengshan spent three months just developing the initial prescription, and then he began to revise it through continuous experimentation.

Although he couldn't use demon cores to try, he could try other medicinal herbs.

Previously, he had been experimenting with various medicinal herbs to develop a formula that suited the demon core.

Half a year passed in the blink of an eye. Yang Zhengshan refined the Demon Essence Pill again. This time, he refined a second-grade, low-rank earth-attribute demon essence pill.

He succeeded again this time, but the quality of the Demon Essence Pill he refined was only second-grade low-level.

Even so, it is still something to be happy about.

This means that his previous success was not accidental, and that he really can refine the Demon Essence Pill.

If there is one there are two, there are three and there are four.

Yang Zhengshan was so engrossed in refining the Demon Essence Pill that he could not extricate himself.

Over three years, he refined six batches of Demon Essence Pills, producing four successful pills.

Moreover, these four Demon Essence Pills are all of different attributes. More importantly, as his success rate in refining Demon Essence Pills increases, he spends more and more time on the pill formula.

Previously, it would take him one or two years to finalize the pill formula. Later, it would take him more than half a year. Now, he only needs two or three months to finalize the pill formula and can successfully refine it.

In just a few years, his understanding of the properties and pharmacology of medicines reached an extremely profound level.

If it weren't for his insufficient cultivation level, he would have wanted to refine a high-grade demon core.

A high-grade demon core can be used to refine a top-grade demon essence pill, and what is needed to form a core is a second-grade top-grade demon essence pill. Of course, it would be even better if there were a third-grade demon essence pill, but a third-grade demon core is not something that is easy to obtain.

A single Rank 3 demon core is equivalent to a demon lord comparable to a Golden Core cultivator. Not to mention the Sea of ​​Spiritual Beauty, even the White Cloud Immortal City probably doesn't have such a thing.

As for whether Cangyu Mountain has it or not, Yang Zhengshan estimates that Cangyu Mountain does not.

……

After refining the last demon core in his hand into a demon essence pill, Yang Zhengshan arrived at the Xuanqing Sect.

"Master Yang, what brings you here?" Yunxiao was somewhat surprised to see Yang Zhengshan's sudden visit.

Yang Zhengshan chuckled and said, "I've come to fulfill our previous agreement."

As he spoke, he took out a porcelain bottle.

Yunxiao took the porcelain bottle, a strange look on his face. "Could this be..."

"You'll see when you see it!"

Yunxiao no longer hesitated, opened the porcelain bottle, and poured out the pills inside.

A yellowish-brown pill landed in his hand, which he carefully enveloped with his magic power.

"It really is a Demon Essence Pill, a second-grade low-level Demon Essence Pill, hahaha~~~" Yunxiao laughed with delight.

Yang Zhengshan's ability to refine the Demon Essence Pill was definitely a happy event for him, because he could exchange the Demon Essence Pill for Yang Zhengshan.

Even though he would have to pay a considerable price to obtain the Demon Essence Pill, he was still overjoyed.

The Demon Essence Pill is not an ordinary pill; each one is extremely rare because a specific prescription is required to refine it.

In the entire cultivation world of the Cloud Soaring Mountains, there are only a handful of alchemists who can refine Demon Essence Pills, and every alchemist who can refine Demon Essence Pills is a distinguished guest of White Cloud Immortal City.

It's fair to say that even if Yunxiao took the demon core to Baiyun Immortal City, he wouldn't be able to exchange it for the Demon Essence Pill.

Yang Zhengshan's ability to refine Demon Essence Pills is equivalent to Yunxiao gaining a channel to obtain Demon Essence Pills, the significance of which is far greater than that of one or two Demon Essence Pills.

(End of this chapter)