Fairy, return my flying sword to me

Chapter 241 Great Yin-Yang Pill
Lin Jian's arrival was undoubtedly met with the highest level of hospitality.

After these few days of fermentation, the power of the Spirit Root Creation Pill has been thoroughly proven.

Lin Jian, who was able to create all five elements spiritual root creation pills, was undoubtedly the king of this pill formula in everyone's mind.

Not to mention the rules for classifying and screening the spiritual roots of both the manufacturers and users, all of which were established by the forest.

Now, since Lin Jian had taught them alchemy and selection techniques at the beginning, this was their first time in the Alchemy Valley. Some alchemists with questions in their hearts immediately surrounded them, chattering incessantly, as if they wanted to squeeze every last drop out of Lin Jian.

After dealing with the enthusiastic alchemists along the way, it was quite a struggle to finally shake them off and reach the core alchemy area.

Alchemy Valley is filled with alchemy furnaces. In preparation for the upcoming Sword Cultivation Festival, not only are the Five Elements Spiritual Root Creation Pills being produced at a frantic pace, but various pills for restoring true qi or healing injuries are also being refined intensively.

With so many people entering the secret realm together, the Pure Yang Sword Sect couldn't provide enough secret realm crystals to protect their personal safety.

However, as the organizers of this grand event, they also had to ensure the personal safety of every participant as much as possible.

As for elixirs, make sure there's a sufficient supply.

Upon arriving at this central location, the atmosphere instantly became much more solemn.

The atmosphere in each small alchemy room was tense, and the Pure Yang Sword Sect's medicine preparation elder, upon learning of Lin Jian's purpose, immediately brought him the necessary medicinal materials.

"What's the point of talking about buying or not? It'll only hurt our relationship!" The elder in charge of preparing medicine for all the alchemists smiled broadly as he stuffed the medicinal materials into Lin Jian's arms and pushed him away. "Go and refine them! If you need anything, just tell me, and I'll make sure there's enough!"

Lin Jian held onto the medicinal materials tightly, refusing to let go, saying, "How can I accept this?"

Free? That's great!

Watching the distinguished guest from the Zhengyang Sect carry away the medicinal materials in a flash, Lin Shi, who had been smiling and stroking his beard as he watched the other party leave, turned around and wrote down all the medicinal materials he had come from Lin Shi and their detailed quantities.

As the elder in charge of managing all the alchemists' materials for the Chunyang Sword Sect, his sensitivity to these materials is beyond doubt.

The ingredients needed in this forest are different from those used in the Five Elements Spiritual Root Creation Pill that were previously given to the Pure Yang Sword Sect. They might be researching some new pill formula.

I'm secretly recording this now, and I'll have my own alchemist figure it out later to see if we can replicate it one-to-one.

So much money!
The elder who had noted down the proportions of the ingredients turned his head and saw another aged face.

"Did young friend Lin come by just now?" the newly arrived alchemy elder asked in a sinister tone.

"Yeah, what's wrong?"

"He took the ingredients from you? Is he going to refine pills?"

"Yeah, so what now?"

"Have you forgotten what I told you before?"

"Before?" The elder in charge of preparing medicine scratched the back of his head. "Was there?"

"I told you that you were supposed to notify me immediately if Young Friend Lin came to refine pills!"

Although Lin Jian had previously taught many alchemists of the Chunyang Sword Sect the techniques for refining the Five Elements Spiritual Root Creation Pill, he rarely demonstrated it himself.

After learning the method of refining the Five Elements Spiritual Root Creation Pill, the alchemists within their Pure Yang Sword Sect also considered improving the refining technique.

After all, a good alchemist is one who doesn't strive for improvement. The experience left by predecessors is just that—experience—and may not be the optimal solution for a particular formula.

For example, it's too troublesome and inappropriate that the Five Elements Spiritual Root Creation Pill can only be refined by the alchemists of the five elements for their respective spiritual root creation pills!
After all, apart from cultivators with fire spiritual roots, cultivators with other spiritual roots are naturally not suitable for refining pills.

If they are forced to refine pills, then they will face significant obstacles in the alchemy stage.

They tried various methods to remove the restriction, but the only possible outcome was that the oven would explode.

"We absolutely cannot blow it up anymore!"

"This is my last furnace!"

After repeated failures, they finally set their sights on a "predecessor" who might have successful experience—Lin Jian.

Since this kid has the ability to teach alchemists with the five elements spiritual roots how to refine their respective five elements spiritual root creation pills, then he himself must be able to refine the five elements spiritual root creation pills.

Of course, this ability is very difficult to master, otherwise he wouldn't have split a perfectly good Spirit Root Creation Pill formula into five parts belonging to the five elements.

Perhaps due to considerations of technique or cultivation, he did not reveal his method.

But are these elder-level alchemists really going to be limited by the five elements differentiation of spiritual roots?

no! Absolutely not!
We must crack it! We absolutely must crack it!

Since the forest is too lazy to teach, they'll figure it out themselves.

As long as one can watch him refine pills, given his elder-level alchemy skills, he will surely be able to decipher the secrets of the refining process.

And now... they've gone to all this trouble to personally refine the pills, and you, old bastard, have kept it a secret!
"Which alchemy room is yours, young friend? Take me there quickly!"

"But they didn't refine the Spirit Root Creation Pill either..." Elder Preparing Medicine said aggrievedly.

He took out the pill formula he had written down, "The ingredients here are all kinds of things, and it doesn't look like a formula for refining the Spirit Root Creation Pill at all."

Although he was in charge of managing the medicinal materials and did not directly refine the pills, he had seen a lot of things and had some knowledge of pharmacology.

“These ingredients have conflicting medicinal properties. They don’t look like they’re for making the Spirit Root Creation Pill… or even the same kind of pill.”

Of course, in order to conceal the specific proportions of the pill formula, hiding or adding a few ingredients is also a common practice for many alchemists when going out to buy medicine.

He wrote down the ingredient ratios for fun, just to see if it would work out. If his own alchemist could actually gain some insights from it later, that would be a wonderful thing.

Unexpectedly, the newly arrived alchemy elder was stunned the moment he saw the ingredient list. "Impossible... absolutely impossible!"

"What's impossible?" The elder in charge of preparing the supplies was full of doubt. "Is there something wrong with this list?"

"A problem?" The alchemy elder scratched his sparse white hair, his expression blank. "A huge problem."

His withered right hand gripped the list tightly, his eyes fixed intently. "The ingredients listed here are the main materials for refining the Five Elements Spiritual Root Creation Pill. Most of the other ingredients are used to neutralize the medicinal properties. Normal pills rarely use these ingredients. This list contains the ingredients used to refine a certain Spiritual Root Creation Pill! He's going to refine the Spiritual Root Creation Pill!"

The elder in charge of preparing the supplies snatched back the list and examined it carefully from top to bottom. "Is this correct?"

Isn't this right?

There are so many Five Elements Alchemists in the valley, and he has provided them with the materials for today. How could a Spirit Root Creation Pill use all the materials on this list at the same time?

The argument between the two quickly attracted the attention of other alchemists passing by.

Before long, all the alchemists of the Pure Yang Sword Sect were gathered together because of a list.

Opinions varied widely, with everyone having their own version of what to say.

"What are you thinking? How could this possibly be a pill formula? What alchemist doesn't keep some secrets when they travel? There must be something in this list of ingredients specifically designed to mislead people!"

"It's not a confusion. I don't think that young friend Lin is a stingy person. He's always been generous in his actions and has never held back when teaching. The proportions on this list are probably all true, and the quantities seem to be within the basic pharmacological ratios, with nothing unusual about them."

"If this list is real, I'll eat it all! Eat it like crazy! Eat three pounds of it! All five elements are main ingredients, and their medicinal properties conflict with each other. Even if some ingredients are used to neutralize their properties, these things could never be put into the same pill!"

"Don't speak too confidently. Before Young Friend Lin arrived, did you know that the Five Elements Elixir could have such effects?" "There's no point in saying more! Why don't we just ask him directly? Perhaps Young Friend Lin is just trying out some new ideas?"

"Quick! Take me there!"

"If this list truly contains all the ingredients for a pill formula, I don't believe it can even be successfully made into a pill! Even if an immortal from the upper realm came today, this wouldn't be a qualified pill formula!"

……

As the stone door to the alchemy room closed, the fiery and noisy atmosphere outside was instantly shut out.

The lights on the wall were lit, illuminating the secret room.

Chunxue sat down by the stove with her arms crossed, chewing on some snacks she had somehow gotten her hands on.

"Same as always, I'll give the instructions, you do the refining."

Lin Jian released the medicinal materials from his storage ring and lined them up in a row.

"What kind of pill are we refining this time? I've never seen it before."

Based on his basic understanding of pharmacology, the types of pills and ingredients he had this time were diverse, with materials leaning towards various aspects of the Five Elements.

Lin Jian had only ever seen this kind of all-in-one ratio in milk tea; this was the first time he had ever seen pill ingredients so conflicting with each other in his alchemy career.

“This is an alchemy system that you in the lower realms have never encountered before, so it’s normal that you haven’t seen it.” Chunxue waved her hand dismissively. “I’ve told you before that the Five Elements are not the essence of spiritual roots, but just a simplified and crude classification. Now that we want you to accumulate enough true energy to break through to the second stage of the Golden Core realm as soon as possible, we naturally have to use some other powerful medicine.”

"I'll listen to you, you'll do whatever you say." Lin Jian gave up thinking.

Following Chunxue's instructions, they began to nervously throw each ingredient into the furnace, prepared for the possibility of it exploding at any moment.

The explosion of the furnace was an indispensable part of his alchemy career.

Previously, even a simple Five Elements Golden Spirit Pill could blow the furnace lid to the sky. Now, with so many ingredients whose effects clearly conflict with each other, it's hard to guarantee that they can coexist peacefully.

Strangely, the ingredients, which should have been flammable and explosive, did not produce any violent conflict.

The explosion that Lin Jian had been trembling with fear throughout the entire process never came. Instead, after the ingredients were refined, a sense of continuous mutual circulation arose.

Chunxue sat cross-legged beside the observation post, leisurely and calmly saying, "Would I, the Great King, harm you? The so-called Five Elements circulate endlessly. Only by standing at a more transcendent perspective can you see the truth of the elements in the world. Just eat this Great Yin-Yang Pill! You'll eat it without making a sound."

He took out three warm pills from the alchemy room in the forest.

Each one resembles a small yin-yang symbol, with black and white fish embracing each other.

Hanging in the palm of your hand, a unique fragrance wafts out.

Before even consuming the pills, everyone in the forest felt as if there was a small vortex on each pill, attracting the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to continuously flow into it.

"Done?"

Chunxue nodded, "It's done. Go and try it!"

"Where?"

"Find a place as far away from people as possible."

"It's happening again?" Lin Jian looked at the pill in his palm and felt a sense of unease.

The pain he had experienced from taking the Golden Elixir was still vivid in his mind. Now, whenever he came into contact with these Creation Pills that could change one's spiritual roots, he felt as if he had developed post-traumatic stress disorder.

The stone gate opened, and the forest was slightly taken aback.

Outside the alchemy room, a huge crowd of people had gathered, many of whom had aged faces but now looked on with anticipation.

"Master Lin!"

"The master has emerged!"

"Has Master Lin succeeded in refining it?"

……

Lin Jian paused for a moment, then turned around and went back to close the door.

"I must have opened it wrong." Lin Jian silently encouraged himself and mustered his courage to push the stone door open again.

When I opened my eyes, the same group of old men's faces were still crowded in front of me, each of them grinning with their old faces.

"Master Lin..."

The eldest alchemist of the Pure Yang Sword Sect, who was quite old, chuckled knowingly, "Young friend Lin, you've come to refine pills today?"

Lin Jian carefully took a step back. "Yes."

The chief alchemist rubbed his hands together expectantly, "I wonder... I wonder what kind of pill young friend Lin is refining? Could you perhaps broaden my horizons?"

He didn't even bother to disguise the basic proportions of the pills in the forest, so naturally he didn't intend to hide the pills now.

With a casual gesture, a small jade bottle was summoned from the storage ring.

With a gentle tilt, a perfectly round black and white bead hangs in the palm of the hand amidst the forest.

The moment the Great Yin-Yang Pill was introduced, it began to reveal its innate power once again.

The surrounding spiritual energy of heaven and earth began to converge into the pill like a tornado, and even the flames in the air turned scarlet and were swept over in wisps.

The alchemists of the Pure Yang Sword Sect stared wide-eyed the moment they saw the black and white pill.

The chief alchemist sniffed frantically, his face beaming with excitement, "Yes, yes! The ingredients are correct, it actually worked!"

"It's following the path of the Spirit Root Creation Pill... but what kind of spiritual root is this? How can it be so strange?"

An elder stared intently into the woods with eyes as clear as a college student's, pleading, "Teach me, teach me, teach me!"

Lin Jian felt a little melancholy as he looked at the elders with eager eyes.

This wasn't in the plan...

"Give them to them." Just as he was hesitating, Lin Jian heard Chunxue whisper instructions from behind him.

"Dele!"

The forest was filled with smiles.

He looked left and right, and tentatively asked, "Which elder could give me a piece of jade so I can carve out the elixir formula and give it to everyone?"

In the blink of an eye, the forest was almost piled up into a small mountain with the highest quality jade.

The chief alchemist smiled so broadly his eyes were almost closed. "Thank you so much, Master Lin!"

(End of this chapter)