Immortality and cultivation begin with alchemy and accounting.

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On the second day,

In the Earth Fire Chamber, Bai Xuanjing sat cross-legged.

After his energy and spirit were fully restored, Bai Xuanjing raised his hand and cast a spell to activate the earth fire.

As the alchemy process began, Bai Xuanjing's soul also started to circulate, silently reciting the incantations from the "Fire Refining Divine Technique".

Its spiritual energy and soul merged, entering a wondrous state.

Although she was multitasking, Bai Xuanjing felt that there was not a single awkward thing about her alchemy process.

Even more so than before, it seems that I have a clearer grasp of the details of the alchemy process and can feel subtle differences that I couldn't perceive before.

"Excellent method!"

Bai Xuanjing couldn't help but feel a sense of emotion.

Alchemy involves the consumption of mental energy, and naturally depends on the strength of the soul.

From this perspective, the "Refining Spirit with Fire" technique and alchemy are complementary.

Then he cleared his mind of all distractions, poured a bottle of demon beast flesh and blood essence into the alchemy furnace, and began the tempering process.

The "Refining Spirit with Fire Technique" has two methods of refining the spirit. Compared to tempering the soul during the alchemy process, using the spiritual fire of heaven and earth to refine it seems somewhat domineering.

With Bai Xuanjing's current spiritual strength, she is simply unable to withstand the tempering of the earth fire.

If one's ambitions are too high and result in damage to one's spirit, then the loss outweighs the gain.

After all, spiritual materials that nourish the soul are not easy to find, even within the Bai family.

Therefore, Bai Xuanjing chose to take it one step at a time, starting with the most basic steps.

During the alchemy process, one tempers the soul by utilizing mental energy!

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The rest of the time was spent refining pills.

This morning.

Bai Xuanjing sat in the courtyard, facing the Zhiluo Turtle, her fingers flashing with spiritual light, forming a crooked talisman.

However, as soon as the rune appeared, the Fallen Turtle suddenly started hissing, as if it had sneezed.

A gust of demonic wind spewed from the mouth of the tortoise and landed on the runes.

The runes shimmered with spiritual light.

Soon, it vanished with a "poof".

"It seems I'm still not skilled enough." Bai Xuanjing shook his head.

The turtle's actions were not intentional resistance, but simply an innate instinct.

Any demon beast would react the same way when faced with the Beast Taming Talisman.

Even if a demon beast is willing to be driven by a cultivator, it will instinctively resist the beast-taming runes.

But this is only the first hurdle.

If the runes Bai Xuanjing condensed can withstand the demonic winds of the monsters.

After entering the monster's body, the second challenge is to break through the monster's mental barrier.

If you can't even withstand the demonic wind, how can you talk about entering the sea of ​​consciousness, breaking through the barriers of the sea of ​​consciousness, and signing a contract?

The "Mysterious Beast Taming Heart Sutra" is a good method for taming beasts. After successfully mastering it, one will be more adept at controlling spirit beasts.

This means that it will be very difficult to learn.

After all, intensity and difficulty are often directly proportional.

But Bai Xuanjing was not discouraged.

Zhiluogui raised its head, looking at Bai Xuanjing curiously, seemingly not understanding what Bai Xuanjing was doing.

However, this demon was gentle by nature, and with Bai Xuanjing feeding it from time to time these days, the Zhiluo Turtle became increasingly attached to Bai Xuanjing.

"Bang bang bang!"

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

Bai Xuanjing straightened his robes and got up to open the door.

"Brother Xuanle!"

After opening the door, I saw the person who had come in.

Bai Xuanjing quickly invited Bai Xuanle to sit down in the courtyard.

He naturally knew Bai Xuanle's purpose in coming; today was the day the Qifeng Pavilion alchemy gathering would begin.

"Brother Xuanjing, how's the refining of my Demon-Feeding Pill coming along?" Bai Xuanle asked without any hesitation.

Bai Xuanjing took out the Demon-Feeding Pill.

Since parting ways with Bai Xuanle, he has refined a total of ten batches of pills, six of which have been successful.

A 60% success rate in achieving the desired pill!

As for the settlement rewards, apart from the "Fire Refining God Technique", they are all kinds of spiritual items that can improve cultivation, enhance pills, and are of low-grade first rank.

"Using ten portions of raw materials, we refined twenty pills, most of which were three pills per batch." Bai Xuanjing took out several pill bottles.

Bai Xuanle took the pill bottle and was immediately surprised: "A 60% success rate? Xuanjing, you've refined demon-feeding pills before?"

Bai Xuanjing shook his head. "No, it's just that I've been out refining pills for the past few years, so my pill-making skills have improved, and my understanding of the art of pill refining has also increased a bit."

After her initial surprise, Bai Xuanle didn't say anything more and put away the pills.

However, after glancing at the tortoise in the courtyard, he paused, leaving two bottles of demon-feeding pills on the table.

"Xuanjing, you haven't signed a contract with this tortoise yet?"

Bai Xuanjing nodded and, without any hesitation, told Bai Xuanle about the matter of condensing the runes.

"Let me see you condense a beast-taming rune," Bai Xuanle said.

Bai Xuanjing immediately channeled her spiritual energy and condensed a talisman.

As Bai Xuanle gazed at the runes, her expression shifted slightly, a thoughtful look on her face.

After sensing the flow of spiritual energy, he said, "The problem with your runes lies in your misunderstanding of the 'Mysterious Beast Taming Heart Sutra,' such as the condensation of this part of the runes..."

Then, Bai Xuanle raised his hand to create beast-taming runes, and spoke eloquently about the runes, pointing out Bai Xuanjing's problems.

Everyone has their own area of ​​expertise, and Bai Xuanle has been practicing the art of beast taming since childhood, so her understanding of beast taming methods is naturally more profound.

Bai Xuanjing listened attentively to Bai Xuanle's analysis.

When he encountered something he didn't understand, he wasn't embarrassed and asked Bai Xuanle for advice.

After asking Bai Xuanle's questions, Bai Xuanjing's words actually answered some of her doubts.

"My beast-taming skills are only so-so, but I come from the fifth branch of the family and have more experience than you."

What I just mentioned were all basic questions; I can't answer anything more advanced.

After Bai Xuanle finished speaking, he chuckled.

Then he added, "Although the runes you've condensed now can't even withstand the demonic wind, you can use a clever trick."

As she spoke, Bai Xuanle picked up the Demon-Feeding Pill from the table.

"For example, you can draw runes on this Birch Nurturing Pill and then feed the pill to the Fallen Turtle."

"During the process of refining the Demon-Feeding Pill, the Fallen Turtle will also be slowly assimilated by the runes. In this way, it will gradually adapt to the aura of the runes you have condensed."

"When you condense beast-taming runes on it again in the future, the demonic wind it instinctively generates and the resistance of its sea of ​​consciousness barrier will be much weaker."

"However, a first-stage early-stage demon beast can only digest one demon-feeding pill every five or six days, so don't feed it too frequently."

"Another point is that even with a beast taming contract, if the strength difference between the demon beast and the cultivator is too great..."

Even if the demonic beasts have no malicious intent, over time they will exert pressure on the cultivator's soul through the beast-taming runes, which is detrimental to cultivation.

You need to control the rate at which the Fallen Turtle progresses in its cultivation. Fortunately, you are already a mid-stage Qi Refining cultivator, so you don't need to worry about the Fallen Turtle breaking through to the mid-stage of the first rank too quickly.

Bai Xuanjing nodded.

All of Bai Xuanle's words are recorded in the "Xuanchen Beast Taming Heart Sutra".

Beast taming also involves the use of spiritual power.

Like magical artifacts, the number of demonic beasts a cultivator can control and the cultivation level of those beasts depend on their own circumstances.

If you force it, you will suffer a backlash.

This is far more dangerous than wielding magical artifacts!