My equipment is designed for cultivation; I started by slaughtering my way through a small world.

There is a huge difference between mass-producing pills and refining pills with precision.

Refined alchemy emphasizes striving for perfection.

Refined alchemy is a domain dominated by high-ranking alchemists, who occupy the high-end market for elixirs.

Large-scale pill refining emphasizes quantity and sufficiency.

Using a cultivator's own spiritual power to drive the spiritual fire, it is naturally impossible to mass-produce pills.

Therefore, natural fire is used to refine elixirs in large quantities.

Earth fire is a type of natural fire that is relatively easy to obtain.

The earth fire originates from deep within the earth, nurtured by the earth's lungs, and its temperature is comparable to that of a spiritual fire.

The downside is that the subterranean fire is formed deep underground and naturally carries a trace of earthly evil energy.

If the alchemist is not careful, the earth's evil energy can seep into the pills, turning them into poison.

This, in turn, affects the quality of the elixirs.

It is very difficult to refine elixirs with spirit patterns using earth fire.

Only top-tier alchemists with unparalleled mastery of fire manipulation can wield this inherently flawed natural fire to refine elixirs.

The spiritual herbs collected by the Azure Emperor Sword Sect during this forbidden area trial are enough to refine more than twenty batches of Foundation Establishment Pills.

If one person were to refine it, it would take about ten days.

In order to produce the pills as quickly as possible, three alchemists were working together to refine the Foundation Establishment Pills this time.

As the sect elder with the highest alchemy skills, Gu Qing was allocated the spiritual herbs for twelve batches of Foundation Establishment Pills.

He took out the Elder's Token, and a green light flew out from the token, hitting the door of the alchemy room accurately.

Instantly, the restrictions on the alchemy room door began to flash with countless streams of light, as if unlocking a device. Only when the token's permissions matched the restrictions could the door be opened.

"Click click click!"

After a few crisp sounds, the stone door at the entrance of the alchemy room slowly opened, revealing a bright and shining passage.

The passageway is three meters high, straight on both sides, and the dome is arched.

"Elder!"

"After passing this evil-suppressing path, the alchemy room is behind it. The entrance is sealed by a dragon-severing stone gate, which can block external interference and withstand the bombardment of Golden Core level spells."

"I wish the elder success in refining the elixir."

The passing deacon smiled and flattered Gu Qing.

"Um!"

Gu Qing nodded and walked into the Suppressing Evil Path alone, then put down the Dragon-Slaying Stone Gate.

After passing through the thirty-meter-long evil-suppressing path, you enter the actual alchemy room, which is about two hundred square meters in size. Around the alchemy room, there are many shelves for miscellaneous items and some tools for assisting in alchemy.

For example, jade bottles for holding elixirs, and workbenches for pre-processing medicinal herbs, including jade anvils and medicine knives, etc.

In the center of the alchemy room is a three-meter-wide earth fire well, surrounded by nine circular grooves. These grooves can be opened to adjust the size of the earth fire as needed.

In addition, several baskets of spirit charcoal were prepared next to the Earth Fire Well.

These spirit charcoal ...

After carefully examining the entire alchemy room, Gu Qing went to the Earth Fire Well.

"Bang!"

Upon opening the first trench seal, a pale yellow flame instantly shot out from the Earth Fire Well.

Gu Qing's eyes flickered slightly.

He used both hands to cast a series of fire-controlling spells, manipulating the earth fire into various shapes, performing precise operations on the earth fire, and becoming familiar with its properties.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

Gu Qing opened the nine ring-shaped sealing grooves one by one, and the earth fire spewing out from the earth fire well became increasingly intense.

The flame gradually changed from pale yellow to bright yellow.

"After the nine-ring seal is broken, the power of the earth fire can reach the strength of the second rank, fourth level."

"However, after the ninth seal is broken, the earthly evil energy contained in the earth fire is about three times that of the first seal."

"Earth fire is sufficient to refine second-grade pills."

"Refining a third-grade pill is somewhat beyond my capabilities."

"However, even if a third-grade Grand Alchemist does not have spiritual fire, he will still cultivate the Samadhi True Fire formed by the condensation of essence, qi and spirit."

"Therefore, for the sect, providing second-grade earth fire is sufficient to meet the needs of the sect's alchemists."

Controlling fire is a fundamental skill in alchemy.

With all nine seals broken, the surging earth fire was at Gu Qing's command.

However, in terms of the quality of the flames, they are still inferior to Gu Qing's own Hellfire.

"go!"

Gu Qing flicked his finger and sent a Hundred Beasts Karmic Fire into the Earth Fire Well, then cast a series of fire control spells.

Boom...

The subterranean fire trembled slightly.

The earthly evil energy that constitutes the spirituality of the earth fire was devoured by the karmic fire of the hundred beasts. The bright yellow earth fire disintegrated, turning into wisps of firelight that merged into the karmic fire of the hundred beasts.

"It really works!"

"During the second mercenary trial, I used the power of the underground fiery sea to cultivate karmic fire."

"Earth Fire belongs to the Earthly Fiend Spirit Fire, which is restrained by the Karmic Fire of Beasts."

Using the Hundred Beasts Fire, the earth fire was suppressed thirty to forty meters deep beneath the fire well, preventing even a trace of earthly evil energy from escaping from the well opening.

After the Hundred Beasts Karmic Fire stabilized, Gu Qing threw out the top-grade magic artifact, the Pill Furnace, which landed above the Earth Fire Well.

After a while.

The alchemy furnace began to release astonishing heat. Gu Qing waved his hand, and the furnace lid flew off.

With a slight thought, Gu Qing sent the medicinal herbs one after another into the alchemy furnace.

Put all the dozens of spiritual herbs used to refine the Foundation Establishment Pill into the furnace and put the furnace lid back on.

The first step was perfect.

Next, the essence of the elixir will be extracted.

The hellfire surged and poured into the alchemy furnace. Gu Qing simultaneously performed multi-threaded micro-operations, processing the various spiritual herbs inside the furnace.

As time slowly passed.

The pungent smell of impurities gradually disappeared from the smoke rising from the alchemy furnace, replaced by wisps of fragrant aromas.

These fragrances are the medicinal power that overflows from the essence of various elixirs.

"Twenty-four seals for civil and military affairs".

Gu Qing was highly focused; this was his first time refining a Foundation Establishment Pill.

We must not waste the various spiritual herbs that the disciples of the Azure Emperor Sword Sect risked their lives to obtain.

The Hundred Beasts Fire manifests as dragons and tigers, harmonizing the spiritual essence of various medicinal herbs.

Compared to when Gu Qing first arrived in this plane, his spirituality is now incomparable to that of a second-grade, tenth-level Hellfire.

The dragons and tigers that appeared were as if they were alive.

As the fire-controlling pill techniques were applied, a rich aroma of pills gradually filled the pill furnace.

Buzz! !

Inside the alchemy room, the air vibrated slightly, and wisps of spiritual energy gathered above the alchemy furnace.

"call!"

"The amount of spiritual energy gathered wasn't much, but at least it didn't ruin its reputation."

When refining the Foundation Establishment Pill for the first time, Gu Qing did not strive to maximize the spiritual essence of each herb while blending the various spiritual herbs.

With some reservations, they were finally able to consistently refine qualified Foundation Establishment Pills.

of course.

Gu Qing's definition of "qualified" is based on the standards of Dan Ding Academy.

That means you must produce a Danling pattern.

I waited for a while.

All the gathered spiritual energy surged into the alchemy furnace, where the pills absorbed all the spiritual energy and transformed it into special medicinal power.

Gu Qing waved his hand and lifted the furnace lid, and ten spirit pills with a ring of spirit patterns fell into Gu Qing's hand.

"One-Pattern Foundation Building Pill!"

"This is far from enough. Among the knowledge of pills passed down by Elder Tianhuo, a four-pattern Foundation Establishment Pill was once refined, and the effects of a fourth-grade Foundation Establishment Pill are..."

"Far beyond what ordinary Foundation Establishment Pills can compare to!"

Thinking of this, Gu Qing looked at the remaining 11 batches of Foundation Establishment Pills and felt a burning desire rise in his heart.

……

Time flies.

three days later.

Outside the alchemy pavilion of the Azure Emperor Sword Sect, a huge crowd had gathered, all staring at the sky above Gu Qingdan's place, where an astonishing vortex of spiritual energy was gathering.

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