Cultivation begins with alchemy and collecting runes.

A few days later, Li Xiuyuan began to peruse various alchemical texts, trying to find a way to refine the Spirit Gathering Powder.

To be honest, he had no confidence in refining the Spirit Gathering Powder.

After all, the spiritual herbs I had refined before were all for cultivators; this was the first time I had refined spiritual herbs for spiritual plants.

It really touched on his blind spot in knowledge, so he did a crash course on basic knowledge of spiritual plants.

Fortunately, this Spirit Gathering Powder doesn't have high requirements for alchemical fire, wood, or furnace. Otherwise, with his second-in-command alchemy skills, he really wouldn't have been able to master it.

Despite all our careful planning, there was still one thing we hadn't considered.

The most crucial aspect of refining this Spirit Gathering Powder is that the refining process must be carried out in an environment with abundant spiritual energy.

This stumped Li Xiuyuan.

"Where can I find a pure and spiritually vibrant environment?"

"I've heard that the Spirit Gathering Array can filter out impurities in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, further purifying and concentrating it."

Should we buy a spirit-gathering array and refine medicinal powder within it?

Having exhausted all other options, Li Xiuyuan decided to purchase a low-grade spirit-gathering array at his own expense.

"Why don't we try refining it first? If it doesn't work, we can look for another way."

Currently, Li Xiuyuan still has the runes he has accumulated during this period remaining in his sea of ​​consciousness:

Zhu Yu Yunyuan Jue

Mixed Mana x5

Greater Fire Control Technique x2

All the other runes were consumed during the practice of the Yi Jin Jing.

Li Xiuyuan had been reluctant to use the Zhu Yu Yun Yuan Jue, partly because he didn't know what the effect would be or whether it would attract attention;

Secondly, he didn't know how effective this technique was, and it would be too wasteful to use it rashly.

Li Xiuyuan returned to the alchemy room, intending to cultivate first.

Anyway, there's no rush for Fellow Daoist Xiao's Spirit Gathering Powder.

He took out an exquisite yellow jade bottle from his storage bag, inside which were three yellow pills emitting a faint fragrance.

Mid-grade Qi-Nourishing Pill!

This was the result of his painstaking research during this period. He worked day and night to refine pills and finally improved the quality of the Qi Nourishing Pill to the middle grade.

The toxicity contained in the elixir is now negligible to him.

Therefore, he began to take Qi-nourishing pills to cultivate himself.

Li Xiuyuan sat cross-legged on the futon, swallowed a Qi-nourishing pill, and began his cultivation.

The elixir melted instantly upon entering his mouth, and its medicinal power flowed through his body along the eight extraordinary meridians, continuously expanding his meridians.

It increases the efficiency of mana circulation and doubles the speed of refining spiritual energy.

As the Forging Yuan Refining Fire magic repeatedly tempered, crushed, and refined this medicinal power, strands of pure and impure spiritual energy gradually increased in his dantian.

One hour later.

Li Xiuyuan opened his eyes, a look of joy appearing on his face.

"This Qi-Nourishing Pill truly lives up to its reputation as a miraculous elixir for enhancing cultivation during the Qi Refining stage!"

"The magical power increased by just one Qi Nourishing Pill is only slightly weaker than that of 'Mixed Magical Power'."

"A single pill is enough to equal several months of arduous cultivation!"

"If I could eat these kinds of prescriptions every day, and not be afraid of erysipelas, breaking through to the mid-stage of Qi Refining would be just around the corner!"

Li Xiuyuan pondered for a long time, becoming even more eager for the Feng family's method of neutralizing poison.

……

After finishing his cultivation, Li Xiuyuan was in a good mood.

Although he wanted to continue refining the Qi-Nourishing Pill, his meridians disagreed.

He would have to wait at least an hour, and according to his experiments, he could refine a maximum of three Qi-Nourishing Pills or similar pills that enhance cultivation in a day.

Otherwise, the immense medicinal power would rupture his meridians. At best, his meridians would be damaged, requiring him to lie in bed for months to recover; at worst, his meridians would burst, his dantian would shatter, his cultivation would be completely ruined, and he would have no hope of becoming an immortal in this lifetime.

In order to go far in the path of immortality, Li Xiuyuan decisively abandoned the "007" cultivation law.

He planned to spend some money at Pang Dehai's place. He had accumulated quite a few pills, and it would be better to exchange them for spirit stones for cultivation.

He walked through familiar streets, along the main thoroughfares of the city.

More and more independent cultivators are coming and going on both sides of the street, and the market is thriving.

Lingbao Pavilion.

"Fellow Daoist Li, you've arrived! Come, come, serve some fragrant tea!"

Inside Lingbao Pavilion, Pang Dehai greeted Li Xiuyuan with his signature warm smile.

Li Xiuyuan smiled and nodded.

Without saying much, he took out more than ten bottles and jars from the storage bag.

"Fifty mid-grade Clear Mind Pills, ten high-grade Clear Mind Pills, and thirty low-grade Nourishing Qi Pills are all here."

Pang Dehai's eyes shone brightly, almost ignoring the Qingxin Pill; his eyes were only on the thirty Yangqi Pills.

He reached out and carefully poured out a golden Qi-Nourishing Pill, examining it closely.

moment.

"Fellow Daoist Li, the quality of your Qi-Nourishing Pill is truly superior, barely touching the mid-grade level!"

Pang Dehai looked inside the Qi Nourishing Pill, where the golden light shone even brighter.

Even the usually capable and composed Pang Dehai could not hide the excitement on his face.

He had been running the Lingbao Pavilion for many years, and this was the first time he had ever seen a rogue cultivator with such strong talent in alchemy.

In just a few years, he rose from a menial alchemy worker to a low-grade alchemist, and even refined Qi-Nourishing Pills that were close to mid-grade.

It probably won't be long before this Master Li is promoted to a mid-grade alchemist!

He was extremely grateful for his friendship with Li Xiuyuan, and hoped that in the future, he could write in his record of merits: "The manager of Lingbao Pavilion, with his discerning eye, discovered a mid-grade alchemist..."

Who knows, the Pavilion Master might be overjoyed and elevate him from his long-held position, perhaps even moving him to the Blazing Fire Immortal City!

Thinking of this.

Pang Dehai seemed to have figured things out and made up his mind.

"Fellow Daoist Li, I can make the decision to purchase this batch of Qi-Nourishing Pills at a price 20% higher than the market price."

"That's three spirit stones per stone, what do you think?"

Li Xiuyuan pondered for a moment but did not reply.

Upon seeing this, Pang Dehai quickly stepped forward, took out a jade pendant from his storage bag, and solemnly handed it to Li Xiuyuan, saying, "This is the VIP token of Lingbao Pavilion."

"With this token, Fellow Daoist Li will receive a 15% discount on all purchases at Lingbao Pavilion or its branches, and will also enjoy the privilege of reserving rare spiritual items."

Seeing that the time was ripe, Li Xiuyuan accepted the jade pendant, nodded slightly, and said, "It's a pleasure to cooperate with you!"

Although he was an external alchemist of Lingbao Pavilion, he was essentially working for Lingbao Pavilion, doing things for money.

Possessing this token will give you a different status in the Spirit Treasure Pavilion; at least ordinary late-stage Qi Refining cultivators do not have this privilege.

As for Foundation Establishment and Core Formation, those were beyond his knowledge.

Pang Dehai was delighted to see that the matter had been accomplished.

He quickly took out the testing instrument and examined the pills one by one.

"Fifty mid-grade Clear Mind Pills, ten high-grade Clear Mind Pills, totaling one hundred and sixty-eight spirit stones."

"Thirty low-grade Qi-Nourishing Pills, totaling one hundred and eight spirit stones."

"A total of two hundred and seventy-six spirit stones."

After Pang Dehai finished his inspection, he skillfully took out the spirit stone and handed it to Li Xiuyuan.

Li Xiuyuan took the spirit stone and put it into his storage bag.

Pang Dehai asked with a smile, "I wonder if Fellow Daoist Li has anything he wishes to buy?"

Li Xiuyuan's expression shifted. "Do you have the complete Yi Jin Jing?"

"Yes, yes, the complete Yi Jin Jing, priced at forty-five spirit stones."

Li Xiuyuan took out thirty-nine spirit stones and handed them to Pang Dehai, saying, "I'll take them!"

Pang Dehai beamed with joy as he accepted the spirit stone and took out the Yi Jin Jing (Muscle/Tendon Changing Classic) and handed it to Li Xiuyuan.

Pang Dehai readily offered a discount, then gave him seven spirit crystals and a pot of Earth Spirit Wine worth three spirit stones as a gift before he left.

Then, standing in front of the shop, he bid farewell to Li Xiuyuan with a joyful expression of harvest.

……

At the entrance of the Feng family compound.

Bang bang bang!

Li Xiuyuan knocked on the door for a long time, but no one answered.

Although he practiced the Yi Jin Jing, he had no worries about his lifespan.

But he was very envious of this "method to neutralize poison".

If he obtains this skill, he will be able to "step on his right foot with his left" and refine elixirs with one hand while neutralizing poison with the other.

The cultivation level increases as fast as lightning, a true "cheat code" cultivation.

No longer limited by spiritual root aptitude.

Helpless, Li Xiuyuan wrote a letter in his own hand and handed it over to a servant of the Feng family.

Just as he turned to leave, he solemnly gave the Feng family steward a word of advice.

"If your master returns, please tell her: Li Xiuyuan, the alchemist of Lingbao Pavilion, awaits Fellow Daoist Feng's arrival."

After saying that, he took out a spirit stone and stuffed it into the steward's hand before turning and leaving.