Treasure Gathering Immortal Furnace

After Lu Fan copied the pills several times, he accumulated 256 pills, but it was at this moment that he discovered a problem.

At first, the auspicious cloud pattern on the outer wall of the alchemy furnace emitted a faint light, but after he used it several times, the light weakened considerably.

This led Lu Fan to the conclusion that the alchemy furnace was not a mass-production process without any consumption; it also required an energy supply.

Once the light from the auspicious cloud pattern completely disappears, it will likely be impossible to reproduce it.

However, this is not a permanent failure. Over time, the faint light will slowly recover, albeit extremely slowly.

Fortunately, the Qi-stabilizing pill is not a high-level pill, so the energy required for its replication is minimal.

Otherwise, it wouldn't be enough to support Lu Fan's enormous consumption.

With the second round of meditation, Lu Fan took the Qi-stabilizing pills more frequently this time.

The initial consumption of ten pills for each breakthrough level has increased to twenty pills, a visible increase in consumption.

Although cultivation is slow, mutated mixed spiritual roots have one advantage: their spiritual energy is stronger than that of ordinary cultivators.

After all, having consumed so many Qi-stabilizing pills, even with some loss of spiritual energy, the remaining spiritual energy reserves are still quite astonishing.

In fact, many times, mixed spiritual roots are not useless, but they are just too difficult to cultivate.

If resources could be supplied in unlimited quantities, once a mixed spiritual root reaches the level of a high-level cultivator, the combat power would be quite exaggerated.

It's incredibly powerful among its peers, but as I said before, even if you add up the resources of all the cultivation sects in Canglan, let alone the Dao Sect, it wouldn't be enough to get a mutated mixed spiritual root to the Golden Core stage.

The idea that it's hopeless to establish a foundation with mixed spiritual roots is not just empty talk; it's based on experience accumulated over tens or even hundreds of thousands of years.

At this moment, Lu Fan didn't actually have that much ambition, after all, he didn't know if he could reach the Golden Core stage that he looked up to with the help of the alchemy furnace.

I would be content as long as I could reach the tenth level of Qi Refining, or even achieve Foundation Establishment by sheer luck.

Even if he eventually leaves the Dao Sect and goes to the mortal world to marry and have children, his Foundation Establishment cultivation would be enough to allow him to live a carefree and happy life for two hundred years.

This is Lu Fan's current aspiration.

Despite his aspirations, Lu Fan dared not slack off in the slightest. He was only at the fifth level of Qi Refining, but he was no match for Yan Ruyu, who was at the seventh level of Qi Refining.

Not wanting to continue getting beaten up, he could only desperately improve his cultivation. Once he reached the tenth level of Qi Refining, he didn't believe Yan Ruyu would dare to bully him again.

With these thoughts in mind, Lu Fan continued his seclusion to break through his cultivation barrier.

In the eyes of cultivators, time is the most precious thing. During Lu Fan's seclusion, he was unaware of the passage of time. Apart from the necessary eating, drinking and relieving himself, he devoted all his time to cultivation.

Gradually, another two years passed.

Over the past two years, Lu Fan has consumed 256 Qi-stabilizing pills, leaving him with only five remaining.

His cultivation level had reached the ninth level of Qi Refining.

It's conceivable that over the past three years, Lu Fan consumed three or four hundred Qi-stabilizing pills, yet he only barely managed to advance to the ninth level of Qi Refining.

Having reached the ninth level of Qi Refining, Lu Fan could now extend his divine sense to about forty feet. Although he was in a secret room, he was fully aware of whether there were people outside.

"No one has come yet. Are they really planning to lock me up here for the rest of my life?" Lu Fan sighed.

He suspected that Yan Ruyu was either in seclusion or had been killed while on a training expedition.

If that's the case, if he wants to go out, he'll probably have to wait for other disciples to come into seclusion before he can open his cave.

However, the Daoist sect has thousands of secluded cultivation caves, and the place where he was located was not a particularly good one. It would be quite difficult to find someone to open the door.

Otherwise, the senior brother who passed away wouldn't have waited three years for Lu Fan to collect his body.

Left with no other choice, Lu Fan could only continue to replicate the Qi-stabilizing pills, since he had nothing else to do besides taking medicine to break through his limits, staying in this dark and gloomy cave.

This time, Lu Fan didn't make too many copies, only fifty Solidifying Pills, which might be enough for him to break through to the tenth level of Qi Refining.

After preparing the Qi-stabilizing pills, Lu Fan also began his third round of cultivation.

Although there are few barriers to cultivation from the first to the ninth level, breaking through to the tenth level is a small hurdle, requiring a huge number of pills. However, if successful, it means that the cultivator has the qualification to establish a foundation.

However, with the blessing of fifty Qi-stabilizing pills, this minor hurdle was nothing to Lu Fan.

Not long after, after about six months of seclusion, there were faint signs of a breakthrough.

Aside from reserving one Qi-stabilizing pill as a seed, Lu Fan consumed almost all the other Qi-stabilizing pills at once.

As his body continuously emitted a misty spiritual energy, his cultivation at the ninth level of Qi Refining finally loosened.

Lu Fan seized the opportunity, forming hand seals layer by layer, and then his eyes suddenly burst forth with a dazzling light, his divine sense expanding outwards like a wave of light!

At this moment, Lu Fan was already able to detect a range of fifty zhang!

Moreover, he could clearly feel a huge change in his body. His originally haggard appearance had become full of energy, and the spiritual energy flowing through his body seemed to have inexhaustible power!

"Finally! I've reached the tenth level of Qi Refining!" Lu Fan was quite surprised and delighted as he felt the changes within his body.

This means that even though he is now in the outer sect, he is no longer the lowly Qi Refining Level 2 cultivator who is constantly bullied.

He could be considered an elite disciple, but as soon as the thought crossed his mind, Lu Fan immediately dismissed it.

After all, how could someone with a mutated mixed spiritual root possibly reach the tenth level of Qi Refining from the second level in three and a half years without some extraordinary opportunity?

If they were to be targeted by the elders within the sect, their fate would be even more gruesome.

So after much thought, Lu Fan could only temporarily conceal his aura and lay low until he was able to protect himself.

Fortunately, the deceased elder had a jade talisman for concealing qi in his storage bag.

This is a valuable item, very expensive to make, and usually only some sect elders or highly valued closed-door disciples are entitled to it.

As long as spiritual energy is poured into the Qi-gathering jade talisman and it is placed on the Qi Sea area of ​​the abdomen, no one except a Golden Core elder or a Foundation Establishment cultivator can detect Lu Fan's specific cultivation level.

Moreover, Lu Fan was not worried at all about being seen by Golden Core elders. At least in the more than ten years since he entered the Dao Sect, he had never seen any Golden Core elders.

Aside from major sect events, these Golden Core elders usually spend most of their time in seclusion or traveling to seek opportunities.

For someone like Lu Fan, an insignificant figure in the outer sect, the probability of running into a Golden Core stage elder is almost negligible.

Just as Lu Fan was pondering, a glint flashed in his eyes, as if he had sensed someone coming from outside.

"Could it be that a disciple has come to go into seclusion?" Lu Fan was stunned for a moment, and quickly got up.

He then waved his hand and put the alchemy furnace into his storage bag. Just as Lu Fan was about to wait for the cave to open, he noticed the old senior who had passed away in the secret room.

This old senior was at least at the Golden Core stage in his lifetime. This physical body is a treasure. If we can find a way to refine a puppet, we might be able to refine a human puppet.

So Lu Fan naturally wouldn't let it go either. With a casual wave of his hand, the old man's corpse was instantly put into his storage bag.