Douluo: Law of Heaven and Earth

Chapter 1000 Alchemy is Not Easy

"This cultivation system is indeed quite complete, but there is one thing that must be considered, and that is the rules of this world."

Tang San raised a difficult point.

Without a spirit ring, a spirit master cannot continue cultivating.

To change this rule—

Not difficult.

Tang San believed that with their potential, it was not far off that they could cultivate to the point where they could change the rules in the future. However, changes at the rule level would have far-reaching consequences.

"The rules will inevitably have to be changed."

Zhou Qing has established a basic view on the rule that a soul beast's cultivation will turn into a soul ring after it dies: "If this rule is not changed, the conflict between humans and soul beasts will never be truly resolved."

However, even if their cultivation reaches a level that allows them to change the rules, they will not make changes overnight, but rather take it slowly so that ordinary people and soul masters can gradually adapt.

After Zhou Qing and Tang San agreed on the definition of cultivation realms, Xiao Wu and Romantina descended from the sky and crashed into the Lake of Life, creating waves as high as seventy or eighty meters that rushed towards Zhou Qing, Tang San, and Di Tian.

Di Tian raised his hand, and his soul power formed a barrier, blocking the waves.

Looking at the center, Xiao Wu, carrying Romantina on her back, leaped across the waves to the shore and threw Romantina, whose face was full of exasperated expressions, onto the ground.

"Looks like we were all wrong." Seeing Romantina's blissful expression, Zhou Qing's lips twitched, and he said to Tang San beside him, "Xiao Wu won."

"Hmm? You actually used the outcome of our battle as a wager? What did you wager?" Xiao Wu narrowed her eyes, scanning the two of them with a dangerous glint in her eyes.

"It was just a joke, nothing was bet." Zhou Qing quickly waved his hand, helped Romantina up, and infused her with a trace of soul power.

Romantina immediately became energetic and lively.

Although she lost to Xiao Wu, Romantina's physical condition was not weak, and her inner realm was developed much earlier and more perfect than Xiao Wu's. Therefore, she was not seriously injured. She just deliberately took a beating to make herself consume her strength too quickly.

"Xiao San, tell me, what did you bet on?" Xiao Wu stared at Tang San with her pink eyes, trying to confirm whether Zhou Qing was lying.

However, Tang San also said in a serious tone that there were no stakes and that he was just joking, since the Red Society strictly prohibits gambling in any form.

This allowed Xiao Wu to spare the two, and then turned her attention to Romantina: "During the battle, you held back significantly, didn't you?"

"I'm acting as your sparring partner so you can quickly familiarize yourself with combat methods after opening up the inner realm," Romantina said, her words logical and well-founded.

"Then I should thank you, right?" Xiao Wu asked back.

"That is!"

Romantina nodded seriously.

"You guy!"

Xiao Wu was itching to fight, her fists cracking as she prepared to spar again, but Zhou Qing stopped her, saying, "Alright, there will be plenty of opportunities to spar in the future. If we keep fighting, the commotion will probably attract the attention of the world's top experts."

"Just spoil her."

Xiao Wu snorted coldly, but then revealed a playful smile.

"Don't talk nonsense! I didn't! I'll sue you for defamation!"

Zhou Qing quickly denied it three times.

Romantina seemed to be struck by Zhou Qing's denial, and her breathing became rapid: "You've clearly already fused together, yet you still say you haven't. What a hypocrite."

"Please call me boy, thank you." Zhou Qing rubbed his forehead, his mouth twitching, and said to Di Tian, ​​who was a little slow to react, "Brother Di, don't worry about it. I have a few brain spasms every month. It'll be fine in a while."

Di Tian: "......"

What else could he say?
One can only marvel at the complexity and diversity of human emotions.

Afterwards, the group left the core area and headed to Star Dou Town and the Beast Alliance.

Before leaving, Tang San traded some of the refined pills with Bi Ji for a batch of Life Gold and other relatively rare materials.

"Humans are truly amazing. They can gather all kinds of plants, make them into herbs to treat diseases, and refine them into pills to aid in cultivation." Zi Ji took a round, pearl-like pill from Bi Ji's hand, put it in her mouth, and carefully felt its nourishing effect on her body. She couldn't help but exclaim, "Can you teach me? Although I don't have the fire attribute, I can still use my soul power to simulate the appearance of flames."

"Alchemy is no easy task..."

Tang San shook his head.

In the Tang Clan's tradition, the elixir of herbs is not refined using flames created from fire-attribute energy. Instead, it requires steaming, boiling, settling, forming a paste, and finally kneading.

To truly refine elixirs—

At the very least, we need to establish the Martial Cauldron Soul Furnace system first.

Cultivation is essentially refining the inner elixir, except that this inner elixir is the human body. It involves adjusting the efficiency of the soul's power circulation according to changes in the external environment and the seasons to ensure that one is always in the best state, which is called controlling the timing.

Similarly, if one does not understand the path of cultivation, one can only boil and knead herbs and plants to obtain elixirs.

If one wants to refine pills, the attribute of soul power will indeed affect the effect of the pill after it is formed, but it is not the key. As long as one establishes a martial cauldron and soul furnace, uses the inner pill to verify the way of the outer pill, and learns about the effects of various herbs and medicinal plants, one can refine real pills by trying slowly.

The saying "one orifice is mastered, all orifices are mastered" does not only refer to supernatural powers and magic in spiritual practice, but also includes all kinds of skills outside of the human body.

The same principle applies to alchemy and weapon crafting.

Moreover, the internal and external aspects can corroborate each other and progress together.

Zi Ji's cultivation was immense, but the energy within her body was merely immense; she had not established a system similar to the Martial Cauldron Soul Furnace based on her meridians.

However, Zi Ji could not refine real elixirs. Even if she had the perseverance to understand and try out the medicinal properties of all the herbs and plants in the world, she could only make elixirs from herbs and plants.

For more precious herbs, such as the rare treasures of the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire, it is best to take them according to certain procedures if you do not know how to cultivate, so as not to waste too much of their medicinal effects.

"So troublesome?"

Zi Ji was quite interested in building her own cultivation system, but when she heard that alchemy also required mastering the medicinal properties of herbs, she immediately lost interest.

“Theoretically speaking, as long as one builds a good cultivation system and perseveres, alchemy is not difficult,” Zhou Qing interjected.

"How do we build it?"

If it could enhance her own strength, Zi Ji would certainly not let it pass.

"When the opportunity arises in the future, I will inform Xiaowu to deduce the relevant cultivation techniques for you based on your race, soul power nature, etc., and have her teach you how to build your own system step by step."

Unlike the Deep Sea Demon Whale King family and the Evil Tiger Whale King clan, they respect Ariel and are trustworthy. However, the ferocious beasts such as Di Tian and Zi Ji have not been truly recognized by Zhou Qing and others. They are currently only in the cooperation stage. The Ten Thousand Beasts Alliance has not truly joined the Crimson Society, so naturally they cannot enjoy the corresponding benefits.

Let's wait and see.

"Then it's settled."

Zi Ji didn't understand the hidden meaning in Zhou Qing's words. She nodded and waved to Xiao Wu, "If anything happens in the future, just tell me. I won't say a word."

(End of this chapter)