Cultivating Immortality Begins with Rejuvenation.

Chapter 191 Liu Family Alchemy
Retracing the old path to the Flaming Mountain from nearly twenty years ago, Li Ji'an was alone, driving a top-grade flying boat.

It took more than five months for me and Xiao Changfeng to arrive there.

At this time, less than two months later, the Liu family, one of the five largest families in the easternmost part of the entire Cangyun Province, came into view.

The Liu family is close to the desolate Flame Mountain, and the spiritual vein temple occupied by the clan is also a place where red flames are blazing.

From a distance, one can see a series of carved buildings and palaces standing on the barren land.

Apart from this main vein, there are no other branches here, and the area is extremely hot, making it unsuitable for ordinary people to survive.

Therefore, the Liu family's territory is the only force in Cangyun Province that has no ordinary gathering place and no vassal families.

If you want to live and practice in this area, you have to join the Liu family.

It is also for this reason that the Liu family has the largest number of slaves.

When they arrived outside the Liu family's territory, Liu Jiuchan personally led people to greet them, which seemed very grand.

"Master Li Dan is honored to have you here. Please come to our humble home!" Liu Jiuchan came forward from afar with a big smile on his face.

"Fellow Daoist Liu, please be so kind." Li Ji'an had originally intended to go directly to the outskirts of the Jedi of Flame Mountain to reunite, but later learned that in order to refine the Holy Beast Pill that could enhance the bloodline of spiritual beasts, he also needed to refine a kind of medicinal guide in advance.

Before a spirit beast can take the Holy Beast Pill, it needs to refine the medicine first.

The recipe and cultivation method of this holy beast pill are the Liu family's secrets. Li Ji'an needs to cooperate with the beast pill master in the clan to refine it within the clan first before going to the outskirts of the Flame Mountain Jedi. It can also be regarded as a practice and test.

If you can't even make this kind of medicine, there's no point in going to the Flaming Mountain.

Now that he has the background of Biyun Sect, Li Ji'an doesn't have to worry too much.

If it were before, he would never have entered the territory of the five major families if they had invited him.

After all, once he enters, the five major families have the Fake Dan Ancestor in charge, the other four families have protective formations, and the Liu family has a clan guardian spirit beast. Now he has no power to control himself.

As Liu Jiuchan walked into the Liu family's territory, a second-stage late-stage lion roar beast at the gate let out a low roar, which made the quack hidden in Li Ji'an's pet bag tremble.

Not long after, Liu Jiuchan welcomed Li Ji'an to the main hall. The head of the Liu family received him in the main hall, which was a respect for his status. Generally, outsiders were not qualified to enter the main hall, let alone meet the heads of the five major families.

However, respect was limited, and most of the greetings were spent on praising the Biyun Sect, while Li Ji'an himself was treated as a junior.

Until the end, he repeated the relevant matters that Liu Jiuchan had previously told him, and there was some concern in his words.

"Master Li Dan has taken the trouble to come all the way here. Our Liu family is extremely grateful. However, this matter of the Holy Beast Pill is of great importance to our Liu family's century-long plan.

It's not that I don't believe in Master Li Dan's alchemy skills. After all, I and my clan have heard of Master Li Dan's reputation a long time ago, and he was hired by the sect as a guest alchemist, so he must be good.

However, there are still many differences between beast pills and human pills, so I still need to trouble Master Li to complete the refining of the medicinal ingredients within the clan first, and then we can go to the Flame Mountain together."

Li Ji'an followed his gesture and nodded: "What Clan Leader Liu said is unnecessary for the younger generation. I will definitely do my best this time."

"Also, Master Li Dan, please remember one thing. Regardless of whether this matter succeeds or not, you must not leak any of it. This kind of secret is the foundation of our Liu family. And now that the beast-taming forces from Tianyuan Prefecture have intruded into our province, the competition is quite fierce." Clan leader Liu nodded in satisfaction at Li Jian'an's ability to establish his identity, and then gave another special instruction.

Before Li Ji'an could speak, Liu Jiuchan started to encourage him, "Don't worry, Clan Leader. Jiuchan and Master Li are old friends. Master Li is a man of outstanding character and noble integrity. He has been well-known in the Immortal City for decades. He is also a guest of the upper sect. There will be no problem in this regard. If the Clan Leader still has doubts, Master Li should not mind taking the Great Inner Demon Vow, right, Master Li?"

Li Ji'an smiled to himself and nodded calmly: "Of course."

In fact, for this kind of thing, the other party can just say it directly, and he is mentally prepared.

Since we came here for Gua Gua's hope and the second-level animal skin, it is reasonable to make a small sacrifice.

But the other party's cleverness really makes people feel uncomfortable.

A bad consequence had already been sown, and now it was compounded.

That night, Li Ji'an met the beast pill master in the Liu family.

He is the great elder of the Liu family. He has devoted his life to the research and development of beast pills and is the leading figure in the Liu family's beast pill field.

"Are you the guest alchemist of the upper sect?" When Liu Xuanting saw Li Ji'an for the first time, his eyebrows and beard twisted into a knot, which was really unbelievable. He even glared at Liu Jiuchan.

Now Li Ji'an also knew that the reason why Liu Jiuchan was responsible for finding a second-level alchemist this time was because the quota for the Holy Beast Pill was obtained by his spirit beast.

The clan paid a heavy price for this, and she also needed to contribute.

"Uncle, you don't have to doubt Master Li's alchemy skills. He had already refined the top-grade Ningbi Pill before he even established his foundation, and was famous in the Immortal City. Not long ago, he even passed the assessment at the Dan Ding Peak of the sect and was honored as a guest official of the sect." Liu Jiuchan explained hurriedly.

Liu Xuanting spent his days refining elixirs behind closed doors, rarely caring about the outside world. He still glanced at Li Ji'an suspiciously, then thought for a moment and instructed a servant beside him, "Go and invite Elder Xu."

Old Xu is the Liu family's veteran alchemist. Now his life span is coming to an end and his vitality has declined severely, making him unable to support alchemy.

Not long after, the old alchemist Xu, who looked gloomy and decadent, was helped in.

Li Ji'an didn't seem to mind this. As a second-rank master alchemist, he was indeed a bit young, barely in his early fifties. And since he came from a casual cultivator background, it was natural for him to be questioned about his profound skills. Master Xu, upon seeing Liu Jiuchan hire such a young alchemist like Li Ji'an, was also somewhat skeptical, but he still encouraged him, "Young friend, just do your best. I'll be watching from the side. While there are differences between beast and human pills, the main difference lies in the medicinal properties, and the techniques are similar."

"Thank you, senior." Li Ji'an bowed in thanks.

At this point, Liu Xuanting was helpless. After Li Ji'an made a great oath to his inner demons, he began to refine the medicine with him.

"Xiao Li, this medicine lead is different from ordinary beast pills or human pills in that it requires the fusion of two phases. In addition to refining the beast pill essence, it also requires additional spiritual medicine essence. Moreover, both must be in the essence state and not yet condensed into a pill. They must be fused together to form a pill.

I am not good at refining elixirs, and the final fusion requires the use of the human elixir condensation method to form the elixir.

Therefore, we need to open the furnace at the same time. You refine the essence of this spiritual medicine, and I refine the essence of the spiritual beast's blood. Then, I will blend the essence of the beast's blood with the essence of the spiritual medicine you refine. In the end, you need to make the pill."

"Okay." Li Ji'an nodded.

In fact, during those years in Xiancheng, the Liu family stationed in Xiancheng had traded with him many times, and he had also traded some beast pills, based on Gua Gua's actual feedback for research. If he had not inherited the beast pills and was not familiar with the essence and blood of monsters, he would have tried it long ago.

At this time, the other party had refined the essence of beast blood, and he was condensing the pill. In fact, he had some idea in his mind.

Soon, Li Ji'an took out his second-grade top-grade alchemy furnace and placed it next to Liu Xuanting, and the two of them started the furnace at the same time.

Li Ji'an took the elixirs handed over by the servant and nodded secretly. There were more than a dozen elixirs, all of which were second-level medicines, and some of them were key ingredients in the foundation-building pill.

According to this prescription, an ordinary second-level alchemist may not be able to perform it.

At least with Master Zou's alchemy skills, refining the essence of this kind of elixir can only achieve 50% of its efficacy at most, and it will take at least two days.

The requirement for this medicine is that it must be at least 60% effective and must be refined within one day.

Keeping the recipe firmly in mind, Li Ji'an followed the steps and started the furnace to add the elixir.

But Liu Xuanting on the side was not in a hurry. He turned his head and observed Li Ji'an's techniques and processes.

Only after Li Ji'an had already started to refine the elixir with the fire did he slowly and methodically prepare to open the furnace.

Because he was worried that he would refine the beast blood too quickly, and then he would have to wait for a long time for the other party.

however,
When Li Ji'an was about to finish refining the first batch of elixir, Liu Xuanting and Master Xu both stopped suddenly.

"How did you refine the first portion of the elixir essence so quickly?"

"And it's at least 90% medicinal!"

"Well, Master Li is worthy of being the guest alchemist of the upper sect!" The two looked at each other, both extremely delighted, and instantly recognized his alchemy skills.

Liu Xuanting stopped wasting time and began to concentrate on refining the elixir.

Half a day later, Li Ji'an had finished refining all the spiritual medicines. The essence of the medicine liquid was boiling, and only the final step was left to make the pill.

And its comprehensive medicinal properties are more than 80%!
However, Liu Xuanting had not yet finished, so Li Ji'an could only maintain the Dan fire and wait.

It was not until another two hours later that Liu Xuanting finally completed the refining of the beast blood essence. Then he apologized to Li Ji'an with a face full of shame, and transferred the beast blood essence in the furnace to Li Ji'an's furnace through the air.

Li Ji'an immediately followed the recipe and a top-grade hemolytic pill came out half an hour later.

Liu Xuanting, Master Xu and Liu Jiuchan all looked at the top-grade hemolytic pill in surprise.

Their psychological expectation was that the product would be authentic, and if they could achieve mid-level quality, they would be blessed with great fortune. The result far exceeded their expectations.

"Master Li Dan has superb alchemy skills and a magnanimous heart. I admire him deeply. Please accept my respect!" Liu Xuanting said nothing and bowed deeply to Li Ji'an.

"Heroes emerge from youth! Master Li's alchemy skills are so profound that I am ashamed of myself as he is not as good as him." Master Xu's face was also full of admiration.

Li Ji'an nodded slightly: "It all depends on the teachings of Senior Yudan Zhenren."

The hemolytic pill was completed and everyone no longer had any doubts.

Liu Jiuchan was even more excited. He carefully put away the top-grade hemolytic pill and couldn't wait to call on everyone to go to the outskirts of the Flame Mountain Jedi.

There, their people had already blocked off an area.

The rare Red Blood Dragon with complete earth-grade bloodline had been trapped inside, waiting for them to come and hunt it down to take its essence and blood.

Half a month later, Liu Jiuchan led a team of four elders in the clan who were in the foundation-building stage, and brought their respective second-level spirit beasts into the outskirts of the Flame Mountain Jedi.

As the little fire spirit nurtured in the dantian entered this place, it instantly felt a sense of familiarity.

When the group reached the area where the Red Blood Dragon was trapped, Liu Jiuchan excitedly released his own natal spirit beast, a Red Refined Viper with a top-grade bloodline: "It's almost there, you'll be able to advance to an earth-grade bloodline soon!"

(End of this chapter)