My Optimized Immortal Life

After coming out of Wang Xing's shop, Chen Qing suddenly felt that this trip was worthwhile. With the Purple Mysterious Flower in hand, he had already collected one-third of the Foundation Establishment Pill. Next, if he were another casual cultivator, he only needed to find the Illusion Heart Grass and the Heavenly Spirit Fruit.

He thought about this as he walked back to the attic.

The Huanxin Grass is only produced in an area called Mixin Lake in Song State. This place is located in Kunshan Prefecture, about four or five prefectures away from Pingxiang Prefecture, and the straight-line distance is more than a hundred miles. If Chen Qing wants to go there to find the Huanxin Grass, it will take seven or eight days just to ride the flying boat. Therefore, Chen Qing prefers to search in Hualian Valley first.

The Huanxin Grass is a controlled item. Even if it is available in stores, it will not be sold openly. Moreover, this thing is originally produced in one region, and it is definitely impossible to supply the needs of the entire Song State. Most of the time, some of it flows out from the black market.

The black market in Hualiangu will not open until three days later, so Chen Qing will have to wait another three days.

However, he is not in a hurry at the moment. After all, he is only in his thirties and has a full twenty years to prepare for a breakthrough in foundation building. In addition, he has the golden finger to help him, so he does not need to worry too much.

The Heart-Seeking Grass is actually quite easy to find, but the Heavenly Spirit Fruit is the most difficult to obtain among the three main ingredients.

This is not to say that it is rare, but that the Tianling Fruit is only produced in a secret realm, which is occupied by the Tianyuan Sect and the Lieyang Sect. Although a large number of Tianling Fruits are produced each year, most of them have already been reserved by various sects. Whether they can flow into the hands of independent cultivators depends on whether there are still Qi-refining Perfected cultivators in these sects. If not, or the number is small, then it is possible for a group of independent cultivators to take advantage of it.

Although the wave of demonic invasion has receded, the losses it brought to the major sects have not yet been compensated.

Since the foundation-building cultivators were the main force in the battle between good and evil, and with the emergence of Zuo Ze, a rising star on the side of the devil who wielded the Hundred Souls Banner, the number of foundation-building cultivators in the major sects was drastically reduced, and the strength of the sects was greatly reduced. Therefore, it is estimated that not a single Heavenly Spirit Fruit, one of the main ingredients of the foundation-building pill, would flow into the hands of casual cultivators in the next few decades.

Although Chen Qing was not aware of these secrets, he had settled in Hualiang Valley for ten years and had never heard any news about the Tianling Fruit. He could roughly guess that it was because the major sects had divided up all the Tianling Fruit.

In this way, without the most important ingredient, the plan to refine the foundation-building pill would be in vain.

However, this only applies to most cultivators. Chen Qing possesses such a perverted innate ability, so naturally he has to maximize its effect.

Since the Tianling Fruit cannot be obtained, we can improve the recipe of the Foundation Establishment Pill so that it no longer requires the Tianling Fruit as the main ingredient.

This idea is undoubtedly a fantasy for ordinary cultivators.

Improving the recipe of an elixir is something that can never be achieved by the efforts of one person. For every elixir recipe that has been passed down to this day, the combination of medicinal materials and the complementary medicinal properties have been determined by countless predecessors through tens of millions of times of refining and taking.

Even if improvements are really needed, it will take at least hundreds of years of effort to see any results, so this method is only useful for Chen Qing.

As for the task of improving the Foundation Establishment Pill and replacing its main ingredient, he had already completed it in the past ten years. After all, his cultivation was now at a high level, and even if the optimization required consuming cultivation, it would not allow him to drop a whole level.

And his innate abilities never disappointed Chen Qing. After optimizing the foundation-building pill recipe, he removed one of the original main ingredients, the Tianling Fruit, according to Chen Qing's wishes, and added two new main ingredients, one of which was a demon pill from a second-level demon beast, and the other was a spiritual medicine called Demon-Transforming Grass. As for the other more than ten kinds of medicinal materials used in the medicine, several of them were also replaced.

Back to the small attic, Chen Qing opened the door and walked in.

He found a cushion to sit on and continued thinking.

Although the recipe for the Foundation Establishment Pill was optimized by him and no longer required the Heavenly Spirit Fruit, thus bypassing the blockade of the major sects, the second-level demon pill was not easy to find.

The second level, corresponding to the foundation-building stage for cultivators, and the strength of monsters is generally higher than that of cultivators of the same level, so the second-level monster pill is also somewhat rare. However, there are many monsters in the Great Wasteland Marsh, and there are even several third-level monster kings that are comparable to cultivators in the Jindan stage. If Chen Qing goes to the mansion adjacent to the Great Wasteland Marsh, he will surely be able to find the second-level monster pill.

As for the demon-transforming grass, this spiritual medicine was a relatively rare one. Although it was a high-grade spiritual medicine in the first tier, it only had the effect of dispelling the demonic power of demon beasts. Only cultivators who frequently battled demon beasts would purchase it. Although it was available in Hualian Valley, the demon-transforming grass Chen Qing needed had to be over a hundred years old, like the purple mysterious flower.

Chen Qing said secretly as he took out the jade box containing the purple Xuan flower from the storage bag.

There are still three main ingredients missing for refining the Foundation Establishment Pill. The Demon Transformation Grass and the Second-Level Demon Pill can be found in the prefecture adjacent to the Great Wasteland Marsh. Next, let's see if we can find the Illusion Heart Grass in Hualian Valley.

After putting the jade box away, Chen Qing walked to the alchemy furnace and sat down. His current alchemy level was only mid-grade, which was quite far from the peak grade of the first grade required to refine the foundation-building pill, so he still needed to practice more.

Although he can improve his talent, he also needs to be familiar with better alchemy techniques after the improvement, so he cannot waste this alchemy.

Time passed slowly, and in the blink of an eye, it was three days later.

In a willow alley in Hualian Valley, countless gorgeous female cultivators in revealing clothes showed off their figures and looks to the cultivators passing by from time to time in order to attract business.

A monk covered in a black robe suddenly rushed into the alley.

However, this did not make these female monks nervous at all. Instead, it made them even more enthusiastic. They all walked forward and wanted to talk to the black-robed monk.

"My fellow Daoist, I only need three spirit stones for an hour. Why not come and take a look?"

"My fellow Daoist, I have practiced the mortal world's method of opening the tendons, so I can do any posture."

"..."

Many female cultivators were about to surround the black-robed monk, but were forced back by the sudden burst of magical power from the latter.

"Refining... Refining Qi is complete!"

The charming expressions on the faces of many female cultivators suddenly disappeared, and fear crept onto their faces, causing them to quickly retreat and not dare to come forward to chat again.

The black-robed monk walked to the deepest part of Yanliu Lane, where there was also a female monk guarding the gate. She had a slim figure and was wearing a layer of gauze, through which red plum blossoms could be vaguely seen.

However, the magical aura of this woman is at the seventh level of Qi Refining, which is much higher than those female cultivators who are at the first or second level of Qi Refining.

Seeing the black-robed monk approaching, the graceful female monk said charmingly.

"Please show me the token."

Upon hearing this, the man in black robe took out a token engraved with an unknown pattern from his sleeve.

Upon seeing this, the graceful female cultivator immediately cleared the door and bowed.

"The black market is open, please come in, senior."

The man in black robe put away the token and walked slowly into the door.

After he left, the female cultivator returned to the door with a trace of fear on her face.

This is already the tenth cultivator who has reached the Perfect Qi Refining stage and entered. This black market has indeed attracted quite a few reclusive cultivators.

The female cultivator was the one guarding this portal, so she had some idea of ​​what was about to appear in the black market. However, it was a pity for her that she could not go in and buy what she needed.