My Optimized Immortal Life

After counting the materials on him, Chen Qing found that he could only gather enough to refine two Foundation Establishment Pills.

This is definitely not enough. He cannot produce the pill 100% now, even though the recipe of the foundation-building pill was deduced by himself.

If he wanted to obtain two foundation-building pills to ensure that both he and Xu Lingxin were covered, Chen Qing estimated that he would need at least five sets of materials.

Seven ingredients, two foundation-building pills, and the success rate is less than one-third.

This is why alchemy is expensive.

This is the success rate when Chen Qing has natural talent. If he were an ordinary alchemist, even at the second level, the success rate of refining the foundation-building pill would only be one in ten.

Of course, due to the huge number of cultivators in the Qi Refining Stage, the demand for refining Foundation Establishment Pills is extremely high, so the most common pills refined by most second-level alchemists are still Foundation Establishment Pills. After all, the materials are not provided by the alchemists. If they can produce the pills, the alchemists can charge a considerable amount of refining fees.

Chen Qing's case is an exception. Although he is an alchemist, his actual grade is only mid-grade first grade. He can refine the foundation-building pill entirely by deducing the pill formula himself, and he is familiar enough with it.

After setting up the formation in the room and ensuring that the noise he made during the alchemy process could not be heard, Chen Qing began to prepare to make the alchemy.

Taking out the alchemy furnace from the storage bag, Chen Qing first refined a furnace of Ninghua Dan to practice, and heated up the furnace at the same time.

When he was making the pills, he found that there were five successful pills in total and only one was useless.

Today's condition seems to be good.

He took out the various materials needed to refine the Foundation Establishment Pill from the storage bag one by one.

Second-order Fire Tiger Demon Pill, Demon-Transforming Grass, Purple Mysterious Flower, Illusion Heart Grass, and some auxiliary materials.

After calming down and adjusting his condition to the best, Chen Qing let out a light breath, cast a spell with his hands, and the alchemy officially began.

The first step is to melt the purple mysterious flower and the fantasy heart grass. These two spiritual materials are the most important spiritual materials besides the second-level demon pill and the demon-transforming grass, so Chen Qing is extremely careful.

The two spiritual materials gradually melted in the alchemy furnace due to the high temperature and the guidance of Chen Qing's magic power, and were reduced to two balls of medicinal liquid. Then, under the magic spell cast by Chen Qing, the two balls of medicinal liquid gradually merged. During this process, Chen Qing also added several auxiliary materials.

These are all guarantees to ensure that the two elixir liquids can blend with each other.

The initial refining process went extremely smoothly, which made Chen Qing's nervous expression relax a little.

This first step is the starting point of the entire process. If you make a mistake in this step, you will have to start over.

This first step took Chen Qing half an hour, but because he had been refining pills frequently recently, he was in good condition.

The two balls of medicinal liquid finally merged into one in the alchemy furnace. After sensing the situation inside the alchemy furnace with the help of his magic power, Chen Qing breathed a sigh of relief, and then gathered his concentration. The next step was the most critical one.

He took out the second-level Fire Tiger Inner Core from the jade box and felt the surging and violent demonic power within it.

Chen Qing took a deep breath and threw the demon pill into the alchemy furnace.

As soon as it entered the alchemy furnace, the original medicinal liquid immediately turned into a large net, surrounding and wrapping the demon pill. However, the moment the medicinal liquid came into contact with the surface of the demon pill, an extremely huge demonic power erupted.

It's now!

Chen Qing put the demon-transforming grass that he had prepared long ago into the alchemy furnace.

As soon as the demon-transforming grass entered the alchemy furnace, it quickly melted under the explosive demonic power, and contained and weakened this demonic power, gradually integrating it into the original medicinal liquid.

Seeing this, Chen Qing felt slightly happy.

This step is the most critical step in the entire alchemy process. If the demon-transforming grass can dissolve all the demonic power in the demon pill, it will be considered a success.

If it cannot be resolved, then it will naturally be a failure.

As time passed, the demon-transforming grass in the alchemy furnace gradually wore out, but the demonic power in the demon pill continued to flow, gradually causing the entire alchemy furnace to become turbulent.

not good!

When Chen Qing saw this, he knew that the alchemy had failed and the furnace was about to explode.

In a hurry, the spell in his hand suddenly changed, and the mouth of the alchemy furnace opened. The surging demonic power found an outlet and immediately poured out of the alchemy furnace, roaring throughout the room.

Chen Qing's clothes and hair were fluttering, stimulated by the surging demonic power. He narrowed his eyes, but his gaze remained on the mouth of the alchemy furnace.

In the surging and noisy demonic power, a demon pill that had already cracked into several pieces flew out of the furnace. Chen Qing immediately stretched out two fingers, snatched the demon pill and held it in his hand.

But as soon as this demon pill entered his palm, the cracks on it expanded rapidly and then broke into several pieces.

Ugh.

Chen Qing sighed. As expected, his first attempt at refining the elixir failed.

Although he was mentally prepared, Chen Qing still felt a little distressed.

If he failed this time, hundreds of spirit stones would evaporate. Although Chen Qing could still earn back the spirit stones, the materials were hard to find.

After cleaning the alchemy furnace, Chen Qing manipulated the formation to disperse the demonic power accumulated in the room, and the entire room returned to its previous appearance.

The Demon-Transforming Grass's medicinal liquid isn't enough to completely dissipate the Fire Tiger Demon Pill's demonic power. My alchemy technique also has some issues. I should have stimulated some of the demonic power within the demon pill earlier, dissolving it beforehand, and controlling the amount of demonic power released to prevent it from erupting all at once...

Chen Qing secretly summarized the reasons for the failure and thought about solutions. Since the entire pill formula was deduced by him with the help of his innate ability, he was very clear about the problems that occurred throughout the process. This was extremely helpful when reviewing the process and could increase the success rate of refining next time.

However, Chen Qing is not planning to refine the medicine again in the next few days. Although he still has a set of materials, he still needs to hone his alchemy skills. It is a bit difficult for him to rely on his first-level mid-grade alchemy skills.

In a blink of an eye, three days passed.

Chen Qing has almost learned all the information about the auction held in Wanren City.

The auction in Wanren City is held every three years, and a large auction is organized every nine years.

Chen Qing's arrival here coincided with the large-scale auction held every nine years.

And just as the female cultivator from Wanbao Pavilion said, there was indeed a Foundation Establishment Pill as an item at this auction.

But just like before, Chen Qing was not planning to compete for the Foundation Establishment Pill. He mainly wanted to buy something that could increase his foundation at this auction.

For example, jade slips related to skills, secret techniques, and the four arts of cultivating immortals.

As for the materials for refining the Foundation Establishment Pill, if they appear, he will auction some of them appropriately without exceeding his bottom line.

However, the auction will be held in two days. During these two days, Chen Qing has to prepare to break through to the Great Perfection of Qi Refining.

It took Chen Juqing a full week to get from Pingxiang Prefecture to Wanren Mountain. He stayed in Wanren City for several more days, and his magic power reserves were about to reach the limit of the Qi Refining Stage.

However, this is also a bottleneck. After the mana of the Qi Refining Stage reaches the tenth level, it is considered to have reached the upper limit. The so-called Qi Refining Great Perfection is to take another half step towards the Foundation Establishment Stage when the mana of the tenth level of Qi Refining is fully cultivated.

Since this step has not yet produced a qualitative change, it can only make it easier for the cultivator to break through the foundation-building stage. Therefore, there is not much difference in the mana fluctuations between a cultivator who has reached the great perfection of Qi Refining and a cultivator who has reached the tenth level of Qi Refining.

Most cultivators who have cultivated to the tenth level of Qi Refining will continue to cultivate and improve their cultivation to this half-step level, so that they can better feel the gap between themselves and the Foundation Establishment stage, and thus determine whether they can break through the Foundation Establishment stage. This is why when Chen Qing showed his cultivation level, he was regarded as a cultivator who had reached the great perfection of Qi Refining.

After all, there are still relatively few cultivators like Chen Qing who start collecting foundation-building items as soon as they enter the tenth level of Qi Refining.