Traveling through time to cultivate immortality: a life and death test

The alchemy room's lease was about to expire, so he immediately ran to Manager Qian and paid another 180 spirit stones to renew the lease for two months. His alchemy skills were currently advancing by leaps and bounds, and he absolutely could not interrupt. He had to continue working until he successfully refined the Foundation Establishment Pill. Manager Qian was extremely surprised. What on earth was Liu Xing doing in the alchemy room, spending so much money? Could it be that he was using the Earth Fire Room not for alchemy but to practice some special technique? Otherwise, a Qi Refining cultivator couldn't possibly take three months to refine a pill. However, he was merely curious. The guest had paid, and as long as he didn't destroy the alchemy room, he wouldn't interfere.

Liu Xing next planned to raise the bar even higher, refining the Spirit-Awakening Pill, a potent ingredient for awakening the intelligence of low-level demon beasts. The Spirit-Awakening Pill and the Foundation-Building Pill were on the same level. The preciousness of the raw materials, the complexity of the formula, and the difficulty of refining were all similar. As long as he could successfully refine the Spirit-Awakening Pill, he should be able to successfully refine the Foundation-Building Pill as well.

For him, the Foundation Establishment Pill was far more important than the Spirit Awakening Pill. The Spirit Awakening Pill had more ingredients than the Foundation Establishment Pill, so while practicing, a few losses didn't matter; the Foundation Establishment Pill needed to be as successful as possible. He knew his four spiritual roots were too weak, and he estimated that he would need to take five or six Foundation Establishment Pills to have a chance of success.

As for the recipe for the Spirit-Awakening Pill, after he had acquired a large quantity of the Emperor's Flowing Juice, he had asked Jiao Jiao for it along the way. Like the Foundation-Building Pill, the recipe for the Spirit-Awakening Pill was publicly available, but the lack of the key ingredient made the finished pill extremely scarce on the market. During his journey through the demon tribe, he had thoroughly researched the formula for the Spirit-Awakening Pill.

He took out the Emperor's Flowing Juice and the auxiliary spiritual herbs for the Spirit-Awakening Pill, estimating he had enough raw materials for three batches. This time, it wasn't a shortage of the main ingredient, the Emperor's Flowing Juice, but rather the auxiliary herbs. This time, he was even more careful and meticulous in his refining, moving slowly and meticulously, striving for perfection in every step. Whenever he had the slightest doubt or uncertainty, he would stop and carefully consider it, never missing a single detail. This approach had a significant effect, eliminating many detours and allowing his alchemy skills to soar. Refining two batches of the Spirit-Awakening Pill took him nearly a month. Much of this time was spent in reflection and self-reflection, while he practiced the three key techniques of controlling the fire, controlling the spirit, and starting the furnace with an empty furnace. Only when he had mastered the techniques could he truly begin to work on the spiritual medicine.

His research and diligent training had a very noticeable effect. After the first batch of refining failed, the next batch of Qiling Pills was successful, yielding six Qiling Pills. Each one was plump, vibrant in color, and imbued with spiritual energy, clearly a top-quality product. Due to the unique origin and low production of Emperor Liujiang, Liu Xing estimated that a single Qiling Pill would fetch around two thousand spirit stones at auction. This was primarily due to the high demand, and cultivators with spiritual pets would undoubtedly fight tooth and nail for it. He thought that once he successfully established his foundation, he would send one to the North District auction house to test it out.

The success of the Spirit-Awakening Pill gave him even greater confidence. With only a month left in the Earth Fire Chamber, he finally decided to begin refining the Foundation-Building Pill. Now, he no longer felt the nervousness and anxiety he had when he first arrived; instead, he felt confident.

Before refining the elixir, he retrieved his spirit stone and spent a day and night cultivating, bringing his spirit and magical powers to peak condition. He then pulled out the recipe for the Foundation Establishment Pill and carefully reread it from beginning to end, ensuring he thoroughly grasped every step and every word. He closed his eyes and quietly reflected on the past two months of alchemy experience, going over it again with meticulous care. He felt he had grasped something new. Revisiting the past to learn new things, he could truly be a teacher. The ancients were right. Liu Xing felt his condition was better than ever. He then carefully checked the underground fire outlet, the control switch, and the alchemy furnace, ensuring everything was in good working order.

After doing all this, he slowly took out the various spiritual medicines for the foundation-building pill. The most precious ones were the purple harp flower and the green spirit fruit. He had obtained them at great risk to his life and could not afford to lose them.

Then he began to refine the elixir meticulously, purifying the elixir, adding the elixir, and fusing the elixir, taking every step with great care. At this moment, he was highly focused, his expression extremely solemn, and suddenly he shouted, "Open!"

The alchemy furnace ignited, and five pills flew out. Liu Xing was overjoyed. Success on his first batch was partly due to luck, but more importantly, the practice he'd been doing played a significant role. He pinched one of the pills between two fingers and examined it closely. It was plump and round, emitting a faint spiritual energy, clearly a finished Foundation Establishment Pill. Although this batch only yielded five pills, their quality was quite good, and Liu Xing was very satisfied. He pulled out a jade bottle and carefully stored the Foundation Establishment Pill.

He didn't immediately refine the second batch. Instead, he took out his spirit stone, closed his eyes, and meditated until his condition returned to peak. Meanwhile, he meticulously reviewed the entire process of refining the previous batch of Foundation Establishment Pills over and over again, not missing a single detail, summarizing the strengths and weaknesses, and drawing lessons for the next batch. After three days of this, he felt everything was ready, and only then did he begin refining the pills again.

Liu Xing's ability to think and summarize, his natural talent for learning, combined with his theoretical knowledge and practical experience, and his exceptional spiritual power, all combined into one instrument. This allowed him to perfectly start his second furnace of Foundation Establishment Pills, yielding six superbly high-quality Foundation Establishment Pills at once. Liu Xing was so happy he almost jumped for joy. He immediately stored them in a jade bottle and affixed a talisman to prevent the loss of spiritual power from the Foundation Establishment Pills.

Since then, all the raw materials for his foundation-building pills have been used up. His luck was indeed good, as he had harvested eleven foundation-building pills. He believed that with the aid of so many pills, even if his aptitude was poor, it would be enough for him to successfully build his foundation. With the most important task completed, the stone in his heart finally fell completely, and he relaxed completely.

With ten days or so remaining in the alchemy room, he didn't want to waste it, so he refined another batch of Qiling Pills. Perhaps because he was particularly relaxed this time, free from the anxiety he'd felt before, he felt more relaxed and natural. With no burden on his mind, his performance was even more perfect, allowing him to successfully harvest six finished pills. Only then did he leave the alchemy room, feeling satisfied, and bid farewell to Manager Qian. Manager Qian immediately ran to the alchemy room Liu Xing had used and searched carefully, but finding nothing, he stopped paying attention.