The Heavens: From Film and Mythology to Conquering Myriad Realms

The purchasing power of spirit stones in the cultivation world is still quite strong. The average Qi Refining cultivator only has a few dozen to a hundred yuan in assets, which can only roughly support their own cultivation.

Lu Yao still has more than a dozen spirit stones on him, which is enough to buy some alchemy materials.

In addition to medicinal herbs, alchemy also requires a specially made alchemy furnace.

A superior alchemy furnace can control the heat, allowing the essence of various medicinal herbs to blend evenly together.

Refining pills at the Qi Refining level doesn't require a particularly good alchemy furnace.

Lu Yao simply bought a second-hand alchemy furnace from a stall run by independent cultivators, which was sufficient for his needs.

"Give me ten servings of dragon fruit, weeping vine flower, and more."

Lu Yao arrived at a medicine stall and pointed to several medicinal herbs, speaking to the stall owner.

The medicinal herbs that Lu Yao needed were not precious herbs; they were quite common in the cultivation world, so their prices were not high, and they were not nearly as hard to find as thousand-year-old spiritual herbs.

"Fellow Daoist, are you an alchemist?"

The stall owner looked Lu Yao up and down carefully, and when he realized that Lu Yao was a stranger, he couldn't help but ask him a question.

"Fellow Daoist, you misunderstand. I am merely quite interested in the art of alchemy and would like to practice my skills."

Lu Yao shook his head and said calmly.

Besides being extremely prestigious, alchemists also attract covetous eyes.

After all, as long as an alchemist is imprisoned, pills can be produced continuously, and such evil cultivators do exist.

Even if he were to sell pills, Lu Yao would buy them from legitimate shops instead of openly selling them.

"Hehehe, then I wish the elixir will be successfully made soon."

Upon hearing this, the stall owner couldn't help but roll his eyes; it turned out he was just a clueless young man.

If alchemy were so easy to learn, cultivators wouldn't be spending exorbitant prices to buy pills.

"I would like to offer six spirit stones."

The stall owner packed the medicinal herbs and handed them to Lu Yao, saying casually.

After obtaining the medicinal herbs, Lu Yao went straight back to his rented cave dwelling.

"Start making pills!"

Excitement flashed in Lu Yao's eyes; he was quite looking forward to his first time refining pills.

With a wave of his hand, Lu Yao enveloped a portion of the medicinal herbs in his magic. After being cleaned, ground, and impurities removed, the essence of the herbs was obtained, which could better enhance their properties.

Then, the essence of the medicinal herbs was continuously added into the furnace in a specific order and simmered over a low flame and a high flame.

Half an hour later, the essence of the medicinal herbs in the furnace had been refined into a medicinal liquid. Only the final step of shaping was needed for the pill to be completed.

Lu Yao channeled his magic power into the alchemy furnace, carefully spreading the medicinal liquid evenly within, and then enveloping it in a circular shape.

A moment later, the flames under the furnace slowly dissipated, signifying the completion of this batch of pill refining.

With a flick of his finger, Lu Yao used his magic power to open the lid of the alchemy furnace, revealing ten Qi Condensation Pills emitting a faint blue spiritual energy.

"Excellent. The pills are of uniform size, have a rich aroma, and do not leak spiritual light. They have reached the level of a fine product."

Lu Yao nodded in satisfaction. The medicinal materials he used could produce a maximum of ten Qi Condensation Pills, and each one was of the highest quality. It would scare people to death if they told others.

Generally, if one can achieve 50% of the required elixir yield, one can be respectfully called an alchemist; 60% is considered a master alchemist; 80% is considered a grandmaster alchemist; and 100% is definitely the grandmaster among grandmasters.

What's more, they are all top-quality items, which are unheard of in the cultivation world.

With just this alchemy skill, Lu Yao could become an honored guest of the sect.

Unfortunately, Lu Yao wouldn't be that foolish. If he really went to the sect, it would be easy to get in, but difficult to leave.

He placed ten high-quality Qi Condensation Pills into a jade bottle and began refining the pills.

After that, Lu Yao only refined four bottles of high-quality Qi Condensation Pills, and then deliberately lowered the quality of the pills so that they were no different from those sold in the market.

Lu Yao intended to use these fifty high-quality Qi Condensation Pills himself, as they would be enough to advance his cultivation to the eighth level of Qi Refining.

By actively lowering the quality of the pills, Lu Yao could save some medicinal materials. He was able to produce twelve pills from one batch and use up five sets of materials, successfully obtaining sixty ordinary Qi Condensation Pills.

The effects of pills vary depending on their quality. Pills of lower quality contain toxins, which accumulate in the cultivator's body, causing the same type of pill to become ineffective and hindering cultivation breakthroughs, among other negative effects.

Pill poisoning is not incurable. Certain treasures and cultivation techniques can neutralize it, but these things are very precious and not something that ordinary cultivators can afford.

The reason why premium elixirs are so highly regarded is precisely because they are free from the effects of erysipelas, allowing them to fetch more than double the price of ordinary elixirs of the same type.

Lu Yao carefully collected all the alchemy materials and began to cultivate by consuming premium Qi Condensation Pills.

A month later.

Lu Yao slowly opened his eyes inside the cave. Looking at the empty jade bottle in front of him, he decided to stop cultivating.

It turns out that cultivation can really be addictive. No wonder so many Core Formation and Nascent Soul cultivators go into seclusion for years or even decades.

"Haotian Pearl! Investigate!"

Name: Lu Yao

Lifespan: 46/9847

Spiritual Roots: Water, Wood, Thunder

Realm: Entering the Saintly Realm (Limit)

Cultivation level: Qi Refining Level 8

The Origin of the World:

Cultivation techniques: Water Control Technique, Xuanwu True Skill, Sacred Heart Technique (incomplete)...

Dan Yi: Yellow-grade, medium quality

Treasures: Dragon Vein, Yata Mirror, Flying Sword Talisman...

His cultivation level has risen to the eighth level of Qi Refining, and the origin of the world is also steadily increasing.

With the Free and Unfettered Space in existence, reincarnators constantly travel to the Gravel World to complete missions, resulting in hundreds of improvements to the world's origin every day.

Now that he had run out of premium pills, Lu Yao stopped his seclusion and planned to sell the ordinary Qi Condensation Pills.

Sixty Qi Condensation Pills are quite valuable, and Lu Yao would never sell them in the area where rogue cultivators trade; that would be too conspicuous.

After leaving the cave, Lu Yao went directly to a shop called Danxin Pavilion.

Judging from the Yellow Maple Valley badge hanging on the shop, this is clearly a Yellow Maple Valley property.

After disguising himself, Lu Yao became an ordinary-looking middle-aged man.

Upon entering the shop, a waitress immediately came forward to serve you.

Because Lu Yao had not learned the Heavenly Eye Technique, he could not discern the maid's cultivation level, but she was undoubtedly a cultivator.

Lu Yao had never practiced the Heavenly Eye Technique, but the maids of Danxin Pavilion had. Moreover, because they had to receive guests, their eyesight was extremely important, so they had to be proficient in the Heavenly Eye Technique to avoid offending senior experts.

"Senior, are you looking to purchase elixirs? As an enterprise of Huangfeng Valley, Danxin Pavilion has a full range of elixirs."

After the maid used her Heavenly Eye technique, she discovered that she could not detect Lu Yao's cultivation level at all, and immediately showed a respectful expression.

The Heavenly Eye Technique is extremely convenient for detecting cultivation levels, but it cannot detect cultivators with higher cultivation levels than oneself.

The maid's cultivation level was Qi Refining Level 4. She couldn't detect Lu Yao's cultivation level, so she guessed that he either practiced a concealment technique or was at a higher level than her.