Rebirth of a Reincarnated Immortal Cultivator

After briefly recalling the steps of refining a third-stage golden pill, Han Li took out more than a dozen earth fire talismans. Because the temperature required to refine a third-stage golden pill far exceeds the true fire condensed in a cultivator's body, the earth fire in the earth fire talismans is needed to assist in the pill refining process in order to have any chance of success.

Han Li obtained this Earth Fire Talisman from Miss Lin, which cost him a lot of spirit stones. However, he was willing to go all out in order to refine a third-stage Golden Pill.

After quickly setting up the alchemy array, Han Li activated the restriction array plate to firmly seal the stone door. Then, he excitedly went to the array and carefully examined the dragon-patterned alchemy furnace before him.

During this period, Han Li refined a number of low-grade pills. However, this third-grade golden pill was different from the low-grade pills he had refined before. Like the foundation-building pill, this third-grade golden pill was ranked second grade, and its difficulty was much higher than that of first-grade pills.

In particular, the violent spiritual energy within the medicinal herbs requires not only controlling the heat but also managing the timing of opening the furnace to extract the pills and the amount of auxiliary materials to be replaced, which greatly increases the difficulty of alchemy.

Thinking of this, Han Li shook his head.

To be on the safe side, he decided to first use the Mind-Concentrating Grass to refine another kind of pill that would enhance his spiritual perception.

After all, there is only one chance to refine a three-stage golden pill; if it fails, everything will be for naught.

Thinking of this, Han Li breathed a sigh of relief.

Having made up his mind, Han Li familiarized himself with the method of using the Earth Fire Talisman Array. Then, he made hand seals and shot out seven or eight beams of red light onto the Dragon Pattern Pill Furnace. The pill furnace, which absorbed the red light, trembled slightly, and the dragon patterns on its surface spewed out purple flames as thick as chopsticks.

As soon as the purple flames appeared, the air inside the cave became intensely hot.

After several attempts with his divine sense, Han Li adjusted the thickness of the flames and the temperature of the spiritual flames from the Earth Fire Talisman Array until he could operate it freely. Only then did he take out the Concentration Grass he had obtained earlier and begin refining a pill called the Concentration Pill.

Although this Concentration Pill is only ranked as a first-grade pill, its rarity is by no means inferior to that of the Foundation Establishment Pill. This is because the herb used to refine the Concentration Pill, Concentration Grass, is an extremely rare herb, and only the Concentration Flower in the Yin Concentration Sea can replace it. However, the monsters in the sea are extremely ferocious, and there are countless powerful monsters in the Foundation Establishment and Core Formation stages.

Under these circumstances, if a Qi Refining cultivator were to rashly go there, they would likely only face certain death.

Once the temperature inside the furnace reached the required level, Han Li poured all the herbs needed to refine the Concentration Pill into the Dragon Pattern Pill Furnace. He also ground them with spirit stones and poured them in to increase the success rate of pill formation. He then made seven or eight hand seals before finally closing the lid again.

In this way, the first step can be considered complete.

The purple flames spewed from the eight dragon-patterned pill furnaces, under Han Li's control, became thinner and thinner. With the support of the levitation technique within his body, the dragon-patterned pill furnaces slowly rotated and floated up.

This is done to prevent the flame temperature from becoming too high and damaging the ground, and also to reduce heat transfer, which could lead to uneven flame temperature inside and outside the flame.

Many alchemists fail because they neglect these small details, causing the flame temperature to leak out. Even when they have the flame perfectly controlled, the temperature is always just a little off, and that's why.

Thinking of this, the purple flames under Han Li's control grew even brighter, reaching the thickness of a bowl and enveloping most of the dragon-patterned alchemy furnace. From a distance, the small cauldron had transformed into a massive fireball, and the aroma of the medicine grew increasingly intense.

This is because the medicinal herbs are beginning to condense into pills due to the high temperature. Now we have reached the critical moment of refining, and Han Li is paying close attention to it.

Three days later, several pills shrouded in purple mist appeared in Han Li's hand.

Originally, there were about five or six Concentration Pills in this batch, but several were damaged due to the excessively high temperature of the flame.

Looking at the dark, broken pills in his hand, Han Li chuckled wryly. He picked up a jade box, placed it on the ground, and put all the waste pills inside. Han Li couldn't bear to throw these pills away; they might come in handy later!

After doing all this, Han Li returned to the futon on the Spirit Gathering Array and sat down to meditate. He swallowed the Mind Concentration Pill in his hand and began to absorb and refine its medicinal power.

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A month has passed. After Han Li consumed and refined the last Concentration Pill, his spiritual power has been greatly enhanced, increasing by more than half.

After the Dragon Pattern Cauldron had completely cooled down, Han Li slowly stood up, adjusted himself to his best condition, and prepared to begin refining the Third-Rank Golden Pill.

Based on his previous experience in alchemy, Han Li performed the first step of condensing the main ingredient perfectly.

Because he couldn't find one or two auxiliary medicinal plants, he could only use Tianqinghua and Yinyuecao, which have similar medicinal properties, as substitutes.

The stamens of the three seven-colored golden lotuses gradually melted under the blessing of the talisman array's earth fire. The three intertwined and merged, forming a ball of seven-colored spiritual liquid, which floated within the purple flames encased in the dragon-patterned alchemy furnace.

The purple flames completely enveloped the alchemy furnace, which was also mixed with the power of earth fire. It took half a month of continuous refining to finally refine the main ingredient.

The main ingredients, auxiliary ingredients, and medicinal guide for the Three-Stage Golden Elixir are refined separately. This is because the herbs have different heat resistance properties. If they are all added together at the beginning, the medicinal properties of the auxiliary ingredients may be lost, and the requirements for fusion in the refining process will not be met.

Han Li placed the auxiliary ingredients and the medicinal guide into the Dragon Pattern Pill Furnace three days apart. After taking a few Qi-replenishing pills, he continued to concentrate intently on the process.

As time passed, the herbs inside the alchemy furnace condensed together, releasing a rich, fragrant aroma that was refreshing and invigorating. At this moment, the alchemy furnace radiated a seven-colored glow, and enveloped in purple flames, it slowly unfolded like a blooming lotus flower.

Just then, a muffled cracking sound suddenly came from inside the cauldron. Although the sound was not loud, it made Han Li's heart sink.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Han Li withdrew his magic power and stopped the purple fire and the earth fire.

The once radiant Earth Fire Talisman Array has now dimmed, its spiritual energy completely depleted, and it is clearly no longer usable.

Han Li sighed, and with a wave of his hand, he opened the lid of the scorching hot alchemy furnace. A stream of seven-colored mist flowed out from it, like water, covering the entire floor of the alchemy room.

Immediately afterwards, two seven-colored pills floated in mid-air.

The other pills beside them had long since lost their luster and vitality. It was likely that the seven-colored mist emanating from them was the medicinal properties flowing from these discarded pills.

Perhaps due to the substitution of auxiliary ingredients, only two out of the seven pills in this batch were successfully made, which frustrated Han Li.

However, he had already prepared for the worst, and this situation was somewhat anticipated. Therefore, he only sighed, then stood up again with renewed vigor. After carefully putting away the discarded pills, he began to examine the two third-stage golden pills in his hand. They had seven-colored patterns, were filled with spiritual light, and were rich in spiritual energy. They truly lived up to their reputation as divine pills that could enhance cultivation speed.

Perhaps this divine pill can meet the requirements for refining.

Thinking of this, Han Li returned to the main room, holding a wooden box covered with talismans. Upon opening it, a fragment of a black disc appeared in his hand; this was none other than the Six Paths Reincarnation Disc.