Rebirth of a Reincarnated Immortal Cultivator

Three days later, Han Li returned to the sect square. After submitting the mission, he rushed to the Spirit Medicine Hall to exchange for the medicinal materials needed to refine the Foundation Establishment Pill.

When the short-bearded old man saw that Han Li had gathered 18 fire crystals so quickly, a hint of astonishment flashed in his eyes. After confirming that everything was correct, he handed over the medicinal materials for refining the Foundation Establishment Pill to Han Li.

After confirming that everything was correct, Han Li didn't waste any more words and immediately took his leave.

Upon returning to his cave dwelling, Han Li first fully opened the array restrictions on the stone gate, sealing the cave entrance completely before nodding in satisfaction.

With the spiritual energy of the cave, Han Li's cultivation speed is faster than before, and it is estimated that three years will be enough for him to break through to the Great Perfection of the Twelfth Level of Qi Refining.

Before going into seclusion, Han Li first tended to the herb garden, and then refined some cultivation pills.

Although with Han Li's current cultivation level, the effects of the cultivation pills are not as obvious as they used to be, as the saying goes, a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Great talents often begin from humble beginnings.

Seemingly insignificant details may become the key to success or failure.

After refining more than a dozen cultivation pills, Han Li immediately went into seclusion.

Time flies, and two years and eight months have passed.

In the past two years, Han Li has finally raised his cultivation to the Great Perfection of Qi Refining. The spiritual energy and mana in his body have grown more abundantly than when he was at the tenth level of Qi Refining. However, if he wants to go further, the only way is to reach the Foundation Establishment stage.

The so-called Foundation Building, as the name suggests, is to build the foundation for the Great Dao. The amount of spiritual energy absorbed during Foundation Building will directly determine whether the Foundation Building can be successful and the strength of the Marrow Cleansing.

Foundation Establishment Pills are elixirs that enhance the perception of spiritual energy during the foundation establishment process, thereby increasing the success rate of foundation establishment.

Han Li was well aware of this. With his alchemy skills, the success rate of refining a batch of pills was twice that of an average alchemist. In other words, two portions of Foundation Establishment Pill materials were enough to refine more than a dozen Foundation Establishment Pills.

With the added blessing of the Spirit Infusion Technique, one Spirit Infused Foundation Establishment Pill is equivalent to two Foundation Establishment Pills. If all are successfully infused, it is equivalent to more than thirty Foundation Establishment Pills.

Even if we only succeed halfway, it's still a sure thing, and we can even give some to Gan Rushuang later.

However, the earth fire needed for Foundation Establishment requires guidance from the sect elders, and Han Li did not want to reveal his alchemy skills, so he could only draw earth fire talismans to refine it.

The Earth Fire Talisman, as a high-level talisman, is quite difficult to draw.

Han Li originally intended to buy it from Lin Muxue, but when he thought that Wang Deng, the Foundation Establishment cultivator who made the move that day, might still be in Tianxing City, Han Li decisively abandoned the idea.

Given the other party's vengeful nature, they certainly wouldn't let me leave easily.

However, if one were to establish a foundation within the city, and the other party were to intervene at a crucial moment, it would be a losing proposition.

After careful consideration, Han Li decided to try drawing the Earth Fire Talisman himself. Fortunately, he had exchanged a lot of high-level talisman paper beforehand, otherwise it would have been a real hassle.

It wasn't that Han Li wasn't good at drawing talismans, but rather that his previous magical power and spiritual sense were too weak, making the success rate of drawing high-level talismans almost zero, and it would only waste materials.

Since Han Li reached the Great Perfection of Qi Refining, his internal magical power and divine sense have increased by a quarter compared to before, which gave him a certain degree of confidence in successfully drawing the diagram.

After several attempts, Han Li gradually became more proficient, and finally succeeded in drawing his first Earth Fire Talisman after nearly forty failures.

With the experience of the first success, things became much easier from then on.

Of the remaining fifty talismans, Han Li succeeded in drawing twenty, a success rate of about forty percent, which is already quite good.

With these twenty Earth Fire Talismans, refining Foundation Establishment Pills should be no problem.

More than two years later, the seven-colored golden lotus that Han Li had planted in the spiritual spring had already sprouted, and the broad lotus leaves had covered the entire pond. The seven-colored light flowed out, adding a lot of beauty to the entire cave.

Han Li also set up a floating array and a first-order spirit gathering array around the pond.

Both the seven-colored golden lotus and the springhead have the miraculous effect of gathering spiritual energy. When the two are combined, the spiritual energy above the springhead is naturally the most abundant.

After setting up the Earth Fire Talisman Array, Han Li did not rush to refine pills.

He had previously wasted a lot of energy on inscribing talismans. Moreover, since the Foundation Establishment Pill was of the Earth element, if he wanted to absorb more of its essence, he would have to learn a set of Earth-based cultivation techniques and supernatural abilities.

After much deliberation, Han Li decided to cultivate a divine ability called the Stone Skin Technique. This divine ability was widely known in the cultivation world, and many cultivators practiced it.

Take Xiao Qianjue and Du Lao Er for example; both of them possess such supernatural abilities.

First, cultivating this supernatural power allows one to use earth-attribute spiritual energy to temporarily enhance physical defense, making it highly practical in combat.

Secondly, the cultivation of this divine power is not difficult; any cultivator with an earth-type spiritual root can cultivate it.

With the blessing of the Stone Skin Technique, this Foundation Establishment will definitely be much easier.

With this in mind, Han Li took the opportunity to practice the Stone Skin Technique while in seclusion to recuperate.

A month later, Han Li had recovered to his best condition and immediately entered the alchemy room to begin refining Foundation Establishment Pills.

The refining of Foundation Building Pills mainly involves three steps. First, the main ingredients, auxiliary ingredients, and second-tier spiritual herbs such as Purple Monkey Flower are added together and smelted in a specific ratio.

Next, more than twenty kinds of low-grade auxiliary medicines are added to the process for refining. During this process, it is crucial to distinguish between second-grade spiritual medicines and low-grade spiritual medicines, and to avoid mixing them up. The timing of their addition is also of paramount importance.

Finally, there is the process of condensing the pills. This part requires extremely strict control over the heat and is the most crucial part, as it directly determines the quantity and efficacy of the pills.

This was not a big problem for Han Li, as it was not the first time he had refined Foundation Establishment Pills, and he was already very familiar with the refining process.

After briefly recalling the alchemy steps, Han Li first divided the medicinal materials needed to refine the Foundation Establishment Pill. Then, with a hand seal, he released seven or eight beams of red light. Under the high temperature of the Red Lotus Karmic Fire and the Earth Fire, the Dragon Pattern Pill Furnace spewed out seven or eight flames as thick as bowls.

After mastering the technique, Han Li made a hand seal and first set up the spirit-gathering array. Once the temperature inside the furnace was suitable, he used the levitation technique to put the second-tier pills he had prepared into the furnace.

Half a month later, the second-tier herbs, such as the Xuanbing Flower, had been completely refined. The medicinal properties of various herbs had merged into one, forming clusters of nascent pills with purple mist inside the alchemy furnace.

A faint medicinal fragrance flowed slowly out along with the spiritual flames, filling the entire alchemy room.

Han Li nodded slightly upon seeing this. When the time was right, he immediately opened the alchemy furnace and threw in all the low-grade spiritual herbs. After swallowing a few pills to replenish his spiritual energy, he continued to concentrate intently on the process.

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Three months have passed in a row.

Over the course of three months, Han Li finally managed to refine two batches of Foundation Establishment Pills without any major incidents.

Looking at the elixir in his hand, which was shrouded in purple light and emanating spiritual energy, Han Li nodded.

These two batches of Foundation Establishment Pills together make a total of twelve Foundation Establishment Pills. Adding the five Foundation Establishment Pills obtained earlier, the total is seventeen.

Given Han Li's pseudo-spiritual root aptitude, he would need at least eight spiritual roots to successfully establish his foundation. If he were to take Spirit Infusion Foundation Establishment Pills, he would need at least four.

The reason he refined so many Foundation Establishment Pills was partly for his own Foundation Establishment path, and partly for Ru Shuang's sake.

If he remembered correctly, Ru Shuang would be participating in the 33rd Ascension Tournament, at which time he could give her the Foundation Establishment Pill after it had been infused with spirit.

The thought of his wife's gentle and tender appearance stirred Han Li's heart.

As the door to the alchemy room slowly opened, Han Li stepped out, took out the fragments of the Six Paths Reincarnation Disc, and began to infuse the Foundation Establishment Pills with spiritual energy.

Time flies, and before he knew it, Han Li had been in seclusion for three years and one month.

This time, the spirit infusion was quite lucky; out of a total of seventeen Foundation Establishment Pills, ten were successful. In other words, Han Li now effectively has at least twenty-seven Foundation Establishment Pills.

With so many Foundation Establishment Pills, even a pig could successfully establish its foundation by eating them all in one go!

Han Li thought for a moment, then adjusted himself to his best condition and took care of everything. He then lightly touched the ground with his toes and arrived at the larger lotus leaf above the lotus pond. He closed his eyes and sat cross-legged.

In front of him were six or seven bottles of pills.

Besides the Foundation Establishment Pills that were recently refined, these pills also include the Detoxification Pills refined in the cave in Wuling City. The effects of the Detoxification Pills are enough to allow Han Li to take more Foundation Establishment Pills without dying from the poison.

At this moment, Han Li closed his eyes and meditated.

Looking back on my cultivation journey of more than ten years, I feel calm and unperturbed.

With a thought, the small bottle containing the Foundation Establishment Pill opened automatically, releasing a rich medicinal fragrance that cleared the mind.

Then, it opened its mouth wide, and a Foundation Establishment Pill that had been infused with spirit flew out and landed in Han Li's mouth.