Top-level Qi Luck: Leading My Clan to Cultivate

Chapter 144 Second Order Alchemist_1

Three days later, Lin Tianming opened his eyes.

After several days of regulation and taking Spirit Origin Pills, the side effects had vanished without a trace. At this moment, he had regained his condition.

"It's time to get started."

He muttered to himself and rose to his feet, heading towards the pill refining room.

Sitting in the pill refining room, he took out the materials for the Second Order Spirit Origin Pill one by one, a total of twenty batches of materials, placing them on a stone platform beside him.

Out of the twenty batches of spiritual medicine materials, thirteen were exchanged from the Hall of Merit, while the remaining seven had been slowly collected over the past few years.

Materials for Second Order spiritual medicine are quite valuable. If he failed too often, it would inevitably cause a bit of heartache, so he had to be extra cautious.

"Huff huff."

Lin Tianming took a deep breath, relaxed his mind, and prepared to begin refining.

After more than ten breaths had passed, he suddenly moved. With a single hand forming a spell, he efficiently went through the procedures before starting the alchemy process.

As the pill furnace finished preheating, he waved his hand, and a piece of spiritual medicine flew into the Four Symbols Furnace.

At this time, he extended his divine sense to observe the movements within the pill furnace.

At the same time, he carefully manipulated his divine sense, in conjunction with the power of Earth Fire, to decompose the spiritual medicine and purify it, eventually forming a small cluster of essence brimming with spiritual energy, quietly lying at the bottom of the furnace.

The first piece of spiritual medicine decomposed very smoothly, boosting his confidence immensely. However, he did not let it go to his head; he was very aware that this was just the first piece of spiritual medicine. There were more than ten other materials to process, and the subsequent steps were even more difficult than the first.

He methodically decomposed all the spiritual medicine materials and purified them one by one, performing each step with utmost precision.

An hour later, the furnace contained more than ten different colors of liquid.

Seeing the variously colored essences of spiritual medicine, Lin Tianming nodded in satisfaction, couldn't help but remark,

"The difficulty of decomposing and purifying Second Order spiritual medicine really isn't something that First Order elixirs can compare to. If it were for decomposing First Order spiritual medicine, it probably wouldn't even take half an hour, but Second Order spiritual medicine takes more than double the time to complete."

As the first step was finally completed successfully, he did not dare delay, his expression turning serious once more.

With a flick of his finger, a spell struck the core of the Earth Fire, and in an instant, a more intense flame burst forth from the furnace mouth.

In the pill furnace, a surge of heat erupted instantly.

As the temperature rose further, he took the opportunity to merge two clusters of spiritual medicine essence.

Soon, the first fusion was successful, and the second went just as smoothly.

After half an hour, more than ten types of spiritual medicine essences had all been successfully fused, forming a colorful spirit group, suspended within the Four Symbols Furnace.

Looking at the multicolored essences of spiritual medicine merged together, already taking on the semblance of a pill,

After a tense half day of refining that went rather smoothly, he was quickly approaching the final step of infusing spirituality.

Now at the last and most crucial step, if the infusion of spirit was successful, and the elixir had spirituality, he would be considered to have entered the ranks of a Second Order Alchemist.

Thinking about it, he started to get excited.

A Second Order Alchemist held an extraordinary position, even in a place filled with mighty figures like Qianchuan Market, and was a person of significant influence.

In the small region of the Luoyun Mountain Range, a Second Order Alchemist was the ceiling. Apart from his grandfather, who had just made a breakthrough, there was probably no second person.

And he was about to take that step. Once successful, he would become the second person, and not only that, the only two Second Order Alchemists would both hail from the Lin Family, which was an exhilarating thought.

At this moment, his expression grew even more solemn as he prepared to begin the last step. Feeling that it was about the right time, he suddenly shouted,

"Solidify!"

Before his words had fallen, a burst of spiritual light shone from his fingertips, and a surge of spiritual power shot out, then entered the Four Symbols Furnace.

Within the pill furnace, the medicine group formed by the fusion of more than ten kinds of spiritual medicine essences was enveloped by a unique spiritual power. In a mere moment, the spiritual power disappeared into the medicine group and was no longer visible.

After completing these steps, Lin Tianming widened his eyes, closely observing the Four Symbols Furnace, not daring to miss any slight movement.

Several moments later, still no semblance of a medicinal fragrance emerged from the furnace, nor was there any other movement.

He opened the lid of the furnace with some confusion, then his expression turned somewhat unsightly, though it quickly returned to normal.

At this time, inside the Four Symbols Furnace, more than ten pieces of variably-sized pill dregs lay scattered at the bottom, each with a hint of a burnt smell and distinctly different colors.

Clearly, the first batch of elixirs had ended in failure.

"This Second Order elixir really isn't as easy to make as I imagined!"

He sighed inwardly, Lin Tianming took out the wasted dregs and stored them separately in a Jade Bottle, and then recounted the entire pill refining process.

Looking at the waste, Lin Tianming speculated that there should be no mistakes in the step of decomposing and purifying the spiritual medicine, as he had been extremely cautious with the assistance of the Eye of Five Colors, nearly achieving perfection.

The most likely reason for the failure, he figured, must be the step of infusing spirit.

Infusing spirit followed by solidifying the pill is the most critical and dangerous step in the entire alchemy process. If one does not handle the strength and timing of the infusion properly, it's easy to fail.

He was not surprised by the failure of the first batch of elixirs.

Even with the heaven-defying Eye of Five Colors, such a treasure for Alchemy, it would probably be hard to succeed on the first try.

After all, this was his first time refining Second Order Elixirs, and compared to First Order Elixirs, the difficulty was not on the same level. If he succeeded in refining on his first attempt, that would be too contrary to the heavens.

Thinking of this, his expression remained calm, and he did not get discouraged.

Now that he had identified the problem, it was manageable. With more practice, he was certain to succeed.

Making up his mind, he prepared to tidy up once more and try again when he was back in the right state.

The next morning, after a night of recovery, Lin Tianming once again began Alchemy.

The familiar Pill Refining Room, the familiar Spiritual Medicine and Alchemy steps, everything was orderly and started according to the process.

In the second furnace refining, the power of the spiritual Infusion was still not enough to meet the requirements for Solidifying Pill, and it also ended in failure.

In the third furnace, the amount of Spiritual Power needed for Infusion was too much, causing the Elixir Essence to turn into residue directly.

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Time slowly passed, and a month had gone by just like that.

Within the Pill Refining Room at this moment, Lin Tianming's brows were tightly furrowed, Spiritual Light flashing at his fingertips, evidently ready for Infusion of Spirit.

When the Spiritual Light entered the Pill Furnace, and in less than a breath's time, a rich fragrance of medicine wafted through, quickly filling the entire Pill Refining Room.

Feeling the medicinal fragrance, he became excited, his heart thrilled, and he couldn't wait to check on it.

In an instant, Lin Tianming swiftly lifted the lid of the furnace, and the aroma in the Pill Refining Room suddenly became even more intense.

Looking closely, he saw three dark green pills suspended motionlessly in the middle of the furnace, each the size of an apricot, with a faint Spiritual Power swirling around them, looking very tempting.

"These are Second Order Lingshen Pills."

His expression joyous, he exclaimed without delay.

Picking up a pill he had refined, he then took out a Second Order Lingshen Pill from his storage bag and placed them side by side.

Looking at the two pills, he checked everything from their outward appearance to color and the aura of the pills, scrutinizing them closely.

After repeated examination and comparison, Lin Tianming was certain that these were indeed genuine Second Order Lingshen Pills without a doubt.

Once he was sure there was no difference in the pills, he finally let out a long sigh of relief.

After refining for a month, the mere twenty batches of Spiritual Medicine Materials had almost been used up, but at last, success came with the seventeenth furnace, and Second Order Elixirs had been produced.

Although there were only three pills, he had now taken a significant step forward, qualifying as a competent Second Order Alchemist.

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During the month, he cultivated through Alchemy by day and meditation by night, and the degree of his hard work was indisputable.

The Second Order Elixirs having been successfully refined, and with the rest of the time spent in meditation, his cultivation level also grew at a modest pace, reaching the goal he had set before closing up for cultivation.

Still, Lin Tianming quietly muttered to himself.

"It could still have been better, more meticulous. Otherwise, I might have succeeded a few furnaces earlier."

Such thoughts, if known by other Alchemists, would surely make them feel ashamed.

Merely twenty batches of Alchemy Materials were needed to refine the first batch of Second Order Elixirs, and at such a pace, it was simply against the heavens; such a feat was rare in the Cultivation World and would doubtlessly cause a huge commotion if word got out.

"Although it wasn't meticulous enough, the goal was still achieved, and that's somewhat satisfying."

With these thoughts in mind, Lin Tianming chuckled, the fatigue from the past month visibly diminishing a great deal.

He reflected on the various problems that had appeared during the month of Alchemy, then summarized his shortcomings, making a series of adjustments.

Looking at the remaining three batches of Spiritual Medicine Materials, he sat down to meditate again to recover, preparing to give it his all and further solidify his Alchemy.

Ten days later, Lin Tianming walked out of the Pill Refining Room, appearing in the small courtyard.

Now, there was a faint smile on his face.

In those ten days, he slowed down the pace of Alchemy, refining a batch every three days. Each time after refining, he would summarize the experience, identifying flaws and methods for improvement.

After completing all this and adjusting himself to peak condition, he would then begin refining again.

Under such diligent study and good patience, the last three batches of Alchemy Materials yielded a successful batch, with the number of pills reaching four.

Beyond that, with every batch, he could feel his progress; with practice over time, the success rate and number of pills would surely improve steadily.

Sitting in the courtyard, he took out all the Second Order Lingshen Pills and placed them on the stone table.

From twenty batches of Spiritual Medicine Materials, two successful batches resulted in seven pills, and together with two remaining pills from a bottle given by Lin Shikang, he had a total of nine pills left.

Nowadays, without better auxiliary elixirs, he dared not easily cultivate with the aid of pills, for the pain that came with it was something he did not wish to endure again unless absolutely necessary.

And Lin Shilu had not sent any news yet, which meant the Magic Artifact had not been successfully refined.

"I'll take these pills to the Hall of Merit to exchange for Spiritual Medicine Materials first, then have a reunion with my family. After that, I'll continue to refine pills and earn Spirit Stones. Once I leave the family, I'll need a lot of Spirit Stones, and meanwhile, I can wait for news from Lin Shilu."

Having made up his mind, he stood up and flew towards the Hall of Merit.