Lu Ping took a quick look at the recipes. There were two recipes for early-stage Core Forging pills, one for mid-stage Core Forging pills, and one for late-stage Core Forging pills. The three Jade Crystal boxes contained about 60 to 70 stalks of thousand-year-old spirit herbs, and the two Jade Marrow boxes contained nearly 30 stalks of 3,000-year-old spirit herbs. Among them, there were two stalks of Stone Grass and Blood Rot Flower, which were used to concoct the Zhong Ding Pill.
Lu Ping put these things into his Storage Ring with a peace of mind. He smiled and said, "Uncle-Master, you must be joking. This time, I will definitely take advantage of you. I'm afraid that before I can refine late-stage Core Forging pills, Uncle-Master will have already advanced to the Transcendence stage. If I continue to concoct pills, I will have to trouble Tianlu Laozu, the only alchemy grandmaster in our sect."
When Zhu Xuanmeng heard Lu Ping mention Tianlu Laozu, she immediately looked up at Lu Ping and saw that Lu Ping was also looking at her. Neither of them spoke, but it was as if they could see something in each other's eyes.
Liang Xuanfeng looked at the two of them with a trace of worry in his eyes, but he didn't say anything.
After Lu Ping finished speaking, he said, "Uncle-Master, I'll go and study this Zhong Ding Pill first. No matter what, I have to give it a try. If I succeed by luck, and Uncle-Master becomes the Transcendence Laozu in the future, I will also be able to cling to a big tree!"
Liang Xuanfeng laughed and scolded, "Do you still need to cling to my thigh? You should think about what gift to prepare for your master's Dharma Assembly first! "
In another practice room, after Lu Ping ordered everyone not to disturb him, he opened the Golden House and went in. Chu Ting originally wanted to lend him her high-grade alchemy furnace and bright yellow fire seed, but Lu Ping politely declined. However, Lu Ping asked for some of the black powder that Chu Ting used to increase the power of the fire.
On top of Lonely Mountain, Lu Ping had built a small house. Lu Qin and Luan Yu were flying up and down in the sky above the Golden House. In the grass far away, there were three large snakes that were more than 30 meters long and as thick as water buckets playing. Dabao had long gone to open up his underground palace, and only Da Gui was still loyal to Lu Ping. However, he was quite comfortable soaking in the mutated spirit pool.
In the distance, Lu Qin and Luan Yu had made two nests on the branches of the Peach Blossom Treant. The demonic aura on the Peach Blossom Treant was getting thicker and thicker. The amount of spiritual energy it absorbed was already close to that of a late Blood Condensation cultivator. However, Lu Ping still hadn't found a cultivation technique that could be used to cultivate plants.
The black powder Chu Ting gave Lu Ping was actually a type of powder made from a second-grade top-grade spirit material that was burned into charcoal. This kind of powder had a great effect on increasing the intensity and burst of fire. It was also a common method used in alchemy. For example, Luan Yu once used a piece of Wutong Wood to enhance the fire seed's power during the Elixir Gathering.
Lu Ping looked at the Peach Blossom Treant and took out two branches that fell from the Peach Blossom Treant from his storage ring. Due to the influence of the Psychic Wood, these branches were genuine second-grade mutated spiritual materials. In the hands of a smithing master, they were treasures that could be turned into magic treasures. It was a waste to use them to make charcoal. However, it was worth it to use a small amount of them to exchange for a batch of important pills.
The Azure Spiritual Fire, the Na Chuan Cauldron, the Spirit Explosion Technique, the Purification Technique, the Herb Pestle, the charcoal, the Amethyst Royal Jelly, the high-grade spirit stone, and the two sets of spiritual herbs that Lu Ping barely managed to gather to refine the Bell Cauldron Pill.
Lu Ping was taking a gamble!
As long as he could refine one Bell Cauldron Pill, he would be able to make up for Perfected Liang Xuanfeng's damaged foundation. However, Lu Ping only had five to six days. Once the time was up, Perfected Liang Xuanfeng would have no hope of restoring his foundation.
However, exchanging two sets of incomparably precious spiritual herbs for one Bell Cauldron Pill was a wasteful act in the eyes of any cultivator. However, it was clear that Lu Ping did not have such an awareness.
Five to six days was only enough for Lu Ping to refine two batches of Bell Cauldron Pill. Therefore, there was no need for Lu Ping to prepare the third batch of spiritual herbs for the Bell Cauldron Pill.
This time, Lu Ping personally used the Herb Pestle to grind the spiritual herbs. He warmed the cauldron, opened the cauldron, added the herbs, controlled the fire, and melted the herbs. However, the heat of the flames was insufficient. It was not because the Azure Spiritual Fire's grade was low, but because Lu Ping's water attribute cultivation technique could not fully unleash the power of the Azure Spiritual Fire.
The charcoal was scattered into the fire seed. The spirit fire rose and the melting was successful!
The Purification Technique was still powerful and the entire process of refining the medicinal liquid was smooth.
When condensing the pill, the medicinal liquid required a large amount of spiritual energy. However, at this time, a problem appeared!
Lu Ping's abundant true essence was still sufficient. However, the process of condensing the pill required an explosive absorption of spiritual energy. Lu Ping's water attribute cultivation technique did not have enough time to switch. Even though Lu Ping used the Spirit Explosion Technique to explode three high grade spirit stones in one go, it was still to no avail.
The first batch of Bell Cauldron Pill was a complete failure.
Lu Ping's expression was emotionless. This was within his expectations. After all, the Bell Cauldron Pill was too difficult to refine. Failure was normal. Success was actually a fluke!
After recalling the entire process of refining the first batch of Bell Cauldron Pill, Lu Ping recovered the true essence in his body. He adjusted himself to his best condition and began his second attempt to refine the Bell Cauldron Pill.
Warmed the cauldron, opened the cauldron, added the herbs, controlled the fire, and melted the herbs. The charcoal powder made from spiritual materials was scattered into the Azure Spiritual Fire. The fire rose sharply and the medicinal liquid was successfully melted.
Medicinal liquid purification!
Lu Ping mobilized the true essence in his body and transformed it. Although a large amount of true essence was wasted, Lu Ping remained unmoved. The true essence in his body rapidly decreased. Success or failure depended on this one move!
Six high grade spirit stones exploded.
Lu Ping only had two high grade spirit stones left.
Four liquid pills began to condense. Lu Ping decisively shattered two of them. The spiritual energy contained in them was quickly absorbed by the other two pills that were still in the process of condensing.
Two drops of viscous golden liquid exuding a strong floral fragrance fell into the cauldron. Under the control of Lu Ping's Divine Sense, they directly entered the two remaining pills.
Purple Crystal Royal Jelly!
Lu Ping's Divine Sense wrapped around the two pills that were in the process of condensing. His Divine Sense was rapidly being consumed!
Spiritual Ignition!
This was the last and most important step in refining pills above the Core Forging stage.
Every pill above the Core Forging stage had its own spiritual nature. The higher the grade of the pill, the more difficult it was to refine. In addition to the spirit grass itself, the most important factor was the final process of making the pill spiritual nature.
One of the important purposes of Core Forging stage cultivation was to fuse the Divine Sense into the Golden Core, endow the Golden Core with a strong spiritual nature, and finally give birth to the Dharma Idol.
The higher the grade of the pill, the more spiritual nature it would have after refining it, and the greater the consumption of the Alchemist's Divine Sense. Even with Lu Ping's Divine Sense cultivation, which was almost at the middle stage of the Core Forging stage, he still felt powerless against the consumption of Divine Sense.
Of course, the most important reason was that Lu Ping's Alchemy skills were shallow. He didn't have the slightest experience in refining such a high grade pill, which resulted in a lot of waste.
The consumption of Divine Sense caused Lu Ping's face to become paler and paler. More and more cold sweat appeared on his forehead, and he gradually felt dizzy.
Lu Ping gritted his teeth unwillingly and once again shattered one of the solidifying pills. The burden on Lu Ping's Divine Sense was greatly reduced.
Lu Ping endured the discomfort caused by the huge consumption of Divine Sense and waved his hand to open the alchemy furnace.
A golden pill, like a bird released from its cage, quickly flew out of the furnace.
Lu Ping tried to use his Divine Sense to capture the pill, but unfortunately, Lu Ping had no spare energy to stop the pill from escaping.
A pill that was half a step to the Dharma Idol had such a strong spiritual nature!
However, if he allowed the pill to escape, not only would Lu Ping's previous efforts in refining the Zhong Ding Pill be wasted, but after the pill escaped, it would be unable to maintain its own spiritual nature. In the end, it would lose its spiritual nature and its medicinal power would be lost.
Just as the pellet was about to announce Lu Ping's failure in such a mocking manner, a jade essence bottle was already waiting outside for the pellet to escape from the alchemy hut. The moment the pellet left the hut, a jade essence bottle was already waiting for it.
The door of the hut opened, and Luan Yu's shy face and long neck squeezed in through the gap.
Looking at Lu Ping's somewhat dumbfounded face, Luan Yu laughed and said, "If I hadn't been attracted by the sound of your alchemy, would you have succeeded in refining the pill this time?"
Lu Ping's head had just gotten rid of the splitting pain, but he was still dizzy. Hearing Luan Yu's words, he felt that it was ridiculous. He had calculated all the difficulties that he might encounter in refining the pill, but he had missed out on the simplest step.
If this time, after the pill was out of the furnace, he was unable to keep the pill because of his lack of energy, causing the pill to lose its spiritual nature and medicinal power, he was afraid that he would become the biggest joke in the alchemy world.
"I didn't expect your alchemy skills to have reached such a level!"
In the end, the shy and kind Luan Yu did not further attack Lu Ping and admitted Lu Ping's alchemy skills. At the same time, he sighed and said.
"Why don't you come in?"
Lu Ping regained some of his divine sense. Although his face was still pale, his mind was finally clear. He looked at Luan Yu who opened the door so wide that only a head and a long neck could fit through. Lu Ping couldn't help but ask in annoyance.
"This is the rule of alchemists," Luan Yu finally walked in this time and said, "Without the consent of an alchemist, you can't enter the alchemy room as you wish. How could you forget that I was afraid that you would kill me?"
When Lu Ping appeared in front of Perfected Liang Xuanfeng with a pale face, there were several jade slips placed in front of Perfected Liang Xuanfeng. Perfected Liang Xuanfeng was leisurely looking at the contents of one of the jade slips.
When Zhu Xuanmeng and Chu Ting, who were at the side, saw Lu Ping's appearance, they did not think that Lu Ping could create a miracle and their faces immediately darkened.
"You're out?" Perfected Liang Xuanfeng greeted happily when he saw Lu Ping coming out, "Come here quickly. I've definitely made a huge profit from this trip to the Heavy Mystery Hall under the nose of Skyrend and the Crystal Palace. I'll give you a few jade slips to take a look and I guarantee that you'll be grateful!"
Lu Ping sighed. Perfected Liang Xuanfeng's state of mind was far from what he could compare to. If he became like this, he might resent the two people beside him.
Lu Ping reached out and handed a jade essence bottle to Perfected Liang Xuanfeng and said, "Uncle-Master, I only refined one!"
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