Since Xia Qi had already said that Lu Xuan could take any ordinary medicinal ingredients, Lu Xuan naturally did not stand on ceremony. It was a good thing to be able to use Xia Qi's collection of medicinal ingredients to improve his alchemist rank. If it was not for the fact that Xia Qi needed Lu Xuan to refine the Forbidden Longevity Pill, he would not have been so generous.
Lu Xuan immediately began to search the inner storehouse and collected all the medicinal ingredients needed for the pill recipes. He did not lie to Xia Qi. The medicinal ingredients he took were all ordinary medicinal ingredients. Occasionally, there were a few precious ones. He did not need a lot of them, and they were only used as a catalyst.
Fortunately, Lu Xuan was only promoted from a third grade alchemist to a fourth grade alchemist. Moreover, the Firmament Pill Book recorded some methods to refine high-grade pills using low-grade medicinal ingredients. Xia Qi could afford it. If he wanted to promote from the fourth grade to the fifth grade, perhaps even if Xia Qi gave all the medicinal ingredients in the inner storehouse to Lu Xuan, it would not be enough. It was not that the quantity was not enough, but the grade of the medicinal ingredients was not enough. If he wanted to become a fifth grade alchemist, Lu Xuan had to refine earth-grade pills.
A Grade Three Alchemist could only refine a Grade Nine Human Rank medicinal pill at most. A Grade Four Alchemist could refine a Grade Three Earth Rank medicinal pill at most. A Grade Five Alchemist could refine a Grade Six Earth Rank medicinal pill at most.
The Forbidden Longevity Pill was an earth-grade earth-grade pill. Even in the entire Nine Dragons Empire, there might not be anyone who could refine it. Even Su Hexuan, who was known as the Medicine King, was only at the peak of the fourth grade, close to the fifth grade. If he was lucky, he might be able to refine earth-grade pills above the fourth grade, but the success rate was extremely low.
As for Lu Xuan, he was confident that he could successfully refine the Forbidden Longevity Pill at the fourth grade because he relied on the Taiyi Cauldron in his storage ring. This was the help that a powerful cauldron could bring. It could forcibly increase the success rate of refining pills beyond the alchemist's level. The Taiyi Cauldron was famous in the entire Tianyuan Realm.
After collecting all the medicinal ingredients, Xia Qi arranged a quiet room for Lu Xuan in the imperial palace according to his request. Originally, Xia Qi wanted to arrange for Lu Xuan to refine pills in the alchemy room, but Lu Xuan refused. He had the Taiyi Cauldron, and he carried a fire attribute formation with him. There was no need for this kind of ordinary fire.
When he arrived at the quiet room, the first thing Lu Xuan did was not to start refining pills. Instead, he took out the five elemental spiritual ingredients he had obtained from Xia Qi's treasury: the Fire Leaving Crystal, the Sweet Rain Nectar, the Emotionless Bamboo, the Meteor Secret Metal, and the Quicksand Rock.
These five medicinal ingredients were the key to Lu Xuan's Divine Rune breaking through to the third grade. As for the precious Aurora Amethyst Crystal, Lu Xuan did not use it for the time being. He was prepared to raise the Divine Rune in his body to the third grade before he started to refine the Thunderquake Divine Rune. After all, he was not confident that he could successfully condense the Thunderquake Divine Rune.
The first spiritual ingredient Lu Xuan picked up was the Fire Leaving Crystal. Among these spiritual ingredients, the Fire Leaving Crystal was the most abundant. Even if he failed once, Lu Xuan could accept it, and it would not affect his state of mind.
Holding a piece of Fire Leaving Crystal in each of his hands, Lu Xuan closed his eyes and his breathing became even. The Taiyi Origin Technique in his body began to slowly circulate, and began to extract traces of fire attribute essence energy from the Fire Leaving Crystal.
As the fire attribute essence energy entered his body, Lu Xuan's body gradually became scorching hot. The Two Star Fire Divine Rune in his body, which had already been successfully condensed, began to shine a little brighter, as if it had sensed the aura of the fire attribute essence energy.
A complicated spiritual diagram flashed across Lu Xuan's mind. It was the Three Star Fire Divine Rune Diagram recorded in the Taiyi Origin Technique.
When the fire attribute essence energy was almost completely absorbed, Lu Xuan finally moved. A trace of Taiyi energy was like Lu Xuan's hands, nimbly shuttling through his body. Very quickly, it guided the fire attribute essence energy to his five viscera and six bowels. This was the place to inscribe the Divine Runes.
With a thought from Lu Xuan, a trace of the fire attribute essence energy was extracted, and agilely and automatically drew. In an instant, it formed a mysterious rune, and accurately imprinted on the perfect Two Star Fire Divine Rune. As the rune fell, the Third Fire Divine Rune suddenly lit up.
This rune was a connecting rune. Only through this rune could a Two Star Divine Rune evolve into a Three Star Divine Rune.
After the connecting rune was successful, Lu Xuan's mind was completely focused on his body. At this moment, his expression was tense, and his Yuan Energy was constantly mobilized, guiding the fire attribute essence energy to continuously sketch. One rune after another was successfully inscribed, and then like raindrops, they fell onto the Third Fire Divine Rune. Condensing a Divine Rune was like dancing on the tip of a blade, and there was no room for error.
At this moment, the already incomparably complicated Two Star Fire Divine Rune began to become even more complicated. It didn't look as beautiful as before, and seemed a little messy. After all, it was only a semi-finished product.
As more and more runes fell, the Three Star Fire Divine Rune began to take shape. Lu Xuan also became more and more cautious. The Divine Rune was already 80% complete, but as long as the last rune was successfully inscribed, it wouldn't be considered a success. As the saying goes, one who travels a hundred miles is halfway there.
Drops of sweat rolled down from Lu Xuan's forehead. Lu Xuan didn't know that this wasn't due to his nervousness, but due to the heat generated by the Third Fire Divine Rune.
Finally, as the last rune fell, the Third Fire Divine Rune instantly shone with a dazzling fiery red light, appearing extremely gorgeous. At this moment, the stone in Lu Xuan's heart also fell to the ground peacefully.
The Three Star Fire Divine Rune was successfully condensed!
He succeeded on his first attempt, and this was thanks to Lu Xuan's accumulation during this period of time, as well as his powerful Spiritual Strength. The stronger one's physique, the better one's endurance would be. The Divine Rune wouldn't collapse, and the stronger one's Spiritual Strength, the higher one's control would be.
Letting out a breath, Lu Xuan wiped the remaining sweat on his forehead. He began to calm his mind and started to inscribe the next rune.
The next rune that Lu Xuan needed to inscribe was the Seventh Gold Divine Rune. Among the two body refinement divine arts that he mastered, only the Golden Blaze Explosion was an attack-type Divine Rune. Right now, the Third Fire Divine Rune had already reached three stars. If he could also upgrade the Seventh Gold Divine Rune to three stars, a single punch would be enough to injure an expert at the eighth level of the Origin Realm. It wouldn't be any weaker than his Refined Spirit Realm.
The Meteor Secret Metal felt very rough to the touch, and its exterior wasn't smooth at all. But because it contained the power of metal, it was extremely sharp. This unforged Meteor Secret Metal, in terms of sharpness, wasn't inferior to a regular human-tier mid-grade artifact. If it was forged, it could be forged into an earth-tier low-grade artifact, which was an earth-tier mid-grade artifact. Only people with thick skin like Lu Xuan would dare to caress it casually without worrying about cutting their palms.
When the essence of metal that was extracted from the Meteor Secret Metal passed through Lu Xuan's meridians, the sharp cutting power made Lu Xuan feel as though his meridians were being cut. In comparison, the scorching heat caused by the essence of fire was nothing.
But this kind of pain kept Lu Xuan awake at all times. Every rune was inscribed with extreme caution, which greatly reduced the chances of mistakes.
Not long after, the Three Stars Geng Gold Divine Rune was successfully condensed.
Lu Xuan couldn't help but circulate the newly condensed Three Stars Geng Gold Divine Rune. In an instant, he felt that his strength had increased. Even if he didn't use the Golden Blaze Explosion, when he punched someone, it wouldn't be inferior to being stabbed by an artifact. Lu Xuan was very satisfied with this result. In this Sky Sword Continent where the path of body refining wasn't widespread, his powerful body refining strength was definitely an unexpected trump card.
The success of condensing two Three Stars Divine Runes had greatly increased Lu Xuan's confidence. Continuing to work hard, Lu Xuan followed closely behind and began condensing the third Three Stars Divine Rune. This time, it was the Yi Wood Divine Rune.
Among the two body refining innate abilities he had mastered, other than the Golden Blaze Explosion, the other was the Wall of Thorns. The Wall of Thorns was a wood-attributed innate ability, so naturally, he would prioritize condensing the Yi Wood Divine Rune.
The condensation of the Yi Wood Divine Rune was much easier compared to the other two Divine Runes. It was completely safe and painless. Not only did the wood-attributed energy not cause any damage to Lu Xuan's meridians, it even healed the minor injuries that Lu Xuan suffered from the fire and metal essences. It could be said to be killing two birds with one stone.
After successfully condensing three Major Divine Runes, Lu Xuan also felt a little tired. Not only did condensing Divine Runes consume a lot of energy, it also consumed a lot of Soul Force. However, despite his excitement, he didn't stop. A cultivator's pursuit of strength was incomparably fanatical.
A bottle of Raindrop Flower Dew was drunk by Lu Xuan in a single gulp. The Raindrop Flower Dew could detoxify, heal injuries, and raise one's strength. The water-attributed energy contained within was also extremely dense, and had many effects. Precisely because of this, Lu Xuan didn't have much in stock. After all, there were too many places where it could be used.
The water-attributed energy was akin to flowing water, slowly flowing through Lu Xuan's meridians. The cool and comfortable feeling caused Lu Xuan to feel extremely satisfied. However, slacking off had always been a great taboo for cultivators!
Before this, Lu Xuan had already successfully inscribed three Three Stars Divine Runes consecutively, and the consumption of his Soul Force was extremely great. According to logic, he shouldn't have continued at this point, and should have rested for a period of time before starting again. However, this time around, Lu Xuan was somewhat impatient for success. In addition to the smoothness of his previous attempts, he felt that the condensation of Three Stars Divine Runes was merely so-so.
Although Lu Xuan had always walked the path of cultivation cautiously, he was still a human, and humans would make mistakes at times.
Just as the IX Divine Rune within Lu Xuan's body was nearly 90% condensed, the IX Divine Rune suddenly trembled violently, and then the entire Divine Rune showed signs of collapsing!
Lu Xuan, who had been incomparably satisfied just a moment ago, suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. He suddenly sobered up, and his nerves tensed up once more.
There was only one bottle of Raindrop Flower Dew, and he didn't have the cheek to ask Xia Qi for more. More importantly, the failure of the Divine Rune's advancement had a certain chance of causing the Divine Rune's grade to drop. This joke was too big!
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