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Zhou Huang stared at him and saw his serious expression. He knew that he was serious and said helplessly, "You're crazy. Why would you refine pills? With your ability to plant spirit herbs, why would you lack spirit pills?"
Chu Li replied, "It's more interesting to refine pills on my own."
"You can use spirit herbs to exchange and you won't have to suffer. Spirit herbs won't be enough for a greenhorn like you. Every Pill-refining Master is fed with spirit herbs. Who knows how many spirit herbs you'll lose!" Zhou Huang scoffed. "No matter how good you are at planting spirit herbs, you won't be able to withstand it!"
Chu Li smiled. "Thank you for your concern, Elder Zhou, but don't worry. I won't delay planting spirit herbs!"
He chanted scriptures once a day or even once every two or three days.
Zhou Huang said impatiently, "I don't care if you plant spirit herbs or not. I just can't bear to see you go astray. What's the use of refining pills? Do you really think you can refine pills obediently?"
Zhao Dahe was a genius in cultivation. People like him were destined to make a name for themselves in the martial arts world. How could he sit beside an alchemy furnace obediently? Learning to refine pills was a waste of time and energy. The loss outweighed the gain.
Those wasted spirit herbs could be exchanged for countless spirit pills. Zhou Huang was not worried about Chu Li's time and energy, but the spirit herbs.
Chu Li said, "I'll eat this Wind Speed Pill first."
He crushed the beeswax and put it in his mouth.
"Hurry up and cultivate. Don't waste the medicine," Zhou Huang said.
Chu Li nodded and sat cross-legged on the bed to cultivate.
After a quarter of an hour, Chu Li opened his eyes. In a flash, he appeared outside the house. His body moved and several shadows appeared at the same time. Zhou Huang looked at the shadows and smiled. "How is it?"
"It's much faster!" Chu Li exclaimed.
He estimated that he could increase his speed by one-tenth, which was already a shocking improvement.
His speed was already extremely fast and it was difficult to increase it by even a little. Increasing it by one-tenth meant that he could instantly appear ten meters away or eleven meters away. It was a completely different speed.
"It'll be great if I have a few more Wind Speed Pills." Chu Li sighed.
"In your dreams!" Zhou Huang said impatiently. "I only have one. I heard that the effect of the Wind Speed Pill decreases with every pill you consume. It'll be useless even if you consume too many."
Chu Li nodded.
Zhou Huang said, "You're really lucky to have gotten the last one!"
Chu Li smiled. "Thank you, Elder Zhou."
"There's also a Giant Spirit Pill here." Zhou Huang took out another jade bottle from his pocket and passed it to Chu Li. "This is for increasing your strength. You're born with divine strength. If you increase your strength, you'll become even stronger."
Chu Li poured out a Spirit Pill that looked like a topaz. It had an earthy yellow color, but it was warm and crystal clear.
"Then I'll eat it." Chu Li crushed the beeswax and swallowed it in one go, then channeled for fifteen minutes.
He waved his hand, and a whistling sound rang out.
"Good!" Chu Li praised.
He could feel that his strength had increased tremendously. Coupled with the speed of the Wind Speed Pill and the sudden increase of his hand speed, he was able to strike faster with his sword. Even the power of his Light Blade had increased slightly. The two spirit pills had greatly increased his strength.
He shook his head and sighed, "The ancients are indeed powerful."
This kind of elixir spirit used a lot, how could the body be weak, much stronger than the current martial arts masters.
"It's useless to be envious." Zhou Huang scoffed. "It's impossible for us to enter Hundred-Thousand Hills. Whenever I think of Hundred-Thousand Hills, I'm itching to fly in. Unfortunately, I can't get out even if I fly in!"
There were countless spirit herbs in Hundred-Thousand Hills, and most of them were extinct. As someone from the Spirit Medicine Nursery, he was the most envious.
"Elder Zhou, do you still have the formula for this Giant Spirit Pill?" Chu Li asked.
Zhou Huang knew that Chu Li had not given up and wanted to become a Pill-refining Master.
He asked helplessly, "Are you really going to refine pills?"
Chu Li shook his head. "I'm just curious and want to try to learn. It's always good to have a skill. Even if I lose my martial arts in the future, I won't starve to death!"
"Good, good!" Zhou Huang scoffed. "Since you want to refine pills, I'll introduce you to someone from the herbalist hall. Let's see if you can learn it. However, let's make it clear that you can only learn for a month!"
Chu Li gave a fist salute and smiled. "Thank you, Elder Zhou!"
"Hmph, don't thank me!" Zhou Huang looked annoyed and turned to leave.
Chu Li said, "Let's go today."
"Alright, let's go!" Zhou Huang scoffed.
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"You want to learn alchemy?" An elder with goldfish eyes in front of Chu Li asked coldly.
The three of them were standing in front of a cave and talking.
The elder with goldfish eyes was dressed in a black outfit. His face was red as if he had been exposed to the sun. His eyes were red and squinted as if he was tearing up. A gust of wind blew and he quickly shielded his eyes with his hands to prevent the wind from blowing into his eyes.
Although he had shielded his eyes, a gust of wind still blew into his eyes. Tears streamed down his cheeks.
Chu Li nodded. "Elder Ni, I want to learn alchemy."
"Why are you refining pills instead of planting Spirit Herbs?!" Ni Hong wiped his tears and noted coldly, "The most important thing to do is to be single-minded. You must focus on one thing and only do one thing. You planted spiritual herbs and learned to refine pills at the same time, but you achieved nothing in the end!"
Chu Li said, "I've made a promise with Elder Zhou that I'll only learn for a month. If I fail, I'll stop learning after a month."
"A month!" Ni Hong laughed coldly. "If you can learn alchemy in a month, being a Pill-refining Master is worthless!"
"Elder Ni, you're too …? Close? Old Dispatch Call Greedy Mulberry?
My humble Garden Knock Broken Bones in the Courtyard? Dispatch Call Waste? My Courtyard Linden Pine Moisture Pry Block Roundworm Agent?
"Alright, a month." Ni Hong scoffed. "I'll only discipline you for a month or not!"
"Thank you, Elder Ni." Chu Li fist saluted.
Ni Hong scoffed. "Pill-refining Masters have a higher requirement for talent. Let's start now. We'll start with the alchemy furnace, then we'll talk about heat control, and finally, we'll try to practice."
He brought Chu Li deep into the cave.
The cave was neat and spacious. There was an exquisite alchemy furnace that was as tall as a person's head when Chu Li sat down. There were exquisite patterns carved on it, and it looked as if it was alive.
Below the alchemy furnace were a few charcoal-like stones that looked like red-hot iron, emitting scorching heat.
"This is the alchemy furnace." Ni Hong pointed at Ou Yangming's alchemy furnace. His cold expression immediately softened, and a gentle expression appeared on his face. "To a pill refiner, it's your closest partner. It's with you the longest, even longer than your wife."
Chu Li nodded.
Ni Hong continued, "The alchemy furnace's quality is crucial, and so is its rapport with you. You must be as familiar with it as you are with your own body, or else, you won't be able to become a Pill-refining Master."
Chu Li nodded.
Ni Hong continued, "As for heat control, it's a deep topic that can't be explained in a short time. The key is to understand it yourself. Everyone has a different feeling toward heat control, and the most important thing in alchemy is heat control. Those who can't become Pill-refining Masters are unable to master heat control."
"Elder Ni, does the herbalist hall have the prescriptions for the Wind Speed Pill and the Giant Spirit Pill?" Chu Li interrupted.
"We do have the Wind Speed Pill and the Giant Spirit Pill!" Ni Hong nodded. "They were simple spirit pills in ancient times, and they were easy to cultivate. However, we don't have the Wind Speed Grass and Titanium Grass now, so we can't cultivate them anymore."
Chu Li nodded. "Wind Speed Grass, Titanium Grass …"
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