Chapter 238: The Beginning of the Elixir

Half a month later.

In the middle of the Zhongming Mountains, there is an isolated isolated peak with a very strange shape. The top and roots of the mountain are bulging and full, but the mountainside is like a woman's slender waist. It looks like a huge gourd with two big ends and a small middle.

It is precisely because of this that this mountain is named "Hulu Peak". Like Yulong Peak, it is also one of the most important peaks in the entire Candle Dragon Road.

The mountain of Gourd Peak is not dangerous, less than a thousand feet high. At the bottom of the mountain, there is a high-quality spiritual spring, which can nourish all living things on the entire mountain, making the vegetation on the mountain green all the year round, and the four seasons are like spring.

And outside this peak, there is still a layer of extremely tight defensive formation, and it is in the process of opening all the year round, so all the elders and disciples in the gate, regardless of the inner or outer gate, if they want to enter this peak, they must pass through the barrier at the foot of the mountain. Send the hall.

There is only one reason why this peak is so strictly protected, that is, almost all the pills in the entire Candle Dragon Road flow out from this peak, and the alchemists trained in the sect also live on this peak all year round.

And on the Gourd Peak, the alchemists who can refine the elixir that the immortals take are naturally the people with the highest status.

Normally, if a cultivator in the early stage of the True Immortal Realm follows the normal practice speed, it will take at least a hundred years, and at most tens of thousands of years to open up an immortal aperture, and the further you go, the more difficult it will be to open an immortal aperture. With the help of the elixir, this time can naturally be greatly shortened.

It's just that the refining of this kind of elixir requires not only tens of thousands of years of spiritual grass as the main material, but even the auxiliary materials are very rare and expensive. Only by adding so many materials together can one batch of elixir be refined. And even for experienced earth alchemists, if they don't go through dozens of attempts at every turn, the success rate is pitifully low.

This is also the reason why only big sects or big forces can cultivate earth alchemists.

At this time, Han Li was walking out of the Linchuan Pavilion near Calabash Peak, came to the foot of the mountain, and walked into a golden hall with double eaves.

This hall is closely connected with the big array covering Gourd Peak, and it is the only entrance and exit of the entire Gourd Peak.

After Han Li verified his identity, he directly stepped into a teleportation array in the center. Following a burst of white light, he disappeared from the spot.

Not long after, he appeared in a vermilion hall on the top of the peak.

The furnishings in the hall are no different from those of the pharmacies in the market place, they are also in the form of front cabinets and rear compartments, but there are obvious restrictions on the compartments where the earth-level pills are placed.

There were very few people in the main hall, except for the two deacon elders, there were only a few people who came to buy medicine pills and wore the clothes of inner sect elders.

Seeing Han Li coming in, one of the middle-aged elder deacons with a slender figure and kind face stepped forward and asked, "Your Ye Nanfeng is the deacon of the Immortal Medicine Pavilion. I wonder what you need?"

"It's raining heavily, and I want to buy some pills to assist in cultivation." Han Li cupped his hands and said.

"So it's Fellow Daoist Li, so let me recommend several pills for Fellow Daoist Li..." Ye Nanfeng said with a smile.

"Thank you." Han Li nodded.

"With the current level of Daoist Li's cultivation, the most suitable elixir is the 'Tong Yuan Pill'. There are ten pills in each bottle, and only two hundred merit points are required. If you have higher requirements for the efficacy of the medicine, then choose 'Zhen Ling' Dan' will definitely not be disappointed, but the price of this pill is slightly higher, and a bottle of 500 merit points is required, which is also ten." Ye Nanfeng introduced in this way.

Although Han Li was mentally prepared, he was really surprised when he heard the price.

I have done three routine deacon-level tasks before, but now I have less than 500 merit points. The price of these pills is really expensive.

"This Zhenling Pill is really not cheap." Hearing this, Han Li said with a wry smile.

"That's natural. This spirit pill is in the entire sect, but only Master Huyan can make it. The quantity is very limited." Ye Nanfeng explained with a smile.

As soon as Han Li heard the title "Master Huyan", the sloppy old man in gray and white Taoist robes who never left his body all day long couldn't help flashing through his mind.

Could it be that this person is a high-level alchemist?

"Fellow Daoist Li, if neither of the two is suitable, the 'Chunlin Pill' is also suitable. The price is lower than Zhenling Pill, and its efficacy is better than Tongyuan Pill, but the price-performance ratio is the best." Ye Nanfeng saw Han Li A little dazed, asked aloud.

"May I ask Elder Su, are there any pills for sale in the Immortal Medicine Pavilion?" Han Li suddenly asked.

"This... Could it be that Fellow Daoist Li is planning to make alchemy by himself?" Ye Nanfeng was taken aback when he heard the words, and asked subconsciously.

"Oh, it's like this. I happen to know a new alchemist who has just advanced. He promised me that as long as he can provide the alchemy formula and spiritual materials, he is willing to help me try to refine the elixir." Han Li said.

After Ye Nanfeng listened, a look of hesitation appeared on his face.

Seeing this, Han Li knew that the other party probably wanted to persuade him that it would be more cost-effective to buy the elixir than to let that person try it out.

"The prescriptions of Tongyuan Pill and Chunlin Pill are both for sale, but the prescription of Zhenling Pill is not allowed to be sold without the permission of Master Huyan." Probably because of the consideration of the shallowness of the conversation, Ye Nanfeng In the end, he changed the subject and said.

"But I don't know how many merit points these two pills cost?" Han Li asked.

"The formula of Tongyuan Pill requires 50 merit points, while Chunlin Pill needs 150 merit points." Ye Nanfeng replied.

After hearing this, Han Li showed hesitation on his face, thinking about which pill formula to buy is more cost-effective.

"Boss Li can see the ingredients used in the two pills before deciding which one to buy." Seeing this, Ye Nanfeng reminded with a smile.

"Then I'll be fine." Han Li nodded.

Ye Nanfeng touched the void with his palm, and after a blue light flashed, a blue book emerged.

He opened it, rummaged through it, and handed it to Han Li.

After receiving it, Han Li checked it out, and found that the list of raw materials required for Chunlin Pill was recorded on it.

"One horned dragon grass that is 50,000 years old, three Duanhai flowers that are 5,000 years old, a handful of Fengchuangsha, and seven You Luo fruits that are 3,000 years old..." Han Li pointed to these names and silently recited them one by one.

He found that among the fifteen types of elixir, there were very few ordinary elixirs, and most of them were high-end elixir with a high age, and the least aged one needed 3,000 years.

"Elder Ye, I don't know how to sell the medicinal materials in the Immortal Medicine Pavilion. Do they also need to be exchanged for merit points?" Han Li asked Ye Nanfeng after pondering for a moment.

"That's not necessary. Except for some rare elixirs that are too old and must be settled with Xianyuan stones, other elixirs can be purchased with Xianyuan stones or top-quality spirit stones." Ye Nanfeng shook his head and said.

"How many spirit stones do we need to buy all the medicinal materials needed for this pair of Chunlin Pills?" Han Li continued to ask.

"Among them, the horned dragon grass that is the main material needs to be settled with immortal essence stones. The price is seven immortal essence stones. The rest of the elixir adds up to about two thousand top-quality spirit stones. Of course, it can also be settled with immortal essence stones." Ye Nanfeng slightly After pondering for a moment, he said so.

Hearing this, Han Li couldn't help being stunned. If calculated at this price, he would spend all the immortal essence stones and top-grade spirit stones on his body, and he wouldn't be able to buy a few pairs of the elixir needed for this pill.

He twisted the pages of the book with his fingers, and was about to turn it backwards, but Ye Nanfeng reminded him:

"The position of Tongyuan Pill is closer to the front, and Elder Li should be able to see it by turning a few pages forward."

According to Han Li's words, he turned the book two pages forward, and sure enough, he saw the list of elixirs that recorded Tongyuan Pill.

When his eyes fell on the "50,000-year-old Zhulingcao" on the first line of the prescription, he frowned slightly.

This medicine is the main material for refining Tongyuan Pill, and it has been planted in the elixir garden in his cave, and several plants have been cultivated before, and the ages are basically the same, which is just right for use.

He continued to look at the more than ten kinds of auxiliary elixir, but he was not so lucky, they were all elixir that he had never planted before.

"Then how many spirit stones are needed for each of these elixir besides Candelilla?" Han Li asked.

"If the main medicine, Candelaceae, is removed, the other elixirs need 1,200 top-quality spirit stones." Ye Nanfeng replied.

After hearing this, Han Li began to think about it.

It was the first time he tried to refine the alchemy when he bought back the alchemy. He didn't know how much elixir would be wasted. It would definitely not be cost-effective to choose the more expensive elixir of Chunlin elixir.

"Then let's unify the formula of Yuan Dan." Han Li made up his mind and said.

"Okay, fellow daoist, please give me the token." Ye Nanfeng said.

Han Li took out the elder's token and handed it over. After the latter took it, deducted 50 merit points from it, and returned the rubbed formula and token together.

"In addition, I also need to buy other elixir needed to refine the Tongyuan Pill, except for Candelaceae, and I need ten copies of each." Han Li immediately took the pill formula, and after carefully examining it for a while, he said Said.

With all his savings now, there is not much left to buy these elixir.

After the transaction was completed, Han Li bid farewell, left Calabash Peak, and went straight back to the cave.

...

Three months passed by in a hurry.

During this period, Han Li hardly ever went out of the secret room, and devoted all his attention to the study of the alchemy formula, carefully pondering the details of every step of its refining, and deduced it carefully in his mind, invisibly doing the alchemy for thousands of years. Hundred times.

Although he already had a lot of experience in alchemy before, there are thousands of differences in the details of different elixir ingredients in the refining process, and these differences are often important factors that lead to the failure of alchemy.

Therefore, he thought about thoroughly understanding this page of pill recipes before proceeding to refine them.

It was not until today that he finally decided to try to refine this Tong Yuan Pill for the first time.

In the secret room, on the table behind the futon, there is an incense burner, in which a long blue-gray incense is lit, with a little red star on the top, from which curls of green smoke emerge, exuding a wave of energy. A calming fragrance.

With his back facing the desk, Han Li sat cross-legged on the futon, closed his eyes and sat quietly for a while, then slowly opened his eyes again, his whole mind was unified, and there was no distraction in his mind.

On the ground in front of him, there is a purple copper stove with a radius of about one foot. The stove is engraved with patterns of flames and simple runes, and beside it is a piece of blue brocade, on which are placed a dozen or so kinds of Candelilla Elixir.

This alchemy furnace was something he got from the Mirage Beast Cave Mansion before. Although the grade looks average, it should be enough for the refining of the Tongyuan Pill.