Chapter 358: Peak of Foundation Building

half year later.

Fang Pengyi opened a furnace to refine the Golden Pill, and Song Wen, Rong Jingyun, and Huo Ding went to observe.

The prescriptions for Jiejin elixir are complex and involve more than a hundred kinds of elixirs.

The refining process was extremely difficult, and it took Fang Pengyi half a month to successfully refine the first furnace.

You have to get two golden elixirs.

After several days of meditating and adjusting the breath, Fang Pengyi started the fire again.

The second batch of gold-forming elixirs was also successfully refined, and three elixirs were obtained.

By observing with his own eyes the refining process of Jie Jin Dan, Song Wen gained a deeper and more intuitive understanding of the refining process of Jie Jin Dan.

Song Wen noticed that unlike second-level alchemists like him, he used the residual heat from the refining rock fire in the center of the earth to refine elixirs.

Fang Pengyi directly triggered the rock refining fire in the center of the earth that was sealed deep underground.

Blue flames shot out from the ground along the deep hole in the alchemy room. Under Fang Pengyi's precise control, the flames were sometimes strong and sometimes dim.

This greatly shortened Fang Pengyi's alchemy time and improved the success rate of alchemy.

Song Wen realized that different spiritual fires have unique and magical uses.

Perhaps the earth's core rock refining fire is used in battle and its power is not obvious, but in terms of alchemy, it has unparalleled advantages.

This is something that the Jade Brilliance Flame and the Dead Corpse Cold Fire in Song Wen's hands do not possess.

During the past six months, he also secretly collected the spiritual materials needed to form the golden elixir.

Except for two extremely rare spiritual herbs, he has collected all the other elixirs.

The two missing spiritual herbs are Star Soul Flower and Ningxin Grass.

The former is a second-level elixir, but it is unique to Hunyuan Temple and is almost difficult to find in the outside world.

The Beast Control Sect will purchase a batch from Hunyuan Temple every few years.

These Star Soul Grasses eventually fell into the hands of the Golden Core Stage monks in the sect. It was difficult for Foundation Establishment Stage monks like Song Wen to get access to them.

Ningxincao is a third-level elixir that cannot be cultivated artificially. It is a companion elixir that grows next to the cave of the poisonous insect 'Ghost Hole Ant'.

Because of its rarity, the price is extremely high, and it is priceless.

The distribution of cave ants is haphazard. They may appear in blessed places full of spiritual energy, or in desolate places lacking spiritual energy.

Finding Ningxincao depends entirely on luck.

In major cities, there are occasionally some casual cultivators who sell Ningxin Grass, but they are basically collected by large forces.

There is no way to get the Star Soul Grass for the time being. Song Wen plans to see if he can find a solution for Fang Pengyi in a while.

Ning Xin Cao can go to Donghuafang City and Shanjian Ghost City to try his luck.

But Song Wen was not sure whether Lan Chen of Hehuan Sect was staying in Donghuafang City, and he did not dare to set foot in Fang City easily.

He didn't even want to go to the Mountain Ghost Market in person.

Back then, outside the Hehuan Chunxiao Building, Song Wen always felt that Lan Chen recognized him.

If she goes out alone and bumps into Lan Chen, she may be like a sheep in a tiger's mouth, and it may become her cultivation furnace, and she will never return.

"I have to find someone to go to Shanjian Ghost Market on my behalf. And this person will not easily leak out my purchase of Ningxin Grass."

He was a second-level alchemist in the foundation-building stage, and he went all out to buy third-level elixirs. If word spread, it would inevitably arouse suspicion.

After thinking for a moment, Song Wen stood up and came outside Zhou Siyi's cave.

"Senior Sister Zhou, I am Wu Sheng. I have something to ask Senior Sister for help."

Zhou Siyi opened the cave's restrictions and walked out with an unconcealable smile on her face.

"Junior Brother Wu, this is your first time coming to my cave, please come in quickly."

Although Zhou Siyi's cave is not luxurious, it is extremely meticulously decorated.

She used stone walls to divide the cave into several areas, including bedrooms, halls, alchemy rooms, etc., and even a kitchen.

Zhou Siyi asked after the two sat down in the hall.

"Junior Brother Wu, why did you want to come to my cave today?"

Song Wendao said, "I came here today to ask for something."

Zhou Siyi said, "Junior brother, please tell me, as long as I can do it, I will never refuse."

"I would like to ask my senior sister to go to Shanjiangui City and Donghuafang City to help me find Ningxin Grass."

Zhou Siyi looked confused and asked, "Ningxin Grass! That is a third-level elixir. As far as I know, Ningxin Grass is rarely used in refining second-level elixirs. Junior Brother, why are you looking for Ningxin Grass? ?”

Song Wendao said, "I have my own uses, so please don't ask any more questions, Senior Sister. Due to some reasons, it is inconvenient for me to go to Shanjiangui City and Donghuafang City, so I asked Senior Sister to buy it on my behalf."

Zhou Siyi said, "Okay, I won't ask. It's no problem to help my junior brother buy Ningxin Grass. It's just that I have never been to the mountain ghost market, and I don't even know where the ghost market is. As for Donghuafang City, with all due respect, the possibility of encountering Ningxin Grass in the city is really low."

Song Wen recounted the information related to the mountain ghost market.

Then, he handed Zhou Siyi a storage bag.

In the storage bag, there are 10,000 spirit stones and an iron mask.

This mask was originally owned by Wang Ming. It can block the spiritual perception of the foundation-building monks, making it impossible to detect the true cultivation level and face.

One month ago, Song Wen asked the elders of the Weapon Refining Peak to refining the mask and changed its appearance.

No one would know that the mask was obtained from Wang Ming.

"Senior Sister Zhou, in the ghost market, there is a mixture of fish and dragons. Please keep a low profile and be careful when doing things. Also, Senior Sister, please do not spread the word about the purchase of Ningxin Grass."

Zhou Siyi put away the storage bag with a hint of joy on her face. It seems to be an extremely happy thing to be trusted by Song Wen.

"Don't worry, Junior Brother, you and I know this, and no third person will know it."

Song Wen said goodbye and turned away.

One month later.

Zhou Siyi appeared in Song Wen's cave.

"Junior Brother Wu, I have been waiting in Donghua Market for many days, and I have also asked in various shops of the sect in the market as a worshiper of the elder. I can confirm that the possibility of buying Ningxin Grass in the market is very small."

"I went to the ghost market in the mountain stream and the small trade fair next to the ghost market, but I didn't buy Ningxin Grass."

"There is no other way. I can only pay two thousand spirit stones according to your instructions and reach an agreement with the owner of the "Xiancao Pavilion" in the ghost market. Xiancao Pavilion will purchase Ningxin Grass on my behalf, and once they find Ningxin Grass, they will notify me in time."

Ningxin Grass is not easy to buy, Song Wen had expected it.

It was also Song Wen's idea to reach a pre-order agreement with Xiancao Pavilion.

"Sister Zhou is troubled, Junior Brother is very grateful." Song Wen said.

"It's just a small matter. I'm already very happy to be able to help my junior brother."

The difficulty of purchasing Ningxin Grass was far beyond Song Wen's expectations.

It was not until two years later that Zhou Siyi brought back the first Ningxin Grass from the ghost market.

One Ningxin Grass obviously could not meet Song Wen's needs.

Three years later, he finally bought the second Ningxin Grass.

Then, four years later, he bought the third Ningxin Grass.

At this time, with the help of a large number of Blood Spirit Pills, Song Wen's cultivation had broken through to the peak of foundation building.

If he could not form a pill, Song Wen's cultivation would not be able to advance.

If he wanted to increase his strength, he could only practice "Corpse King Blood Refining Technique", but being in the Beast Taming Sect, it was obviously not suitable for him to practice this technique.