Chapter 105: Initial Success of Demonic Pattern
Li Ming flipped over and stood up. As soon as he stood up, he felt extreme pain. His entire body seemed to have been seriously injured, and the thick smell of blood assaulted his face.
"Did you succeed?" asked Li Ming, who was shocked speechless by the scene in front of him.
"I did." Liu Mengyun's tone was filled with joy. "Junior Brother, your talent is truly outstanding. The demonic pattern fused with you very well."
Liu Mengyun smiled when she saw Li Ming grimacing in pain.
"I found this rune in the body of a bronze rhino demonic beast. It's very simple and can absorb the spiritual qi of heaven and earth to strengthen the body. Your entire body is covered in the bronze color of the demonic tattoo.
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Coincidentally, you cultivate the Golden Crow Body Forging Technique. As long as you hide it a little, no one should be able to notice it."
At this moment, Li Ming was shocked by the sight of his body.
Two red lines extended from his palm to his chest, then crossed at his chest, and then extended to his legs to his feet. On Li Ming's chest, there were two red lines connected together.
Seeing Li Ming's misgivings, Liu Mengyun said calmly, "Don't worry. After two days, these lines will completely merge with your body. Even if others practice some eye technique, they should not be able to see through it."
Li Ming sighed. If he went out with such a scary tattoo, he would be in trouble.
"This demonic pattern is very easy to understand, but you should not hold too much hope for it. I did not have that many crystals and materials, so I could not make any good demonic patterns. Regardless, this should be enough for he time being," said Liu Mengyun calmly.
Li Ming subconsciously moved his hand. When his hand touched the center of his brows, his fingers seemed to have touched something strange.
"What is this?"
"Hehe, that's a demon's demonic core. While it cannot be compared to an actual demonic core, it should be enough for you," said Liu Mengyun proudly. Li Ming had long known that monsters and beasts also had their own inner cores, while demons had their demonic cores. This was the most important basis for distinguishing between monsters and demons.
Although cultivators could also form golden cores, there were some differences. The inner core of monsters and demonic cores of demons were extremely crucial materials. However, he had only heard about them and had never seen any with his own eyes.
"Demonic core?" Li Ming's heart skipped a beat.
"You can test it out," said Liu Mengyun.
Hearing this, Li Ming involuntarily began to circulate the Fetal Breathing Spiritual Technique.
He immediately noticed the difference.
The heaven and earth yuan qi in the world gathered toward him frenziedly.
Every pore on his body opened naturally, and the spiritual qi entered his body without any hindrance. His body was like a wonderful filter that easily filtered out the impurities in the spiritual qi. The filtered spiritual qi then turned into specks of starlight and fused into his body.
The Golden Crow Body Tempering Art that he cultivated also showed signs of breaking through.
Li Ming was slightly stunned. Just as Liu Mengyun had said, it was like breathing qi into one's body. He could not feel any obstruction. It seemed like he could completely absorb this spiritual qi without any problem.
He was ecstatic!
With these demonic patterns, his cultivation speed would be several times faster.
He recalled the demonic core that Liu Mengyun had mentioned earlier. He was not sure what the demonic core looked like, but he was certain that the magic core was definitely useful for him when it came to storing spiritual qi.
As expected, a diamond-shaped crystal appeared on his forehead. It was somewhat similar to the red crystal he had obtained earlier, but it was not as bright or pure as the red crystal.
What surprised Li Ming even more was that his body had undergone such a huge change after the addition of the demonic core.
If his previous divine sense was like a mist, then his current divine sense was like a tentacle with countless thin hairs.
These slender tentacles floated around Li Ming and imprinted everything around him in his mind.
His sixth sense had become more sensitive because he possessed divine sense.
Moreover, obtaining a demonic core made his sixth sense even more sensitive.
Following his will, these divine sense tentacles moved around with extreme agility, flying around his body.
Li Ming, who had been a little nervous before, could no longer suppress the joy in his heart. He did not know about other aspects, but he was certain that he could cultivate much, much faster now.
With just these two benefits, he felt that the procedure was surely worth it!
With the improvements and his original inner core, his cultivation speed would increase several times.
Just as he was feeling smug, Liu Mengyun suddenly said, "Don't get too carried away. I've never added demonic patterns or a demonic core on anyone else in the past, so you'll have to watch out for any repercussions."
"You will have to research it yourself in the future. Even if you absorbed spiritual qi quickly, if you fail to store it, then everything will be in vain." The ecstatic Li Ming slowly calmed down.
Liu Mengyun was right. The speed at which he absorbed spiritual qi was much faster than before, but it was useless if he could not store it.
"Learning formations." Liu Mengyun said, "What you need to learn now is formations.
"Learn formations?" Li Ming was stunned.
"That's right. It does not matter if you're a demon or a sword cultivator, the roots are still pretty much the same," Liu Mengyun said in a deep voice. "In the end, cultivation is a type of formation. These are all things that you will need to learn on your own. Cultivation formations are very complicated, you needed to study them deeply. It will be very beneficial for your cultivation."
"You don't understand either?" In his opinion, Liu Mengyun had outstanding talents. In terms of cultivation knowledge, he believed that she was definitely above countless others. How could he understand something that even she could not?
It was rare for Liu Mengyun to show a serious expression. She said in an incomprehensible tone, "It's difficult to explain, and it's meaningless if you don't experience it yourself."
Even though he did not understand, Li Ming felt that Liu Mengyun's words were unusually serious. He silently remembered this point.
When he returned to the sect, the people in the sect naturally praised Li Ming greatly.
In addition to spirit stones and pills, the sect master even kindly allowed him to make a request.
This was not because he had a sudden impulse. Cultivation required a lot of medicinal pills, and Li Ming had always been struggling when it came to this regard.
If he could refine pills, the cost of cultivation would be greatly reduced. At the same time, he could also refine pills to earn some spirit stones.
Although the sect master was a little puzzled, the sect master still agreed, "You can go and learn from Elder Shi."
After seeing Shi Fengrong, he explained his intentions.
"From today onward, you will learn pill refinement from me." Shi Fengrong said, "I have ten sets of herbs here. If these are not enough, you can buy more for yourself.'
"The recipe for the fasting pill is in this secret room. You can browse through the things here at will, but if the pill formula's level is too high, you cannot browse through it. Everything you want is in the pill refining room on the right. That's where you will refine your pills. Alright, you can go.."
Chapter 106: Learning Pill Refinement
After saying that, Shi Fengrong turned around and walked into her pill room, closing the door with a bang.
Li Ming was speechless.
Was this really an apprenticeship?
He looked left and right, but there was no one else there.
Why did he always meet such people?
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He had followed Liu Mengyun's words, but she had never given him any explanation. However, the pill refinement master in front of him was even more overboard. She threw him to the side and let him study everything himself.
When Li Ming stepped into the study, he was instantly dumbfounded.
This was too exaggerated!
In the study, hundreds of colorful jade slips floated in the air like naughty children.
On each piece of jade, there were swirls of different colors. It was these swirls that lifted the pieces of jade up and down.
"Fasting pill!" Li Ming muttered to himself for a moment before calling out in a low voice.
The jade slips danced in the air without any movement.
This was wrong! However, there was nothing else he could do in the study. Li Ming scratched his head in distress, unable to think of what to do.
Should he use his divine sense?
After hesitating for a moment, he began using his divine sense. When his divine sense touched one of the swirls, a piece of information entered his mind.
The "Illustrated Book of Pill Formulas" was written by Loos Cultivators Xiao Lingjie and Dong Ming. It recorded more than 400 kinds of pill formulas or recipes.
Li Ming was immediately interested. He used his divine sense to scan the jade slips, and the information on the jade slips appeared in his mind.
Soon, he found a jade slip that contained the method to refine fasting pills. There was a total of three basic methods to refine fasting pills.
This was one of the most basic pills, and its effect was very simple. It filled one's stomach. After eating it, one could maintain a state of satiety for a long time. It was considered a relatively practical spirit pill.
When he took the jade out, it flew towards him automatically.
He took the jade slip and injected a trace of spiritual power into it. A method of refining fasting pills surfaced on it.
However, Li Ming was once again dumbfounded!
"Yellow stone, the fire of three, the air of clear dew, descent from the sky."
Li Ming recognized every word, but when all the words were put together, he was utterly confused.
Calm down. He had to calm down!
Li Ming kept reminding himself that not to go crazy.
In his opinion, entering the inner sect meant that his good days were coming! But now, he realized that he had made a huge mistake!
He had merely jumped from one big pit to the next. Moreover, he had taken the initiative to jump into the bigger pit, and he had even spent so much effort!
Previously, he was still worried about not being able to find a suitable master, but now, so what if he had found a pill refinement master?
After a long while, he finally managed to calm himself down a little.
Li Ming, who had been completely ignored by his master, was furious.
It was just a fasting pill. What was the big deal? Was this not just a simple task?
After spending some time, he finally searched through all the hundreds of jade slips in the room. There were a total of 517 jade slips.
There were only 21 jade slips that he could learn.
The 21 selected jade slips floated in front of him.
As for the [Fire Cloud Pill Chapter], Li Ming was not interested and threw it to the side.
As for the [Great Origin Pill Chapter], he threw it to the back of his mind.
Li Ming's eyes fell on the book, [Introduction to Pill Refinement]. His eyes lit up and he grabbed it. This was exactly what he needed.
He began to read the book with great interest. Not long after, he was completely immersed in it.
The content inside was very fresh to him. It was as if he had opened a door to a whole new world.
[Introduction to Pill Refinement] was not anything profound. It only talked about the most basic pill refinement techniques, including the proportion of various materials, how to use the pill furnace, how to control the flame, and so on.
When he looked up again, the sky was already pitch black. He did not even realize that he had already spent several hours in the study.
He let out a long breath, stood up, and stretched his body. His eyes were still a little blurry as if he was recalling what he had read just now.
Although the [Introduction to Pill Refinement] was not a very profound jade slip, the information within was extremely detailed and could not be discounted.
Li Ming knew that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Whether his master taught him or not, he looked at the jade slip again and again as if he had found a treasure.
In the following days, he stayed in the study.
Perhaps it would come in handy at some point in the future. If he worked harder now, he would not have to worry about it in the future.
If one day, he was penniless, he could use his knowledge to exchange for crystals.
Li Ming chuckled.
It was not until he was dizzy from reading that he remembered all the contents of the 21 jade slips.
He suddenly remembered that his master had said that he could use the pill refining room on the right. Now, he could not wait to go to the pill refining room.
In the middle of the room was a two-meter-tall bronze cauldron with three legs and a round belly.
There were some cushions and tables near the walls, and many items were piled on them. There were also ten sets of medicinal herbs that his master had prepared for him.
Li Ming walked around the furnace and muttered to himself, "So stingy."
However, one should not underestimate the huge object in front of him. In fact, it was a first-grade pill furnace.
The most crucial part to the setup was the Fire Formation at the bottom of the furnace. There was an image of the yin-yang eight trigrams on the furnace. As long as one injected spiritual power into it, they could control the formation.
When refining pills in the furnace, the control of the flame was the most crucial part. Just like the [Three Weaves Flowing Fire] that Li Ming had seen earlier, there were three vertical and three horizontal lines interweaving.
Li Ming placed one hand on the eight trigrams board, and spiritual power seeped out of his body. A flame rose beneath the cauldron.
He followed the instructions in the [Introduction to Pill Refinement] and carefully controlled the flame. The Fire Formation in this first-grade pill furnace was not very powerful. It only had six different forms. It did not take long for Li Ming to become familiar with it.
The more he used it, the more Li Ming felt that this method of controlling flames was similar to the beginner [Crimson Flame Art].
The cultivation techniques that cultivators practiced were generally divided into five types. They were either yin, yang, wind, fire, or lightning. Everything in the world had its own system. The [Crimson Flame Art] was a fire-attribute cultivation technique of the five elements cultivation techniques.
However, even though it was once popular in the world, after the rise of sword techniques, it gradually became an independent system. Most of the people who studied this system were loose cultivators.
Li Ming wondered if the principles of the art of pill refinement and cultivation were the same..
Chapter 107: First Attempts at Pill Refinement
There had to be some connection between the [Crimson Flame Art] and the fire controlling technique.
The [Crimson Flame Art] that he had bought earlier was very simple and crude. It could only be cultivated to the third level at most. There was no guidance for any further levels, so he could only refer to the first three levels.
He closed his eyes and focused. He placed his hand on the eight trigrams around the pill furnace and carefully sensed the mysteries of this Fire Formation.
After pondering for a long time, he made no progress. He vaguely felt that these two things seemed to be able to fuse together, but no matter how he pondered, there was no movement.
He had no choice but to give up on this idea. He was just a rookie in pill refinement. It was still too early to say that he had created something.
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It was better for him to obediently make a fasting pill. Otherwise, he would not know how to face his cold master by the end of the month.
He had memorized all the pill formulas, and now he needed to put them into practice.
On the table, there were more than ten sets of medicinal herbs.
In this courtyard, the women from the other halls were responsible for the most basic of herbs. Because what he was refining was the most basic pill formula, it was not difficult to refine it.
Carefully, he placed the different ingredients into the furnace according to the prescribed ratio. Li Ming sat cross-legged and focused his mind. He placed his palm on the eight trigrams board and injected his spiritual power into it.
The bottom of the furnace was covered in a layer of faint red light. Li Ming carefully circulated the spiritual power in his body, his heart extremely nervous.
Two hours later, Li Ming's forehead was covered in sweat.
He felt exhausted.
Maintaining a long-term and stable output of spiritual power was a big burden for him.
Damn it! Two hours later, the ingredients in the pill furnace had only dissolved a little. At this rate, the ingredients in the pill furnace would only fully melt in a few hours.
Thinking about how he would have to use up his energy for several hours, Li Ming felt that it was troublesome.
Two hours later, he was drenched in sweat.
At this moment, the spiritual power in his body was in a mess.
Puff!
Black smoke rose from the furnace, and a burnt smell filled the entire room.
Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh. Without thinking, Li Ming withdrew the spiritual power in his body and sat on the ground, panting heavily.
He was sweating profusely. Firstly, he had consumed too much spiritual power. Secondly, he had been right beside the furnace and was as such roasted like a cooked prawn by the flames that shot out from the furnace.
He did not immediately start refining again. He only stood up with difficulty.
At this moment, he felt powerless and did not want to move at all.
He had never felt so tired before.
During the battle, he needed to gather all his spiritual power, and during the refining process, he needed to slowly exhaust his energy.
Even with his current strength, he could not withstand such an extended period of exhaustion. If he was not careful, all his previous efforts would go to waste.
In his opinion, any method of earning money was not that easy to do.
It was easier said than done to earn crystals!
He did not start refining immediately.
He did not have many resources on hand. If he wasted all of them, he would be extremely poor.
According to common sense, with his current realm, it should not be too difficult to refine a fasting pill.
After thinking for a long time, he remembered that it might be that he had not controlled his spiritual power well earlier, which lead to what happened.
After thinking for a long time, he finally meditated and adjusted his spiritual qi to its peak.
Then, it happened again.
A burning smell once again filled the entire room.
Li Ming panted heavily, sweating profusely.
The second time! This time, he held on for more than six hours before no longer being able to endure any further.
When he opened the lid of the furnace and saw a pile of black medicinal dregs, his mood immediately turned sour.
However, he was already exhausted. Other than looking, there was nothing else he could do.
He had thought that this was just a skill and not physical labor. Just one fasting pill was already so difficult. If he were to refine medicinal pills of higher grades, how much harder would it be?
This time, he felt even more certain that his initial guess was correct. He was not proficient enough in pill refinement. When he injected spiritual qi, he wasted a lot of excess spiritual qi.
Although he was already at the golden core realm and these pills were nothing to him, because he had just started refining pills, if he was not careful, he would not have enough spiritual qi to even refine a single pill.
According to the jade slip, it would take a total of 10 hours to complete.
This meant that he had to last at least 10 hours.
The speed at which his cultivation could increase was limited. The only thing he could do now was to increase his cultivation to a higher realm.
After a while, Li Ming's breathing gradually calmed down, and his mind became clear.
Li Ming held the pile of fasting pills, his eyes filled with joy.
The fasting pill was as big as a longan. It was green and fragrant, making people want to swallow it at first sight.
Fasting pills were usually given to people who cultivated hard or were rich and powerful to save time.
This time, he did not start immediately because the fact that he was able to succeed this time meant that his train of thought was correct.
Therefore, he had to ensure his success rate.
There were only six sets of materials left, enough to make four bottles of fasting pills. In other words, he still had two chances of failure.
In fact, on his third attempt, he almost succeeded, but because of a small mistake, he failed.
His divine sense could help him observe the situation in the pill furnace and then he could make corresponding adjustments.
Divine sense is truly magical! Li Ming was delighted.
Other than pill refinement, he also modified some of his cultivation techniques. This way, he managed to save a lot more spiritual qi and greatly increase his efficiency.
He was very clear about his own strength. The use of divine sense was very great, but his experience was just too little. Even with the help of his divine sense, it could only play a very small role. However, even such a small change had benefited him greatly.
He wondered if he should find some time to check if there are any similar jade slips in the sect's library.
After all, he was an inner sect disciple. He would be a fool if he did not make a profit!
He could not place his hopes on the master he got. He might as well do it himself.
After refining four bottles of fasting pills.
He returned to the stone room where he was cultivating.
These fasting pills were enough for him to use for a few months.
Li Ming was currently sitting cross-legged. A ball of stalagmite fire floated in front of him. In the milky white light, a faint yin fire bead was faintly discernible.
His hands kept forming hand seals, and traces of spiritual power poured into the flame.
The most important thing in refining this yin fire bead was not spiritual power, but his divine sense. He used his divine sense to control the flame inside the bead..
Chapter 108: The Difficulties of Artifact Refinement
The magical art was complex, and he had to maintain it for an hour. Li Ming could immediately feel how difficult the task was going to be.
He had obtained the [Yin Fire Bead Chapter] from Liu Mengyun and it was used to refine the yin fire bead he obtained from demons.
Ignorance could sometimes be the most terrifying thing.
Li Ming did not even consider whether or not he could refine the yin fire bead with his current cultivation. He simply followed the method in the [Yin Fire Bead Chapter] and carefully began to refine a yin fire bead.
Mysterious symbols continuously shot into the stalagmite fire and penetrated into the yin bead.
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However, whether it was the stalagmite fire or the yin bead, they did not experience any changes.
As time passed, fine beads of sweat began to seep out of Li Ming's forehead.
The consumption of spiritual energy was just too much!
At the rate at which it was currently being consumed, he would soon be completely exhausted.
If his spiritual energy was completely exhausted, then the yin bead would be destroyed.
When he thought of this, Li Ming could not help but think of the signboard in the shop that sold yin beads at a high price.
He could not help but wonder if there were actually people who were willing to spend so much on yin pearls. The more he thought about it, the sadder he felt. It was as if there were many crystals floating right in front of him, but they only got further and further away from him.
Damn it!
This damn [Yin Fire Bead Chapter] was simply full of loopholes! What was going on?
Li Ming was anxious, angry, and unwilling!
Although his life was not under any threat this time, losing out on so many crystals felt like a sharp dagger was cutting through his body.
If he could not refine the yin fire pearl this time, he would run to Liu Mengyun's place and have a good talk with her.
He still did not know what was going on, but he was sure that he did not misinterpret the refinement method.
However, the current situation was completely different from what was described in the [Yin Fire Bead Chapter]. The [Yin Fire Bead Chapter] said that he would have to last at least an hour, but there was not much spiritual energy left in his body.
Could it be that his cultivation was just not high enough?
In the end, he still felt unwilling. He could only grit his teeth and hold on for as long as possible! He could not allow himself to just let this yin bead be ruined.
He suddenly remembered that when he was refining pills, he used his divine sense to observe. Therefore, he carefully injected a trace of his divine sense into his body.
The spiritual energy consumption in his body decreased a lot in an instant. However, even with how it currently was, he would not be able to last long enough!
Li Ming gritted his teeth and separated another wisp of his divine sense to carefully control a tiny wisp of spiritual energy.
This small wisp of spiritual energy was guided into the spiritual vein under his feet. Without this trace of divine sense, he would not even have the strength to control this wisp of spiritual energy.
Just those series of hand seals alone were enough to make him vomit blood. However, Li Ming could multitask.
It currently felt like his head was split into three parts. It was a rather unbearable feeling. After a while, Li Ming felt a sharp pain!
Li Ming gritted his teeth and held on!
He used all his strength to make the wisp of spiritual qi circulate in his body, making it circulate faster and faster.
As he moved, the spiritual qi circulated faster and faster. In the end, it actually turned into a small whirlwind. There seemed to be a force under his feet that attracted the whirlwind, and the surrounding spiritual energy was slowly converging into the whirlwind.
Li Ming had never tried this method before, but now that he had crystals in hand, he could only bite the bullet. Li Ming had come up with such a risky idea when he was at his wit's end.
The spiritual energy under his feet flowed faster and faster. Gradually, streams of spiritual qi were absorbed into his body.
The spiritual qi that was absorbed into his body quickly merged with the small whirlwind. The whirlwind then grew larger and larger. Then, with a terrifying speed, it rushed towards Li Ming's dantian.
Chi!
Li Ming could not help but gasp. The ball of stalagmite fire floating in front of him trembled violently and was about to collapse.
He felt as if his foot had been pierced by a steel needle. The acupoint at the center of one's sole was one of the most important acupoints in a person's body. However, he had never used this acupoint to absorb any kind of spiritual energy. Now that there was so much flooding in through it at once, how could he not feel pain?
However, for the sake of crystals, he could endure it!
With some unwillingness, Li Ming kept circulating the spiritual energy in his body to accelerate the absorption of spiritual qi.
After the heaven and earth spiritual qi entered his body, it had to undergo a period of tempering before it finally became a part of his own cultivation.
The purer the spiritual qi, the more powerful it would be and the more one could fluidly control it with one's will. It would not affect one's personality in any way.
However, he could not care less right now. No matter how much spiritual qi he had, it was still a force that could at least alleviate his current predicament.
The current him was like a hungry ghost who had not eaten meat for ten years. As long as there was a trace of spiritual qi, he would absorb it without hesitation.
With the continuous influx of new spiritual energy, he was slightly relieved.
As for the resulting yin fire bead, he could not be bothered with it any longer. It would be good as long as he could succeed.
Li Ming was angry and annoyed. Refining a yin fire bead was such a painstaking process. His legs were in pain, his divine sense was divided into three, and there was also the pain of the impurities in his body tearing apart his meridians.
Why must he suffer so much, all because of his love for money…
Li Ming was a little surprised that he was still in the mood to mock himself in such a situation.
A person's body had to maintain a certain balance. If he was not careful, it would be destroyed, and all his efforts would be in vain.
Therefore, he endured the pain and tears and tried his best to maintain the stability of his body.
In the stone room, Li Ming was like a whirlwind. The surrounding heaven and earth spiritual qi gathered towards him like a tide.
In front of his body, a stalagmite fire was burning brightly.
Li Ming's clothes fluttered in the wind, while bean-sized beads of sweat never stopped on his face.
The spiritual qi in the room could no longer withstand his crazy absorption and was completely absorbed by him. Only a trace of spiritual energy continued to flow from the ground and into his feet.
His feet seemed to have been scalded by a hot iron. If one looked closely, one could see that his feet were spasming non-stop.
When he finished the last part of the magical art, he finally could not hold on any longer and fell to the ground.
He was so exhausted that he could not even lift a finger. His body was like a frog whose muscles had been drained, and his limbs kept twitching.
As soon as he fell, he let out a miserable cry. The pain of his flesh being torn apart, the pain of his divine sense being damaged, and the bone-piercing pain from his feet all made him realize how terrible the situation was.
With a loud scream, Li Ming forced himself to stand up and stumbled to pick up the yin fire bead from the ground.
The originally grey yin bead was now like a piece of crystal clear glass that had been burned. There was a faint white mark within, like a cloud floating in the air.
It was extremely beautiful!
Li Ming's eyes revealed an intoxicated look. He could not bear to let go. He felt that all the pain he had suffered was worth it. He did not know how powerful this yin fire bead was, but looking at this beautiful bead, how could he bear to test it?
He would definitely treasure it heavily.
Just as he was about to get up, he cried out in pain and fainted on the ground..
Chapter 109: The Mysterious Stone Tablet
He saw that his right leg was red and swollen just like a steamed bun. Not to mention walking, even touching it lightly caused him a lot of pain.
He had truly been no different from a greedy snake swallowing an elephant! Li Ming sighed. One step at a time, he made his way out of the stone room in a strange manner.
He had spent a huge sum of money to exchange for this yin fire bead.
As for the damage to his divine soul, that was easy to deal with. The
Soul-Refining Art was a technique specialized in treating soul damage.
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Of greater concern were his meridians, which had also suffered some damage. However, he could heal them back up by going to the pill room and asking for some spirit pills. Fortunately, although such injuries were not minor injuries to cultivators, they were common. Therefore, the sect did not lack recovery pills for such injuries.
When he entered his courtyard, he was stunned.
A huge white bird was standing on the roof of his house. It had an arrogant look on its face, similar to that of a noble princess who was dressing up in front of a mirror.
Because he had made the greatest contribution in the battle against the demons, the sect rewarded him with a spirit beast and over 10,000 square meters of spiritual fields.
This was a considerable amount of wealth.
Li Ming only roughly knew the location of the spirit fields and did not have time to take care of it for the time being.
The East Hall was completely silent. Everyone was pale, and some of them even had faint wounds on their bodies.
Eighth Elder Yuan Qing's body was lying quietly in front of them. His face was green, and there was an indescribable strangeness about him.
Yun Xia's eyes were currently dim. She had always been calm, but she could not help but feel a little frightened right now. They had taken turns scouring the area to find any clues.
But now, they had actually been ambushed.
This was definitely a premeditated ambush, and the target of the ambush was Elder Yuan Qing.
There were too many enemies, and all of them were wearing masks. Their cultivation was very high, and their formation was very organized.
Elder Yuan Qing had been slain by them in just a few moves. If it was not for Yun Xia throwing out a lightning talisman that she had just refined without a second thought, she probably would not have survived.
It was thanks to that talisman that she was able to survive.
"Who are they?" The sect master's face was dark. As the true master of the Divine Will Sect, someone actually dared to attack one of her elders in his own territory. This was an outright humiliation to her authority.
"I'm not sure either. They did not use flying swords, but rather techniques of the five elements. Moreover, the magic formations that they had set up were quite exquisite."
"Techniques of the five elements?" The great elder raised his head and revealed a somewhat surprised expression.
"Most of the people who use the spell techniques of the five elements are loose cultivators. It's not easy to find them."
"I'm afraid so.
Although five-elements spell techniques were difficult to collect, they could still be bought on the market. If one wanted to collect them, it was definitely possible.
"They had come here for Elder Yuan! In that case, they should have had a motive. Why did they target him?"
Everyone present was a wily old fox and naturally understood this point. "It appears that they do wish for us not to chase the matters of the night during the day!"
"That's right, this is very interesting." The great elder said, "It seems that there is someone who wants to take advantage of the situation and fish in troubled waters. They could not allow us to find that demon first and decided to hinder us from doing so."
"That demon?" Yun Xia was stunned. "They are that demon's accomplices!"
Everyone looked at each other and their expressions became solemn. It was a group of people who had ambushed them. Previously, they had thought that they were only facing a seriously injured lone demon, so they were not too worried.
In their opinion, with the strength that they had as golden core realm experts, was it not but a simple task to deal with a seriously injured demon?
No one had expected the situation to be so complicated. The news of the white star's appearance quickly spread throughout the entire world, and countless martial artists who wanted to kill monsters and demons would flock to it.
A heavily-injured high-level demon was equivalent to countless crystals and magical treasures!
The third elder shouted angrily, "The loose cultivators are colluding with demons!"
The great elder raised his head and said, "Can it not be a sect?"
As soon as he said that, the entire hall fell silent.
It was drizzling outside. Looking at the hazy mountains through the window, Li Ming's mood was still a little low.
Li Ming stood in the stone room and slowly opened his eyes. His Soul-Refining Art had not improved much. There was still a long way to go before he could reach three breaths.
With a thought, he entered his sea of consciousness.
Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly stopped.
He suddenly turned his head and looked at a stone tablet that had suddenly appeared in his divine sense in disbelief. There were words carved on the stone tablet!
Why was there a stone tablet here? That's incredibly bizarre!
There were some words carved on the stone tablet. He had vaguely seen them before, but he had never seen them clearly.
But this time, he could see them! He quickly approached it, wanting to see what was written on the stone tablet. However, it did not take long for him to be stunned.
The words [Golden Crow Body Tempering Technique] were engraved on the stone tablet. After so many days of hard training, he already knew the [Golden Crow Body Tempering Technique] like the back of his hand. With just a glance, he could already see some clues.
He thought to himself, "Why would the [Golden Crow Body Tempering
Technique] appear here?"
If it was a profound cultivation technique, he would not be so surprised. However, the [Golden Crow Body Tempering Technique] was not that profound. It was merely a cultivation technique that had roughly three levels.
Suppressing his curiosity, he continued reading.
It did not take long for him to gain something. There were some subtle differences between this technique and the one he had practiced before. There was much more content written in it.
Could this be the original version of the [Golden Crow Body Tempering Technique]?
Li Ming did not understand the situation. The [Golden Crow Body Tempering Technique] was not a high-grade cultivation technique to begin with. Even if it was slightly modified, it would not become a high-grade cultivation technique.
Thinking of this, Li Ming could not help but laugh at himself. He was too greedy.
This stone tablet was a mystery to Li Ming. He subconsciously thought that if this stone tablet was related to a cultivation technique, it would definitely be a powerful cultivation technique.
This was also the reason why he was shocked by its name when he saw it.
After pondering for a moment, he decided to memorize the [Golden Crow Body Tempering Technique] written on the stone tablet.
Just as he began memorizing this paragraph of text, he was shocked to find the paragraph of text actually disappeared into thin air. A ball of smoke condensed together and enveloped this paragraph of text.
Could this be a reminder to him that his way of cultivating the Golden Crow Body Tempering Technique was wrong? He shook his head from side to side, trying to get rid of this inexplicable thought. No matter what, anything related to the divine sense was extremely strange.
Li Ming, who had withdrawn from his sea of consciousness, refocused on the cultivation technique on the stone tablet..
Chapter 110: New Version of the Golden Crow Body Tempering Technique
Compared to before, there were only five slight changes to the cultivation technique on this stone tablet. He had studied these five changes for a long time and discovered something shocking.
These five seemingly-minute changes allowed the [Golden Crow Body Tempering Technique] to take two completely different paths.
While he was shocked, it was also within his expectations. It would be strange if there was no difference after changing parts of the cultivation technique.
However, when he thought about it further, he found himself dumbfounded once again.
He suddenly realized that the [Golden Crow Body Tempering Technique] he had learned was much stronger than the [Golden Crow Body Tempering Technique] on the stone tablet!
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This result was too hard for Li Ming to accept.
His divine sense had grown stronger and his Soul-Refining Art was obviously a high-grade cultivation technique, so why did the stone tablet that came about through his divine sense give him a copy of the [Golden Crow Body Tempering Technique] that was inferior to the ordinary version?
Li Ming found this situation difficult to believe.
The [Golden Crow Body Tempering Technique] was not a profound cultivation technique. It was a cultivation technique that was completely focused on tempering the physical body.
In terms of effects, the [Golden Crow Body Tempering Technique] that Li Ming practiced was undoubtedly much better.
There was a spirit vein in this stone room, but the spiritual qi there could not be compared to the pure spiritual qi in Li Ming's body.
With his original cultivation technique, Li Ming's cultivation advanced very quickly.
What was going on?
Li Ming felt like he was being joked with. Was this a joke? The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this was the case.
Besides, how could there be such a coincidence? He had just started practicing the Golden Crow Body Tempering Technique, and yet another version of the technique had appeared before him?
Li Ming could not be bothered to look at the Golden Crow Body Tempering Technique on the stone tablet any further. This comparatively inefficient method of practicing the technique was simply a waste of time.
The appearance of the stone tablet was very abrupt, causing Li Ming's heart to skip a beat. From then on, he would enter his sea of consciousness a few times every day to see if there were any new changes to this stone tablet.
However, no changes took place on the stone tablet ever since.
The stone tablet remained in complete silence, and so did his divine sense.
Li Ming grew rather downtrodden because of this, but he continued to cultivate every day.
However, every time he practiced the Soul-Refining Art, he would think of those five subtle changes. These five strange changes were like ghosts that lingered in Li Ming's mind.
There were a few times when Li Ming almost could not help but want to give it a try, but in the end, he endured it.
Time was precious, and he would not waste it for no reason.
The arduous cultivation of the Soul-Refining Art had changed him greatly.
He seemed to have forgotten that his cultivation had soared. Seeing that his sea of consciousness had become stronger, he was delighted.
As expected! He firmly believed that the cultivation of the Soul-Refining Art would definitely make his divine sense stronger!
These days, his senior brothers and sisters were not around, so Li Ming was very relaxed. He trained hard every day and was free and at ease.
Li Ming's guess was right. His beautiful life had just begun.
The great elder's exhortations, as well as Yuan Qing's death, caused everyone to raise a trace of vigilance in their hearts. No matter how good a person's aptitude was, they had to preserve their lives in order to grow into an expert. In everyone's eyes, Yuan Qing did not lack talent. They even thought that he might have more talent hidden within him. However, he died young.
Because he was now dead, everything was meaningless.
After Li Ming got his spiritual sense, he realized that his initial thoughts were wrong.
For a versatile genius like Li Ming, the cultivation of sword techniques was secondary. What was most important to him right now was to keep his life.
He would rather become a cultivator with strong vitality than a swordsman who died halfway.
After these days of training, Li Ming's body had become much stronger. He was no longer as thin as a stick and had even gained some muscles.
He had gradually adapted to the high-intensity training and the help of supplementary medicine.
Unfortunately, Li Ming still could not figure out what his master and the others were thinking. However, Martial Uncle Xin's arrival still made him feel a little flattered, but inwardly, he was complaining incessantly!
Among all the seniors, Martial Uncle Xin was the person he feared the most.
Sometimes, he could not help but fantasize in his heart that it would be great if someone else guided him in his cultivation.
In the grass hut, Martial Uncle Xin threw Li Ming a jade slip and then led him to a valley in the back mountain.
Li Ming had been to this valley before. It had clearly been razed to the ground.
There was an extremely eye-catching formation at the bottom of the valley.
Without any hesitation, Martial Uncle Xin threw Li Ming into the formation.
"Martial Uncle, wh-what's going on?"
Martial Unice Xin ignored him and left.
Li Ming looked around nervously. Seeing that there was no movement, he was slightly relieved. Could it be a magic formation that strengthened his physique? Since it was something so good, then why didn't his martial uncle say so earlier?
After a long time, there was still no response.
However, without permission, Li Ming did not have the courage to escape the formation. He was left here by his martial uncle. If he escaped, he would definitely end up in an extremely miserable state.
It was a mantra called the Vajra Seal Mantra.
Li Ming was shocked. Just by hearing the name, he knew that it was definitely not a mantra from his sect. It was more like a chant from some Buddhist sect.
Where did this come from? Perhaps due to him having encountered numerous difficulties in obtaining jade slips in the past two years, but he was very interested in jade slips, especially the ones that recorded strange things.
Moreover, he did not need to spend any contribution points to obtain this cultivation technique. At least he did not receive it in vain. With a strong curiosity, he continued reading.
As expected of the chants of a Buddhist Sect. The chants of the Buddhist sects were usually very simple. However, they required extremely high talent and incredible tenacity.
This cultivation technique fits exactly with that description. It was not
difficult, but it required perseverance. If one could cultivate it for a long time, one's body would become as hard as a rock. If one comprehended it well enough, then they could even attain immortality.
Of course, Li Ming did not think much of what the cultivation technique stated it could do.
Now, no matter what kind of jade slip it was, it had to brag about how awesome
it was.
However, the jade slip stated that the Vajra Seal Mantra could strengthen the body and temper divine sense. This part interested him very much.
No matter the situation, staying alive was the most important thing.
Furthermore, once one cultivated to a certain realm, no evil could infiltrate one's body, and neither gods nor ghosts could do so either.
Li Ming was shocked to find that the things he had learned seemed to have become more complicated.
The more Li Ming thought about it, the more frightened he became. Could it be that this was not a simple physique-strengthening magic formation?
At this moment, a thin layer of mist suddenly appeared beside him. He could clearly see that this thin layer of mist was dissipating from the formation. His heart tightened as he wondered if he was going to be attacked.
The thick fog quickly expanded. Li Ming's vision was completely covered, and he grew more and more anxious and careful..
Chapter 111: Body-Tempering Sword Formation
A sword light suddenly rushed out from the fog and slashed at Li Ming!
Li Ming, who had been cautiously waiting for a long time, suddenly put his fingers together and shot out a sword light that clashed with the incoming sword light.
The dazzling lights canceled each other out as soon as they collided.
Before Li Ming could come back to his senses, two more sword lights shot out from the fog!
Li Ming did not say anything and simply focused on brandishing his two swords.
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Now, there was a total of four sword lights shooting toward Li Ming from different angles.
Li Ming was flustered.
More and more sword lights appeared, so much so that Li Ming had greater and greater difficulty reacting to them.
Eventually, the sword lights began reaching and making small cuts on his body, causing him to scream in pain. It was only then that he realized just what kind of formation he was in!
It turned out that it was a sword formation! But then he immediately began to question why he was thrown into this sword formation.
A thought suddenly flashed through his mind. If it was not for his vast knowledge and experience, he would have already been forced to surrender!
Regardless, the purpose of this formation was to help him temper his body!
Who was the one who thought of using a sword formation to body tempering? Li Ming felt the urge to kill them.
He was not stupid. When he thought of the [Golden Crow Body Tempering Technique] and the Vajra Seal Mantra, he was enlightened. Each sword light was very small. Although they were not life-threatening, each sword light possessed terrifying might.
It had to be taken note of that ordinary flying swords could not hurt his body at all.
When Li Ming had that thought, his heart trembled. Could it be that he had been stabbed by so many flying swords that his skin had become so tough that ordinary flying swords could not pierce through it?
A terrifying thought flashed through his mind, but he also had a premonition that his earlier thoughts were very likely to be true.
The first round of sword rain had caused Li Ming to be hit seven times in a row. He was in so much pain that he raised his head and howled.
Fortunately, right after that, the fog dissipated slightly.
However, Li Ming did not slack off because of this. If nothing unexpected
happened, then another wave of sword light should be coming soon.
Martial Uncle Xin's personality was fully integrated with his sword. He would never let anyone have the slightest chance to breathe.
And Li Ming was right to think that!
Just a few moments after he had cleared the first round of sword rain, the second round of sword rain had already appeared.
He did not have the time to think too much. He jumped up and shot out sword lights of his own.
Although he had already comprehended sword intent, he was still hit twelve times under this round of attacks.
This time, he did not curse his martial uncle, but he still activated his cultivation technique without hesitation.
If he did not focus, he would soon be riddled with holes. Under the second round of attacks, he had a much more difficult time holding on. Each of the twelve attacks made his heart ache.
Fortunately, the Golden Crow Body Tempering Technique was easy to understand and operate. At the same time, Li Ming finally managed to cultivate the Vajra mental cultivation technique to the extreme before the third round of sword rain arrived.
A golden light appeared on his body. Before he could be proud of his achievement, the third wave of sword rain had arrived.
As he listened to the continuous pitter-pattering sound that was just like the sound of rain, he was relieved from a considerable amount of pain.
But soon after, the wave of sword rain this time was even more violent than the previous two waves. Even Li Ming, who had the Vajra mental cultivation technique, was a little dumbfounded.
In the end, Martial Uncle Xin carried the bruised and swollen Li Ming and flew toward his residence. The outer sect disciples who caught sight of them when they were on their way all revealed looks of pity—their Senior Brother Li Ming was truly so miserable!
Of course, there were also rumors that emerged.
One such rumor was that Li Ming had offended Martial Uncle Xin, which then caused Martial Uncle Xin to fly into a rage and punish him personally.
Another rumor was that Senior Brother Li Ming was actually practicing a supreme cultivation technique. This supreme cultivation technique was extremely ferocious. All the female disciples could testify to this.
When Li Ming woke up from his room, he saw the flying spirit beast on his roof.
He could finally rest. Before leaving, Martial Uncle Xin said that he would return in five days.
Of course, the sword formation could not be used every day. Moreover, the practice of alchemy was also a compulsory course for him.
If he did not improve the next time, he would be dead.
The mental cultivation technique cultivation method of the [Golden Crow Body Tempering Technique] had a slight healing effect. With just a slight circulation of the technique, Li Ming's body began to heat up.
This gave him a fright. Among all his mental cultivation techniques, the one belonging to the Soul-Refining Art was the most comfortable. The peace of mind it brought him was indescribable. When the [Golden Crow Body Tempering Technique] circulated in his body, it was not as intoxicating as the [Soul-Refining Art]. However, the injured Li Ming felt that this warm sensation suited his current self much better.
As the cultivation of the Golden Crow Body Tempering Technique and the Vajra Seal were much simpler, he did not encounter any obstacles.
They were not like the Soul-Refining Art that made him nearly spit out a mouthful of blood every time he practiced it.
After four hours, Li Ming felt refreshed, and the scars on his body had faded. He was ecstatic.
He walked to the front of the spiritual field in the valley and glanced at the destroyed spiritual medicines with some heartache.
The grade of this spiritual field was not high. And due to neglect, the originally weak spiritual medicines that had been in the spiritual field had ultimately degraded.
Li Ming gritted his teeth and picked all the herbs that were about to mature but were still considered weak. He planned to sell them all.
It was not easy for him to obtain his martial uncle's magnanimity and be granted five days of leave. Li Ming let out a sigh of relief as he welcomed the period of rest.
He knew that this was only temporary and that he would have to go back to experiencing nightmarish training again in five days, so he decided to spend these five days of rest as well as he could.
As he hummed a tune, he placed his hands on his head and flipped through the jade slips that he had borrowed from the scripture depository.
Once he relaxed, he could not help but think of earning crystals! This was something that could not be helped. He soaked in the medicinal bath every day and needed a large amount of medicinal herbs.
And right now, he naturally had no source of income. Besides, he had not learned any new pills.
The jade slip mentioned a method called the Water Refinement Technique.
In this world, there were many ways to refine medicinal pills. Most of the refining methods were based on refining flames, so the Water Refining Technique was relatively uncommon.
Anyway, the Water Refinement Technique seemed to be something that would allow him to make the most out of his current situation. This line of thought made Li Ming admire it very much.
A person's life would always be affected by various factors, but most of the factors could not be changed. Therefore, in this unfavorable situation, in order to achieve good results, one must have enough knowledge.
There was a cold spring water in the stone room. It was not bad to use it to
cultivate water attribute cultivation techniques.
Most of the medicinal pills refined by the Water Refinement Technique were extremely cold. This was the limitation of the Water Refinement Technique. But at this moment, Li Ming had no other option.
There were many pill formulas related to the water element on the jade slips. He read ten lines at a glance and chose some pill formulas that were suitable for him to refine at the current moment, silently memorizing them..
Chapter 112: Buying Things from the Market
It seemed that he would have to go to the market.
Although he was short on money, he still had a few crystals in his pocket. Moreover, with his current cultivation, going out to do missions would also bring him a considerable amount of wealth. He only had five days off. By the time these five days were over, it would be too late to earn money.
He had slowly figured out the technique of disguising himself and sneaking around. It could even be said that he was very skilled at it.
The effects of his cultivation over the past few days were extremely good. When Li Ming walked, it was as if he was flying. He was no longer like he was before. He changed his appearance and assumed the look of an ordinary man.
He knew the market like the back of his hand. Although the quality of the spiritual herbs here was not the best, it was still passable. Anyway, the pills he was going to refine were not that high-grade.
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He dealt with his matters very quickly and felt much more relaxed. He walked around the area and had a look at what was for sale.
As he was walking, he saw someone selling yin lightning beads.
It was not only Yun Xia who knew how to refine yin lightning beads.
While the method for refining yin lightning beads in large quantities had long been lost, that did not mean that it was difficult to condense them. Moreover, there was more than one way to condense them.
Three thousand years ago, there was once a famous sect that specialized in condensing and refining all kinds of treasures.
Apart from that, they also obtained some other treasures. However, the Nine Heavens Yin Fiend Formation was still the most famous in the Devilish Yin Sect.
The Nine Heavens Yin Fiend Formation was made up of 3,600 yin objects of different colors. When all those components were properly set up to create a formation, it would create a terrifying killing formation. It was an incredibly fearsome formation that could even kill nascent soul cultivators.
Other than yin pearls, the Yin Fiend Sect also sold many other refined treasures. Similarly, killing treasures such as the yin lightning pearl were also gradually spread.
Because it was extremely powerful and easy to refine, many cultivators would bring some with them whenever they moved around.
There were many kinds of medicinal herbs in the market, most of which were low-grade medicinal herbs. However, many of them happened to be the materials for refining medicinal pills through the Water Refinement Technique.
Li Ming was very satisfied with the good quality and cheap price. Even if these herbs were lost, it would not cause him too much heartache.
In order to avoid attracting attention, Li Ming still chose to buy the herbs separately in many different places to avoid attracting the attention of others.
This was his habit of being cautious. Even if he had already entered the golden core realm, he had not left behind this habit of his.
After he finished buying what he needed from the market, Li Ming returned to the sect.
By the time he woke up from his meditation, it was already late at night. He used inner sight to take a look at his sea of consciousness again, and he saw that not much had changed. However, it did get slightly stronger.
Li Ming thought to himself. It seemed that he had to continue training well.
He pulled himself out from his sea of consciousness and sorted out the various spiritual herbs he had bought in the market earlier.
Li Ming's expression turned serious as he prepared to refine the spiritual herbs using the Water Refinement Technique.
It had to be noted that the Water Refinement Technique not only consumed a lot of spiritual herbs, but also a lot of spiritual energy.
Li Ming smiled bitterly.
It seemed that earning spirit stones was the most important thing for him!
Putting aside the thoughts in his mind, he began to refine the materials according to the instructions in the jade slip.
The Water Refinement Technique and the Fire Refinement Technique were completely different from one another.
Fortunately, he already had some foundation in pill refinement. Moreover, the crazy amounts of refining he had done recently had allowed him to accumulate a lot of experience.
The words on the jade slip of the Water Refinement Technique were simple and clear. There was no pretentiousness to it at all, so he could easily understand it.
This was also why every time he flipped through that jade slip, he would always feel comfortable and unknowingly immerse himself in it. On the other hand, flipping through the Soul-Refining Art would always make him feel like he was dying.
Regarding the general process of the Water Refinement Technique, Li Ming had repeatedly pondered over it countless times. Although he could not be said to know it like the back of his hand, he was at least somewhat familiar with it.
The most unique aspect of the Water Refinement Technique was that one had to form a pill embryo at the first possible moment. The spirit pill was then born from the pill embryo. It was extremely magical.
Using magical arts and spiritual energy as veins, using various materials and herbs as flesh and blood, condensing the pill was then the most important step.
Each part was not only related to the success rate of refining the medicinal pill, but also related to the quality of the medicinal pill that ended up being refined.
This was also the main reason why the Water Refinement Technique was not as popular as the Fire Refinement Technique. It was much more difficult to master all its rules.
This was definitely a new test for Li Ming. Fortunately, his current realm was much higher than the average pill refiner.
The records on the jade slip were also very detailed. He patiently studied the more important parts.
Moreover, Li Ming had an advantage that others did not have, and that was his powerful divine sense. Even his fellow disciples could not compare to him.
The use of spiritual sense had a crucial impact on refinement.
He packed up the spiritual herbs and went to the spirit spring in the stone room.
The spiritual spring was extremely cold, and it was close to a spirit vein. After countless years of accumulation, the spiritual qi in it was extremely dense.
Li Ming also checked the few spiritual herbs planted inside and found that they were growing well. Only then did he feel relieved.
With a thought, Li Ming's palm suddenly turned into a snowflake.
Strange symbols shot out from his hand toward the spring water. After those runes that were emitting a faint light entered the spiritual spring, they seemed to be attracted by something and slowly approached the other party.
Li Ming's eyes widened and his gaze did not shift. His hands did not slow down at all.
As Li Ming's fingers moved about, the runes that emitted a faint light began to move slowly. They were like a puzzle, joining together bit by bit.
After changing his hand sign so many times, Li Ming's ten fingers were already numb. However, he could only endure. A single mistake would cause all his previous efforts to go down the drain.
As the last glowing rune was placed into it, a stable "frame" finally took shape. A faint blue light emitted from the rune and flowed continuously!
Without any hesitation, he did not even bother to wipe the sweat from his forehead and began to pour in the various materials that he had already prepared.
After a while, a light green ball-shaped pill embryo quietly floated in the spring water.
Li Ming was pleasantly surprised!
Success!
He had already roughly grasped the Water Refinement Technique. Although it was only a little superficial, he had actually entered a new realm in pill refinement.
This was a qualitative leap for Li Ming.
Although the Water Refinement Technique consumed a lot of energy, some of the pills refined through it were quite valuable and sold at a high price on the market.
Therefore, Li Ming's plan to earn spirit stones through alchemy had basically been half-realized.
What he needed to do now was to balance the time spent on earning spirit stones and cultivating..
Chapter 113: Earning Spirit Stones
In the pill refinement room.
Li Ming sat cross-legged and focused on controlling the stalagmite fire. He saw a drop of transparent liquid wriggling in the white flame. He stood to the side, holding his breath. His gaze focused on this milky white flame.
Suddenly, the stalagmite fire disappeared, and a crystal clear liquid quietly floated in front of Li Ming. A strange fragrance immediately filled the air.
Li Ming skillfully used a special method to capture the liquid into a bottle that had been prepared beforehand before quickly capping the bottle.
"50 spirit stones, one bottle of Clear Snow Pills," said Li Ming lightly. "Senior, can you give me a discount? I've already come here a few times!" "No discounts," said Li Ming expressionlessly.
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The man was speechless and reluctantly took out fifty spirit stones.
Li Ming did not even look at the spirit stones, immediately putting them into his storage pouch before closing his eyes and sitting cross-legged. He began to regulate his breathing. Then after a while, he said, "Next."
The doorman quickly let another person in. From the moment Li Ming took charge of this pill refinement room, he was shocked by the amount of business that came.
The customer had somehow gotten a ball of strange white flame that was bone-chilling and asked Li Ming to refine an Ice Cold Pill.
Recently, he had taken on all kinds of jobs, such as refining medicinal herbs, pills, and so on. He had never even heard of some of the jobs, but Li Ming took on as many as he could.
This was all the result of what Li Ming had recently learned from the jade slips. With the lack of spirit stones on hand, Li Ming had no choice but to refine pills in the pill refinement room to earn spirit stones.
Most of what Li Ming did were intermediate steps, such as the purification and refinement of medicinal herbs.
In comparison, refining pills consumed too much energy, and the efficiency was much lower.
Therefore, Li Ming tried his best not to take on pill refinement jobs.
With Li Ming's absurd spiritual energy recovery speed, people could only watch in bafflement at how quickly he took on jobs.
He was practically a pill refinement tool that never tired.
Manager Li Fengying was utterly dumbfounded.
Although she was not a pill refiner, she had a wide range of knowledge. Was Li Ming really that amazing?!
Compared to the speed at which he recovered spiritual energy, his control over flames did not surprise her at all!
Li Ming had never failed. Regarding this, although Li Ying Feng was surprised, she did not think of it as anything too strange. Li Ming was a genius in pill refinement, so it was no surprise that he was proficient in controlling flames.
It was exactly this astonishing success rate that made him famous very quickly. Everyone knew that he had great control over flames, and he also had a rare snow-white ice flame. Although this ball of white ice flame was not of a high grade, its power was great.
Ice flames were difficult to come by, and it was even more difficult to find someone who possessed it. Most of those who possessed ice flames were skilled in pill refinement and weapon refinement. Who would want to make a semi-finished product? Now, with a cultivator like Li Ming, who was willing to work to create semi-finished products, he naturally immediately attracted a large number of customers.
Li Ming was refining medicine when a customer walked in under the guidance of the doorman.
He stopped.
Li Ming did not even look at the other party and asked directly, "What do you want?"
"A fourth-grade True Origin Pill."
Li Ming's heart skipped a beat when he heard the order. He looked up at him and shook his head. "I am unable to refine fourth-grade pills. You should go find someone else.'
The stalagmite fire was only a second-grade fire source. If it was not for the fact that his divine sense was strong enough and his control over fire was good enough, a third-grade fire source was still the highest level that he could handle at the moment. As such, it was pretty much impossible for him to refine a fourth-grade True Origin Pill with his current capabilities.
The man thought for a moment, "Can you handle a third-grade Cold Magnet?"
"I can try."
The man took out a black stone mixed with a few green ice crystals and handed it to Li Ming.
"200 spirit stones."
"Alright." The person on the other end agreed in a very straightforward manner.
A rich guy! Li Ming quickly took the third-grade cold magnet in his hand.
He was also forced by his need for spirit stones to make money by refining pills.
Li Ming spent a lot of effort to find ways to earn spirit stones.
Cultivating spiritual herbs was a good way to make money, but it also took a lot of time. What made him even more depressed was that even if he used all kinds of spirit plant techniques, it would still take more than five months to complete!
He simply decided to rent out the over 10,000 square meters of spiritual fields he had been rewarded by the sect, earning him hundreds of spirit stones a year. This could also be considered as a subsidy for his cultivation.
He had rejected the idea of cultivating plants early on without hesitation. In five months, he could earn tens of thousands of spirit stones by refining pills!
The stalagmite fire was a rare ice flame after all, and it was extremely suitable to refine those extremely cold and yin objects.
There were very few cultivators who could use fire sources, and those who could use ice flames were even rarer. And one of the few who were willing to create semi-finished products was Li Ming.
Originally, this kind of business did not have a high profit. As the end result was merely semi-finished products, only some processing fees could be charged. However, with his demonic core, Li Ming's control over flames had improved by leaps and bounds.
The stalagmite fire seemed to have a life of its own in his hands, and the speed at which he refined things was extremely fast. At the same time, with his demonic pattern, his spiritual energy recovery speed was extremely fast. With a bit of breathing, his spiritual energy would be replenished.
Because he could not store enough spiritual energy, his cultivation did not increase much.
For this reason, he had tried his best. The effect of the demonic pattern could only be said to be passable.
He quickly realized that he had a near-perfect combination with his demonic core, coupled with the stalagmite fire and the demonic pattern!
In the beginning, the business could only be said to be good, but later on, business was booming.
The fees Li Ming collected were considerable. In the beginning, he only got dozens of spirit stones. But when he received better goods and orders, it directly increased to hundreds.
His ask of 200 spirit stones was already the highest ask he had given recently, but he never expected that the other party would agree without a second word.
If he were to refine something like this regularly, he would be able to earn more than 200 spirit stones a day. At this rate, it would not be long before he could earn a few thousand spirit stones. However, one has to grasp the time well when doing such a business.
If not for the upcoming conference, it would be amazing if he could even receive thirty to forty spirit stones from the local cultivators.
But even so, he still obtained huge benefits.
He realized that it would be even better if he could use the Three-Revolutions Fire Formation. At that time, he could even use the formation to fuse fourth-grade spiritual herbs. However, he rarely accepted fourth-grade materials.
Most importantly, the danger involved was too great. If it was damaged, it would be a huge loss.
Fourth-grade medicinal herbs were so expensive that it made his scalp tingle..