Chapter 225 - Attempting Alchemy

  However, after noticing this, the original somewhat withered look on He Song's face brought on a hint of a smile at this moment.

  He knew.

  As long as his own mana was extracted, it meant that the Foundation Establishment Spirit Symbol he had drawn had really come true!

  When the mana was extracted, the original white Spirit Symbol of Foundation Establishment, which had lines in it, also flickered with a slight luster at this moment.

  Foundation Establishment Spirit Symbol.

  In order to distinguish it from the spirit talisman of the Qi cultivation stage.

  Its name was naturally different.

  For example, this talisman that He Song had drawn out now was called the Thick Earth Spirit Talisman.

  It was called the Thick Earth Spiritual Symbol.

  Compared to the Qi Practicing Stage's Thick Earth Talisman, there was one more word spirit.

  The rest of the Foundation Establishment Realm spirit talismans were naturally the same.

  The Divine Walking Talisman, became the Divine Walking Spirit Talisman.

  The Golden Light Talisman, became the Golden Light Spirit Talisman.

  At the same time, the Foundation Establishment Spirit Symbols used by the Foundation Establishment Realm were also divided into upper, middle, and lower classes.

  The distinction was made according to the degree of mana contained in the Foundation Establishment Spirit Symbol.

  The more mana in a Foundation Establishment Spirit Symbol, the stronger its effect would be.

  Of course, in order to carry more mana, the talisman paper used in the talisman, and the talisman ink used in drawing it, naturally needed to be made of stronger materials.

  Only if the material can withstand enough mana can the power of a Foundation Establishment talisman be properly utilized.

  Like this Foundation Establishment Spirit Symbol in front of He Song, it is a lower-grade Foundation Establishment Spirit Symbol used at the early stage of Foundation Establishment.

  The talisman paper and ink used are also the materials used to inscribe the lower-grade thick earth talisman.

  If one wanted to create a mid-grade or even a top-grade Foundation Establishment Spirit Symbol, one would need better talisman paper, better talisman ink, and better talisman brushes.

  As well as, more mana.

  Whenever a mid-grade, or top-grade Foundation Establishment Spirit Symbol was created, the mana extracted by the Foundation Establishment Spirit Symbol would also be much more than it was today.

  However, for He Song.

  Crafting a mid-grade or top-grade Foundation Establishment Spirit Symbol was still too far away.

  Today's him.

  It was only by chance that he had managed to produce a lower-grade Thick Earth Spirit Symbol, and its success rate was even less than one-tenth.

  Under such circumstances, this lower grade Thick Earth Spirit Talisman in his hand was only made to serve as a facade.

  It was a long way from him being able to mass produce it.

  Or to increase the success rate of making a lower-grade thick earth spirit talisman to more than fifty percent.

  It was unknown how much longer it would take.

  "The next step is to start gradually raising the success rate of the Lower Grade Thick Earth Spirit Talismans while continuously drawing the Upper Grade Thick Earth Talismans."

  "Once the success rate of the lower-grade Thick Earth Spirit Talismans reaches over fifty percent, the amount of spirit stones in hand will be even greater."

  "At that time, spirit stones will naturally come rolling in."

  "Moreover, in another three years, the spirit plants in the medicinal garden should be about to mature."

  "During these three years, one must also study some alchemy."

  "If I can study alchemy to the extent that I can successfully refine pills, utilizing alchemy to earn spirit stones would also be a path to the heavens."

  Including the lower-grade Thick Earth Spiritual Symbol he had just drawn in his storage pouch.

  After a little thought, He Song quickly decided that he wanted to allocate a portion of his energy for studying alchemy.

  The amount of spirit stones needed to be spent to study alchemy was quite a lot.

  However, at this moment, He Song's success rate had already reached more than fifty percent when drawing top-grade spirit talismans such as the top-grade Thick Earth Talisman.

  Although the success rate of drawing Foundation Establishment Spirit Talismans was still dismal.

  But even so, when He Song only drew top-grade spirit talismans such as the top-grade Thick Earth Talisman and sold them, the amount of Spirit Stones he obtained was still quite large.

  In this way, the spirit stones on He Song's body had begun to slowly increase, instead of sitting on the mountain like before.

  Spirit stones weren't too lacking.

  Studying alchemy was naturally imperative as well.

  The five medicinal gardens that he had opened up, the spirit medicines in them would mature in another three years.

  At that time, if he wanted to earn more spirit stones, this alchemy was indispensable.

  Take advantage of these three years to study the alchemy art.

  Perhaps after three years, one could directly open a furnace to make pills and become an alchemist.

  Even if the three years didn't work out.

  He would collect those pills and put them in his storage bag for a few years.

  When he is able to open the furnace to make pills, then he can take them out and start making pills, it is also completely feasible.

  Nowadays, He Song.

  Although the spirit stones are still somewhat insufficient to spend, but with the side business of making charms, it is much better than the previous situation.

  Moreover, there were still three thousand spirit stones in his hands every year.

  It was more than enough to maintain He Song's daily cultivation, as well as practicing drawing Foundation Establishment talismans.

  In this case, adding one more alchemy skill was not a big deal.

  Immediately.

  After making the decision.

  He Song then went to the Magic Weapon Pavilion within the Hundred Herb Immortal Workshop and spent hundreds of spirit stones to purchase a medium-grade magic weapon furnace.

  As well as some spiritual herbs for refining Qi cultivation stage pills, he used them for practice.

  As for the study of alchemy.

  He Song had thought that he would one day use alchemy during the ten years he was in the Thick Earth Sect.

  It wasn't even impossible to leave the Thick Earth Sect afterwards.

  Under the circumstance of saving for a rainy day, during that time, he had already engraved the Dan Dao Introductory Chapter, and even the Dan Dao Initial Explanation, as well as some other spells that he might use, all into his memory.

  In this way, even if He Song were to break away from the Thick Earth Sect, he would still be able to learn the various Foundation Establishment spells he wanted to learn at any time.

  There was no need to make a special trip back to the Thick Earth Sect to engrave the Foundation Establishment spells he wanted to learn into his memory.

  It was also precisely because He Song had prepared for this.

  It was only then that he was able to study the Dan Dao Introductory Chapter, as well as the Initial Explanation of the Dan Dao without returning to the Thick Earth Sect.

  After purchasing the dan furnace.   

  After purchasing the furnace, as well as the spiritual herbs needed to refine the Qi cultivation stage pills, He Song returned to his residence.

  He Song returned to his own residence and began to advance in both the Fu Dao and the Dan Dao.

  Since his cultivation level was at the Foundation Establishment Realm.

  At the same time, he had also practiced the Qigong technique.

  He Song's progress in the Dao of Dan and even the Dao of Runes could be said to have advanced by leaps and bounds.

  On the talisman path.

  Since He Song had already begun his assault on the Foundation Establishment Spirit Symbol, although he was advancing by leaps and bounds, he ultimately needed a great deal of time.

  In the dan Dao.

  Since He Song was a beginner, he still had the effects of the Talisman Dao and the Formation Dao.

  Coupled with his cultivation, as well as the qi lookout technique, the addition of divine sense.

  His understanding of alchemy was also extremely fast and incomparable.

  With a sweep of his divine sense, he was able to know what the medicinal properties of each spiritual herb and medicine were, and how much they were in quantity.

  With a glance, one could know the concentration of medicinal power contained in each spirit herb and how much was added.

  With a single weighing of the hand, one would be able to calculate the portion of the elixir in one's hand, as well as the number of pills to be put into the furnace.

  With the Qigong Technique.

  With the cultivation level of the Foundation Establishment Realm.

  With a divine sense that far exceeded that of other cultivators.

  There was also a speed of study that far exceeded that of other cultivators.

  Going back to learning alchemy, it was as if one had turned on a plug-in, practicing at an extremely fast speed.

  Compared to those cultivators who had really started dabbling in alchemy from the Qi Practicing Stage, or even from the Mortal Stage.

  He Song had started from scratch with a cultivation level of the Foundation Establishment Realm, and his speed was naturally not comparable to theirs.

  In a single day, He Song might be able to match their months of study.

  Of course.

  What played an absolute role in this.

  It was still He Song's financial resources, as well as his speed of study that far exceeded that of normal people.

  Other cultivators who started dabbling in alchemy from the mortal, or qi practicing realm.

  In the beginning, they definitely couldn't do what He Song did, and as long as they were able to improve, they would be able to invest regardless of the cost.

  Generally speaking, when a power cultivated alchemists, it would usually screen out the more talented one, or a few, among many others for cultivation.

  In the early stages, when talent had not yet been displayed, it was simply delusional to want to receive unlimited resources for cultivation.

  But He Song was different.

  The spirit stones he spent were all his own.

  As long as he was able to improve his alchemy, He Song wouldn't feel any pain at all when he spent the spirit stones.

  In such a situation, He Song can directly start, where wrong to change where.

  Keep changing until it's right.

  In this way, He Song's understanding of the alchemy art will definitely increase with each passing day.

  The deeper the understanding, the higher the success rate in alchemy.

  The higher the success rate when refining pills.

  The more one could gain from the sale of the concocted elixir, the more one could gain from the sale of the concocted elixir.

  The pills that He Song refined in the beginning were all pills used by Qi Practicing Stage cultivators, which he could not use himself.

  Therefore, after accumulating a lot of them, he could sell them all at once.

  The obtained spirit stones could then be used to purchase new pills for refining.

  So on and so forth.

  With the help of his far-superior speed of study, He Song's achievement in alchemy could be said to be growing by leaps and bounds.

  However.

  Just as He Song was immersed in his study of alchemy, constantly optimizing his alchemy craft.

  Outside.

  However, all sorts of news kept coming in.

  At this time, a full four years had passed since Realist Qing Yue had left He Song's place.

  And that meant that the four great sects, the Thick Earth Sect, the Golden Sword Sect, the Pure Yin Sect, and the Qiong Hua Sect, had been allied for four long years.

  During these four years.

  From time to time, there would be news that the Jindan True Lords of the four great sects had gotten together again, possibly discussing something.

  From time to time, news would come out that the four great sects wanted to do something.

  However, these news were never confirmed by the four great sects.

  Even Realist Qing Yue scoffed at these news.

  According to her.

  The current alliance of the four great sects was actually just a literal alliance.

  As for the news that the five great Jindan True Lords had gathered and were having secret talks, and how the four great sects wanted to be, all of it was smoke and mirrors.

  All of it was fake news that the four great sects had purposely put out to confuse the public.

  At this moment.

  Although the four great sects had already formed an alliance, in fact, the internal cooperation was still far from starting.

  Because there is no enemy in sight.

  And behind them was the Yi Yang Sect.

  The so-called alliance was actually nothing more than following the commands of the One Sun Sect and making an appearance.

  As for real cooperation.

  But there was no such thing.

  Because after ordering the four sects to form an alliance, the Yi Yang Sect had not yet given any next instructions.

  The Jindan True Lords of the four sects could only wait quietly.

  Releasing this fake news was just to put on a show for the Yi Yang Sect to demonstrate the solidity and reliability of the four sects' alliance.

  (End of chapter)