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There were still a hundred jade boxes remaining that had not been opened. Lu Qingfeng casually picked up a jade box and opened its lid.

Appearing in front of Lu Qingfeng was a green pill the size of a pigeon's egg. Lu Qingfeng was puzzled and thought it was another Soul Replenishing Pill.

As soon as he immersed his soul consciousness into it, he immediately felt a piercing pain transmitted to his soul. He increased the probing power of his soul consciousness and found that the pain was getting stronger and stronger.

Lu Qingfeng had tried his best to investigate the situation for two hours. He discovered that the pain was becoming less and less. In the end, the pain had actually disappeared.

After repeated experiments, he finally determined that this was a Soul Tempering Pill. Taking this pill wouldn't strengthen the soul, but it would instead increase the ability to defend against soul attacks.

When he opened all the jade boxes, he discovered that they were all Soul Tempering Pills. He marked these hundred Soul Tempering Pills to distinguish them from the Soul Replenishing Pills.

After finishing all this, Lu Qingfeng placed the three hundred and fifteen pellets into the purple storage ring, as well as all of the most precious spiritual herbs.

After all the harvests had been cleared out, Lu Qingfeng took out a white jade lotus throne about a foot in diameter. In the center of this white jade lotus throne, there was a purple flame that was slightly pulsing, as if a tiny, insignificant breeze could extinguish it. Lu Qingfeng tried blowing out a breath of air. The flame swayed even more violently, as if it could be extinguished at any time. However, when the flame finally stabilized, it was still slightly throbbing.

Lu Qingfeng had once seen the records of the God of Meteorite in the sect. There was a detailed description of this flame on it. This flame was called the Underwater Core Flame. It was a flame that came from the eruption of a volcano at the bottom of the ocean.

The process of spitting the flame from the bottom of the sea to the ground had a nature of water, simultaneously with the burst of fire and the gentleness of water. It was the best flame for refining pills.

As for the white jade lotus throne, it was a top-grade magic treasure. Although the diameter of the lotus throne was less than a foot, there were many complex array formations engraved on it. There were nine types of source energy gathering array formations.

Other than the source energy gathering array, there was also the formation that contained the Underwater Heart Flame, as well as the formation that was constantly strengthening the Underwater Heart Flame. However, the formation that was strengthening the Underwater Heart Flame had yet to open.

Otherwise, after eight thousand years of nurturing and strengthening, this Underwater Heart Flame would have at least split out into a brand-new Underwater Core Flame.

This flame was the best choice for an alchemist. With it, alchemists could save a lot of true essence and also greatly increase the success rate and the grade of the pill.

Lu Qingfeng tried injecting a bit of true essence into the first layer of array formation at the White Jade Lotus Formation. The flame grew a bit stronger, and the temperature also rose a bit.

Then, he tried doing the same experiment with each of the array layers. When he activated the ninth array layer, the temperature of the cave rapidly increased.

Lu Qingfeng quickly dispersed his true essence, and the surrounding heaven and earth origin energy immediately stopped gathering at the white jade lotus throne.

This white jade lotus throne was indeed a rare treasure. It injected the same amount of true essence into the Nine Layer Origin Convergence Array, but the amount of gathered heaven and earth origin energy was different. This caused the temperature of the flame to constantly change.

Putting the white jade lotus to the side, Lu Qingfeng took out the three-legged crucible. When the crucible landed on the ground, it was only the size of a palm. Under the control of Lu Qingfeng's telepathic thoughts, the size of the crucible continuously changed until it became a ten-foot-tall gigantic crucible.

Lu Qingfeng used his Spiritual Sense and the pill furnace quickly shrank in size. When it reached 1.5 meters in height, it stopped changing.

Lu Qingfeng carefully examined the crucible. It was a three-legged copper color and there was a one-foot long transparent window facing Lu Qingfeng. The surface of the crucible was etched with fine lines. Lu Qingfeng determined that this must be the magic treasure crucible's formation.

In addition, on the surface of the crucible, there were all sorts of flowers, insects, animals, birds, and the bottom of the three legs looked like the claws of a dragon. When the entire crucible was placed on the ground, it gave off a simple, stable, and elegant feeling.

The round lid had an axle connecting the lid to the crucible at the back of the crucible where the lid came in contact, allowing the lid to be lifted freely but not allowing the lid to fall off.

Lu Qingfeng could be said to know nothing about pill furnaces. The reason why he thought this cauldron was very precious was because it was the possession of the Alchemy Grandmaster, Han Chengzi. How could the Alchemy Grandmaster's cauldron be an ordinary object?

Ling'er did not disturb Lu Qingfeng, but only stood quietly by the side as she watched. Ling'er had just taken human form not long ago, and had just entered the human world. She lacked even the experience of interacting with humans, not to mention pill furnaces.

Lu Qingfeng took out ten jade boxes and a blank ring, handing them over to Ling'er, and said, "Ling'er, these are ten Soul Strengthening Pills, one every half month. After taking one, you will immediately start meditating and refining it, which is very beneficial for you.

Naturally, Ling'er was not courteous to Lu Qingfeng. After receiving the pill, she directly took one and sat on the ground to refine it.

With such a great harvest, Lu Qingfeng was no longer anxious about the future trials. Currently, all the ingredients needed to concoct the pills had been prepared, and there were still plenty of spiritual herbs available. Therefore, Lu Qingfeng planned to use a month's time to try to concoct the most basic of pills.

First, Lu Qingfeng took out the jade slip that contained a book on the Dao of alchemy. Last time, he had only skimmed through it roughly. If he wanted to refine pills, he had to study it in greater depth.

For Lu Qingfeng, alchemy was a completely new field. It was like a child that had just entered school, and it was a rare sight to him.

He immersed his Spiritual Sense into the jade slip and began to carefully study the Dao of alchemy. He tried his best to understand every single sentence to the point that he would never be able to understand a single word.

First was the Superclass of Pill Refinement. It took him nearly four hours to master it thoroughly.

After that was the second part. This part was a bit faster. In just three hours, he had already understood everything.

The third section contained a variety of pill formulas. Below each pill formula, the order of entry for each spiritual herb within the pill was described in detail, the fire required, the formula used to form the pill, and the method to collect the pills. The higher the grade, the more complex the pill formula.

Lu Qingfeng had studied every single pill formula in great detail, never missing out on a single detail.

This portion of the pill formulas took the longest time. It took him an entire two days to finish studying them. At this point, Lu Qingfeng finally had a more systematic understanding of the art of alchemy.

After looking through all the pill recipes, Lu Qingfeng decided to start from the simplest of concoctions, namely Tier 1 pills. Tier 1 pills were the symbol of Tier 1 pills, which could allow a cultivator to break through from the advanced realm to the true realm. If he succeeded in concocting the Tier 1 pills, then refining a Tier 1 pill would be an easy task.

There were only six types of spiritual herbs recorded in the pill formula for a grade-1 Barrier Breaking Pill, and there were only three types of incantations for the pill formation. For a rookie like Lu Qingfeng, who had yet to learn this pill, it was the most suitable.

Alchemists were divided into five levels: apprentice apothecary, apothecary, apothecary, grandmaster apothecary, and grandmaster apothecary. The current Lu Qingfeng couldn't even be considered an apprentice apothecary.

Lu Qingfeng once again took out the crucible and the Undersea Heart Flame. He first activated the first layer of the Essence Gathering Formation on the white jade lotus throne, and then he placed it under the crucible along with the Underwater Heart Flame, slowly warming the crucible.

He then took out the six types of spiritual herbs needed to concoct a Tier 1 Breaking Barrier Pill. The six spiritual herbs were – honeysuckle, primeval herb, clover, sapphire twig, pummelo leaf, and sprit nut. He had taken three of each of them, and since it was his first time concocting pills, he wasn't sure if he would be able to succeed after concocting three of them.

After dividing the spiritual herbs, the furnace's temperature also gradually rose. Lu Qingfeng carefully memorized the recipe for the First Pin Barrier Breaking Pill. After confirming that there were no problems, he calmed down and pointed to the lid.

Under the stimulation of his true essence, the lid quickly rose and, in accordance with the instructions for the pill recipe, was placed into six different types of spiritual herbs.

Because the pill furnace contained a formation array that allowed the spiritual herbs to float within the furnace, the six types of spiritual herbs were arranged in an orderly manner in the middle of the pill furnace.

Next, Lu Qingfeng activated the second layer of the essence gathering array on the white jade lotus throne, raising the furnace temperature and speeding up the purification of the spiritual herbs.

As the temperature of the furnace continued to rise, the impurities within the spirit grass were continuously expelled, turning into powder that was poured out from the bottom of the furnace.

After the impurities were removed, the six spiritual herbs gradually softened and turned into liquid. Then, Lu Qingfeng followed the instructions on the pill formula and began to control the two balls of spirit liquid to slowly approach him.

Carefully, he began to fuse the spirit liquid bit by bit. When the six types of spirit liquids had fused together, the mass of spirit liquids had turned into a long strip.

Lu Qingfeng carefully divided the sliver into ten parts and continued to rotate in the furnace in order to make the slime round. As he continued to turn, the slime became more and more round.

At the same time, the water evaporated, and some of the liquid turned into solid. The surface of the liquid became rounder and smoother. Lu Qingfeng opened the vents behind the pill furnace. Soon, the pill was fully formed.

Seeing that he was about to succeed, Lu Qingfeng couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief. Just as he let out a sigh of relief, the true essence within the ten pills that he had was off.

Bang! Bang! Bang! A series of eight muffled sounds echoed out. Of the ten pills that were about to be concocted, eight of them had burst open. Lu Qingfeng hurriedly gathered his thoughts and saved the last two pills.

In a single breath, he executed three pill forging incantations and successfully forged a pill. Opening the lid of the cauldron, two pills flew out from the mouth of the cauldron.

Wrapped in true essence, he flew towards Lu Qingfeng. Lu Qingfeng extended his hand and grabbed these two Grade 1 Medicinal Pills, placing them in a jade box.