Eternal Life: My Talents Can Refresh

Chapter 410 - 202: Can He Refine Foundation Establishment Pills?

"Senior, Alchemist Xiao is currently refining pills."

Upon hearing the middle-aged man’s reply, the plump Early Stage of Foundation Establishment Cultivator surprisingly said nothing and sat down cross-legged on the spot to wait.

The middle-aged man was not surprised at such behavior.

Those who came to purchase elixirs from Alchemist Xiao knew that if he was refining pills,

no matter how urgent your matter, he would ignore it.

Moreover, he often got angry afterward.

Therefore, people who came here, upon knowing Alchemist Xiao was refining pills, would never disturb him.

They could only sit quietly without speaking, their eyes fixed upwards, filled with impatience.

After waiting for a while longer,

Chu Ning, dressed in white and wearing a mask, finally emerged from the array and leaped down in front of them.

He cast a glance at the new cultivator who had arrived.

Although Chu Ning was a bit surprised inside,

he nevertheless followed Xiao Cheng’s temperament and did not inquire.

Instead, he reached out and handed a small jade bottle to the previous middle-aged man.

"This is a Blood Cleansing Pill, take it."

Hearing Chu Ning’s words, the middle-aged man’s face, which had just been full of joy, suddenly stiffened a bit.

"Senior, what I wanted was the Blood Circulation Pill for healing. This Blood Cleansing Pill..."

"The effects are similar," Chu Ning waved his hand.

"This is a newly developed elixir of mine, though it’s a bit slower in healing injuries,

but it doesn’t differ much."

Since Bai Cheng hadn’t mentioned the side effects of the Blood Circulation Pill before, Chu Ning naturally would not reveal them either.

The Blood Cleansing Pill that he derived from the Spirit Pill Collection was much more difficult to refine than the Blood Circulation Pill.

This pill, if it’s to have a high pill formation success rate during refining, requires the addition of a spirit medicine called Celestial River Grass, which is extremely hard to find.

However, this spirit medicine itself doesn’t contain many healing properties; as long as the pill could be formed, lacking this spirit medicine would not affect its efficacy much.

Since Chu Ning didn’t have this spirit medicine, his ability to refine the Blood Cleansing Pill in such a short time was entirely due to his exceptional alchemy skills.

So, speaking strictly of the preciousness of the herbs required for alchemy, the Blood Cleansing Pill, without the addition of Celestial River Grass, is not more valuable than the Blood Circulation Pill.

However, in actual use, this elixir is far more precious.

Because this pill not only doesn’t affect the cultivator’s future training but also helps in their foundational cultivation.

Although the healing time is relatively longer, it’s greatly beneficial for the cultivator’s cultivation afterward.

These matters were naturally unknown to this middle-aged cultivator.

He just thought that Chu Ning gave him a different elixir casually due to the absence of the Blood Circulation Pill.

Holding the small jade bottle, his face was full of hesitation and indecision.

Seeing this, Chu Ning snorted coldly.

"What, you don’t have faith in my alchemy skills?"

Hearing this, the middle-aged cultivator’s face changed slightly and he immediately said:

"I wouldn’t dare, thank you, Senior!"

"Then hurry up and leave, don’t be a nuisance here," Chu Ning waved his hand, a bit impatiently.

This middle-aged cultivator hurriedly took his leave with his group.

Only when their figures disappeared did the slightly plump cultivator smile and speak:

"Alchemist Xiao’s alchemy skills seem to be getting more exquisite."

Chu Ning glanced at him and didn’t reply.

This cultivator seemed aware of Alchemist Xiao’s temperament and didn’t mind, continuing to speak cheerfully:

"Half a year ago, I asked Fellow Daoist Xiao whether he planned to refine a Foundation Establishment Pill, and he didn’t give a definitive answer, just said to see the situation.

Recently, my disciple has reached a point where he must establish his foundation, I wonder if Daoist has such plans."

Hearing this, Chu Ning was slightly taken aback.

In Xiao Cheng’s memory, there seemed to be no mention of this at all.

Moreover, neither the memories nor the items left by Xiao Cheng contained a pill formula for the Foundation Establishment Pill.

He didn’t know why Xiao Cheng gave such a vague answer to the person before him.

It’s important to know that the Foundation Establishment Pill, though classified as an Intermediate Lower Grade elixir, due to its incredible ability to aid Qi Refining cultivators in establishing a foundation,

has always been regarded as a treasure by major sects and is rarely passed to outsiders.

And although it is an Intermediate Lower Grade elixir, the refining difficulty is on par with Intermediate Middle Grade elixirs.

Moreover, given its high demand, the spiritual herbs required are extremely precious.

For ordinary cultivators, mastering the refining technique of such a pill without the resources of a sect is truly too difficult.

So in the cultivation realm, it’s rarely heard that loose cultivators can refine Foundation Establishment Pills.

However, after pondering, Chu Ning figured it out more or less.

Apart from being eccentric, Xiao Cheng was also very arrogant; the reason why others thought he could refine Foundation Establishment Pills,

was probably because he wanted to maintain his self-perceived title of "The First Alchemist on Jiuhua Mountain."

However, for Chu Ning, he not only obtained the pill formula for the Foundation Establishment Pill from the Essentials of Spirit Pill,

but also, if he were to refine it, the difficulty for him was not significant.

Even without the spiritual herbs for ample practice, Chu Ning had considerable confidence that the pill formation success rate would not be low.

Glancing at the plump cultivator again, Chu Ning said indifferently:

"Without the gathered materials, even if I wanted to refine it, I couldn’t."

The plump cultivator’s eyes immediately brightened upon hearing this,

then he took out several jade boxes from his storage bag and placed them in front of Chu Ning.

He then said:

"Alchemist Xiao, although I don’t know the formula for the Foundation Establishment Pill, over the years I’ve gathered some spiritual herbs rumored to be essential for its refining.