Chapter 12 Training in the Spiritual Road

In the following period of time, Chu Qianye almost traveled back and forth between Ironwood Mountain and the martial market, selling quite a few barbarian beast internal organs in exchange for sufficient pill refinement ingredients.

Pills were not the basis of martial arts, but they were not to be underestimated.

Enlightenment and a breakthrough were rare after all, and the majority of people still broke through with the aid of medicinal pills. This was also the reason why alchemists enjoyed a respected status.

In the Ironwood Mountain, he found a secret. His Mystic Qi was actually of the fire attribute. Moreover, because of his regressing cultivation, his soul power was promoted to the level of a one-star alchemist.

He had read all kinds of alchemy books in the Martial Arts Library. With his photographic memory, he was able to quickly comprehend the knowledge of alchemy.

In the past few days, he had grown restless, so he had simply bought a pill furnace and medicinal ingredients. After five days, he had finally gotten his hands on them. Furthermore, the wealth Ironwood Mountain had accumulated had finally allowed him to buy an upgraded version of the Universe Ring. The space inside was ten times larger than the original spatial ring.

The Universe Ring was a Storage Ring, and there were many spaces inside. The materials and the creator would affect the size of the Universe Ring. His Universe Ring was 100 square meters in space, which could be regarded as a medium-sized Universe Ring.

The higher grade Universe Ring could easily store mountains and seas.

“Next up, I can relax on concocting medicinal pills.”

Chu Qianye said with a faint smile as he summoned the cauldron from his Universe Ring.

Amongst the three thousand Grand Art, martial art reigned supreme, and pill art reigned supreme.

There were many mysteries of alchemy, including mysterious fire, pill cauldron, medicinal materials, alchemy, and so on that were used for alchemy. After thousands of years of development, they were already extremely diverse.

Among them, the most important things in pill refining were the attributes of Mystic Qi and spiritual control.

However, just these two things weren’t enough. One still needed a cauldron or cauldron.

A good pill furnace could withstand the high temperature, and the pill furnace itself would also affect the pill.

For example, a cauldron made of cold iron would carry cold-attribute Qi when refining pills, and a cauldron made of yang iron would have yang-attribute Qi when it was made.

There were many famous pill cauldrons on the Xuan Mystic Qi. Among them, the Primal Chaos was the most famous, and they possessed a terrible spirituality. They could even be refined into ninth-grade medicinal pills or even Emperor-grade pills!

When the Mystic Qi Mainland first opened, there were many ancient pill furnaces multiplying. These pill furnaces were just as powerful, even though they were a little worse than the pill furnaces from the Chaos Era.

It was just that these pill furnaces were almost completely controlled by the strong. Not everyone had the fortune of seeing one.

“Pill furnaces are not so good, but it doesn’t matter. I can always find a better one in the future.”

He closed his eyes lightly while the Mystic Qi within his body flowed slowly along his veins.

After a long while, Chu Qianye finally felt the warmth of his muscles and veins.

Strands of Qi finally converged on his right palm.

With the passage of time, Chu Qianye’s palm became increasingly hot, and his soul power hurriedly wrapped around the Mystic Qi. Only then did the temperature slowly drop.

Chu Qianye opened his eyes, and a flame gradually appeared in his palm.

Was this the flame generated by Mystic Qi?

His eyes were wide open as he stared at the flame in his hand.

Indeed, it was the first time for him to see the flame generated by Mystic Qi.

"Go."

He suddenly shouted as the flame in his hand was thrown into the cauldron.

A muffled bang rang out, and the sound of thunder filled the air around the pill furnace.

He did not dare to wait even a little. He hurriedly threw the medicinal ingredients into the pill cauldron and began to refine the medicinal ingredients. This process was quite painful. It was also the most important step.

The Mystic Qi in his body continued to catalyze the Mystic Qi.

After quite a while, Chu Qianye wiped away the sweat on his forehead and his lips turned slightly pale.

He shook his head gently. Refining pills was really exhausting and was far from being as easy as he had imagined.

"It's almost ready."

Chu Qianye thought to himself as he gazed at the body refining medicinal ingredients.

A grave look finally appeared on his face.

Spirit Gathering.

A thought passed through Xiao Yan’s heart and his Spiritual Strength rushed out like a spiritual snake. Those suspended medicinal liquids gathered together at a certain proportion.

Pill formation.

With the support of his Spiritual Strength, the liquid entered the flame and began to slowly accept the high temperature refinement.

Crack.

Chu Qianye was just about to move on to the next step when the pill shattered.

Failure!

Chu Qianye shook his head with a bitter smile on his face. He was still a little shortsighted. This medicinal pill could be considered to be failed, but even so, he had still kept it in his Universe Ring.

Although the effects of the waste pills weren’t that good, they were absolutely not useless at all. After all, they were objects condensed by precious medicinal materials.

"I don't believe it."

Determination flashed through Chu Qianye’s eyes as he continued refining pills.

The second time, failed!

The third time, failed!

...

Chu Qianye frowned slightly as he watched the number of medicinal herbs dwindle.

Sure enough, although he had experience in refining pills, talent was the most important. He had tried several times, but he hadn’t succeeded.

At this moment, most of his back was drenched, and he was gasping for air. His complexion was somewhat pale.

"Again."

Once again, he closed his eyes, making the mystic flame. This time, he was finally a little angry, his golden Martial Soul emitting a faint light.

Chu Qianye was completely unaware of all of this.

On the 20th time, there was no sound of a medicinal pill shattering. That medicinal pill had actually been successfully concocted!

Refining pills was a physical task. He was constantly refining pills, and he had already over drafted himself. His face was pale, and beads of sweat covered his forehead.

However, everything proceeded smoothly next, and there was practically no obstruction. The number of times he refined pills increased while his skill grew more and more skilled.

One pill, two pills, three pills, more and more pills appeared.

Currently, his alchemy skills had already reached the level as a Pill Apprentice, but there was still quite a large distance between him and a one-star alchemist.

Even so, he was very confident that he would be able to reach the level of one star in less than half a month.

At that time, his alchemy skills would improve. As long as he could reach the five-star level, he would be able to handle it. After all, the rarest thing in the Mystic Qi was alchemists.

"I want the heavens and earth not to cover my eyes, the earth never buried my heart. I want all living things to understand my meaning. I want all the Buddhas to vanish like smoke into thin air!"

Chu Qianye couldn’t help but feel a surge of pride.

Half a year?

"It won't take so long, and I will take back my dignity at that time!"

After a long time, the madness in his black and bright eyes gradually faded away.

Chu Qianye was just about to return and continue refining when a series of excited voices rang out from the distance.

“Have you heard? The Sword Marquis Estate’s Spiritual Road trial is about to begin.”

“We have to sign up this time. This is a good opportunity to enter the inner residence.”

Only then did Chu Qianye realize that he had forgotten about this.

The sounds of discussion gradually faded away.

“The Spiritual Road, it seems that I must make some preparations.”

Only staying in the inner estate could make me grow quickly. Currently, the outer palace no longer had much room to improve for him. At the very least, for him currently, entering the inner estate was the best way to grow quickly.

Most importantly, the cultivation resources in the inner estate were extremely abundant. This was something that the outer palace could not compare to.