The Path to Immortality

"Is this a failure?"

Fang Ping was a little surprised and decisively stopped refining.

After observing carefully for a moment, and after confirming it with the alchemy inheritance he bought from the Jiang family and the prescription of Peiyuan Dan, he basically determined where the problem lay.

It turns out that during the initial heating process, in addition to paying attention to the heat and temperature, the medicinal properties of the two auxiliary materials required for Peiyuan Dan are in conflict.

During the refining process, the two auxiliary materials must be separated by mana, so that their medicinal power can be integrated into the Yuanzhen liquid one after another. This can avoid refining failure!

This point is not explicitly mentioned in the prescription of Peiyuan Dan. It only vaguely mentions the need to pay attention to the conflict of medicinal properties during the period.

"There are so many hidden details!"

Fang Ping secretly shook his head and thought back silently.

The next moment, the divine light within Yuanding lit up, allowing all materials to instantly return to their original shape.

"Come again!"

Fang Ping struck into the True Yang Fire and started his second attempt.

………

It's the end of the month in a blink of an eye.

Fang Ping rushed to Taoist Yunyi's Cave with the doubts he had accumulated during his recent interpretation of ancient Taoist scriptures.

After handing over the notes that recorded various questions, Taoist Yun Yi glanced at him and looked at him with some surprise.

Then he nodded: "If you can ask these questions, it can be seen that you have really studied hard in the past month."

After saying that, he used the magic formula to transform into a water mirror again and started explaining it to Fang Ping.

One of them interpreted the lecture carefully, while the other listened attentively and asked questions from time to time. It seemed quite harmonious.

After more than two hours, Fang Ping, who had all his doubts answered, thanked Taoist Yun Yi and stood up to leave.

Before leaving, he did not forget to present a box of the new variety of spiritual tea bought from Zhenbao Pavilion.

"[Kongmingling Tea]?"

Taoist Yun Yi swept his consciousness and understood the type of gift, but this time he refused to accept it: "As a disciple of the fifth level of Qi training, you are enough to show your sincerity by giving me a piece of green jade tea. If you give me a big gift again, I will give you a big gift." Don’t you want to practice? Or do you want to be polite to others and have other expectations?”

Fang Ping explained: "The disciple has nothing to ask for, but is simply grateful for the senior's explanation. As for the cost of the spiritual tea, senior does not have to worry. The disciple has a little knowledge of the alchemy path and can now refine the Yuan Ning Dan. There is no shortage of cultivation resources."

"oh?"

Taoist Yun Yi was slightly surprised. He pondered for a moment and warned: "Whether it is alchemy or ancient Taoist scriptures, they are very time-consuming and mental. As a disciple with four spiritual roots, you should still focus on cultivation and not go too far. "

This warning is undoubtedly a mature one.

Fang Ping could hear some caring in the other party's calm tone, and nodded: "Senior, don't worry, this disciple will never neglect his cultivation."

"As long as you know what's going on."

After saying that, Taoist Yun Yi's voice became more serious: "For the sake of your kindness, I will accept the Kongming Ling Tea this time. If you bring it again next time, you won't have to come."

Fang Ping heard that the foundation-building monk was seriously reminding him, rather than giving in falsely, and he immediately agreed with dignity.

It seems that it is impossible to get closer by giving more gifts.

You may want to consider changing your thinking in the future.

………

Come back from Taoist Yunyi.

While his memory was still clear and firm, he took out a pen and paper and wrote down all the answers he got and the inspiration he gained during the process.

With today's answer, the progress of interpreting the silver foil pages has been greatly advanced.

After checking twice and confirming that it was correct, he released the Yuan Ding and continued today's refining of the Pei Yuan Dan.

Since he started trying to refine the Peiyuan Pill, Fang Ping has experienced the most failures since refining the pill, with a total of two to three hundred failures.

All nine retracements per day have been used up.

It wasn't until the past two days that I finally found some clues.

He had a hunch that he would be able to refine the first batch of Peiyuan Pills as soon as today or in the next two days.

As usual, he put in Yuan Zhen Liquid as the base, put in various medicinal materials in sequence, and Fang Ping poured in the Lie Yang True Fire and started today's refining.

The repeated failures made him familiar with every key point.

It wasn't until the final step of condensing liquid into elixir that it failed again because the control of the fire was not accurate enough.

"Sure enough, it's stuck here again."

Fang Ping shook his head and directly positioned accurately, setting the backtracking node before the final link.

The next moment, the breath of time in Yuanding reappeared.

Under the wash of divine light that can reverse time, time in the cauldron began to flow backwards.

There was no need to start refining it from scratch. In an instant, Fang Ping started trying again.

Today’s ninth retrospective!

Returning to this node again, Fang Ping already had a clear understanding of the difficulties and corresponding techniques.

He calmly controlled the temperature inside the cauldron, and at the last moment, he even replaced the True Sun Fire with ordinary Spirit Fire in advance to ensure that the temperature would not be too high.

Finally, as the rich medicinal liquid is about to condense, the refining of Peiyuan Dan is approaching the end.

Fang Ping stopped outputting mana, and as the invisible restrictions within Yuan Ding dissipated, he stretched out his hands like lightning and began to divide pills.

The medicinal power in the cauldron had just begun to evaporate, and Fang Ping already had four round white elixirs in his hand.

Very lucky.

The four Peiyuan Pills from the first batch were all in good condition, and not a single defective product appeared!

Fang Ping tasted one with excitement and quickly confirmed that it was exactly the same as the two bottles of Peiyuan Pill he had obtained from the black-faced Taoist.

"Peiyuan Dan!"

As the most iconic elixir for senior alchemy apprentices, and also one of the most difficult to refine high-grade basic elixirs, it was born from his own hands.

At the same time, this also means that he is truly standing in front of the threshold of a first-level alchemy master.

As long as you can take that crucial step, you will have a bright future and your status in the world of immortality will never be the same again!

After a while, Fang Ping calmed down.

I was about to strike while the iron was hot and consolidate my experience in refining the Pei Yuan Dan, when I suddenly remembered that today's backtracking "guarantee" had been used up. I could only shake my head and prepare to try again tomorrow.

"Tomorrow? Speaking of which, I seem to have forgotten something!"

Fang Ping suddenly remembered that he had not done any chores since he entered the inner door.

Although disciples who have just joined the inner sect can be exempted from the first chore. But he first switched to practicing martial arts, and then spent at least four months studying ancient Taoist texts.

Calculating the time, I am afraid that I have already spent the second half of the year leisurely.

"It seems that I have to prepare to do odd jobs again in the near future."

Fortunately, inner disciples only need to do chores twice a year, so they have relatively ample time, so there is no need to rush yet.

Next, Fang Ping spent another two weeks to consolidate his experience in refining the Peiyuan Pill. Then he took a bath, changed into Taoist robes, and set off for the Inner Gate Miscellaneous Hall.

The person on duty in the miscellaneous hall is a senior who is at the seventh level of Qi training.

With this level of cultivation, he can be on duty in the miscellaneous affairs hall. I am afraid that this senior brother has some connections behind his back.