Mortal Alchemy

Mu Luofei's White Jade Flying Boat rapidly descended from the sky.

Chen Ping cast a golden light spell, blasting open the water surface.

He immediately saw a section of jade-white lotus root, emitting a faint, crystalline glow and a delicate fragrance.

Chen Ping's heart couldn't help but pound wildly: "A century-old Azure Lotus Root!"

Immediately, he grabbed with one hand, his magical power surging, extracting it from afar, not even caring that it was covered in water and mud:

"Senior Sister Luofei, the item is in hand, let's go!"

Mu Luofei rapidly ascended the White Jade Flying Boat, then carried Chen Ping away. When those demonic beasts guarding the lotus root returned, they discovered it was already gone, and could only roar in anger.

Chen Ping's face was filled with an irrepressible smile: "The century-old Azure Lotus Root is finally in my grasp!"

Mu Luofei had known Chen Ping for eleven years, and this was the first time she had ever seen him smile like this.

Mu Luofei asked in confusion: "Junior Brother Chen, although the century-old Azure Lotus Root is rare, it's not that valuable. Is it of great use to you?"

How could it not be valuable? Whether Chen Ping could continue on his path to immortality depended on this century-old Azure Lotus Root.

But naturally, he couldn't let Mu Luofei know the truth.

Chen Ping said with a smile: "It's of great use to one of my senior brothers..."

Seeing Chen Ping being evasive, Mu Luofei was somewhat displeased. She took out sixty spirit stones on the flying boat and returned them to Chen Ping:

"Junior Brother Chen, you gave me a hundred spirit stones before. Now that the matter is concluded, I'm returning the excess spirit stones to you."

Chen Ping refused to take the money, saying with a smile:

"Senior Sister Luofei, just keep the money, you don't need to return it to me."

"Senior Sister has been busy with my affairs for so long, this money is a small token of my appreciation."

Mu Luofei's mood softened slightly: "Are you sure? Junior Brother Chen, sixty spirit stones is not a small sum."

Chen Ping said: "Compared to owing Senior Sister a great favor, this is nothing."

He was a frugal person, but he also knew that favors were more important.

Mu Luofei had sought help from Li Erniu to help him collect materials, which was not an easy task for the proud and aloof Mu Luofei.

Only then did Mu Luofei's mood turn from anger to joy, her bright eyes charming:

"Then I'll accept it."

Chen Ping had no idea that he had just skirted death. He never intended to take back the remaining dozens of spirit stones.

By the time they returned to the Mu family, it was already dark, and the two days of rest this month were just used up.

Mu Luofei, as before, piloted the White Jade Flying Boat for two days, exhausting herself.

Mu Luofei said:

"Junior Brother Chen, I'm too tired. I'll rest in your Daoist temple tonight."

Chen Ping nodded: "Senior Sister Luofei, please do as you wish."

Mu Luofei entered Chen Ping's Daoist temple and went straight to the hot spring pool in the backyard.

Only the disciples' Daoist temples in the Pill Hall of the entire Mu family had hot spring pools.

Chen Ping heard the sound of Mu Luofei entering the water pool, and waves of ripples arose in his heart, making it difficult for him to calm down.

He had no choice but to close the door and leave, heading to the alchemy room instead.

Inside the hot spring pool, Mu Luofei heard the sound of Chen Ping leaving, and only then did she take off her shoes and socks and enter the pool.

Inside the alchemy room.

Chen Ping took out the century-old Azure Lotus Root from his storage bag, and then entered the Inheritance Hall.

He placed the century-old Azure Lotus Root on the wall pattern.

Then Chen Ping's Azure Phoenix Furnace vibrated, and a ball of Azure Lotus Strange Fire flew out from the wall and entered the Azure Phoenix Furnace.

Chen Ping was dumbfounded: "Is this a set left by the ancestors? The strange fire can even enter the furnace..."

"Doesn't that mean that I don't necessarily have to use the Mu family's earth vein spiritual fire to refine pills in the future?"

His knowledge of the cultivation world was truly not extensive, and he didn't know that spiritual fire had such functions.

Even if he went out to search for foundation establishment materials after reaching the tenth level of Qi Refining, he could refine pills anytime, anywhere, without necessarily returning to the Mu family's alchemy room.

Chen Ping took a deep breath: "Next, I should test the effect of the Azure Phoenix Furnace and the Azure Lotus Rootless Fire on pill refinement."

Chen Ping first went to Mu Hongluan to get dozens of portions of medicinal herbs, and then returned to the alchemy room to start researching.

"Should I use the stupid method taught by Senior Brother Xu first, or the method left by the ancestors?"

After thinking for a while, Chen Ping decided to use the method of the ancestors.

He unfolded the Azure Phoenix Furnace, then put in the medicinal herbs and activated the Azure Lotus Rootless Fire.

An hour later, Chen Ping's expression was a little unsightly: "Failed... I can't control the Azure Lotus Rootless Fire..."

The Mu family's earth vein spiritual fire was too weak, while the Azure Lotus Rootless Fire was too strong.

With a moment of carelessness, he burned the medicinal herbs in the furnace to ashes.

"My spiritual sense is too weak, I must strengthen my spiritual sense."

Chen Ping was a little uncomfortable. He had finally unlocked the Azure Lotus Rootless Fire, but if he couldn't use it and couldn't increase the production of spiritual sense pills, he would be finished.

"I must take spiritual sense pills!"

Chen Ping was not discouraged, and continued to experiment with the usage of the Azure Lotus Rootless Fire.

Seven days later, Chen Ping looked at a furnace of spiritual sense pills in the Azure Phoenix Furnace, and a smile appeared on his face:

"Finally succeeded!"

"My spiritual sense is too weak, and the method left by the ancestors cannot be used for the time being."

"But the stupid method taught by Senior Brother Xu can be used."

"One furnace of spiritual sense pills in seven days, and four furnaces of spiritual sense pills can be produced in a month!"

The urgent need for resources has finally been resolved.

This stupid method also allows Chen Ping to be free to add spiritual water to the Azure Phoenix Furnace, controlling the Azure Lotus Rootless Fire to the minimum.

After the Azure Phoenix Furnace runs by itself for seven days and seven nights, it can form a furnace of spiritual sense pills on its own.

And the Azure Lotus Rootless Fire will absorb the spiritual energy between heaven and earth to replenish its power.

And Chen Ping can use this free time to cultivate, without having to waste the spiritual power of Yuan Qi pills.

In addition to closed-door cultivation, Chen Ping also has time to use the Mu family's alchemy furnace to refine essence Qi pills, completing the monthly task of forty furnaces.

It can be regarded as resolving Chen Ping's knot.

But his aptitude is too poor, and whether he can cultivate to the fifteenth level of Qi Refining before the age of forty is still a huge question.

Do your best and leave the rest to fate.

The four furnaces of spiritual sense pills per month must also be re-allocated for use.

"Two bottles of Yuan Qi pills per month are indispensable, and even after breaking through to the tenth level of Qi Refining, it may be three bottles of Yuan Qi pills per month."

"Four bottles of spiritual sense pills a month, I can sell three bottles and take one bottle myself, so I can still save some spirit stones."

Chen Ping made up his mind: "It's time to take a spiritual sense pill to test the effect."

He has refined spiritual sense pills for several years, but he has never used them himself.

He took out a fresh spiritual sense pill from the furnace, opened his mouth and swallowed it, and began to refine it.

It was ice-cold and refreshing, and Chen Ping felt that his mind was clear, and the fatigue of alchemy was swept away a lot.

This surprised him a little:

"Spiritual sense pills also have a solidifying effect, but that's also true, the medicinal herbs inside already contain some of the medicinal herbs of Qi Return pills and Bigu pills."

The spiritual sense pill was refined very quickly, and it took about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea to completely refine a pill.

And Chen Ping's spiritual sense was visibly strengthened by a trace, and correspondingly, the sense of bottleneck was weakened by a point.

This made Chen Ping's face happy:

"The effect is really not bad! No wonder it is loved by late Qi Refining cultivators!"