「Two years later.」
This ti, when Fang Yun went to the Dan Cloud Pavilion to accept an Alchemy mission, he received one for refining the Foundation Establishnt Pill.
’It’s finally ti to refine a Foundation Establishnt Pill.’
Upon seeing the Alchemy mission, Fang Yun imdiately began to inspect the Spirit dicines provided for the refining.
Among Second Tier pills, the Foundation Establishnt Pill required the most primary Spirit dicines—three in total.
These three primary Spirit dicines were all Upper-grade Second Tier: Blood Dew Flower, Three Spirits Fruit, and Mingqing Xuan Grass.
The dicinal effects of the three primary Spirit dicines corresponded to the Physical Body Barrier, the Spiritual Power Barrier, and the Divine Sense Barrier, respectively.
In addition to the primary Spirit dicines, refining a Foundation Establishnt Pill also required eighteen supplentary Spirit dicines. This was a large number for a Second Tier pill. For comparison, the Spirit Ascension Pill only needed eleven supplentary Spirit dicines. The Cyan Clarity Pill, also used for breakthroughs, required twelve.
The high number of both primary and supplentary Spirit dicines indicated that the process of refining a Foundation Establishnt Pill was complex.
’The Blood Dew Flower, Three Spirits Fruit, and Mingqing Xuan Grass are all of superior quality. It seems Elder Bai is very hopeful that I’ll succeed in refining a Foundation Establishnt Pill on my first attempt.’
Since the primary Spirit dicines were of such high quality, he didn’t bother inspecting the supplentary ones individually.
Bai Heyan hoped he would produce a Foundation Establishnt Pill on his very first attempt, and Fang Yun had no intention of disappointing him.
As early as seven years ago, he had already familiarized himself with all the Foundation Establishnt Pill Formulas within the Celestial Cloud Sect.
The Foundation Establishnt Pill refined from the three primary Spirit dicines, including the Blood Dew Flower, was the most important source of these pills for the Celestial Cloud Sect.
Therefore, of all the Foundation Establishnt Pill Formulas, Fang Yun was most familiar with this particular one.
He returned from Dan Cloud Peak to Artifact Casting Peak.
Once back in his cavern estate, Fang Yun quickly entered a state of secluded Alchemy.
’Refining a Foundation Establishnt Pill requires a total of forty-nine major steps...’
Before beginning to refine the Foundation Establishnt Pill, Fang Yun once again reviewed the Pill Formula he had seen.
Among Second Tier pills, forty-nine major steps was the highest number, thirteen more than were required for refining a Purple Essence Pill.
The extra steps also ant that refining a Foundation Establishnt Pill would take more ti.
Under normal circumstances, refining one batch of Foundation Establishnt Pills took at least four days, and each batch yielded only a single pill.
Even with a guaranteed one hundred percent Pill Formation Success Rate, it was difficult to refine even seven Foundation Establishnt Pills in a month.
The refining began!
A typical Second Tier pill had only three or four critical steps in its refining process, whereas the Foundation Establishnt Pill had a full seven.
This undoubtedly increased the difficulty of refining the Foundation Establishnt Pill.
For his first ti refining a Foundation Establishnt Pill, the entire process went quite smoothly for Fang Yun.
He had already accumulated a great deal of experience refining Second Tier pills. Combined with his seven-star Alchemy Talent, if he were to struggle on his first attempt at a Foundation Establishnt Pill, all that experience and his upgraded talent would have been for naught.
Imrsed in refining the Foundation Establishnt Pill, Fang Yun seed to lose all track of ti.
"Finished!"
The mont the pill’s refining was complete, he imdiately retrieved the piping hot Foundation Establishnt Pill.
It was not a Wasted Pill, but a complete, Lower-grade Foundation Establishnt Pill.
Judging by its quality, it was hard to believe this Lower-grade Foundation Establishnt Pill was the result of an Alchemy Master’s first successful attempt.
Even among pills of the sa grade, there were subtle differences in quality—discrepancies that any Alchemy Master capable of refining Second Tier pills could notice.
’If I had handled the refining process a little better, this might have been a Middle-grade Foundation Establishnt Pill.’
After putting away the Lower-grade Foundation Establishnt Pill, Fang Yun began to review the entire refining process, summarizing and absorbing the experience so that he could refine an even better Foundation Establishnt Pill next ti.
Achieving such a result on this attempt had a great deal to do with the quality of the Spirit dicines.
Having summarized his experience, Fang Yun prepared to go turn in his Foundation Establishnt Pill refining mission.
Unlike missions for other Second Tier pills, the mission for the Foundation Establishnt Pill provided only one set of Spirit dicines for refining. Furthermore, the mission’s rewards were divided into only three tiers. Simply refining a Lower-grade Foundation Establishnt Pill was enough to earn the second-tier reward.
Five hundred Contribution Points, plus three hundred Lower-grade Spirit Stones.
As soon as the stone gate of his cavern estate opened, Fang Yun saw two people standing outside.
Bai Heyan and Song Qiaoqiao.
Before Fang Yun could speak, Bai Heyan asked, "Fang Yun, how did the first batch of Foundation Establishnt Pills turn out?"
Bai Heyan felt that, given Fang Yun’s skill and the quality of the Spirit dicines for the Foundation Establishnt Pill, it was unlikely he would have produced a Wasted Pill.
But that was just his own thought; he had co to confirm the result right away so he could set his mind at ease.
"It’s a Lower-grade Foundation Establishnt Pill."
As he spoke, Fang Yun took out the Lower-grade Foundation Establishnt Pill he had just refined.
"Excellent!"
Bai Heyan carefully examined the result of Fang Yun’s first batch. The Lower-grade Foundation Establishnt Pill showed faint signs of having nearly beco a Middle-grade one.
This was even better than he had expected.
Perhaps when Fang Yun eventually refined an Upper-grade Foundation Establishnt Pill, it would consu fewer Spirit dicines than he had anticipated.
"I just knew you would succeed, Fang Yun!"
Song Qiaoqiao spoke up as well. Her expectations for Fang Yun were even higher than Bai Heyan’s.
She truly believed Fang Yun would succeed on his first try—a feat she felt Bai Heyan had probably only considered ninety percent likely.
Her purpose for being here was much the sa as Bai Heyan’s.
Refining the Foundation Establishnt Pill was crucial to the entire sect. Every set of Spirit dicines for it, from planting to harvest, required an arduous cultivation process. Ideally, every single set of Spirit dicines would be successfully converted into a Foundation Establishnt Pill.
After exchanging a few more words, the two of them followed Fang Yun to the Dan Cloud Pavilion to submit the mission.
As Fang Yun completed the mission for refining the Foundation Establishnt Pill, a new one was placed in his hands.
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