Fang Hao took a deep breath, looking at the neatly arranged jade boxes before him, his heart filled with both excitent and nervousness.
Seven jade boxes containing the main ingredients were lined up: three-hundred-year-old mysterious spirit grass, five-hundred-year-old crimson sun fruit, ice heart snow lotus, earth vein purple ganoderma, gold-veined dragon ginseng, heavenly star grass, and the rarest of all, the seven-colored glazed flower. Beside them were over twenty jade boxes of supplentary herbs, all hand-picked top-quality goods.
He had prepared for a very long ti for this day.
"It’s finally starting," Fang Hao murmured to himself, his fingers lightly brushing over the Pill Furnace. This was the Grade 3 Pill Furnace ’Green Fla’ he had rented at a high price, which would allow for better heat control.
Outside the courtyard of his residence, Lin Wan had already set up the Four Symbols Guardian Formation. Seeing Fang Hao co out, she said seriously, "Rest assured, Junior Brother Ning. With here, I absolutely won’t let anyone disturb your Alchemy!"
Fang Hao nodded gratefully. "I’m troubling you, Senior Sister."
Returning to his residence, Fang Hao checked everything carefully once more. The Formation was active, the Pill Furnace was preheated, the Spirit dicines were ready, and his state had been adjusted to its Peak.
But he did not start imdiately; instead, he sat cross-legged and repeatedly simulated the Alchemy process in his Sea of Consciousness.
Refining a foundation establishnt pill was extrely complex, requiring a total of forty-nine steps; a mistake at any point could an all previous efforts were in vain. Although Fang Hao was experienced in Alchemy, he still dared not be the least bit careless when facing such an important dicinal Pill.
He deduced the process over and over in his Sea of Consciousness: when to add the herbs, when to control the fire, when to condense the pill... he pondered every detail repeatedly.
"The crimson sun fruit requires a fierce martial fire, but it cannot last too long, otherwise its dicinal properties will be lost..."
"The ice heart snow lotus needs a gentle civil fire to simr slowly to fully release its dicinal properties..."
"The seven-colored glazed flower is the most critical; it requires seven fires to be refined simultaneously, and even a slight discrepancy won’t do..."
After a full day of deduction, Fang Hao finally opened his eyes, which were shining with the light of confidence.
"It can begin!"
He stood up and first bowed to the Pill Furnace—this was a tradition among Alchemists to show respect for the Dao of Alchemy.
Then, Fang Hao ford a hand seal and gave a soft shout, "Earth Core Fla Fire, appear!"
A cluster of crimson fla leaped from his palm and fell into the Pill Furnace. Instantly, the furnace temperature soared, and a heatwave rushed toward him.
Fang Hao was fully focused as he added the supplentary herbs one by one according to the Pill Formula. These supplentary herbs were for the foundation and needed to be refined into dicinal liquid first.
"Three leaves of Purple Perilla... five drops of Hundred Herb Dew... one mace of Jade Marrow Powder..."
His technique was skilled as he accurately added each herb. The Earth Core Fla Fire changed according to his will, sotis fierce and sotis gentle, perfectly refining the materials.
Soon, a pool of erald green dicinal liquid ford in the Pill Furnace, emitting a faint fragrance.
"Starting the main ingredients." Fang Hao’s expression beca even more solemn. He took the first jade box and added the mysterious spirit grass.
As soon as the silver-white mysterious spirit grass entered the furnace, the dicinal liquid imdiately boiled! Fang Hao hurriedly adjusted the heat, using a civil fire to refine it slowly, letting the dicinal properties release gradually.
Next was the crimson sun fruit. This fiery red fruit required a fierce martial fire. The Earth Core Fla Fire suddenly flared up, enveloping and refining the crimson sun fruit.
Each main ingredient was added in sequence. The refining thod for each herb was different, and the changes in heat were extrely subtle. Sweat appeared on Fang Hao’s forehead, but his hand movents were not ssy at all.
Just as he was refining the fifth main ingredient, a commotion suddenly ca from outside the cave!
"Fang Hao! Get out here!" It was Bao Zhijian’s voice. "You stole my Spirit dicine and still dare to go into seclusion?"
Fang Hao’s mind trembled, and the pill fire nearly spiraled out of control! He hurriedly steadied his mind, turning a deaf ear to the outside world.
Outside the courtyard, Lin Wan scolded, "Bao Zhijian! Stop talking nonsense! Junior Brother Ning is currently refining pills, leave imdiately!"
Bao Zhijian sneered, "Refining pills? I think he’s hiding because he’s afraid to see people! Today he must co out and explain clearly!"
As he spoke, he tried to force his way in but was blocked by the Four Symbols Formation.
Inside the Formation, Fang Hao took a deep breath and completely imrsed himself in the Alchemy. The disturbances from the outside could no longer affect him in the slightest.
"gold-veined dragon ginseng... heavenly star grass..." Fang Hao’s technique was fluid, as if he had practiced it thousands of tis.
Finally, it was ti for the seven-colored glazed flower. This was the most difficult step, requiring the simultaneous control of seven different levels of heat!
Fang Hao operated the Myriad Manifestations Heaven Swallowing Art with all his might. His seven-elent Spiritual Roots moved together, and the Earth Core Fla Fire split into seven streams, each with its own characteristics!
tal fire was sharp, wood fire was full of vitality, water fire was long-lasting, fire fire was violent, earth fire was heavy, wind fire was swift, and lightning fire was explosive!
With the seven fires refining together, the seven-colored glazed flower slowly rotated in the furnace, releasing a dreamlike brilliance!
Fang Hao held his breath and focused, controlling it carefully. A slight error at this step, and everything would be lost!
Ti passed bit by bit. Fang Hao was soaked through, but his gaze beca increasingly sharp.
Finally, the seven-colored glazed flower was completely refined and perfectly fused with the other dicinal liquids! Radiant light shone from the Pill Furnace, and a dicinal fragrance filled the air!
"Condense!" Fang Hao shouted, his hand seals changing rapidly.
The dicinal liquid began to coalesce, gradually forming pill shapes. This stage required even more precise control; if the fire was slightly too high, they would burn, and if it was too low, they would scatter.
Fang Hao pushed his Divine Sense to the limit, and the Earth Core Fla Fire followed his will like an extension of his arm, providing precise regulation.
The pill fragrance grew stronger and the radiant light more intense. Even the people outside the cave slled the extraordinary fragrance, and Bao Zhijian’s face turned ashen.
"It’s done!" A sharp light flashed in Fang Hao’s eyes as he struck the final hand seal.
The Pill Furnace vibrated, and radiant light shot into the sky! Nine streaks of light flew out from the furnace and were caught one by one by Fang Hao with a jade bottle.
Looking at the nine round, translucent foundation establishnt pills with flowing radiance in the bottle, Fang Hao let out a long sigh of relief and slumped to the ground.
He succeeded! And he made nine of them! Perfect!
Outside the courtyard, Lin Wan slled the pill fragrance and was overjoyed. "He did it! Junior Brother Ning succeeded!"
Bao Zhijian’s face was livid. He gave a cold snort and left with a flick of his sleeves.
Fang Hao adjusted his breathing for a mont and walked out of the courtyard. Lin Wan imdiately t him. "Congratulations, Junior Brother Ning! How many pills were ford?"
"Nine," Fang Hao smiled.
Lin Wan was shocked. "Nine! Perfect pill Formation! That’s incredible!"
Fang Hao said gratefully, "Thank you for protecting , Senior Sister. If you hadn’t blocked Bao Zhijian, I’m afraid..."
Lin Wan waved her hand. "There’s no need for such politeness between fellow disciples. Go and recover your breath quickly; Foundation Establishnt is what’s important."
Fang Hao returned to his Immortal Cave, his heart surging as he looked at the nine foundation establishnt pills.
He had walked a long way for this step. From a Servant Disciple to an Outer Sect Disciple, from the Early Stage of Qi Refining to the Qi Refining Great Perfection, after going through many hardships, he had finally refined the foundation establishnt pill!
Nine foundation establishnt pills, every single one of them perfect. Radiance flowed around them, and the pill fragrance was overflowing, containing majestic spiritual power.
Fang Hao took out seven pills and carefully put the rest away. These seven pills would help him step onto the path of Foundation Establishnt!
He did not take them imdiately but first adjusted his breathing to recover. Alchemy consud a great deal of energy, and he needed to be in his best state for Foundation Establishnt.
Three days later, Fang Hao’s state had returned to its Peak. He was ready to begin Foundation Establishnt!
At Fang Hao’s residence, not only Lin Wan, but Li Xuan and Zhu Pang had also co, and even Liang Ling arrived in person.
"Junior Brother Ning, good luck!" Zhu Pang cheered him on.
Li Xuan said, "We will all protect you!"
Liang Ling nodded gently. "Establish your foundation with peace of mind; we will handle the outside."
A warm current flowed through Fang Hao’s heart. Although the path of cultivation was dangerous, with these fellow Daoists accompanying him, he was not alone.
Returning to his room, Fang Hao set up layers of Restrictions and sat down cross-legged.
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