After all, if it truly succeeds, the clan will gain at least three Creation Heavenly Pills.
"Alright, I understand. I will do my best." Li Zhirui saw the expectation in Li Debo's eyes, but he didn't have much confidence, so he dared not offer any guarantees.
Li Debo didn't linger, and after handing over the spiritual objects, he set off and left.
"Phew—"
Holding the heavy spiritual objects, Li Zhirui walked into the Alchemy Room, sat cross-legged before the Pill Furnace, placed the spiritual objects by his side, and did not rush into alchemy. Instead, he cald his ntal state and adjusted himself.
After several hours, he started to work.
The first thing he did was not to pour Heavenly Immortal Rank Spirit Water into the Pill Furnace, but to perform Purification Light, purifying all the accumulated impurities in the Pill Furnace!
This was the first ti Li Zhirui had done this since he began alchemy.
Even though he had previously refined various Heavenly Immortal Rank Pills, he had never treated it so seriously, not even bothering to purify the Pill Furnace so thoroughly.
Once the Pill Furnace was completely free from any trace of impurity or foul aura, Li Zhirui poured in the Heavenly Immortal Rank Spirit Water, then took out the first Heavenly Immortal Rank spiritual object—Armor Essence Cyan Yuan Wood—and five Earth Immortal Rank Wood Elent Spiritual Objects, putting them all into the Pill Furnace and casting spells to begin refinent.
In a mont, a great amount of impurity was expelled, and the spiritual objects that once occupied nearly half of the furnace suddenly shrank several tis, completely obedient, glowing with a faint cyan light—clearly refined to the utmost degree.
From small details such as this, one could see the high level of Li Zhirui's alchemy skills.
But he felt no pride or satisfaction, remaining calm as he began to take out Water-attribute Spiritual Objects—a refreshing Mystic Lotus—and Earth Immortal Rank Spiritual Objects.
After refined, the Mystic Lotus and other spiritual objects disappeared completely, turning into a drop of deep blue water bead hovering inside the furnace.
After the water attribute spiritual objects, it was ti for the gold attribute, then earth attribute, followed by fire attribute, yang attribute, and yin attribute.
During refinent, Li Zhirui started with his most adept wood attribute, then followed the generating cycle of Yin Yang and Five Elents, executing flawlessly and smoothly, making no mistakes at all.
At the sa ti, his mana within did not deplete much, so he didn't need to rush to refine the pills he held in his mouth.
With the spiritual objects refined, seven distinct essences erged in the Pill Furnace. Under Li Zhirui's control, they centered on Yin Yang, the Five Elents encircling them, forming a slowly rotating sphere.
And as it rotated, the essences began to fuse together slowly.
Li Zhirui knew he had arrived at a crucial step in alchemy; among the five major processes—tempering, fusion, nourishing, dividing, condensing—fusion of dicinal properties was undoubtedly most important!
If anything went wrong here, even if a pill was produced in the end, the effect might not be guaranteed.
Thus, he perford the spell with decisive smoothness, but his expression was extrely serious, not daring to be careless or negligent.
But as more and more essences fused, the difficulty grew, and by the end Li Zhirui's forehead was covered in cold sweat.
Looking at the pill embryo that had fused several essences but grown unstable, his brows furrowed involuntarily.
"I've failed…"
Although the mixed essence remained, and it hadn't technically failed, the unstable essence had already grown chaotic; even if he continued, he couldn't refine a Creation Heavenly Pill.
Yet, even so, Li Zhirui refused to give up, for the spiritual objects were simply too precious. Even though the outco was set, the process still granted him much to learn.
With a thought, the pill in his mouth began to lt, transforming into mana that flowed into his dantian, supplying energy for his next steps.
Through Li Zhirui's efforts, the chaotic essence fused completely into a pitch-black pill embryo, when it should have been a distinct, resplendent seven-color form.
But he paid it no mind—after all, it was already a failure, rely waste for practice.
Soon after, Li Zhirui switched his spell with ten fingers; the essence of spirit water inside the furnace began nourishing the pill. This process actually made the black pill emit a slight luster, as though it had awakened its spiritual chanism.
"Could it be that I accidentally concocted a brand new pill?"
With this thought, Li Zhirui abandoned his casual attitude, refocused, and grew serious.
When nourishing concluded, the spell changed again, and an invisible blade ford in the Pill Furnace, splitting the pill into three parts.
No delay—the final Condensing Pill Technique was cast, and three shining black pills hovered in the spirit water.
Li Zhirui retrieved the pills, a touch of curiosity on his face. "I wonder what the effects of this unexpectedly obtained pill are."
As he spoke, he carefully scraped off a bit and put it in his mouth, mainly to test its dicinal effects.
Of course, he was fully prepared; if the pill was poisonous, Li Zhirui would instantly purify it with Spirit Light.
After quite a while, Li Zhirui opened his eyes, face displaying a complex expression hard to describe—a mix of regret and disappointnt.
The reason was this: the effects of this accidentally refined pill were actually conflicting!
The Black Pill could restore mana extrely quickly—in fact, among all the pills known to Li Zhirui, it was the fastest. No other pill could compare, and the total mana recovered was considerable as well.
He had just consud a tiny bit, yet his mana recovered by half in a short ti!
If he took the entire pill, Li Zhirui estimated all his mana would recover in the blink of an eye, with much surplus.
At first, he was very pleased, thinking he had inadvertently made a brand new Heavenly Immortal Rank pill—even though the materials were too precious, and it would be costly if used for mana recovery alone.
But before Li Zhirui could enjoy his delight for long, an accident occurred!
His dantian suddenly surged with massive amounts of contaminated spirit aura!
In other words, after taking the Black Pill, although mana was rapidly restored, contaminated spirit aura soon followed, and a huge quantity at that.
After careful calculation, he was surprised to find it was nearly equal to the amount of mana recovered!
Li Zhirui was adept in purification laws; for other cultivators, if contaminated aura filled their dantian and couldn't be promptly cleared, it would almost certainly ruin their path and foundation.
Li Zhirui had no intention to destroy these three Black Pills. Others might not use them, but he lacked such troubles—Purification Light allowed him to absorb only the benefit and neutralize the harm.
Moreover, he wanted to try if he could directly use purification laws to resolve the pill's drawbacks.
If this plan succeeded, Li Zhirui and the Li clan would gain another Heavenly Immortal Rank pill recipe, and three truly extraordinary pills.
In the future, if he faced urgent danger, he'd have ample mana to respond.
Li Zhirui extended his divine sense into the Black Pill, searching for the origin of the contaminated aura. Before long, he found it.
But the problem was, he couldn't fix it!
Because the 'culprit' was essentially part of the pill's effect; Li Zhirui could not purify the drawback and preserve its unique properties at the sa ti.
"Forget it—these three Black Pills can count as the unexpected harvest from this alchemy attempt."
He flipped his hand to stow away the Black Pills; who knows when they might be useful.
Once finished, Li Zhirui withdrew his tangled thoughts and began sorting out the experience and lessons from his first Creation Heavenly Pill attempt, aiming to ensure he wouldn't repeat the sa mistakes next ti.
Of all matters, what most caught his attention and concern was the fusion of Yin Yang Five Elents spiritual essences!
How to ensure the essences don't turn chaotic during this process was Li Zhirui's foremost problem—if this issue remains unsolved, there's simply no way to proceed further.
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