Immortality Begins With The Alchemical Master Chapter 686: System Cheats, Alternative Paths, Three Dan Pills Combined, and Exam Clearance - Novel Cool

Chapter 686: System Cheats, Alternative Paths, Three Dan Pills Combined, and Exam Clearance

Chapter 686: System Cheats, Alternative Paths, Three Dan Pills Combined, and Exam Clearance

Regarding the Linggen Dan pill formula, Luo Chen prepared to use the Tian Di Gen as the main ingredient and supplemented it with thirteen other medicinal ingredients, including Ye Ling Flower and Zi Jun Ye.

Additionally, there were dozens of other medicinal ingredients as backup options, ready to be substituted at any time.

This might sound like a small number, but in reality, it was already quite a lot.

In Luo Chen's opinion, the speculations left by the Qingyang Demon Lord were somewhat outrageous, but ultimately, they were meant for mortals who had yet to embark on the path of cultivation.

Therefore, the grade of the Linggen Dan pill could not be too high.

If the grade was too high, mortals would not be able to withstand the relatively terrifying medicinal power.

Normally, for first and second-tier pills, the number of main ingredients does not exceed several kinds at the same time, unlike third and fourth-tier pills.

In terms of supplementary ingredients, Luo Chen had already chosen more than enough.

He wanted to both utilize the advantages of Tian Di Gen and minimize its potential drawbacks, and this involved meticulously selecting and combining supplementary ingredients. Even for a fourth-tier pill master, this was an extremely challenging and cautious task.

Fortunately, with the main ingredients decided, he could now explore and adjust accordingly.

Within the Dan Realm, Luo Chen's figure moved back and forth between the Three Mountains and Five Lakes, his medicine basket on his back, constantly being filled and emptied.

One by one, he personally gathered the medicinal ingredients he needed.

It was a seemingly tedious task, but one that brought a great sense of accomplishment.

Luo Chen also applied the knowledge he had learned from the bamboo slips in the study to his actual herb-gathering, and some of his herb-gathering experience came from his previous life's accumulation.

It was at this moment that he suddenly realized why most medicinal ingredients in this world had a lifespan of five hundred years or less.

In a valley depression, Luo Chen carefully dug out a dried-up Zhi Bai, a medicinal herb similar to He Shou Wu.

Straightening up, the cultivator looked around.

"If this world is a medicinal garden specifically designed for the Linggen Dan exam, then it's only natural that the lifespan of these medicinal ingredients is relatively low."

"Mortals cannot withstand the powerful medicinal power of ingredients with a high lifespan."

"However, how did the Qingyang Demon Lord manage to maintain these ingredients with neither high nor low lifespans? Among the methods I know, none can achieve this."

After a moment of reflection, Luo Chen took a step forward to search for the next herb.

Herb-gathering was just a small part of his work.

After about half a month, Luo Chen successfully gathered most of the medicinal ingredients he needed within the Dan Realm.

Then, inside the stone house's pharmacy, he began processing them differently.

Each ingredient required a unique handling method; some could be directly added to the pill formula, while others needed to be sun-dried or ground into powder for later use.

During this process, Luo Chen's understanding of these medicinal ingredients deepened, and he gained new insights into the Linggen Dan formula he had previously written.

While keeping Tian Di Gen as the main ingredient, he experimented with different supplementary ingredients.

Time passed, bit by bit.

Another half a year went by, and when everything was ready...

Luo Chen did not immediately start pill refinement.

Instead, he calmed his mind and opened his attribute panel.

There was no trace of nervousness on his face because he had already tested whether he could open the attribute panel earlier.

However, unlike usual, when he primarily accessed the basic attributes, this time, he specifically opened the Pill Master section under the Profession tab.

Profession:

【Pill Master】

【Pill Techniques: Scale Transformation - Mastery, Crane Transformation - Mastery, Mastery Pill Technique (Click to view details)】

【Tier Four Pills: Incarnation Pill - Beginner 5/100, Purple Qi Poison Dispelling Pill - Beginner 30/100

Tier Three Pills: Starlight Pill - Mastery, True Flame Pill - Mastery, Mysterious Yuan Pill - Beginner 6/100

Tier Two Pills: Blood Stasis Dispelling - Perfect 376/500

Tier One Pills: Water Condensation Pill - Mastery

More Mastery Pills (Click to view details)】

After most of the content was condensed, a simple Pill Master attribute panel appeared before him.

Compared to the past, there were a few unfamiliar pill names, but they weren't actually strange.

The Purple Qi Poison Dispelling Pill was a modified Tier Four poison-dispelling pill formula he had obtained from the Purple Qi Island's elder. After their journey to Purple Qi Island, he had only refined a few extra pills for backup and then stopped.

Among the Tier Three pills, the only one not at Mastery level was the Mysterious Yuan Pill, which he had learned to break through the Golden Core stage.

As for the Tier Two pills, there was a new addition, the Blood Stasis Dispelling Pill, which he had learned to heal the hidden injuries on his body and speed up his recovery.

However, at this moment, none of this mattered.

Luo Chen glanced at the number of achievement points at the end of the panel 【300】

This was his greatest advantage! He originally had 334 achievement points, but had spent 34 points to quickly learn the Open Bottle Technique at Tier Four.

This cost was worth it for Luo Chen, and it was somewhat beyond his expectations.

He had originally thought that a Tier Four spell would consume more achievement points, but after mastering the prerequisites of Yuan Dan Technique and Locking Pearl Curtain, he had only spent thirty-four points to successfully enter the realm.

Now, with a full three hundred points remaining, Luo Chen felt more confident in his attempt to deduce the Dan Formula.

"Even if someone had walked before me, if the test was the same, no matter how skilled they were in alchemy, as long as they hadn't reached the level of a Zhongzhou Dan Sage, they would need to experiment and waste countless hours and energy."

"But I'm different. With this interface, I don't need to waste time!"

"Even the process of refining can be more efficient."

Luo Chen smiled slightly, feeling more confident.

In his opinion, the previous pioneers might have had some skill in alchemy, otherwise, they wouldn't have passed the first trial in the Demon Annihilation Land in less than three years.

But to compare with the rumored Dan Sage from Zhongzhou? That was impossible.

Such an existence wouldn't come here and get trapped in danger, would they? His smile faded, and Luo Chen took a deep breath, bringing to mind the Spirit Root Dan Formula he had carefully selected and felt most confident about.

In an instant, the system silently displayed the corresponding information.

[Unknown Dan Formula detected, incomplete version. Do you want to complete it?]

Luo Chen's eyebrows furrowed. This was the most confident formula he had carefully chosen, and he felt it was quite mature.

Was it still an incomplete version?

With a thought, he sent another formula to the system.

[Unknown Dan Formula detected, incomplete version. Do you want to complete it?]

[Unknown Dan Formula detected, incomplete version. Do you want to complete it?]

Each time, the system asked if he wanted to complete the formula, indicating that Luo Chen's deduced formulas were not mature enough.

Luo Chen's mood soured slightly, but it wasn't overly heavy.

In his opinion, the Spirit Root Dan Formula was only a Tier Two formula, and completing it would cost around ten achievement points.

But he resisted the urge to complete it.

"This is just the first trial; who knows how many more trials there are and how difficult they will be. These three hundred achievement points are my greatest asset built up over the years, and I shouldn't waste them lightly."

Murmuring to himself, Luo Chen returned to his desk and continued writing vigorously.

He tried various combinations, letting the system detect them, but all the ingredient combinations were deemed incomplete by the system.

Several days later, sitting in his chair with bloodshot eyes, Luo Chen suddenly had an idea.

"Perhaps I, who wanted to take a shortcut, have taken a wrong turn instead?"

Looking at the densely packed drafts on the table, Luo Chen felt that success was getting further away.

From the pile of drafts, he found the initial few Dan Formulas.

After reviewing countless formulas, his initial intuition seemed correct.

The incompleteness probably wasn't in the ingredient combination but in the quantity allocation...

With this thought, he began to adjust his approach and modify the Dan Formula.

...

A month later, Luo Chen received a satisfying answer from the system.

[Complete Spirit Root Dan Formula, Tier Two, detected.]

[Do you want to enter the realm?]

In an instant, surprise appeared on his face.

Indeed, this approach was feasible.

By reading a large number of medicinal ingredients and understanding them, he selected the best solution and narrowed down the options.

Then, he adjusted the ingredient quantities, even modified the refining method, and used the system to detect if the formula was complete.

This way, he could solve the problem that most alchemists couldn't improve upon.

Perhaps this method had a shortcut's suspicion of being unethical.

But Luo Chen wasn't a traditionalist; he had some moral qualms but not many.

After all, he had already researched the Dan Formula himself, and success was within reach. He merely used the system to accelerate the process, avoiding unnecessary trial and error.

"Next, let's try refining it!"

Murmuring, Luo Chen headed to the alchemy room and took out the Hunyuan Cauldron.

This time, he didn't choose to use achievement points to enter the realm.

The deduced Dan Formula was entirely under his control.

Additionally, the pill grade was only Tier Two, which was well within his current alchemy skills.

The large amount of medicinal ingredients he had prepared earlier came in handy.

Several months later...

In the alchemy room, a unique fragrance of pills wafted out.

Luo Chen held several ordinary-looking pills, feeling relieved.

"Is this considered a success?"

He looked around, but no abnormalities appeared!

But the Spirit Root Dan had indeed been refined.

Just then, a slightly weak voice echoed from the void, reverberating in the alchemy room.

"The refined pill is a low-grade Tier Two. It can temporarily replace the Spirit Root Pill and absorb spiritual energy from heaven and earth, maintaining its effects for ten years."

"The assessment result is poor, and you are unqualified."

As these words sounded, Luo Chen's face changed.

Shocked by the voice's appearance and puzzled by the assessment of the trial, Luo Chen took a deep breath and focused his doubts on the trial results.

"This shouldn't be!" he exclaimed. "I've refined the pill, and my system evaluation shows a complete pill formula. How could..."

Muttering to himself, Luo Chen recalled the voice's message.

"Using a temporary spiritual root, absorbing spiritual energy, the pill's effects can last for ten years."

This description referred to the Spirit Root Pill he had refined, but the voice hadn't consumed the pill, so how could it make such an evaluation?

Unfortunately, there was no one to test the pill.

Luo Chen, determined, swallowed the Spirit Root Pill, immediately assuming a meditative posture to observe the pill's effects.

A mere second-tier pill was no challenge for his current cultivation level. Even if there was backlash, he could withstand it!

A day later, Luo Chen vaguely sensed the issue.

"This Spirit Root Pill does indeed allow a temporary spiritual root to absorb spiritual energy, but the pill's power is too strong. Only Foundation Establishment Cultivators can withstand it."

"But this pill is for ordinary people, and they want to use it to cultivate to the Foundation Establishment stage."

"This creates a contradiction."

For a moment, Luo Chen's expression shifted between joy and worry.

He had indeed underestimated ordinary people's ability to withstand the pill's power.

A second-tier pill was already beyond the scope! How could he resolve this? Should he refine a first-tier Spirit Root Pill?

That was impossible; a first-tier pill couldn't have such miraculous effects. A pill refined from five hundred years of Heaven and Earth's Essence as the main ingredient couldn't have a low grade.

This doubt lingered for several days until Luo Chen recalled his own experience when his cultivation was low, and how his pill-taking process differed from others.

His powerful physique, detoxification techniques, and more allowed him to withstand greater pill effects at the same cultivation level.

In the situation where the Spirit Root Pill's grade couldn't be lowered, improving ordinary people's physiques might be an alternative approach to assist their cultivation.

With this thought, numerous inspirations flooded Luo Chen's mind.

Immediately, he entered his study and continued writing fervently.

Three months later, Luo Chen returned to the pill room with two pill formulas.

This time, he didn't stay inside for long.

In just two months, he had two new pills in his hands.

At the same time, the slightly strange, weak voice appeared again.

"Five Organs Nurturing Pill, a lower-tier first-grade pill, can assist ordinary people in nurturing their five organs."

"Snow Spirit Channeling Pill, a lower-tier first-grade pill, when taken long-term, can assist ordinary people in opening their meridians and breaking through the Xuan Barrier."

"Spirit Root Pill, a lower-tier second-grade pill, when combined with the Five Organs Nurturing Pill and Snow Spirit Channeling Pill, can assist in absorbing spiritual energy, and the pill's effects can last for thirty years."

"Trial results: Good... Passed!"

Upon hearing this, Luo Chen's face lit up with joy.

As expected!

His guess was correct.

In the situation where his foundation couldn't further optimize the Spirit Root Pill, researching and refining pills to strengthen ordinary people's physiques was a better choice!

Thirty years! This time was enough.

If, within thirty years, ordinary people couldn't cultivate to the Foundation Establishment stage with the help of the Spirit Root Pill, then all efforts would be in vain.

But if they succeeded, they could establish the foundation for the Great Dao!

At that time, they would have initially fulfilled the conjecture of breaking the barrier between immortals and mortals.

As for how to continue cultivation after reaching the Foundation Establishment stage with the help of the Spirit Root Pill, it wasn't something Luo Chen could solve at present.

Or perhaps, they would take one step at a time, and by then, they might find a better solution.

At least, the dantian's transformation and the opening of the Qi Sea, establishing the foundation for the Great Dao, was far better than the mortal stage.

If compared to the Northern Sea's borrowing of demon beasts' inner pills to cultivate to the Golden Core stage, it would be easier to understand.

Pseudo-pill cultivators also couldn't advance to the middle stage of the Golden Core.

But those who chose this path had long prepared for it.

With this thought, Luo Chen's mind seemed to spark with more inspiration.

From the Spirit Root Pill to a different path, what about a Demon Spirit Root?

The details were hazy, but at least there was a way.

Just as Luo Chen was excited, his surroundings suddenly became illusory.

"What's happening?"

Luo Chen, surprised, seemed to realize something.

With a thought, he quickly flew to his study, waved his hand, and the bamboo slips began to vanish.

However, something unexpected happened.

The bamboo slips also started to disappear.

"Can't I take them?"

Luo Chen felt a bit regretful.

The next moment, with a shift of space, he appeared in an unfamiliar realm.

(End of Chapter)

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