Chapter 479: Chapter 478 Practice 9 Qi Returns to 1 Alchemy Technique
"I can agree to the exchange.
However, I also have a condition."
Bai Ziyue directly opened his mouth and said,
His "Kunlun Pill Scripture," perhaps not considered a world-shaking treasure, was still regarded as an invaluable tome due to its usefulness to countless low-tier alchemists.
But compared to the "Nine Qi Unification Alchemy Method" for Initial-Stage Fifth-Grade Alchemists, it was far inferior.
That was the true top-tier inheritance, a ’method,’ something countless alchemists, especially many high-grade alchemists, dreamed of possessing.
His "Kunlun Pill Scripture" was at most merely ’skill,’ effective only for low-tier alchemists. For someone like Dan Chen Daoist, a Fourth-Grade Initial Stage Alchemist, the "Kunlun Pill Scripture" was not much use.
He wasn’t doing it for himself but for the many low-tier alchemists within the Pill Treasure Hall.
For this, Bai Ziyue truly admired the effort, so he naturally agreed.
However, he had to set necessary conditions, not wanting his hard-earned creation to ultimately benefit his enemies.
"What conditions?"
Dan Chen Daoist immediately asked.
"This ’Kunlun Pill Scripture’ should be sealed for half a year. At least during these six months, only the Hall Master can view it, and no one else.
I need to secure a six-month advantage for the disciples of the Fire Spirit Peak lineage."
Bai Ziyue contemplated briefly and said.
"Six months? Very well."
True Monarch Dan Chen was initially surprised but quickly agreed.
For an Immortal Cultivator, six months wasn’t long, and Bai Ziyue’s request was understandable. Immortal Cultivators also had personal motives, so there was nothing objectionable about it.
In Bai Ziyue’s action, he actually felt pleased because it proved that the other party recognized his identity as an elder of the Qingxu Sect’s Pill Treasure Hall, starting to seek benefits for his disciples, which added a sense of belonging and connection.
If he ever accepted formal disciples, or even direct disciples, he might completely integrate...
Thinking of this, he considered whether to select a few young and outstanding talents for Bai Ziyue to choose from.
"Additionally, there’s some personal interest for Bai as a Loose Cultivator Alchemist. The biggest worry comes from a shortage of materials.
Thus, I hope the Hall Master can open the medicine garden, allowing me to choose spiritual materials for alchemy.
Of course, the associated costs can follow the usual precedent."
Bai Ziyue immediately followed up.
"You needn’t worry, Elder Bai. Our Qingxu Sect isn’t lacking in spiritual materials.
However, given Elder Bai’s unique experiences, this concern is normal. Here is my identity jade talisman. Even if I am in closed-door alchemy occasionally, you can use this identity jade talisman to get the necessary spiritual materials from the medicine garden steward."
True Monarch Dan Chen chuckled and flipped his hand, handing over his identity jade talisman.
"Thank you, Hall Master."
Bai Ziyue also smiled and soon handed over a jade scroll eye containing the complete record of the "Kunlun Pill Scripture."
Immediately, he received a pale purple jade scroll eye in return.
...
"The ’Nine Qi Unification Alchemy Method.’"
Bai Ziyue silently withdrew his divine thought from the pale purple jade scroll eye, a gleam flashing in his eyes.
The entire Nine Qi Unification Alchemy Method was extensive, with at least a billion characters by word count.
It covered many aspects, including alchemy techniques, principles, fire control skills, material ratios..., along with numerous aspects of alchemy application and knowledge. The most crucial core was the Nine Qi Unification Alchemy Method, an alchemy skill akin to seizing the essence of the universe.
"The alchemy skill recorded in the ’Nine Qi Unification Alchemy Method’ involves using the property and attributes of spiritual materials as qi. A single material is used to extract strands of ’qi’ based on its different characteristics, then use a special pill formula to unify these strands of ’qi’ into a pill.
Although the specific alchemy skill isn’t only this, it must be said that this alchemy method naturally results in pills with much fewer impurities than the pills formed through ordinary methods.
Not only will the pill success rate increase significantly, but the pill quality will also pleasantly surprise.
Moreover, if one could understand the properties of these ’qi,’ the chances of creating a spirit pill formula would also greatly increase."
Bai Ziyue felt a wave of excitement.
This jade scroll eye was truly worthy of pointing directly to a Fifth-Grade Low-Tier Alchemist’s top-notch inheritance, incredibly helpful to his advancement in alchemy.
"However, precisely because this alchemy method was extraordinary, the entry level was more difficult.
Not only was there a wealth of information within the entire jade scroll eye, but also because some aspects of alchemy theories and technique applications weren’t easy to comprehend, requiring much time to manage and understand."
Bai Ziyue slightly frowned.
As a Divine Realm Cultivator, his divine thought power was strong, enabling him to process large amounts of information in a short time. Yet, mastery directing towards an Initial-Stage Fifth-Grade Alchemist covered every facet of alchemy, and some profound parts were hard to grasp, even for him as a High-Tier Third-Grade Alchemist.
This was also why True Monarch Dan Chen, despite holding this legacy for decades to a century, was still only a Fourth-Grade Initial Stage Alchemist.
"Fortunately, I wasn’t entirely without options."
Bai Ziyue felt relieved and focused his eyes on the attribute panel.
"Consume 100000 soul energy to exchange for ten minutes of enlightenment time."
"Exchange!"
Bai Ziyue chose to exchange without hesitation.
In an instant, strands of information regarding the "Nine Qi Unification Alchemy Method" flashed through his mind. What was once profound and hard to understand began to feel as if divinely aided during the enlightenment time, with insights and comprehension quickly forming, soon resolving any puzzles.
One minute, two minutes, three minutes...
In a daze, Bai Ziyue snapped out of his Enlightenment Time.
"I finally managed to meticulously organize the Nine Qi Unification Alchemy Method. At least now I have a relatively clear understanding of this alchemical inheritance.
What I’m missing now is formal practice.
As they say, ’A method unused remains unclear, unpracticed it lacks precision.’ Just ’watching’ and ’thinking’ will never truly bring it to the Entry Level.
However, ten minutes of Enlightenment Time enabled me to raise the Nine Qi Unification Alchemy Method to 25% of the Entry Level."
Enlightenment Time was indeed marvelous, but at most, it could only save him a lot of research time. For certain knowledge fields, such as reading comprehension, knowledge integration, and analysis of creation, it had miraculous effects.
But for specific issues during the alchemy process, it was naturally difficult to fully grasp.
At this point, he needed to personally use the Alchemy Skill within the Nine Qi Unification Alchemy Method to refine Spirit Pills, only then could he truly discover problems and make progress, eventually reaching entry by accumulation.
Immediately, he didn’t hesitate and quickly began formal alchemy.
At the start, the grade of Spirit Pill he chose to refine was similarly very low, just a First-grade Spirit Pill, the Qi Storage Pill.
He dared not be careless, directly finding a Pill Furnace, and with a touch of his hand, a burst of five-colored flames fell into the Pill Furnace.
With his power of fire control, he naturally managed with ease, skillfully presenting flames at the temperature and size he required.
Then, he added the spiritual materials one by one, using the Pill Formula within the Nine Qi Unification Alchemy Method to extract medicinal gas, making it collide with another medicinal gas...
Boom!
The medicinal gas dispersed, and was then burned to ashes by the flames.
"Failed!"
Bai Ziyue showed no expression, contemplating briefly, he knew exactly where his problem lay.
Not surprised, a Water Technique was unleashed, cleansing the Pill Furnace, as he started alchemy anew.
Once, twice, three times...
After the third time, he finally achieved pill formation, but the impurities reached over 40%, clearly still a failure.
But he was not discouraged by this setback, beginning the refining again.
The Spirit Pill quality immediately began to rise gradually.
35%, 30%, 25%...
By the eighth time, the Spirit Pill he refined achieved a quality below 5%.
At this moment, this Qi Storage Pill counted as a First-grade Super Tier Spirit Pill.
He glanced at his Attribute Panel.
"Nine Qi Unification Alchemy Method Entry Level 49%."
Bai Ziyue began refining again.
This time, he switched to refining another type of Spirit Pill: First-grade Spirit Pill Kaiyang Pill, First-grade Spirit Pill Blood Spirit Pill, then proceeded to Second-grade Spirit Pill Nourishing Essence Pill, Second-grade Spirit Pill Blessing Source Pill...
Gradually, his understanding of the Nine Qi Unification Alchemy Method deepened. His familiarity with it, the trend of medicinal gas changes, was handled with increasing ease.
The cultivation progress was similarly boosted bit by bit.
Entry Level 55%, Entry Level 60%, Entry Level 65%...
In just one day, he raised this Alchemy Skill to 95% of the Entry Level.
"One day to improve to 95% of the Entry Level, the progression is not slow.
However, most of the reason should be attributed to the fact that I was originally a Third-Grade High Tier Alchemist.
Even though this Alchemy Skill was incredibly profound, it wasn’t difficult with such a background to elevate it, cultivating it to the Entry Stage."
Bai Ziyue was well aware of this, and just as the materials beside him were exhausted, he immediately walked out of the Alchemy Room.
"Master, you are out."
As soon as he opened the Alchemy Room door, a figure hurriedly welcomed him; it was Ma Zhen.
At this time, the Alchemist Certificate on his Daoist Robe showed a change, having risen from Second-grade Middle-Tier Alchemist to Second-grade High-tier Alchemist.
Yet, there was no sign of joy on Ma Zhen’s face, instead, it was full of anxiety.
"Why the rush?"
Bai Ziyue asked in a deep voice.
Seeing his master, Ma Zhen’s panic and tension seemed to vanish instantly. He breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly said, "During this period, everyone’s alchemy skills have surged, and accordingly, their alchemy speed and pill success rate have significantly increased. Seeing the previous batch of tasks about to be completed, I promptly went to the Pill Treasure Hall to take on tasks.
It was my fault, after being flattered a few times by Steward Wang, I accepted a task quantity twice that of the last time, thinking that with a one-month deadline, even though it’s short, with everyone’s enthusiasm, the task could surely be completed in about twenty days.
Moreover, due to Elder Dan Jun’s previous threat, I wasn’t unaware of potential material shortages, so I deliberately asked Steward Wang, and he repeatedly assured me there would be no shortage.
Additionally, seeing that Pill Treasure Hall usually has the rule that as many Spirit Pills as the task requires, the Spiritual Material Library would supply the corresponding amount of spiritual materials, I took on the task accordingly.
As a result, after accepting the task, when I reached the Spiritual Material Library, the steward there told me the materials were insufficient.
Then, when I went back to find Steward Wang, he was nowhere to be found..."
"Master, it’s all my fault, I was negligent and got caught in someone else’s trap.
I’m sorry, please punish me."
Ma Zhen said tearfully.