20demayo 414. Selection of Dan Formula
414. Selection of Dan Formula
After nightfall, Xiao Yan sat alone cross-legged in the alchemy room.
After officially deciding to stay here, Xiao Yan toured the entire residence and came to a conclusion: the most luxurious place in the whole estate was this alchemy room. Xiao Yan subconsciously remarked, "Truly worthy of the Pill Tower's design." Since no one else needed to refine medicine, this room naturally belonged to Xiao Yan.
At this moment, dozens of pill formulas were laid out in front of Xiao Yan, ranging from low-grade seventh to eighth grade, filling the entire alchemy room. Most of these were originally Yao Lao's collection, with a small portion that Xiao Yan had acquired by chance over the years.
The value of pill formulas is self-evident. Alchemists rarely need to worry about medicinal materials when accepting commissioned tasks, and the profits afterward are exceptionally high. However, pill formulas are often required to be provided by the alchemist themselves, which is why their prices remain consistently high within the alchemist community. In fact, many alchemists with sufficient skill have failed to advance in their cultivation levels due to a lack of pill formulas and insufficient training.
Each pill formula is the best solution summarized from countless experiments by predecessors. Some formulas that have changed hands also record the improvements made by others, making them even more valuable. Therefore, for alchemists, pill formulas are the most important treasure and the essential foundation for their livelihood.
Xiao Yan had never worried about pill formulas for many years, mainly because Yao Lao was extremely wealthy, possessing formulas for almost all grades of pills, from first to eighth. When Yao Lao parted ways with Xiao Yan, he solemnly instructed him that Xiao Yan would be considered to have graduated as long as he could refine an eighth-grade pill.
Xiao Yan sensed from the atmosphere in the Pill Domain that if he wanted to make a name for himself in the Pill Gathering, seventh-grade pills were no longer enough; he had to refine eighth-grade pills to have any chance of winning.
Although the Pill Gathering is still over a year away, preparations for the medicinal herbs used in refining pills can begin now. From what Xiao Yan understands, the Pill Tower doesn't provide special herbs for the participants. After all, the basic requirement for participating in the Pill Gathering is being a fifth-grade or higher alchemist, and providing sufficient herbs for everyone would be an extremely significant investment for the Pill Tower.
Xiao Yan bent his palm and inhaled, and three scrolls of pill formulas flew out into his palm. Then, with a thought, the three scrolls of pill formulas opened in the air, and the information appeared before Xiao Yan's eyes.
Soul-Devouring Blood-Invigorating Pill. A high-grade seventh-rank pill that temporarily stimulates the life force of the devourer, exchanging that life force for a burst of instantaneous combat power. After the burst ends, the user must specifically consume the essence blood of a magical beast to restore their life force. If the main ingredient, the essence blood of a magical beast, is rare and powerful, the pill's grade can directly reach the peak of the seventh-rank!
Bone-Growing and Blood-Melting Pill. A top-tier seventh-grade pill with the effects of merging the soul and restoring life, and regenerating flesh from bones. It can instantly revive a half-dead person who is barely clinging to life after taking it. It is one of the three materials recorded in the strange fighting qi technique, the Burning Manual, for refining a body that can contain a soul.
Fuling Qingdan. Once refined into a finished product, it will undoubtedly be an eighth-grade item. It can awaken the dormant fighting spirit within the body of the user using the wood element essence of various medicinal herbs. Regardless of the reason for the decline in fighting spirit, this elixir can help restore most of the original strength.
The difficulty of the three types of pills increases progressively. These are the pills that Xiao Yan feels he can currently refine successfully and that are suitable for him. Although Xiao Yan has not yet tried the Fuling Qingdan, there is still more than a year before the Pill Gathering officially begins. Xiao Yan is confident that his pill refining skills will improve again in the end.
Of these three pills, the most important to Xiao Yan is the Bone-Growing and Blood-Melting Pill, as it is one of the core ingredients for Yao Lao's resurrection. However, given the choice, Xiao Yan would choose to refine the Bone-Growing and Blood-Melting Pill under the more secure circumstances. After all, it concerns Yao Lao's resurrection, and he doesn't want any accidents to happen.
After carefully examining the three pill formulas, Xiao Yan finally made his decision.
"If possible, we should prioritize Poria and Licorice."
Having made up his mind, Xiao Yan began to reorganize the pill formulas, intending to put them all back into his storage ring. However, at that moment, Xiao Yan suddenly noticed an extremely ancient pill formula, and he immediately stopped what he was doing.
He had successfully refined most of the many pill formulas left by the old master, and had even tried to find all the necessary materials for a very small number of them, but ultimately failed to actually refine them for various reasons. But the one in front of him was the only one that the old master clearly had the formula for but had never actually tried to refine.
Xiao Yan also took the ancient pill formula in his hands, sensing the fragility of the soul power within. Due to its age, the formula itself had become somewhat unstable. Fortunately, Xiao Yan had already studied it carefully, and the information was now appearing in his mind.
Bodhi Points Ordinary Elixir!
An eighth-grade elixir, once created, will inevitably trigger a five-colored or higher thunderbolt. The finished elixir has the effect of transforming the mortal into the spiritual, using the power of Bodhi to draw upon the innate power hidden deep within a person's limbs, bones, internal organs, and six viscera, possessing the ability to seize the creation of heaven and earth.
Xiao Yan was somewhat helpless after reading the introduction. The formula sounded incredibly miraculous, but the specific effects were missing, and Yao Lao himself had never refined it and hadn't supplemented the information. When Yao Lao introduced the formula to Xiao Yan, he had already said he didn't approve of Xiao Yan refining the pill; he should just look at the concept and method, and insisting on it would likely be a waste of time.
This elixir demands extremely high skill from the refiner, requiring a wide variety of materials with vastly different effects. Without the soul power of a peak-level spirit realm cultivator, it would be impossible to process the massive amount of raw materials involved.
Not to mention that nearly one-third of the ingredients in this pill formula are cold and yin-type medicinal materials, which require an extremely long refining time and a massive amount of battle qi.
The most demanding requirement is that the main ingredient must be the Bodhi Transformation Essence. Even when Yao Lao was at the height of his career, he hesitated because of these difficulties.
The old alchemist ultimately assessed the pill: While it was clearly only one of the more outstanding eighth-grade pills, the effort required was in no way inferior to that of a top-tier eighth-grade pill. Considering everything, it wasn't worth refining. The old alchemist even suspected that the formula might have been created entirely by the exceptionally talented alchemist through conjecture, without any actual experimentation. Therefore, the description of its effects was somewhat vague and unclear.
After reading it once, Xiao Yan subconsciously shook his head. Although he already had a copy of the Bodhi Transformation Saliva in his hand, the requirements of this pill formula were too demanding. Even if he could do it, there were many more suitable options in Yao Lao's collection. So in the end, Xiao Yan carefully put the pill formula back into his storage ring and stretched.
After leaving the alchemy room, Xiao Yan hesitated for a moment, but finally headed towards Little Fairy Doctor's room.