Soul Immortal

In The Alchemy Room [II]

The old man paused for a moment, then changed his expression to one of concern and asked, "The question is, do you have the necessary props with you?"

When saying this, the old man deliberately emphasized the word "must".

At this point, he finally understood what the old man meant - "It turns out that this senior wanted to sell something to me." Lynn laughed and curse in his heart.

But then I thought: "Since these things are necessary for alchemy, I might as well ask first."

When the old man saw Lynn asking, his eyes lit up and he said, "My nephew, let me tell you about these props!"

Lynn groaned and nodded in agreement. The old man didn't care about etiquette at this time and pulled Lynn to sit on a bench nearby.

Then he took out various instruments from his body and introduced them with great enthusiasm. After listening to the old man's introduction, Lynn actually felt that each of these things was a rare treasure and invaluable.

But when he heard the price quoted by the old man, his heart suddenly sank. According to the old man, let alone other things, the necessities for alchemy alone are very expensive. An alchemy furnace ranges from a few spirit stones to more than ten spirit stones, but Lynn only has about twenty spirit stones in total.

Finally, after some bargaining with the old man, Lynn finally bought an alchemy furnace called "Imitation Fairy Phoenix Pattern Furnace" with fifteen spirit stones.

The old man was already smiling when he saw Lynn bought the furnace. He introduced some other things to him, but Lynn had no intention of buying them this time. However, he thought that he didn't know much about alchemy, so he might as well ask for advice on alchemy.

Then he said to the old man, "This is also my first time in the alchemy room. I wonder if you can tell me about alchemy."

The old man lost interest when he saw that he no longer bought his things. However, when he heard that he wanted to learn about alchemy, his eyes turned and he thought to himself, "This kid might still have the potential to buy things."

After thinking about it, the wrinkled face was suddenly filled with smiles again. He took Lynn's hand and said, "To make an elixir, you first need a good elixir furnace. Well, I have it now. In addition, you need the elixir formula and medicinal materials. Once you have everything, you can start making elixirs. If you want any materials, you can come to me and buy them. I'll give you a discount."

Lynn didn't expect that the old man would drag him to buy things after just a few words. Feeling helpless, he had to listen to the old man finish his advertisement before continuing to ask: "So, may I ask, Senior, where does this Three Flavors True Fire come from when I want to make an elixir?"

"Of course, if you want to refine pills, you need true fire, but this true fire is not something that my nephew can possess. True fire can only be possessed by cultivators who have at least reached the level of spiritual cultivation. However, if you don't have true fire, we can settle for the next best thing. As long as my nephew comes to the alchemy room, we can rent an alchemy room here and use the furnace fire in the alchemy room to refine pills. It only costs half a spirit stone to rent an alchemy furnace for two days!"

Listening to the old man's words, Lynn  laughed secretly: "You are such a jerk. No matter where you go, you can't do without spirit stones."

Then the old man introduced the materials used in refining, and of course he did not forget to introduce in detail the materials he had for sale. He also took Lynn to walk around the various alchemy rooms. Except for two rooms that were being used, the other rooms were empty.

The old man seemed to be in great spirits and even demonstrated to him how to use the stove and how to control the fire.

When Lynn returned to his residence, it was gradually getting dark outside. Lynn thought about his experience in the alchemy room today. Although he did not make any elixirs, he at least had a general understanding of alchemy. If he needed to make elixirs in the future, at least he would not be completely ignorant. Unfortunately, he did not have the recipe for alchemy.

But according to what the senior said, the recipes for alchemy are not cheap. Thinking of this, he thought about how he only got so few spirit stones a year. Although he used them sparingly, it would still be a drop in the bucket if he really wanted to make an elixir. So he shook his head helplessly and temporarily gave up the idea of ​​making an elixir. After a rest, Lynn took out the booklet and began to study it.

What makes Lynn excited is that since he got the bottle of Bu Tian Pills, whenever he encounters a difficult passage, he only needs to take one or two pills to break through the barrier and enter the next new realm.

Therefore, Lynn made rapid progress during this period of time, and in just a few months he had cultivated this elementary technique to the tenth level.

That day, under the effect of the Bu Tian Pills, he finally broke through the last obstacle of the ninth level and entered the tenth level of the Qi Refining Stage. Lynn was naturally very excited, and a hint of excitement appeared on his face from time to time. After being happy, he took out the bottle of Bu Tian Pills again and counted them.

"There are only three pills left!" Lynn sighed.

After taking these pills for a period of time, he found that the effectiveness of these pills in helping him break through was constantly weakening. In the beginning, he only needed one pill to easily break through the bottleneck, but later on, he had to take two pills to break through.

He thought about it for a long time and finally came up with two guesses. One was that his cultivation level would get higher and higher, so the spiritual power needed to break through the barrier would also increase, and the effect of the elixir would not change, so people would feel that the effect was getting worse. The other was that he had been using this elixir for a long time, and the effect would naturally decrease as he used it more. As for why, he couldn't figure it out.

Looking at the three pills in his hand, Lynn thought to himself. "It seems that it is impossible to enter the Spirit Refining Stage with these pills."

Furthermore, breaking through the bottleneck of the Spirit Refining Stage is much more difficult than breaking through the previous barriers. Otherwise, there are thousands of Qi Refining Stage disciples in Sky Harmony Sect, and even two or three hundred Qi Refining Stage 11 disciples, but only a hundred or so disciples have entered the Spirit Refining Stage. Some people can only linger in the Qi Refining Stage for their entire lives, and there are quite a few such disciples in the sect.

Thinking of this, Lynn felt gloomy in his heart, but then he thought again, now he hasn't even reached the eleventh level of Qi training, so he might as well practice to the peak of the twelfth level first.

Time flies, and three years have passed during the time Lynn has been practicing. Therefore, he went to the deacon of the sect to receive a task. However, the task he received was not difficult. He just had to patrol with his senior brothers in the sect for a period of time every once in a while. Therefore, this task did not take too much time and did not delay much of his practice time.