Chapter 204: Chapter 204: Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment
A hundred years, indeed, is not a short time.
However…
In the System Space now, there’s that new feature of Spiritual Plant Acceleration that can make spirit plants mature instantly.
It’s just that I don’t know how many Harvest Points will be needed to make this Blood Red Vermilion Fruit mature immediately.
The spirit plants needed for refining the Cultivation True Elixir are not yet all gathered by Lin Jing.
Once he does gather them, he indeed wants to give it a try.
Hopefully, it won’t be too many.
Otherwise, he really can’t afford to use this feature of accelerated growth for the spirit plants.
Next, Lin Jing left the Spirit Field.
From his entry into the System Space until now, barely a quarter of an hour had passed, and it was still early…
So…
Lin Jing left the Spirit Field and went to the Alchemy Room.
Upon entering the Alchemy Room, what came into view was the enormous Fire Meteor Four-Pattern Furnace, which Lin Jing always placed in the center of the room.
There was no need to carry it out unless necessary.
Following…
Lin Jing approached the Pill Furnace, then took out materials for the Gathering Yuan Pill from the Storage Bag, beginning his preparations for alchemy.
He first processed the alchemy ingredients he had just taken out and set them aside…
Afterwards, Lin Jing circulated his spiritual power, and True Fire surged out from within his body, converging between his palm and fingers.
With a “boom,”
The blazing flames rose from the palm of Lin Jing’s hand.
Lin Jing’s fingers subtly moved, and the flames, like obedient little sprites, danced at his command.
Then, Lin Jing controlled the flames, concentrating them at the bottom of the Pill Furnace to preheat it…
As the flames roasted it, the temperature of the Pill Furnace gradually increased…
Seeing that the temperature of the Pill Furnace had risen and was almost right,
Lin Jing then began to place the various ingredients, which he had already processed earlier, into the Pill Furnace in sequence.
Until finally, all the ingredients were put inside.
He directly sealed the furnace by closing the lid.
What followed was the actual start of alchemy.
Lin Jing circulated his spiritual power, causing the flames beneath the furnace to surge violently, becoming even more intense.
It was at this moment…
Lin Jing also activated the Divine Fire Triple Realm.
The flames beneath the furnace gradually shrank, growing smaller and smaller, as if they were about to extinguish.
Simultaneously, the color of the flames also began to slowly change.
As time ticked away…
The color of the flames beneath the furnace changed from red to orange, then from orange to yellow, slowly transforming.
Eventually, the color shifted from yellow directly to white.
The white flames looked quite beautiful.
Even though the cluster of white flames was still small, the aura it emitted was incredibly terrifying.
And the air around the white flames twisted with a scorching sensation, just looking at it was enough to inspire fear and respect.
This white flame was the very one condensed after Lin Jing mastered the first layer of the Divine Fire Triple Realm, which Elder Yu had given to him.
This was only the first layer, yet the white flames it produced were already so fearsome.
The following two layers were likely to be even more formidable.
However, practicing the Divine Fire Triple Realm was extremely difficult.
Only the first realm had been mastered by Lin Jing a few days ago.
According to Elder Yu, it was easy to enter the first layer of the Divine Fire Triple Realm, but starting from the second layer, it became much harder.
The third layer was even more so.
It was said that throughout the entire Southern Ming domain, it had been many years since anyone had reached the third layer.
Next…
Lin Jing continued to pour spiritual power into the process, carefully controlling the fire. The white flames, from their initial state that looked set to extinguish, slowly grew larger.
Until the flames became the size of a campfire, then he stopped.
Meanwhile, Lin Jing carefully controlled the flames and extended his Divine Sense into the Pill Furnace to monitor the state of the Elixir Medicine.
With the enhancement of the Divine Fire Triple Realm, Lin Jing’s alchemy speed had increased by a lot.
But with the fire’s temperature increasing and the alchemy quickening, it also became more mentally draining.
Lin Jing needed to continuously pay attention to movements inside the Pill Furnace.
Soon, half an hour passed…
A rich scent of Elixir Medicine began to emanate from within the Pill Furnace.
At the same time, Lin Jing’s forehead was already covered with many fine beads of sweat.
At this moment…
It had reached the final critical moment of elixir formation.
It was his first time using the Divine Fire Triple Realm to refine elixir medicine.
Lin Jing dared not be the slightest bit negligent.
The flames of the Divine Fire Triple Realm were too explosive and were not that easy to control.
Elder Yu had also told him that to use the Divine Fire Triple Realm for alchemy, one needed not only to practice continuously but also to enhance the strength of the Divine Sense.
After a long time of alchemy, Lin Jing’s Divine Sense was already quite strong.
What he lacked was the experience of using the Divine Fire Triple Realm for alchemy.
He believed that it wouldn’t be long before he would be able to skillfully control the Divine Fire Triple Realm, and then his alchemy would become extremely effortless.
Afterward, the scent of the elixirs kept drifting out of the pill furnace, growing stronger and stronger.
And this batch of elixir furnace medicine had reached the final stage of solidification.
Lin Jing constantly watched the contents of the pill furnace, where several blobs of medicinal liquid were slowly forming and continuously spinning.
As time passed, the flames at the bottom of the pill furnace burned vigorously, and the medicinal liquid kept solidifying.
Finally…
A system notification was heard.
“Ding”
“System notification: Congratulations to the host for refining Pure Elixir Medicine, reward obtained: 10 Harvest Points.”
“Elixir medicine refinement successful, alchemy proficiency +32.”
It was a success…
And it produced Pure Elixir Medicine.
Although Pure Elixir Medicine was produced, Lin Jing had already grown accustomed to it and was no longer as excited as he was at the beginning.
Then…
Lin Jing stood up, opened the pill furnace, and bottled the elixirs in small porcelain vials.
He threw the Pure Gathering Yuan Pill directly into his mouth.
Next, he wanted to take advantage of this moment to try for a breakthrough to the middle phase of Foundation Establishment.
Several months had passed since his last breakthrough.
Now was the time to launch an assault towards the middle phase of Foundation Establishment.
Originally, he had planned to wait a few more days.
But during the alchemy process just now, he unexpectedly discovered a substantial increase in his Spiritual Power.
This happened while he was operating the Divine Fire Triple Realm.
If he didn’t break through now, when would he?
After consuming the elixir medicine, Lin Jing sat cross-legged.
Then he operated the cultivation technique within his body and began to refine the Spiritual Power brought about by the elixirs he had just taken.
After Lin Jing finished refining the Spiritual Power of the Pure Gathering Yuan Pill, afraid of encountering the same difficulty in breaking through as last time, he took out another Pure Elixir Medicine from the Storage Bag and swallowed it.
Not until he had refined all the Spiritual Power from the two Pure Gathering Yuan Pills did Lin Jing begin his breakthrough.
Yet this time, the breakthrough was especially smooth.
He managed to break through the bottleneck on just the second attempt.
Following that, a system notification sounded.
“Ding.”
“System notification: Congratulations to the host for successfully breaking through the current realm, reward obtained: 20 Harvest Points.”
Fourth layer of Foundation Establishment, successfully broken through…
Now, Lin Jing had finally become a mid-phase Foundation Establishment cultivator.
If Liu Yiyuan had not yet broken through to the middle phase of Foundation Establishment, then Lin Jing’s cultivation would have already surpassed Liu Yiyuan’s.
Back then, Lin Jing was just a mid-phase Qi Refinement cultivator when he encountered Liu Yiyuan.
Now, he had reached the mid-phase of Foundation Establishment.
If Liu Yiyuan knew this, who knows what he would think…
After the successful breakthrough, Lin Jing simply smiled lightly.
He did not get up, but continued to meditate to stabilize his cultivation.
Until he felt it was about time, Lin Jing finally left the System Space.
Once out of the System Space, Lin Jing looked outside immediately.
It was already a tranquil deep night, except for the occasional sound of birds sweeping across the night sky, the rest of the time was incredibly quiet.
Tonight, he still had to go to the black market.
And now was the time…
Just right.