Chapter 505 - 359: Concocting Elixirs (2)
He now had five sets of Spirit Medicines for refining the Purple Essence Pill.
The Purple Essence Pill was used to help cultivators at the peak of mid-stage and late-stage Foundation Establishment break through. As such, Fang Yun’s carrier avatars couldn’t perfectly refine it without his direct control.
In the Alchemy Room.
After Fang Yun gave the Spirit Medicines for the Purple Essence Pill to his two carrier avatars, two batches of Purple Essence Pills began refining simultaneously.
This time, Fang Yun didn’t just observe. He sometimes had to take control to ensure the Purple Essence Pills were refined perfectly.
During the refining process, Fang Yun tried to connect to both carrier avatars at the same time.
When he did, three different perspectives appeared in his mind.
One was his own, and the other two were from the perspectives of his carrier avatars.
’Controlling two carrier avatars at once consumes over three times the mental energy as controlling just one. The strain on my consciousness is the same... Thankfully, I only need to make brief corrections. I definitely couldn’t handle this for long.’
The results of his experiment were barely within an acceptable range for Fang Yun.
After all, it was only natural that controlling two carrier avatars would be more draining.
In this regard, he was no different from anyone else.
’In the future, while I’m cultivating, the tasks for my two carrier avatars must either require no mental energy at all, or only one of them should need my intervention.’
If both needed his control simultaneously like this, it would greatly affect his cultivation.
With just one, it was the same as before and had no impact.
With two carrier avatars, he would have to plan their tasks more meticulously. With such arrangements, he could gain more time for cultivation without affecting his acquisition of Life Talent Points.
The two batches of Purple Essence Pills were completed at almost the same time.
Both were perfectly refined.
"It’s a good thing I already practiced refining plenty of Purple Essence Pills while multitasking to control a carrier avatar. Otherwise, perfectly refining these two batches would have been much more difficult."
He had improved a lot in this aspect of control compared to when he first created his carrier avatar.
If he were still at his previous level, he wouldn’t have been able to perfectly refine two batches of Purple Essence Pills so easily.
...
「In the blink of an eye, it was October.」
Half a year had passed since Fang Yun created his second carrier avatar.
Just as he expected, with a second carrier avatar, the number of Life Talent Points he acquired each month now exceeded 700,000 after bonuses.
Above a one-mu, Second Tier, Lower Grade Spirit Field.
Fang Yun’s figure appeared there.
"They’ve already entered their mature period."
Before him were the Four-Core Spirit Flowers, which had mutated from the Spirit Medicine known as the Three-Core Spirit Flower.
Like the original Three-Core Spirit Flower, the mutated Four-Core Spirit Flower took twelve years from planting to maturity.
"The mutation isn’t that significant, so the Spirit Medicine’s properties shouldn’t be too different."
Fang Yun first plucked a Four-Core Spirit Flower. While observing it with his Divine Sense, he also injected a trace of Spiritual Power into it.
This made it easier for him to determine the Spirit Medicine’s properties.
"Compared to the Three-Core Spirit Flower, the medicinal potency of the Four-Core Spirit Flower is much denser. The original formula for the Spirit Ascension Pill definitely won’t work using the Four-Core Spirit Flower as the main Spirit Medicine."
"But if the Spirit Ascension Pill’s formula is modified by adjusting the auxiliary Spirit Medicines, it might be usable."
Whether the Four-Core Spirit Flower could replace the Three-Core Spirit Flower required comprehensive consideration.
First, he needed to modify the Pill Formula for the Spirit Ascension Pill.
The appearance of a new, mutated spirit medicine offered a chance to optimize the pill formula.
At that very moment, combinations of various Spirit Medicines began forming in Fang Yun’s mind.
As both an Alchemy Master and a Spirit Plant Master, he had a thorough understanding of the medicinal properties of every Spirit Medicine that could be cultivated within the Celestial Cloud Sect—the result of his continuous study.
’For the auxiliary Spirit Medicines used to refine the Spirit Ascension Pill, I could add one more stalk of the Tier One, Middle Grade Spirit Medicine, Moyun Grass... and perhaps replacing the Tier One, Upper Grade Spirit Medicine, Qi Spirit Fruit, with Qi Storage Grass would be better...’
’...But that would increase the cost of the auxiliary Spirit Medicines by thirty percent.’
The increased cost of the Spirit Medicines alone didn’t determine the pill’s value. He would have to refine the pill, understand its specific effects, and make a comprehensive comparison to know if it was worth producing.
As long as the pill was worth refining, then the Four-Core Spirit Flower would be worth cultivating in the future.
Four hours later.
Fang Yun had already prepared the new Pill Formula. It was a variation of the one for the Spirit Ascension Pill, so with a reference point to work from, he wrote it out quickly without needing to agonize over it.
After leaving the Spirit Field, Fang Yun had to make a trip to Dan Cloud Peak before returning to refine the pill.
He currently only had the main Spirit Medicine, the Four-Core Spirit Flower. He still needed to get the auxiliary Spirit Medicines from Dan Cloud Peak.
He just needed to find the current Management Elder of Dan Cloud Peak.
The Management Elder of Dan Cloud Peak had recently changed from Wan Xuanye to Jiang Yan.
Although Jiang Yan was full of schemes, he was indeed the most suitable person to become the Management Elder of Dan Cloud Peak after Wan Xuanye. After all, his Alchemy Talent was undeniable.
After becoming the Management Elder, he was still full of cunning ideas, but far fewer than before.
Moreover, he no longer experimented with Second Tier pills; he was now testing the waters with Tier One pills.
He even paid for these minor wasteful experiments out of his own pocket.
"Supreme Elder." Upon seeing Fang Yun, Jiang Yan performed the proper etiquette for an Elder meeting a Supreme Elder.
"Elder Jiang, please trouble yourself to get me five sets of these Spirit Medicines."
As he spoke, Fang Yun handed Jiang Yan a list of Spirit Medicines.
It recorded all the auxiliary Spirit Medicines he needed.
"Alright, let me see... Supreme Elder, these look a lot like the auxiliary Spirit Medicines for refining the Spirit Ascension Pill." Upon seeing the list, Jiang Yan quickly made a connection.
Fang Yun was currently practicing Alchemy and Artifact Refining, and he had also started cultivating plants. It was the unique nature of his Core Formation Technique that gave him so much energy. By now, the sect’s mid-to-high-level members all knew this. Jiang Yan also knew that among the Spirit Medicines Fang Yun was tending, there was a mutated version of the Three-Core Spirit Flower, the main Spirit Medicine for the Spirit Ascension Pill.
He had already guessed what this was about.
Just as he was about to speak again, he heard Fang Yun say,
"The Four-Core Spirit Flower has matured. These are the auxiliary Spirit Medicines for a revised version of the Spirit Ascension Pill."
"Supreme Elder, could you show me the Pill Formula you’ve devised?" Jiang Yan asked immediately upon hearing this.
With a new, revised Pill Formula appearing, he wanted to contribute no matter what.
"Of course you can."
Fang Yun did not refuse.
Seeing Jiang Yan’s expectant look, he found it hard to refuse. If he did, Jiang Yan would surely be dying of curiosity.
"Thank you, Supreme Elder."
Jiang Yan took the Pill Formula and began to study it.
With the emergence of a new mutated Spirit Medicine, the auxiliary Spirit Medicines had also been changed. This new Pill Formula was heavily modified from the original Spirit Ascension Pill formula.
After reading it three times,
Jiang Yan felt that the Pill Formula was highly viable. At the very least, it could produce a decent pill.
’As expected of the one with the highest Alchemy Talent in the history of our Celestial Cloud Sect.’
Jiang Yan couldn’t help but marvel inwardly.
Beyond that, he had many other ideas.
"Supreme Elder, I think the eighth major step could be changed."
"Go on," Fang Yun said. If Jiang Yan’s suggestion was an improvement, Fang Yun was willing to modify the Pill Formula.
However, most of Jiang Yan’s proposed modifications to the Pill Formula had more cons than pros; they introduced more flaws than advantages.
Even so, it was possible some of his suggestions would be useful. But since the probability was so low, Fang Yun didn’t get his hopes up.
"It might be better to add the Chun Huang Root before the Moyun Grass. That way, their medicinal properties will mix better."
Hearing this, Fang Yun first considered it. After running a mental simulation, he rejected the idea.
"No, that would too easily affect the refinement of the Four-Core Spirit Flower in the thirteenth step. The Four-Core Spirit Flower and the Three-Core Spirit Flower aren’t exactly the same. For an initial formula, stability and a conservative approach are more important. You can try that modification yourself later when you get the chance."
"This... alright."
For the better part of the following day, Jiang Yan continuously offered many more suggestions.
Among them, only one was deemed viable by Fang Yun, and it was also the one with the most minor change.