Volume 2: Barbaric Wilderness Chapter 57: Mental State Upgrade

  The opening of the furnace and the ignition of the elixir have always been considered the most crucial step in the alchemical process. Success or failure depends on this initial step.

  The price at which elixirs are sold is several times, even dozens of times higher than the cost of the required spiritual materials. Another major reason is that no alchemist has ever dared to say openly that refining elixirs must be successful.

  Even if it's a Dan Saint-level alchemist, perhaps refining one, two, or three-grade spiritual pills they can do without fail, but when refining Dao Pills, especially those above five grades, failure and waste are also common occurrences.

  Taking the pure Yang son as an example, he can refine the "Nine Yang Rebirth Dan", which has a very large luck component in it. This kind of encounter but cannot be sought after great luck event is one in a hundred miles.

  In this over 100-day period, Chu Yi started from the most basic first-grade spiritual elixir and didn't know how much spiritual material he wasted. Fortunately, he had "Ji Mi Jin Yan" to use, which could improve the success rate of elixir refinement to a certain extent. However, even so, for refining third-grade spiritual elixirs, he only had a 30% chance of success.

  If it weren't for the existence of the Hongmeng space, which provided him with sufficient elixir materials, even if the head of the Dan Ding Sect personally taught him, no one could accumulate alchemy experience as quickly as Chu Yi did. In just a hundred days, he was already able to refine third-grade spiritual elixirs.

  At the same time, this was also the reason why Chu Yi only took action after confirming that he had enough spiritual materials on hand to supply the refining of "Taiyin Increaser" three times.

  As a former science prodigy, he still has a relatively deep understanding of probability.

  As the last bit of "Extinction Golden Flame" went out, Chu Yiyu's void snapped shut, and the furnace lid burst open with a loud bang. A cyan light shot up into the sky, and the medicinal energy was so abundant that it instantly filled the entire alchemy room.

  Is it done?

  Chu Yi was no longer a novice at alchemy, he knew that he couldn't be impatient at this moment. He took a deep breath and slapped the furnace with his palm, the powerful palm force infused with thick spiritual energy made the cauldron spin around.

  "Out!"

  Suddenly, Chu Yi let out a light shout, and with another wave of his palm, a cyan-colored glow shot out from the dan furnace, its speed so swift it was like an arrow off the string.

  "Take it down..."

  Chu Yi's right hand made a grasping motion in mid-air, and suddenly a strong suction force appeared, pulling that green light into his palm.

  A green jade-like pill, emitting a pungent and unusual fragrance, the size of a longan fruit, appeared in the palm.

  It's done!?!

  Just as Chu Yi was overjoyed, he suddenly heard a "pop" sound. The dan pill had split into two halves from the middle, and a stream of pure spiritual energy resembling green smoke flowed out from it, disappearing instantly without a trace.

  "A success so close at hand, yet lost due to a single mistake!"

  Chu Yi didn't know how many times he had encountered such a situation, where the success or failure of the elixir was on a thin line. This extremely stimulating process really tested the endurance of an alchemist.

  "Next one." With a slight exertion of his palm strength, another cyan light flew out from the dan furnace and was absorbed into his palm, with the same misfortune repeating itself once again.

  When the fifth dan pill burst into powder before it was even taken by Chu Yi, a wry smile spread across his face. It seemed that there was good reason for this "Taiyin Increaser of Life" to be called not a Taoist pill, but rather better than a Taoist pill. The difficulty in refining these third-grade spiritual pills and the low probability of success were simply infuriating.

  "It seems like there's only three chances left..."

  "This 'Taiyin Increaser of Life' was specially selected and refined by Chu Yi to give as a gift. Only eight pellets were produced in one furnace, taking more than 50 days to consume and requiring immense effort. If all eight pellets were ruined, Chu Yi would truly have reason to cry."

  Moreover, with the deadline approaching, Chu Yi couldn't squeeze out more time to refine it again, so success or failure would depend on the last three pellets.

  Another blue dan pill flew out of the furnace and into Chu Yi's palm, emitting a fragrance that was both refreshing and intoxicating. With great care, Chu Yi released a thread of spiritual energy to envelop the dan pill, and this time, there were no disappointing fragments. The blue dan pill lay quietly in his palm, resembling a night pearl radiating a soft blue glow, extremely enticing.

  "Finally succeeded!" After experiencing five consecutive pill failures, Chu Yi finally let out a sigh of relief and, with renewed energy, successfully produced two more pills. The lucky gods smiled upon him, and this time he obtained three pills in a row, all of which were successful. From great sorrow to great joy, the stimulation was truly not something that ordinary people's psychology could bear.

  Three "Taiyin Increaser of Life" pills in hand, Chu Yi stretched comfortably and let out a lazy yawn. Although he had been exhausted for many days, his current state of mind was clearer than ever before. After this refining process, the negative emotions that had been dormant deep within his heart since his hundred-day training in the wilderness outside the city had melted away, including the obsessive desire to break through to the Golden Dan stage that had driven him mad half a year ago.

  At this moment, many problems that were not understood in the past are suddenly clear. The reason why Xiūzhēn is called Xiūzhēn is to cultivate the true self, not to cultivate only one thing, but to include all things. Cultivating elixirs is Xiūzhēn, cultivating instruments is Xiūzhēn, entering the world is Xiūzhēn, closing the pass is Xiūzhēn, fighting with methods is Xiūzhēn, and meditation is also Xiūzhēn...

  Yunxia Peak is adjacent to Chunjun Peak, only thirty miles apart. In these vast and dense mountains, they can be considered true neighbors in the real sense.

  Yunxia Peak is the only one of the 108 peaks that accepts only female disciples, and its leader, Zixia Fairy, has already reached the Yuan Ying period. In terms of strength, she is even above Lingyangzi of Tiandou Peak.

  Because Zixia Xianzi is low-key and doesn't compete with others, the name of Yunxia Peak is not as loud as Tianding Peak.

  However, this does not mean that Yunxia Peak is easy to bully. If we talk about background, ten Tian Ding Peaks can't compare with Yunxia Peak.

  The reason is simple, because the innate identity and status of Zixia Xianzi, as long as within the Wushang Xuanyang Sect, even if one is a senior elder, they must show respect to her, after all, she is the daughter of the current sect leader, and there are hardly any in the entire sect who can surpass her in status.

  Apart from this, among the more than 100 female disciples under Zixia Xianzi, there are also several with extremely impressive backgrounds. For example, Xie Pianpian, the daughter of Tianxuanzi, the Great Elder, is a disciple of Zixia Xianzi. Another example is Li Lingyu, a sixteen-year-old prodigy who has reached the Spiritual Movement stage, and is one of the Three Princesses of Shengtang. Such individuals can be called stunningly talented and beautiful, and are also members of Yunxia Peak.

  Apart from the two of them, among the various elder generation in the sect, eight or nine out of ten daughters would be made to pay homage to the Purple Mist Immortal's door. Over time, a vast network of relationships was built up, making it so that anyone who came out of Cloudy Peak would always have an easy time, no matter how arrogant the disciples of other sects were, they wouldn't dare provoke Cloudy Peak.

  According to legend, a female disciple of Yunxia Peak once had a conflict with a direct disciple while picking herbs outside. As a result, the direct disciple received 36 life-or-death duel invitations within half a day and was so frightened that he immediately announced his closure of the death gate, vowing not to come out until he achieved enlightenment, thus ending the matter.

  Yunxia Peak, in front of the grand formation, a figure in white clothes descended from the sky with a faint smile on his face. Chu Yi showed the pure token to the female disciple guarding the mountain gate and smiled: "Sister, I am Chu Yi from Pure Token Peak, I have come to see Zixia Fairy, please inform her for me."