Vampire Cultivation Notes

Chapter 133 Second-Tier Elixir: Jade Toad Elixir

If you could only read one fantasy novel in your entire life, it would probably be "The Blood Clan's Cultivation Notes".

Li Jieqing was not afraid of failure even if he wasted all four of his chances to refine the second-tier pill, Jade Toad Pill. As long as he could gain some experience in refining second-tier pills, that would be fine.

"Come on Tan!"

The alchemy furnace in front of Li Jieqing was already hot. It was taken from the space of Fairy Shecai's jade bracelet. It was a genuine high-grade alchemy furnace, a rare treasure even in the Seven True Immortal City.

Using a high-grade fire-removing talisman to heat up the alchemy furnace, Li Jieqing gave a call, and Huang Chong'er swam in from outside. It was covered in soot, its yellow scales were covered in charcoal ash, and it put down a basket of blood bamboo charcoal in its mouth.

This is a batch of century-old blood bamboo that was left over from making paper figures. After burning it for a year, some finished products were finally produced.

Li Jieqing used his object manipulation technique to catch the rare century-old spirit charcoal and threw it into the bottom of the furnace.

Just as the power of the Fire Separation Talisman was about to run out, the century-old spirit charcoal was added, and the fire in the furnace stabilized after a brief fluctuation.

"First, take an 800-year-old ginseng root."

Li Jieqing was surrounded by seventy-six kinds of spiritual herbs, which he could take as he pleased. With a wave of his hand, a ginseng root that had just taken on a human shape flew over and was thrown into the furnace cavity.

Even the medicinal properties of ordinary ginseng have their limits. Since it was accelerated to maturity at eight hundred years old, its growth rate has slowed down considerably.

Although its roots have grown into shapes resembling a baby's hands and feet, it is actually just an ordinary medicinal herb, lacking a certain spiritual energy, making it difficult to become the legendary thousand-year-old ginseng baby medicine.

However, for a second-tier pill like the Jade Toad Pill, eight-hundred-year-old ginseng is sufficient.

Li Jieqing's medicinal herb garden has a total of half an acre of ginseng, and this is the one thing he has no shortage of.

"When ginseng grows to this age, it can be described as having thick skin and flesh. It takes five or six days to refine it. Let's refine it with fire first."

Li Jieqing used that ginseng to refine a lot of Qi-nourishing pills, and he could handle them with ease.

The magic power enveloped it, and a cup of Morning Sun Jade Dew and a cup of Moon Gazing Jade Dew were added. The two were compatible with the eight-hundred-year-old ginseng and floated to the upper part of the alchemy furnace to be slowly refined.

After processing the ginseng slightly, Li Jieqing added a second portion of the spiritual medicine, Qingling Fruit.

This item was originally rare on Xiaoxin Island. It was produced in the family's medicinal garden after the arrival of the Seven Immortals. It has a green skin and white flesh, and as soon as it is taken out, it has a fruity fragrance.

The Qingling Fruit and the Zhu Fruit have similar medicinal properties; both are top-grade for replenishing magical power.

Li Jieqing had already prepared the Qingling Fruit. At this moment, he simply raised his hand and used his magic power to envelop the Qingling Fruit and put it into the alchemy furnace.

The fire in the furnace rose, removing the impurities from the Qingling Fruit's peel and turning it into ashes. Li Jieqing's magic power circulated, and the side door of the furnace opened, releasing the ashes.

Inside the alchemy furnace, the Pure Spirit Fruit transformed into a pool of milky white liquid, which was then tempered in the heat.

"It's so hot!"

"Great stove!"

The fire produced by the century-old spirit charcoal was truly fierce, and when this superior alchemy furnace gathered the fire, it could also help control and regulate the fire within the furnace cavity, saving Li Jieqing a lot of mental energy.

At this moment, another box containing spiritual herbs opened, and the essence of Coptis chinensis flew out and was thrown into the alchemy furnace.

Inside the furnace cavity, the original liquid of the Qingling Fruit rose, temporarily escaping the fiery aura, leaving its space vacant for the Huanglian essence to occupy.

When Li Jieqing was refining first-tier pills, he was already very skilled and dared to refine five or six kinds of precious medicines at once. Now, however, he had to be extremely meticulous when dealing with second-tier pills.

"The fire produced by the century-old spirit charcoal is more intense than before, and the eight-hundred-year-old ginseng no longer needs to be refined for five or six days. We need to be careful."

Inside the alchemy furnace, the spiritual light of the medicinal herbs mingled with the heat of the fire.

The medicinal power of the 800-year-old ginseng was also activated, illuminating the furnace with a dazzling light.

Li Jieqing took control of the overall situation, using his magic to separate the original liquids in the furnace, preventing them from affecting each other's medicinal properties.

This is only the first refining. After that, there will be a more refined refining process, and then the process of combining the medicinal power to prepare for the condensation of the elixir.

The refining of a first-grade pill takes at least half a day, and at most one or two days.

As for the second-tier spiritual medicine, Li Jieqing realized that he had underestimated its difficulty.

……

Thirteen days later.

With a violent roar from the furnace, intense flames leaped out, scorching the air.

After finally calming the heat, the alchemy furnace was opened wide, revealing three grayish-white, waste pills. As soon as they appeared, one cracked in two, one crumbled into powder, and the remaining one… Smoke emanated from its body.

Li Jieqing, with his hair disheveled, hugged the alchemy furnace and craned his neck to look, only to be blinded by the soot.

"Ptooey! This smoke is poisonous?!"

After spending more than ten days refining pills, Li Jieqing, looking haggard, turned his face away and gasped for breath.

He was greedy.

The initial steps of alchemy went very well. When the pills were being condensed, the ministers and assistants thought it best to take out the three pills as well. However, because they were reluctant to waste some of the medicinal power, all three pills were ruined.

Otherwise, at least the embryonic core could be preserved, allowing him to carefully separate and refine it again.

The spiritual herbs for Foundation Establishment stage are precious, often requiring rare herbs that have been cultivated for hundreds of years. If other alchemists were as wasteful as Li Jieqing, they would have gone bankrupt long ago, or been beaten to death by those seeking alchemy, with not even a single batch of dregs left.

Li Jieqing covered his forehead with one hand, learning from his mistakes and making up for them.

He had no formal teacher and learned alchemy on his own. Although he had enriched his theoretical knowledge by robbing Wanbaoge, he could only learn the details of alchemy by slowly exploring and experimenting.

This first attempt at refining second-tier pills was a complete failure, but we'll learn from that experience.

"The problem lies in the handling of the Qingling Fruit and the Zhu Fruit. Although their medicinal properties are similar, the auxiliary medicine in between is indispensable. Otherwise, if they are mixed together, they will cause some conflict with the medicinal properties of the Chongyu Ginseng."

"besides……"

The more Li Jieqing thought about it, the more his head ached. He covered his mouth and coughed. When he looked down, he saw that his palms were covered in blood.

He poisoned himself while trying to make an elixir.

Li Jieqing realized what was happening, but he wasn't too flustered. He simply took a Qi-nourishing pill to recover some of his magical power, and then formed a hand seal in front of him.

"The Blood Heart Disintegration Technique!"

Originally a life-shortening spell meant to save one's life, Li Jieqing used it now simply to refresh his own condition.

Instead of studying the toxicity of the poisonous smoke and concocting an antidote, it would be more convenient to simply fake death and revive.

Flesh and bones dissolved, the original poisoned body turned into a pool of blood, within which a blood heart beat. The new Li Jieqing slowly took shape and sat cross-legged in front of the alchemy furnace again, all the toxins gone.

"It's actually quite a good poison."

Li Jieqing held his breath and sealed the poisonous pill with a jade bottle. With a wave of his hand, he took out the two remaining pills from the furnace, mobilized the remaining fire energy to sweep through and clean the furnace.

I've had four chances to refine pills, and I've only failed once so far, so there's no need to be discouraged.

However, after refining pills for more than ten days, I have exhausted a lot of my mental energy. I will first study the composition of these few failed pills and then start refining them on another day.