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In the river to the east of Mist City, Xu Feng was once again washing away the dirt from his body.
This was his fifth time jumping into this river. Over the course of half a month, Xu Feng had completed the elevation of his realms in Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth. Each time he advanced from Foundation Establishment Stage to Foundation Establishment Mid-Stage, some impurities would be expelled from his body.
With a fully transitioned body into Foundation Establishment Mid-Stage, he became even stronger. Under the repeated cleansing of Five Elements Spiritual Power, his body glimmered with a faint sheen, and his demeanor changed as well, exuding an ethereal charm with every gesture.
Xu Feng's Five Elements Cultivation was mutually reinforcing; often after breaking through one aspect, he would consecutively break through others with unstoppable momentum. This was the advantage of Five Elements Cultivation, but such convenience was not attainable for everyone. The vast majority of cultivators with Five Elements Spiritual Roots were regarded as useless because the difficulty of Five Elements Cultivation was exceedingly high.
Utilizing the Control Vein Technique and the principles of mutual generation among the five elements, along with a large supply of Yuan Ling Dan, Xu Feng finally completed his upgrade in Wood Element. This time, he consumed three bottles of Yuan Ling Dan, costing six hundred thousand. This was equivalent to the price of a Superior Spirit Tool.
As his physical constitution changed, the effectiveness of spiritual medicines began to diminish. After entering the mid-stage, Xu Feng tried taking a Fire Origin Pill. The originally abundant spiritual power had thinned significantly; it wasn't that the medicine had gone bad, but rather that the storage capacity within him had doubled, requiring more from the pills.
After cleansing himself, Xu Feng shot several arrows in the Heavy Fog to test the power of his Five Element Archery Technique. After shooting over ten arrows, he grasped the attack power and characteristics of each element. He limited himself to twenty arrows total to conserve energy, allowing only three arrows per element.
With double attack power at Foundation Establishment Mid-Stage, ordinary Superior Spirit Armor could hardly withstand being pierced through; even if it did manage to block an arrow, the tremendous impact would still be lethal.
How many cultivators at Foundation Establishment Stage possessed high-quality armor?
The Wood Element was still at the second level, and the Combat Techniques used remained unchanged. Combat Techniques were divided into three stages; only upon reaching levels three and four could one access subsequent Combat Techniques and Cultivation Methods.
At this moment, with second-level strength, Xu Feng had fully unleashed the might of Wood Element Combat Techniques, increasing its lethality by at least forty percent compared to before. Such combat power was no less than that of Cai Shujun.
Xu Feng spent another two hours consolidating his cultivation before taking out the Four Dragon Alchemy Furnace.
There were still some elixirs in his ring, but Xu Feng knew that these medicines were increasingly unable to meet his cultivation needs. If he continued to consume them without replenishing his stock, no matter how wealthy he was, they would eventually run out. Xu Feng purchased this Four Dragon Alchemy Furnace on Wuhua Island specifically for future Alchemy preparations.
In terms of Alchemy, Xu Feng only possessed a book titled True Alchemy Explanation. During a scattered cultivator competition, he had attempted to refine several pills with a success rate so low it made him want to vomit blood. Fortunately, he eventually mastered some techniques and produced a few finished products. He could barely refine some Qi Period Pills below level four.
Skill comes solely from practice.
Through studying True Alchemy Explanation, Xu Feng became well-versed in various medicinal properties. The formulas in True Alchemy Explanation were limited and all below level four; the components for storing Elixirs were largely similar. When Xu Feng compared it with the newly acquired Fifth-Level Concentration Pill formula, he found that several main ingredients were identical; however, what differed was that the age of the herbs was significantly older.
A second-level Gathering Spirit Pill could be refined using herbs just a few decades old, while similarly focusing on storage capacity, a Fifth-Level Concentration Pill required herbs aged two hundred years.
Xu Feng had already seen these formulas and intentionally bought all the medicinal seeds when purchasing seeds at Wuhua Island. He also made sure to throw a few seeds into the Blue and White Porcelain during his daily cultivation, so he currently had enough medicinal materials.
Following the formula for the Fifth-Level Concentration Pill, Xu Feng selected the medicinal materials. He had not yet reached the level of "blind grabbing," where he could accurately take herbs with his eyes closed; he could only estimate the dosage in his mind. Once everything was ready, Xu Feng activated the Fire Spiritual Power of Dragon's Fury and struck several hand seals at the bottom of the Four Dragon Alchemy Furnace, igniting flames formed from spiritual energy.
Once the Dan Furnace reached a certain temperature, Xu Feng placed the prepared medicinal materials into the medicine slots of the Dan Furnace, covered it with a lid, and continued to inject Fire Spiritual Power to raise the temperature.
Before long, all the medicinal materials transformed into medicinal vapor and entered the Harmony Chamber of the Dan Furnace. Xu Feng continuously changed hand seals to control the mixing ratio of the vapor until it blended into the required proportions for the Concentration Pills according to the formula.
Under Xu Feng's control, the mixed medicinal vapor entered the four Ning Dan Chambers, which contained pre-placed Cinnabar. As long as he followed the correct method, it could combine with Cinnabar to produce four Fifth-Level Concentration Pills.
Suddenly, Xu Feng changed his spiritual power to Wood Element Spiritual Power and infused it into the Ning Dan Chamber. In the residual heat of the flames, the Wood Spiritual Power quickly merged into the Ning Dan Chamber. Xu Feng then switched back to Fire Spiritual Power to refine the pills with gentle heat.
This was an experience gained after dozens of failures; using Wood Element Spiritual Power at the last moment increased the activity of the pills, which was beneficial for improving success rates. The True Alchemy Explanation also mentioned this, but historically, very few Alchemists possessed both fire and wood attributes simultaneously, so they did not use this technique and instead focused on controlling the fire.
In contrast, Xu Feng was a novice whose fire control was a weak point, yet he benefited greatly from Five Elements Cultivation.
After a while, there was a soft sound from the Four Dragon Alchemy Furnace indicating that alchemy was complete. Four pills rolled out from the pill outlet—uneven and flawed—two of which even had scorch marks.
The maiden work of refining a Fifth-Rank Pill had failed.
Xu Feng held four useless pills in his hands and searched for reasons for his failure. He discovered many shortcomings in fire control, timing, dosage, and proportions. Xu Feng wrote them all down on the ground for correction during his next refining attempt; within a three-meter-wide pit, he had written notes everywhere.
Alchemy consumed a great deal of physical strength. After using Five Elements Body Refinement, it took Xu Feng half an hour to recover.
He prepared the medicinal materials again and began refining once more.
Twice, three times, four times...
Failure after failure...
Xu Feng tirelessly refined day and night. Precious medicinal materials turned into useless pills in the Four Dragon Alchemy Furnace while identical materials were cultivated anew from the Blue and White Porcelain.
With each furnace he refined, Xu Feng's skills improved, and the mistakes written on the ground were gradually erased, replaced by correct operational steps. Thus, Xu Feng continued to refine one furnace after another, accumulating knowledge bit by bit.
If any other Alchemist were to witness this, they would likely feel heartbroken. What Xu Feng was doing was not Alchemy; it was pure wastefulness, burning money. Each herb he used could easily be exchanged for a bottle of Fifth-Rank Pill, yet he burned them without a hint of pity.
This cruel routine that shattered the hearts of Alchemists continued for ten days until Spirit Herb Butcher Xu Feng finally stopped tormenting those precious herbs. His first batch of Fifth-Rank Pill was successfully completed.
Four Ning Dan Chambers produced four pills that were more than twice the size of ordinary Concentration Pills. This was the result of Xu Feng intentionally increasing the amount of herbs used.
These were four Super Concentration Pills. Although they were still classified as Fifth-Rank Pills, the spiritual energy contained within them far exceeded that of their peers, nearly rivaling Sixth-Level Elixirs.
The error records on the ground were completely wiped away by Xu Feng, replaced by lines of new insights into Alchemy. These insights were gained through substantial amounts of precious herbs, far more valuable than those found in the True Alchemy Explanation. In just ten hours, he consumed resources that would take an ordinary Alchemist decades to afford.
Alchemists are categorized by their ranks: Dan Master, Dan Wang, Dan Zong, and Dan Zun. Those capable of refining from Fifth-Rank to Sixth-Level Elixirs are known as Dan Wang.
Xu Feng, a self-taught novice who had undergone endless trials and nearly a hundred failures while spending resources that could frighten any Alchemist, finally rose to become a sought-after junior Dan Wang among Modern Clerks.
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