Under Han Li's control, the purple fire sprayed out by the eight dragon heads changed from thin to thick, and the speed of the silver thread cauldron's rotation gradually slowed down, and it began to tremble slightly in the flames.
As time passed, the small cauldron exuded a trace of medicinal fragrance, which lifted people's spirits. But Han Li knew that it was still very early for the alchemy to be completed, at least he had to use a more intense ground fire to condense the alchemy instantaneously, so that it would be possible to form a pill.
Thinking of this, the purple fire under Han Li's control became even more dazzling, even reaching the point where the mouth of a bowl was thick enough to enclose the entire silver thread tripod. Therefore, from a distance, the small cauldron has become a huge fireball, and the fragrance of the medicine is getting stronger and stronger.
No need to guess, Han Li knew that this was because the medicine powder had started to condense, so he became more and more concerned.
But at this moment, there was a muffled crackling sound from the cauldron. Although the sound was not loud, it made Han Li's heart sink and his expression turned ugly.
After hesitating for a while, Han Li sighed and stopped the ground fire. Then with a gesture of his hand, he opened the lid of the still hot Xiao Ding, and stretched his head to take a look.
In the cauldron, there are several pieces of broken light blue solids, which seem to be waste pills that have not yet been condensed!
Shaking his head, Han Li took out a jade box and put it on the ground, then controlled the Yinsi tripod to turn over, poured these waste pills into the box, and put them away. Even though these were waste pills, they were made from various elixir powders. Han Li couldn't bear to throw them away. Maybe they could be used in other ways in the future!
After finishing all this, Han Li went back to the futon and meditated until the Yinsiding had completely cooled down. Only then did alchemy start again.
Same steps, same raw material powder. The same fire control method, but unfortunately, this time it still failed at the step of congealing the pill.
This time, Han Li had no expression on his face. After he adjusted his state, he silently started the next round...
A month passed, and the ugly man saw that Han Li hadn't come out of the ground fire room. Slightly surprised, but more excited, because in this way, he can withdraw more fees.
Two months later, the stone gate of No. 18 still hadn't been opened, and the ugly man was astonished as well as flattered in his heart.
three months...
Six months later, Han Li still showed no signs of coming out. At this time, the ugly man's cheerfulness has long since disappeared without a trace, leaving only a sad face and a full stomach of anxiety.
Nearly half a year is not uncommon for alchemy or weapon refining. Even for a longer period of time, the ugly man has also seen it several times. But the people who spent such a long time in the ground fire house are at least the disciples above the Foundation Establishment Stage! It was the first time he had seen a disciple like Han Li who was only in the Qi refining period but had stayed in the alchemy for such a long time.
Moreover, the bigu of the disciples in the qi refining period can only last for a month. Could it be that the disciple of Li Shizu also brought food and drink with him, so he can persist until now? The ugly man thought suspiciously.
Inside the ground fire room, Han Li sat cross-legged on the futon, looking at the twenty or so bright blue Foundation Establishment Pills floating in front of him with a pensive look on his face.
These elixirs are all harvested from Han Li's countless painstaking efforts in the past six months. It's really hard to get them!
In the first twenty times of refining, Han Li couldn't even pass the hurdle of congealing alchemy. Seeing the discarded pills again and again, he felt extremely heartbroken. He almost gave up, and planned to learn formal alchemy from other alchemists after returning home. Then refine the Foundation Establishment Pill again. Although such a delay must be extremely long, it is better than wasting the elixir for nothing!
But before he left, he opened the cauldron to refine again by some strange coincidence. And this time, it was like a divine aid that he actually condensed the pill, and when he opened the furnace to take the pill, he miraculously succeeded in taking the pill once, allowing him to get the first Foundation Establishment pill that he personally refined.
This Foundation Establishment Pill, except for its slightly smaller size, is exactly the same as the original three pills. This greatly lifted Han Li's spirits!
With this encouragement, Han Li gritted his teeth, gave up the idea of going back, calmed down and continued.
Needless to say, after this successful experience, Han Li's chances of congealing alchemy immediately rose wildly, and one of the three refinements succeeded in congealing alchemy. As for opening the furnace, Han Li was even more surprisingly talented. He was able to take more than half of the pills at once, which was something he never expected!
During this period, when Han Li felt hungry and thirsty in his belly, he would take a bottle of Bigu Pill he got from the old man and eat one pill, and then he could last for another month! This bottle of Bigu Pill was bought by him with a few hundred-year-old herbs bought from outside under the pretext of buying it! Now, it just came in handy.
In this way, when the raw materials in Han Li's hands were exhausted, he obtained this batch of astonishing number of Foundation Establishment Pills. The quantity of this batch of pills far exceeded the original expectation.
Back then when he heard about the difficulties of alchemy, he thought it would be pretty good if he could get seven or eight pills! But now it seems that opening a furnace to make alchemy is not as exaggerated and difficult as rumored in the world of cultivating immortals! Are those alchemists misleading other cultivators? Or do you really have the talent for alchemy
Han Li was slightly confused!
In fact, Han Li was overthinking it. Alchemy is actually even more difficult than what the outside world has said. An ordinary level alchemist cannot be cultivated without spending 20 to 30 years and spending an almost astronomical fortune.
And Han Li's level of refining the Foundation Establishment Pill is already at the top of the list of ordinary alchemists! The reason why such an incredible thing happened was all due to Han Li's uninterrupted refinement of the same kind of elixir for nearly half a year.
You know, no matter how rich and powerful the school is, it is impossible for any alchemist to have enough rare materials to refine the same elixir every day, and it lasts for half a year.
This kind of thing, unless it happens to the lowest level of medicine, is still somewhat possible! However, if it is a low-level elixir, then there is no need to specialize in cultivation to accumulate experience. Anyway, the raw materials are not expensive, and if it is broken, it is enough to do it all over again.
Han Li didn't understand this, so he naturally didn't think about it, but after thinking about it for a while, he let it go. Because now he suddenly had the idea of swallowing the foundation building pill immediately, and coming to the foundation building to break through the pass on the spot.
This kind of thought was so strong that Han Li couldn't help but seriously consider the possibility of retreating in this fire house.
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Eleven months later, the stone door of Han Li's Dihuo House was still closed, showing no sign of opening.
On this day, the ugly man stared blankly at No. 18 Shimen with a sad face! At this moment, he was sure that something had happened to Han Li inside. Otherwise, even the monks in the Foundation Establishment period should come out.
He wasn't worried about Han Li, but he was really afraid that Master Li would take his anger out on him because of his disciple's accident. And although he is a close relative of the head of Zhong, and can manage this place based on this, the ugly man knows very well that Li Shizu is really angry because of this, and this backer will never stand up for him.
Just when the ugly man was full of worries, suddenly the stone door in front of him flashed white, and then it opened without a sound, and then a person walked out from inside with a happy face. It was Han Li who had been in the house for nearly a year.
The ugly man, who took a long time to react, was suddenly surprised and delighted, hurried forward a few steps, and complained: "Junior brother, why did you come out now, if you don't come out, I will..., Hey! You ...!"
The ugly man who had only opened his mouth to say a few words, suddenly his eyes widened, as if he had seen a ghost, he pointed at Han Li and was speechless, speechless!
"What's the matter, is there anything wrong with me?" Han Li looked at the ugly man, his face shone brightly, and he said with a smile.
"You... your cultivation method! Why... Is it difficult... Could it be that you are in the foundation building stage?" The ugly man finally came back to his senses after a long time, with a look of confusion and horror on his face, he finally stammered and asked.
"Well! After I finished alchemy, I felt that the environment here is good, so I took a pill of foundation establishment and retreated for a while. As a result, I passed the level successfully, and I am indeed a monk in the foundation establishment period now!" Han Li saw the other party Asked like this, stretched his waist, and said proudly.
"Build a foundation here?" The ugly man looked at the ground fire house behind Han Li, and then at Han Li, still in disbelief! It was the first time he had heard of the foundation building in the Earth Fire House, which specialized in alchemy and refining tools!
But he moved his lips a few times, but he still didn't get the question out of his mouth. The other party is not only a disciple of Li Shizu, but also a monk in the Foundation Establishment Stage, so he is no longer a disciple of the Qi Refining Stage who can provoke him.
"Why, can't you?" Han Li glanced at the other party casually, and said bluntly. Immediately, the coercion unique to the monks in the foundation establishment period immediately radiated out. The ugly man who was only a few feet away from him was immediately forced to take a few steps back, sweating profusely.
"Of course not. There are no such unreasonable regulations above. Congratulations to Master Uncle for his success in retreat!" Uncle Master".
Now that the other party has successfully established the foundation, he can be regarded as his elder in the future. If he is more respectful, this should be the case.
The ugly man is very open minded, and he has a thorough understanding of the idea that strength is paramount in the world of cultivating immortals.