In no time, he easily separated all the impurities from the Spirit Medicine.

These Spirit Medicines turned into powder, gel-like jelly, and clear flowing water, all in essence.

Thus, the first step was completed.

Purifying impurities is to prevent these impurities from polluting the purity of the elixir.

Now, after purifying the impurities, Gu Yuan followed his understanding of the Jade Essence Pill formula and began to extract and separate the various medicinal properties he needed, using the method recorded in the "Essentials of the Golden Core."

Gu Yuan's hands formed seals, casting a series of hand formulas to control the Primordial True Water, blending and adjusting the various medicinal properties within it.

Bang!

Suddenly, the condensed medicinal liquid seemed to have exploded directly due to a failure in balancing the medicinal properties.

A somewhat strange smell immediately spread.

Gu Yuan discarded the abandoned medicinal liquid without showing any regret, pity, or surprise; instead, he contemplated and recalled the various details just now:

"Could it be that the medicinal property of Mouse-ear Grass is too complex and wasn't completely purified by me?"

"Or was it that the magnolia flower just now was too old, causing its medicinal properties to be stronger, resulting in the imbalance of other medicinal properties and thus ruining the elixir liquid?"

When refining some Spirit Pills, it often requires high-quality, aged Spirit Medicine, so that the refined Spirit Pills often have stronger efficacy and higher quality.

However, for a novice like Gu Yuan, older Spirit Medicine is not necessarily a good thing.

Alchemy is a very meticulous task, and even the slightest fluctuation in medicinal properties often leads to failure.

If it were an Alchemy Master, such issues would naturally not concern them. They could even arbitrarily adjust the balance of medicinal properties and eventually synthesize them into a pill.

But Gu Yuan was not the same.

He is not an Alchemy Master; at this stage, it is better to proceed step by step in practice.

After pondering the process for a while and summarizing his earlier lapses, Gu Yuan was somewhat thoughtful.

"Forget it, let's try again."

Then, he took out another set of materials and started refining again.

...

More than two hours later.

"Solidify!"

Gu Yuan cast some hand formulas onto a mass of egg-sized medicinal liquid in front of him, and soon, this mass of liquid divided into over fifty smaller liquids.

Then, Gu Yuan controlled the Primordial True Water, releasing threads of coldness, causing these liquids to directly solidify into pills, transforming into smooth Jade Essence Pills.

"Finally succeeded..."

Gu Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.

The Jade Essence Pills before him were as crystal-clear and jade-white as if they were carved from sheep-fat jade, exuding a lustrous sheen.

If not for the strands of sweet fragrance from the Spirit Grain, one would hardly believe these were Grain Elixirs.

Next, Gu Yuan cast a strand of True Qi, gathering all these Spirit Pills and storing them in a Jade Bottle.

He left one pill behind, holding it in his hand for inspection.

"Smooth as jade, the fragrance of the grain is sweet, clearly of superior quality... Not bad, not bad, I just wonder what it tastes like."

Saying this, Gu Yuan simply tossed it into his mouth.

The Jade Essence Pill melted instantly in the mouth, and suddenly, a rich sweetness flowed into his abdomen.

A faint warmth and heat, mixed with a sense of satiety, rose and spread throughout his body.

Even the Primordial True Qi seemed more lively.

"Very good, there are nearly no impurities, and it is indeed of superior quality..."

Gu Yuan nodded repeatedly, very satisfied.

"The Jade Essence Pill is a basic Spirit Pill; of course, it's a bit more challenging than the Yellow Millet Pill."

"Ordinary alchemists, even starting with the Jade Essence Pill, often need to ponder pill principles and observe the alchemy processes of seniors before they start attempting alchemy."

"Those with decent talent might practice for a few months, around several hundred times, before being able to successfully refine one or two furnaces, and their first furnace usually only yields a dozen or so Jade Essence Pills, with average quality and more impurities. Ordinary cultivators may even despise using them."

"Those with good talent might succeed after over a hundred times, and their pill yield rate is just average."

"But I've only started on the first day, and by the third furnace, I've already succeeded, and even made over fifty pills, each of superior quality..."

Gu Yuan stroked his chin, secretly thinking, "It seems I'm quite the alchemy prodigy now!"

Although he said this, in reality, Gu Yuan had some awareness of his situation—relying on the talent gained from Cai Yun, he's able to handle alchemy so skillfully.

Then, Gu Yuan continued with his alchemy.

Since he possessed such high talent, he certainly shouldn't waste it; naturally, he should strike while the iron is hot and practice a few more times.

...

"Dong dong dong! Dong dong dong!"

Days later, while Gu Yuan was tidying the medicinal properties of a mass of elixir liquid, he heard a knock on the door outside.

The sound was loud and somewhat urgent, indicating that the person knocking was far from courteous.

Gu Yuan frowned, and with a swirl of Primordial True Water, he temporarily sealed the elixir liquid away.

Then he got up and went to the courtyard gate, opened it, and saw a middle-aged man in a brocade robe standing outside.

This man was somewhat burly, yet possessed a non-aggressive round face, which looked quite amiable, however, his aura was somewhat peculiar.

Upon seeing this person, Gu Yuan's expression shifted slightly.

It wasn't that he knew this person, but because the person before him gave him a special sensation.

His cultivation level couldn't be said to be particularly high, at most a notch or two above Gu Yuan, yet his physique was extremely vigorous, with a fiery vitality akin to a furnace!

Even when Gu Yuan sensed him using his Sword Heart, he seemed to faintly "see" a mysterious and domineering bronze statue, an aura rich and emitting radiant golden light!

"Could it be that this person has cultivated Body Forging Divine Techniques?"

Gu Yuan was a bit surprised.

Body Forging Divine Techniques, in simple terms, are more advanced Horizontal Refining Techniques, able to refine the physique to the point where even Refined Gold and Divine Iron-like magical artifacts can't cause harm.

There are indeed many of these Divine Techniques in the Cultivation Realm, the Buddhist Sect has Arhat Golden Body, Dragon Elephant Vajra Body, Bodhi Golden Body, Nirvana Golden Body, and so on.

The Taoist Sect has True Martial Dao Body, Jade Toad True Body, Pure Yang Dao Body, Five Thunders Body, Immortal Flesh, and Jade Bones.

The Demon Dao has even more, such as Deathly Silence Demon Body, Blood Sea Demon Body, White Bone Celestial Demon Body, Nine Nether Demon Body, and so forth.

Indeed, Li Changsheng's Pure Yang Dao Body and Sun Zhong's Five Thunders Body are also a kind of alternative Horizontal Refining Divine Techniques, and they are innate Divine Techniques.

Once they reach Great Success, it is an alternative Great Divine Techniques achievement, known as Physical Ascension!

However, wanting to reach Great Success likely requires a Primordial Spirit.

Before entering the Tao, Gu Yuan also cultivated the Horizontal Refining Technique "Black Turtle Armor Technique," but later his physique transformed into a Water Spirit Body, and his physique underwent some changes, and he no longer cultivated this kind of technique or Divine Technique.

Moreover, the "Primordial True Water Scripture" contains no corresponding Divine Techniques.

However, this kind of Divine Technique is relatively more difficult to cultivate, and most cultivators mainly rely on Divine Techniques, Magic, and Magical Artifacts for battles, while direct hand-to-hand, bare-fist combat is rare.

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