Top-level Qi Luck: Leading My Clan to Cultivate

In the Pill Refining Room.

A large amount of First Order Spiritual Medicine Materials, neatly arranged on a stone platform, with the Four Symbols Furnace already suspended above the Earth Fire vent.

Having not refined pills for a long time, the First Order Lingshen Pills had not been made for several years either.

Lin Tianming was seen forming a spell with one hand, casting a spell onto the Four Symbols Furnace.

When the Earth Fire spewed out, the scorching flames baked the Pill Furnace, and rapidly, the temperature within the entire Pill Refining Room began to rise, as did the temperature inside the Four Symbols Furnace.

Seeing that the timing was just about right, he skillfully threw a plant of Spiritual Medicine Materials into the Four Symbols Furnace with both hands.

With familiar ease, he proceeded with the proficient steps.

Three days quietly passed by.

When a strong fragrance of elixirs wafted out of the Pill Refining Room, he lifted the lid of the furnace and took out eight Lingshen Pills, placing them in a prepared Jade Bottle.

"Done with great success. It's been a long time since I've done alchemy, but luckily my skill in Alchemy has hardly regressed."

Lin Tianming murmured to himself, tidied up the messy Pill Refining Room, and left the cave dwelling with the newly-refined Lingshen Pills.

Before long, he arrived at the Hall of Merit.

Having greeted the clan members working there, he sat opposite Lin Xingcheng and handed over the prepared First Order Lingshen Pills.

After calculating with Lin Xingcheng, this time using only fifty portions of Spiritual Medicine Materials, they obtained two hundred and thirty-two First Order Lingshen Pills.

"Two hundred and thirty-two Lingshen Pills can be exchanged for merits totalling one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six points," Lin Xingcheng said.

Immediately after he spoke, Lin Tianming replied,

"Uncle, please exchange all of it for the materials needed for Second Order Lingshen Pills."

Hearing this request, Lin Xingcheng started to calculate and then spoke,

"The materials for Second Order Lingshen Pills are worth one hundred and sixty merit points per portion. Your merits can only be exchanged for eleven portions, leaving an excess of ninety-six merit points."

Lin Tianming nodded and said,

"Uncle, please exchange it for twelve portions of Second Order Lingshen Pill materials, and I will make up the shortfall with Spirit Stones."

Without pause, he hurriedly took out sixty-four Spirit Stones and handed them to Lin Xingcheng.

Lin Xingcheng took the Spirit Stones and quickly brought back the Spiritual Medicine Materials.

Seeing the exchange completed, Lin Tianming did not stay much longer, bid farewell to Lin Xingcheng, and returned to his own cave dwelling.

Inside the cultivation room, he sat cross-legged on the floor and began to practice breathing exercises, not immediately starting the refinement of Second Order Pills.

Once he felt his condition was sufficiently adjusted, he took out a great number of Alchemy Experiences and books, and began to meticulously review them.

These Alchemy Experiences had been collected over the years, some of which were written by his grandfather, the originals of which had long been handed over to the family; what he had were just copied replicas.

Before refining Second Order Elixirs, he had to make some additional preparations, and although he had already read through the Alchemy Experiences several times, further study would invariably yield some new insights.

In the evening, after a day's study, he had finished reading through half of the notes.

Having stored the read Alchemy Experiences into his storage bag, he then took out a Jade Bottle, poured out one Lingshen Pill from it, and held it between his fingers, closely observing it.

This bottle contained three Lingshen Pills, the very ones Lin Shikang had gifted to him after his Foundation Establishment breakthrough. Being busy with Artifact Refining and practicing Divine Skills, he had not yet had the chance to consume them.

Looking at the green and yellow pill, surrounded by faint spiritual energy, a unique fragrance filled the air.

At this moment, he was somewhat hesitant. He had been cultivating the Tiangang Body Art for seven or eight years, and during these years, aside from cultivating, he had been constantly experimenting.

He found that just by sitting in meditation and performing breathing exercises, he could withstand the pain generated during cultivation without relying on the Body Strengthening Pill.

If he took elixirs to cultivate, in a very short amount of time, the excessive spiritual power, without the aid of elixirs, would make it easy to suffer a backlash and produce even more intense pain.

It was still manageable during the Qi Refinement Realm, but for the Foundation Establishment Stage, he had not tried it and did not dare to attempt it lightly.

"This might just be the downside of a Heavenly Grade Technique."

Lin Tianming laughed at himself, seeming to understand, after all, there were no perfect cultivation techniques. To gain stronger power, one must inevitably pay more.

Gathering his thoughts, considering he still had some First Order Body Strengthening Pills which could alleviate the pain a bit, he felt somewhat eager to try.

After a while, he made up his mind and swallowed one.

Upon taking the elixir, a special medicinal power spread out.

He immediately circulated his cultivation technique, refining the medicinal power, while the generated spiritual power slowly flowed through his meridians, eventually converging in the Seven Sea Dantian.

In a short time, just as he expected, the pain came, and it grew increasingly severe.

At this point, his face was pale, and large beads of sweat kept sliding off, quickly disappearing as they hit the ground.

Enduring the excruciating pain, he waved one hand and immediately took out a Body Strengthening Pill and a Strong Spirit Pill to ingest.

Once the Body Strengthening Pill was taken, its special medicinal power spread rapidly throughout his body along the Eight Extraordinary Meridians.

Regrettably, since the Body Strengthening Pill was a First Order Elixir, it could only relieve some of the pain and couldn't suppress it completely. Nevertheless, it was better than nothing, and it had some effect, allowing his complexion to regain a bit of color.

Like this, with severe pain, he ran his cultivation technique to its limit, seeking to refine the power of the Lingshen Pill as quickly as possible to escape the extremely painful situation.

Three days passed.

In the secret chamber, Lin Tianming opened his eyes, which gradually became clearer from their previous muddiness.

He examined the increased spiritual power within his Qi Sea Dantian, and although it wasn't much and the breakthrough was still very far off, it was still several times faster compared to meditative cultivation.

Seeing that his cultivation had increased slightly beyond expectations, his expression eased a bit.

"It's finally over. That bone-eroding sensation is truly not something ordinary people can withstand."

Lin Tianming muttered softly, his eyes revealing a hint of apprehension.

During these three days, every moment was an agony for him.

Fortunately, after several years of cultivation, he had grown numb to ordinary pain, and with mental preparation, along with the aid of the Body Strengthening Pill, he had managed to endure.

However, a new problem now lay before him.

If he wanted to use elixirs to achieve a rapid improvement in his cultivation, he had to find Second Order auxiliary pills; otherwise, he could only rely on meditative cultivation.

Or he could again endure the bone-eroding pain. Although his current cultivation was not very high, and with the Body Strengthening Pills, he could barely hold on for a while, this was not a long-term solution.

Thinking of this, Lin Tianming said to himself,

"It seems that once the magic artifact is finished, I must find a way to go out and look for suitable elixirs to assist in my cultivation. Otherwise, my cultivation might come to a standstill, and in that case, I must expedite the timeline for my experience."

Regathering his focus, Lin Tianming temporarily buried this thought in his heart.

Afterward, he formed a seal with both hands, circulating his cultivation technique through a Grand Circulation, and began to enter a state of recuperation.