Clan Cultivation: Starting from Beast Taming

Then, after resting for a day, Luo Qingni began to refine the second batch of "Foundation Establishment Pills."

Seven days passed, and the second batch of "Foundation Establishment Pills" was ready, yielding eight pills just like the first batch.

Following another day of rest, she began to refine the third batch of "Foundation Establishment Pills."

Perhaps due to the foundation laid by the first two batches, when the third batch of "Foundation Establishment Pills" was ready, Luo Qingni surprisingly overachieved, producing nine pills in one go!

Thus, the three batches of "Foundation Establishment Pills" had granted Zhou Chun a total of twenty-five Spirit Pills, far exceeding expectations.

"Mission accomplished," Luo Qingni said, "Taoist Friend Zhang, please count the elixirs. After resting for three days, I'll begin refining the 'Origin Increase Pills.'

After dismantling the Array Protective Shield and stepping out of the alchemy area, Luo Qingni handed the freshly produced nine "Foundation Establishment Pills" to Zhou Chun and returned to her own room to rest.

Alchemy is a highly spirit-consuming task. After consecutively refining three batches of "Foundation Establishment Pills," even a Golden Core Stage Cultivator like Luo Qingni had consumed a significant amount of mental energy and had to rest for a few days to fully recover.

Zhou Chun also returned to his own cave dwelling.

Three days later, Zhou Chun once again visited and witnessed Luo Qingni begin refining the "Origin Increase Pills."

Compared to the "Foundation Establishment Pills" consumed by Qi Refinement Realm cultivators, the difficulty of refining "Origin Increase Pills" was undoubtedly much greater.

According to Luo Qingni, if she were still at the Purple Mansion Stage, it would take at least forty-nine days just to refine one batch of "Origin Increase Pills."

Because just purifying the impurities and lingering sentiments of the demon within the Third Order Demon Core would take up much of her time and energy.

However, now that her cultivation had broken through to the Golden Elixir Early Phase and possessed the Golden Elixir True Fire, this time could be significantly shortened.

Luo Qingni waved her hand, and the Serpent Lizard Demon Beast's Demon Core was sent into the Pill Furnace.

Then, opening her mouth, she spewed out a ball of azure Alchemy Fire beneath the furnace, beginning the process of purifying the Demon Core inside.

During this process, one could vaguely see wisps of black smoke drifting out from the Pill Furnace, taking on the shape of the Serpent Lizard Beast as it looked up to the heavens with a roar, as if resenting heaven's injustice.

But Luo Qingni simply exhaled gently, dispersing the black smoke.

Zhou Chun, having witnessed this scene, felt no surprise.

Let alone that the Serpent Lizard Beast was merely a remnant sentiment inside the Demon Core, without any ability to harm people, even the actual spirit of the Serpent Lizard Demon Beast would be instantly dissipated by a word from Luo Qingni, a Golden Core Stage Cultivator.

However, after seeing this scene, he couldn't help but be reminded of rumors in the Cultivation World.

It was said that elixirs refined using Demon Beast Inner Cores as a material, if not purified thoroughly by a less skilled alchemist, could contain remnants of the Demon Beast's spirit.

And if Cultivators were to consume such elixirs, they would risk succumbing to madness during their meditative cultivation.

Therefore, when consuming these kinds of elixirs, one must always check carefully to avoid jeopardizing oneself.

As the sun rose and set, thirty-two days swiftly went by.

That day, Luo Qingni, who had been slowly nurturing the Spirit Pills, suddenly increased the potency of the Alchemy Fire and quickly began to condense the pills.

In no time, as she cast the pill-concluding spell, the lid of the furnace flew upward, and from within, seven streams of spiritual light shot out, turning into seven perfectly round elixirs that landed within the jade bottle in her hand.

Then, she glanced at the elixirs in the jade bottle, nodding lightly and said, "Seven pills have formed, which is one more than usual. It seems that my advancement in cultivation has indeed significantly aided my alchemy skills. The Alchemy Fire truly is the most suitable True Fire for pill refinement!"

Afterward, she extinguished the furnace fire, dismantled the Array Protective Shield, and handed over the elixirs to Zhou Chun.

"To have formed seven pills—it seems that Taoist Friend Luo's alchemy skills have once again improved. Congratulations," Zhou Chun complimented, as he took the elixirs and stored them away after inspecting them briefly, then expressed his congratulations to Luo Qingni with a beaming smile.

"It's merely the change brought about by the advancement in cultivation, not a real improvement," Luo Qingni said modestly with a gentle wave of her hand.

After speaking, she looked at Zhou Chun and asked, "In a few more days, I should be exchanging alchemy recipes with Master Ge Yun. How have you considered the proposal from before?"

The proposal she referred to was the refinement of the "Dragon Spirit Pills."

Zhou Chun felt his spirits sink slightly upon hearing her words. During these years of solitary cultivation, he naturally had not forgotten to seek the pill refinement services of Master Ge Yun.

But until now, he had not been successful in securing an appointment.

Obviously, as Luo Qingni had said, Master Ge Yun was presently concentrating on reaching higher levels in the alchemy path and had no time for such small tasks.

Now that Luo Qingni brought up the matter again, Zhou Chun pondered for a moment before he gritted his teeth and said, "Very well, then I will provide two Demon Cores for Taoist Friend Luo to refine, and we'll see the results first!"

He possessed three Dragon Descendant Demon Beast Demon Cores, a lower, middle, and upper Third Order one each.

He could not afford to provide the most prized upper-order Third Order Demon Core for Luo Qingni's initial trials unless her first two batches of elixirs consistently yielded stable, successful results.

Seeing that he agreed to the alchemy request, Luo Qingni also showed a smile and chuckled, "Hehe, then Qingni must thank Taoist Friend Zhang for your trust, and as a token of my appreciation, I'll waive the fee for this batch of alchemy."

She had previously offered to refine three batches of elixirs for Zhou Chun free of charge, which just so happened to have been fulfilled with the previous three batches of "Foundation Establishment Pills."