Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

Chapter 1126: Chapter 761: Le Ping Pill Solution (2)

The third reason is spiritual power. Practicing the “Qingmu Longevity Scripture” requires consuming heart spirit, making it impossible to cultivate for extended periods. Every time he cultivates for two grand circulations, he needs to rest before he can continue, which undoubtedly limits his cultivation speed.

Therefore, after discovering these issues, Yang Zhenshan focused his attention on elixirs.

Ordinary low-grade spirit pills aren’t very useful to him, but he discovered a kind of spirit pill that is very beneficial.

The Nourishing God Pill refined from Dragon Bone Fruit, also known as the Concentrating Fruit, is a mid-grade spirit pill with the effect of nurturing the heart spirit and enhancing spiritual power.

If the Nourishing God Pill could provide him with spiritual power, it would extend the time he can cultivate each day, significantly boosting his cultivation speed.

“Master, I can’t refine the Fasting Pill!” Wang Mingzhe said with a distressed face.

Yang Zhenshan stepped forward, took the “Le Ping Pill Solution,” and carefully examined it. Then he pondered for a moment and said, “Come, prepare the ingredients, I’ll give it a try!”

Upon hearing this, Wang Mingzhe and Yang Chengyu promptly began preparing the ingredients.

Wang Mingzhe’s abilities are naturally without question. Besides Yang Zhenshan, he is the most formidable alchemist in the Spirit Source Land.

And Yang Chengyu is no less competent. He’s Wang Mingzhe’s senior disciple and, along with Wang Chengxue, is among the most outstanding young alchemists.

Wang Chengxue is Wang Mingzhe’s eldest son.

The two quickly prepared all the ingredients needed for the Fasting Pill. However, Yang Zhenshan did not rush to refine it. Instead, he stood in front of the pill furnace, holding the “Le Ping Pill Solution,” and experimented for a while before beginning to refine the pill.

In fact, he already knew why Wang Mingzhe couldn’t refine the Fasting Pill. It wasn’t because Wang Mingzhe’s skills were lacking, but because Wang Mingzhe wasn’t an immortal cultivator.

The alchemy of immortals differs somewhat from that of martial cultivators, mainly in the subtlety of control.

The slightest differences can lead to thousands of miles of error!

For instance, martial cultivators mostly rely on the flame arrays in pill furnaces, using spirit stones as energy, and adjusting the flame through the array.

Immortal cultivators can not only release flames themselves but also possess spells like the Fire Control Skill.

They can freely adjust the flame’s size at any time.

Yang Zhenshan can’t release flames or use any Fire Control Skill, but he possesses spiritual sense, allowing him to be highly sensitive to changes inside the pill furnace. This improves his control over the furnace and enables him to quickly identify issues during refining.

Therefore, after ruining the ingredients of three furnaces, he successfully refined one batch of Fasting Pills, yielding three pills. This was undoubtedly a success.

“Master, what’s going on? Why can’t I refine it?” Wang Mingzhe was puzzled. He felt that his earlier operation was almost identical to Yang Zhenshan’s, so why did Yang Zhenshan succeed and he fail?

Yang Zhenshan looked at the Fasting Pill, shook his head slightly, and said, “Do you know why the Sea of Spirit doesn’t have Fasting Pills?”

“Why?” Wang Mingzhe asked.

Yang Zhenshan replied, “Because it’s even harder to refine than top-grade spirit pills! Refining it requires extremely adept fire control, with no margin for error!”

There are no Fasting Pills in the Sea of Spirit for two reasons: it’s difficult for martial cultivators to refine, and it doesn’t offer much benefit for cultivation.

The Fasting Pill, as its name suggests, is used for fasting.

It’s typically used by ancient cultivators when in seclusion.

But martial artists usually don’t remain in seclusion for extended periods; two or three days at most, seldom over ten days.

Unless they are forging a Spirit Base or creating a Golden Body, like Lu Fusheng, whose seclusion could last five years.

However, even Lu Fusheng didn’t stay in a cave all the time. He had countless attendants to prepare meals for him.

Thus, while the Fasting Pill was a basic staple among ancient cultivators, it is seen as redundant by martial cultivators.

“You cannot simply copyf the methods described in this Pill Explanation because it’s an ancient cultivators’ alchemy method. Some things that seem trivial aren’t achievable by you.”

“You can learn from the experiences outlined here, but don’t trust them blindly!”

“I suggest you try to master some of the techniques and runes mentioned here. If you can grasp them, they will be useful to you; if not, there’s no point in wasting time on them!”

There is a significant difference between the alchemy of contemporary martial cultivators and ancient immortal cultivators. Though martial cultivators’ alchemy originates from the ancient immortal alchemy, it has evolved over millennia and looks nothing like its origins.

Perhaps ancient immortal alchemy was more arcane and magical, but that doesn’t mean it’s better.

What suits you is best!

Wang Mingzhe is a martial cultivator, not an immortal cultivator. Naturally, the contemporary alchemy of martial cultivators is more suitable for him.

“For instance, look here. Le Ping Taoist spent three years as a fire boy when learning alchemy, and he was skilled in fire control. You might think that his fire control simply involved being adept with flame arrays, right?”

“But that’s incorrect. Ancient cultivators had a Fire Control Skill, and their pill fire came in many forms, be it arrays or earthfire. Their method of fire control stemmed from their own abilities, not other means!”

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Yang Zhenshan patiently explained to Wang Mingzhe the differences between ancient cultivators and martial artists, which led to differences in their alchemy. Though his knowledge was not deeply profound, it was sufficient to guide Wang Mingzhe.

And so, Yang Zhenshan stayed in the Spirit Source Land, living a simple and uneventful life every day.

Cultivating, refining pills, studying runes, checking on the Artifact Refining Workshop, and occasionally visiting the Green Wolf King and its pack.

The Green Wolf King was living comfortably in the Spirit Source Land.

Though it wasn’t as rich in spiritual objects and mutant beasts as the ancient relic arrays, the Spirit Source Land didn’t limit its advancement to becoming a Divine Beast. So even if life was somewhat mundane, it felt very content.

However, the wild beasts in Spirit Source Land weren’t as fortunate. These green wolves were voracious eaters, the kind that could consume two sheep in one meal. Having such a group of fierce beasts meant the wild animals inevitably became their prey.

As a result, Yang Zhengshan had to move the herds of cattle to where the wolves resided.

Yang Zhengshan was, of course, not going to be their caretaker. So he put several hundred cattle in the valley where the wolves lived and let the green wolves take care of them.

If dogs can herd sheep, why can’t green wolves take care of cattle?

The intelligence of the Green Wolf King is not inferior to that of humans, and there’s no reason it wouldn’t learn to manage cattle.

Moreover, in the Spirit Source Land, raising cattle doesn’t require much skill. As long as the cattle are fed and watered and prevented from wandering off, it’s sufficient.

The green wolves could certainly handle this.

Time passed quietly, and unknowingly, half a year had slipped by.

On the Spiritual Spring Mountain Plateau, amidst the thriving spiritual fruit trees, Yang Zhenshan formed a spell, slowly awakening from his meditative state.

He extended his hand to retrieve the bamboo slip in front of him, unfurling it with a rustle.

“Qinghua Thunder Skill”

The four large characters on the bamboo slip were the first thing to catch his eye.

This “Qinghua Thunder Skill” was a cultivation technique Yang Zhengshan had acquired from the Transmission Hall within the ancient relic array. However, he hadn’t practiced it until now.

Because now he had converted all his True Yuan into mana, transforming completely from a martial artist into an immortal cultivator.

The “Qinghua Thunder Skill” isn’t an internal cultivation method but a set of divine spells.

That’s right, a set, not just one.

The “Qinghua Thunder Skill” includes two offensive techniques and a method for refining a lifebound magical treasure.

The two offensive techniques are the Qinghua Thunder Pearl and the Nine Heavens Wood Divine Thunder, while the lifebound magical treasure refining method is the Green Wood Purple Lightning Sword.

With Yang Zhenshan’s current cultivation, he couldn’t yet practice the Nine Heavens Wood Divine Thunder or refine a lifebound magical treasure.

The only thing he could practice was the Qinghua Thunder Pearl.