“This guy…”
He Xiuyuan looked up at the scene before him and immediately burst into laughter.
After a moment of thought, He Xiuyuan took a step forward and gently grasped a branch of the rice plant.
The rice plant, sensing He Xiuyuan's movement, immediately stopped and then gently brushed He Xiuyuan with its branch.
The rooster nearby, noticing the rice plant had stopped, quickly flapped its small wings and clucked as it ran away.
“These rice stalks are really sturdy…”
Seeing how the rice plant had just thrashed those attacks without a single grain of rice falling from its stalks, He Xiuyuan couldn't help but show a hint of surprise in his eyes.
Indeed, something that has absorbed the Essence of the Sun and Moon is different.
Thinking this, He Xiuyuan's movements as he examined the rice stalks became a little gentler.
After checking and confirming there were no problems with the rice stalks, He Xiuyuan casually conjured a ball of mountain spring water and poured all the Essence of the Sun and Moon onto it before standing up contentedly and leaving.
After He Xiuyuan finished these tasks, he turned and walked to the side.
In the distance, the sun rose, and as its light fell, it cast an indescribably warm glow upon him.
Spring is just like that.
By now, spring had arrived.
“For the sake of Cultivating, I actually forgot to look around during the Spring Festival. I wonder if it was lively here during the Spring Festival, and if there were any differences.”
He Xiuyuan looked at the morning sun in the distance, and thinking that spring had already arrived, he felt a little emotional.
However, this emotion only lasted for a short while before He Xiuyuan composed himself, took a book on Alchemy, walked to the side, and began to read it carefully.
After several days of continuous Alchemy, He Xiuyuan still couldn't refine a single Medicinal Pill. The difficulty of Alchemy was far beyond what He Xiuyuan had imagined.
One must know, He Xiuyuan didn't find the Gathering Qi and Nurturing Spirit Technique that difficult to practice, but when it came to Alchemy, it truly stumped him.
Thinking of this, He Xiuyuan couldn't help but frown.
“What exactly is wrong with this Alchemy Spell? Why is it so difficult?”
He Xiuyuan recalled the situations he encountered during Alchemy these past few days, compared them to what was written in the book, and began to carefully ponder.
He wanted to find out why he couldn't succeed in Alchemy.
However, as He Xiuyuan flipped through the Alchemy book in his hand, comparing it back and forth, he still couldn't find any mistakes or omissions in his Alchemy process.
“This is truly strange…”
He Xiuyuan looked at the Alchemy Spell in his hand, his brows tightly furrowed. After looking for a long time, he couldn't help but sigh.
Searching and searching, he still couldn't find his mistakes. If this was the case, refining this Medicinal Pill would be as difficult as ascending to the heavens.
If that were the case, how did the Senior who compiled this Alchemy Spell manage to refine Medicinal Pills?
Could it be that this Senior only wrote about it but never actually refined Medicinal Pills?
And because of this, it was normal for later generations to be unable to refine these Medicinal Pills?
He Xiuyuan pondered this at that moment.
However, this thought didn't last long before it was directly overturned by He Xiuyuan.
Judging by the Taoist magic in his hand, his conclusion should be incorrect.
After all, He Xiuyuan had successfully Cultivated the Gathering Qi and Nurturing Spirit Technique, and facts proved that this Spell could indeed be successfully Cultivated.
With the previous Spell as verification, He Xiuyuan felt that the later Alchemy Spell could not be false.
But why, then, did he keep failing?
He Xiuyuan thought this, his face full of distress.
He Xiuyuan stood before the cliff, letting the mountain wind continuously blow, making his clothes flap loudly.
The clouds and mist around He Xiuyuan were dispersed by the mountain wind and then re-condensed, dispersed and re-condensed, rolling and unfurling.
It looked incredibly leisurely and full of Immortal Qi.
Unfortunately, He Xiuyuan's thoughts were not on this at the moment; he merely focused his gaze into the distance, appearing as if he were in meditation… It was unknown how much time passed, but the distant sun set and then rose again.
A slightly clear crane cry sounded nearby.
This crane cry startled He Xiuyuan awake.
Opening his eyes again, he saw the distant morning sun, and only then did He Xiuyuan realize that a day had already passed.
The immortal crane nearby, seeing He Xiuyuan awaken, couldn't help but tilt its head slightly and look at He Xiuyuan a few times, its eyes seeming to carry a hint of confusion.
He Xiuyuan looked at the distant sky, and suddenly his face lit up with joy.
Then He Xiuyuan chuckled, his face filled with delight.
He Xiuyuan then turned his head to look at the immortal crane beside him, “These past few days of refining Medicinal Pills have always failed; I haven't been able to refine this Medicinal Pill. I've thought about it for a long time and still can't figure out why, nor do I know where to improve.”
“Now I've thought of it!”
The immortal crane was startled by these words, looking at He Xiuyuan with some confusion. It was a bit bewildered by He Xiuyuan's words, not understanding what He Xiuyuan meant.
And He Xiuyuan at this moment seemed to be explaining to it, yet also seemed to be talking to himself.
“You say, if I continuously cast divinations during the Alchemy process, calculating the heat and how to proceed during Alchemy, wouldn't I be able to succeed?”
He Xiuyuan said, looking at the immortal crane beside him with a triumphant expression.
Hearing He Xiuyuan's words, the immortal crane was immediately a bit confused. This time, it understood the meaning of He Xiuyuan's words, but… could Alchemy be done this way?
Thinking of this, the immortal crane looked at He Xiuyuan's eyes, which were extremely spiritual, and within that spirituality, there was a hint of strangeness.
He Xiuyuan, thinking of this, was already somewhat eager to try it out.
But soon, He Xiuyuan calmed down. There was no need to rush now; it still required a bit of a slow approach.
Thinking this, He Xiuyuan forced himself to calm down. Then He Xiuyuan walked to the vegetable garden nearby, dug up some vegetables, and took some meat he had bought during a previous outing. He immediately put them in the pot and began to cook a meal.
After finishing his meal, He Xiuyuan bathed and changed, then walked into the stone cave, lit incense and candles to offer to the yuxintang paper, before finally coming to the Pill Furnace.
He Xiuyuan slightly lowered his head at this moment, glanced at the Pill Furnace in front of him, and after some thought, began to cast divinations.
He wanted to calculate the success rate of opening the furnace for Alchemy this time.
He Xiuyuan, constantly making calculations with his fingers, suddenly brightened after a moment of divination.
“Great auspiciousness! This is a suitable time for Alchemy!”
He Xiuyuan made a quick calculation and determined that it was a sign of great auspiciousness at this moment.
After confirming this point, He Xiuyuan did not hesitate for a moment and immediately began Alchemy.
As the medicinal ingredients were continuously fed into the Pill Furnace one by one, He Xiuyuan's right hand showed no sign of stopping, still constantly making calculations.
