Chapter 63

Hu Donghan temporarily stopped his cultivation, gathered his thoughts, and retracted his spiritual energy back into his body. Then, he used his divine sense to perceive the situation in his dantian.

"This is... just the effect of a single mid-grade Qi Nourishing Pill, and it already rivals ten days of my cultivation! Now, the spiritual energy in my body has already accumulated to more than half. As long as I store enough spiritual energy, I should be able to break through to the second level of the Qi Refinement stage!"

"The effect of the mid-grade Qi Nourishing Pill is indeed astonishing! If I continue to take the Qi Nourishing Pills for cultivation, these remaining eight pills should be enough for me to break through to the second level of the Qi Refinement stage!"

Hu Donghan was amazed in his heart, but he did not immediately take the Qi Nourishing Pill. Instead, he closed his eyes and continued to meditate.

Taking pills to assist in cultivation does not mean that the effects will always be good if taken continuously—taking the same type of pill continuously will make the effects become increasingly worse!

Especially if, after taking one pill, you immediately take another without a break. In the short term, this will indeed lead to a rapid increase in strength, but it is not a long-term strategy!

Regarding the frequency of taking pills, the Yin Soul Sect has statistics. For pills at the Qi Refinement stage, generally, taking one pill every three days is the most effective. Taking a pill in less than three days will significantly weaken the pill's effect, and taking a pill more than three days apart will not significantly enhance the effect.

Of course, in reality, within the entire Yin Soul Sect, there are very few disciples who can take a pill every three days! Apart from those so-called second-generation disciples, ordinary disciples do not even have the spirit stones to buy pills, let alone use them to assist in cultivation.

Thus, in the cycle of continuously taking pills and cultivating, half a month quickly passed.

Inside the pill room, Hu Donghan slowly opened his eyes and felt the situation inside his body.

"Indeed, I have now reached the peak of the first level of the Qi Refinement stage! With the abundant spiritual energy here and the assistance of the pills, it only took half a month to reach the peak of the first level of the Qi Refinement stage! If I were to cultivate slowly on my own, it would probably take at least three to four months! And now, it only took five mid-grade Qi Nourishing Pills to achieve this effect."

"The effect of the pills is indeed excellent! However, to break through the first level of the Qi Refinement stage, I will need some time!"

"However, the time required should not be too long. After all, I never expected that the alchemy talent of the Medicine Spirit Ghost would be so strong! The remaining three hundred portions of spiritual herbs actually produced ten high-grade Qi Nourishing Pills!"

During this half month, the growth of Hu Donghan's own cultivation was indeed the most gratifying for him.

But what truly excited Hu Donghan was the growth of the Medicine Spirit Ghost!

Following Hu Donghan's instructions, the Medicine Spirit Ghost had been continuously refining pills. During this process, the Medicine Spirit Ghost also improved its techniques according to Hu Donghan's instructions. In each batch of pills, the Medicine Spirit Ghost could produce at least one mid-grade Qi Nourishing Pill. If the luck was good, it could even produce two mid-grade pills.

When the spiritual herbs were refined down to the last one hundred portions, the Medicine Spirit Ghost's pills began to produce high-grade Qi Nourishing Pills!

This situation almost made Hu Donghan feel astonished and disbelieving.

It should be known that during the process of refining pills, the probability of mid-grade pills appearing is not small. However, high-grade pills are truly a matter of luck!

Now, even those alchemists who have been refining pills for over twenty years cannot guarantee that their Qi Nourishing Pills will definitely contain high-grade pills! But any alchemist who can refine high-grade pills must belong to the category of alchemists with astonishing talent!

When the first high-grade pill appeared, Hu Donghan thought it was just a lucky occurrence. However, after refining the last one hundred portions of spiritual herbs, the Medicine Spirit Ghost directly used ten high-grade Qi Nourishing Pills to tell Hu Donghan that it was not just luck, but that it had indeed mastered a certain technique!

As for the current pill reserves of Hu Donghan, they were truly astonishing!

Now, Hu Donghan has over eight thousand small Qi Nourishing Pills; over four thousand low-grade Qi Nourishing Pills; over four hundred mid-grade Qi Nourishing Pills; and ten high-grade Qi Nourishing Pills! Although this number is not much for an alchemist, if ordinary disciples heard about it, they would definitely have the urge to rob him.

"Ten high-grade Qi Nourishing Pills, to break through the first level of the Qi Refinement stage, is not a problem for me at all!"

"Ordinary low-grade pills can only be used to assist in cultivation. But once they reach the mid-grade level, they have the ability to help break through barriers. As for high-grade pills, they are already on par with those pills that can assist in breaking through minor stages! The effect of high-grade Qi Nourishing Pills is more than four times stronger than mid-grade Qi Nourishing Pills. Their value, however, is hundreds of times higher, and at least five thousand spirit stones are needed to buy one."

"Based on my estimation, as long as I nurture the spiritual energy in my body for a few days, just one high-grade Qi Nourishing Pill should be enough to break through."

After continuous cultivation for half a month, Hu Donghan felt that his body was like it was rusted, and he wanted to move around.

The spiritual herbs were refined by the Medicine Spirit Ghost three days ago. These two days, the Medicine Spirit Ghost has been guarding Hu Donghan, acting as a protector.

Waving his hand to the Medicine Spirit Ghost, he let it go to the dining room to eat. As for Hu Donghan, he left the basement and then the wooden house.

Just as he left the wooden house, Hu Donghan saw Niu Ergen standing at the door, respectfully, with red streaks in his eyes, clearly having waited for a long time.

As soon as Niu Ergen saw Hu Donghan, he quickly walked up and respectfully said, "Greetings, Uncle Hu."

"What's the matter?" Hu Donghan asked casually.

He had previously instructed Niu Ergen that if there was nothing, he did not need to come over.

Since Niu Ergen was waiting at the door, there must be something.

Niu Ergen quickly answered Hu Donghan, "Reporting to Uncle Hu, Uncle Wang Ruolong came to visit yesterday and has been waiting at my place..."

"Wang Brother came?" Hu Donghan felt slightly surprised and turned to ask, "What did he come here for?"

It was no wonder Hu Donghan asked this—Wang Ruolong, an alchemist, was not staying in the fire cave to refine pills but came to visit him and even waited for a whole day, which indeed left Hu Donghan puzzled.

Niu Ergen replied, "I don't know. Uncle Wang just said he came to visit. Hearing that you were still in seclusion, he did not disturb you and just occupied my place to refine pills. He also asked me to wait here and immediately inform him as soon as you came out of seclusion..."

"Uh..."

Hu Donghan rolled his eyes, somewhat understanding—so, Niu Ergen was waiting here because his place was occupied!