Chapter 63: The Alchemy Talisman Array

Chu Jianqiu used the corpse of the blood python to exchange for a large amount of resources at the Treasure Pavilion, including a large number of Qi Gathering Pills, talisman-making materials, and materials for setting up arrays.

Previously, Chu Jianqiu had mostly studied array formations theoretically without any practical operation, as the materials required for setting up arrays were too expensive, and with his previous financial status, he could not afford them.

Moreover, after obtaining the Chaos Supreme Tower, he had been in a precarious situation, urgently needing to rapidly improve his strength. Even if he had the money, he would need to buy a large number of pills, and there would be no spare funds to purchase materials for setting up arrays.

The profession of talisman-making has always been one of the most costly.

Talisman-making requires cinnabar and talisman paper. If it's for low-grade spirit talismans, ordinary cinnabar and talisman paper can suffice. However, for high-grade spirit talismans, the cinnabar and talisman paper are not cheap.

High-grade cinnabar is made from precious spirit ore powder and demon beast blood. For some special spirit talismans, extremely rare materials are required to make the cinnabar.

The tanning of high-grade talisman paper requires even rarer natural treasures, such as the hides of high-grade demon beasts or rare leaves.

As for array formations, they are an even more costly profession.

Setting up low-grade arrays might not be difficult; some can be directly engraved on the ground without any auxiliary materials to achieve the desired effect.

However, for certain special arrays or high-grade arrays, special materials are necessary.

For example, the Fire Gathering Array, which can gather true fire, requires fire-attribute materials as the core of the array to channel the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and transform it into true fire.

The Water Gathering Array also requires water-attribute materials as the core to be successfully set up.

The first array Chu Jianqiu set up was the Alchemy Talisman Array. When he obtained the Chaos Supreme Tower, the first array he learned was also the Alchemy Talisman Array.

At the time, when he had just started cultivating the Chaos Heavenly Emperor Technique, the consumption of pills was enormous. He had planned to set up the Alchemy Talisman Array to refine his own pills.

However, later, the income from selling Strength Enhancement Talismans was sufficient to support his cultivation, so he did not waste time setting up the Alchemy Talisman Array to refine pills.

Now that he had become a direct disciple of the Mystic Sword Sect, no one could threaten his life for the time being, and Chu Jianqiu did not feel the urgent need to improve his strength.

The amount of spiritual energy he needed to absorb to advance a realm was dozens of times that of ordinary martial artists of the same realm, but the speed at which he absorbed spiritual energy during cultivation was also countless times that of ordinary martial artists.

Even without any cultivation resources, his cultivation speed would not be slower than any martial artist. However, with sufficient resources, his cultivation speed could almost be infinitely increased.

Considering that he would need to consume a large number of pills during future cultivation, he could not always exchange for such a large quantity of pills.

If he frequently exchanged for such a large quantity of pills at the Treasure Pavilion, it would inevitably raise suspicions over time. For safety, refining his own pills was the most secure option.

Fortunately, he had learned the course on pill refinement, and exchanging a large amount of pill-making materials would not raise suspicions.

Learning pill refinement is also a costly skill.

In the initial stages, a large amount of materials would inevitably be consumed. Even if he exchanged for a large amount of pill-making materials, others would only think he was practicing and consuming them, at most believing his talent in pill refinement was low, without suspecting anything else.

Moreover, if the pills he refined could meet his daily cultivation needs and still have a surplus, he could sell them. This would not only better conceal his secrets but also earn him some extra income.

The Alchemy Talisman Array is a general term for the talisman arrays used in pill refinement, not all pill refinement uses the same array.

Of course, the general principles of this type of array are the same, but adjustments are needed for different pill formulas.

The array for refining Body Tempering Pills is naturally different from the array for refining Qi Gathering Pills.

One is a first-grade pill, and the other is a second-grade pill, so the corresponding array grades are naturally different.

The Qi Gathering Pill is the most common second-grade pill, and its formula is widely known. Chu Jianqiu had learned this formula in his pill refinement course.

In the pill refinement course, Chu Jianqiu excelled in both theoretical and practical classes, so he was well-versed in the refinement of the Qi Gathering Pill.

Due to his familiarity with the formula, Chu Jianqiu did not have much difficulty setting up the array. After failing twice, he successfully set up the Alchemy Talisman Array.

Chu Jianqiu threw the materials into the array, activated it, and nervously watched the changes in the materials inside the pill furnace.

This was his first time using an array to refine pills, and he was unsure if it would succeed.

The array activated, channeling the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to form a blazing fire. The materials in the pill furnace began to automatically refine and blend according to the formula. After half an hour, a batch of Qi Gathering Pills was successfully refined.

Chu Jianqiu excitedly removed the pill furnace and counted the Qi Gathering Pills inside, finding there were exactly fifty.

He had thrown in fifty sets of Qi Gathering Pill materials, and now he had refined fifty Qi Gathering Pills, with a 100% success rate and no loss. Moreover, the efficiency had increased several times.

If Chu Jianqiu used the normal pill refinement method, even with his proficient theoretical knowledge and techniques, there would still be a 10% loss rate, and refining a batch of fifty Qi Gathering Pills would take at least half a day.

But such a performance was already at a very high level among pill refiners of the same grade.

Usually, even the most excellent pill refiners would have a 20% to 30% loss rate, and those who could control the loss rate to within 10% were considered geniuses among geniuses, with only one appearing in the Mystic Sword Sect every thousand years.

However, using this Alchemy Talisman Array, not only was there zero loss, but the efficiency also increased several times.

Although Chu Jianqiu knew that the things inside the Chaos Supreme Tower were extraordinary, he did not expect them to be so miraculous.

Using this Alchemy Talisman Array to refine simple pills like the Qi Gathering Pill was one thing, but if used to refine extremely difficult pills, with a zero loss and zero failure rate, it would undoubtedly cause an unimaginable shock in the pill refinement world.

In his pill refinement course, Chu Jianqiu had heard that there were several high-grade pills on the Heavenly Martial Continent that were extremely difficult to refine, with even the most excellent pill refiners having a success rate of less than 1%, such as the Heavenly Fragrance Life-Continuing Pill and the Boundless Primordial Profound Pill.

Of course, such high-grade pills were still far beyond Chu Jianqiu's reach.

Not to mention Chu Jianqiu, even the Mystic Sword Sect had only heard of the names of these pills and had never truly seen these legendary pills.