Chapter 600 - 222: Top-grade Essence Enhancement Pill, 5-line Yin-Yang Swordsmanship

Chapter 600: Chapter 222: Top-grade Essence Enhancement Pill, 5-line Yin-Yang Swordsmanship

The second day.

Zhou Changwang truly began refining the Essence Enhancement Pill and Recovery Pill.

For these two kinds of Spirit Pills, he did not invite the Zou Sisters to observe.

After all, he was accustomed to practicing alchemy alone; having others around made him uncomfortable.

From the beginning, he was already familiar with the pill formulas for the Essence Enhancement Pill and Recovery Pill.

Though it was his first time refining them, he inexplicably felt confident.

He took out the Pill Furnace and introduced the Nanming Li Fire.

Then, unhurriedly, he placed portions of Spiritual Materials into it.

As the materials melted into liquid, Zhou Changwang cast out various Pill Formulas, causing the Spiritual Liquid Medicine to blend harmoniously.

Thus, they were refined into Spiritual Liquid with unique properties.

From the fusion of countless Spiritual Liquids, the Essence Enhancement Spirit Pill he needed would be born.

This was a seemingly simple, yet utterly complex process.

The temperature within the Pill Furnace, the compatibility between the Spiritual Liquids, and the application of various Pill Formulas all required a high level of skill.

Fortunately, after refining countless low-tier spiritual pills, Zhou Changwang’s alchemy skills had already reached an advanced level.

Although the difficulty of refining a Second Grade Initial Tier Essence Enhancement Pill was considerable, he did it with ease.

As the final Pill Separation Technique was executed.

The Spiritual Medicine evolved, instantaneously dividing into nine evenly-sized Spirit Pills.

As for the remaining small portion, it was residue, Erysipelas.

He purposely separated it and burned it to ashes with the Nanming Li Fire.

Then, he used the Pill Collection Technique.

The nine Spirit Pills immediately transformed into streaks of light, floating before him.

"After all, this was the first attempt at refining.

Out of these nine Spirit Pills, only six reached the Lower Grade spirit pill level.

The other three were Wasted Pills,

not sufficient to be considered Lower Grade."

Reflecting, Zhou Changwang stored the six Spirit Pills one by one into a pill bottle.

As for the three Wasted Pills, he didn’t let them go to waste but placed them in another pill bottle.

Despite their lower quality, containing over seventy percent impurities, they still held considerable spiritual energy.

Even if he didn’t use them, they would serve well for the Spirit Dog and Golden Armor King Flying Cicada.

"I’ve reached the entry level with the Essence Enhancement Pill.

Next, I can increase the quantity and rapidly refine this Spirit Pill to enhance my alchemy skills."

Zhou Changwang glanced at his Attribute Panel and immediately resumed refining.

This time, he took three portions of Spiritual Materials to begin refining.

After about half an hour.

The Pill Collection Technique was executed.

Yielded twenty-one Essence Enhancement Pills.

The Pill Success Rate showed slight improvement.

Proceeding with five portions.

After an hour.

Thirty-five pills.

He then stabilized the practice with five portions of materials each time.

Thirty-five, thirty-seven, thirty-eight, thirty-eight, thirty-nine...

Finally, after the seventh time.

The Essence Enhancement Pill reached Mastery.

He also created the first Mid-grade Essence Enhancement Pill, followed by a second and third...

One day later.

Zhou Changwang looked at the three Top-grade Essence Enhancement Pills in his hand, a smile appearing on his face.

"Two days of refining, all one hundred sets of materials consumed.

I’ve finally advanced the pill formula for the Essence Enhancement Pill to the Small Success Realm.

And I genuinely possess three Top-grade Essence Enhancement Pills.

Additionally, there are twenty-five Mid-grade Essence Enhancement Pills.

In the short term, they’ll suffice for my cultivation needs."

Zhou Changwang felt exceptionally pleased.

The two days taken out of his busy schedule for refining were well worth it.

Of course.

The primary reason was discovering limitations in his practice of the Seventy-two Flying Heaven Sword Formation.

Firstly, his Spiritual Sense wasn’t strong enough.

He couldn’t control more Flying Swords simultaneously.

Especially after perfecting the Eighteen Flying Heaven Sword Formation and beginning to transition to the Twenty-four Flying Heaven Sword Array.

Due to insufficient Spiritual Sense strength, the pressure on his Heart Spirit was immense; he could barely manage twenty-three swords at once, let alone twenty-four.

Despite mastering the Six, Twelve, and Eighteen Flying Heaven Sword Formations to Ultimate Perfection, having absolute confidence in mastering the Twenty-four Formation entry level in no time and further cultivating it to higher proficiency,

he was kept from entry level because he couldn’t control twenty-four swords simultaneously.

Secondly.

As the number of swords increased, the True Essence Power consumption for a cultivator soared.

Though his True Essence was dense and pure, he was only at the First Layer of Foundation Establishment, with limited reserves.

Using the Eighteen Flying Heaven Sword Formation once consumed twenty to thirty percent of his True Essence reserve.

He estimated using the Twenty-four Formation once would consume nearly half his True Essence reserve... which was intolerable.

"Therefore, under the constraints of cultivation and Spiritual Sense,

I can currently only use the Eighteen Flying Heaven Sword Formation.

The Twenty-four Formation still eludes me by a bit."

Zhou Changwang reflected.

He then sat cross-legged in the Cultivation Secret Room, taking out a Spirit Pill.

The Top-grade Essence Enhancement Pill.

He was curious to see how much this Top-grade Essence Enhancement Pill could boost his cultivation.

Also to make use of this small breakthrough to further enhance his Spiritual Sense.

At least to the point where he could practice the Twenty-four Flying Heaven Sword Formation.