Refining Water and Soil Qi

Chapter 170 Refining Water and Soil Qi

The forty-seven second-tier demonic beasts hunted and killed under the guidance of the white turtle were mostly of the earth and water element, a few of the water and wood element, and only two of the fire element.

These two are a mid-grade second-tier demonic beast, a poisonous fire lizard, and a low-grade second-tier spirit insect, a fire needle scorpion.

Fu Bo has already given these two fire-attribute demon cores to Yue Shaohua, so that he can refine and purify them using the "Fire Source Pill" formula recorded in the "Qing Nang Handbook". The resulting "Fire Source Pill" can also provide some Bing Fire and Ding Fire primordial energy.

Unfortunately, the "Qing Nang Handbook" only records this one Fire Element Pill formula, and it is impossible to refine the other four elements of primordial energy.

Apart from the demon cores of these two fire-attribute demon beasts, Xu Yunxin had to personally handle the demon cores of the other demon beasts.

These demonic beasts often possess poison glands or exhale miasma, and their demonic cores are often tainted with some poison and evil influences, making the process of refining them through magic not only tedious but also dangerous.

It's worth mentioning that this is also due to Xu Yunxin's own strong divine sense. He can release his divine sense outside when he reaches the ninth level of Qi Refining, which allows him to perform some operations outside his body. Otherwise, he really wouldn't have been able to refine the demon core and purify the vital energy outside his body.

Among the second-tier demonic beasts hunted this time, there were a total of twenty-two demonic cores possessing both earth and water attributes. After excluding some poisonous ones...

Of the thirteen demon cores with the most intense miasma, only thirteen could be used for refining, and Xu Yunxin had already taken all thirteen of them beforehand.

These thirteen demon kernels ranged in size from as large as walnuts to as small as cherries.

Its shape is an irregular fleshy core with a smooth surface, and its color is mostly yellow with black tinge or black with yellow tinge, or a mixture of black and yellow.

Xu Yunxin first took a small demon core, then activated the "Heaven and Earth Natural Fire" qi to burn it.

A large ball of gray-black flames suddenly rose from the demon core!

These flames are highly toxic, and the smell alone can make people dizzy!

However, Xu Yunxin's skill, "Wind Breath," allows him to manipulate the wind.

These putrid fumes couldn't get close to him at all; he blew them away long ago.

After the putrid smoke from the demon core dissipated, the cherry-sized demon core became even more lustrous, and when the firelight shone on it, the surface of the demon core shimmered slightly.

For cultivators at the ninth level of Qi Refining Realm, using Qi to kill is not difficult, but refining Yuan Qi is extremely difficult.

Burning away this layer of putrid fumes is only the beginning.

Although Xu Yunxin's "Heaven and Earth Natural Fire Qi" was of exceptional quality, it was still extremely difficult for him to refine this cherry-sized demon core.

He had to use the "Heaven and Earth Natural Fire Qi" to penetrate layer by layer, using his divine sense to distinguish the primordial energy within, dissolve the impurities, and leave only what he needed.

The manipulation of divine consciousness is extremely important throughout the entire refining process.

Moreover, the refiner's spiritual sense must not only be powerful, but also capable of penetrating to the smallest detail.

The reason for this is twofold: firstly, his spiritual sense is not strong enough to support him in refining for a long time; secondly, if he cannot be meticulous, he will not be able to preserve the vital energy he desires to the greatest extent.

Xu Yunxin met both of these conditions, but the smelting process was still extremely difficult.

The "Heaven and Earth Natural Fire Qi" seeped in layer by layer, gently licking the demon core, and lightly making a small dot appear on the layer of fluorescent light outside the demon core.

After making a small dot on the layer of fluorescence, Xu Yunxin released the "Heaven and Earth Natural Fire Gang," leaving a small channel for the primordial energy accumulated in the demon core to flow out through the channel.

These vital energies flowed upwards along the passage left by Xu Yunxin, where they were initially refined by the "Heaven and Earth Natural Fire Gang" on both sides of the passage. After some of the excess energy was removed, Xu Yunxin used the "Heaven and Earth Natural Fire Gang" to trap them in a round fire shield the size of a watermelon that appeared at the top of the passage.

As the vital energy within the demon core gradually dissipated, the cherry-sized demon core was also incinerated into ashes.

All the vital energy in the demon core was collected into the fire shield created by the "Heaven and Earth Natural Fire Gang".

A cherry-sized demon pit transformed into water and earth elemental energy, completely filling the watermelon-sized round fire shield.

Next, Xu Yunxin plans to open another passage on the entire watermelon-sized "Qiankun Natural Fire" cover and then place another fire cover on top of it.

This time, however, he needs to put one type of energy into the fire shield below, while leaving the other type of energy inside.

As he manipulated it, the water and earth elements mixed together in the fire shield below gradually separated.

After the two types of primordial energy were separated into two fire shields, Xu Yunxin combined the two fire shields into a large, round fire shield. Within this fire shield, a line of fire separated the two types of primordial energy. Then, he vigorously activated the "Heaven and Earth Natural Fire Gang" to purify the extracted water and earth primordial energy once again.

This step seems the simplest, requiring only a strong push of the "Heaven and Earth Natural Fire Gang" to burn fiercely, but in reality, it requires more precise manipulation of divine sense.

The entire refining process must be just right. If it is not refined too lightly, the resulting primordial energy will be impure, which will not only fail to replenish the five elements but will also lower the quality of the foundation of the Dao.

It can't be burned too hard either. If it's burned too hard, it might accidentally cause the vital energy inside the shield to boil over, leading to the vital energy inside the shield going berserk. At worst, it could destroy the purified vital energy and even injure Xu Yunxin's consciousness!

Therefore, as soon as this refining process began, Xiaoqing appeared beside Xu Yunxin, her hand gleaming with a faint blue light, ready to come to his rescue at any moment.

"Bang!"

During this refining process, Xu Yunxin made a tiny mistake, causing the vital energy within the "Heaven and Earth Natural Fire Gang" to go berserk and explode on the spot!

Fortunately, Xiao Qing managed to stabilize the exploding energy with a burst of Qinghua energy, preventing Xu Yunxin from getting hurt.

Although he was not injured, Xu Yunxin's face was still pale. This was because he had been using his divine sense to perform precise operations continuously, which caused a significant depletion of his divine sense.

"This is really hard to master."

After all that effort, not only did I get nothing, but I was also almost injured in the explosion.

But Xu Yunxin was not discouraged, nor did he ask Xiaoqing for help.

The reason for this is that he also wants to further familiarize himself with the Five Elements and Five Elements during the process of refining primordial energy, so that the more he understands, the more confident he will be when he establishes his foundation.

Moreover, after he refined this primordial energy, Xiaoqing had to sort and store it. The storage requirements were extremely strict. This primordial energy could not be stored in any kind of object with the five elements attribute. It could only be stored in non-five elements objects or a living body.

Xu Yunxin did not possess any non-Five Elements artifacts, but he had Xiaoqing.

After Xu Yunxin transformed into the Crimson Gold Buddha Tree and recovered his divine sense and magical power through cultivation, he began to refine his primordial energy for the second time, but this time he also failed.

Despite failing to smelt twice in a row, Xu Yunxin became even more motivated.

The third failure!

Fourth time, successful!

Fifth success, sixth success!

The seventh failure, the eighth failure, the ninth failure!

The remaining three attempts were all successful.

Of the thirteen water and earth attribute demon cores, only six were successfully refined.

A total of twenty-one strands of earth element and twenty-nine strands of water element were produced from the burning.

Xiao Qing swallowed all of this vital energy and stored it in her stomach, waiting for Xu Yunxin to use it before spitting it out.