: Willows Bright, Flowers Dark

Lu Jianghe remained focused and made a casual gesture.

In an instant, numerous demon cores of varying sizes and shimmering light rose into the air, floating densely above the alchemy room like a cluster of stars.

These demon cores rose and fell, their various colored halos flickering, red, purple, blue, cyan... intertwining and reflecting each other, like a starry sky.

He did not directly use the two eighth-order demon beast inner cores, which contained immense demonic power, to refine "water pills".

Instead, they first precisely extracted several sixth-order demon cores with relatively mild and stable auras from that "star cluster".

Although it is called refining, it is actually a kind of extreme tempering of the demon core using its unique secret method.

The core of this method lies in eliminating the residual malevolent energy within the refined demon core.

Ultimately, only the purest, most righteous, and utterly free of any impurities or evil spirits of heaven and earth essence is refined.

Of course, this is only the first step.

More importantly, it retains that unique "watery" quality, which comes from the innate spiritual essence of sea creatures and beasts that have been immersed in the endless ocean for many years.

If this step is not done thoroughly enough, and the water-like properties are not perfectly integrated into the refined "water elixir," then the effect of forced refining will be greatly reduced.

If you continue to swallow it, it will be like constantly adding fuel to the stove. If you are not careful and lose control, your dantian will be in danger of "exploding".

In the vast world, the orthodox method of refining "water elixir" is naturally not this kind of approach.

Usually, it is done by a great cultivator who uses the supernatural power of "water magic" to directly draw and condense the original water flow from rivers, lakes and seas.

This condensed essence, in the form of emerald green pearls, is named "Water Elixir".

The essence of "water transport" is the original essence contained in various bodies of water in the world, such as rivers, lakes, and seas.

Besides high-ranking cultivators who use water magic to condense water elixirs, some high-ranking mountain and water deities and those belonging to the Dragon Palace can also spontaneously nurture and condense water elixirs.

However, this method takes a very long time and is far less efficient than a great cultivator using supernatural powers.

The higher-grade water elixir is revered as the "Lizhu," which contains an even more magnificent and pure essence of water transport.

Lu Jianghe's method was actually a different approach altogether.

He used the inner cores of a large number of high-level demon beasts he had previously hunted as the base material, forcibly extracted them, and fused them with the water elemental power contained within to condense them into a pill.

The "water elixir" refined in this way, with its perfect essence and natural spiritual charm, is far superior to the water elixir, especially the pearl, formed through orthodox methods.

However, this method also has one advantage: it is very convenient and fast.

Although it is less effective than the former, it is still of great help in healing injuries and enhancing one's magical cultivation.

As for the rumor that one must fast, bathe, and kneel before heaven and earth before refining elixirs...

Lu Jianghe thought it best to forget about it.

Two sixth-order demon cores were captured from the suspended "star cluster" and precisely placed into the preheating furnace below.

Lu Jianghe used his abundant spiritual energy, comparable to a small water palace, to transform into strands of incomparably pure "wind breath," which surged and rippled from the furnace aperture.

Then, using a mouthful of refined spiritual energy, which had been honed to its extreme, it was "ignited" with a roar.

It was as if a miniature volcano had been ignited inside the alchemy furnace in an instant.

It was not the flame of ordinary firewood or charcoal, but a true fire for refining things. Clumps of flames, interwoven with dark blue and crimson gold, appeared out of thin air, licking the demon cores that were thrown into them.

In an instant, the alchemy furnace suddenly shone brightly, like a blazing sun on earth, so bright that no one dared to look directly at it.

The two demon cores slowly sank into the boiling infernal sea of ​​fire.

Inside the furnace, flames surged and shone, creating a magnificent spectacle.

The demon core emitted a faint, sharp hiss as it was scorched by the true fire.

That was the remaining malevolent energy of the demonic beast being forcibly stripped away and obliterated, undergoing repeated ups and downs to temper it.

Inside the furnace, there were occasional faint sounds of wind and thunder, and at other times, clear light flowed around, as the demon core was tempered and solidified in the true fire.

Each slight tremor caused spiritual energy to surge into the alchemy furnace.

As the malevolent energy was gradually worn away, the demon core began to soften and dissolve.

The demonic power it contained and the most essential pure "water" essence were finally forcibly extracted by the true fire.

Lu Jianghe formed a hand seal with one hand and began to continuously separate strands of his refined azure true essence, casting them into the essence.

The moment the wisps of essence touched the two clusters of demon core essence in the furnace, they were like sweet rain falling on parched soil, quietly merging into it.

The scene inside the furnace changes accordingly.

The light of the true fire dimmed slightly.

Two deep, emerald-green orbs of light slowly began to emerge from the alchemy furnace.

With each contraction of the fluctuations, its color becomes a little purer.

A hazy halo even began to appear on the surface.

Lu Jianghe remained unmoved, and changed his hand gestures again.

The fire in the furnace was adjusted accordingly, changing from fierce to continuous, and the temperature became more stable.

The shape of the light cluster became increasingly solid, and its outline became clearly visible.

As time went on.

Ultimately, the two water droplets suspended in the furnace were much smaller in volume than normal pills.

Lu Jianghe showed no surprise at this, as if he had expected it.

With a casual wave of his hand, the two glistening water droplets flew lightly out of the alchemy furnace, swirling around his finger, their shimmering light sparkling.

Its surface is as if wrapped in a layer of flowing water film, with ripples spreading out subtle spiritual waves.

Lu Jianghe put three fingers together, gently pinched it, and then swallowed it all, silently refining it.

I felt as if my mind and soul were being bathed in sweet rain, feeling refreshed and invigorated. The ripples in my energy flowed out at a speed visible to the naked eye, and my body was filled with spiritual energy.

Previously, due to alchemy, the continuously depleted true essence and internal energy were instantly restored, and it seemed that there was even a slight surplus in his cultivation foundation.

But Lu Jianghe did not show much relief on his face.

He focused intently on understanding the effects of the water pill he had just swallowed, making inferences.

These two Rank 6 demon cores were previously refined.

To maintain the purity of the "Water Elixir" and ensure a stable process, it is probably the limit of the current dual control of divine sense and spiritual power to refine a maximum of five to eight pieces.

Each refining process, even in the spiritually rich cave chamber on the fiftieth floor of Tianxing City, still takes several dozen days due to the insufficient density of spiritual energy in this world.

While some of the losses can be compensated by one's own pure vital energy, these dozens of days are a real, inescapable, and fixed cost.

More importantly, while a single "Water Pill" refined from a sixth-order demon core has a significant restorative effect, instantly replenishing its consumption, its substantial increase in cultivation level is negligible, almost nonexistent.

Compared to the true "water elixir" or even the "divine pearl" condensed by great cultivators or mountain and water deities in his memory, it was vastly different.

Lu Jianghe's gaze swept over the dense array of demon cores floating above the alchemy room.

To refine all of these, based on the current speed and efficiency, it would probably take a full five or six years.

No wonder Han Li was involved in alchemy and cultivation every time in the previous timeline.

The time spent is calculated in terms of ten or twenty years.