Published: September 5, 2025
Chapter 634: Infant Formation (Part 1)
Inside the pill refining chamber of the secluded mansion on Little Stone Mountain, Han Li exhaled a slender wisp of cyan alchemy flame from his mouth, continuously burning and enveloping a silver-white small cauldron about half a foot in size.
This cauldron floated atop a magic formation at the center of the pill chamber, rolling and turning incessantly.
Han Li’s entire body shimmered with spiritual light, his expression slightly tense.
As time passed little by little, a faint medicinal fragrance began to permeate the pill chamber. Han Li only inhaled a few breaths of this scent before his spirit greatly revived, and a trace of joy appeared on his face.
When the fragrance finally changed from light to thick, a glint flickered in Han Li’s eyes. Suddenly, he formed a spell formation with both hands, causing the alchemy flame to vanish instantly. He lightly breathed out the word “Open.”
At once, a spell shot forth, striking a corner of the magic formation precisely.
The magic formation emitted a low humming sound, and several overlapping red and green lights sprayed out simultaneously, hitting the silver cauldron.
The small cauldron trembled slightly, and its lid automatically opened, revealing a milky white pill floating upward.
The pill was thumb-sized, crystal clear throughout, and flickering with spiritual light. Wisps of milky white spiritual mist hovered faintly around it, barely perceptible—an auspicious sign of a spirit medicine.
Seeing this pill, Han Li could no longer hide the ecstatic expression on his face.
The Nine-Twisted Spiritual Ginseng pill was truly refined successfully.
He had failed several times before, and if this attempt had failed as well, the Agate Horn and Companion Demonic Herb would have been unable to support another consumption.
As for the most crucial ingredient, the Nine-Twisted Spiritual Ginseng, Han Li was surprisingly unconcerned about the raw material.
The truth was, when Han Li refined pills with the Nine-Twisted Spiritual Ginseng, he never dared to use the entire ginseng. Instead, he only extracted some juice from the ginseng itself for pill refining, sparing a part of this sentient entity’s life.
Of course, this didn’t kill the ginseng immediately, but it severely injured its vital energy. The ginseng’s manifested form—a white rabbit—became listless and weak.
Seeing this, Han Li pondered carefully for several days. Ultimately, he arranged several layers of protective restrictions and dripped the ripening green liquid onto the Nine-Twisted Spiritual Ginseng.
To be safe, Han Li started with diluted green liquid, gradually increasing the amount bit by bit, fearing any mishap.
After all, a sentient immortal entity with a manifested form was quite different from ordinary spiritual herbs.
It turned out that after dribbling even a drop of this green liquid, the ginseng’s vital energy indeed recovered significantly, with no signs of discomfort.
Only then did Han Li feel relieved and began to dribble the green liquid in earnest.
Thus, every time Han Li extracted some ginseng juice, he would restore its vital energy with the green liquid before extracting again.
In this way, the juice from the Nine-Twisted Spiritual Ginseng was inexhaustible.
However, this method seemed effective only for the Nine-Twisted Spiritual Ginseng. Han Li tried it on other spirit medicines on a whim, but the results were unsatisfactory—not as quick as direct ripening.
Now, Han Li held the milky white pill carefully between two fingers, placing it in front of his eyes for close inspection.
Its appearance and scent seemed exactly as recorded on the pill formula, but the true medicinal effect could only be known after swallowing it during the infant formation stage.
With a light sigh, Han Li carefully placed this hard-won pill into a jade box he had already prepared, stored it safely, and exited the pill chamber.
Han Li had cultivated the fourth level of the Great Yin Technique long ago, about five or six years back, which massively extended his spiritual awareness.