When he put away the spirit stones in the array, sensing the small half of the spiritual energy remaining in them, Ding Zhengyi shook his head helplessly and sighed lightly. The benefits of using spirit stones to arrange the Spirit Gathering Array for cultivation are self-evident, but the loss is also not something he can afford now.

This kind of spirit gathering array arranged with spirit stones, when the formation is running, a large part of the spiritual energy for the monks to absorb comes from the spirit stones, and the rest is the heaven and earth spiritual energy gathered by the formation.

Compared with the Spirit Gathering Array arranged with array disks and array flags, the consumption of this spirit stone array is much larger, but the concentration of spiritual energy in the array can also be increased by three or four layers, which is much higher than that of the Gathering Spirit Array supported by the spiritual energy in the spiritual vein.

Although they all have the effect of gathering spirits, and all that are consumed during normal operation are the spiritual energy in the spiritual veins, but the spiritual energy concentration at the spiritual eye can only be increased by about one layer, and the large array of the protective clan can only slow down the escape of the spiritual energy in the spiritual veins, and the increase in the spiritual energy concentration is almost negligible, and the effect that can be seen is that there are a few more acres of spiritual fields at the edge of the spiritual eye.

Retracting his scattered thoughts, Ding Zhengyi was about to try the difference between the spell cast in the middle stage of qi training and the early stage of qi training, but he found that at this time, there was no vitality in the dantian, and all the remaining vitality in the dantian after breaking through the bottleneck just now was channeled into the cyclone to improve his cultivation.

This is not a good habit, monks without vitality are not much stronger than ordinary people, whether a normal monk is cultivating or practicing spells, even in a relatively safe environment, the vitality will remain in a relatively abundant state, so as to deal with various emergencies at any time.

However, the reality is that because of the limitation of the total amount of spiritual energy absorbed by the spiritual network every day, the vitality obtained by refining the spiritual qi is quite limited, and the limited vitality is not only imported into the cyclone in the dantian to improve cultivation, but also the magic seal is outlined in the dantian for spell cultivation, and at the same time, the amount of vitality required to dredge the blocked spiritual network is very huge, and it is quite difficult for the monk to leave abundant vitality in his daily cultivation.

Cultivators with average cultivation qualifications or above are okay, because there are a large number of spiritual networks, which can at least meet the needs of improving cultivation. And some low-qualified monks don't even have enough vitality needed for normal qi cultivation, and they also have to consume a part of their vitality when cultivating spiritual plants or producing other spiritual objects, which is the fundamental reason why their cultivation is difficult to progress.

Ding Zhengyi's previous cultivation was not bothered by the Yuan Qi, although according to his qualifications, the Yuan Qi refined every day was very little left that could be used to practice spells after satisfying the cultivation and dredging the clogged spiritual network.

However, fortunately, the clan and his father provided a lot of funding, and the pure yuan temperature in the Lingmi spiritual object increased the time for absorbing and refining the spiritual energy, ensuring that in addition to the vitality required for practicing spells, it also barely maintained the vitality consumption of the array and talismans, even so, Ding Zhengyi Dantian could not maintain sufficient vitality at all times.

Now that he has graduated from the family study, there is less family subsidies, and his father's savings are not much left, Ding Zhengyi will also face the dilemma that the vitality of daily refining is not enough to consume. Thinking of this, the excitement after breaking through the bottleneck suddenly disappeared a lot.

Looking at the trace of erysipelas in the dantian cyclone again, Ding Zhengyi could only temporarily let go of the troubles of lack of vitality and thought of some basic knowledge about pills in the classics.

The various spiritual values in the Qingyun Great World are divided into two types: edible and medicinal, and edible generally refers to various spiritual rice and spiritual fruits.

The medicinal class includes auxiliary spirit grass and main medicine, etc., auxiliary spirit grass has its own use, and the main medicine is because it contains a unique medicinal power, the fundamental effect of this medicinal power is to activate the vitality in the monk's dantian, the higher the activity of the vitality, the more can speed up the monk's cultivation progress, improve the effect of healing and removing poison.

The main drugs are divided into grades, and the main drugs of various grades contain different amounts and purities, and the requirements for growth years and growth environment are also different.

The higher the grade of the main drug, the higher the growth period, the higher the requirements for the aura concentration of the growth environment, and the longer the growth year of the high-grade main drug, the more sufficient the medicinal power.

However, no matter how high-level or how old the main medicine is, in addition to the medicinal power, there is also a large part of the toxicity associated with the medicinal power, which is just the opposite of the effect of the medicinal power, and has a strong hindrance effect on the cultivation of the monk.

The purpose of alchemy is to separate and purify the medicinal power in the main drug into a pill, and to retain the medicinal power of the main drug as much as possible while removing the harmful toxicity as much as possible. Because of the limitations of technique or experience, the incomplete separation of toxicity during alchemy is formed in the pill, and the amount of erysipelas in the pill is also the main sign of the grade of the pill.

Pills are divided into upper, middle and lower grades according to the amount of erysipelas they contain.

The lower grade pill is often called the waste pill, there are many osmotic spots on the appearance, containing a large amount of erysipelas should not be taken, occasionally there are shy monks in the bag to break through the cultivation, but refining erysipelas requires great resources and a lot of time, even if the successful breakthrough of the follow-up cultivation is half the effort, this elixir is more used to feed some spirit beasts, because the resistance of spirit animals to erysipelas is much stronger than that of humans.

There are fewer medium-grade pills, only some subtle spots, the medicinal power can greatly enhance the activity of the monk's dantian, so that the monk's cultivation and healing speed is greatly accelerated, and then refining the residual erysipelas is also relatively simple, and the resources and time consumed are relatively small, of course, this kind of pill is expensive, and the general monk is only willing to use it when he breaks through the cultivation, and most of the pills sold in the market are like this.

The high-grade pill exposes the Dan pattern, which can faintly reveal a delicate and warm Danqi, there is no erysipelas, the value is extremely high, it is generally used within the large sects, there is little outflow, and the medicinal power can greatly enhance the vitality activity, and has a strong effect on the growth and breakthrough of cultivation.

In addition to the valuable spiritual artifacts such as Dan Fire and Dan Furnace, alchemy also needs to release the divine consciousness to control the fire in the Dan furnace, and the precise control makes the amount of divine consciousness and vitality consumed by each alchemy very large.

The divine consciousness of a cultivator in the Qi cultivation period can only be seen inward, and the vitality is insufficient, so he can only assist in some simple preparations, and the normal alchemist cultivation must be above the foundation building period.

In addition to these restrictions, some auxiliary spiritual objects are also required to separate medicinal power during alchemy. The higher the grade of the main medicine, the more difficult it is to effectively separate the medicinal power in it, and it often requires a variety of auxiliary spiritual objects to be added to the alchemy furnace in a certain proportion and in a certain order, and the firepower needs to be accurately adjusted when adding these auxiliary spiritual objects.

This kind of record of the proportion of the main medicine, various auxiliary spiritual objects and the order of their respective delivery is called Danfang, each Danfang is obtained by the monks thousands of times, and countless spiritual objects are consumed, so each Danfang is precious, and it is generally owned by the sect.

Whether the alchemist's control of the firepower is accurate during alchemy is the key to the success or failure of the separation of medicinal power, and the control ability of this firepower is the kind of alchemy talent that can only be understood and cannot be spoken, of course, monks with poor talent can also learn alchemy, but the spiritual objects consumed are at least several times the normal one, and generally no force will make such a choice.

Before the great war in Qingyun Continent, the names of the pills in each sphere of influence were different, such as the Huang Ya Pill that Ding Zhengyi had just taken, and there were names such as Juling Pill, Pregnancy Pill and Grass Returning Pill.

After the Qingyun Continent War, because only the medicinal power in the main medicine can catalyze the vitality of the vitality, the newly established Qingyun Alliance unified and standardized the names of various pills in order to better communicate and trade, and agreed that all pills should be named after the main drugs required for refining, such as Huangya Dan, which is made of ten-year-old yellow bud grass as the main medicine.

If you take too many pills of the same level, you will have a certain degree of drug resistance, and when you take the same level of pills continuously, the effect of the activation of the vitality of the medicine will continue to decay, and about more than 100 pills will be completely ineffective.

At this time, if you want to continue to speed up your cultivation progress, you can only choose a higher-grade pill, but the main drugs that can refine the pill are only dozens in the cultivation realm at present, except for some growth conditions that are harsh and cannot be cultivated on a large scale, there are only more than ten kinds of main drugs that can maintain stable production, and this also includes several high-grade main drugs that require at least a thousand years of growth to mature.

As a commonly used elixir for monks in the early stage of Qi training, Huang Ya Dan has obvious effects in the early stage of Qi training, and the catalytic vitality activity will become weaker and weaker after the middle stage of Qi training, and it will be completely ineffective even if the drug resistance is not considered in the later stage of Qi training.

The growth cycle of the Silver Silk Grass, the main medicine of the Silver Silk Pill, which is suitable for the middle and late stages of Qi training, is fifty years, and the lower grade spiritual veins cannot be planted, and the manpower and material resources consumed for cultivation are also doubled compared to the Yellow Bud Grass, even in the Xuanshan Sect, the supply is limited, so even if it is a monk with sufficient financial resources, it is extremely difficult to quickly improve his cultivation through the pill.

Pills of all grades often have the best effect when taken for the first time, which is also the reason why Ding Zhengyi was able to successfully break through the bottleneck, but the residual erysipelas after taking the pills must be refined as soon as possible, and the longer the time drags on, the more difficult it is to refine.

Incomplete refining of erysipelas will affect the subsequent cultivation progress, and in serious cases, it will even increase the difficulty of breaking through the bottleneck next time, reducing the probability of the monk entering a higher realm, so Ding Zhengyi is quite concerned about erysipelas, according to the patriarch elders, the erysipelas contained in a medium-grade yellow bud pill will take at least a few days to refine.

Thinking of this, Ding Zhengyi was ready to immediately start refining erysipelas, but after observing the spiritual veins in his body with his divine sense, he found that it had reached its limit, and it was unbearable to use it without the warmth of spiritual rice.

According to past experience, it would take at least four hours for Lingluo to naturally recover to be able to absorb spiritual energy normally, and the long-term operation of the exercises also made Ding Zhengyi's spirit a little weak, so he had to temporarily put aside the idea of refining erysipelas immediately, and walked towards his bedroom while pondering tomorrow's cultivation plan.

Passing by the corridor, I looked up and found that it was already the middle of the moon, and the hazy moonlight was sprinkled with light and shadow under the purple bamboo forest.

After a night without saying anything, Ding Zhengyi woke up from his sleep when the sky was slightly bright, a habit he had developed over the years. Because of the breakthrough in cultivation, I feel extremely refreshed today, and before I can think about it, I notice that there seems to be a slight breathing sound outside the house.

"It should be Xiaoqiu outside, she doesn't get up so early on weekdays."

Ding Zhengyi got up and walked to the door while puzzled, with a "squeak", the bamboo door opened from the inside, and Xiaoqiu leaned against the bamboo wall outside, not knowing what he was thinking, and when he heard the sound of the door opening, he stared at Ding Zhengyi with those clear and bright big eyes.

"Why are you stunned here, just push the door and come in"

Ding Zhengyi patted Xiaoqiu's head dotingly and said, the long black brocade-like shawl hair swayed slightly.

"I just got up too, Brother Yi, have you broken through to the middle stage of Qi training?"

Because he hadn't practiced qi into the body yet, Xiao Qiu, who hadn't cultivated the spiritual eye technique, couldn't judge the monk's cultivation by spiritual pressure.

"Of course" Ding Zhengyi pretended to wave his hand casually, and returned in a steady voice, although he is not a person who likes to show off, but sharing the joy with his relatives undoubtedly makes him quite excited, and the slight shaking of his hand shows that his heart is not as calm as he said at this time.

"Great" A hint of excitement flashed on Xiaoqiu's originally stunned face, a pair of slender hands tightly grasped Ding Zhengyi's arm, and a sweet smile circled the corner of his mouth.

"Let's hurry up and go into the house, and I will explain to you again the perception of practicing qi into the body in the exercises, and you have to hurry up and practice after breakfast."

Ding Zhengyi turned sideways, Xiaoqiu didn't drag anymore, her skirt was slender, and she flashed into the house with light steps.

Although Xiaoqiu is the cultivation qualification of the Three Spiritual Skills, she is not a member of the Ding family after all, so she cannot enter the Ding family to receive guidance and receive corresponding resource subsidies, and she usually cultivates under the guidance of Ding Zhengyi, and her cultivation progress is obviously slow.

Over the past few years, Ding Zhengyi has explained to Xiaoqiu many times the perception of practicing qi into the body, but the strange thing is that Xiaoqiu always can't understand, so that he will tell her again every few days, and his father summarized the reason, Xiaoqiu, who does not have aura into the body, has a relatively difficult understanding of the exercises, and it is normal for what can be taught in the clan science to rely on the inheritance of the family for thousands of years, not Ding Zhengyi who has just practiced can compare.