Pharmacist, Cold Heat Pellet (2)

After leaving Elder Xiao Yi's room, Yang Guang made his way straight to the elder's office to hand over his request to rent a Pill-Refinement Room.

"What kind of pills are you making?" the elder asked out of his job requirement. This question also will be noted down in the book of record, in case of accidents or a more significant problem.

"Answering to elder's question, this disciple is going to refine some Cold Heat Pellets." Yang Guang replied honestly. There are no demerits for telling him the truth anyway.

"Cold Heat Pellet? A training boy, I see..." the elder clicked his tongue as he continued. Looking at him rummaging his table's drawer, the elder soon took a key out and handed it to Yang Guang.

"Second basement, room number 16. If you like to use the room again in the future, then you can take the option to rent it for a quarter year, half-year, or full year."

"There's a bell inside the room. Just shake it to request a Book-servant to come and assist you. If you have a follower that you would like to use, register his name with me. I'll give him a tag that allows him to access the basement."

"The charges to use the room will be ten merits per day. If you have no other questions, please make your payment here." the elder extends his hand out. In his hand is a piece of token similar to the Soul-Keeping Jade, but milky-white in color.

After paying for the room using 10 merits, he made his way straight to the second basement without paying attention to his surroundings. Since he's already been to the first basement floor to look for Tian Peng before, it is nothing new for him.

The decoration inside the room can be said to be just enough for short-term use. There was a bed on a corner, along with a bookshelf filled with Medicine and Concoction related information.

Without wasting his time, Yang Guang withdraws all the content within the Spatial Jade Bracelet given to him.

"An Ironwood Two-inlets Cauldron. Three kinds of medicinal herb, a box of turtle shell powder, a scroll, and a box with fifteen Jade Medicinal Bottles." Yang Guang inspects them before he arranged them for his convenience.

Next, he unrolls the scroll to study the recipe first.

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Cold-Heat Pellet (Han-Wen Pellet)

-Uses: Removes Yin-Poison inside the body. Improve health, strengthening liver and spleen, rejuvenates body-idle temperature due to prolonged sickness.

-Ingredient: Jade Angelica Flower | Foxflower Root | Blackjade Cinnabar | Powder of Medicinal Turtle's Shell

-Preparation method: Blackjade Cinnabar has to be grounded into a fine powder before evenly mixed with the turtle's shell powder. Foxflower Root powder is to be added next after preparation, along with the watery Jade Angelica Flower. End product shall be a greyish pellet, with a streak of white veins on the pill's surface.

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"Blackjade Cinnabar, it should be this piece of a black charcoal-like mineral. As for the Foxflower Root, it looks like a peelable skin orange grown inside the soil. The last box of flowers should be the Jade Angelica Flower mentioned inside the recipe."

"Let's try refining one first." Yang Guang placed the recipe on the ground and grabbed the Blackjade Cinnabar. By following the method of medicine preparation, Yang Guang prepares them one by one and stops after 5 sets of the ingredients are ready.

But before he could start, the Art of Jade Flame has to be used to fire up the cauldron.

An Intense Flame flows out from Yang Guang's palm and flies around the cauldron before it gathers on the bottom. When the fire had turned into a ball of flame, Yang Guang adjusted the intensity of the heat back to a Strong-Flame.

Next, Foxflower Root is hovering right on the opening of the cauldron as Yang Guang uses the intensity of the Jade Flame to peels the skin from the root. Halfway before the peeling step is done, Yang Guang poured a portion of the Blackjade Cinnabar and Medicinal Turtle Shell Powder into the cauldron.

But the moment he did, the cauldron explodes. Although it was not broken, the explosion turned Yang Guang's face into a piece of charcoal.

"Where did I get it wrong?" Yang Guang stopped everything he's doing and put the cauldron aside to cool. The book with a title [Collection of Herbs] is taken out from the bookshelf as Yang Guang studies the differences of each ingredient.

By studying the book again, Yang Guang found out two crucial mistakes in his first refinement. The explosive powder from the Blackjade Cinnabar and also his flame control. This quickly gives him confidence in his second trial, which explodes again.

"Hah?"

"Bam!"

"Impossible!"

"Bam!"

"NO!" Yang Guang wasted five sets of ingredients without getting through the cooking step. The revision book related to Sensitive Mineral, Heat Application, and Experience Booklet took from the bookshelf also couldn't help him in increasing the success chance.

Unwilling to give up, Yang Guang processed the second batch of ingredients. After giving it another chance, four out of the five sets exploded. The remaining becomes a pile of slag, due to uneven fire used to cook the ingredients.

Yang Guang then took a night of rest inside the room 16. On the next morning, he went to the elder's office to pay for his second day, deducting another 10 merits. After that, he returned to his rented room and continue with the failure.

The third set of ingredients!

The fourth set!

Fifth!

Sixth!

Failure after failures came to Yang Guang. On his third day of renting the room, Yang Guang already wasted half of the ingredients provided by Elder Xiao Yi. Out of the 50 attempts, four of them turned into slags.

But on his fourth day, Yang Guang found his solution at last.

The high-tolerance shell powder from Medicinal Turtle is placed inside the cauldron as Yang Guang ignites his Jade Flame. The preparation soon completes, with the piece of Foxflower Root is still undergoing the peeling process.

Blackjade Cinnabar powder is gently poured inside the cauldron. This time, the explosion did not happen, but Yang Guang's limited skill and experience did not prevent it from overheating. Some black smoke came out from the cauldron but did not disturbs the concocting process.

On the completion of the peeling process, the fully cooked Foxflower Root already turned into powder and flows into the opening of the cauldron. Now, only the final step of extracting the juices from Jade Angelica Flower remained.

Gently, Yang Guang ignites the Warm-Flame to extracts the juices. Through this method, the water content within the Jade Angelica Flower can be extracted without any wastage. It was then poured into the cauldron to be mixed and form into a pellet.

After closing the cauldron using a lid, Yang Guang increases the intensity of the Jade Flame to Strong-Flame and initiates the final step of forming into a pellet.

"Please!" Yang Guang shouts.

The cauldron soon flashed in bright golden light. Pressurized air within the cauldron also created a force that blasts away the lid for the pill fragrance to escapes.