I'm Not! (3)

"I failed again..." Yang Guang throws the pot of Lemon Balm aside after it was ruined by Yang Guang. There's only the pot of Licorice, Sage, and a box Juniper Berries left on the tray.

Yang Guang continued. He's clear with what he's trying to do here.

Three-Flavors Firefruit is a well-known medicine to expels impurity from inside the body. The Ironwood Root is also a potent medicine to resolve blocked vessels. As for the Water Lily Root, it is a competent healing medicine.

But the three medicinal ingredients failed to complement each other to bring out their healing effect. The recipe that has no trouble in execution made itself became a medicinal recipe merely to removes impurities and resolve blood clots.

It was something even a traditional Folk Formula could do.

"Damn!" even the Juniper Berries and Sage plant failed to assimilate with the three medicinal herbs. The potency of the herbs is either too powerful or harmful to the plant.

Luckily, the licorice plant successfully endured the component from the Three-Flavors Firefruit. It was significant to Yang Guang's effort in searching and creating a new type of ingredient that capable of bringing out as much medicinal effect as he could from the existing recipe.

He also named the new breed of Licorice Plant as Three-Flavored Licorice.

Very soon, Xu Wenyang's existence slowly becomes essential to Yang Guang. He's not only responsible for taking care of Yang Guang's Xianzi but also his daily ingredient purchase and procuring new material for Yang Guang.

To repay Xu Wenyang's effort, Yang Guang registered the former with the elder's office in Mystic Tower, and this action doubled Xu Wenyang's pay.

The time also passed quickly. During these seven weeks, Yang Guang placed all his attention on cultivating and preparing Medicinal Pills. Every time he has enough to purchase a new recipe, Yang Guang did not hesitate to acquire them.

Till today, Yang Guang already collected eight different recipes.

A proper Azure Soul Pill recipe and two replacement recipes.

An original copy of Inner Blood Pill and its side recipe.

Cold Heat Pellet, Triple Concoction Pill, and one more.

Small Huang Pellet.

Although his skills in refining pills yet to achieve the stage of 100% success, he's now far better than many Apprentice Alchemist in Training.

Even among the four of them, Yang Guang is ranked just below Tang Hulu, the monstrosity in Pill-Refining.

And there are only four weeks to go before they have to attend the Tianyu Province Junior's Conference. If he can push further in his understanding with Alchemy, it would be better when he's competing at the conference.

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"Coagulated Bead of Water Lily Root!"

"Pure piece of melted 10-Years Old Ironwood Root!"

"Fresh root from the Licorice Plant! The sieved part of Three Blood Ingredient's powder!"

"I am ready for you this time! Only three sets of ingredients are collected after patiently processing them for seven weeks. I pray the god above Jade Heaven for success." Yang Guang murmured as he arranged the material around the cauldron.

"First trial! Let's put all my attention in controlling the fire!" Yang Guang began. But he did not know that the Jade Container he left behind him started to give out a reaction.

Using only his Strong Flame to control the speed of cooking his herbs, Yang Guang made sure he inspects to the slightest detail. And with the strength of almost reaching the 7th Layer of Jade Formation Realm, controlling the Jade Flame is not taxing for him like before.

It took him half an incense stick of time to complete the first Triple Concoction Pill, which can be said as a failure. It was an unsatisfactory result, with the quality is likely the same as before.

The feeling of his first failure is like trying to fart by taking off his pants. It was literally an over-prepared attempt to made something that doesn't need too much effort to accomplish.

But his first disappointment did not last. Yang Guang soon preheats the cauldron again for his second attempt. This time, he added a stalk of Qingxin Grass, the male counterpart of the Azure Jade Grass, during the refinement.

The fluctuation of energy from the cauldron this time is more unpredictable. Although the result still comes out as a Triple Concoction Pill, the medicinal potency of this pill is doubled compared to the regular Triple Concoction Pill.

Still, it wasn't enough for this pill to reach the requirement to a Profound-Grade Pill. The minimum requirement is at least three times more potent compared to the Basic-Grade Triple Concoction Pill.

There's only one more set of ingredients remained. When Yang Guang made a check on the remaining random ingredients in his inventory, there's only some leftover herbs, minerals, and a Xueli Fruit left.

"Xueli Fruit..." Yang Guang found the fruit he bought when he visits the Black Jade Street. Remembering about that time, he's still a random cultivator without a sect as his backup.

"It's you! You're the final ingredient that should be added into this recipe at the beginning!" Yang Guang took the fruit out from the Herb Cabinet and used a knife to cut the fruit open.

A Xueli Fruit, or also known as Iceshell Pear Fruit, is an active ingredient for most pills related to liver, spleen, kidney, heart, and lungs. Due to it's Yin Nourishing properties, the potency of the medicine will also get stronger if it's taken by a female.

The nut in the center of the fruit is taken aside to be replanted. As for the flesh, Yang Guang used a Soft-Flame to withdraw the extract carefully. It took him almost one whole incense stick of time to complete the task.

This time, Yang Guang is confident about his arrangement.

After two times of failure, Yang Guang finally understands why the Alchemist Profession is highly respected throughout the continent. They're not only stubborn in searching for a solution that benefitted their patient, but also to aid others that suffered a similar illness.

The flame used in his first refinement, the additional Qingxin Grass on the second, and the extract from Xueli Fruit now. All his hope is placed on the ingredients and the cauldron to refine him a perfect pill.

All the fluctuation energy from him refining the pill has started to cause disturbance for people above the basement. Even the three head elders of Mystic Tower are unable to shift their attention aside.

"Who is the person that tried to refine the pill? Tell him to stop before the rebound destroys our Mystic Tower!" Elder Li yelled. He's one of the three head elders, along with Elder Tian and Elder Xiao.

"Yan-Lao! Who's the person that tried to cause disturbance here?" Elder Tian questioned Elder Yan with an informal tone.

"It should be Yang Guang's room. Elder Xiao, this surname Yanluo hopes that you'll go and take a look at that youngster." Elder Yan cupped his hand together as he made his request.

"En." Elder Xiao agreed. But at the same time, an explosion already happened from the basement level.

It destroys the entire rows of the empty Pill-Refining Room.