Spiritual Artifact and Pill Purity
CHAPTER 39: Spiritual Artifact and Pill Purity
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In the end, Ethan decided to forgo the restorative herb for the moment.
It wasn't that he didn't have any at his disposal; he just had very little, and for his pill refinement training, he would need to use a lot.
'Haa, if only I were richer,' he thought as he arrived at his lodging.
Entering, he saw as usual that Da Shu's room door was closed, indicating he was either sleeping or cultivating.
He went to his room and closed the door.
He then pulled out the cauldron he had received during one of the recent daily missions and prepared to put his new ability to work.
He opened the mission screen and pressed to claim his reward.
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[DAILY MISSION]
- Become an apprentice alchemist. [COMPLETED!]
REWARDS:
- Pill refining skill (Liv.1) [press here to claim]
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Seeing the usual system screen appear before his eyes, he took a breath and prepared to receive the ability.
The reason he hadn't claimed the reward right after completing the mission was due to the system's information acquisition process.
The system downloaded the information directly into the brain, and although this process was quite fast, the pain it caused could wake even the dead from their graves.
Just thinking about the first time he had eagerly claimed the knowledge of medicinal herbs made him shiver.
With some hesitation, he pressed the screen in front of him and braced himself.
The instant the reward was claimed, he felt a slight jolt in his brain, immediately followed by a flow of information that began to flood his mind.
And so, his torture began.
After a few seconds, Ethan could be seen lying on the floor of his room, his face contorted in pain.
In front of him floated a small screen that read:
[Basic pill refining skill successfully acquired]
"D-damn, is there no way to avoid this pain?" he said, his voice still a bit trembling.
Although the process had lasted exactly three seconds, for Ethan it had felt as long as three hours.
He hated this sensation, but he knew there was nothing he could do about it.
"I really can't help you with that," said Bai Yu, who had gotten used to seeing this scene.
"When you become a bit stronger, you'll have enough control over the artifact to slightly loosen the seal on me, then I could transfer some of my consciousness outside to help you," she said calmly.
Indeed, Ethan had noticed that the stronger he became, the more his control over the artifact increased.
Right now, the control was very low, almost nonexistent, but Ethan could perceive it.
He had discussed this with Bai Yu, who told him he needed to be at least halfway through the body refining stage to have enough control to influence, albeit slightly, the seal that bound her to the artifact and trapped her in his sea of consciousness.
Ethan didn't mind the idea of helping her, so he gladly agreed to let her out once he had enough strength.
It wasn't like she could harm him; after all, only a thread of her consciousness would be coming out.
With his head still hurting a bit, he struggled to get up and sat on the bed to recover a bit.
After a few minutes, with his mind settled, Ethan thought about the refining knowledge he had just acquired.
Just like the knowledge of herbs that came to mind with just a small thought, the little mastery he had just acquired also came to mind, as if he had practiced the art of pill refining for months.
Wasting no time, he pulled various ingredients from his dimensional space and, with a gesture of his hand, lit a small blue flame and placed it under a bronze cauldron.
This cauldron had a very simple appearance, but Ethan had noticed that it somewhat resembled the Amphora of the Seven Seals.
It was a low-level spiritual artifact he had received from a special system mission.
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[Bronze Cauldron]
Name: Bronze Cauldron
Grade: Low-Grade Spiritual Artifact
Description: An ancient artifact, which, with the passage of time, has lost its former splendor but still retains its hidden value, ready to be revealed by those who know how to fully exploit it.
Requirements for the upgrade:
- Refine 1000 Level 1 low-grade pills (0/1000)
- Refine 100 Level 1 mid-grade pills (0/100)
- Refine 10 Level 1 high-grade pills (0/10)
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it was a spiritual object !
Spiritual objects were enchanted items that could only be created by master forgers.
They were items that, regardless of their value, would attract the attention of any cultivator.
After all, they were rare items that could significantly boost one's power, and depending on the artifact, could become real lifesavers.
It wasn't uncommon to find master alchemists with spiritual cauldrons as their primary tools of use.
These allowed them to increase the purity of the pills they produced.
And purity, which directly determined the grade of a pill, was very important for a cultivator.
A purity of 25% made a pill of a certain level low-grade.
A purity of 50% made a pill of a certain level mid-grade.
Finally, a purity of 75% or higher made a pill of a certain level high-grade.
No one had yet managed to reach 100% purity in a pill, regardless of whether it was Level 1 or higher.
These pills with 100% purity were considered perfect pills, and the only traces of such pills could be found in ancient legends.
No one knew if anyone had ever managed to refine one.
This goes to show how special a spiritual artifact was, not to mention one that could evolve.
If the knowledge of such an artifact were known, Ethan was sure he would be hunted to the ends of the world by all alchemists.
"Haa, I don't know if I'm blessed to have a system or cursed."
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FRANK_LEE_JUNIOR:
Here's today's chapter.
I know, too much info at once, but I realized I hadn't talked about pills in depth in previous chapters, and now that he's finally started on this path, it was better to explain some basic things right away.
I hope you enjoyed the chapter, and for any questions, write to me below.
See you tomorrow.