Chapter 8 : Alchemy 2

Wu Shaoqian laughed again: "It is quite big."

Zhong Cai also laughed: "Get lost, go clean up the furnace for me!"

Wu Shaogan went there quickly.

Zhong Cai glanced at Wu Shaoqian's back and suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

It seemed like he was a little too angry just now... But this guy was in the mood to laugh at him. It seemed that he really didn't mind being disabled anymore. It's, it's not bad, right?

After listening to Wu Shaoqian's advice, Zhong Cai suppressed his increasingly anxious mood, ate three meals a day, went to bed early and got up early to keep in good health. He spent about seven hours in a twelve-hour day refining the elixir, and spent the rest of the time doing what he needed to do.

With this adjustment in mindset, Zhong Cai successfully overcame the most difficult hurdle of making the Qi-boosting Pill.

All the Qingling grass juice was poured on the White Imperata, which accelerated the fusion of the White Imperata and Peiqi Fruit juice. When the juice of the twenty Qingling grasses was used up, the three medicinal materials formed a ball of light green gelatin, which was evenly spread on the bottom of the main furnace.

Zhong Cai quickly put in the bitter water chestnuts and watched the gelatin absorb them, becoming more solid and thicker. Then came the mulberry, the yellowish green mulberry tree buds quickly curled up and mixed into the gelatin, making it gradually solidify... Finally, the yellow curtain lily, when it fell to the bottom of the furnace, it was quickly burned into powder by the high temperature and completely immersed in the gelatin...

When all the herbs are blended together, the gelatin is already as big as an adult's fist.

It wasn't all smooth sailing during this period.

When bitter water chestnuts were added, the gum was roasted into smoke; when mulberry rice was added, the tender shoots were burned black; when yellow curtain Ding was added, it did not turn into powder due to the wrong temperature, and when it was immersed in the gum, it was stimulated to burst out wildly and could not be condensed at all.

In total, it took Zhong Cai five days to complete all the processes.

It was not until the sixth day that Zhong Cai tried several times in a row starting from the morning, and finally succeeded again in the evening and was able to start condensing the pill.

Zhong Cai controlled the size of the flame, causing the colloid to spin rapidly at the bottom of the furnace. With each rotation, some dust-like substances were thrown out and accumulated in the corner of the main furnace.

After a moment or so, the colloid finally stopped rotating. Instead, after shaking violently several times, it seemed to break apart, splitting into many small balls that scattered in all directions and hit the furnace wall, making a continuous sound.

After the dull sound, a layer of dust will appear at the bottom of the furnace; after the crisp sound, small and round beads will roll around at the bottom of the furnace.

At the same time, a faint fragrance began to permeate.

...Finally it was completely successful.

Zhong Cai stared at the alchemy furnace in front of him, listening to the "ding-dang-dang" sounds inside, and a look of nervousness appeared on his face.

Wu Shaoqian was a little surprised: "The pill has condensed! Ah Cai, you are actually not a rookie at all!"

The corners of Zhong Cai's mouth twitched, and he muttered again: "I'm just worried that the balance of the various medicinal materials is not good enough. If they all break on the alchemy furnace, I won't be able to collect any pills later."

Wu Shaoqian comforted him, "Don't worry, I just heard the sound clearly, at least three or four are intact."

Zhong Cai's eyes lit up and he asked anxiously, "Really?"

Wu Shaoqian answered without hesitation: "Really."

Zhong Cai felt slightly relieved and could barely wait patiently.

Only after all the sounds died away did he nervously walk over and lift the stove lid.

Wu Shaoqian walked beside Zhong Cai and looked into the main furnace with him.

There were a lot of impurities and soot at the bottom of the furnace, but there were also six round, snow-white pills rolling around - among them, there were some that were vaguely fuller in color.

Wu Shaoqian pressed Zhong Cai's shoulder and said happily, "Amazing! I heard that the total number is between five and eight, including the middle-grade ones... This is your first time to produce a pill and it has surpassed the ordinary level and reached the level of 'extraordinary'."

Zhong Cai was also very happy. He picked up the pill from the furnace, held it in his hand and examined its appearance carefully.

Wu Shaoqian fiddled with his fingers twice and divided the pills into two parts. His eyes were filled with joy as he praised, "Four low-grade pills and two medium-grade pills! Your talent is much higher than you think." He couldn't help but tease, "Although you can't be called a peerless genius, you are indeed a genius."

Zhong Caicai didn't care about the teasing, instead he said proudly: "That's right! I'm such a genius, I got eight strands of Dan Yun in just one furnace, which means I'm not far from being able to offer sacrifices."

As he spoke, he summoned the altar and pointed to the colorful light floating above the "card pool" for Wu Shaoqian to see.

Wu Shaoqian counted them and found that there were indeed eight colorful lights.

Zhong Cai excitedly stuffed all six Qi-boosting pills into Wu Shaoqian's hands, and even went to clean the furnace himself, saying loudly: "Please pack these pills separately for me. There are a lot of impurities, so don't eat them yet. I will give them to you when I refine a better one. Just wait, what's an extraordinary alchemist? I don't even want a top alchemist. I want to be a great man who is a great alchemist!"

Wu Shaoqian suppressed his laughter: "Okay, great man."

Zhong Cai suddenly remembered something, turned around and winked at Wu Shaoqian, saying, "By the way, I'm not a vegetable anymore, so can you stop calling me 'Acai' from now on?"

Wu Shaoqian also tried to wink, but it was too difficult, so he gave up and said calmly: "I don't."

Zhong Cai glared at him.

Wu Shaoqian smiled, looking so handsome that he sparkled.

"What did you tell me before? This is called an intimate name, proving that our friendship is ironclad, solid, and unbreakable..."

Zhong Cai couldn't help laughing.

"Alright, alright, alright..."

Because his performance was so good, Zhong Cai was a little bit unrestrained. When he started to refine another furnace, it naturally exploded. After that, Zhong Cai did not dare to be arrogant anymore. He quickly put his mood in order and continued to refine diligently.

After blasting two more batches, Zhong Cai finally succeeded in one more batch.

This time, only five Qi-replenishing pills were refined, one medium-grade and four low-grade.

Wu Shaoqian praised: "The level is stable and still extraordinary."

Zhong Cai was a little depressed because of one less pill, but after hearing what Wu Shaoqian said, she felt much better and immediately regained her confidence: "That's right, the number is a little less, but the quality is still there, so it's not a regression."

Wu Shaoqian smiled and continued to help Zhong Cai clean the alchemy furnace.

Zhong Cai meditated for a while to recover, and after adjusting his mood, he continued to refine.

Fortunately, this batch was successful again.

There are still six, three of medium quality and three of low quality.

Zhong Cai is full of confidence!

Success! There are two medium-quality ones and three low-quality ones.

fail.

fail.

Success! There are three medium-quality ones and four low-quality ones! Improvement!

fail.

fail.

fail.

Zhong Cai continued to refine until his head began to buzz and he felt dizzy. Then he stopped and sat down on the ground... on the soft chair that Wu Shaoqian had pushed to him in time.

"So tiring." Zhong Cai wiped his sweat, "So what I'm refining now is only a first-level elixir. When I refine the second level in the future, I will have to use my profound energy to control the size of the flame. Oh, and I have to buy a wood fire, otherwise I won't be able to melt the second-level medicinal materials. That thing is not cheap..."

Wu Shaoqian smiled, picked up two palm-sized bottles and stuffed them into Zhong Cai's hands.

"Then tell me something to make you happy. Look, today you have refined a total of 18 first-grade low-grade pills and 11 first-grade middle-grade pills." He pointed to the altar that had always been standing on the side of the training room, "I've counted it for you. There are 40 strands of spiritual rhythm."

Zhong Cai turned her head.

The altar was filled with colorful lights, there really were so many of them.

Zhong Cai suddenly became excited and shouted, "Sacrifice immediately! I can sacrifice four times!"

Wu Shaoqian cast his gaze towards the altar and became somewhat expectant.