Chapter 46
Although he has been to the Alchemy Hall of Danyang Peak several times.
But every time Su Chen came here, he would still be shocked by the bustling scene.
This bustling atmosphere not only refers to the atmosphere here but also the scene here.
Because the fire in the alchemy hall can reach the sky!
In the huge alchemy hall, a huge fire pool like a crater stood in the center.
Golden underground fire flowed in the fire pool, releasing wave after wave of heat.
This fire pool is certainly not just for decoration but has a special purpose.
There were many alchemy furnaces placed next to the fire pool. Many alchemists in the hall were drawing earth fire into the furnaces to help them refine the elixir.
To describe the scene as bustling with activity would be no exaggeration.
After all, the flames in that pool of fire... were indeed about to rush up to the sky!
Using the earth's fire to refine elixirs is not only the characteristic of Danyang Peak but also the origin of its name.
The "Dan" in Danyang Peak refers to the fact that most of the cultivators in this peak are alchemists.
The "Yang" in Danyang Peak refers to the Yangming Earth-Fire hidden beneath the peak.
Although using earth fire to make elixirs is dangerous, it can also greatly increase the success rate of making elixirs.
After all, if many medicinal materials are refined with ordinary fire, there is no guarantee that all impurities will be removed.
Only the spiritual fire of heaven and earth, like the Yangming Earth Fire, can ensure the refining of medicinal materials.
This situation has created the strange sight of hundreds of people gathered in the alchemy hall, refining elixirs around the fire.
Although Su Chen does not need to use Yangming Earth-Fire to assist in alchemy.
But as an outer disciple, he cannot buy an alchemy furnace for himself.
Therefore, every time he made medicine, he used the free furnace in the alchemy hall.
After all, an item like an alchemy furnace that costs thousands or even tens of thousands of spirit stones is too expensive for him.
What's more, he had to use his limited spiritual stones to buy various medicinal herbs.
It must be said that being an alchemist is expensive!
Su Chen waited for a while in the hall and finally found an empty alchemy furnace.
After he arrived at the alchemy furnace, he quickly took out the medicinal materials needed to refine the "Qi Gathering Pill" from his storage bag.
The refining of the Qi Gathering Pill is not complicated, and the most critical medicinal ingredient is only one, Lingxi immortal grass.
As Lingxi immortal grass is a relatively fragile spiritual herb, there can be no room for error in the process of extracting its essence.
If the temperature is not controlled properly, there is no way to extract the essence of the Lingxi immortal grass.
Maybe the entire Lingxi immortal grass will be burned.
Therefore, the biggest difficulty in refining the Qi Gathering Pill lies in the first step of refining the medicinal materials.
This step is also the first step that most elixirs must go through.
There is a reason why Danyang Peak uses the refining of Qi Gathering Pills as an assessment for outer disciples.
As long as someone can skillfully refine the Qi Gathering Pill, it means that he has completely mastered the art of alchemy.
Although it was not his first time to refine the elixir, Su Chen was still quite nervous at that moment.
After all, what he is refining now is not elixir but pure spiritual stones!
"Ten low-grade spirit stones are needed to purchase a set of medicinal materials for refining Qi Condensation Pills, and a set of medicinal materials can produce at most ten to fifteen pills."
"With my current monthly income of fifty low-grade spirit stones, I can only try to refine it five times a month at most."
"And with the price of a Qi Gathering Pill being five low-grade spirit stones, if I succeed once out of five times, I won't lose money. Every extra time is a huge profit."
After taking a deep breath, Su Chen raised his hand.
Whoosh!
As the Purple Cloud Divine Fire flew out of his hand.
The Qingxuan wood under the alchemy furnace was instantly ignited by the purple cloud divine fire, and a raging fire started.
After a while, the originally bronze-colored alchemy furnace gradually turned fiery red.
The temperature inside the alchemy furnace also began to rise at an alarming rate.
Su Chen raised his hand again and put various medicinal materials into the alchemy furnace.
But the next second, a strange scene appeared in front of him.
[Qi Gathering Pill]
[Flame completion: 50%]
[Refining completion: 0%]
[Fusion completion: 0%]
[Skill bonus: 10%]
[Current success rate: 23%]
Alchemy can be digitized?!
Su Chen looked at the alchemy panel that appeared in front of him and was stunned for a moment.
It was this moment of distraction that caused him to lose control of the alchemy furnace.
So much so that the temperature of the alchemy furnace began to change drastically.
The result is a sudden drop in the 'flame completion' and 'alchemy success rate'.
[Flame completion: 25%]
[Current success rate: 17%]
Does this flame completion refer to the flame temperature that he needs to control when refining the Qi Gathering Pill?
Su Chen looked at the constantly changing alchemy panel, and many thoughts gradually came to his mind.
With this idea in mind, Su Chen began to verify it continuously.
An hour later.
Bang!
As a burst of fire appeared from the alchemy furnace, his alchemy attempt failed.
Despite this, his expression was not depressed at all but rather excited.
Because through this time of alchemy, he has fully understood the meaning of this alchemy panel.
'Flame completion' refers to the optimal temperature when refining the Qi Gathering Pill.
'Extraction completion' refers to how much medicinal essence has been extracted.
'Fusion completion' refers to whether the fusion of the medicinal materials is complete when he finally melts the essence of the medicinal materials into the pill.
'Skill bonus' refers to his current proficiency level in basic alchemy and the success rate bonus it can bring at this stage.
These four data directly transform the alchemy process, which was originally only carried out by feeling, into an intuitive scene that can be digitized.
What does this mean?
This means that he can completely judge whether there is any error in his alchemy steps based on the changes in the data!
To further test the feasibility of this method, he chose to follow the data completely in the second alchemy.
After all, people can lie, but data can't!
Another hour later.
[Qi Gathering Pill]
[Flame completion: 70%]
[Refining completion: 70%]
[Fusion completion: 70%]
[Skill bonus: 10%]
[Current success rate: 80%]
Done!
As the last step of alchemy was completed, Su Chen couldn't wait to open the alchemy furnace, and eight round and smooth pills came into view.
With excitement, he wrapped eight Qi Gathering Pills with his spiritual power and took them out carefully.
Looking at the eight Qi Gathering Pills floating in front of him, he was very excited.
Yes, what he thought was right.
This so-called 80% success rate does not mean that he has only an 80% chance of succeeding in refining a batch of pills.
Rather, it means that 80% of his medicinal materials can be concentrated into pills.
Once he increases this success rate to 100%.
That means that every time he refines the elixir, he can maximize the value of the medicinal materials!
Not even a single spiritual stone will be wasted!
Thinking of this, Su Chen became even more excited.
This digitized alchemy panel not only greatly reduced the difficulty of his alchemy but also further increased his success rate!
What he refined was not an elixir at all, but a bunch of white spiritual stones!
With this data flow alchemy technique, will he still be short of elixirs in the future?
At this moment, Su Chen only felt that a bright and sunny avenue was right in front of him.
This alchemist... He made the right choice!
(End of this chapter)