751: Chapter 725 Alchemy 751: Chapter 725 Alchemy “Tangyu, you can pick whatever you need from the dicinal Garden,” said Xiaobai.
Tangyu was thrilled; he had co out specifically for the He Shou Wu.
If he could pick a thousand-year He Shou Wu from this dicinal Garden, it would be a wonderful stroke of luck.
With such a specin, the certainty of crafting would be greatly increased.
Xiaoqing imdiately said, “Hey, I’m telling you, Tangyu, don’t be too shaless, okay?
We let you pick, but that doesn’t an you can take whatever you want.
We’ve spent a lot of ti and effort nurturing this dicinal Garden, and we even periodically infuse it with immortal power to accelerate growth.
You know the value of these things if they were sold outside.
Don’t call stingy, okay?
For the He Shou Wu and ginseng, you take two plants each.
If you dare take more, I’ll be angry with you.”
Tangyu suddenly felt a toothache.
There were at least hundreds of plants here, and he was only allowed to take two of each; how stingy could they be?
Being stingy is for soone else’s family, how can a girl be like this?
If I don’t call you stingy, then who would I call stingy?
Xiaobai said, “Alright Xiaoging, let him take a little more.”
Xiaoqing pursed her lips and said, “Sister, you’re too soft-hearted.
Why do you always have to be the nice one?
Alright, fine.
Then ten plants of each kind, and not one more.
If you take more, I’ll really get mad.”
Tangyu curled his lip and said, “Alright, alright, ten plants each is enough.
Xiaoqing, you are really generous, a true beauty.
Praise you.”
Ten plants were enough.
Such a harvest far exceeded Tangyu’s expectations.
If used well, even a single He Shou Wu could produce quite a few Healing Pills.
With ten plants, if perfectly utilized, he could craft a considerable number of Healing Pills, which would sustain Tangyu for a while.
Once he had the Tempering Spirit Pills, he would find a way to establish connections and buy them at the Inner Gate.
Having said that, Tangyu quickly dove into the dicinal Garden, salivating secretly at the sight of all the exotic treasures of heaven and earth.
If all of this were his, he would have made a fortune!
The thousand-year He Shou Wu and ginseng were not few in number, but Tangyu didn’t just pick the thousand-year ones indiscriminately.
He only picked two thousand-year He Shou Wu and another two that were three hundred years old; the rest were five to six hundred years old.
He did the sa with the grade of ginseng.
“Yo, I thought you would choose all thousand-year ones.
It seems you haven’t reached the point of insatiable greed,” Xiaoqing looked at Tangyu with so newfound respect.
Tangyu curled his lip and said, “I was satisfied to begin with.”
Actually, it wasn’t that Tangyu didn’t want all-thousand-year ones, but his alchemy skills were still immature, and he hadn’t truly found his path.
Therefore, he didn’t dare to experint with thousand-year specins directly.
If he failed, it would be a painful loss.
Moreover, thousand-year specins could probably be used to craft Middle Grade Pills.
They were overkill for crafting Lower Grade Healing Pills; Tangyu didn’t want to misapply good materials.
So, this choice was actually the most suitable for Tangyu.
What suits him is the best.
Pursuing the best blindly can be counterproductive.
“Sister Bai, do you have a pot here?
My friend won’t be waking up for a while, so I might as well use your precious land to refine so Pills,” Tangyu said.
Xiaobai nodded with a smile, “Yes, Xiaoqing, go get it.
You can refine it right here; it’ll also be an eye-opener for .
Actually, I’ve always wanted to learn alchemy, but never had the ans.
I’ve tried to figure it out on my own, but without success.”
Alchemy is a vast and profound subject.
It’s hard to get started without soone to teach you, no matter how powerful you are.
Soon, Xiaoqing brought over a big pot for Tangyu, who found a clear space and began to light a fire.
He took out a large pile of dicinal herbs and was all business, ticulous in his approach.
This was his first real attempt at crafting Pills, and he couldn’t afford any carelessness.
Xiaobai and Xiaoqing watched silently from the side.
For his first attempt, Tangyu only used a small piece of the three-hundred-year-old ginseng.
Since he hadn’t found the Blood Lotus yet, he could only try to make the Detoxification Elixir first.
Having seen his master, the Ghost Doctor, craft it once, he followed the steps based on mory.
All the herbs were in the Pill Furnace.
There are several important steps in alchemy: Fusing dicine, harmonizing, and Core Formation.
The first two steps went smoothly, and it took a full seven hours before he reached the last step.
Tangyu’s face beca extrely solemn; this was the most critical final step, where success or failure would be determined.
Tangyu cast one Hand Art after another, trying to coalesce a core and extract the essence from within the Pill Furnace to create the Pills.
Once the Pills were ford, they would be infused with a hint of spirituality.
A single Detoxification Elixir could neutralize hundreds of poisons, even for those in the Innate Realm.
“Coalesce!”
Tangyu exclaid softly, unleashing a wave of Spiritual Immortal Power.
“Buzz—”
The Pill Furnace trembled and started shaking until it finally exploded with a ‘boom’.
Tangyu frowned and shook his head, “Failed, just by a bit.
No, no, I felt like I was about to succeed.
Why would it explode at the last mont?
What went wrong?
There shouldn’t have been any problems, right?”
Tangyu thought seriously about what could have gone wrong.
However, Xiaoqing looked on with schadenfreude, “Tsk, you’re just an apprentice, after all.
I really thought you were so high-level Alchemy Master.
If you can’t even craft sothing at this level, that’s just pathetic.”
“Uh…” Tangyu blushed, at a loss for words.
Can one really bla oneself?
Although the Ghost Doctor, my master, knew so of the Pill Refining Path, his knowledge was rather superficial.
Having only learned the basics from the Ghost Doctor, achieving this level of skill is quite comndable.
Xiao Bai said, “I think I might know where the problem lies.”
“Oh, sister Bai, you know?
Please do enlighten ,” Tangyu said with a gleam in his eye, imdiately looking over.
Xiao Bai said, “You’re using ordinary firewood.
The issue is most likely with the fire.
You can’t use ordinary fire for alchemy.
How could you refine Pills with spirituality using ordinary fire?
Even though the Pills you’re refining now are the most common, I believe this fire is also insufficient.”
“That’s right!” Tangyu slapped his forehead in sudden realization, “Yes, yes, it’s the fire.
I rember now, when my master refined Pills, he indeed borrowed Earth Fire.
The temperature wasn’t high enough, so the Pill Furnace exploded during the final Core Formation.
Ha ha, Sister Bai, you’ve really given a valuable pointer.”
“Fire from Heaven and Earth is also graded.
The most common is firewood, and a step higher is Earth Fire.
Earth Fire arises from the terrain itself and contains a trace of Heaven and Earth Spirituality.
Above Earth Fire is Heavenly Fire, and even higher is Samadhi Fire.
Skilled alchemy masters use Heavenly Fire.
Those in the Earthly Realm are able to cultivate Heavenly Fire, harnessing the formidable divine Heaven and Earth Fire for alchemy.
As for Alchemy Masters, they cultivate Samadhi Fire and naturally can refine Immortal Pills,” Xiao Bai explained.
Tangyu nodded, “I have very little knowledge in this area.”
To use Earth Fire for alchemy would indeed be problematic.
Earth Fire is not so easily found.
Shaking his head, it seed that he could only give up on this idea for the ti being.
This aspect was sothing that had never occurred to Tangyu before, catching him off guard.
Xiao Bai said, “How about this, I’ll use Heavenly Fire to help you.
However, Heavenly Fire might be too powerful for you, I’m not sure if you can control it, but I will try to suppress its might as much as possible.”
Upon hearing this, Tangyu was imdiately overjoyed, “If that’s the case, then it would be ideal indeed, but it would trouble you, Sister Bai.”
“Hmm, no problem, I want to learn your thod of alchemy anyway,” Xiao Bai replied.
So Tangyu prepared the dicinal ingredients anew, and with a flick of Xiao Bai’s jade-like finger, a clump of Heavenly Fire burst forth from her palm, igniting the Pill Furnace.
With the assistance of Heavenly Fire, it took less than two hours to reach the final stage of Core Formation.
With the painful experience of the previous failure, Tangyu was even more cautious this ti, sweat beading on his forehead.
“Coalesce!” Tangyu shouted, thrusting out his palms fiercely.
The Pill Furnace suddenly flew up and began to spin in mid-air, beams of light shooting out from it.
Tangyu rejoiced inwardly, it was almost done.
“Erge!”
Tangyu struck out another palm, and the lid of the Pill Furnace flew off, imdiately revealing countless beams of brilliant light, numbering in the hundreds.
They were like little sprites, each one a Detoxification Elixir.
Tangyu did not let his guard down and imdiately took out the Jade Vase he had prepared, scooping up all the Pills.
Counting them, Tangyu was filled with joy, “Ha ha, to actually refine two hundred and thirty-one Detoxification Elixirs in one furnace, not bad at all.
I truly am a genius at alchemy.”
To think that when the Ghost Doctor refined Pills, he barely produced ten per furnace.
Of course, Tangyu’s abilities had now far surpassed the Ghost Doctor.
Moreover, with the help of Sister Bai’s Heavenly Fire and these fine ingredients, it was natural for the results to be abundant.
“Hmm, not bad, you do have a talent for alchemy,” Xiao Bai said with a smile as she nodded.
Xiao Qing, however, said disdainfully, “Tsk, narcissist.”
Tangyu ignored Xiao Qing and continued, “Sister Bai, could you help once more, this ti I want to see if I can try refining a larger batch.”
“Okay,” Xiao Bai nodded.
The two set to refining once again.
With the successful case in mind, Tangyu was naturally more confident and experienced this ti.
He put in five tis the ingredients he had used before.
Although the process was much tougher than before, in the end, it was still a success.
This furnace produced over twelve hundred Detoxification Elixirs, and it only used up two three-hundred-year-old ginseng roots.
Worth it, incredibly worth it.
It’s just a pity that these are Detoxification Elixirs.
If they were Healing Pills, that would be a major win.
Unfortunately, there’s no Snow Lotus.
Otherwise, with Sister Bai’s Heavenly Fire, one could have reaped so much more.
Tangyu felt an itching in his gums with urgency—a great opportunity missed due to the lack of ingredients, leaving him helplessly staring.
In the following days, Tangyu asked Sister Bai to assist with alchemy whenever he could and played chess with her in his spare ti.
The relationship between the two grew closer, which left Xiao Qing in a state of utter amazent.
With nothing better to do, Xiao Qing could only take Liang Youshan as a plaything.
Occasionally, Xiao Bai even offered guidance on Tangyu’s cultivation, which was imnsely beneficial for him.
As for Xiao Bai, Tangyu’s gratitude toward her deepened, and an intangible affection grew stronger, stirring certain impulses in Tangyu.
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