In the afternoon on North Street, where dicine King Hall was located, the street housed both shops and residents. The residents generally lived in the backyards of the shops.
It was now ti for the afternoon al, and kitchens in the backyards of various shops were emitting plus of cooking smoke one after another.
In this cold winter, the smoke from cooking grains and food always managed to dispel much of the chill.
The apprentices and attendants of dicine King Hall, who had been busy all day, were also waiting for a bowl of hot stewed vegetable and at soup to replenish the vital energy and heat their bodies had consud.
KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK!
Outside the Pill Room where Chen Ku and Shang Yunfang were, a guard delivered two al boxes.
Shang Yunfang did not disturb Chen Ku’s alchemy.
She went outside, brought in the two al boxes, gave one to Chen Ku, and said, "Eat sothing when it’s ti for the Literature Fire. Pill Formation takes at least a whole night."
Chen Ku humd in acknowledgnt, waving his fan where he stood.
At that mont, in the Pill Room, even if soone looked closely, they wouldn’t be able to see how Chen Ku’s action of waving the fan induced any significant changes in the flas beneath the Pill Furnace.
But only Chen Ku himself understood. The instant the flas arose from beneath the Pill Furnace, the mont he attached the ’Fire Beak Pot,’ he felt a mysterious connection between himself and the fla burning beneath it. This feeling was hard to describe in detail. It was as if... there was an invisible thread between him and the fla in front of him, a thread he could control with his intent. He could increase the temperature, and he even felt... as if he could suck the fla from beneath the Pill Furnace into his stomach just by opening his mouth. This was the ability of the Fire Beak Pot. Although it was only a ’Magical Treasure’ ford from First Realm Evil Qi, it could still transform his body into a ’Fire Pot.’ Even if he swallowed the flas, his stomach and intestines wouldn’t be hard, as they had already been modified by the Fire Beak Pot Transformation into a ’Pot Belly’ capable of assimilating flas. Thus, the act of fanning was rely a concealing facade. Chen Ku sat cross-legged, controlling the fire with the special ability of the Fire Beak Pot. This was the true essence of his alchemy this ti.
Pill Furnace alchemy, in essence, is a process of refining impurities and extracting the essence of dicinal materials. It cannot use open flas; only the Pill Furnace will do... But my Fire Beak Pot is actually a ’Magical Treasure’ that can control temperature even better than a Pill Furnace. I’ll test it here today. If it proves successful, having an extra fire control ability could significantly increase my Pill Formation success rate. Then, in the future, I could directly use the ’Fire Beak Pot’ for my own private pill refining. The only condition is that I must obtain enough Pill Prescriptions.
"It’s ti for the Literature Fire. Co over for dinner," Shang Yunfang, who had already finished eating, called out. "I’ll watch the fire for a while."
Chen Ku humd a reply. He had previously tested his Fire Beak Pot’s fire control ability. It allowed him to manage flas up to three ters away, so leaving the front of the Pill Furnace wouldn’t affect his continued control of the fire.
He walked over and opened the al box.
It was winter, yet the als at dicine King Hall surprisingly still included fresh vegetables. His disciple’s al was on par with a master’s. Today’s al consisted of a bowl of mushroom and lamb soup and a plate of stir-fried winter bamboo shoots—six dishes and one soup in total, plus a top-grade honey tangerine.
As Chen Ku was eating, in the adjacent Pill Room, Huo Xiaoxia’s batch of pills was already out of the furnace.
"Not bad. Four Top Grade Spirit-Calming Pills, two Middle Grade, and four Lower Grade. That’s a forty percent Top Grade Pill Formation rate. Among the disciples in your batch, aside from the Store Manager’s disciple, Kou Ming, your alchemy talent is the best," Nong Baosen, the Grandmaster of Hundred Herbs Courtyard, praised his disciple, Huo Xiaoxia.
A forty percent Pill Formation rate was already considered excellent. Even he, who could now be called a top Pill Master in the hall, produced only seven Top Grade Spirit-Calming Pills when refining this First Grade Inner Qi pill.
Kou Ming’s talent surpassed Nong Baosen’s disciple Huo Xiaoxia slightly, with a record high of six Top Grade pills, making him almost certainly the future head of dicine King Hall’s Pill-Refining Room.
"Eldest Martial Brother Kou Ming’s Alchemy Dao talent is truly enviable," Huo Xiaoxia sighed.
Only after entering this field did she realize the difficulty of increasing the Top Grade Pill Formation rate by even one pill, which was almost as challenging as breaking through the Mystic Barrier in Inner Qi.
"Alright, we’re done with pill cultivation for today. I’m going to check on that kid next door."
Huo Xiaoxia raised her eyebrows slightly, "Master, didn’t you think that Junior Brother Chen couldn’t..."
"Elder Shang also made a request," Nong Baosen stroked his beard and said. "We ought to show so respect. I’ll just casually point out a few flaws. That way, if Elder Shang asks, I’ll have sothing to tell him, giving him so basis for instructing the disciple."
"Can I also take a look?" Huo Xiaoxia asked curiously.
As a young lady, she rarely made public appearances in the hall and had been well protected. She still hadn’t even seen what this Junior Brother Chen looked like.
"It wouldn’t hurt. It’s a good chance for you to see the mistakes in Chen Ku’s alchemy and take them as a lesson."
After Nong Baosen finished speaking, he led his disciple Huo Xiaoxia out of their Pill Room. They went to Chen Ku’s Pill Room and peeked in through the window.
They just caught the scene of Chen Ku eating while Shang Yunfang fanned the fire for him.
A flicker of displeasure crossed Nong Baosen’s eyes.
It wasn’t that he found the scene of a disciple eating while the master tended the fire inherently improper. Rather, he instantly noticed that the fla in front of Shang Yunfang was very stable...
Shang Yunfang was the one doing the alchemy!
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