"Qin Yichen!"
"Qin Yichen! … "
Qin Yichen opened his eyes in a daze. He wanted to see who was the bold guy who dared to shout in front of him, the Elixir Saint. But what he saw was a pretty face with slight anger.
The woman in front of him had an oval face that was as white as jade. Her eyebrows were curved, her eyes were like black gems, her nose was straight, her lips were red, her teeth were sparkling, and her hair was as smooth as silk.
"Sister Miaohan?"
Looking at this face that was hidden in the depths of his memory, Qin Yichen was stunned for a moment before he subconsciously called out.
"Humph!"
Lin Miaohan glared at him and snorted, "I told you to keep an eye on the fire. Look at what you've done!"
"Hmm?"
Qin Yichen looked around and saw the extinguished pill furnace in front of him, as well as the rows of shelves beside it …
The familiar scene, the familiar people, awakened the memories that had existed in his mind for so long that he had almost forgotten them.
Suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind, "Could it be that I've returned to the time when I was sixteen more than thirteen thousand years ago?"
He remembered that back then, his parents had brought him to live in the Lin Family. His father was a guard of the Lin Family, and his mother followed some women to do some needlework. As for him, because he was more intelligent, he became a little alchemy boy.
The girl in front of him was the goddess in his heart at that time, and also the youngest daughter of the Lin Family's Patriarch, Lin Aotian, Lin Miaohan.
However, at that time, Qin Yichen felt very inferior and did not have the courage to confess. After all, his status was low, while the other party was a young miss of a family. The difference in status between the two could be said to be heaven and earth.
A year later, the Lin Family was unable to establish themselves in Yuxi City. During the evacuation process, they were attacked by their enemies, and almost the entire family was annihilated. His parents also passed away during the process. He was thrown into the river by his father, and through the stream, he saw with his own eyes the tragic deaths of many familiar people in front of him.
After escaping this calamity, Qin Yichen's talent in alchemy slowly made him shine. All kinds of experiences, all kinds of adventures, in the end, he finally became the pinnacle of alchemy on this continent!
"Do you know how much money you lost because of your carelessness?"
Lin Miaohan's anger still hadn't subsided. Her angry roar woke up Qin Yichen from his memories.
Normally, she would take good care of this intelligent and sensible little brother of hers. However, recently, the Zhuang Family's pharmacy across the street from the Lin Family's pharmacy had released an even more effective medicinal liquid. This caused the Lin Family to fall into a very disadvantageous position. Almost all of their sales were stagnant. Therefore, she was irritated and angry because of Qin Yichen's carelessness and wasted a batch of medicinal herbs.
Qin Yichen resisted the urge to hug her. He opened the pill furnace and looked at the medicinal dregs at the bottom. He picked up a small piece and sniffed it.
"He should be refining the Origin Returning Liquid …"
Although the Lin Family was a family of alchemists, no one was able to refine real pills. They could only refine some of the most basic medicinal liquids in the mainland.
As for those who could truly refine pills, they were respectfully called … Alchemists.
However, there were less than a handful of such existences in the entire Yuxi City. Moreover, they were all consecrated existences in large families.
"This batch of medicinal herbs is worth seven silver coins. Originally, it could have been refined into ten bottles of Origin Returning Liquid and sold for ten silver coins. Do you know that ten silver coins is almost the entire day's income of my Lin Family's pharmacy? Furthermore, that Zhuang Family is going too far. My Lin Family's medicinal liquid is almost unable to be sold … "Lin Miaohan's heart ached as she looked at the charred medicinal dregs at the bottom of the furnace.
Zhuang Family!
Qin Yichen's eyes flashed with a cold light.
The Lin Family was forced into a corner by the Zhuang Family, which led to the tragedy that followed.
"Wait, don't throw it away."
Just as she was about to throw away the medicinal dregs, Qin Yichen stopped her and said mysteriously, "Sister Miaohan, these things are all money. It would be a pity to throw them away."
These charred medicinal dregs were useless in Lin Miaohan's eyes. However, in Qin Yichen's eyes, they were still raw materials for refining pills. Although they were a little inferior, they were more than enough to refine medicine.
Refining medicinal liquids was the most basic and simple way of refining pills. As long as one was familiar with the medicinal properties of the medicinal herbs, they could use an open flame to extract the medicinal properties of the medicinal herbs.
Although these medicinal herbs had been charred and lost more than half of their medicinal properties, there was still a small amount left in the dregs. Although refining pills would affect the quality of the pills, if it was just extracting the medicinal properties and refining them into medicinal liquids, it was a piece of cake for Qin Yichen.
Next, he scraped off the layers of charred medicinal dregs. After thinking for a while, he picked out a few different medicinal herbs from the medicinal shelf at the side. He weighed them in his hand and threw them into the pill furnace together with the medicinal dregs.
"How can you randomly add other medicinal herbs?!"
Lin Miaohan wanted to stop him but it was too late. She immediately glared at him angrily.
One had to know that a medicinal liquid with a fixed effect was made up of different medicinal herbs. If other medicinal herbs with different medicinal properties were added, it would lead to extremely serious consequences. The lightest consequence would be the weakening of the medicinal properties. In the worst case, it would lead to a conflict between the medicinal properties, resulting in an explosion of the furnace!
Pill furnaces were extremely valuable. Even an ordinary pill furnace that did not make the grade was worth hundreds of silver coins!
And the pill furnace in front of them was a low-grade human-level pill furnace. The Lin family had spent a lot of money to purchase it. It was said that it cost up to thousands of silver coins.
A high-quality pill furnace would bring about an increase in quality. The same medicinal herbs, when placed in an ordinary pill furnace, would at most be a first-grade or second-grade medicinal herb. However, when placed in a human-level pill furnace, the quality of the medicinal liquid would at least be a second-grade medicinal herb. It could even reach a third-grade medicinal herb.
Different quality medicinal liquids naturally had different prices.
When it reached a third-grade medicinal herb, its price could not be compared to a second-grade medicinal herb.
It could be said that the Lin family's biggest source of income was this pill furnace. If the pill furnace were to break, it would bring about a devastating disaster to the Lin family.
"Sister Miaohan, don't worry. I met an old master yesterday. He taught me that after adding these medicinal herbs, the medicinal effects of the Vitality Rejuvenating Liquid can be increased."
As Qin Yichen spoke, he added charcoal, lit the fire, and began refining.
The level of alchemy in this world now and the level of alchemy thirteen thousand years later was truly a world of difference.
After more than ten thousand years of development, the alchemy of elixirs had become more diversified. The medicinal effects, quality, and various other aspects had been greatly improved.
For example, the Vitality Rejuvenating Liquid on the market now required five minutes to take effect and slowly restore a warrior's Yuan Li. However, if these medicinal herbs were to be added, the medicinal effects of the Vitality Rejuvenating Liquid would be mediated. It would only take a minute, or even less than a minute, to bring out the medicinal effects of the Vitality Rejuvenating Liquid. Moreover, it would greatly increase the speed of recovery of Yuan Li.
Think about it, how much of a turnaround would this bring to the warriors who were risking their lives outside!
Then, Qin Yichen's palm intentionally or unintentionally placed on the side of the pill furnace. He silently activated the Soul Deity Technique. Suddenly, the still mental strength in his mind spread out and seeped into the pill furnace. In the next moment, the clear water in the pill furnace began to boil.
After about a minute, Qin Yichen fiercely opened the lid of the pill furnace. He picked up the small bottles that he had prepared beforehand and poured the almost transparent medicinal liquid into the bottles. A total of fifteen bottles were filled and then neatly placed in front of Lin Miaohan.
"This …"
Looking at the almost transparent medicinal liquid in the bottles, Lin Miaohan was so shocked that she was speechless.
The grade of the medicinal liquid depended on whether the impurities in the medicinal liquid had been completely removed. The clearer the medicinal liquid, the less impurities there were.
But in the ten bottles of medicinal liquid in front of her, she could not see the existence of impurities with her naked eyes.
In other words, the medicinal liquid placed in front of her was at least fifty percent of the quality!
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