At 11: 40 in the evening, Huai Shi woke up from his dream as if he had set an alarm clock. He washed his face in his pajamas and pushed open the door to the basement. He went straight down the zipline to the basement.
In the familiar stuffy heat, there was only the buzzing sound of the low-quality air purifier.
"Is it time yet?"
Huai Shi simply sat on the ground and stared at the big cauldron that was operating silently among the layers of steel in front of him. Or rather, it should be called a rune-sealed refining furnace.
This thing that looked like a huge hot water bucket at a banquet in the countryside looked ordinary. Huai Shi had spent more than three million to buy it, and it was a second-hand product that had been eliminated from a regular alchemy workshop.
In Crow's words, a brand-new one could not be bought with thirty million, so he might as well buy a second-hand one that could make do with it. After all, it would be thrown away after one use.
A one-time refining furnace.
With such extravagance, Huai Shi could only hope that it would be worth it.
Without the need for a clock, Crow listened to the low echo in the furnace. "Five more minutes."
No one spoke in the silence.
Apart from the buzzing purifier, there was only the faint sound of water dripping from the furnace.
Different from other alchemy cauldrons, this furnace used hydroponics and cold refining methods. It used a special solution to fully atomize the materials and then coupled and extracted them at the molecular level. It sacrificed time and efficiency in pursuit of absolute stability and gentleness.
In the words of the developers, no matter how flammable and explosive you used it to refine, there would be absolutely no explosion.
There was absolutely no leakage, and it was absolutely safe.
Huai Shi could only hope that what they said was true.
Otherwise, once the stuff inside was leaked, not to mention the stone marrow museum, the entire Qingxiu Mountain behind it would be at risk of being contaminated.
Most of the things that the Ascendants researched were in this situation. They had to be extremely careful or extremely risky. The slightest mistake would create hell on earth.
What was being purified and purified was an out-and-out fierce poison.
According to Crow's recipe, using half of Huai Shi's blood as the base material, it was like mixing wine. After going through hundreds of processes over three days and mixing in various materials, the Yin Spirit's blood that was full of pure negative energy was completely transformed into a poison that contained all kinds of primitive malice and dark essence.
Regardless of whether it was the most primitive formula for the plague or the essence of the wolfsbane, they were all contained within. Following that were smallpox, dengue fever, Ebola, and other terrifying plagues that had to be properly preserved in various biochemical laboratories. There were even various viruses and bacteria circulating at the borders …
Throughout the entire process, Crow displayed a terrifying skill that was enough to win first place in the world finals of the Demon Chef Tournament.
Huai Shi still had nightmares when he recalled the scene of him carefully operating these things a few days ago.
The things that he made to kill Crow for fun in the past two days were completely child's play in front of Crow. They were not even worthy of carrying Crow's shoes.
And in Crow's work, one-third of it was to create this kind of fierce poison that mutated so fast that it could be counted in seconds. The remaining two-thirds, however, were to use various methods to degenerate it, revert it back to its ancestors, preserve its most basic structure, and then force it into the most stable state of hibernation.
It was like creating a demon and then forcibly turning it into a baby.
If Huai Shi could understand a little bit in the first one-third, then in the latter part, he had no idea how Crow accomplished such an inconceivable miracle.
And …
"What is it for?" Huai Shi asked, "Putting in so much effort to build a skyscraper and then bulldozing it, leaving only the foundation behind, isn't it a bit of a waste of effort?"
"Doesn't this prove that this foundation is enough to support a ten thousand feet tall building?"
Crow calmly said, "As long as it proves this point, it's enough."
Huai Shi wanted to ask more, but he heard a crisp echo from the furnace.
The long smelting process had come to an end.
"Go and turn off the air purifier and ventilator first." Crow cautiously said, "Just in case."
Soon, all the electrical appliances were turned off.
Huai Shi pulled up the layers of covers, and then completely sealed the last alloy gate, cutting off the connection between the inside and the outside, and the narrow cellar became more and more suffocating.
Fortunately, Crow was not a living creature, just a blob of ink, and he could enter the ghost state, minimizing the need for oxygen to avoid the fate of suffocation.
And as the layers of furnace doors were opened, in the midst of the sudden dispersal of atomized liquid ammonia and all kinds of liquid vapors, a test tube with sparkling water droplets slowly rose from the core.
In the test tube, about twenty milliliters of blood had been purified to the point that it was colorless. It looked like a new type of normal saline, ordinary and unremarkable.
In the cold liquid ammonia, it maintained a liquid state, but once it returned to normal temperature, it would quickly vaporize. At that time, the endless demons with infinite variables would occupy every corner of the cellar.
If no one took the initiative to catalyze it, in about a few days, tens of thousands of viruses would erupt from it, as if they were rushing to the market, and completely turn this place into a forbidden zone.
"Are you ready?"
Crow looked back at him.
Huai Shi subconsciously took a deep breath, held his breath, and then slowly nodded. He carefully picked up the tweezers, and then opened the box beside him.
Inside the box was one of the few prizes he had seen in the lounge. It was an ordinary-looking broken bowl with a handful of ashes in it.
That was the gift he received from one of the judges of the Cooking Demon Competition.
Although he did not know what was going on, his taste in choosing a mask was very good.
In Crow's words, it was something that was not very useful. Although it was not in the plan, since he had encountered it, it was a pleasant surprise to be able to use it.
Although it looked like a bowl, there seemed to be some kind of law imposed on it. No matter how he shook it in his hand, the ashes in the bowl would not fall out of the bowl. Even if it was upside down, it would still hover in the air in the bowl.
It was as if it was bound inside.
But this binding was extremely fragile. It could be broken with just a pair of tweezers.
When Huai Shi's tweezers reached into it, countless ashes suddenly collapsed inwards as the tweezers closed. In the end, it became a speck of dust that was caught in the middle of the tweezers.
The almost endless resentment and anger condensed into a single point.
It was the essence of darkness that far surpassed the ashes of calamity. It was enough to throw Huai Shi's negative energy hundreds of thousands of streets away from the crystal of calamity.
Huai Shi could not imagine what kind of fate and encounter would cause such a large scale of resentment and despair to remain after being burned to ashes.
And now, as the tweezers moved and loosened, the speck of ash silently fell into the test tube.
It merged with the virus that would cause endless trouble in the future.
There was no resistance or abnormality, nor was there any rejection or resistance. The two merged as one, as if they had been born this way.
As a result, the unconscious virus seemed to have been bestowed with a dark soul. Gray ripples appeared on its surface as countless colors rapidly changed. In the end, it turned into a pitch-black that even the scorching sun could not penetrate.
"And so, this is how it is."
Crow quickly closed the lid of the test tube and let out a long sigh, as if a heavy burden had been lifted from his shoulders. "Even though this kind of thing does not require much skill, doing it in this kind of environment without any protection is incredibly exciting. If there is even the slightest mistake, your house will explode … …"
"Can we find another place next time?" Huai Shi wiped the cold sweat off his forehead. "There are so many places on Qingxiu Mountain with no one around. Why did it have to be my house?"
"Don't forget, the Stone Marrow Hall is equivalent to a semi-finished Spirit Coffin. With the old room here, it is like having a Spirit Coffin to suppress the Spirit Veins and Spirit Veins. At the very least, the purity of the Origin Substance can be guaranteed. Do you think that alchemy is like treating someone to a meal, where you can just find a random place to set up a table and do it? Even if you are treating someone to a meal, you don't have to be so careless, do you? "
Crow carefully placed the test tube into a container covered in dry ice and nodded in satisfaction. "Now, we can begin to evolve the Yin Spirit."
As she spoke, she pointed at the mattress in the middle of the cellar. Her tone became charming, as if she was a late-night female broadcaster. "Alright, quickly lie down. Time is precious, let's not waste it."
Huai Shi rolled his eyes.
As expected, expecting this woman to be more serious was a waste of time.
Huai Shi lay down on his back and leaned against the pillow. He rolled up the sleeves of his pajamas and skillfully wrapped himself in rubber tape. Then, he flicked his pale forearm and examined the protruding veins on it.
"Come on." He closed his eyes, not daring to look again. "Don't take pity on me just because I'm a delicate flower … …"
Crow was stunned for a long time. After a long time, she said with some embarrassment, "Sorry, that joke is so old that I didn't react in time."
"… … Just hurry up, okay?"
Huai Shi was completely powerless.
He lay flat on the ground, waiting for Crow's next transformation.
If he had to explain it in a concise manner, it would be that he was preparing to perform a hemodialysis.
That's right, this was Crow's plan, a shortcut for Huai Shi to evolve from a Yin Spirit to a Mountain Ghost.
The Mountain Ghost Sacred Mark in the Kingdom of Heaven was essentially the same as the Yin Soul. It was said that the Mountain Ghost Sacred Mark was a miracle that was once confused as a God.
Their innate ability lay in the fact that they could spread their attributes to their surroundings.
The only difference was the medium through which they were created.
Yin Spirits were created through Origin Substances, and after evolving, Mountain Ghosts would be able to obtain vitality that was completely compatible with plants in addition to their original Origin Substance.
In reality, this innate ability was quite suitable for growing flowers and plants … …
However, unlike the Druids' Tree Shepherds, Mountain Ghosts could not cause plants to grow or wither out of thin air. Instead, they could obtain and extract vitality through the circulation of vitality.
To put it simply, after evolving, Huai Shi would also obtain an affinity with plants, as well as the ability to imbue and extract vitality from plants to a certain extent.
He was basically an expert at growing plants.
Originally, evolving wasn't that simple, but with the Urn of Tree Blood in hand, he could save himself a long and painful process. He could obtain the best results in the fastest and most effortless way.
And during this process … …
Crow suddenly had an idea. He wanted to give Huai Shi some extra ingredients.
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