Previously, he had thought that the Heavenly Gates only wanted to use the Earth to control and restrain him as a guarantee for him to repay the Heavenly Gates in the future. This was not wrong. The superintendent and the higher-ups in the Heavenly Gates had some thoughts in this regard, but this was obviously not the whole picture. He had thought too simply about this matter.
The true higher-ups in the Heavenly Gates thought about problems on a completely different level from a small character like him. Regardless of whether it was the Earth civilization or himself, in the hands of these higher-ups, they were just soft marbles that could be kneaded and squashed at will. One could not resist or control one's own fate. When one had the qualifications to look at the problem from the surface, one would realize that one was thinking too much.
Of course, putting aside the uncomfortable feeling of being manipulated by others and the dangers that the Earth civilization would face in the future, at least the Earth was now a real beneficiary. Furthermore, this so-called danger was obviously a test. The superintendent obviously thought highly of Wang Zhong and thought that he would be able to grow to a certain height in a short period of time and help the Earth protect the glory and benefits that had been bestowed upon them. This was why she had placed the Earth in such a position. Other civilizations did not even have the qualifications to be roasted on the fire like this.
Furthermore, if Wang Zhong did not succeed in the end and could not withstand this pressure, causing the benefits that he had obtained to be swallowed by others who were jealous of him, then it would be because he was not capable. Who else could he blame?
Celeste was just giving him a reminder. As for some deeper things, they could not talk about them without restraint. Coincidentally, Roro and Nini seemed to be tired from arguing and were glaring at each other. Celeste hurriedly smiled and walked over. "If we continue to talk, we will forget about our proper business. Wang Zhong, let's refine the pill first. I have been preparing for a long time. Do you want to go first, or should I?"
Lao Wang made an inviting gesture. His preparations were not as thorough as Celeste's.
Celeste nodded her head and walked forward. She carefully checked the pill furnace and other things. Then, she lit the furnace, arranged the ingredients, and started working.
A few days ago, the supervisors in the Pill Refinery Hall had taught him the prescription for the level-6 Soul Moulding Pill. Elder Yimo had also mentioned some things to take note of in the Pill Refinery Hall. Even Wang Zhong was very clear about this process.
Needless to say, the Heavenly Shell race indeed had unique natural endowments in pill refinery. Just as Celeste entered a focused state, Wang Zhong saw an illusory haze appear and disappear behind her. As the pill refinery continued, the illusory haze became clearer. It was the shells of the Heavenly Shell race. They opened and closed around Celeste's body and throbbed slightly. They seemed like a background projection, but Wang Zhong could clearly sense the connection between these shells and the pill furnace. It was as if they had fused into one and were another pill furnace that wrapped around the pill furnace.
At that moment, the entire Jiuli Wood Pill Furnace was white, red, and purple. The internal temperature had obviously increased greatly, but it was not hot. It was completely different from when Lao Wang usually used the Jiuli Wood Pill Furnace. This was the effect of the shell.
Lao Wang silently sighed. The shells of the Heavenly Shell race were naturally used to nurture pills. They had an extremely powerful ability to accumulate pills and maintain balance. This was a unique natural endowment that they had.
Furthermore, when they practiced pill refinery, other than pill refinery, they would even refine the pill furnace. Thus, forging masters would often look for the Heavenly Shell race to "enlighten" their pill furnaces. In reality, the Heavenly Shell race would use a new pill furnace to refine a dozen batches of pills. With the natural nourishment of the Heavenly Shell shell, the value of the pill furnace would instantly increase by four or five times …
At first, Wang Zhong could sense traces of restlessness from the medicine spirit in the pill furnace. However, with the nourishment of the Heavenly Shell shell, the entire pill furnace quickly calmed down. Furthermore, it was unusually calm. As a result, Wang Zhong, who was watching from the side, could not sense any changes in the aura of the medicine in the pill furnace. He could only deduce the situation inside through the continuous movements of Celeste's hands.
This continued for slightly more than five hours. Then, a smile appeared on Celeste's slightly tired face. She stretched out her hand and waved it slightly. The lid of the pill furnace, which had been extremely calm from beginning to end, was suddenly opened. A turbulent air current surged out, and seven bright silver pills soared into the sky.
"Collect!" Celeste grabbed at the air continuously. She was not afraid of the scalding air current at all. She simply stretched out her hand and grabbed the seven pills.
The level-6 Soul Moulding Pill was a success. Furthermore, Wang Zhong simply sniffed the medicine spirit aura that filled the air and knew that the quality of these seven pills was definitely very good.
"90% pills."
"I was lucky." Celeste smiled. Although the Soul Moulding Pill was a level-6 pill, it was not difficult for her to refine it. Firstly, she had become more adept with Roro recently and had improved greatly. Secondly, soul-type pills were compatible with Celeste's nature. To her, these level-6 pills were not much more difficult than the level-7 Glazed Crystal Life Extending Pill. "Wang Zhong, do you have any evidence against me?"
As the saying went, bystanders had a clear view of the situation. When refining pills, one had to be fully immersed in them. Furthermore, there were ever-changing medicine spirits. As a result, it was very easy for an alchemist to be too distracted. As a result, they often made mistakes without even realizing it. Furthermore, if there was a bystander with similar standards as them, it was very easy for them to discover their problems and remind them. The next time they refined pills, they would deliberately pay more attention. This was a way to improve.
"Perfect." Wang Zhong shook his head. To be honest, after studying in the library for a week, Lao Wang thought that he had made great progress in his foundations. When he recalled the details of his pill refinery, he felt that there were many loopholes everywhere. However, at that moment, when he watched Celeste refine pills, he could not find any problems at all. From the beginning to the end, the entire process was extremely pleasing to the eye.
This pleasing to the eye was not limited to the fact that she did not make any mistakes, did not make any unnecessary or wasteful actions, and did not make any useless or ineffective actions. Instead, she was so detailed that Wang Zhong could sense every detail. In fact, even when she stretched out her hand to pull up her hair during pill refinery, Lao Wang felt that it was perfect … It was not that Lao Wang was infatuated with Celeste's appearance or temperament, which resulted in this misconception. Lao Wang was very sure that she had integrated this natural action of pulling up her hair into the steps of pill refinery. It was as if during the entire pill refinery process that lasted nearly six hours, there was only a gap where she did not need to use her right hand to pull up her hair. Then, she used this second to pull up her hair …
This realm had truly integrated the basics of pill refinery into one's bones! Meanwhile, as he refined pills, he had to think about the basic steps, how to remedy any problems, and so on. The difference in their foundations was like the difference between the Heavens and the Earth. How could he find problems with Celeste's pill refinery basics? Lao Wang was not that arrogant. Furthermore, he had not seen any problems. On the contrary, Lao Wang had benefited a lot from watching many of Celeste's basic techniques.
"That's right, when you were arranging the medicine …" Lao Wang had never been a thin-skinned person. He did not say anything that Celeste wanted to point out. On the contrary, he asked questions one after another. He simply asked about some of the steps that he did not quite understand.
Celeste smiled and answered him. In this kind of interaction between alchemists, if both parties had to benefit from each other, their standards would definitely be extremely close. Meanwhile, Wang Zhong's strong point was his natural endowments in accumulating pills, not his foundations. Thus, she would not be able to benefit from this. This time, she had asked him to refine pills together because she wanted to help Wang Zhong.
There was no doubt that Wang Zhong was a rare genius. Furthermore, he had secrets that involved elemental spirits. The Heavenly Shell Superintendent had the intention to nurture him. When Celeste was free, she would give pointers to Wang Zhong's pill refinery basics. This was the mission that the daughter of the Heavenly Shell Crown Prince had received.
The Heavenly Shell race indeed had many unique views on pill refinery. Putting aside the pill refinery process and foundations, the understanding that Lao Wang had formed when he was preparing for the same pill recipe was obviously different from Celeste's understanding. Furthermore, after Celeste's explanation, Wang Zhong immediately felt that there was a problem with his train of thought that had gone astray.
After this interaction, he felt that his understanding of the level-6 Soul Moulding Pill had obviously deepened.
He only had two sets of ingredients. Lao Wang took a deep breath. He was fully prepared and started working!
Before he came here, he had thoroughly studied the recipe for this level-6 pill and thought that he had 80% confidence. However, when he saw Celeste's refinery process, Lao Wang felt that he only had 40% confidence in his preparations. After this interaction, he was 70% confident. However, when he started, he felt that his success rate was continuously decreasing for every step.
The level-6 pill was a huge leap and was completely different from the level-7, level-8, and level-9 pills that he had refined previously. The level-7 pill was said to be the peak of skills. As long as one did not make any mistakes, as long as there were no problems with the steps, and as long as one was careful enough, there would not be any problems. However, the level-6 pill required a lot of "attentiveness", including the most basic control of the pill fire. Just relying on Yiyi's control was not enough. Wang Zhong had to divert a portion of his attention to this. Furthermore, the difficulty in other aspects had increased …
From the beginning to the second half of the pill furnace, there was no time for him to calm down. He had realized many problems when he watched Celeste refine and even took the initiative to ask her. However, when he put them into practice, there were still many problems. He was not able to react in time, and many little drops made a mickle. Before the pill was formed …
There was a massive boom, and the balance inside the pill furnace was lost. The lid of the furnace was violently sent flying by the massive impact, and intense heat waves surged and exploded.
The furnace had exploded.
Even though he had a bad premonition, he still could not persist to the final step of forming the pill even though he tried his best to salvage the situation. Lao Wang sat on the ground and tried his best to recall and think. This process was inevitable. Meanwhile, Celeste quietly watched from the side. She would only explain when Wang Zhong asked her questions.
Celeste was rather clear that Wang Zhong's natural endowments in accumulating the Core would not be enough to refine a level-6 pill that was a level higher than him. The flaws in his foundation would be infinitely magnified. This was also the main reason why she had taken the initiative to invite him to refine pills. This kind of one-on-one guidance was the easiest way to deepen the impression of basic training. It was much more effective than the normal teaching from the Pill Refinery Hall supervisors.
The special characteristics of the Heavenly Shell race were that they were very self-restrained and patient. However, the elemental spirits beside them had already started to chatter.
"We have a 90% -pill! Hey! Hey! Look at all of you. Aiya, tsk tsk tsk! " Roro was extremely pleased and looked provocatively at Nini and Yiyi beside Lao Wang. "Ha ha ha ha. I believe that Wang Zhong will not be inferior to our Shasha. After all, they are both in the Celestial Honors Class. However, as for this assistant … Heh heh, that's hard to say."
Nini's eyes were blazing with fire, but she could not refute this. She was slightly dejected. Even though she knew that this was the foundational difference between Wang Zhong and Celeste, she could not blame her failure on her master. After all, this was a level-6 pill, which was a major realm higher than the level-7 pill from before. No matter how much of a genius her master was, he would definitely not be able to create any miracles this time.
Damn. This little bitch had turned things around today. She should be pleased.
"Second time."
On the other hand, Lao Wang did not look dejected at all. His interaction with Celeste made him feel extremely good. His failure just now was because he had been too deliberate. His original experience and what he had gained from watching Celeste refine pills confirmed each other, but this would definitely cause some confusion in his thoughts. This failure had helped him sort out all of these problems.
"Again."
Wang Zhong's confidence was something that Celeste admired. Frankly speaking, there was a fundamental difference between learning about level-6 and level-7 pills and level-8 and level-9 pills. This was not only in terms of refinery difficulty, but also in one's mentality. When refining level-8 and level-9 pills, even if one failed eight or ten times, the materials were not valuable. Anyone could afford it, and they would not feel any psychological pressure. Of course, those who were especially poor were excluded. But level-6 pills? These materials were worth at least a few thousand Gold Star Stones. Even a daughter of the Heavenly Shell race like Celeste would definitely have a certain impact on her mentality, let alone those from ordinary middle-level civilizations.
However, Wang Zhong was clearly from a level-4 civilization. Even though he had some foundation after joining the Celestial Honors Class, this was a set of materials for a level-6 pill. With the few points from the Celestial Honors Class and his own accumulation, it was already very difficult for him to have one or two sets of materials. If it was someone else, they would probably die from heartache if they failed. If they did not prepare for three to five days, they would not even have the courage to look at the pill furnace. However, looking at Wang Zhong, Celeste felt that there was not even a hint of vexation on his face. Not only did he not care about his failure, but there was even a faint sense of joy, as if he had grasped some trick.
He should be able to succeed this time … Hopefully.
Celeste made this inference. To a beginner, even though this was very inconceivable, Celeste had this feeling. Wang Zhong's confidence was always able to easily infect others.
As expected, when they started again, Wang Zhong's actions were completely different from before. Some of the puzzles he had previously seemed to have been perfectly resolved. After suffering once, he would firmly remember the lesson and find ways to deal with and avoid it, ensuring that he would not make the same mistake a second time. No matter what this kind of person did, there was no doubt that he was extremely terrifying.
Even though there were two or three new problems and mistakes along the way, Lao Wang's condition was just right. Furthermore, Nini and Yiyi were competing with Roro. They did their best to exceed their standards and were able to rescue him in time a few times.
Minutes and seconds passed. This was slightly longer than the time Celeste had taken to refine the 90% -pills, and the pills were starting to be formed.
Celeste watched without blinking. With her experience, she judged that this should be a batch of 50% -pills. Even though the previous mistakes had been remedied, the pill spirit had suffered many twists and turns during the nurturing process, so it was not very possible for the quality of the pills to be very high. 50% should be more or less the same.
However, before Celeste could finish thinking about this, she heard …
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