Under Nalan Fenghua's lead, Chu Mu arrived at the Small Pill House, accompanied by the maid, Xiao Huan, and two guards.
Along the way, Nalan Fenghua briefly introduced the Small Pill House to Chu Mu so that Chu Mu had a more intuitive understanding of the Small Pill House. After that, she called out the staff of the Small Pill House to let Chu Mu get to know them.
The Small Pill House was indeed small. The total area was estimated to be less than 100 square meters. It was divided into three parts. One was the shop, one was the alchemy room, and the last was the inner hall.
Inside the Small Pill House, there was a shopkeeper, a shop assistant, and an alchemist. Chu Mu had met the shopkeeper before. The shop assistant was a young man in his twenties. His cultivation was not high, only at the eighth level of the Sword Qi Realm. As for the alchemist, it was actually a flattering title because he was just an alchemy apprentice.
After getting to know each other, the shopkeeper and the shop assistant went about their own business. Nalan Fenghua briefly introduced Chu Mu and asked the alchemy apprentice to bring Chu Mu to the alchemy room. They waited in the inner hall.
Alchemists had a rule. When refining pills, no one was allowed to watch. Firstly, it was to prevent their own alchemy techniques from being leaked. Secondly, they were afraid of being disturbed and causing the refinement to fail.
This alchemy apprentice was called Qin Yang. He was 38 years old and did not have a master. His alchemy skills were gathered from various books and items related to alchemy over the past seven or eight years. Through continuous effort, he tried little by little. To put it simply, he was an unorthodox person. He had never received any guidance, nor did he have any formal learning.
When he knew that Chu Mu was an alchemist, he was very respectful to Chu Mu.
The alchemy room of the Small Pill House was quite small. There were shelves around with some medicinal herbs on them. In the middle, there was a bronze alchemy furnace. Under the furnace, there was black charcoal. It was one of the types of charcoal that could burn for a long time and had a high temperature. It was usually used to refine pills.
"What kind of pills do you usually refine?" Chu Mu asked indifferently. He had the bearing of a master.
"Energy Pill, Golden Injury Pill, Blood Replenishing Pill, and now I'm trying to refine the Small Revitalizing Pill." Qin Yang replied honestly.
"Do you have any pill recipes? Give them to me." Chu Mu said.
Without hesitation, Qin Yang took out four pill recipes from the shelf at the side.
This pill formula was considered precious in the hands of an average person. However, in the hands of an alchemist, its value was extremely low. This was because these pills were all low-grade pills. For example, the Energy Pill was a first-grade pill. Its main use was to recover one's physical strength.
On the other hand, the Golden Injury Pill and the Blood Replenishing Pill were second-grade pills. They were mainly used to treat external injuries and replenish blood.
As for the Small Revitalizing Pill, it was a third grade pill that was mainly used to treat internal injuries.
After studying for more than ten years, he was still only able to refine Energy Pills, Gold Injury Pills, and Blood Replenishing Pills. It was enough to see how miserable Qin Yang was.
Thinking about it, alchemy was not something that everyone could do. It required sufficient talent. Other than talent, one also needed sufficient resources and so on.
Qin Yang had some talent, but he was severely lacking in resources. He lacked the guidance of a true alchemist and lacked formal learning. Under these various restrictions, even if he spent a few more years, he would only become more proficient in refining those Energy Pills.
"Well, you can go out first." Chu Mu said while looking at the pill recipes.
Qin Yang was startled and his expression couldn't help but be a little sad. Previously, Nalan Fenghua said that Chu Mu was an alchemist. Coupled with Chu Mu's extraordinary temperament, Qin Yang instinctively felt that Chu Mu was extraordinary. He intended to stay here and observe a little. Maybe it would be very helpful to him. However, now that he heard Chu Mu's words, he felt that there was no hope.
To be honest, Qin Yang was extremely eager to get the guidance of a true alchemist. Even if it was just watching from the side, he was willing to pay any price for it.
Unfortunately, every true alchemist was very noble. They simply looked down on an unorthodox apprentice like him, so he didn't have any chance.
Qin Yang left the alchemy room with a sad expression. Chu Mu felt the change in his mood, but he didn't care.
Four pill recipes, Chu Mu glanced at them and memorized all the contents.
In the inheritance that he received, there was no such pill recipe. Chu Mu also didn't intend to refine the pill recipes that he received, at least not now.
First was the energy pill. According to the pill recipes and the inheritance of the pill recipes, Chu Mu immediately found the corresponding medicinal ingredients on the surrounding wooden shelves.
The Heaven Wasteland Domain was definitely related to the Ancient World. Therefore, in the inheritance that Chu Mu received, there were hundreds of thousands of medicinal ingredients that could be used in the Heaven Wasteland Domain. At least the majority of the medicinal ingredients were similar.
After preparing the medicinal ingredients for the energy pill, Chu Mu began to ignite the charcoal and heat up the bronze cauldron. Then, when the time came to heat up the cauldron, he closed his eyes and recalled the technique of refining pills and the records on the energy pill recipe.
Half an hour later, the bronze cauldron was hot enough. Chu Mu opened the cauldron lid and a gust of hot air suddenly emitted from inside.
Immediately, according to the pill recipes, Chu Mu began to put in the medicinal ingredients in an orderly manner.
There were a total of five medicinal ingredients for the energy pill. They had to be put in in order, and the quantity was also precisely regulated.
Refining pills, refining pills, was to remove the impurities within the various medicinal ingredients, extract the essence within, and then combine these essences in a certain way.
This so-called method, was the technique and technique of refining pills.
Without the technique and technique of refining pills, the essence of the medicinal ingredients could also be combined, but that was the most superficial combination. The final product, could not even be called a pill.
The so-called pill, was the aggregation of the essence of various medicinal ingredients, and then produce some kind of beneficial change. The superficial combination was like piecing things together. It would not produce any qualitative change and was completely useless.
Chu Mu put in the first medicinal ingredient and closed the cauldron lid. The high temperature began to burn the medicinal ingredient, completely locking the cauldron lid. He activated the charcoal flame, increasing it to the maximum. The temperature of the entire bronze cauldron continued to rise.
Chu Mu's consciousness extended outwards, seeping into the interior of the bronze cauldron. Under the high temperature, the interior began to show signs of melting.
When the medicinal ingredients began to melt, Chu Mu waved his hands, continuously patting the bronze cauldron to control the temperature of the flames.
If the medicinal ingredients were allowed to remain under the high temperature, they would be destroyed.
Controlling the temperature was extremely important.
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"What? He asked you for the pill formula? "In the inner hall, Nalan Fenghua was shocked after learning about the situation. The others also looked at each other.
"Miss, I told you, he's definitely not an alchemist. Which alchemist doesn't have an alchemy furnace and doesn't even have a pill recipe? You have to know, that's not some precious pill recipe, but the most basic pill recipe. The maid, Xiao Huan, found the room to express herself and immediately said, "He's definitely lying to you. When the time comes, he'll waste a batch of medicinal ingredients, and the cauldron might explode, causing losses and serious injuries to himself."
Nalan Fenghua did not speak. She lowered her head slightly, somewhat uncertain.
The shopkeeper sat quietly at the side and did not speak. The shop assistant stayed in the shop in front, waiting for business to come.
Time slowly passed.
"Let's see first," Nalan Fenghua said.
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The mental strength of an alchemist was stronger than the average person, and Chu Mu's mental strength was much stronger than that of many alchemists.
His mental strength penetrated into the bronze cauldron, and he could observe every change in the cauldron. Moreover, he could use his mental strength to influence the extraction of medicinal ingredients.
Ordinary alchemists, or even alchemy masters, could not do this.
There were alchemy techniques on the outside, and mental strength on the inside. The combination of the inside and outside increased the refining efficiency of the medicinal ingredients by several times. Soon, the first medicinal ingredient was extracted one after another, leaving behind the purest medicinal liquid.
Chu Mu quickly opened the cauldron lid and used his mental strength to directly take the pure medicinal liquid out of the cauldron. He placed it in a container prepared by the side and stored it well. Then, he put in the second medicinal ingredient and began to extract it.
This was the procedure of ordinary alchemists. First, they would extract the essence of each medicinal ingredient. However, it was Chu Mu's first time refining pills, so he followed the normal procedure.
Not long after, all five medicinal ingredients were extracted into the essence, and the purity reached 90%. If word got out, who knew how many alchemists would be shocked.
One must know that the extraction of each medicinal ingredient has a degree.
Under normal circumstances, the purity of the essence obtained by ordinary alchemists is about 50%, that is to say, 50% of impurities are mixed.
If there is enough experience and good technique, the purity can be increased to 60%, 70% or even 80%.
However, the higher the purity, the greater the difficulty. If one is not careful, the medicinal essence may be destroyed under the high temperature, and the risk is great.
Generally speaking, the purity of the essence liquid reaching 80% is very difficult, and it is already surprising. How shocking it is to reach 90%.
Unfortunately, Chu Mu was not satisfied.
In the inheritance, the extraction of each medicinal ingredient, the purity of the essence liquid is higher than 90%, and even reaches the point of 99%.
"Let's refine a furnace of energy pills first." Chu Mu thought to himself, and put the five medicinal essences into the bronze furnace according to the order, so that the burning temperature of the charcoal is maintained at a low temperature.
Chu Mu's spiritual consciousness entered the bronze furnace again, and between the waving of his hands, he performed the basic alchemy techniques. Under the coordination of the internal and external, the five medicinal essences in the furnace began to approach each other and fuse. This kind of fusion was a deep level fusion.
Chu Mu's hands waved continuously, using the basic techniques in the inheritance memory, and there were a total of 13 movements.
Under the slow fire, it calcined slowly, and his spiritual consciousness assisted to promote the fusion of the medicinal essences.
Time passed little by little, and the five medicinal essences in the bronze furnace also penetrated each other and fused into a ball.
Next, he had to let the five medicinal essences completely fuse and produce a qualitative change, and then let it solidify to form a real pill.
As for how many pills would be formed after the pill was formed, Chu Mu was not sure at the moment. He could only do his best.
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