Qin Di first went through the steps in his mind to see if there were any problems. Then, he talked with the cauldron.
"Do you have a name, cauldron?"
The cauldron was only a first-stage supreme spiritual treasure. Although it had intelligence, it was only at the level of a five or six-year-old child. Thus, it answered timidly, "I don't have a name."
"Then I'll give you one, okay?"
"Okay."
Qin Di thought for a while and said, "I see that you also have three legs and two ears. You also belong to the category of cauldron and medicine cauldron. How about 'Ah Ding'?"
"Okay, I'll call you Ah Ding."
"I say, Ah Ding, have you ever refined Qi Nourishing Pills before?"
"Qi Nourishing Pills? I've heard of them, but never refined them. "
"Why haven't you practiced before? This is a basic medicinal pill! "
The cauldron was stumped. It hesitated for a while and said, "I don't know. Anyway, Lord Guang Zhen didn't use me to refine Qi Nourishing Pills."
Qin Di continued to fool it, "Then think about how to refine Qi Nourishing Pills. I'll read you the recipe and the detailed steps. Think about whether you can refine it or not. If you can, we'll start, okay? "
"Okay."
Qin Di recited the pill recipe once and explained the trick to concoct the pill once more.
After a while, the cauldron said, "This pill is very easy to refine. Feed me the medicinal ingredients one by one and roast my stomach with spiritual fire. When I'm done digesting, I'll spit out the Qi Nourishing Pills and poop out the dregs of the medicinal herbs!"
Hearing this, Qin Di almost fainted!
"Little cauldron, how do you spit out? How do you poop out? "
"There's a mouth on my head and a door on my back. Come and see if you don't believe me!"
Qin Di carefully examined and pondered for a while. Sure enough, there was a small hole with a diameter of two inches on the top of the cauldron lid. Usually, it was tightly sealed during alchemy. Once the alchemy was finished, the small hole would automatically open and the finished alchemy pill would roll out from inside. There was no need to open the lid and reach in to take it. Behind the back of the alchemy furnace, there was a door to remove the slag and waste materials. It was also closed during alchemy. After the alchemy was finished, it would automatically open and waste materials would come out from inside.
The reason why it was said to be automatic was because the tiny cauldron was a first-tier Divine Spirit Treasure and had already developed intelligence. It could control the opening and closing of the two small holes by itself, and it only lacked medicinal herbs and spirit flames. As for the complicated alchemy steps and the miraculous alchemy techniques, they were completely useless to it!
This was only a Stage 1 Spirit Treasure. If it reached Stage 3, it would be even more incredible! According to what the tiny cauldron said, if it were to advance to Tier 3, then it would be able to select its own medicinal materials and refine pills by itself while sitting on the flames. There was utterly no need for Qin Di to do anything!
After he heard the tiny cauldron's explanation, Qin Di finally understood, and he couldn't help but be dumbstruck. At the same time, he deeply blamed himself.
"Sigh! I only cared about looking at the jade slip and learning knowledge, and I forgot to communicate with the tiny cauldron in advance. In the end, I caused such a huge blunder! What the hell is wrong with me! "
"It's just like how I've learned mental arithmetic and pen arithmetic for many years, but when I go to the company, they all use computers! Didn't I waste my effort? "
Of course, his effort wasn't wasted. For the sake of the great undertaking of cultivation in the future, systematically learning alchemy knowledge was still very necessary. Otherwise, if he didn't have the tiny cauldron, could it be that he would be unable to refine pills?
At this time, Qin Di was even thinking. Should I put away the tiny cauldron and use another ninth-tier pill furnace that doesn't have intelligence to refine pills?
But he had another thought. To me, pill refinement is a method and not the end. It's fine as long as I'm able to obtain supreme-grade medicinal pills without impurities. There's no need for me to become an Alchemy Grandmaster right away. The crux of the matter for me now is how to improve my cultivation as soon as possible. So I have to pour my energy into endless cultivation. Since the tiny cauldron is able to help me refine pills, this is a great thing. As for when I improve my alchemy level to become a grandmaster, this can wait until I'm free after Foundation Establishment. "
Next, he started to prepare the materials. He processed each spirit herb according to the instructions in the Alchemy King's jade slip, then fed the spirit herbs to the tiny cauldron and placed the Li Reverent Divine Fire at the bottom of the tiny cauldron's stomach.
After stuffing the spirit herbs in, Qin Di didn't care anymore. He practiced the sword and spear when he needed to. Two hours later, he came back to take a look. Oh yeah, the medicinal pills were already refined!
Not only were they refined, the tiny cauldron lowered its head and rolled ten Qi Nourishing Pills into a large bowl that had been prepared beforehand. All that was left was for Qin Di to store in a jade bottle for long-term storage!
Qin Di picked one up and looked at it. He saw that the pure white pill was evenly distributed with a circle of cloud-shaped pill markings. Counting carefully, there were actually three markings!
"Wow, my god! This is incredible! This is the Utmost Treasure Pill! "
According to the classification used in the Cultivation World, spirit pills were generally divided into low-grade, mid-grade, high-grade, top-grade, flawless, and treasured pills. Low-grade spirit pills had too many impurities mixed in, so they had obvious mixed colors on the outside. Mid-grade spirit pills had fewer impurities, so there were only small spots of mixed colors on the outside. High-grade spirit pills had a single color without the slightest bit of impurities. Top-grade spirit pills also had a single markings. Flawless pills were already rare in the world. Not only did they not have the slightest flaw, they even had two markings on the outside. Treasured pills had three or more markings.
Alchemy wasn't just a process of removing impurities, it was also a step of extracting spiritual energy and condensing it into a pill. Markings were the manifestation of overflowing spiritual energy. An additional markings could double the effect of the pill. A top-grade spirit pill with one markings meant that the spiritual energy contained within it would double. A flawless pill with two markings meant that the spiritual energy within it would double. A treasured pill could increase spiritual energy by more than three times. Naturally, it was worthy of the name "Utmost Treasure."
Qin Di had refined a Utmost Treasure Pill on his first try! In other words, the small cauldron had created a miracle on its first try. It was indeed worthy of being called a Divine Spirit Treasure! The two words "Divine Spirit Treasure" were not just for show. Especially when refining a low-grade spirit pill like the Qi Nourishing Pill, its power could be displayed to the fullest.
He thought to himself, "I wonder what will happen if I use this pill to slap Wan Yunbai in the face?"
Qin Di wasn't that shallow. He would settle the score with Wan Yunbai sooner or later, but it wasn't worth it to make a trip here. Even if he used the Utmost Treasure Pill to slap the other party in the face, it would only be a momentary pleasure. He couldn't do anything to the other party. After all, the other party was Adept Wan's descendant. At most, he could make a few sarcastic remarks, but he couldn't just kill the other party.
The Golden Pill Sect was, after all, a righteous sect. They might secretly frame and kill people, but on the surface, they should maintain a harmonious atmosphere.
Qin Di felt that since he couldn't severely punish the other party, he might as well not do it. Otherwise, wouldn't he be finding trouble for himself if he alerted the other party?
He wasn't even an alchemy apprentice, so how could he suddenly take out a Utmost Treasure Pill? Wouldn't this arouse suspicion?
Qin Di liked to quietly develop, just like how the devil entered a village, sneaking in and not shooting. This was in line with the tradition of the Great Han Dynasty of concealing one's strength and biding one's time.
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