The gourd-shaped pill furnace was held up by four red copper legs. At the bottom, three crimson Flame Crystals were continuously burning.
The fizzing Flame Crystals released crimson flames. They were like slender fire snakes that danced at the bottom of the pill furnace. They were agile and demonic.
Yu Yuan held the herbs in his hands. His expression was focused as he stared at the pill furnace without blinking.
Wisps of smoke rose from the open mouth of the furnace. The pungent smell unique to the Living Blood Grass wafted out.
Suddenly, Yu Yuan's nose twitched.
An extremely faint burning smell rose up from within the pill furnace and was immediately smelled by him.
Another Ice Blue Grass was held between the middle and ring fingers of his slender left hand. Like a wisp of dark blue lightning, it quickly fell into the pill furnace.
"Rip!"
Inside the pill furnace, there seemed to be cold threads of ice that quickly neutralized and restrained the Living Blood Grass. Then, it completely activated its medicinal properties!
Yu Yuan's eyes suddenly lit up!
Because he was relatively close, the crimson flames from the Flame Crystals shone on his focused face. At this moment, his expression appeared abnormally grim and serious.
The most important thing in the refinement of pills was the control of the details.
The heat, the medicinal properties of the spirit herbs, and the timing of throwing the pill furnace. Every step was extremely meticulous. The slightest mistake could result in a pill that was thousands of miles off the mark.
Whether it was a failed pill or a successful pill might only depend on a delay of one second.
"Whoosh!"
He breathed slowly. His shoulders sank, and his eyes slowly narrowed.
In this state, he was extremely focused. His limbs could gradually relax.
A few seconds later, he exhaled a long breath of hot air. The Silvermoon Flower and Spirit Channeling Liquid in his other hand were quickly thrown into the pill furnace.
"Bang!"
At the bottom of the furnace, the three Flame Crystals suddenly burned even more fiercely!
Unknowingly, Yu Yuan's face was covered in sweat. Drops of sparkling and translucent sweat slid down his cheeks, neck, and straight to his chest.
He didn't move at all. He just stared at the pill furnace, his face full of burning desire.
The flames rising from the 'Flame Crystal' seemed to have suddenly turned into ink that was waved by a god. They swam on the surface of the cauldron and lit up the many complicated and mysterious lines that had been engraved on the cauldron!
Chi Chi!
Suddenly, dark red, dark blue, and silvery white smoke began to merge inside the pill furnace.
It was as if three spirit snakes, a strange python, and an evil dragon had gathered in the mud balls, giving them unique medicinal properties.
At this point, Yu Yuan was already drenched in sweat, as if his entire body was about to collapse.
"What happens next will depend on the will of the heavens. Let's hope that the first batch of pills after reincarnation will have a good harvest. "
He retreated step by step, slowly increasing the distance between him and the pill furnace. He watched as the three "flame crystals" turned from sparkling and translucent to jet-black like charcoal, until the last bit of light burned out.
The alchemy fire was finally extinguished, and the cauldron lid had long since been closed.
He sat quietly, casually wiping off the sweat on his body with his sleeve, silently waiting for the moment of pill completion.
Refining spirit pills required a pill furnace and a source of fire.
The pill furnace, the source of fire, the medicinal ingredients, and the skill of the alchemist were all related to the final grade of the pill.
The source of fire could be a fire attribute spirit stone, the fire spirit energy in the alchemist's body, the underground fire, or even the divine fire that descended from the heavens.
In his previous life, because Yu Yuan didn't have the talent to cultivate, he had initially relied on various fire attribute spirit stones and fire crystals to refine pills.
Later, under his master's guidance and permission, he was able to use the Medicine God Sect's underground fire to refine pills.
His senior brother Zhong Chichen, on the other hand, had cultivated fire spirit arts since he was young. He didn't need fire attribute spirit stones or crystals to refine pills with his own fire.
In this aspect, because he couldn't cultivate, he couldn't compare to his senior brother Zhong Chichen.
Being unable to cultivate and refine pills with his own fire had caused him to feel quite regretful in his previous life.
After reincarnating and stepping onto the path of cultivation with the Nine Lights Heavenly Wheel, he was confident that he would no longer have this regret in refining pills.
Pills were the same as alchemists and artificers. They were divided into mortal, spirit, earth, heaven, and divine.
Mortal pills, spirit pills, earth pills, heaven pills, and divine pills were divided into five ranks. Each rank was further divided into nine grades.
Generally speaking, alchemists who used their own fire to refine pills could only refine mortal and spirit pills.
Earth, heaven, and divine pills usually needed fire attribute spirit stones, underground fire sources, or various divine fires that descended from the heavens.
The Yu Family had fewer types of spirit herbs, and their grades were also relatively low. Therefore, the pill Yu Yuan was refining was only the lowest grade, the Channel Opening Pill.
The Channel Opening Pill was a grade three mortal pill. The biggest and only use of this pill was to help cultivators in the Channel Opening Realm open their meridians faster and pass the Channel Opening Realm earlier.
In the Tianyuan Continent and the Tranquil Continent, the Channel Opening Pill wasn't rare. When powerful sects nurtured core disciples, their masters would give them this pill to help them quickly break through.
Of course, this was only limited to core disciples with potential and background. Ordinary sect disciples didn't have the right to use the Channel Opening Pill as they pleased.
As for the Qianxuan Continent, only large clans with deep foundations or the royal families of great empires could provide the Channel Opening Pill to their talented juniors.
After all, although the Channel Opening Pill was only the lowest grade mortal pill, it was impossible for ordinary families in the Qianxuan Continent to recruit alchemists because of the extreme shortage of alchemists.
In the Tianyuan Continent and the Tranquil Continent, alchemists were symbols of noble status and were treated as important guests by the large sects.
In the Qianxuan Continent, if there was an alchemist who could refine a grade two spirit pill, they would naturally be invited by the sects of the Tianyuan Continent and the Tranquil Continent to live and cultivate on those two continents.
Water flowed downwards, and people walked upwards. In order to pursue the Dao of alchemy, these alchemists would gladly accept.
As time passed, the number of alchemists in the Qianxuan Continent became increasingly scarce.
The only remaining alchemists who hadn't left the Qianxuan Continent were either in the Su Clan, the pillars of a nation, or directly worshipped by the royal family.
"If this cauldron of Channel Opening Pills is successful, it might be able to change the current situation of the Yu Clan," Yu Yuan softly muttered to himself. "In the Qianxuan Continent, alchemists are even more scarce than cultivators! The Yu Clan is also a clan of medicinal herbs. If an alchemist, even if it's the lowest grade, appears in the Yu Clan, the Su Clan, it's very likely that the Yu Clan will be moved. "
"Eh!"
Yu Yuan abruptly raised his head as a strange light flashed in his eyes.
The place he was in was a secret room three meters underground that the old patriarch Yu Can had specially arranged for him.
This secret room was where Yu Can cultivated in the early years. It could isolate sound from the outside world and prevent him from being disturbed by external disturbances.
Although he was in the secret room three meters underground, Yu Yuan had clearly sensed a warm current passing through the ceiling of the secret room.
The Channel Opening Pills hadn't been refined yet, and the Flame Crystals had long since been extinguished. Logically speaking, it shouldn't have been possible for such a warm current to form in this secret room.
"A Subtle stage Qi warrior used his spiritual awareness to examine the cauldron. He must have practiced flame incantations!"
After pondering for a while, he came to a realization and guessed that when he ignited the Flame Crystal, the flame power released by the Flame Crystal resonated with the crude formation diagram engraved on the cauldron at the last moment of forming the pill. It instantly caused a high temperature to surge back into the cauldron, which should have alarmed a certain cultivator in Anyue City.
That cultivator was most likely in secluded cultivation when he sensed an unusual burst of flame power in the city. Therefore, he used his spiritual awareness to examine it.
At the Subtle stage, one's upper dantian would open and form a spiritual awareness.
Cultivators at this stage would be able to observe themselves with their spiritual awareness. They would be able to see their flesh, blood, bones, and internal organs. They would also be able to perceive the existence of the earth soul, heaven soul, and human soul.
However, if they spread their spiritual awareness out to perceive the changes in the outside world, the effect would be greatly reduced.
If they used their spiritual awareness to examine the outside world, it would be like a blind man touching an elephant. They would only be able to sense the temperature and the general shape, and not know whether it was a living creature or a solid rock.
Even if a Subtle stage Qi warrior could sense a living creature with his spiritual awareness, he wouldn't be able to tell whether it was a human or a beast.
However, once a Subtle stage Qi warrior entered the Yin Soul stage, he would be able to see the outside world with his Yin Soul. It would be like opening his eyes wide to see the truth.
Furthermore, his Yin Soul would be able to do it without leaving any traces behind.
However, this Subtle stage Qi warrior from Dark Moon City had used his spiritual awareness to examine Yu Yuan's secret room. Unexpectedly, Yu Yuan had sensed his movements and realized that he had inadvertently alerted an outsider while he was refining pills.
It only took a while for that warm current to dissipate.
However, Yu Yuan had already guessed it based on her experience in her previous life. Her guess was pretty close to the mark.
"It's not that elder from the Frigid Yin Sect. This person cultivates the opposite spirit art of the Frigid Yin Sect. They're definitely not on the same path!"
"The Subtle stage might only be the backbone of the Tianyuan Continent or the Tranquil Continent. However, in the Qianxuan Continent, this tiny Dark Moon City is probably at the top! "
"A fire spirit art that has reached the Subtle stage. Who in the city could it be?"
Yu Yuan's face darkened.
He had just returned to the Earth and Heaven Souls. Even with An Ziqing's explanations, it was impossible for him to know everything in the city.
Furthermore, An Ziqing might not be able to understand the depths of a Subtle stage Qi warrior.
"Old Master, as the patriarch of the Yu Clan, you should know who that Subtle stage Qi warrior is!"
"Pfft!"
At this moment, the lid of the cauldron was pushed open by the heat from within.
Yu Yuan didn't think too much about it. She instantly stood up and rushed towards the pill furnace. She lowered her head and looked into the furnace.
At the bottom of the furnace, there were eight thumb-sized, dark red, and round pills that emitted a medicinal fragrance that he was extremely familiar with.
He picked them up one by one. Just by looking at their shape, color, and fragrance, he could tell that five of the eight Channel Opening Pills were of decent quality and could be consumed directly.
As for the other three, they didn't have enough medicinal power and couldn't be considered successful Channel Opening Pills.
"Heh! It's my first time refining pills, and I managed to produce eight pills in one cauldron. Five are complete, three are semi-complete, and none of them are completely useless, "Yu Yuan smiled." It looks like my talent in alchemy is still there. "
"If I refine the three semi-complete pills, they can even be made into poison pills."
Staring at the other three Meridian Opening Pills in his left hand, a smile that was as cold as a blade gradually appeared at the corner of his mouth. "I can make a plan to teach Yin Jue, that dog of a slave, an unforgettable lesson!"
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