Lin Jin suddenly thought of something and asked, "Lord Shi, since there are many pellet furnaces here that were once used by our ancestors, they must be extremely important to the Shi family. It wouldn't be good if I accidentally picked one of them."
Shi Wenjun shook her head. "The Shi family has a rule that the art of pelletization is not to be passed on to outsiders. So if Appraiser Lin wants the pelletization manual and pelletization technique, I won't give them to you. The pellet furnace isn't one of them. Moreover, the ancestors of the Shi family have mentioned that the pellet furnace is a spiritual artifact that can be gifted to anyone who is fated with it. If Appraiser Lin chooses the furnace used by our ancestors, then it would be fate. In our ancestors' words, it's not about choosing a furnace, but a furnace. "
Was it that mysterious?
However, since they didn't have such a rule, it meant that he could choose whichever pill furnace he wanted to choose.
Lin Jin didn't know that the opportunity to enter the Shi family's furnace hall to choose a furnace was a rare honor even for a direct descendant of the Shi family.
Shi Wenjun invited Lin Jin here not only because he was a Rank 2 beast appraiser with a promising future ahead of him, but also because Lin Jin had saved the deer she grew up with. She wanted to repay him for that.
Lin Jin looked around at the various pellet furnaces as his mind began calculating.
If he wanted to pelletize, he couldn't choose a furnace with a single attribute. Although a furnace with a single attribute might be of a higher grade, it could only produce pills of a single attribute.
Hence, if he had to choose, he had to choose a furnace with all five attributes.
However, while he knew how to appraise beasts, he didn't know how to appraise furnaces. He tried to touch the furnace but the museum didn't respond.
So what should he choose?
When Shi Wenjun said that there were over a hundred pill furnaces here, she was being modest. There were all kinds of pill furnaces here, big and small. Looking at them, there were at least three hundred. Some pill furnaces were very small, the size of a palm. Some pill furnaces were bigger, the size of three people.
The problem was, Lin Jin couldn't carry these large furnaces so he could get rid of the bulkier ones.
Those that were too small wouldn't work either so they could only be used for refining certain unique pills.
So Lin Jin decided to start with the size.
He walked around but couldn't find anything. He didn't know if the furnace was good or bad. Just as he was thinking if he should ask Shi Wenjun for help, he touched a furnace. The next moment, the Museum of Deadly Beasts shook.
Huh?
What was going on?
Lin Jin stopped in his tracks. Inside the Museum of Deadly Beasts, loud rumbles could be heard and rays of light flashed. Then, Lin Jin saw an extremely strange 'beast'.
The exotic beast specimens in the Museum of Deadly Beasts were exactly the same as their original forms. This was also one of the wonders of the museum.
In his hundreds of years of appraising beasts, this was Lin Jin's first time seeing such a strange creature.
This strange beast was shaped like a goat, but it had nine long tails, four ears, and goat horns. The goat horns were twisted and spiraled like whorls, with thick patterns on them. On its back, there was a pair of large green eyes. The goat's head, on the other hand, had no eyes.
One could imagine how strange this exotic beast was.
"Rank 4 beast, Bi 'an, a rare beast."
"Strong Fire, Weak Water, Weak Earth, Weak Wood; Potential Value 2"
"The beast's body is dead, but the remnant soul remains!"
"There's no cure, and there's no advancement!"
Lin Jin's hair stood on end as he stared at the exotic beast specimen in the museum. This creature looked too strange and had an odd name. What's more, it had four attributes, which was extremely rare.
Moreover, it was at the fourth level.
It was a pity that its original form was dead.
After storing the specimen in the museum, Lin Jin opened his eyes and looked at the pellet furnace he was touching.
This pellet furnace had a unique design. Now that he looked at it, it looked like the skull of this exotic beast. The spiral horns on both sides were real horns that had probably been melted with metal. Hence, those who didn't know better wouldn't be able to tell that this pellet furnace was actually the skull of a beast.
It was because it was the skull of a beast and it contained a remnant soul that the Museum of Deadly Beasts reacted.
Could this be considered an opportunity?
Lin Jin didn't know how to appraise cauldrons, but a pellet furnace refined from the skull of a Rank 4 beast was definitely no ordinary item. Since that was the case, he might as well choose this one.
Having made up his mind, Lin Jin reached out and picked up the pellet furnace.
"Lord Shi, what do you think of this pellet furnace?"
Lin Jin asked casually.
Lin Jin was afraid that this unique pellet furnace was the Shi family's heirloom so he asked first. If it was used by one of their ancestors, or if it was of great significance, it wouldn't be nice to take it away.
However, when Shi Wenjun saw Lin Jin pick up the pellet furnace, she was stunned. She said, "Appraiser Lin, why don't you change to another one?"
Was it really a family heirloom?
Lin Jin was disappointed.
However, Shi Wenjun's next words made Lin Jin realize that he had misunderstood.
"Appraiser Lin, my ancestor obtained this pellet furnace from an ascetic monk when he was out traveling. He thought that it would be a top-grade pellet furnace, but who knew that after he returned, he couldn't produce any pills with this furnace at all, wasting a lot of rare ingredients. My father tried it too but to no avail. Every time the pellet furnace produced a pill, it would mysteriously fail and the pill would shatter. Ever since then, my father has left it here and no one wants it."
Lin Jin didn't expect this to be the reason. Shi Wenjun was clearly doing this for his own good.
However, this pellet furnace was truly extraordinary.
Should he choose it?
After a moment of hesitation, Lin Jin decided to go with this one.
With the Museum of Deadly Beasts, he should be fine as long as he followed the detailed instructions on pelletization. What if your family's ancestor didn't know how to use it?
Lin Jin was a little anxious and uncertain.
But humans loved to gamble, and Lin Jin was no exception.
Seeing that Lin Jin had made up his mind, Shi Wenjun smiled. "Appraiser Lin, how about this? You can try it out first. If you regret it, you can always come back and exchange it for another one."
"It's a deal!" Lin Jin was relieved.
Now that he had a pellet furnace, next up was the pellet fire. The museum had detailed instructions on pelletization of the six shadow beast soul pill. You could use either an external or internal pellet fire.
Relatively speaking, pellet fire was obviously better so Lin Jin decided to borrow a pellet fire talisman.
As an alchemist herself, Shi Wenjun carried pellet fire talismans with her everywhere she went. She took one out and handed it to Lin Jin.
"Appraiser Lin, do you need this spell to activate the pellet fire talisman?"
Shi Wenjun was very particular with her words. In Lin Jin's words, this woman had a high EQ. She didn't ask if he knew the spell to activate the pellet fire talisman, but if he needed it.
Even though it was just a few words, it was a gesture of respect. If he didn't know the spell, it wouldn't be so awkward.
On the other hand, Lin Jin didn't need anything that the museum had.
The pelletization steps and the activation of the pellet fire talisman were all explained in detail so Lin Jin waved his hand in thanks.
"I have a pelletization room in my house. If Appraiser Lin would like to begin pelletization, you may go there. The pelletization room has a soothing fragrance and is very suitable for pelletization." Since Shi Wenjun said so, Lin Jin went.
Outside one of the pelletization rooms, he met several elderly men.
When they saw Shi Wenjun, they went up to greet her. After asking around, Lin Jin learned that they were all from the Shi family. They shared the same surname and were currently the Shi family's best alchemists.
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