The higher the level of an alchemist, the more serious and careful they would be when refining pills. Every step was like a ceremony.
Bao Dan Lao's movements were smooth and refined. Even cultivators who didn't know how to refine pills would feel very comfortable.
Ye Tianze, on the other hand, was different.
"Compared to Bao Dan Lao, this young man's alchemy skills still need to be refined."
"Yeah, you can tell just by looking at his movements. He's so casual and doesn't show any respect for the flame or the cauldron. How can he refine good pills?"
"He probably hasn't cultivated for five hundred years. Although he's talented, he's also a burden because of his talent. If he can't change his state of mind, I'm afraid …"
The elders and alchemists present didn't have high hopes for Ye Tianze.
Because when Ye Tianze activated the flame, no strange phenomenon appeared. On the other hand, Bao Dan Lao had reached perfection.
As the temperature of the cauldron continued to rise, Bao Dan Lao soon began to refine the herbs.
"Teacher, why does Bao Dan always put the monarch herbs in the cauldron first and not the minister herbs?" a cultivator asked.
"Basically, the immortal herbs are the monarch herbs and the heaven-grade herbs are the supplementary herbs. This is correct, but the difference is that the immortal herbs are more domineering and firm. The immortal herbs have their own will. Although most of it has been erased during the process of picking them, it still has its own will. It must be refined with the extreme flame!"
Du Dan Lao stood aside and taught his disciples. "This competition is also a learning opportunity for you. If you learn something, it will be useful for a lifetime."
"That's right. You must watch carefully, especially Ye Tianze. Although he's arrogant, his alchemy skills are not bad, but he's destined to fail. When he fails, remember his lesson," Du Dan Lao said.
"He's considered to be an alchemist. The experience of failure is more valuable than the experience of success."
"What's the monarch and minister combination?" an elder who wasn't familiar with alchemy asked.
"Concocting high grade elixirs, compared to low grade elixirs, is much more particular about the combination of a monarch and a minister. The monarch's medicine is the core of the elixir, while the minister's medicine complements the monarch's medicine to neutralize the effects of the medicinal properties."
Pill Elder Du said, "Especially when it comes to immortal pills. You must subdue the monarch medicine before you can supplement it with the official medicine. Only by using the monarch medicine to restrict the official medicine and the official medicine to supplement the monarch medicine can you succeed."
"But why did this person actually use the Minister medicine to refine first, and not the Monarch medicine first?" An alchemist asked.
The two Pill Elders took a look and discovered that Ye Tianze was actually the first to enter the furnace to refine the Heaven Grade Official Medicine. They immediately sighed endlessly.
Pill Elder Du said, "This is the way to refine pills of the Heaven Grade and below. It's not the way to refine pills of the Immortal Grade. It's like putting the cart before the horse. The Minister's Medicine suppresses the Monarch's Medicine. It's impossible to refine pills!"
"All of you must be careful. When you become an Immortal Alchemist in the future, you must not let me put the medicine into the cauldron first." Elder Lu Dan said. "Suppressing the Monarch Medicine with the Minister Herbs will only produce the opposite effect. Moreover, no matter how many Heaven Grade Minister Herbs there are, they will not be able to suppress the Monarch Medicine. Only the Monarch Medicine can suppress the Minister Herbs, which is the greatest harmony in the furnace!"
The crowd of alchemists listened, but did not fully understand.
"In fact, it's the unity of heaven and man. A small cauldron, but there's a universe, a heaven and earth. The medicine is divided by the Monarch and the Minister, which is the Monarch and the Minister of heaven and earth. The Minister oppresses the Monarch, and the Heaven is not the Heaven. The Monarch oppresses the Minister, and only the Monarch's Will exists. Overbearing and unyielding is not a long-term solution."
Pill Elder Du said, "The Monarch and the Minister both subdue and complement each other. This is the King's Way. It's the same for alchemy."
After listening to it, some people understood, but some didn't. There were also some people who only understood half of it and couldn't understand the deeper mysteries.
Ye Tianze naturally listened. The Way of the Monarch and the Minister was reasonable. It was the same for alchemy, but that was only their way of alchemy.
When a person's alchemy attainments had almost reached the pinnacle of this world, the so-called Monarch and the Minister was just a kind of rule that bound them.
Ye Tianze could use his own will to suppress the Monarch's medicine, and he could also use his own will to control the Monarch's medicine. In his cauldron, the Monarch's medicine and the Minister's medicine became the purest medicinal liquid. There was only the subjugation of medicinal properties, and there was no restriction of will.
This was not the King's Way, but the combination of the Overlord's Way and the King's Way. In this world, the only one who could reach this level was the Human Emperor.
Ye Tianze had ruled the world in his previous life. He had long known everything in this world like the back of his hand. He was well aware of the King's Way and the Overlord's Way. How could he condescend to learn their alchemy skills?
Although he did not conjure miracles, this was because he did not need to. Even the Heavenly Extreme Fire could only be obediently turned into an ordinary flame in front of him, allowing him to manipulate it.
No matter how high the level of the cauldron was, no matter how fierce and overbearing the medicinal properties of the Immortal Medicine and the Heaven Grade medicinal herbs were, in front of him, they could only bow their heads and surrender, allowing him to play with them.
Even the Pill King, who had integrated his alchemy skills, did not have the will of Ye Tianze in his previous life to complement it. Therefore, the medicinal pills he refined were still slightly inferior to his.
So much so that everyone thought that he was still at the level of a Heaven Grade alchemist, and they kept applauding Elder Bao.
However, they did not know that Ye Tianze had already returned to the natural state, and saw through the essence of all things.
"Pill Elder's refining speed has begun to increase. The three Monarch's medicine have all been put into the cauldron, but this guy has only refined two or three types of Minister's medicine."
An alchemist said.
"According to the Pill Elders, he has already put the cart before the horse. It is impossible for him to succeed in refining. However, if he fails, we can learn from his experience of failure!"
There was a lot of discussion in the Pill Room. Although some people wanted to learn from Ye Tianze's experience, it was a pity that his alchemy skills were not admirable.
Therefore, most people's gazes fell on Elder Bao, and they kept applauding him.
After two hours, Elder Bao was almost done refining his Minister's medicine. He turned his head and glanced at Ye Tianze, and found that he had not even finished refining his Minister's medicine. He could not help but reveal a trace of mockery at the corner of his mouth.
"You overestimate yourself!"
When he finished speaking, Elder Bao made a hand seal and began to urge his spiritual power to engrave array patterns to control the temperature of the cauldron's flame.
"He is about to condense the pill!" The alchemists were excited.
Refining an immortal pill was not something that could be seen easily. Whether it was the refining technique, the materials used, or even the control of the flame, they were all secrets of an alchemist that were not passed on.
However, although some tricks could be seen from the outside, the truly amazing part was actually the inside of the cauldron.
The inside of the cauldron was the core of an alchemist's mastery of a pill.
Because of this, even Dan Elder Du and Dan Elder Lu were concentrating. As for Ye Tianze, except for Lu Aoshan who was worried about him, almost no one cared about him.
"This bunch of idiots, I'm afraid they all think that I'm going to fail," Ye Tianze said with a wry smile.
He disdained to persuade these people. Although they seemed to appreciate the process, in reality, the most important thing was the result.
Therefore, he devoted himself to controlling the flame, and his speed gradually increased.
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