Alchemy
Boom.
Just as Ye Zichen finished, a child's furnace exploded in the pill refinement room.
With this explosion, the other boys also exploded their furnaces one after another. Fortunately, Old Lord Taishang had erected a protective barrier in front of them at the first moment. Otherwise, these children might have been blown to pieces.
"Who blew it up first?"
Old Lord Taishang frowned, and the boys lowered their heads for a long time. Then, a boy of about thirteen or fourteen years of age with a black face walked out.
"Stretch out your hand!"
The boy obediently stretched out his hand, and Old Lord Taishang whipped the boy's hand with a willow twig.
"How many times have I told you to focus? You just wouldn't listen, and look what happened in the end. Your furnaces exploded! "
The surrounding children all lowered their heads, not daring to speak. Old Lord Taishang let out a long sigh of relief.
"All of you, go back and copy the Heart Concentration Mantra thirty times and hand it to me tomorrow morning!"
"Yes, Master!"
The boys walked out of the Alchemy Room with their heads lowered. Old Lord Taishang rubbed his temples, then shook his head and sighed.
"How worrisome. By the way, what did you say just now, Sky Sovereign?"
"I said I want to learn alchemy."
Old Lord Taishang was stunned for a moment, then he raised his eyebrows with a smile, "That's right.
"Celestial Sovereign, you should have seen it just now. Alchemy required extreme concentration, and it also required talent and one's own attributes. Only those born with the dual attributes of fire and wood are suitable for alchemy. You … If I'm not wrong, you seem to have no attribute. "
Ye Zichen didn't expect Old Lord Taishang to be able to see through it directly. The old Dragon God even had to examine Ye Zichen a bit before he could confirm that Ye Zichen had no attribute.
"So it won't work if it has no attributes?"
Ye Zichen frowned.
"No." Old Lord Taishang said seriously, "I'm not trying to deceive you, Sky Sovereign. Fire-type cultivators can better control and lead flames, while wood-type cultivators can make the medicinal effects of pills milder and help them condense. If you had one of those attributes, you might be able to give it a try, but you …"
Old Lord Taishang's meaning was very clear. He was saying that it was impossible for Ye Zichen to become a pill refiner.
Back in the Immortal Region, Ye Zichen had already made up his mind to learn pill refinement …
If he couldn't refine pills now, it could be said that he would mess up his entire plan.
"But if Sky Sovereign insists on learning, then you can give it a try!" Just as Ye Zichen was about to give up, Old Lord Taishang spoke up again.
"Didn't you say no?" Ye Zichen raised his eyebrows.
"It's impossible without external help. I can teach you some alchemy techniques and see how talented you are. If you are talented, there is a kind of fire in this world called Beast Fire. Just like the Fire Phoenix, Fire Qilin, and Frost Dragon, the flames on their bodies can also be used to refine pills, but it's extremely difficult to obtain these flames … "
Old Lord Taishang replied with a smile. Hearing that, Ye Zichen's heart reignited once more,
"Then I want to try!"
A fireplace.
The fire started.
Ye Zichen sat cross-legged in front of the cauldron. This was his first time refining pills, and the heat from the cauldron made him feel very uncomfortable.
"What you're going to refine next is a Spirit Grade 1 pill, Spirit Recovery Powder, which was refined by that group of apprentices just now. Since it's your first time refining it, you don't have to be too demanding. You just need to be able to refine the shape!"
Old Lord Taishang said from the side. He then opened the pill furnace and threw the herbs inside.
"Begin!"
The moment he closed the lid, Ye Zichen focused all of his attention on the pill furnace.
Yue Lao, who stood on the side, couldn't help but ask when he saw Ye Zichen, who was completely focused.
"Old man, do you think the Celestial will succeed?"
"Difficult." Old Lord Taishang shook his head and said, "His concentration is not bad, but he doesn't have any knowledge of alchemy, and he doesn't have any fire or wood attributes. Even with my True Samadhi Fire, the chances of him refining a pill are slim."
"Then why did you still let him try?" Yue Lao could not help but frown. "Why don't you just tell him that he can't?"
"But didn't you notice his expression at that time? He wouldn't give up until he witnessed the failure."
Old Lord Taishang shook his head, then patted Yue Lao's shoulder.
"Let's go, beginners won't be able to succeed without three to five days. Get someone from the group and we'll join in!"
When Yue Lao and Old Lord Taishang left the pill refinement room, Ye Zichen, who was focused on pill refinement, did not notice it at all. At that moment, all of his attention was on the pill.
It was as Old Lord Taishang had said, it was complete nonsense for him to refine pills without the fire and wood attributes.
Ye Zichen was unable to sense the situation of the pill within the pill furnace without the wood attribute. He was very anxious, and wanted to see the progress of the pill inside …
Fiery Eyes of Truth, activate!
Through the Fiery Eyes of Truth, Ye Zichen could see that the herbs had already been turned into powder by the three true flames. The most important thing now was to consolidate …
If he had the wood attribute, then he could use spiritual energy to mold the pill into shape.
However, he didn't.
"Laozi doesn't believe it."
…
"Straight!"
Old Lord Taishang tossed out a bunch of cards. Yue Lao and the Divine General of Fortune looked at the cards in their hands, then shook their heads to indicate that they didn't want them.
"I was looking for you guys. Why did you all come here?"
At that moment, Ye Zichen walked over with soot all over his face and nose.
"Sky Sovereign," the God of Fortune and Yue Lao chucked their cards onto the table and nodded towards him.
Seeing that, Old Lord Taishang also did the same. His chances of winning were rather low in the first place.
Old Lord Taishang looked at Ye Zichen, then couldn't help but count the time.
It's only been an hour. Why did he come out already? However, when Old Lord Taishang noticed Ye Zichen's expression, he understood.
"The furnace exploded, right?"
"No," Ye Zichen shook his head.
"Then why did he come out? I understand now. Did you give up because you can't consolidate without the wood attribute?" Old Lord Taishang walked over to Ye Zichen's side and patted his shoulders. "Don't mind it too much. You can develop in other areas if you can't refine pills. Sky Sovereign doesn't have to be a pill refiner."
"Yeah, Sky Sovereign, don't mind it too much," Yue Lao also comforted.
"Why are you like this? Do you all think that I failed?" Ye Zichen raised his eyebrows. Old Lord Taishang and co. did not say anything.
However, from their point of view, especially from Old Lord Taishang's perspective, it was impossible for Ye Zichen to succeed.
"Sky Sovereign, don't mind it too much. We don't have any ill intentions. However, it really isn't possible for you to succeed in a situation like this. If you fail, then you fail. It's no big deal! "
Old Lord Taishang sighed. However, at that moment, Ye Zichen shrugged with a smile, "Don't worry.
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