In the process of refining pills, the difficulty would multiply with every increase in refinement. The refinement required precise control of the flame and the effort required was far greater than the previous refinement. When the difficulty accumulated to a certain level, the Alchemist would be unable to continue.
Hence, ordinary cultivators could easily determine the rank of an Alchemist based on the number of refinements they could make. When it came to Medicinal Pills, this would be reflected in the number of pill inscriptions. With every increase in refinement, the number of pill inscriptions would increase by one.
This did not mean that one's cultivation could support such exhaustion. This was just a prerequisite. The higher the refinement, the more difficult it was to control the flame. If one got distracted or made a mistake with the flame, they would end up with a cauldron of slag.
Yang Chen was no longer refining pills for the sake of increasing the number of refinements. To Yang Chen, every refinement was a small breakthrough in his Alchemy Dao, a small accumulation of experience in the Alchemy Dao.
When one's cultivation realm was different, the nature of things would be different. The closer one was to the essence. Right now, Yang Chen basically had such a cultivation realm. Every time he refined a Medicinal Pill, he would be able to advance to a higher ranked Alchemist. When this foundation was firm and thick enough, Yang Chen would naturally be able to advance to another level.
This was something that Yang Chen had never comprehended in his previous life. This also clearly indicated that Yang Chen's current Alchemy realm had already surpassed that of his previous life.
The increase in control also meant that the time required to refine pills decreased. When Yang Chen executed the Pill Withdrawal Technique and stood up, Ao Lan, who had been watching from the side, was startled. "He failed?"
"How can this be?" Yang Chen put away the entire cauldron of Virtuous Body Tempering Pills. Without even looking at them, he placed them in a jade bottle and handed it to Ao Lan.
Ao Lan quickly opened the bottle and took out the Virtuous Body Tempering Pills to check. This time, Yang Chen had refined more than thirty Virtuous Body Tempering Pills for the fire dragon. The Fire Dragon's body was huge, so it definitely needed a lot of pills. Also, if the Fire Dragon wanted all five elements, it would need even more pills.
The thirty Physique Tempering Pills cost Yang Chen almost one Ganges River Sand (ten to the power of fifty-two) worth of merit points. Even though it was just a simple Body Tempering Pill, the number of Pill Refinement Masters in the Immortal World who could concoct such pills could be counted on one's fingers. Those who were capable did not have Yang Chen's merit, and those who had merit might not necessarily know how to concoct pills. One had to know that this was much easier than using Old Demon Yi's demonic technique to raise his acquired five elements.
Each pill had a neat and tidy eight Pill Veins, but this time the Pill Veins were not dragon shaped Pill Veins. Ao Lan did not mind. Yang Chen passed the Profound Spirit Furnace to his disciple. Mo Chunmei's pill furnace should not have dragon-shaped pill patterns. However, wasn't this speed a little too fast?
Ao Lan checked the Medicinal Pills one by one, counting the Pill Veins one by one. Only then did she carefully put away all the Physique Tempering Pills. It was not that she did not believe in Yang Chen. It was just that these Medicinal Pills were used for her beloved. She could not afford to be careless, lest it led to irreversible consequences.
Concern led to chaos. This was not just something that happened to human cultivators. It was the same even for the royal members of the Dragon Race. This point was displayed vividly from Ao Lan's action of checking the Medicinal Pills.
Yang Chen did not blame Ao Lan for being so serious. As he said, the existence of the Pill Veins was to increase the confidence of the consumer. Wasn't Ao Lan's careful counting of the Pill Veins the best interpretation of his principle?
The Body Harmonizing Pill was a Medicinal Pill specially used by the Dragon Race. According to Ao Lan, she wanted Yang Chen to start refining it immediately. However, Yang Chen rejected this request. Instead, he intended to refine a few cauldrons of Seventh and Eighth Revolution Lingzhi Jade Dew Pills first.
"I am already refining such a difficult Medicinal Pill right off the bat. I am not familiar with many of the techniques and fire control required for refining high-grade Medicinal Pills. It is better to use low-grade Medicinal Pills to practice first and familiarize myself with them before refining them in one go." Yang Chen had his own reasons. However, at this moment, he had to explain things to Ao Lan. Otherwise, she would misunderstand that he was not willing to refine Medicinal Pills or that he was making things difficult for her.
Ao Lan accepted Yang Chen's explanation because it made sense. Yang Chen was also thinking for Ao Lan's sake. He had not prepared many of the original herbs for the Body Harmonizing Pill. If he failed a few times, he would have to start searching again.
Yang Chen also had his own considerations. After all, refining an Eighth Revolution Medicinal Pill surpassed the standards of his previous life. Yang Chen did not have much experience in this area. This was not like refining a Sixth Revolution Medicinal Pill or a Seventh Revolution Medicinal Pill. In his previous life, Xiao Chen had a lot of experience with this. Whether it was for his own reputation or for the sake of the Fire Dragon who was taking the Medicinal Pill, he should be cautious.
Lingzhi Jade Dew Pill was the most Medicinal Pill that Yang Chen had refined. From the First Revolution to the Seventh Revolution, Yang Chen could now close his eyes and turn off his Spiritual Sense. However, Yang Chen still meticulously and carefully refined it. He felt the subtle differences in the fire control in each refining. Sometimes, he would even deliberately adjust the fire control within the permitted range of the refining, so that he could get different Medicinal Pills to compare the effects.
When it came to the Eighth Revolution Medicinal Pill, Yang Chen was even more careful. He was fully focused and did not dare to relax. This time, he did not use the Merit Chapter to support him, nor did he use the Profound Spirit Furnace, which had a bonus effect. It was completely his own pure Alchemy level. Only in such a refining method could he find and solve the problem.
Sure enough, without the Merit Chapter to support him, the success rate of the Alchemy was much lower. This was the first time that Yang Chen had refined an Eighth Revolution Medicinal Pill in a real sense. The raw materials of a hundred Lingzhi Jade Dew Pills. When he finally collected the Medicinal Pills, Yang Chen got more than a dozen complete Lingzhi Jade Dew Pills. The others all turned into slag.
Ao Lan did not know the reason. Seeing that Yang Chen's success rate in refining the Lingzhi Mushroom Jade Dew Pill was so low, she did not dare to urge him to refine the Fusing Embryo Pill. It was better to let Yang Chen refine the Lingzhi Mushroom Jade Dew Pill first.
When he refined again, the success rate increased a lot. There were more than thirty pills, which almost doubled. However, there was only a little more than 30% success rate. Yang Chen was still very dissatisfied and immediately prepared the materials to refine again.
A long time ago, Yang Chen discovered that these simple basic Medicinal Pills were actually not simple. Each of them was the most simplified and easiest to refine after many years of tempering by the predecessors. It was also the most cost-effective pill formula.
However, the things behind the pill formula were worth careful consideration. Why did these medicinal materials were used? Why did they use this ratio? When he really reached the point where he knew how it was and why it was used, he had really learned something.
Don't look at how Ao Lan was not satisfied with the success rate of Yang Chen refining the Medicinal Pill. However, Yang Chen himself was quite happy. The two refinements made him understand a lot of things. This was a harvest that he could not get even when refining the most difficult Profound Marrow Pill in the past.
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