Under the activation of the pill furnace array, the medicinal ingredients that Ling Dong had thrown into the pill furnace began to tumble in the air. The pill furnace, which had been thoroughly burned by the stable earth fire, emitted rolling heat waves. Together with the heat waves emitted by the Frigid Earth Vein Water, the two medicinal ingredients that Ling Dong had thrown in earlier were slowly refined into a lump of yellow medicinal liquid.
However, through the transparent crystal plate in the center of the furnace lid, Ling Dong could not only see the yellowish medicinal liquid, but also pitch-black little dots within the medicinal liquid. Those were the impurities within the medicinal herbs.
As the saying goes, medicine is 30% poisonous. These medicinal ingredients were born naturally, so it was inevitable that there would be some impurities when they grew. The first step of refining pills was to extract the essence of the medicinal ingredients according to their different medicinal properties.
Ling Dong slightly turned his right hand that was holding onto the handle of the Gang Fusing Stone. Under his precise control, traces of Gang Qi entered the array and controlled it slightly. It was as if an invisible hand had formed within the furnace, picking out the impurities one by one and throwing them directly into the bottom of the furnace, where they turned into ashes.
After picking out more than half of the impurities, Ling Dong's right hand that was holding onto the handle of the Gang Fusing Stone trembled violently. A layer of cold sweat quickly formed on his forehead. The weak Gang Qi in his body had been used up.
Ling Dong's current Houtian Realm Level Three cultivation was still too weak. If he was at Houtian Realm Level Five, Ling Dong would be able to remove 90% of the impurities in the medicinal liquid and achieve a near-perfect level.
If the Ling family's consecrated alchemist, Master Shui, were to see the scene of Ling Dong refining pills, he would probably be so shocked that his teeth would fall out. Then, he would cry and call Ling Dong his ancestor.
One of the important requirements for a low-grade alchemist to become an intermediate-grade alchemist was to be able to remove 50% of the impurities and toxins in the medicinal ingredients!
Clenching his teeth, Ling Dong angrily opened his eyes and used a technique that he had obtained in his previous life to force out his Stellar Energy. He forcefully squeezed out the last bit of Stellar Energy in his dantian and sent it into the handle of the Stellar Energy Fusing Stone that controlled the formation, starting the final step of refining the medicinal liquid — extracting the medicine!
The red-hot bronze cauldron suddenly seemed to have a mind of its own. The lid of the cauldron slid open on its own, and at the same time, a cloud of medicinal liquid was miraculously lifted out of the cauldron by an inexplicable force.
Seeing the medicinal liquid being pulled out by the formation controlled by the Gang Qi, Ling Dong's left hand almost instinctively grabbed the long handle jade ladle beside him. It seemed slow but was actually fast, but it was incomparably stable as it reached out and caught the dark green medicinal liquid. After which, he held his breath and gently poured the medicinal liquid into a jade box.
The temperature of the cauldron's lid was very high, and the jade ladle and jade box were specially used to collect the medicinal liquid. This was also a set of Alchemist attire that Ling Dong had spent a large sum of money to order.
Don't underestimate this set of attire. The jade used was the rarely-seen Cold Ning Jade. It was already the best material that could be found in Nan Shan Region. It could very well prevent the medicinal properties from dispersing!
Two long handle jade ladles, one big and one small, as well as ten jade boxes and five jade bottles. Including the materials and craftsmanship, Ling Dong had spent fifty thousand taels of silver. This Alchemist was really not something that an ordinary person could afford to play with.
After finishing all this, the jade ladle in Ling Dong's hand almost fell to the ground due to his weak hand. His entire body also collapsed to the ground, and at the same time, his chest rose and fell rapidly. He was panting heavily, and his clothes were already drenched in sweat.
The feeling of having all the energy in his body drained was really too painful. At this moment, Ling Dong felt pain even when he moved his fingers.
Even Gao Yuan, who was cultivating, slowly got up and asked in a low voice, "Young Master, are you alright? Do you need me to help you up? "
Ling Dong nodded weakly and allowed Gao Yuan to help him up. He even motioned for Gao Yuan to help him into a cultivation posture. Ling Dong's experience from his previous life told him that after his energy was depleted to the limit, if he seized the opportunity to cultivate, he would be able to achieve twice the results with half the effort.
Although the Big Dipper Technique that he was about to master was miraculous, Ling Dong was not willing to let go of any opportunity to become stronger. This was the principle of 'continuous water can penetrate a stone'! Enduring the pain and discomfort in his body, he took the Innate Wood Energy Pearl from Gao Yuan and sat down cross-legged to cultivate.
The next time he refined the medicinal essences, he would have to wait for Ling Dong's energy to fully recover before he could open the cauldron again. This was also the reason why concocting pills was so time-consuming.
When Ling Dong's cultivation advanced to the Xiantian Realm, or even the Earth Realm, the time needed to concoct these low-grade medicinal pills would become shorter and shorter. The amount of medicinal ingredients he could concoct at one time would also increase.
There was no sun or moon in the Alchemy Chamber. Ling Dong only knew from Gao Yuan that he had been hungry for seven to eight times, roughly three days.
In three days, Ling Dong had already refined all eight medicinal ingredients, including the three main ingredients, to concoct the Lesser Energy Gathering Pill. As Ling Dong had concocted countless pills in his previous life, he was extremely familiar with the medicinal properties of most of the medicinal herbs. Therefore, he was able to combine a few of the medicinal herbs together to reduce the number of times he had to refine them.
If it was Master Shui who refined these eight medicinal herbs, he would not be able to refine them without at least eight times. Moreover, he might not be able to succeed like Ling Dong every time. This was the importance of experience.
And the experience of an alchemist was often gained through repeated failures. Of course, if there was a brilliant teacher to guide him, he would be able to achieve twice the results with half the effort. He would be able to avoid many detours.
Opening his eyes, Ling Dong woke up from his cultivation. His eyes were shining brightly, and his whole person was glowing with a different kind of spirit. His eyes were filled with confidence.
This could not be separated from the pleasant surprise that Ling Dong had received in the past few days.
These few days, he had been using his energy to control the furnace to refine the medicinal essences. Every time, Ling Dong would purposely try to remove as many impurities as possible. At the same time, he used all his energy to stimulate the energy in his body, causing himself to be as tired as a dead dog.
After refining the medicinal essences, he gritted his teeth and held the Innate Wood Energy Pearl in his hand to cultivate his energy. The results were naturally astonishing. Originally, Ling Dong had estimated that he would need half a month to break through to Houtian Realm Level Four. However, he had actually broken through in just three days.
One had to know that in his previous life, Ling Dong had already broken through to Houtian Realm Level Four after the age of 22. This was already considered a very good start!
Looking at the five jade boxes beside him that were filled with medicinal essences and powders, Ling Dong's expression was incomparably solemn. After carefully cleaning the impurities and residues in the furnace, he replaced the Earth Fire Formation and the Alchemy Formation with four new pieces of low-grade crystals. Next was the last step of the Alchemy Formation, which was also the most important step!
With a solemn expression, Ling Dong solemnly activated the Earth Fire Formation and ignited the Earth Fire …
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In an exquisite little courtyard located in the middle of the Ling family's courtyard in Nanshan County, an old man dressed in a green alchemist's robe was anxiously stomping around in the courtyard. His eyes were filled with dissatisfaction and anger! In the depths of the courtyard, a few youthful and delicate concubines were looking uneasily at the angry old man.
This person was the Ling family's alchemist, Master Shui, who had been disregarded by Ling Dong three days ago. Furthermore, he had been killed and dismembered right in front of him.
Three days, it had been three days since the incident! It had been three days since he had been humiliated and frightened!
Originally, he had expected the Ling family to bring Ling Dong to him and beg him to punish him severely to appease his anger. However, this did not happen.
Not only did it not happen, there was not even the slightest bit of news or appeasement. Even the beautiful concubines that would usually be sent to appease him were nowhere to be seen.
It was as if the upper echelons of the Ling family had collectively disappeared. They did not care about him at all. This made Master Shui very angry. It made him feel that he was not valued and that he had lost face.
In the past three days, who knew how many teacups had been smashed. The concubines that he loved very much had also been scolded by him.
Today, Master Shui could no longer suppress his anger. However, he could not lower himself to ask Ling Dong personally.
Thus, he waved his brush and wrote a very strict and threatening letter.
The letter said that if Ling Dong did not give him an explanation, he would not refine the Alchemy Formation anymore. He even had the intention of looking for another master! He sent a trusted servant to deliver the letter, hoping to get a satisfactory explanation, one that would let him vent his anger!
At this time, Master Shui was anxiously waiting for the servant to return. Master Shui felt that if Ling Dong did not give him an explanation, he would go crazy from anxiousness.
Just when Grandmaster Shui was about to go to the door and interrogate him personally, the door of this exquisite little courtyard suddenly creaked, and a clever-looking young servant in grey clothes flashed in!
"What is it? Did you see the First Elder?" Master Shui asked anxiously.
The servant shook his head. "Replying to Master, I did not see the First Elder. I heard that the First Elder seemed to be sick! However, after knowing the purpose of my visit, the Second Elder met with me and read the letter. He seemed to have discussed it with the other elders before replying! "
"He replied?" Master Shui was overjoyed. "Where's the letter? Quickly give it to me!"
The servant carefully took out a letter that was still faintly emitting the fragrance of ink and handed it to Master Shui with both hands!
The impatient Master Shui did not enter the study room. Instead, he tore open the letter in the courtyard and read it anxiously. He wanted to find a sense of satisfaction and revenge from the reply!
However, after reading a line of words, Master Shui's expression became extremely ugly. His face turned ashen, and cold sweat began to roll down his forehead!
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PS: Thank you to Flying Clouds for your support and comments. Thank you to Stage 9 Heavenly Soul for your support! My head is dizzy as I bow!
My cold has mostly recovered by noon, but it has relapsed in the afternoon. My head is a little dizzy, but I still insist on writing a chapter. Please recommend it, please save it, please support it!
Also, I look down on this summer! I can't stand the heat, and I caught a cold from the air-conditioning. How can a fatty like me live? I'm in tears! O (???) o
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