"You're being too arrogant. Fine, twenty taels it is. Do you want all three alchemy furnaces?"
Seeing Lin Xiaofei's fixed price, the shopkeeper smiled wryly and said.
"This one is enough."
As he spoke, Lin Xiaofei reached out and picked up the alchemy furnace he had his eye on.
I gently stroked it with my hand and felt that the concentration of spiritual energy it contained was quite high, which made me happy.
This alchemy furnace was somewhat different from the other two. To prevent the shopkeeper from switching the furnaces, he held it in his hand and pointed to the shelf, saying, "Besides this alchemy furnace, I also want that crushing stone hammer."
"A total of twenty-one taels."
Following the direction Lin Xiaofei pointed, the shopkeeper took a bluish-gray stone hammer from the shelf and then quoted a price.
The fact that twenty-one taels of silver were spent in one go made Lin Xiaofei feel a little heartache, after all, he knew that it would be extremely difficult for his parents to earn twenty-one taels of silver.
A crushing stone hammer is specifically used to grind medicinal materials into powder, making it easier to prepare pills.
The medicine-crushing stone hammer was made of a special stone, as hard as iron, two feet long, and a bit thicker than a large white radish. It cost one tael of silver, which wasn't expensive, so Lin Xiaofei didn't haggle.
As Lin Xiaofei walked out of the medicine shop, he thought to himself, "Now that I have the alchemy furnace, all that's left is to buy the medicinal herbs to refine the pills. Also, my Three Body Tempering Techniques require some auxiliary herbs to replenish the qi and blood I've consumed, so I can quickly improve my strength."
After thinking for a moment, Lin Xiaofei quickly found a herbal medicine shop and went inside.
Because he bought a lot of different kinds of herbs, and the quantity was quite heavy, he went to three different herbal medicine shops to buy them separately by type. He also asked if they sold herb seeds, but to no avail.
After returning to his room and closing the doors and windows, Lin Xiaofei went directly into the spatial bead.
"A medicine-refining furnace, a stone hammer for crushing medicine, medicinal herbs, several bundles of firewood, and six doses of medicine to aid in training."
Looking at the items he had purchased, Lin Xiaofei checked them again.
The four items—the alchemy furnace, the crushing stone hammer, the medicinal herbs, and the firewood—cost a total of sixty-five taels of silver.
In addition, there were six doses of medicine to aid in the training, costing a total of eighteen taels of silver, with each dose of medicine costing three taels of silver.
In total, this cost eighty-three taels of silver, which was quite a large sum.
"Having spent so much money, I'm sure it won't disappoint me."
Lin Xiaofei had a sudden thought.
This time, he was able to spend eighty-three taels of silver, all thanks to his interception and killing of the bandit He Buzhong, from whom he obtained a large sum of money. Otherwise, he would never have been able to spend so much silver.
At this moment, he did not rush to use auxiliary medicinal herbs to cultivate the Three Body Tempering Techniques, but instead took out the alchemy furnace with an expectant look on his face.
"I couldn't examine it closely when I was at the medicine shop, but this alchemy furnace is indeed extraordinary; the materials used to make it seem somewhat special."
This alchemy furnace is shaped like a small bronze cauldron with two handles and three legs. Its material contains the bones of some kind of spiritual beast. Could it be the bones of some special exotic beast?
Ordinary animal bones certainly couldn't withstand the heat of a flame.
Lin Xiaofei touched it back and forth, studying it carefully, using his powerful mental strength to perceive it. He couldn't help but speculate and felt a little excited.
If it were an ordinary alchemy furnace, it wouldn't use the bones of exotic beasts to make it.
Therefore, he had the answer in his mind: only the bones of special exotic beasts would contain spirituality, while ordinary beast bones would not.
"It seems that this alchemy furnace must have been made from the bones of some powerful beast and special minerals."
Lin Xiaofei pondered for a while, then stopped thinking about it.
He felt that this alchemy furnace barely met his requirements.
Using a spiritually imbued alchemy furnace to refine pills increases the success rate by 10%. If you encounter an expert, they might not even bother to haggle and will buy it outright; this alchemy furnace is definitely a top-quality item among ordinary ones.
Of course, in a place like Qingshan Town, encountering a superior alchemy furnace among ordinary ones is already incredibly lucky.
"I bought 120 sets of materials for making pills, and I estimate that I won't be able to finish making them in a short time."
Lin Xiaofei looked at the materials needed to make the pills, did a rough calculation in his mind, and then took out some medicinal herbs.
Soon, he took out thirty portions of medicinal materials and arranged them neatly on the ground.
Next, Lin Xiaofei held the medicine crushing stone hammer and crushed various dried herbs into powder, then placed the different herb powders on different pieces of paper.
Then, put some dry firewood under the alchemy furnace and light a small fire to preheat the furnace.
"The dried herbs, the tinder, the cool water, and the alchemy furnace are all ready. Now we can finally start making the pills."
Lin Xiaofei reached into the alchemy furnace, felt the temperature inside, and then carefully picked up a medicinal powder and placed it into the furnace.
At the same time, Lin Xiaofei recalled some details from the "Brief Record of a Hundred Medicines," such as the order of pill refining and the required temperature of the refining furnace.
"The Hundred Medicines Record contains some pills that ordinary people can refine, but they require a certain level of mental strength. One must absorb mental strength into the pills and be meticulous in every detail."
When adding the medicinal powder, it is necessary to do so in a certain order and in certain quantities, and the entire process should not be interrupted.
Even the slightest carelessness—if the order of adding the ingredients is wrong, or the amount is insufficient—will render the pills largely useless, completely ineffective.
Before refining the medicine, Lin Xiaofei had carefully studied the method of refining the pills ten times, and he had memorized all the details that needed to be paid attention to.
Before refining the pills today, he reread the "Brief Record of a Hundred Medicines" and carefully examined the three types of pills he was going to refine.
At this moment, Lin Xiaofei focused his mind and looked serious as he picked up the second type of medicinal powder and slowly poured it into the alchemy furnace.
Fortunately, Lin Xiaofei was a patient person. He put the powder into the alchemy furnace slowly and continuously, and he controlled the pill-making process very well.
This was his first time making pills, so he chose to make only the simplest types.
Although he was very curious about the effective pills, especially the Beast-Attracting Pill, the Body-Protecting Pill, and the Eye-Enhancing Pill, he knew that he was not currently suited to refine pills that were more difficult to make.
Therefore, he chose the Strength Pill, Qi-regulating Pill, and Beast-repelling Pill as practice pills.
These three types of pills are the simplest to make among all the medicines listed in the "Brief Record of Medicines," making them the most suitable choice for beginners.
At this moment, the pills that Lin Xiaofei is refining are stamina pills.
At this moment, he began to add the third type of medicinal powder, his arm slowly trembling as he sprinkled the powder little by little into the alchemy furnace.
As the medicinal powder entered the alchemy furnace, Lin Xiaofei's spiritual energy followed, his eyes becoming serious, and he felt a slight heaviness in his spiritual energy.
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