"Elder...Apostle!"
Long Lei, who had just blurted out "commander," awkwardly corrected himself, saying admiringly, "I didn't expect you to be an alchemist!"
"The world is ever-changing; having more skills means having more options!" Jiang Yuan remained fully focused on alchemy, offering only perfunctory responses to Long Lei and the others' admiration.
This time, he was going to refine a ninth-grade pill—the Snow Ginseng Pill. This kind of pill is not high-grade, but the quality is distinct. Inferior or good Snow Ginseng Pills can only be called garbage, but starting from the superior grade, the effect of Snow Ginseng Pills has a qualitative leap.
Whether it's superior, excellent, or perfect, the difference in efficacy between each level is more than tenfold. However, despite the large difference in efficacy, it is not easy to refine high-quality Snow Ginseng Pills. Even he is not entirely confident in refining superior pills.
To heal the injuries on Long Lei and Long Huo, one would need at least an excellent quality item.
"The pill embryo is successful, but what kind of pill pattern should I use next?" Jiang Yuan was caught in a dilemma.
The Divine Pharmacist's inheritance contains a total of twelve Divine Pill Patterns, but he can only master two at present: the Multiplication Pill Pattern and the Aggregation Pill Pattern, which he used before.
The effect of the multiplier pill pattern is to double the energy of the pill, but it is obviously not suitable for this situation, as doubling the energy and doubling the efficacy are completely different concepts.
As for the aggregation pill pattern, this is a pill pattern that increases the success rate of self-created pills. It is only suitable for self-creation. If used in a proper pill refining method, its effect is not satisfactory.
"Let's refine a batch of superior-grade pills first and see if they have any effect!"
Jiang Yuan didn't even choose the option to double the pill pattern. The existence of the double pill pattern would give the Snow Ginseng Pill more powerful energy, but all medicines must be used according to the situation. In his current injured state, increasing the energy would damage his foundation and aggravate his injuries.
Flames rose in his hand, leaving Long Shan and the others dumbfounded. When had they ever seen such a miraculous alchemy method? Even if they had imagined alchemy methods, they were limited to alchemy in ordinary furnaces. This kind of alchemy in the palm of their hands was unheard of.
Practice makes perfect, and Jiang Yuan was already an experienced alchemist who had refined pills several times, so his refining process went very smoothly.
In the first batch, six extremely plump pills appeared, their white and reddish bodies as pure as white jade.
Nine-Rank Snow Ginseng Pills, Quality: Superior, Effect: Gentle medicinal power to nourish the five internal organs and revitalize them.
"It actually reached the excellent grade!" Jiang Yuan said with a slight smile. This quality was already quite good.
"This is a medicinal pill!"
The two members of the research team who had been hiding earlier emerged at this moment, especially Yang Zhehan, who was extremely excited when he saw the pills in Jiang Yuan's hand.
"I never thought that a pill that had disappeared for thousands of years could actually be refined!" Yang Zhehan snatched a pill without Jiang Yuan's permission, but instead of eating it, he held the pill and admired it with great interest.
Seeing his condition, Jiang Yuan didn't say much. He simply handed the remaining five Snow Ginseng Pills to the few people with lighter injuries, saying, "Your injuries are relatively minor, these pills should be enough to heal you!"
"As for them, I will refine them again to improve the quality of the Snow Ginseng Pills so that everyone can recover!" Jiang Yuan said.
"Young man, I have a favor to ask, what do you think?" Yang Zhehan stared expectantly at Jiang Yuan.
"Apostle, this is Professor Yang from our second scientific expedition team. Before the catastrophe, Professor Yang's achievements in biological sciences were renowned worldwide!" Long Shan introduced Yang Zhehan with great pride.
"Professor Yang, hello! I am a member of the Oath, just call me Apostle!" Jiang Yuan nodded slightly to express his respect.
"Young Apostle, may I take a closer look at your alchemy process?" Yang Zhehan's eyes shone with longing. Having studied the field of biological science for more than 20 years, he had never seen such an incredible thing as alchemy.
"You want to watch me refine pills?" Jiang Yuan asked in surprise.
Yang Zhehan nodded hopefully.
Jiang Yuan thought for a moment and then said, "Of course, I have nothing to hide about my alchemy skills!"
"Young apostle, please wait a moment!"
After Yang Zhehan finished speaking, he called to another member of the scientific expedition team, "Xiao Sun, help me set up the instruments and try to capture the movement trajectory and composition of all molecules."
"Okay, Professor Yang!"
The expedition team member named Xiao Sun immediately took out a large number of instruments and surrounded Jiang Yuan in just a few seconds.
As for Yang Zhehan, he took out a device with an extremely futuristic appearance.
"What is this again?" Jiang Yuan's scalp tingled; this was the first time he had ever been watched by others while they were refining medicine.
"This is an energy analyzer. Don't let its modern instrument fool you; its core power source is psionic energy. So, in short, it's a fusion of magic and science!" Yang Zhehan said excitedly, clenching his fist.
"Uh!" Jiang Yuan was inexplicably annoyed.
"Let's begin! I can't wait to see what kind of magical reaction this pill-refining process will produce!" Yang Zhehan rubbed his hands together, eagerly awaiting Jiang Yuan's start.
Seeing this, Jiang Yuan had no choice but to bite the bullet and go for it. Although being watched by others was an unpleasant experience, he knew he couldn't give up until he satisfied Yang Zhehan's thirst for knowledge.
"rise!"
Flames rose from Jiang Yuan's hands. Once he decided to refine medicine, he would devote 100% of his focus. So the moment the medicinal materials were added, he had already entered the state of a divine medicine master.
The previous refinement was of superior quality, but to heal the injuries of Long Lei and Long Huo, one must use the Snow Ginseng Pill of excellent quality. This difference in quality was clearly due to his lack of skill.
"Alchemy skills require years of immersion to become proficient, which I am clearly lacking at the moment. However, this lack of skill can be compensated for to some extent by something else!"
A bold idea popped into Jiang Yuan's mind: since quantitative change can lead to qualitative change, could he enhance the medicinal power, then compress the pressure through some means, and then form a unique high-grade pill?
Simply put, he reduced the amount of pills originally intended for two to one, and then used pill runes to compress it, allowing the pill to sublimate and complete its final transformation.
"It's worth a try!"
Jiang Yuan acted immediately, increasing the dosage of the medicine and starting to refine the pill. He fused the medicinal materials and then produced the liquid. Yang Zhehan watched intently for just a few minutes.
The medicinal liquid is undergoing a magical transformation under the heat of the flames. The originally mild medicinal power becomes extremely active after being quenched by the flames, its activity being more than ten thousand times less than before.
"Condense!"
The highly active medicinal liquid cooled instantly and solidified into a pitted sphere. If an alchemist were to see it, he would immediately recognize that this poorly presented object was a rough embryo of a elixir.
"Next comes the most important part: compression!"
Jiang Yuan's expression was solemn. To compress the pills, he needed to use pill patterns, but with his current strength, he could only learn from the divine pill patterns first.
After all, the best way to cross a river in the dark is to follow in the footsteps of those who came before.
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