Early in the morning, Su Qing and Liu Xuan arrived at Shui Qingchen's alchemy room.
Shui Qingchen sat cross-legged on the futon, her eyes slightly closed, as she regulated her breathing.
Refining elixirs requires utmost caution and avoids impatience; the slightest mistake can ruin the entire batch of elixirs.
Shui Qingchen took out two alchemy furnaces from his storage space. One was exquisitely crafted, clearly made with great care, and was prepared for Su Qing.
The other one was ordinary and rough, clearly a mass-produced item bought from outside; this one was for Liu Xuan.
Looking at the difference in quality between the alchemy furnaces, Liu Xuan felt annoyed again.
Actually, she didn't need to be so angry, because the other disciples who followed Shui Qingchen to refine pills all brought their own pill furnaces. The fact that she received a pill furnace from Shui Qingchen was already an incredible stroke of luck for her.
"Try refining the simplest fasting pill first," Shui Qingchen said, handing over a pill formula.
The two of them had the same prescription.
It not only contains the recipe, but also the method and cooking time, all written clearly and explicitly.
Su Qing memorized everything after reading it only once, and even created a category for alchemy in her mind.
In her previous life, Su Qing had also studied alchemy, but alchemy was too expensive, and she didn't have an alchemist like her master to guide her, so she had to learn it all on her own.
The process of alchemy is extremely complex. Even if Su Qing has studied the formula many times, a single mistake can destroy the entire batch of pills.
She simply didn't have enough spirit stones to keep trying, so she gave up.
Su Qing is quite happy to be able to learn alchemy from Elder Shui Qingchen.
You should know that alchemy is much more profitable than drawing talismans.
"The Bigu Pill is the simplest pill to refine. It does not contain any spiritual energy. It simply allows cultivators to use the pill to replace food and save time for cultivation," Elder Shui Qingchen said. "The Bigu Pill has five ingredients: spirit rice, seven-star grass, five-element earth, rainbow fruit, and crystal powder."
These are all very common materials. Spirit rice goes without saying. Seven-star grass can be easily picked from under the eaves. As for Five Elements Earth, it sounds nice, but it's just soil from the mountains. Rainbow Fruit is a kind of sour little fruit that can be found everywhere. As for crystal powder, it's just powder made from ground stone.
"The Bigu Pill is a pill made by refining these five ingredients. Taking one pill can allow a person to go without food for half a month."
Su Qing saw the bundles of materials laid out beside her and was surprised to find that so many materials were needed to refine the Bigu Pill.
Thirty catties of spirit rice, fifty catties of seven-star grass, twenty catties of five-element earth, ten catties of rainbow fruit, and twenty catties of crystal powder.
Su Qing put them into the alchemy furnace according to the proportions.
Su Qing probed her spiritual energy into the alchemy furnace, feeling the temperature of the fire. In just one hour, a huge pill was successfully refined.
Su Qing used her spiritual power to divide the pills into smaller pills. As soon as she opened the alchemy furnace, a fragrant aroma wafted out, followed by a thousand Bigu pills rolling out.
Now look at Liu Xuan.
She mishandled the furnace fire, and a batch of materials had turned into coke.
“That’s right. The Bigu Pill is the simplest pill. Don’t be proud if you succeed in refining it. As for those who didn’t succeed, go back and figure it out slowly.” Shui Qingchen glanced at Liu Xuan.
Liu Xuan lowered her head, her cheeks flushed, and she bit her lip to keep from crying.
Su Qing successfully refined the Bigu Pill, and then Shui Qingchen gave Su Qing three more pill formulas.
One of them is a Grade One Rejuvenation Pill. Rejuvenation Pills are used for cultivation. Outer disciples of the Xuanling Sect are given ten Rejuvenation Pills every month.
One of them is a Grade One Blood Coagulation Pill, which is a medicine for stopping bleeding and healing wounds. Although it is only Grade One, it is still quite useful.
Another item is a Qi-boosting pill, which is suitable for use in battle. If you are physically exhausted, taking one pill can deplete your body's potential.
These three types of pills are the most commonly used pills by outer disciples.
Su Qing thought to herself, if she could refine these three kinds of pills, she could eat the Rejuvenation Pills like candy when she cultivated in the future.
There are eight kinds of materials to refine the Rejuvenation Pill, and it is more complicated to refine than the Bigu Pill. However, it is only a first-grade pill after all. As long as the heat is controlled well, it is not difficult to refine.
Su Qing produced three batches of Rejuvenating Pills, two batches of Blood Coagulation Pills, and one batch of Qi-Boosting Pills in one day.
Looking at the finished pills in the alchemy room, Shui Qingchen thought Su Qing was simply an alchemy genius!
Although these are all first-grade pills and not complicated to refine, they are still quite difficult for Qi Refining stage cultivators. For example, Liu Xuan failed to refine the Bigu Pill.
Su Qing was able to succeed in every batch of pills as soon as she started learning alchemy, something that even Shui Qingchen couldn't do when she first started learning alchemy.
Shui Qingchen directly gave Su Qing a list of a hundred kinds of pill formulas, saying, "These are all first and second grade pills. Go back and study them. Don't come to Jade Maiden Peak for now."
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"I'm going into seclusion for three months. During these three months, don't cause any trouble." After saying that, Shui Qingchen ignored Su Qing.
After leaving Jade Maiden Peak, Su Qing found her master, Shui Qingchen, quite strange.
Why would someone who was studying alchemy so well suddenly go into seclusion? Did they have some kind of epiphany?
Su Qing returned to her cave dwelling but didn't rush to refine pills. She only had a pill-refining furnace, no materials, and nothing to refine.
Sitting cross-legged on the futon, Su Qing rested her chin on her hand and looked at the pill formula given to her by Shui Qingchen. She thought to herself that first- and second-grade pills were made directly in the alchemy furnace without processing the materials. The pills made in this way had too many impurities.
If too many of these pills are consumed, the impurities from the pills will accumulate in the body, and toxins will gradually build up. Even if one can cleanse their meridians and marrow during the Foundation Establishment stage, it is not certain that all the toxins and impurities can be expelled. This will definitely hinder future cultivation, and it may even be difficult to form a Golden Core by then.
"Since there are too many impurities in refining pills this way, if I refine all these materials before refining the pills, will I be able to refine pills with higher purity?"
Su Qing would immediately do whatever came to mind.
I traded for a large amount of alchemy materials at the trading market.
Su Qing had long been the focus of attention among the outer disciples of the Xuanling Sect. Her every move was recorded on the Xuanling Sect forum, and everyone knew what she was going to do through the jade token.
"My goodness, is Junior Sister Su Qing going to refine pills?"
"He's an outer disciple of Elder Shui Qingchen, so what's so strange about him refining pills?"
"I'll order one hundred pills from Junior Sister Su Qing's recipe."
"Pre-order the pills."
"Pre-order pills+!"
"Pre-order pills +2".
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Looking at the contents of the jade pendant, Liu Xuan was so angry that she wanted to smash it.
She covered her face and sobbed, feeling utterly resentful.
We both have three spiritual roots and are outer disciples. I even joined the sect before you, so why are you, Su Qing, so strong? I've tried my best too, okay? Why can't I beat you?
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