"Miss Bai, I've come today to ask you some questions about alchemy." After drinking his tea, Yun Zhan immediately got to the point.
"What's the problem?" Bai Qingqing asked.
She likes this kind of diligent and eager-to-learn teaching assistant; it will definitely save her a lot of effort.
"Yesterday, Miss Bai taught me how to cultivate spiritual pills. After returning home, I started practicing, but no matter what I did, I couldn't successfully fuse the pills," Yun Zhan said embarrassedly.
“Then you refine it once, and I’ll see,” Bai Qingqing said.
“Okay.” Yun Zhan nodded, took out all the herbal essences he had previously extracted, and started the furnace to prepare for fusion.
"Stop." Bai Qingqing frowned and called out after only one glance.
"Miss Bai, is there something wrong with this?" Yun Zhan asked.
“This one you extracted won’t do.” Bai Qingqing picked up a bottle of powder and poured it onto a piece of white paper: “This Immaculate Blood Ganoderma has too many impurities.”
Yun Zhan glanced at the jade-white powder in front of him and stammered, "Impurities...too many impurities?"
However, these were all purified by him repeatedly.
It's even purer than when he was the Pill Emperor.
God knows how long he laughed while holding those bottles after the purification process was complete.
“Hmm.” Bai Qingqing nodded: “If impurities are not completely removed, problems are likely to occur during fusion.”
Yun Zhan pursed his lips, looking somewhat awkward: "Miss Bai, this is the best I can do right now."
Bai Qingqing was taken aback.
She didn't watch closely the process when Yun Zhan was refining the medicine yesterday.
It's been too long and too boring.
She is not a particularly patient person.
Hearing this, he felt somewhat embarrassed.
Bai Qingqing took a sip of tea, cleared her throat, and said, "Refine it again and let me see."
"Okay." Yun Zhan nodded and quickly took out a Blood Ganoderma lucidum.
The fire was started and the furnace was calcined according to past practice.
Halfway through, Bai Qingqing suddenly said, "The heat is too low, double it."
Yun Zhan was taken aback.
Immaculate Blood Ganoderma is a basic herb that he has refined many times and is very clear about its properties.
It has extremely low heat resistance.
During the refining process, the flame must be suppressed to a minimum.
If you're not careful, you can burn the entire herb to ashes, wasting all your time and effort.
“Double it up,” Bai Qingqing repeated.
Yun Zhan came to his senses and slowly withdrew some of the suppressed spiritual power, and purple flames immediately swept up.
The sizzling sound of the pure blood fungus being calcined.
Yun Zhan's heart was in his throat, fearing it would burn out.
To his surprise, the Immaculate Blood Mushroom only sizzled and was not completely burned.
During this time, countless black particles also spilled out, and were directly burned into nothingness by the Boundless Holy Flame.
The remaining white powder appeared even whiter.
"Turn the fire down to a low setting, reduce it by ten times," Bai Qingqing said.
Having learned from his previous experience, Yun Zhan did as instructed without hesitation.
The spiritual power surged from his fingertips, instantly suppressing the Boundless Sacred Flame by tenfold.
He spent his entire life refining elixirs and was even known as the "Emperor of Elixirs."
Controlling fire is a minor matter, no problem at all.
The flames were suppressed to an extremely low level, turning into a very pale purple.
Yun Zhan stared intently at the alchemy furnace.
Based on his experience, this temperature is simply not suitable for calcining the pure blood fungus.
But……
In just a few breaths, Yun Zhan heard a crisp sound coming from the alchemy furnace.
It sounds like a chestnut popping open.
Then Yun Zhan discovered that a faint red mist was rising from the Immaculate Blood Mushroom, which was instantly burned into nothingness by the Boundless Sacred Flame.
If he hadn't been watching so closely, he wouldn't have noticed.
"This, this..."
"Focus." Bai Qingqing casually raised her hand and lightly patted Yun Zhan's shoulder, saying calmly.
Yun Zhan's restless heart immediately calmed down.
His mind became clear once again.
“Lower it again, double,” Bai Qingqing said.
"Yes." Yun Zhan responded, instantly suppressing the heat once again, and then staring intently at the alchemy furnace.
And so it went, rising and falling several times.
In the end, Yun Zhan obtained a small pinch of powder, which was no longer white.
Instead, it is crystal clear, like crystal.
Yun Zhan's eyes widened, somewhat unable to believe what he was seeing.
He has been refining elixirs for many years and has used many kinds of Immaculate Blood Ganoderma, always refining them into white powder.
He had never seen anything like it before.
Bai Qingqing was still somewhat dissatisfied: "Perhaps it's because you just switched your natal fire and aren't very skilled yet, there are still some minor flaws, but it's usable."
Yun Zhan felt like vomiting blood upon hearing this.
Fortunately, he had a strong will and managed to endure it in the end.
“Miss Bai, those…” Yun Zhan took a deep breath and pointed to the other bottles.
"None of them are up to standard," Bai Qingqing said after only one glance.
Although I was mentally prepared, hearing those words still stung me deeply.
The mouthful of blood I had just swallowed seemed to rise again.
"Miss Bai, do all medicinal herbs need to be repeatedly suppressed and enhanced like the Immaculate Blood Mushroom?" Yun Zhan asked.
"Not necessarily." Bai Qingqing shook her head.
"It depends on the characteristics of the herbs themselves. Some require repeated heating, some require repeated adjustments, and some require extreme suppression."
"This requires you to have a thorough understanding of herbs, or to experiment repeatedly."
Yun Zhan nodded, looking as if he had learned something.
"You've only just begun to truly engage in alchemy, so take it slow and don't rush it. First, lay a solid foundation," Bai Qingqing said with a smile.
“Miss Bai is absolutely right.” Yun Zhan nodded vigorously again, then pursed his lips somewhat awkwardly: “Miss Bai, may I ask you for another favor?”
"What kind of help?" Bai Qingqing asked.
"Could you extract all the herbs needed for cultivating the elixir? I'd like to use them as a reference for comparison," Yun Zhan said.
At the very least, he needs to study it first and figure out to what extent it needs to be refined to be considered the essence.
"Okay." Bai Qingqing nodded; this was a piece of cake for her.
Extraction is faster than pill formation.
Yun Zhan only saw Bai Qingqing throw all the herbs into the alchemy furnace, golden flames rose, and then it was over.
Looking at the bottles of herbal essences in front of him, Yun Zhan felt that he was not worthy of being called the Pill Emperor.
Because after so many years of alchemy, he has never achieved anything that "meets the standard".
Fortunately, he met Miss Bai.
In the future, his alchemy skills will definitely improve several levels further.
"Thank you, Miss Bai," Yun Zhan said respectfully.
"You're welcome." Bai Qingqing smiled. "The most important thing in alchemy is extraction. If the extraction is done properly, the fusion of the pill will be easier."
"I'll go and try to refine it again." Yun Zhan carefully put away all the materials that Bai Qingqing had refined.
"Do you want me to write it down for you?" Bai Qingqing asked.
"Write what?" Yun Zhan didn't react for a moment.
“The refining process,” Bai Qingqing said, “including things like time, heat, or the need for external forces, and so on.”
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