"Pfft!"
As the sound of the flames dying down faded, Lu Li's batch of pills was finished.
He gently lifted the lid of the alchemy furnace, and with a slight movement of his divine sense, ten pills, brimming with spiritual energy and exuding a fragrant aroma, flew out and landed precisely in the jade bottle in Lu Li's hand.
It was only at this point that Shushu turned his attention away from the alchemy furnace.
Then, she noticed a crowd of onlookers around her, including creatures that fly in the sky, run on the ground, and swim in the water, all craning their necks and curiously watching Lu Li in the middle.
Some of the more greedy ones had some unidentified liquid around their mouths, making even the sweet potato's mouth twitch.
After thinking for a moment, she rummaged through her storage space and finally found a pile of low-grade pills in a corner of the space, which she then distributed to them one by one.
Actually, she bought these pills on a whim before leaving the Rainy Continent, and look, they've come in handy now.
Seeing the pills in their hands, the small sea beasts and island spirit beasts immediately put them under their noses to smell them, and then couldn't wait to stuff them into their mouths, looking quite pleased.
While the millet was quite satisfied, it couldn't help but lament the foolishness of these creatures. Had someone else with ulterior motives come today, they would have been caught in one fell swoop.
At this moment, Shushu did not know that the reason why these small sea beasts and spirit beasts were not on guard against them was because they were brought by the Frost Whale clan themselves.
If it were brought by other races, or if they drifted over on their own, they would have fought if they could, and hidden if they couldn't. They wouldn't have shown themselves at all, let alone eaten what people gave them.
While Shushu was feeling down, wondering if he should give these guys a lesson on how to avoid being scammed, Lu Li had already cleaned up the alchemy furnace and started refining the second batch of pills.
Seeing this, Shushu's attention was immediately drawn back, and she looked intently at Lu Li, especially at his techniques. In her eyes was a longing that she herself had not realized; she also wanted to learn alchemy.
Lu Li was such a perceptive person. He noticed the longing in Shushu's eyes and immediately understood what Shushu was thinking. Without any hesitation, he extinguished the flames under the alchemy furnace.
Under Shushu's questioning gaze, he gently beckoned to her, signaling her to come over.
After Shushu walked up to him with a puzzled look on her face, he squatted down to be at eye level with her and looked at her: "Junior Sister, do you want to refine pills? Senior Brother will teach you how to refine pills, okay?"
Upon hearing this, Shushu was taken aback for a moment, then broke into a big smile and replied in a clear and firm voice, "Yes."
"Alright, then your senior brother will teach you. I'll start by teaching you alchemy..."
Then, it becomes a teaching and learning scenario.
Because Shushu had already memorized the complete encyclopedia of spiritual plants under the teachings of Yaoguangding, and remembered most of the spiritual plants and medicinal properties in the cultivation world, Lu Li was also aware of this.
Therefore, he did not ask Shushu to memorize it, but instead gave Shushu a pill formula and took out a bunch of untended spiritual plants, asking Shushu to select all the ones needed in the formula.
This wasn't difficult. Shushu quickly selected the corresponding spiritual plant from a pile of spiritual plants. Even those that were extremely similar, she could correctly distinguish which one was which and wouldn't make a mistake.
As Lu Li watched her search for medicinal herbs, he smiled throughout, with a hint of pride and approval in his eyes.
Clearly, he was very satisfied that the millet had found all the spiritual plants without missing a single one.
After identifying the spiritual plant, their next step was to process it.
Depending on the medicinal properties of the spiritual plants, each prescription uses different parts of each spiritual plant; some use roots and stems, some use leaves, and some use the whole plant.
Under Lu Li's guidance, the millet was also prepared in an orderly manner and neatly stacked to the side, ready to be used at any time.
With all the medicinal herbs processed, it means that all the preliminary preparations are complete, and we can begin refining the elixir.
Seeing this, Shushu also took out the alchemy furnace that Yaoguang Ding had given her before Lu Li could, and placed it next to Lu Li's alchemy furnace.
Lu Li was not surprised at all, and the corners of his mouth subtly turned up slightly as he continued to teach Shushu how to preheat the alchemy furnace in a good mood.
As a novice, Shushu had only learned theoretical knowledge before, and this was her first time doing it herself, so she was a bit flustered.
The flames were either too big or so small as to be almost invisible.
After several attempts, I finally managed to precisely control the heat, gradually increasing the flame while ensuring that the furnace was heated evenly and appropriately.
The next step is to introduce spiritual plants, which also requires some skill. For example, it is best not to introduce two kinds of potent spiritual plants one after the other or at the same time. You need to add some spiritual plants in between to neutralize them.
Shushu had long since memorized the medicinal properties of the spiritual plants in front of him. Although the recipe did not specify which spiritual plants needed to be put into the alchemy furnace at what time, Shushu was still correct in the general order.
As for the small portion, it had little impact and wouldn't affect the outcome, so Lu Li didn't interrupt.
However, when it was time to clear away the chores, Lu Li spoke up and demonstrated very seriously.
The method involves using divine sense to probe into the alchemy furnace, adjusting the size of the flames according to the changes in the spiritual plants, and specifically removing impurities to extract the essence from the spiritual plants before fusing them together.
After the fusion was complete, only the final step of condensing the pill remained. Lu Li first explained it to Shushu, and was about to demonstrate it himself.
Unexpectedly, the onlookers, perhaps due to excessive nervousness, lost their balance and swayed, accidentally knocking over their companion.
Then, like dominoes, one fell down after another, until a whole bunch of them collapsed, and they started chattering and fighting.
There were even some that rolled right up to Shushu, startling him. If they hadn't reacted quickly, the batch of pills they were holding would have been wasted.
Seeing that the commotion was still raging, Lu Li had no choice but to set up a soundproof barrier for Shushu.
Lu Li instructed Shushu to condense the core according to the method he had just taught him, while he himself went over to separate the beasts who had all joined the battle and were engaged in fierce fighting across land, sea, and air.
After he separated all the beasts, impartially punished them all, and resolved their conflicts, he returned to find that the condensation of the elixir on the millet side was also complete, and it was waiting for him to come back and uncover it.
Smelling the rich fragrance of the pill, Lu Li knew that the pill must have been successfully refined.
Lu Li was very satisfied and gratified that his junior sister, like himself, had successfully refined pills on her first attempt.
He patted Shushu's little head encouragingly and gestured for her to open the alchemy furnace.
Then, Lu Li stared silently at the contents of the alchemy furnace.
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