In the slightly worn bronze furnace, the fire was burning slowly, maintaining the temperature of the medicine liquid.

Tiny impurities were slowly peeled off from the medicine liquid, and finally, the medicine liquid became purer and only the last bit of impurity remained.

Qin Gengyun's forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat. He controlled his spiritual sense and picked out the last few impurities from the medicine.

Done!

Qin Gengyun calmed his mind and pushed all the impurities into the poison chamber on the side of the furnace, isolating it from the main furnace.

Now, only the most essential parts of the medicinal materials are left in the main furnace.

Refined, done!

Qin Gengyun let out a long breath, and all the depression in his heart disappeared.

Finally I have passed this most difficult step.

There are three more steps to follow: fusion, spirit infusion, and pill formation.

Fusion means to integrate the refined medicinal liquid into one, which is also a preparation for the last two steps.

Qin Gengyun spent half an hour to dissolve the medicine.

The next step is to infuse spiritual energy. The alchemist injects his spiritual energy into the liquid medicine and activates the furnace fire to merge the spiritual energy and the liquid medicine as quickly as possible and transform it into medicinal spiritual energy.

At this point, the medicine liquid has the effect of elixir.

The step of infusing spirits is not the most difficult, but it is the most risky.

Because the fire has to be ignited to the highest level in an instant, and the temperature changes suddenly, if it is not properly controlled, there is a risk of the furnace exploding.

However, the most difficult part of refining has been passed. Qin Gengyun is full of confidence and vows to succeed in refining the elixir tonight.

I succeeded in refining the elixir the second time. Maybe I really am a one in a million genius?

He injected spiritual power into the medicine liquid, then fanned the fire-controlling spiritual fan vigorously. The fire in the furnace instantly ignited, and the temperature in the furnace rose instantly.

Qin Gengyun wrapped the medicinal liquid with his spiritual sense, and suddenly, the furnace cover began to vibrate.

not good!

Qin Gengyun was startled and withdrew his spiritual consciousness.

The next moment.

boom!

The furnace cover was blown away and embedded directly into the stone slab above his head. A small hole was blown in the furnace, and the medicine liquid splashed everywhere. The fire from the furnace suddenly popped out.

Qin Gengyun quickly took two steps back. Fortunately, he was not burned by the pill fire, but this furnace of medicine liquid was completely scrapped.

Exploding furnace!

This is a common situation, but it is also the situation that alchemists are most afraid of encountering.

An ordinary bronze furnace is also very expensive. Blowing up a furnace means that the life savings of a low-level alchemist will be gone.

If I want to buy another alchemy furnace, with the income of an ordinary cultivator, I don’t know how long it will take to save up spirit stones.

Qin Gengyun was in the same situation, or even worse.

He couldn't even afford an ordinary bronze furnace, so he had to buy a second-hand furnace.

But now, even the second-hand alchemy furnace that he had just bought was blown up.

How could he have the spirit stones to buy another one?

If others encountered such a situation, they would at most give up on becoming an alchemist.

But he can't give up. If he gives up, he will just wait for death!

Qin Gengyun stood blankly in front of the scrapped alchemy furnace, his face ashen and his body stiff.

"You have been poisoned by elixir. If you can't cure the poison, you won't live past forty."

"When you and I establish our foundation, we will reveal the truth again!"

"I want to build my foundation before I turn forty and become a fourth-level alchemist!"

“I’m going to buy a spiritual vein fairy house in Zhenyang City so that you can live a good life!”

In an instant, scenes from the past came to mind.

There is the pain and perseverance when erysipelas attacks, the heroism when looking forward to the future with friends, and the confidence when making promises to his wife...

But at this moment, in front of the broken alchemy furnace, everything became a delusion and a joke.

"you……"

A clear voice sounded behind him, waking Qin Gengyun from his confused mind. He turned around and looked at Qiu Zhihe.

Today she wore an embroidered lotus silk shirt. Although it was still black, the fair skin above her chest was even more dazzling, and the mountains and rivers wrapped in the black shirt were even more attractive.

This pretty and beautiful woman had a puzzled look on her face:

"Does the furnace have to explode just to make Qingfeng Powder?"

Qin Gengyun smiled bitterly: "Yes, if I can't even make the lowest-grade first-grade elixir, the furnace will explode. What kind of alchemist am I?"

He walked out of the kitchen in a daze, and Qiu Zhihe called him:

"Fellow Daoist Qin."

Qin Gengyun turned around, but saw that the round face was still as cold as frost:

"Throw this furnace away and don't occupy the kitchen. I still have to cook porridge tomorrow."

Qin Gengyun suddenly glared at Qiu Zhihe and said, “I spent eleven spirit stones to buy this!”

How can you just throw it away? !

Qiu Zhihe looked at him indifferently, and Qin Gengyun nodded dejectedly:

"good."

There was a hole in the alchemy furnace, the spiritual energy had leaked out, and the fire in the furnace had long been extinguished. After waiting for a while, when the furnace was not so hot, Qin Gengyun moved the scrapped furnace out.

This is originally an old bronze stove, and now it has a hole in it. It is worthless. I will throw it at the door and the landlord will take it away tomorrow.

Qin Gengyun returned to the house with his head hung. Qiu Zhihe had already taken down the stove cover embedded in the ceiling and handed it to him. Qin Gengyun took it, walked to the door, and threw it out fiercely.

The furnace cover hit the ground with a loud bang and rolled a long distance away.

"What are you arguing about? Are you going to sleep or not?!"

The roar of that wretched monk came from next door.

Qin Gengyun was silent for a moment, walked over, picked up the furnace cover, and put it back on the top of the scrapped furnace.

He gently stroked the still slightly warm stove body with a confused look on his face.

"It's time to go to bed."

Qiu Zhihe's voice came from the room.

Qin Gengyun sighed and went back into the house.

After a moment, the candle went out.

"Fellow Daoist Qiu, I'm really not in the mood today...?!"

Qin Gengyun, exhausted both physically and mentally, fell into a deep sleep.

Qiu Zhihe put on her clothes and got out of bed.

In the darkness, her petite figure gradually grew taller, and her hands emitted a barely visible red light as she floated towards the room on the opposite left.

At this moment, in the house opposite.

Zhao Yi and Qian Er slept in the narrow bed, their limbs tangled together and their snoring was deafening.

Sun San, who lost the game of finger-guessing tonight, lay on his side on the floor, with saliva flowing from the corner of his mouth onto his arm.

The three of them were originally extremely alert, but they were injured the night before and tortured by the Heart-Eating Pill poison. Last night, they moved the bronze furnace to Liuyan Lane with their injuries and waited for two hours in the cold wind. Finally, they moved the bronze furnace back to Zhaiyu Lane.

This continuous torment was really exhausting, so the three of them slept very soundly tonight.

Suddenly, the three of them felt a sharp pain in their meridians and were instantly awakened from their sweet dreams.

“Ah!! How could this be?!”

"Yes, it's the senior who is calling us!"

"Senior, we will be there soon! Please put away your magical powers!"

The three of them hurried out, enduring the pain and heartache, and stumbled to Liuyan Lane. At the place where they had agreed to meet last night, they saw the fiery and terrifying red figure.

The three of them immediately knelt down in front of the red-haired nun:

"Senior, calm down, senior, calm down!"

"Senior, what instructions do you have? Please give me instructions!"

The red-haired female cultivator said calmly, "Send the alchemy furnace from yesterday here within one stick of incense."

"ah?"