night.
The small courtyard under the banyan tree, second floor.
Chen Li lay on the bed, head down, chatting with some boy. He had a smile on his face, his temples were slightly red, and his fingers moved quickly across the screen.
Zeng Jingxue sat at her desk, engrossed in reading a novel about a domineering CEO falling in love with her.
Suddenly, Chen Li turned her head.
"Jingxue, do you want to go watch the final game of the Tongcheng City University Basketball League tomorrow afternoon? Our school team is playing against the Tongcheng Industrial team!"
"What's so interesting about a basketball game? I'm not going!"
"But your boyfriend Zhang Yuan went too!"
\"ah?\"
Zeng Jingxue realized what was happening and blushed, saying, "Your boyfriend is Zhang Yuan! I don't have a boyfriend yet."
"Okay, okay, my boyfriend is Zhang Yuan. You'd better not regret this later!"
Zeng Jingxue closed the book and looked at her best friend on the bed.
"By the way, how did you know he went to the competition? Isn't he a non-team member?"
"I'm not telling you!"
"Oh, I see. It must have been Li Xuekai from the school team who told you! Tell me, do you have a crush on him?"
"Nonsense, he's clearly interested in me."
\"Ha ha!\"
The two women teased each other for a while. Zeng Jingxue pretended to be angry and went to hit Chen Li. They wrestled and struggled on the bed. After a while, Chen Li let go of Zeng Jingxue's arm and said, "Are you really not going tomorrow?"
Zeng Jingxue: "Go, why wouldn't I go!"
Then they smiled knowingly at each other.
Zhang Yuan, who lives on the same floor as the former school beauty, is currently in his room, standing in front of a bronze alchemy furnace, carefully manipulating his internal energy and using the fire control technique to practice refining pills with the bronze furnace.
Three hours later, it was already late at night.
Having mastered the basics of the Fire Control Technique, Zhang Yuan was somewhat fatigued from using his divine soul to manipulate it for an extended period, so he stopped practicing.
With a thought, the alchemy furnace shrank continuously, eventually turning into a black dot and flying into Zhang Yuan's chest at the Tanzhong acupoint.
Zhang Yuan lay exhausted on the bed and quickly fell asleep.
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The next morning, as dawn broke, Zhang Yuan was already up.
After washing up, he went to the balcony as usual to practice the Vajra Skill before returning to his room to prepare the Foundation Establishment Pill.
After preparing the materials for alchemy, Zhang Yuan summoned the bronze alchemy furnace. Everything was ready, and outside, the sun had already risen.
Following the instructions in the alchemy notes, Zhang Yuan put the raw materials into the furnace in order, introduced his true qi into the furnace, and then used the fire control technique to manipulate the flames inside the furnace.
...
Half an hour later.
The furnace fire went out, and the first attempt to refine pills using the alchemy furnace officially ended in failure!
Zhang Yuan was not discouraged. As the saying goes, everything is difficult at the beginning. It's okay, I'll just refine another batch.
Zhang Yuan consoled himself.
Then, following the same method, he put the raw materials into the alchemy furnace in order again, while activating the fire control technique to refine them. When it came to adding the Ganoderma lucidum, Zhang Yuan became cautious.
The first time I tried to refine it, the flames in the furnace went out because I didn't control them well after I put in the Ganoderma lucidum.
This time, Zhang Yuan deliberately increased the flames using his Fire Control Technique before adding the Ganoderma lucidum.
After adding the Ganoderma lucidum, Zhang Yuan went to the mouth of the alchemy furnace to check the size of the flames and how well the pills were being refined.
The blue flame looks like it's about to go out again!
Zhang Yuan quickly used his divine sense to increase the output of his true energy, making the flames bigger. Perhaps because he was too nervous, or perhaps because he was not proficient in the fire control technique, with a thought, the flames inside the furnace suddenly burst into flames!
A fiery dragon burst forth from the furnace opening.
Zhang Yuan cried out in alarm and quickly retreated, but it was too late; a tuft of hair on his forehead was singed! Fortunately, his body wasn't burned.
The flames inside the furnace quickly went out again. Zhang Yuan looked closer and saw that the furnace had been burned to ashes!
\"Why!\"
"Failed again?"
Zhang Yuan began to doubt his talent for alchemy again.
The third batch of medicinal herbs for refining the Foundation Establishment Pill was quietly placed in the basket, and Zhang Yuan's gaze shifted back and forth between the alchemy furnace and the induction cooker.
The two failed attempts to refine pills with the alchemy furnace not only dampened Zhang Yuan's enthusiasm but also wasted a lot of medicinal herbs.
These medicinal herbs are worth at least 3,000 yuan!
Zhang Yuan couldn't help but feel a pang of heartache!
"Never mind, let's just use the induction cooker."
Because if he were to use the bronze alchemy furnace to refine the pills again, he still wouldn't be confident, and there was no need to waste the medicinal herbs, which cost a lot of money!
Moreover, Su Yafang and Nanshan Dashu are still waiting for my Foundation Building Pill.
He put away the bronze alchemy furnace, then moved the dining table to the middle of the hall, brought out the induction cooker, plugged it in, pressed the switch, and put it in the water.
They operated it skillfully.
However, Zhang Yuan was not careless at all.
He was serious about alchemy!
Following the previous refining method, he began to add medicinal herbs and refine the Foundation Building Pill step by step.
Time passed second by second.
The first two fragrant Foundation Establishment Pills were ready. Zhang Yuan carefully poured the two pale golden, marble-sized Foundation Establishment Pills into a pre-prepared bowl.
By the time everything was ready, it was already noon. Zhang Yuan went downstairs to the cafeteria for lunch, stretched his muscles, and then came back to continue refining the second batch of pills.
Based on previous refining experience, when using an induction cooker to refine Foundation Building Pills, two pills at a time are the most suitable quantity. Too many pills may cause the pot to explode and the refining process to fail!
Therefore, for the second batch, he still refined two pieces each.
Zhang Yuan, engrossed in alchemy, had long forgotten about his 3 PM appointment at Tongcheng University of Technology to participate in the Tongcheng City University Basketball League Finals.
Time flies, and it's already 2:40 PM.
The second batch of Foundation Establishment Pills refined by Zhang Yuan has entered the final stage of pill formation and will be completed in about ten minutes.
Meanwhile, at Tongcheng University of Technology, in the basketball gymnasium.
Students and basketball enthusiasts from various universities in Tongcheng City have come to the indoor basketball court of Tongcheng University of Technology.
Both the Tongcheng Industrial Team and the Tongcheng University Team have arrived at the stadium to prepare for the match.
Tongcheng University team rest area.
The team's second-best player, Li Xuekai, seemed a little distracted, his eyes darting around the field, searching for something.
"Damn Zhang Yuan, why isn't he here yet? Is he going to stand me up?"
Li Xuekai said in a low voice, glancing at the time repeatedly.
Outside the stadium, in the stands.
Zeng Jingxue and Chen Li had already arrived at the basketball stadium and occupied the best viewing spots in the first row, next to the cheerleaders from Tongcheng University.
Many students from Class 1 of the Chinese Department of Tongcheng University's School of Humanities and Philosophy came to watch the game today, including Chu Mengyao, Chen Tingting, class monitor Ma Jianhua, and Xie Feng, Fei Bo, and Zhu Gan from dormitory 302.
As soon as Ma Jianhua and the others found their seats, they saw Chen Yajing, a senior student, emerge from the crowd, carrying a pink backpack and chewing on something.
"Hey, senior teaching assistant, over here!"
"We're here!"
Ma Jianhua waved to Chen Yajing.
On the crowded sports field, Chen Yajing met her juniors and was very happy to squeeze through the crowd and sit with Ma Jianhua, Xie Feng and others.
"Senior, what brings you to the match?"
Before the competition even started, everyone began chatting.
\"yes!\"
"You guys came too!"
Chen Yajing said that she looked for Zhang Yuan in the court and team rest area below.
"Why isn't Zhang Yuan here?"
Chen Yajing pouted and said.
"Zhang Yuan?"
"Zhang Yuan isn't a member of our school team!"
Ma Jianhua said.
"But I ran into Zhang Yuan yesterday, and he said he's coming this afternoon to participate in the finals against Tongcheng Industrial Team?"
Chen Yajing asked, puzzled.
Ma Jianhua also looked puzzled.
"Really? If Yuan-ge comes, maybe our school team can tie with Tongcheng Industrial Team, or even have a chance to make a comeback!"
Fat Bo said, a sly smile on his face.
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