Chapter 15: Refining Medicine

Xiao Ling followed Elder Huo and walked into the alchemy room after a while.

When he walked in, Xiao Ling felt a heat flow all over his body, just like walking into the drying room in his previous life. Fortunately, he has become a fighter now. After a little circulation of Dou Qi, the heat feeling faded away by half, and the fire attribute became more active here. If he practiced here, he should make faster progress than usual.

Looking towards the center of the room, he saw a medicine cauldron nearly half a meter tall.

The whole body of the medicine cauldron was brown with some red stripes on it. At the bottom of the medicine cauldron, there were two ferocious wolf heads carved with wide open wolf mouths, forming three interconnected fire holes. The holes were curved and continuous, and the deeper they went, the smaller the diameter was. It seemed that there was a mystery hidden inside. At the top of the medicine cauldron, a giant snake was coiled into a dark red cauldron cover. There was also a special hole at the top of the cauldron cover, which was the place for putting in medicinal materials. The surface of the medicine cauldron is painted with beautiful carvings of magical beasts, which look lifelike, like living things.

"The alchemy room is a place where the medicine department specializes in refining medicine. The medicine cauldron equipped inside is the same as the one I gave you, all of which are three-mouthed cauldrons."

Elder Huo walked to the medicine cauldron and waved his hand, and a pile of medicinal materials appeared next to it. "Watch carefully, I will only demonstrate it once."

The next step was also the first time that Xiao Ling saw the process of the alchemist refining medicine in a real sense. The dark flame entered the medicine cauldron, and the herbs were devoured by the flames one by one in the medicine cauldron, leaving behind the essence of medicinal properties in powder or paste. Finally, the essences of various medicinal materials merged into a prototype of a pill with pits on the surface. With the tempering of the flame, the pill in the cauldron became round and green, and a faint medicinal fragrance spread from the cauldron.

Originally, the alchemist needed a quiet environment to refine medicine, without any disturbance. But because it was a first-grade pill, it was very easy for Elder Huo, so Elder Huo would explain every step in detail. The elixir was quickly made. Elder Huo used his Dou Qi to grab the elixir, then put it in a jade bottle and threw it to Xiao Ling.

He slightly activated his suction palm, and the jade screen fell steadily into his hand. Before Xiao Ling put it into his belt, Elder Huo said, "This is a first-grade elixir, the Fire Condensation Pill, which can slightly improve the cultivation of fire attribute Dou Qi. There is a recipe in the ring. You can practice with this elixir yourself. I just demonstrated it once, and now you can also refine it once." After speaking, he stepped aside and gave up his position.

Taking a deep breath, Xiao Ling emptied his mind first to make himself free of distractions.

Put his hand on the fire port of the medicine cauldron and inject the beast fire into it.

"Puff"

With a muffled sound, the blue-pink beast fire appeared in the medicine cauldron, constantly churning and burning.

Xiao Ling closed his eyes and began to sense the wood-attributed Dou Qi in his body. Since absorbing the 100,000-year-old Blue Silver Emperor's trunk bone, Xiao Ling's affinity for wood attributes has greatly increased. It only took a minute to lock onto the green Dou Qi.

Xiao Ling stretched out a finger and tapped on the other fire port. A green airflow as thick as a thumb was slowly poured in.

As soon as the green airflow entered the medicine cauldron, the blue-pink beast fire inside suddenly became quiet as if a chemical reaction had occurred. At this time, even if Xiao Ling had not yet controlled the beast fire, he could sense that the violent factor in the beast fire had been neutralized by the power of wood, and because of the principle of wood generating fire, the flame at this time was obviously more durable and controllable than before.

After recalling the medicinal materials needed for the Fire Condensation Pill and the refining techniques of Elder Huo in his mind.

The soul perception invaded the medicine cauldron and began to control the beast fire. Thanks to the excellent soul perception and the neutralization of the wood-attributed Dou Qi, Xiao Ling seemed to be very good at controlling the beast fire.

Put the required medicinal materials into the medicine cauldron step by step, extract and purify the medicinal materials, integrate the essence of multiple medicinal materials into a prototype of the elixir, and continue to refine with flames.

Following the steps of Elder Huo, Xiao Ling carefully completed each requirement.

After seven failures, he finally refined the first elixir in his life on the eighth time. Although the appearance was bumpy, it also made Xiao Ling smile widely.

He took out a special jade bottle, urged the suction palm to put the elixir into the bottle, and put it into the belt. This was the first elixir he refined, and Xiao Ling had planned to keep it well.

Elder Huo on the side was quite satisfied and smiled like an old father.

Facts have proved that Xiao Ling is not only talented in cultivation, but also has a talent for refining medicine.

Elder Huo said, "Although the appearance of the pill is not good and the surface is bumpy, it is very rare to be able to complete the breakthrough from zero to one in such a short time. I have to admit that you are much better than I was back then."

Hearing this, Xiao Ling became playful and said, "How long did it take you to refine the pill for the first time?"

Elder Huo's smile gradually disappeared, his face turned a little dark, and he rolled his eyes.

I thought he was an honest child, but I didn't expect him to be so black-bellied. I actually made a mistake one day.

Coughing his throat, Elder Huo changed the subject and said, "Although you have refined a first-grade pill, it does not mean that you have become a real first-grade alchemist now. There is a little luck in the refining process just now."

"And to become a real first-grade alchemist, you must also ensure the quality and success rate of the pill. Remember to practice hard in the future and never slack off!"

For Xiao Ling, Elder Huo still hopes that he can be down-to-earth and not be proud and complacent because of a little achievement. After all, he is half of his apprentice, and he certainly hopes that Xiao Ling can go further and further in the way of alchemy.

In the past many years in Canaan College, he has seen too many geniuses. Although there has never been a monster like Xiao Ling, there are countless geniuses who are one level lower than him.

Because of arrogance, not listening to advice, wasting cultivation talents, and being unable to fulfill their original potential after growing up, he has seen many such people.

"Understood, I will practice diligently in the future."

For Elder Huo's earnest admonition, Xiao Ling quickly agreed. He also knew that he should not be complacent because of some small achievements. What's more, Xiao Ling also knew that there was a demon girl Cao Ying from the Cao family in Zhongzhou, who could make pills at the age of seven. Xiao Ling really didn't think that his talent for alchemy would be better than Cao Ying Dan Chen and the like.

Seeing that Xiao Ling really listened to his teachings, Elder Huo nodded with satisfaction, stroked his beard, and waved his right hand, and a large pile of medicinal materials appeared next to the medicine cauldron.

"These are the medicinal materials prepared for you to practice. If you don't have enough in the future, go to the warehouse and report my name, and they will give you the medicinal materials."

Seeing this, Xiao Ling hurriedly bowed and said, "Thank you, Elder."

Elder Huo smiled and stroked his beard, leaving only one sentence: "Continue to practice well next!" and left the alchemy room.