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Chapter 427: Unveiling the Art of Pill Refining to its Limits
Chapter 427: Unveiling the Art of Pill Refining to its Limits
More importantly, Lu Chen had a wealth of knowledge in pill refining.
The Fourth-grade Azure Sky Flame, an exotic fire that was extremely suitable for pill refining, could slightly increase the probability of successfully refining pills and enhance their quality.
The Fourth-grade exotic insect, Yaozhi, fed on pill toxins within pill cauldrons and pills themselves, greatly aiding in pill refinement and benefiting immensely from the process.
In addition, he had gained experience packages for three pill formulas.
There was the Peiyuan Pill, the Yunling Pill, and most importantly, the Foundation Establishment Pill.
From the globes of light, he had absorbed a plethora of pill formula experience packages, especially for the first two, allowing him to reach the level of a grandmaster in refining those respective pills. He was confident that he could rival many pill masters in the Pill Hall.
With all these factors in mind, Lu Chen decided to try his hand at pill refining.
"I won't hide it from Senior Sister. I do intend to learn pill refining, and I would like to ask Senior Sister to introduce me to the Pill Hall so that I may learn the art."
Lu Chen stood up and spoke sincerely.
"With your expertise in spiritual herbs, Junior Brother Lu, countless pill masters in the Pill Hall will want to curry favor with you once you enter."
"Who wouldn't want to get to know a powerful spiritual herbologist and have the opportunity to obtain those rare and high-grade spiritual herbs?"
Guan Yun replied playfully.
Since they were already there, Lu Chen decided to tag along with her to the Pill Hall.
The Pill Hall occupied an extremely vast area, twice as large as the Agricultural Hall, the General Affairs Hall, and the Sword Hall.
The entire spacious plaza in front of the grand hall was paved with evenly cut first-grade ores, and dozens of spirit springs gushed out from intricately designed fountains, enveloping the plaza in a thin layer of spirit mist, exuding opulence.
If the plaza was already so impressive, the grand hall itself was the epitome of extravagance, leaving Lu Chen, who had entered the Pill Hall once again, with mixed emotions.
Upon entering the Pill Hall, a thick scent of medicine permeated the air.
"The aroma of spirit stones," Lu Chen marveled inwardly.
"Junior Brother Lu, before we enter the Pill Hall, there are some matters that I must inform you about," Guan Yun said softly as they walked along the spacious and ancient-style corridor made of spirit wood.
"Please enlighten me, Senior Sister."
"The pill refiners in the Pill Hall are mainly divided into two types: regular pill refiners and core pill refiners. When you first join, you'll start as a regular pill refiner."
"That's understandable. Since I'm new to pill refining, I certainly won't break the rules of the Pill Hall."
Lu Chen readily agreed.
"Regular pill refiners have their rights and obligations."
"You can learn first-grade and second-grade pill formulas from the Pill Hall, as well as a few third-grade ones. When you start refining a particular pill for the first time, you can receive a varying amount of free refining materials."
"If you continue refining, you can also obtain the necessary refining materials, pill cauldrons, and pill fires from the Pill Hall at low prices. The pills you refine can be sold to the Pill Hall at favorable prices, which won't be worse than selling them individually to other cultivators or forces."
Lu Chen nodded in agreement.
Indeed, being able to sell refined pills in large quantities to the Pill Hall at high prices would save him a lot of time and spare him from unnecessary troubles.
"As for obligations, the Pill Hall may occasionally need to refine large quantities of certain pills according to the sect's needs. Thus, they will recruit pill refiners to help with the task, and of course, appropriate compensation will be provided."
Lu Chen had no objections to this, as it was only fair to contribute some effort in exchange for the benefits he received from the Pill Hall.
"For the pill formulas learned from the Pill Hall, you must make a heart demon oath to prevent their leakage."
"Once you're promoted to a core pill refiner and learn higher and more precious pill formulas, the heart demon oath will become more stringent and complex. Should you break it, you will face severe consequences, so be mentally prepared, Junior Brother."
After explaining everything clearly, Guan Yun led Lu Chen through the initiation process into the Pill Hall. Once all the formalities were completed, the two of them arrived at a library filled with jade slips.
She activated a jade token, dispelling the spiritual energy restrictions, and then retrieved a jade booklet from within, handing it to Lu Chen.
"Junior Brother Lu, this jade booklet contains the pill formulas that ordinary pill refiners can master. It includes information on the purposes of the pills, the required materials, and the refining process. As for the specific refining methods, they are inscribed on the corresponding jade slips."
"If you're just starting with pill refining, you can choose whichever formulas you like." Guan Yun advised, "Pill refining is not as simple as cultivating spiritual herbs, so keep in mind not to bite off more than you can chew."
"Thank you for the reminder, Senior Sister Guan. I'll keep that in mind," Lu Chen acknowledged with a bow. He then immersed his spiritual sense into the jade booklet.
After some careful selection, he finally settled on three pill formulas.
"Senior Sister Guan, I've made my choices. I'll start with the Peiyuan Pill, the Yunling Pill, and the Beast Spirit Pill," Lu Chen announced.
"Very well," Guan Yun nodded gently. Pill formulas weren't set in stone; one could experiment and find the types that suited them best.
Soon, she selected three jade slips from the collection and handed them to Lu Chen. She also called over two other core pill refiners from the Pill Hall to witness Lu Chen taking the heart demon oath.
After the oath was taken, Guan Yun led Lu Chen to another room where he was provided with dozens of free materials for pill refining.
The Peiyuan Pill was a first-grade pill, and Lu Chen received thirty sets of materials for it. The Yunling Pill and the Beast Spirit Pill were both second-grade, and he received twenty sets of materials for each.
Among the three pill formulas, Lu Chen had already reached the pinnacle of mastery in refining the Peiyuan Pill and the Yunling Pill. As for the Beast Spirit Pill, he chose it with the numerous magical beasts in his cave abode in mind, hoping to better nurture and cultivate them.
Back in his cave abode, Lu Chen took out the jade slips containing the pill formulas and, after some thought, decided to absorb them one by one.
A flood of information from the jade slips rushed into his sea of consciousness before disintegrating into countless fragments.
"The Yunling Pill and the Peiyuan Pill are like revisiting old friends," Lu Chen mused. "It's a pity that absorbing them doesn't count as experience packages and doesn't increase my pill refining experience."
He retrieved a set of materials for refining the Peiyuan Pill from his storage bag, and his hands moved deftly as if he had performed these actions countless times before. He expertly prepared the various materials.
In the room was a second-grade pill cauldron that he had obtained a long time ago. It had been a while since he last refined pills, and a thick layer of dust had settled on its surface.
"Light the cauldron! Refine the pill!" Lu Chen commanded.
Beneath the cauldron, a faint green flame rapidly spread, instantly engulfing the entire structure.
Through his spiritual sense, Lu Chen perceived the medicine cauldron beast quietly entering the room and merging with the cauldron.
Following the instructions on the pill formula, Lu Chen carefully added the prepared materials into the cauldron in a specific order and quantity.
He carefully controlled the Tianqing Dan fire beneath the cauldron with his spiritual sense, perceiving the changes in the materials within. From time to time, he added various auxiliary medicines to the mix.
Half a shichen (Chinese unit of time)
later, Lu Chen opened his eyes, a glint of satisfaction flashing in them. The lid of the cauldron flew off, and six perfectly round and pure white pills flew out in succession.
Each pill was flawless and of superior quality.
"With just a slight effort, I've already reached the pinnacle of pill refining!" Lu Chen couldn't help but feel proud and amazed.
(End of Chapter)
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