eurekapd Chapter 33 Grade 2 Pill Furnace?
Chapter 33 Grade 2 Pill Furnace?
After Ye Xiaobai was ready, he followed Xiao Lele's example and used spiritual fire to activate the alchemy furnace.
Then he added various materials and began refining. Soon, all the materials were in the alchemy furnace. As the materials were added, Ye Xiaobai noticed the spiritual energy within the furnace surging, becoming increasingly difficult to control. Fortunately, he was already at the ninth level of Qi Refining, and his internal spiritual energy was still relatively abundant. If he were only at the first or second level of Qi Refining, his internal spiritual energy would definitely be insufficient for controlling the alchemy process.
The feeling of controlling the spiritual energy of materials while heating them gave Ye Xiaobai a strange sense of familiarity.
Just as Ye Xiaobai was desperately trying to control the spiritual energy of the materials, he neglected to control the temperature of the spiritual fire, and a burnt smell began to emanate. Ye Xiaobai immediately stopped the spiritual fire, but it was too late; with a loud "bang," the furnace exploded.
"Senior Sister Xiao, I'm sorry, I blew up your alchemy furnace," Ye Xiaobai said awkwardly.
"It's alright, it's normal for novice alchemists to have their furnaces explode while they're making pills," Xiao Lele comforted her.
"Could you please demonstrate again, Senior Sister Xiao?"
"Yes, but we'll need to clean the alchemy furnace first."
"Thank you, Senior Sister Xiao. I'll go clean the alchemy furnace right away." After saying that, Ye Xiaobai ran outside the alchemy room and began cleaning.
After pouring out the residue from the failed refining process, Ye Xiaobai immediately smelled a familiar scent—the aroma of burnt spirit rice and burnt spirit herbs.
The familiar scent immediately reminded Ye Xiaobai of a similar smell he had encountered back in the outer sect. It was a senior brother surnamed Shi who was also refining a fasting pill. He'd heard that Shi had already entered the Spirit Pill Peak. Now, so long had passed; he wondered if he could still run into him there.
After cleaning the alchemy furnace, Ye Xiaobai stopped thinking about it and returned to the alchemy room.
"Thank you for your help, Senior Sister Xiao!" Ye Xiaobai said after placing the alchemy furnace in front of Xiao Lele.
"It's nothing, just watch carefully this time." After saying that, Xiao Lele resumed refining pills.
Using the same steps, the same materials, and the same alchemy furnace, a batch of Bigu Pills was successfully refined in a short time, and several of them even reached the medium grade.
"Well? Do you see it clearly now?" Xiao Lele said, looking at Ye Xiaobai.
"Now I understand. It's just that I need to gradually get used to controlling the size of the spirit fire and the loss of spiritual energy from the materials."
"Next, we need to practice more!"
"Understood, thank you for your guidance, Senior Sister Xiao!"
Next, Ye Xiaobai did not refine any more Bigu Pills, since the materials were limited and he also had the task of processing spiritual herbs.
Having become familiar with the daily processing of spiritual herbs, today's work was exceptionally easy, and Ye Xiaobai felt that he had gained something new as well.
Having finished her daily work, Ye Xiaobai hadn't seen Wei Yize today. She asked around and heard he'd taken the day off. She didn't think much of it.
Ye Xiaobai has an important thing to do today—buy an alchemy furnace.
After finishing his work for the day, Ye Xiaobai said goodbye to Xiao Lele and headed straight for the market.
Ye Xiaobai decided to go to Xiaoyao Restaurant first to check on the recent situation. Li Minghan was there this time and said that things were going quite well. Li Minghan had hoped that Ye Xiaobai could have a meal with him, but Ye Xiaobai was in a hurry to buy a pill furnace to refine pills, so he left without eating.
Before long, Ye Xiaobai went to the market stalls to see if he could find any treasures.
Before he knew it, he had arrived at the spot where he used to set up his stall, and now someone else was doing the same thing. Ye Xiaobai thought back to when he used to sell Qiankun Fried Rice here, and couldn't help but feel a surge of emotions.
Seeing that shifty-eyed middle-aged man hawking various treasures, Ye Xiaobai decided to go and take a look since they were destined to meet.
Upon closer inspection, the stall displayed various magical artifacts, such as flying swords, spears, broadswords, and some talismans. Looking towards the corner of the stall, Ye Xiaobai discovered an unexpected find—several alchemy furnaces.
"Boss, what treasures are here?" Ye Xiaobai didn't want to reveal his purpose directly, lest he be taken advantage of.
The shopkeeper, seeing Ye Xiaobai's robes as an inner disciple of the White Tiger Sect, knew he was a wealthy man and immediately boasted, "Fellow Daoist, every magic weapon here is a masterpiece! Look at this flying sword, a low-grade flying sword with the power of a mid-grade magic weapon! And the power of this talisman is also astonishing; one strike can kill a first-tier demon beast!"
"Okay, okay, boss, stop bragging and tell the truth!" Ye Xiaobai quickly interrupted his boss's boasting.
"Well then, judging from your appearance, this fellow Daoist is clearly a destined person. I won't waste any more words. A few days ago, I obtained a treasure in a secret realm—a second-grade pill furnace. How about it? Are you interested, fellow Daoist?" The shopkeeper said seriously, pointing to a purplish-red pill furnace.
"Is the Grade Two Pill Furnace real or fake?"
"It's definitely true. Look at the array patterns on the outside of this pill furnace; they can greatly increase the pill-forming rate!"
"Then let me take a closer look," Ye Xiaobai said, picking up the alchemy furnace and examining it carefully.
Ye Xiaobai picked up the alchemy furnace and poured in spiritual power to sense the changes. He felt that there was nothing particularly different, unlike Xiao Lele's alchemy furnace, where the temperature could be controlled and increased immediately after spiritual power was poured in.
"Is this a fake alchemy furnace?" Ye Xiaobai was also unsure.
The boss immediately panicked. He had previously noticed that the alchemy furnace was a bit strange. Others couldn't figure it out either, and it couldn't be used to refine pills. He could only fool laymen into buying it.
"Fellow Daoist, please don't talk nonsense. I had a professional examine it, and they all said it's a second-grade alchemy furnace," the shopkeeper quickly explained.
"Have you ever used this alchemy furnace, boss?"
"No, no, I'm not an alchemist," the shopkeeper quickly shook his head and said.
"I see. You've never refined pills before? Then forget it." Ye Xiaobai pretended to turn around and leave.
"Don't go! If I weren't short of spirit stones lately, I wouldn't be selling it. Here's 500 spirit stones, you can take it!" The shopkeeper looked like he was about to sell his own flesh.
"Although it can't be used for alchemy, it looks pretty and would be nice to have at home. 100 spirit stones!" Ye Xiaobai immediately pushed the price down to the bottom.
"Fellow Daoist, that's not how you bargain! 300 spirit stones! You really can't go any lower!"
"100 spirit stones seems a bit expensive for a decoration, maybe I should just forget about it!" Ye Xiaobai left without looking back.
"100 spirit stones it is!" The shopkeeper caught up with Ye Xiaobai, carrying the alchemy furnace, and insisted on stuffing it into his clothes.
“100 spirit stones is fine, but you have to tell me where you found this alchemy furnace,” Ye Xiaobai asked casually.
"It was discovered in a secluded cultivator's cave at the foot of Stone Bell Mountain." The shopkeeper looked at the spirit stone in Ye Xiaobai's hand and immediately stated the location.
"That's more like it. Here, take the spirit stones!" Ye Xiaobai said, taking the alchemy furnace, handing over the spirit stones, and leaving.
"What a sucker! I've already searched that cave. All I found was this fake alchemy furnace. Nothing else," the shopkeeper muttered to himself.
Ye Xiaobai didn't see anything special about the alchemy furnace itself, but he was a little unsure. However, he felt that it should be a good alchemy furnace. More importantly, he could smell the scent of spiritual herbs around the furnace, and it was the scent of hundred-year-old spiritual herbs. Fortunately, he had cultivated the One Breath Smells a Thousand Miles Technique, so ordinary people really couldn't smell such a faint scent.
Ye Xiaobai guessed that the cave should contain century-old spiritual herbs, and even if the alchemy furnace was fake, Ye Xiaobai could still make a fortune.
Tomorrow, I'll first let Xiao Lele check if the alchemy furnace is real or fake, and then I'll go check out that hermit's cave.