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Chapter 3452 Water and Fire Alchemy Furnace
"Tsk, the Nine Dragon Cauldron!"

"The Wu Nong Ding!"

"The Limitless Elixir Furnace!"

"The True Phoenix Cauldron!"

"Tai Chi Furnace!"

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There are many alchemy furnaces in Zhujiuyin's underground palace.

It wasn't that Zhu Jiuyin liked collecting alchemy furnaces, but rather that Zhou Bugui's alchemy skills were insufficient, making it difficult for him to control the Yin-Yang School's water and fire alchemy furnaces. After repeated failures in alchemy, he had no choice but to seek a replacement furnace.

Zhu Jiuyin had little knowledge of alchemy furnaces, so he simply seized the famous ones he could get his hands on, and some of them came from burial objects.

In any case, Zhu Jiuyin's exploration of the Qin King's tomb was somewhat lacking, but his visits to other people's tombs were relatively easy.

He directly stole the burial furnaces of some great alchemists in history.

Zhang Xuezhou inspected the alchemy furnace in the underground palace, while Zhou Bugui provided explanations from the side.

"How has your alchemy skill improved so rapidly over the years?"

A good alchemy furnace is very important, but the alchemist is the key to alchemy.

The Venerable One needs not just one or two Creation Pills, nor ten or eight, but tens of thousands. Low-grade pills are one thing, but high-grade pills are time-consuming to refine and have a high failure rate. Zhou Bugui felt that he could not refine tens of thousands of Creation Pills even if he devoted his entire life to it.

"It's just refining some pills, a piece of cake!"

Zhou Bugui was a proper alchemist, while Zhang Xuezhou relied on the influence of the Grand Duke Jupiter to mass-produce pills.

Zhang Xuezhou didn't do anything that would be a loss for him. He wouldn't waste Tai Sui to refine the Creation Pill for the Venerable. Not to mention the Yin Yang School cultivators' ability to leave some benefits in their hands, he could also obtain pills that would help him quickly complete the Great Wilderness Creation Scripture.

"Is it really true that our water-fire alchemy furnace is ineffective at refining elixirs of creation?"

Zhang Xuezhou glanced at the many alchemy furnaces, and then at Zhou Bugui's semi-automatic alchemy furnace.

The Water-Fire Alchemy Furnace doesn't have the exaggerated shape of the Nine Dragons Cauldron, nor does it have the success rate bonus from using the essence of the phoenix to refine pills, nor does it have the alchemy furnace material of the Taiji Furnace. However, the structure of this furnace is exceptionally exquisite, and few alchemy furnaces are as simple as the Water-Fire Alchemy Furnace.

Refining a large number of Creation Pills for Zhu Jiuyin is no small matter. It requires not only a high success rate but also the most efficient refining process, otherwise it will take an extremely long time.

"It's not that the alchemy furnace is faulty, it's that I'm faulty!"

He whispered, "I will not return."

Although the Yin-Yang School had fallen into dire straits, Zhou Bugui still retained a certain degree of pride.

Compared to the Yin-Yang School's continuous updates and progress, other schools of thought are undoubtedly worthless and incompetent.

The alchemical furnace is not necessarily better the older it is; rather, it is important to keep up with the times and improve the craftsmanship. Most schools of thought are still pursuing alchemical formulas and miraculous herbs, but the Yin-Yang School has already innovated and improved the alchemical furnace. It was only through the ingenious craftsmanship of the Mohist master craftsmen that the water-fire alchemical furnace was created.

Although the Yin-Yang School has been ineffective for nearly a century, its leading position is not something that other schools of thought can easily catch up with, especially since many other schools of thought have not developed much in the past century.

The water-fire alchemy furnace can naturally refine elixirs of creation and transformation. It's not that this furnace is inadequate, but rather that Zhou Bugui's skill level is limited and it's difficult to control, leading to repeated failures in alchemy. He can only rely on those outdated and old-fashioned furnaces to refine elixirs and make medicine.

"I'll play with this furnace!"

After exploring all the alchemy furnaces in the underground palace, Zhang Xuezhou found them unsatisfactory and felt that Qin Furnace No. 8 was more convenient than the one he used.

For example, the Nine Dragon Cauldron, which triggered the war, has high control requirements. Its maximum capacity for refining pills is eighty-one (nine times nine), and it requires True Self Realm cultivation to ignite. This cauldron is highly effective at refining external pills like the Eight Steps to Immortality Pill, but less so for refining Creation Pills. Furthermore, the Nine Dragon Cauldron emphasizes its magical artifact function, possessing various abilities, all of which are difficult to master to their full potential, and its usage requirements are very high. The Wu Nong Cauldron excels at nurturing pills to improve their quality, making it suitable for leisurely alchemists who are not in a hurry.

The Wuji Pill Furnace has a long history of producing top-grade pills, but its pill-destroying rate is also extremely high. It is suitable for focusing one's mind and taking a gamble to refine a great pill, but the number of pills refined is limited to between one and three, which does not meet Zhang Xuezhou's needs.

The True Phoenix Cauldron, stained with phoenix blood, produces a rather good flame after being fueled, resulting in a decent success rate. However, it is unfortunate that the number of pills produced at once is relatively small.

The Taiji Furnace is made with high technology. It is difficult to ignite and refine pills without a special flame. Without a top-quality flame, it is considered a useless furnace.

As for the inferior alchemy furnaces, let's not even talk about them. For Zhang Xuezhou, who prefers assembly line production, many of the furnaces were not up to standard.

He took the furnace from Zhou Bugui's hands, holding the small alchemy furnace in the center of his palm.

As the magical power was channeled and guided, the alchemy furnace grew three-tenths larger.

Like unfolding flower stamens, the water-fire alchemy furnace will exhibit certain changes in form.

This alchemy furnace, at its maximum length, is no more than half a person's height, far less than the large alchemy furnaces that are often ten feet tall. However, the water-fire alchemy furnace produces pills quickly, producing them like an assembly line, which is far superior to those clumsy alchemy furnaces.

"How is it? Can you control your magic power smoothly?" Zhou Bugui asked.

I don't think there's a problem!

The Yin-Yang Nine Heavens Great Compassion Mantra Realm Technique possesses immense magical power, while the Yin-Yang Nine Humans Great Joy Mantra Realm Technique boasts precise magical power. Zhang Xuezhou possesses both in terms of magical power, making it extremely easy for him to control the water and fire alchemy furnace.

Zhang Xuezhou felt that his magical power was enough to rank among the top five among the cultivators of the Yin-Yang School throughout history. Except for the two founders of the Yin-Yang School, his two breakthroughs in the realms of Divine Power and Self-Ideal almost surpassed the records of many cultivators in the school.

A surge of magical power emanated from his right hand, and the water-fire alchemy furnace in his palm began to slowly rotate. As the magical power in his palm continued to flow in and expand, it quickly took on the shape of an ordinary alchemy furnace.

"Take it slow, don't overdo it. This furnace is very difficult to repair if it breaks down!"

Watching Zhang Xuezhou effortlessly break through the limits of his control over the water-fire alchemy furnace, Zhou Bugui couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine.

When the stove grew to the size of a winnowing basket, his heart almost jumped out of his chest.

But when the furnace swelled to half a person's height and was held in Zhang Xuezhou's palm, his heart sank into a deathly silence. After all, Zhou Bugui had never played like this before and had no experience in this area. He had only seen relevant records on the Yin-Yang School's inherited jade.

"Our school's furnace is quite interesting!"

As his magical power continued to expand, Zhang Xuezhou skillfully manipulated the water-fire alchemy furnace. This was not only due to his abundant magical power and delicate control, but also because Zhang Xuezhou understood this semi-modern alchemy furnace.

This may be a furnace for innovation in this era, or a compromise that adapts to the conditions of this era.

Zhang Xuezhou had once made a ritual implement called a "weighing". He was well aware of the difficulty of building a pavilion in the air without prior technical conditions. Even the simplest "weighing" was difficult to standardize, let alone a sophisticated tool.

This is a product of limited conditions, and it also incorporates the advantages of this world's cultivation system. Anyone who has seen modern instruments will find it much easier to operate this type of tool.

For example, the operation of water and fire creates a sealed high-pressure environment, while the folding of metal materials is a process, and the tightness between the materials and the instruments is astonishing.

Thinking about the mechanical beings of the Mo Family's Mechanical City, and the 'Yao' of the Heavenly Craftsmen, even Zhang Xuezhou couldn't help but wonder what kind of cross-regional integration had occurred in the past.

"It can produce 36 pills at a time, and the pill-making time should be reduced to about one-quarter or one-fifth of the normal pill-making time. The pill-producing efficiency is close to that of Qin Furnace No. 8, but the quality of the pills will definitely be better than that of Qin Furnace No. 8, and the pill-making rate will also be higher!"

By constantly touching and operating the furnace, Zhang Xuezhou gradually became familiar with it and roughly estimated its specifications.

As the precious alchemy furnace that Zhang Xuezhou encountered when he first left Zhangjiazhuang, he only came into contact with it again after he had almost reached the pinnacle of his cultivation. At this time, he also had the ability to use the water and fire alchemy furnace normally.

Previously, he wasn't very confident in refining high-grade pills such as longevity pills and elixirs of immortality, but now he is clearly more confident.